Chapter 2659 (1/2)
The skill that Chuang Wang wants to demonstrate to me is actually very simple, because this skill is called diving.
Yes, it's like diving into the sea like a submarine. After King Chuang's order was finished, the super carrier named ziri, which was named after me, began to sink slowly while advancing behind us. Almost all of us standing on the deck looked silly except the Navy personnel. In fact, it's not just that I don't know new warships have this capability, not even Christina. There are special personnel in charge of the Navy's technology. If we had not landed on the Navy's warships, we would not have known about these things, so we could say that we knew nothing about it before.
”Is there any mistake?” As the purple sun sank slowly, Christina, standing beside me, was almost staring out. A warship of this size is actually a submarine, which can't be understood by normal people. You should know that the submarine is not impossible to build very large, but it does not need to be too large. In addition to a small amount of combat capacity, the giant submarine will also produce more side effects. Therefore, after the increase of the size, the practical value of the submarine is not increased, but reduced. Except for a few submarines specially customized for special needs, the tonnage of submarines should be kept below one-half of the active main warships under normal conditions Appropriate. Because only such submarines can play their advantages.
We have never thought of ziri diving before, but according to my previous words and the intention of Chuang Wang to demonstrate this ability, we can confirm that it is not only ziri that can dive. in other words. The entire first cruiser fleet here is a submarine warship.
When I recovered from the amazing scene of ziri diving, the ziri had basically entered the underwater navigation state. At present, what we can see is that the observation and pointing equipment and some antennas of the ziri are still above the sea level, while the main body of the warship has been completely underwater.
”This How did you do it? ” Looking at ziri's complete launch, I remembered to ask why Chuang Wang had such a design.
Chuang Wang probably knew that I would ask this question, so he replied very readily: ”in fact, it is not difficult to do this at all. What capabilities do submarines need, sir? You should know? ”
I nodded and said, ”it's quite clear.”
”What abilities do you need?”
I thought for a moment and said, ”first of all, we need a solid sealed shell that will not let water in, but also be able to resist the pressure of the deep sea. Secondly, we need a propulsion system that can work without oxygen, so as to output power normally under water. And you have to have sonar and other underwater detection systems, or you'll be blind once you dive. Oh, by the way, we need a set of pressure device and water tank, so that we can control our own buoyancy through drainage and water injection for floating and diving. It seems that the main part needs these things, in addition to some miscellaneous technology, but there are a lot of things. ”
After listening to my words, King Chuang immediately asked, ”OK, just follow what you said. First, a sealed and robust housing is required. Our new warships are all made of high-quality steel, and the connection part is made of magic fusion agent, so that the steel plate can be perfectly integrated into a whole, just like casting as a whole. It is firm and sealed. It can be said that if we don't want to leave an opening, we can make a fully sealed big closed tank. So, we've just made some adjustments to all the doors on the warship to increase the tightness and ensure that these doors can withstand the water pressure in the deep sea. ”
”So you have a completely sealed shell?”
Chuang Wang nodded: ”it's not that simple, but it's basically like this. In addition, we have movable reinforcements in our new and cutting-edge armor. These things are usually in a state of decomposition, which can increase the available space in the ship. In wartime, it can be locked and connected. On the one hand, it can strengthen the overall structural strength of the ship, on the other hand, it can also close specific areas in an emergency to ensure that the hull shell can continue to be submerged and will not appear Water seepage or loss of pressure resistance. ”
This kind of ability described by Chuang Wang can be said to be very rare, because a large part of the submarine's pressure resistance comes from its shape. It's like an egg. An intact egg that has not been opened has a very strong compression resistance, which is because its structure can disperse the pressure and ensure the integrity of the shell. It can even be said that the pressure makes it strong. As long as the pressure on the unit point does not appear particularly high peak area, and the pressure can be evenly distributed, the compressive capacity of eggs even exceeds that of many metal components. Because if you use the same thickness of iron sheet to make an egg size container, but not into the shape of an egg, but square, the container's pressure resistance is absolutely not comparable to that of an egg.
Submarines have similar characteristics. When the structure is complete, the pressure generated by the sea water will be shared by the structure, and the hull can bear more pressure than expected. But once the submarine structure is damaged, such as a big hole in the shell That's basically waiting for death. The submarine without structural strength can only resist water pressure by its own hardness, which is mostly the result of direct flattening.Unlike submarines, ziri uses a very special structure. First of all, it is a surface warship, so it does not need to rely on the shell to resist water pressure, so it can be said that it has no water pressure resistance characteristics. However, because our designers added structural reinforcement to it, and also specially laid magic array to protect the hull with magic power, so as to ensure its water resistance. In this way, our new battleship has become a kind of warship that can not only dive, but also continue to dive after being injured.
”I'm beginning to believe that it's not difficult to dive these ships.”
When King Chuang heard what I said, he immediately nodded and said, ”I mean it. Our warship uses steel structure. Due to the special steel technology and the assistance of magic array, its hardness has been exaggerated. The armor thickness of these large battleships is calculated in meters. Such thickness is absolutely superior to any kind of submarine nowadays, so our warships have no problem in terms of pressure resistance. As for underwater power Boss, have you forgotten what power our warships use
The guild's warship thrusters are all powered by water jet propulsion from Atlantis. This kind of equipment does not need to burn anything at all, but directly uses magic energy, that is, magic crystal as power drive. So, since there is no need for combustion, there is no need for oxygen combustion, so there is no need for gas exchange. In addition to nuclear powered submarines in reality, conventional submarines are equipped with two sets of power equipment, a set of diesel engine, which is usually used when sailing on the sea, or extend the vent pipe out of the sea for diesel powered navigation in semi submersible mode. Once in real submarine mode, submarines use motors. There are not many warships in the game that use mineral fuel. Although the performance of this propeller is not as good as that used by our guild, the guilds of various countries also have their own magic thrusters. These propellers are basically powered by magic stones. Of course, some impoverished guilds have invented the method of using magicians to replace magic stones as power. However, the propulsion mode can only be used as an economic mode, and the magic stones must be replaced when fighting. That is to say, the warships in the game, in addition to those rowed with oars, other warships are either sailboats or must be magic powered. For these warships, it doesn't matter whether there is air or not. Even the engine is not afraid of water, because the magic propeller is not a mechanical propeller, and those magic circles are not afraid of water.
Because of this feature in the game, the oxygen problem that plagues submarines in reality is almost nonexistent for submarines in the game.