The rise of nanometers

Sanya Port.

3:27 p.m.

In the open activity area of ​​​​the port area, tourists are crowded with tourists. In order to watch the three amphibious ships that have just been commissioned, they have been scrambling for good seats since the morning.

The Hasegawa couple, who came relatively late, had no choice but to use money to buy a hotel room with a sea view.

In the rooftop swimming pool of the hotel, he and his assistant had just set up a camera. Other guests also took their mobile phones or binoculars to look at the sea and sky in the distance.

Dai Xiaohai's family of three, who also booked this hotel room, and three gas bottle sellers, Wen Deye, Ma Jia and Yuan Mian, all appeared next to the swimming pool on the top floor of the hotel.

The vest put down the telescope, turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Wen, I heard that these three amphibious ships will be sent to the Persian Gulf. Your business will be safer then."

Wen Deye is still a little dissatisfied: "Amphibious ships are still weaker. It would be better if there are aircraft carriers."

Soon, on the sea level not far away, the radar tower part of a ship appeared first in everyone's sight.

Then came the figure of the entire ship, and then other destroyers, frigates, supply ships and the like.

"So cool!"

"Is this the largest sea giant next to aircraft carriers?"

"I heard that the full load displacement is 36,000 tons."

"The amphibious ship is still a bit small."

"But why is there something wrong with this carrier-based aircraft?"

Amid everyone's discussion, the three amphibious formations slowly approached the port.

Hasegawa quickly adjusted the focus of the lens. Through the telephoto lens, the surface of the amphibious ship could be clearly seen.

On the decks of these three amphibious ships, something appeared that made Hasegawa very surprised. He actually saw a fighter jet, and the number was as many as 24.

Normally, the deck length of an amphibious ship is not enough to accommodate fighter jets, and can only be used to take off and land helicopters, or the F35B with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities.

In other words, the fighter jets on the deck of the amphibious ship in front of us can take off and land vertically.

Hasegawa observed carefully for a while and saw that the aerodynamic layout of these aircraft was very similar to the Xiaolong fighter, and was probably derived from the Xiaolong fighter.

Soon, on the deck of one of the amphibious ships, aircraft started to fly one after another.

Sure enough, just as Hasegawa thought, this fighter plane can take off and land vertically, and those aircraft fly directly vertically.

The fighter jets took off and formed four small formations in the sky, and then conducted flight exercises over Sanya.

When one of the small flight formations flew towards the distant sea, a dozen minutes later, bursts of roaring sounds were heard from the direction of the sea outside Sanya.

"It's a sonic boom."

"It can fly at supersonic speeds. This fighter looks good."

The round-faced man turned around and said with a smile: "I don't know what the combat radius of this fighter is. I heard that the F35 has a combat radius of more than a thousand kilometers."

Wen Deye, who is well-informed, guessed something from the tail flame color of the fighter engine: "There are high-performance high-energy fuels in China. If I am not wrong, this aircraft should use a Baofeng engine."

The round-faced man picked up the telescope, observed it again for a while, nodded and said, "It's really a light red tail flame. It seems that it does belong to the Storm Engine family."

Hasegawa, who had a telephoto lens, also discovered the light red tail flame. He had visited domestic carrier rocket launches many times, so he naturally knew that this was the mysterious pure nitrogen fuel.

According to the estimate of Xiaolong's ultimate combat radius of 1,250 kilometers when using conventional fuel, the combat radius of new fighters using high-energy fuel will be at least twice that, that is, more than 2,500 kilometers.

Moreover, Hasegawa has also learned about some high-energy fuels. For example, high-energy fuels can give aircraft powerful explosive power. Under the limit state that the engine can withstand, it can even explode five or six times the speed of sound.

Of course, he also understood that five or six times the speed of sound was impossible. Even if the engine could withstand it, the pilot would not be able to withstand high overload for a long time.

But two or three times the speed of sound should be more than enough.

It’s good to have high-energy fuel, and you can use a powerful design to make it affordable even for vertical takeoff and landing that consumes a lot of energy.

Half an hour later, the 24 fighters returned to the deck again, also using the vertical landing method, and landed easily on the deck.

There was a deafening cheer from all around.

"so cool!"

"With super-range fighter jets and vertical take-off and landing, amphibious ships can also rival aircraft carriers."

"No wonder the construction of aircraft carriers has slowed down recently. I thought it was a technical problem."

"If amphibious ships are combined with vertical take-off and landing fighters, they can indeed achieve great cost-effectiveness."

The tourists around were talking a lot.

Hasegawa and his assistants also seized the time to take comprehensive photos of every detail of the three amphibious ships while it was still dark.

Those tourists also took mobile phones or cameras and took pictures one after another.

The names of these three amphibious ships are named after coastal cities, namely Fangchenggang, Quanzhou, and Qinhuangdao.

The design purpose of this class of amphibious ships is actually to replace aircraft carriers and achieve the most cost-effective strategic development.

After all, the Fangchenggang-class amphibious ship has a full load displacement of 36,300 tons. Under normal circumstances, it can accommodate 24 Xiaolong 2s and 4 helicopters.

Since there are ordinary situations, there are naturally special situations.

At its limit, the Fangchenggang class can accommodate 36 Xiaolong 2s and 4 helicopters.

You know, the total number of carrier-based aircraft on the USS Washington nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is only about 50.

However, there is a significant difference in the cost of the two. In addition to enhancing the underwater protection capabilities, the Fangchenggang-level adopted the idea of ​​​​reducing the protection on the sea surface when possible.

The reason for this design idea is that there is a canopy defense system, and it is difficult for enemy anti-ship missiles to penetrate the canopy defense system.

In this case, there is no need to overprotect the sea surface part of the hull, thereby reducing production costs. The overall cost of the Fangchenggang class is only 1.6 billion yuan, which can be said to be cheap and high-quality.

In addition to the Fangchenggang, Quanzhou and Qinhuangdao that are currently in service, there are three more ships in the dock at Dalian Shipyard and are expected to be put into service around August next year.

The Fangchenggang class, which pursues cost-effectiveness, if three amphibious ships form a large formation, has 72 Xiaolong 2s and 12 helicopters, and its combat power can withstand a single aircraft carrier battle group.

However, the overall cost is much less than that of an aircraft carrier battle group, and it can be more flexible. After all, the amphibious ship formation has three amphibious ships. When it needs to perform multiple tasks, it can completely change into a small formation mode.

What's more, in the past few years, China has developed a series of new equipment around high-energy fuels and high-energy explosives.

If a large amphibious ship formation is one-on-one with a single aircraft carrier battle group, the one that will die will most likely be the aircraft carrier.

On the other hand, strategic think tanks have also put forward many suggestions. Aircraft carriers naturally need to be developed, but cost-effective amphibious ships also need to be vigorously developed.

After all, under normal circumstances, the possibility of direct conflict between the five gangsters is relatively small. It is usually agents fighting hand-to-hand, or engaging in security warfare.

Using an aircraft carrier to fight against those weak chickens really feels like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

At this time, the high cost performance of the amphibious ship is reflected.

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