Chapter 372: Mutual Complementation

"Wu Tong, I have witnessed with my own eyes what a genius is!" In just two weeks, he had thoroughly mastered the knowledge in the field of power and design engineering of ships and aircraft carriers.

This learning process makes him feel like all these years have been wasted. Of course, he understands that Wu Tong is a special case after all. Ordinary people cannot be compared with Wu Tong at will! In this world, only one Wu Tong appears every few years!

"I'll take that as a compliment. I was just anxious to learn something, and I had some basic knowledge of aircraft engines before, so I learned a lot faster. You guys are the ones who really laid the foundation. What I'm learning now is the result of your hard work!"

The more she studied, the more Wu Tong felt that she admired these predecessors from the bottom of her heart. After integrating the entire foundation of ship power and the current domestic steam turbine research progress, Wu Tong had a relatively clear progress on the next research and development direction, and at the moment, she felt quite relaxed.

"Please give me another two weeks, and I will give you a feasible plan as soon as possible. Then you can comment on the feasibility!" With a plan in mind, Wu Tong gave a relatively clear time limit.

"Two weeks?" Even though Xu Gong had a certain understanding of Wu Tong's ability, he was still shocked by Wu Tong's speed. He felt that it was normal to carry out R&D optimization in units of years. Wu Tong was so capable that it would take at least two months to half a year. He never expected that Wu Tong only left him two weeks.

"If you think the time is too long, I will try my best to shorten it!" In fact, she only reserved ten days for herself, and the remaining days were for her to be more thorough and relaxed.

"Two weeks is already short enough. I'm just worried that you're too pressed for time!" Xu Gong found his voice and said quickly. If he still thinks two weeks is too much time to come up with a definitive solution, then he really doesn't know what's good for him! "Even if it's two months, we can wait!"

"It's okay, Mr. Xu. We'll see the result in two weeks. If it's suitable, we'll continue. If it's not suitable, we won't waste time!" Wu Tong was still confident in her abilities. She believed that the second half of the sentence, "not suitable", would basically not exist.

A gas turbine that is capable of driving a 60,000-ton or even 100,000-ton aircraft carrier must be a heavy-duty gas turbine, and more than one is needed to form a gas turbine unit, which will form the basis for better driving the aircraft carrier, achieving longer sea endurance, and ultra-long endurance.

Gas turbines plus ship integrated power systems are the future development blueprint for conventional-powered aircraft carriers. In terms of combat effectiveness and transformation potential, they are incomparable to the previous barely cobbled-together foundation for the operation of aircraft carriers.

"Before, we considered the conversion of aircraft fuel to aircraft engines due to the series of success of the Weilong, Kunpeng and Canglong aircrafts and their ultra-long flight endurance. However, the technologies involved in WS-15S and WS-B1 are too profound. It is difficult for us to fully understand them, let alone the conversion of aircraft fuel to aircraft engines!" If the conversion of aircraft fuel to aircraft engines was so easy, the previous LM2500 project would not have ended in failure.

Now, Wu Tong's affirmative words have undoubtedly given Xu Gong a shot of adrenaline! If someone else had said that, he would have sent them to bed long ago, dreaming faster than anything else! However, Wu Tong is different. WS-15S and WS-B1 were all made by her. What she promised must be feasible and achievable!

"Aircraft-to-fuel conversion is one approach, but we cannot copy the entire system. The excellent technologies and materials in it can be used for reference and matching, but our ships still have to find their own way! Aircraft engines are too sophisticated and are not actually very suitable for use on aircraft carriers!" Wu Tong felt that she had a say in this area and set the tone directly.

The technology used in aircraft engines can be used on ships and aircraft carriers, but only some of the essence can be used, and no shortcuts can be taken. If it were so easy, the other side of the sea would not have built a nuclear fission nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

"Okay, you are an expert in this area, you make the decision. I'll wait for your good news. If you need my cooperation, Wu Tong, just tell me. I will turn to serve you in the next two weeks!" Engineer Xu was also decisive. Since he was looking forward to Wu Tong's results, and he could afford it in just two weeks, he might as well free up all his energy to help Wu Tong.

"Mr. Xu, please give me a quiet office and prepare some paper and pen for me! Once I have come up with the plan, there will be a lot of areas where I will need your help, so please be prepared!" Wu Tong did not hesitate to state his needs immediately.

When she was doing R&D and design, she had a habit that was both good and bad, which was that she was relatively independent. Outsiders could hardly follow her ideas, so she felt more comfortable doing R&D and designing by herself. However, when it came to the actual physical test, she needed the support of XCMG!

"No problem. I'll leave this office to you, Mr. Wu. If you need anything, feel free to tell me!" Engineer Xu immediately brought out a stack of draft paper and a box of pens, and vacated the desk and handed it over to Wu Tong. His office currently had the most comprehensive facilities and was the most confidential, so Wu Tong could use it immediately.

As for his office, he can temporarily use the conference room next door, it won't affect anything.

After making sure that it would not affect Xugong's normal work, Wu Tong did not hesitate to start writing and deducing. The power system of an aircraft carrier is a top priority, and she cannot afford to be distracted or careless at all!

The power of the domestically produced UGT-2500, named QC280, is obviously not enough.

If the domestically produced QC280 is used on an aircraft carrier, in order to achieve a rated power sufficient to support the better operation of the aircraft carrier, the current aircraft carrier design must be changed. In order to intake air, four ship islands are required. Not to mention whether such a design is reasonable, the increase in the weight of the aircraft carrier itself and the increase in the occupied area are not desirable.

Since it is not possible to increase the power in quantity, the only way is to improve the efficiency of the gas turbine, doubling it from 28 megawatts to better support the operation of aircraft carriers, which requires hundreds of megawatts. To meet higher requirements, the efficiency of the gas turbine must be further improved.

Higher requirements mean higher difficulty in achieving technical breakthroughs, but for Wu Tong, this is exactly what she excels at. With clear needs and orientations, as well as a clear foundation and a clear R&D direction, Wu Tong took root again in XCMG's office and began to deduce and hook up.

The graphics of the large gas turbine and the precise data derived step by step gradually evolved into the pinnacle of entity directional optimization in Wu Tong's deduction space, and then transformed into the excellent design drawings at the tip of Wu Tong's pen!