Chapter 407 05.0406: ‘This Girl Came Prepared’
"Reporting to the Admiral, Commander, Gothic Fleet candidate, Louise Tavera, to come and take the Navy Lieutenant Examination!"
Listening to this powerful female voice, the three senior officers turned to look at the female alternate officer.
"Please show me your captain's recommendation letter." The naval commander sitting on the left stopped whispering, turned around and sat upright, and said in a routine manner.
Louise stepped forward, took out the letter of recommendation from the letter opener, held it in both hands, and presented it respectfully with a bow.
The Admiral put down the letter in his hand and reached out to take the recommendation letter from Louise.
At the moment when the letter was placed on the table and she handed it over before bowing, she not only saw the simple and natural texture of the golden nanmu, but also saw the title of the letter and a large part of the exposed content. .
[This is—a letter from the Gothic Fleet? ! ]
The last signature of the letter is Admiral Vinaska Katalia, Lord of the Gothic Fleet,
The general content is that it is hoped that the headquarters can approve the Gothic Fleet to receive a batch of experimental new attack ships for use against the Tau Empire fleet in the subsequent Second Damocles Expedition.
It also listed the proposed selection sequence for the first batch of attack ship captains. The first name, even if it was turned upside down, she was extremely familiar with it-Navy Captain Horatio Cochrane.
"Coming from the Gothic Fleet, he was recommended by the Imperial Navy Commodore Edward Perroux." The commander who was standing by the window returned to his seat, looked over the letter of recommendation in the admiral's hand, and concluded.
"I heard that the fleet commanded by Peru is conducting an expedition on the planet Fal, fighting for control of the space near the planet Fal, and controlling the expansion of the gate of hell." The commander sitting on the left of the admiral raised his eyebrows and looked at Lu Yisi:
"Just came from the battlefield?"
"Yes, Your Majesty the Headmaster!" Louise replied in a loud voice.
"In the first half of the year, I interviewed a candidate in the first interview hall. I still remember his name, Archie Cuthbert Collingwood, who was also recommended by Brigadier General Edward Peru. During the interview, he answered Not bad, at least among that batch of candidates." Admiral Jervis folded the letter of recommendation and gave it to Louise:
"I think this Ensign Collingwood should have already served as a formal officer in the expeditionary fleet."
"Yes, Admiral, Ensign Collingwood is serving as second-in-command to Captain Horatio Cochrane in the aviation department of the flagship Indefatigable."
When the name 'Horatio Cochrane' was announced by Louise, the three senior officers looked at each other.
Then, Admiral Jervis looked at Louise and said, "Without further ado, we will conduct your interview next. In addition, after the interview, we would like to ask you some additional questions.
"At your service, Admiral!" Although she didn't know what was going on, Louise wisely suppressed her curiosity and replied.
The headmaster who sat back in his chair took the book from the table, took a long breath, and rubbed his temples.
He asked the first question slightly tiredly.
"If the Navy Department of the sector where you are located will appoint you as a power department officer on a sword-class escort ship.
When performing merchant fleet escort missions, the ships need to sail at a speed of 20 void knots on a void plane with no wind and current (meaning there is no subspace storm or subspace turbulence).
Assuming that the ship's main engine output power is 50 million watts, and the ship encountered a subspace countercurrent of 3 void knots during actual navigation, how much additional output power does your ship's main engine need to maintain in order to maintain an escort speed of 20 knots? ? "
Louise held her breath and listened to the test questions raised by the leading school.
At this time, she had no scratch paper and no array of thinkers, so the answers were all based on mental calculations.
The principal who asked the question obviously did not have any expectations for the candidate officer at the tail end of the crane.
After interviewing candidates who dared not breathe for a whole afternoon, his bored brain was already drowsy under the appropriate temperature.
After seeing that this candidate was from the "Ship Assault Section", he picked out a question related to the power department lieutenant's business and asked it.
But this is allowed.
Because in theory, candidates who come to take the Navy Lieutenant Examination should have practiced in multiple departments on the ship.
And after you have acquired all the abilities to be officially commissioned as a lieutenant, you can take the naval lieutenant examination.
Although it is tricky, there is no problem at all in asking such questions during the interview.
After hearing the question, Louise's eyes lit up.
[This question: Horatio said something similar! I remember it was...
After a period of silence, Louise's pursed lips lightly opened and she slowly replied:
"It is known that the speed of a void ship in quiet space is directly proportional to the main engine output power. Let P be the original main engine output power, which is 50 million watts. V is the original speed, which is 20 void knots.
P extra = P original × (V actual/V original) ^2. Then use the Bofors speed to accelerate from 0 to the Bofors average orbital linear velocity in 1 quarter of an hour (900 seconds), take gs2, and get g≈4.1273vkt.
Also, the speed of this class is 20 void knots, and the main engine thrust limit acceleration of 24.4vkt is entered into the parameters to get————”
Louise's mind was also working at high speed while she was chanting neither quickly nor slowly.
Although it's hard to say it, but for some reason, ever since I shared the same bed with him and exchanged body fluids,
She did feel that her math skills had improved a lot.
"To sum up, the main engine needs to increase the output power of 61.475 million watts of additional afterburner!"
"Huh?" The colonel who asked the question raised his eyebrows and made a slightly surprised throat sound.
Then he slowly left the back of the chair and sat up.
Then he picked up a feather pen and checked it on a piece of parchment once or twice, and his expression changed from strange to surprised.
"It's exactly right." The captain nodded, and then confirmed to the two examiners next to him.
Then he turned his head and said to Louise:
"Congratulations on being the first candidate to pass the first test today, but please don't be too happy too soon,
because you still need to face the questions from the other two examiners."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
The next questioner was the captain sitting on the other side of the admiral.
"You are appointed by the Navy to go to a Tiaopan-class light cruiser as a captain of the aviation department.
You have received intelligence that an Imperial Navy Imperial Bell-class transport ship is being attacked by pirates at N314.121'E118.300', 38,740 kilometers away from your fleet's current position.
The transport ship has important materials urgently needed in the Imperial war zone, and the rescue mission must be carried out as soon as possible. At the same time, intelligence also shows that an attack ship of unknown forces is operating near your ship 30 degrees away, 17,934 kilometers away, which may pose a threat to the rescue operation.
Please propose your best rescue plan, which needs to take into account the safety of your own ships and the safety of the transport ship at the same time."
[I just practiced this question with Horatio! ]
Louise was secretly excited, and her mentality changed from the uncertainty when she first came in to full of confidence and ease.
"First, our ship needs to verify the accuracy of the intelligence, including the real-time position and status of the transport ship, as well as the specific location and capabilities of the unknown forces' attack, and continue to monitor the subsequent course.
A light cruiser usually has 96 Fury interceptors on board, each with a squadron, including three squadrons, with one Fury squadron taking off and landing on each side at a time, and 48 Starhawk bombers.
I will use the high maneuverability and rapid response characteristics of the Fury interceptor to dispatch its escort reconnaissance ship to the location of the transport ship for preliminary reconnaissance and assessment.
And make good aviation support, prepare the cover squadron and emergency squadron to provide fire cover and carry out anti-attack navigation operations when the fleet approaches the transport ship.
Before the detection operation determines the situation of the unknown attack ship, the fleet should be dispersed to reduce the risk of being attacked at one time. Detection destroyers and escort ships should be deployed on the periphery of the fleet to provide air defense and anti-ship capabilities.
Louise recalled her experience as Horatio's secretary, and answered in an orderly manner according to what he taught her.