Chapter 1705 External Engine

The United States has strong industrial capabilities. Although the United States is an emerging country, this feature is quite terrifying.

At the beginning, Pheasant Fifty-Six tried to avoid war with the United States because he knew the horror of the Americans. Once the Americans entered the war mode, any weapons would burst out in unison.

The island country has accumulated weapons for more than ten years, and it is exhausted after a few battles. However, the United States can maintain a strong industrial production capacity during the war. In addition to its own use, it can also support Europe. This is the gap.

Now, the industry in the United States has entered a state of full speed, and the war machine is quite terrifying. Although the coastal shipyards have been hit, the aviation capability has been steadily progressing, such as the B-29, this kind of Strategic bombers, which the United States has been producing continuously, have equipped hundreds of them.

Now, the engine used on the aircraft carrier is from the B-29.

In fact, it is different for marine use and aircraft use, but in order to reduce the volume of the power system, this kind of engine can only be used.

A brand new engine was disassembled from the wooden box, and the workers began to install it.

On the side of the boat's side, cut a hole.

If it is an ordinary ship, it needs to use a huge drill bit, but now, it only needs a red-hot steel pipe. When the steel pipe is inserted, the ice cubes are centered on the steel pipe and melt rapidly. At the same time, the steel pipe is also violently The ground cooled down, and soon, a circular hole appeared.

Through the hole, install a special bracket, fix the engine, connect various pipelines, connect the drive shaft, and drive the propeller below the rear. It took the workers half a day to complete the installation of an engine.

Yes, the engine is installed on the outside of the hull, which is also a very deep consideration.

When the engine is working, it releases heat to the outside world.

Even in later generations, the thermal efficiency of the best internal combustion engines is less than 40%, which means that 60% of the energy burned by the fuel is dissipated into the surrounding air in the form of heat. .

Therefore, when any engine is working, it will heat up, which is the dissipation of energy. (In professional terms, it should be called entropy.)

On ordinary ships, the dissipation of heat doesn't matter. The big deal is that the sailors in the engine room work with their arms open and fan their fans. However, on this ice aircraft carrier, it is different.

If the heat is concentrated inside the hull, it won't take long for the ship to melt.

After the ice carrier is built, the parts in contact with the sea water will definitely melt slowly, but as long as it is within a certain limit, such as a few centimeters of melting when going to sea at a time, it is acceptable, and it will be fine when you come back and freeze it again. .

However, if the engine is built in, the heat will be dissipated from the inside to the outside. If nothing else, after a few days at sea, the engine room melts, how can we fight?

Jeffrey is most proud of this layout, which is a structure he designed himself, with an external discrete engine.

In addition to avoiding melting, another advantage is that once it is attacked, all power will not be lost. Even if there are only three or five engines left, it can slowly drive back and not become a floating coffin at sea.

Each engine was installed quickly. When the outer protective cover was added, the lines were smooth and showed a unique beauty.

One day, two days, three days, and on the afternoon of the third day, the whole ship was built.

"We will create the miracle of this era." Jeffrey looked at the tall hull and said to Alexander: "Even the fastest escort aircraft carrier will take more than two months to build one, but now, our ice aircraft carrier, In just one week, the hull can be built, just outfitting, and ready to be operational if needed."

After the hull is launched, it is quite time-consuming to carry out outfitting. Some ships even spend a year on the slipway, and outfitting also takes a year. Power system testing and other things take a long time.

But the ice carrier doesn't need so much.

It is not so much an aircraft carrier as it is a mobile sea base.

An ordinary aircraft carrier, 30,000 tons is a giant. The current aircraft carrier is 2 million tons. Now, this 900-meter-long aircraft carrier can't actually be called an aircraft carrier. It is completely a military base.

In the huge volume, there is enough space to place various equipment. It is not like a small ship, but more like an ordinary land base. There are many rooms in it, and you can arrange it in any way.

An ice house can be very warm inside. For example, don't Eskimos live in an ice house?

So, now that the hull is built, it's basically ready for sea trials.

If there is no problem with the trial voyage, you can start off without outfitting.

This kind of aircraft carrier is not called outfitting, it is called decoration. During the long process of driving to the base, some decoration workers will be sent to bring all the tools and materials, and then the decoration can be carried out. When it reaches the destination, it is just right Finish.

The two were staring at the giant aircraft carrier, when they heard hurried footsteps.

"Report, President Roosevelt, with the top White House officials who want to come and see the progress of our aircraft carrier."

President Roosevelt here?

The two turned their heads curiously. Just outside the construction site, several sedans were driving smoothly and looked ordinary.

The president's trip must be kept secret in advance, and it is impossible to inform them. Now, the president is here, which makes them very excited.

The car quickly drove over, and when the car stopped, the bodyguard quickly took out the wheelchair behind and helped Roosevelt to get out of the car.

Roosevelt did not sit in a wheelchair, but leaned on crutches and looked at the huge warship on the lake.

Spectacular, majestic, no adjectives can accurately describe it, its appearance is enough to be a huge iceberg.

When he heard that an aircraft carrier had been built here, Roosevelt couldn't wait to come over. In his heart, the United States could only rely on these brain-opening equipment to win.

If there is no control of the sea, then the failure of the United States is appropriate. The American shipbuilding industry has suffered a blow, and it has not been able to destroy the European shipbuilding industry. The ice aircraft carrier becomes even more urgent.

"Mr. President, our first aircraft carrier has completed hull construction and is preparing for sea trials," Jeffrey reported proudly to Roosevelt.

The aircraft carrier is right in front of you. When these visitors saw the aircraft carrier, everyone's eyes widened. It was absolutely shocking. Who has ever seen a big guy with two million tons?

Even better, still in the back!