Chapter 1426 Everyone has their own plans
The first person to react was the company deputy Chen Liyun.
Although Battalion Commander Fan Shenghui was the only one in the entire artillery group who could directly participate in all technical meetings, as the second-in-command in the group and sharing the same dormitory with them, his understanding of the gun far exceeded that of several non-commissioned officers who were only responsible for operating individual parts.
"Fuck, the electromagnetic gun has no propellant, what are we doing..."
He stood up, took off his hat awkwardly, and straightened his hair which had been wet with sweat.
"Everyone, get up. There should be another round of continuous testing later..."
They had just loaded two magazines with a total of 10 shells, and this was only the first shot.
Another sergeant next to him grumbled as he adjusted his clothes:
"But I think the landing point is a bit close..."
Whenever it comes to weapon shooting, there must be a shooting range, or at the very least a closed designated landing area.
Although the first test did not involve accuracy assessment and was far from reaching the maximum energy of the gun, it is easy to imagine that the muzzle velocity was invisible to the naked eye, so it would not be possible for the gun to fly hundreds of meters away.
So halfway through his words, he realized the problem:
"and many more……"
The sergeant turned his gaze back to the direction where the dust had just risen:
"So that's the buttstock after it split apart?"
Similar to armor-piercing discarding sabot shells, the sabot of an electromagnetic shell will also separate to both sides after leaving the orbit, causing it to roll out, and the air resistance it encounters is dozens or hundreds of times greater than that of the streamlined shell body.
Naturally, it can't fly very far.
From this perspective, it is quite exaggerated to land almost at the end of the sight.
You know, even for a tank gun that features high chamber pressure and high initial velocity, the sabot of a discarding sabot shell will basically fall to the ground at around seventy or eighty meters.
Some composite materials can even be shortened to around 50 meters because of their lighter weight.
Just from this detail, we can get a glimpse of the terrifying power contained in electromagnetic force.
And those who were shocked by this scene were far more than just a few officers and soldiers of the artillery crew.
And Ma Mingwei, who was staring at the watch on his wrist and hadn't even looked up yet...
The large screen in the middle of the control room is displaying surveillance images of the designated landing area taken from multiple angles.
Although the shell itself was not loaded with explosives and was just a piece of metal made of tungsten alloy, due to the sand and gravel splashed by the ultra-high-speed flying body hitting the ground, the image now also had smoke and dust everywhere, as if a sandstorm had blown up.
Han Chenfeng, who was watching from the side data monitoring station, had already finished processing the data. He stood up and began to report:
"The firing delay was 2.5 seconds, and the muzzle velocity was 2263 m/s, which was 2250% less than the expected velocity of 0.58 m/s, in line with design expectations. The launch assembly ran on the track for a total of 0.00575 seconds. The angular velocity in the Y direction caused by the flexibility of the track was 9.02 rad/s, and the angular velocity in the Z direction was 0.73 rad/s..."
"..."
Of course, all those who could sit in the control room were experts. Even Fan Shenghui graduated from a prestigious university and had heard a lot of technical content. He had a basic idea of the launch effect and approximate range of the electromagnetic gun, so he was not surprised by this, let alone others.
As for the 0.58% speed error... I can only say that precision is the characteristic of our fully electronic control operation. If you are not happy with it, don't play with it.
The disturbance angular velocity in the Y and Z directions is slightly larger than that of ordinary barreled artillery, which will affect the final hit accuracy to a certain extent, but considering that this is just a rather simple frame and even thermal deformation compensation is not made, it seems completely acceptable.
What really surprised Ma Mingwei was the 2.5-second firing delay.
That is, from the ignition of the detonation tube, to the formation of high-energy plasma, to the plasma entering the disk channel to generate electricity, and finally acting on the orbit to form a trigger.
The whole process took only 2.5 seconds.
Although there is still a certain gap compared to gunpowder, if we do not limit our vision to its properties as a "cannon", then such a short reaction speed can, to some extent, be comparable to the energy storage of electrical components.
You know, this is just the speed of energy release.
Electrical components also require a relatively long charging time.
Of course, the detonation tube also needs to be inflated, but it can be prepared in advance and ignited directly to release energy when needed.
However, capacitors or inductors are subject to many restrictions if they want to achieve long-term stable energy storage.
If Ma Mingwei's idea of a large-scale continuous ejection system was just a concept before, then when he heard Han Chenfeng's report, he had already started to really consider how to realize it.
Putting aside the feasibility of drone swarm combat, the greater significance of this concept is that it can serve as a precursor to heavy electromagnetic catapults, verifying related technologies that do not involve energy storage and integrated power management, that is, the part of the "catapult" in the pure sense, in order to share risks and shorten the R&D cycle of the entire project.
The hull of the aircraft carrier that was towed back from Ermao Port has now been basically repaired. It is no longer a difficult task for China's aviation industry to develop a carrier-based aircraft based on the J-11.
But for both the navy and the top decision-makers, a medium-sized aircraft carrier that can carry less than 40 aircraft and takes off using a ski-jump deck is far from meeting expectations.
So the current plan of the superiors is to make preparations for both scenarios.
The general principle is that the work of the shipyard and design department cannot be completely stopped.
If the electromagnetic catapult can complete technical verification within 2-3 years and enter the prototype development stage, the first domestically-produced aircraft carrier will directly abandon the ski-jump deck and enlarge it based on the design of 1143.6.
And if the electromagnetic catapult technology remains pending for a long time, it will be impossible to go back to steam catapults. We can only build a conservative model with an overall design similar to 1143.6, with only modifications to the equipment and some details, to train the team first.
In other words, the progress of his electromagnetic catapult project will affect China's naval development plan in the next 10 years...
While Ma Mingwei was lost in thought, Chang Haonan had already come behind Han Chenfeng and began to check the more complicated part of the experimental data that was difficult to report verbally.
Compared to the gun itself, he was more concerned about the seemingly inconspicuous magnetohydrodynamic power generation module hidden under the base.
After all, according to the "agreement" between the leader and him, the working status of this module directly determines whether the Juntian project can be quickly approved, and also determines whether his three most important plans in the future can quickly obtain sufficient R&D resources.
"This is the motion of the projectile simulated and restored based on the sensor data. Judging from the energy input curve, after the deceleration process in the expansion phase, the duration of the power generation pulse has been significantly improved, at least by nearly an order of magnitude compared to when we were in Huairou Science City..."
"Although the peak power has also dropped after deceleration due to the decrease in magnetic fluid energy, it at least shows that the idea of controlling magnetic fluid power generation by controlling the shape and intensity of the detonation wave is feasible. Or, in the long run, for closed-loop nuclear magnetic fluid power generation technology, it is entirely possible to influence the power generation by adjusting the plasma source. The entire control logic is basically the same as that of existing nuclear power plants, and there is no need to introduce additional operable items..."
