Chapter 41 The Idea of ​​a New Weapon

How could Fan Heng not lose his face in shock?

I am engaged in a highly confidential job. Even at home, I don’t talk casually about the unit, let alone talk about torpedo weapons. Although everyone in the factory knows what their factory does, they openly talk about it. How did Fan Wubing know that he was working on a new type of torpedo?

"Who did you hear about this?" Fan Heng felt that this matter must be clarified. If someone leaked the news, he must let the organization know and have a corresponding solution. After all, the problem of new torpedoes is a high-level It's kept secret, not for other reasons, just to study other people's ready-made things, don't mention how embarrassing it is to spread it.

"What's so hard to guess?" Fan Wubing curled his lips, disapproving, "Pingyuan Factory and Tongfeng Company have never had any business cooperation. Isn't it strange to come to visit suddenly?"

"From this alone, it's not enough for you to draw that inference, right?" Of course Fan Heng didn't believe it.

"Of course there are other things." Fan Wubing laughed, stroking his smooth chin with his small hand and continued, "I know the current situation in the field, gas has always been the leading product, although electric torpedoes are also being developed, But it’s true that no substantial progress has been made over the years, right?”

Fan Heng nodded, this is the truth, and there is no need to hide it, but it is a bit ashamed to say it.

"In the first half of this year, China launched a counterattack against Vietnam in self-defense. At the same time, there was also a naval battle in Xisha. It is said that the results were good. Then you hurriedly went south to Guangzhou and pulled out all the main technical forces in the factory. Is this possible? What is the reason?" Fan Wubing pointed out sharply, "This can only explain one thing, that is, the navy captured the advanced Soviet-made torpedoes of the Vietnamese!"

Fan Heng was immediately speechless, what Fan Wubing said was as if he had participated in it himself, his thinking was so meticulous, and his reasoning so clear that Fan Heng couldn't find any words to refute. With such a monster son, I really don't know what it is Fortune is curse.

Just when Fan Heng was feeling extremely emotional, Fan Wubing suddenly started talking nonsense again, "Actually, I'm not talking about you. Although the electric torpedo is good, it's just a waste of time yesterday. You are just playing with other people's leftovers when you are so aggressive. , is really not constructive."

"Nonsense!" Fan Heng was furious when he heard the words, if it wasn't for the fact that Fan Wubing was only a three-year-old child, he would have to be repaired severely to relieve his anger, his chest heaved for a long time before angrily said , "What do you know, a little kid?! This is the most advanced torpedo at present! Our navy lost two ships to get it. You don't know anything and you still talk nonsense. Pay attention to me in the future. Don't talk about it casually in front of people, this is a military secret, you know?!"

Fan Wubing waved his hands a little bored and said, "Got it! Just take this as your treasure, and I can make any one out of it is better than this!" Then he suddenly said to Fan Heng, "Dad, the pen is not on you. I will draw something for you, it will definitely be hundreds of times stronger than this lightning!"

"Little kid, what kind of tricks are you playing?" Although Fan Heng was a little disdainful, he still attached great importance to Fan Wubing's son in his heart. Past experience is enough to prove that Fan Wubing is far-sighted in many things. , so he took out a Hero brand pen from his pocket, handed it to Fan Wubing, and asked, "Can you write?"

Fan Wubing didn't bother to talk to his old man at all, so he directly took down the traveler's opinion book hanging on the wall of the guest room, tore off two pieces of paper, and then used Fan Heng's pen to draw on it. The sketch is complete.

"What is this?" Fan Heng took the drawing and looked at it seriously for a long time, and found that the thing Fan Wubing drew was not like a torpedo at all. It had a sharp head and no fins at the rear, but had Eight small nozzle-like devices, the whole body is a bit like a cone.

After Fan Wubing finished drawing the sketch, he wrote and drew on a piece of paper again, and replied without raising his head, "This is a new torpedo I designed, and I call it a blizzard torpedo!"

If military fans in thirty years' time hear this, they will definitely spit hundreds of mouthfuls on Fan Wubing's face and don't let him dry it off. The idea of ​​​​the Blizzard torpedo that was developed a few years ago was stolen, and the name of the others was stolen intact. It is really shameless!

However, it is obviously impossible for Fan Heng to know this point. At this time, he is frowning while watching, but Fan Wubing has already written the explanation. Under the comparison of the two, he gradually sees something.

"Your thing is a bit like a rocket. It doesn't look like a torpedo at all. Can this thing be used underwater?" Fan Heng has been engaged in torpedo assembly for many years and is familiar with various performance indicators. The blizzard torpedo drawn by Wubing feels a little unbelievable.

Fan Wubing asked instead, "What is the speed of the fastest torpedo in the world today?"

"Theoretically, it can reach 60 knots, and in actual combat, it's like 50 knots!" Fan Heng replied without thinking.

"Then if our electric torpedo is developed, what speed can it reach?" Fan Wubing asked again.

"It can always exceed the speed of 50 knots, and it is not impossible to reach 60 knots." Although Fan Heng answered this way, he was still a little uneasy in his heart. After all, there is still a gap between domestic battery technology and the international top. Speed ​​estimates are somewhat unlikely.

But in front of his son, he must not lose his momentum.

A knot is a unit of speed used in navigation. It is customary to use knots to describe the speed of ships, torpedoes and other underwater weapons. A knot is one nautical mile per hour, which is equivalent to 1,850 per hour. At 12 meters, 50 knots is about 90 kilometers per hour, 25 meters per second. This speed is very fast in the water. Although the American torpedoes claim to be able to reach a speed of 60 knots, they have never really fought against each other, so no one can say for sure.

We must know that the faster the speed of an object traveling in the water, the greater the resistance it will encounter. It is very difficult for a traditional torpedo to reach a speed of 50 knots, not to mention how difficult it is to increase the speed of 10 knots to 20 knots. Even modern alloy technology is difficult to meet the strength requirements of the torpedo shell.

"If it is said that the blizzard torpedo I designed can increase the speed to 250 knots, do you believe it?" Fan Wubing suddenly asked his father.

"Two hundred and fifty knots?! One hundred and twenty-five meters per second?!" Fan Heng looked at Fan Wubing's serious expression, and stammered, "Are you crazy, or Is your father stupid?!"