Under the supervision of the Lanxiang Military Industry Supervision Group
Shipyard 3028 successfully completed the main structure construction of the "Mantis Shrimp" aircraft carrier half a month later.
Early in the morning, Commander Yuan arrived at Su Lin's office in high spirits.
"Principal Su, great news! It's a success!!!"
"What? It's finished? The main structure is complete???"
"Yes, yes! The acceptance testing has already begun. As long as it passes the test, we can start assembling the nuclear power system."
After months of hard work, the acceptance phase has finally arrived.
Su Lin was still a little excited.
He got up, looked around, and then sat down again.
"Principal Su, the engineers at the research institute are currently conducting the acceptance testing."
We can't do without you hosting!
After saying that, he led Su Lin to the enclosed dock.
Looking at the colossal machine before him, all he had seen before were the system's design blueprints.
There are also structural diagrams.
I never expected that having an aircraft carrier in front of me would still be so awe-inspiring.
Hundreds of experts and engineers from research institutes are on the deck of the aircraft carrier.
Acceptance work is carried out within the internal structure.
"Principal Su, does this meet your design requirements now?"
Su Lin nodded. No wonder they say aircraft carriers are a powerful weapon in modern warfare.
The sheer scale of it is truly magnificent.
"Principal Su, you've arrived so early! I just received the news!"
Commander Tang walked over, carrying a thermos and drinking as he went.
"This was personally designed and built by Principal Su, so of course we had to come and see it as soon as possible."
Commander Tang, the main structure is now complete, and the nuclear power test has been a complete success.
"We'll see how your 031 R&D base performs."
Once the aircraft carrier's propulsion system is installed, the remaining task is the weapon system.
There are also upgrades to carrier-based aircraft, as well as maiden flight tests.
Once the maiden flight is successful, the "Mantis Shrimp" aircraft carrier will already possess the capability for long-range strike and patrol.
"Do you, Commander Yuan, need to worry about our 031 R&D base? It's already prepared."
We're just waiting for the aircraft carrier's deck to be opened.
Chief Engineer Huang of the Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant also received the notification.
Arrived at the scene,
"Director Huang, have you completed the commissioning of all your nuclear reactors?"
Previously, only experiments were conducted on nuclear reactor No. 1; subsequent experiments were all overseen by Director Huang.
Factory Director Huang gave an OK sign.
"All done, and the energy efficiency of the later units is even higher than that of the earlier ones!"
"Report!!! The acceptance work has been completed and meets the design standards."
An engineer wearing a white hat waved to Su Lin and his group from the deck of the aircraft carrier.
"Now that the inspection is passed, shall we strike while the iron is hot and proceed directly with the installation of the nuclear reactor?"
Factory Director Huang looked at the enclosed dock.
"Commander Yuan, after installation, there will be debugging work, but this enclosed dock makes it impossible to debug!"
To know the actual output of each reactor,
Only by launching the aircraft carrier into the ocean and carrying a load of equal weight can the actual processing power of each nuclear reaction be accurately calculated.
Then, power is allocated according to the actual situation.
"Director Huang, these difficulties can be overcome. This is a top-secret project."
If it goes into the water, won't the whole world know?
"So what if you know???"
Su Lin inspected the internal structure of the dock and confirmed that it did not meet the requirements for nuclear power experiments.
If we forcibly modify it and then conduct experiments, it will not only consume a lot of manpower and resources,
The damage to the existing dry dock structure will affect the production of subsequent aircraft carriers.
Most importantly, it will delay the commissioning of the "Mantis Shrimp" aircraft carrier.
China urgently needs an aircraft carrier to stabilize morale.
Given China's current military strength, its weakest point is its navy.
Their international influence is also constrained by the lack of aircraft carriers.
"So, after installation, we'll just put it in the water for testing???"
Su Lin nodded. Now that it's been built, why would he be afraid of others seeing it?
Because fourth-generation nuclear reactors are all miniaturized and modular in design.
If the nuclear reactor were moved inside the aircraft carrier,
Then, a giant tower crane was used to hoist the large steam engine into the interior.
So the power system of the "Mantis Shrimp" aircraft carrier is basically complete.
"Director Huang, then it's up to you! Your Qingshan Nuclear Power Plant has extensive installation experience."
"It's just a different installation environment, no big deal, right?"
"No problem! I guarantee all the nuclear reactors will be installed within 3 days, and then you can prepare the port for launching."
"Director Huang is so domineering!"
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"Then let's leave this place to Factory Director Wu for now!"
Accompanied by Commander Yuan and Commander Tang, Su Lin returned to his office.
"Principal Wu, this is the first time our 3028 shipyard has used such a closed-off dry dock."
Previously, construction was carried out in mobile docks at sea.
How are we supposed to launch this 100,000-ton aircraft carrier?
Commander Yuan recently worked at Shipyard 3028 for a period of time.
It also involves actively collecting suggestions and needs from the engineers below.
Otherwise, even though Commander Yuan brought it up, Su Lin had completely forgotten about it.
"That's right! We can't possibly transport over 100,000 tons of goods by truck, can we?"
Fortunately, the aircraft carrier's design plans were specifically designed for launching ships in such enclosed dry docks.
Several solutions were provided.
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