Chapter 191 Enhancement
March 27, 21 years.
After investigating in Luzon for more than half a month, Karl and his team once again secretly returned to Hongsawadi.
In the town of Monkwan in Kachin State.
It is the confidential production base of Aoba Airlines. The base is built on a plain 4.1 kilometers away from the town, with a mountain behind it.
Therefore, the base is actually divided into two parts, one part is displayed in the open, and the other part is embedded in the mountains, hidden by the green umbrella system and underground facilities.
The reason for doing this is mainly for safety . After all, complete cover-up is impossible. After all, during the production process of the base, a large amount of materials need to go in and out, and part of them must be transported in from the outside.
Factories can be camouflaged, but roads and railways cannot be built completely underground. Even if rainy weather is used all day, it is not a long-term solution.
If there is no open factory here, the many vehicles coming in and out can be easily captured by satellites in the sky.
Then the other party analyzes it.
Wow! This place is full of . As long as the intelligence analysts of the major powers are not crazy, they can definitely guess that there is something wrong here.
Either they are conducting unknown experiments, or it is a secret factory.
Unless it is a base with an extremely high self-sustainability rate, a reasonable vest area needs to be arranged outside to cover up the real base.
For example, the nuclear base in Black Tiger Canyon used a nature reserve and a lead-zinc mining company as cover.
Even with the Green Umbrella System and the technology to quickly excavate underground space, Sapiens Corporation still did not let down its guard.
Even though the first hydrogen bomb imitating the B43 could be produced around June this year, the Homo Sapiens company still has not approved underground nuclear testing.
Because underground nuclear tests will also be noticed by the outside world.
Even if the strata block the leakage of radioactive dust, the shock wave generated by the explosion will cause an earthquake. Moreover, the shock waves formed by a nuclear explosion earthquake are completely different from the shock waves of a natural earthquake.
With earthquake monitoring stations now densely distributed around the world, it is easy to locate an earthquake and analyze abnormalities in the vibration waves.
Homo Sapiens Company has no plans to conduct underground nuclear tests until it has stockpiled hundreds of hydrogen bombs.
As for this year's strategic plan, the Homo Sapiens Company intends to digest the two new controlled areas and consolidate various foundations, and has no intention of confronting the great powers head-on.
The development of the aviation industry is one of the plans to lay a solid foundation.
…
Karl and others who had just returned immediately organized engineers and technicians to carry out a comprehensive transformation of the MiG-25 production line.
Inside the final assembly workshop.
The previously updated industrial auxiliary equipment is undergoing secondary adjustment of parameters.
Wang Haoran was a little surprised: "Chief Engineer Karl, if we adjust it to this parameter, will it not be able to hold up when we assemble it?"
The reason why he asked this was that the empty weight of the MiG-25 was 15 tons, but the power of the adjusted conveyor belt was only about 10 tons.
"Wang, don't worry. We have improved the material of the aircraft, and the weight will be reduced to less than 10 tons." Carl explained with a smile.
"Improve materials?" Wang Haoran muttered softly, but he felt a little disapproving in his heart.
You should know that the reason why the MiG-25 uses stainless steel is mainly to break through three times the speed of sound and resist friction heat of more than 300 degrees Celsius.
Ordinary aviation aluminum alloys can only withstand frictional heat of more than 100 degrees Celsius.
As for the latest super heat-resistant materials, Wang Haoran doesn’t think the company can buy them. These materials are the signature skills of the major powers, and there is no place to buy them.
Karl saw Wang Haoran's expression, but he didn't bother to explain, because facts speak louder than words.
When Mandalay Special Smelting Company completes the production line layout, it will be able to provide a steady supply of new materials and parts here.
80% of the weight of the MiG-25 fuselage comes from stainless steel, which is about 12 tons, and its comprehensive material density coefficient is 7.92.
After replacing the new material, its density coefficient dropped to 3.22.
In addition, other parts will also be replaced with new materials.
By then, the empty weight of the new MiG-25 will drop to 7.53 tons, which is roughly half of the previous weight.
As for the power of the engine, it has not been tested yet, but Carl knows that its power will definitely be improved to a certain extent.
The weight of the fuselage is reduced, the structural strength is increased, and the power is improved. These changes combined will definitely transform the MiG-25.
This is the additive effect brought about by material advantages .
Even though it is an old model from decades ago, Carl is confident that it can fight against the active fighter jets of the great powers.
…
Mu Ziying, who also worked at the base, did not participate in the production line transformation work, but was designing engines.
To be precise, it is to improve the R15B-300 turbojet engine of the MiG-25.
After inputting various parameters, a 3D model of the R15B-300 turbojet engine has been generated using the internal supercomputer built on the biochip.
Mu Ziying frowned, looking at the improved model on the screen, turned around and asked with some concern: "Mr. Mikoyan, such an improvement will cause a large number of deflagration shock waves in the combustion chamber, and the engine will explode directly."
"Mu, if you call up the material list of the auxiliary design system and find the internal materials, you will know why I made such improvements." Alyosha Mikoyan continued to concentrate on his improvement work.
Mu Ziying was stunned for a moment, then called up the internal materials.
Then he widened his eyes. Even though he was a dull person, he was shocked at this moment: "There are materials of this level? Unbelievable..."
He synchronized the materials into various parts of the engine model, and then let the system automatically calculate the engine's limiting operating parameters at that time.
He was stunned when he saw the extreme operating parameters given by the supercomputer .
“Does such material really exist?”
Alyosha Mikoyan, without even raising his head, replied expressionlessly:
"All the materials on the list can be supplied by the company, so you don't need to worry. Now let's find a way to improve the engine! Our work is very important. The production line will be adjusted in June, and then we will send the drawings of the engine parts to the parts factory."
Mu Ziying took a deep breath and said, "I understand."
Looking at the engine in front of him, he no longer felt that it was backward, but instead felt that it would shock the world.
Calling up new materials that could be used, he studied them carefully again and then began to replace the materials.
This is not something that can be done casually.
In other words, it's fine to just do it casually, but it will waste some of the performance potential of these new materials.
For example, after using the new material, the thickness of the inner wall of the engine combustion chamber does not need to be the same as before. According to Mu Ziying's careful calculations, the thickness can be reduced to 63.7% of the original thickness, which is enough to withstand long-term deflagration shock waves.
For an aircraft, the dead weight of the fuselage is often of great importance.
Reducing dead weight means increasing the aircraft's payload and range.
Before, Mu Ziying didn’t quite understand why the company acquired the production line of old fighter jets like the MiG-25, but now he understands.
With the support of these new materials, the MiG-25 production line is the most cost-effective option.
After all, the cost of producing the advanced fighter jets currently in service in various countries is ridiculously high, not to mention purchasing production lines.
Small countries simply cannot afford the advanced fighter production lines currently in service at the great powers, nor are they eligible to purchase them.
