Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1148 Advance Four!
It seems that everyone can feel the benefits of fly-by-wire control. For a large aircraft like a bomber, this system can achieve an immediate weight-reduction effect, among other things. As for other benefits, they are also effective on bombers.

But as to whether to implement it or not, they still wanted to hear the opinion of Gao Zhendong, the proponent of fly-by-wire control. After all, there was no one in the country who was more familiar with fly-by-wire control than him.

Gao Zhendong thought about it and shook his head: "For bombers, I don't recommend using a fully electric fly-by-wire control system right now. If you want to do it, it can be fly-by-wire at most, but hydraulics are more suitable for action execution."

"Why? That would reduce the benefits of fly-by-wire by half, and the motor should be able to provide enough operating torque, right?"

Gao Zhendong smiled and nodded: "That's right, but as for electric motors, let's put aside our current motor performance, even if it is in an ideal theoretical state, how much power it can produce depends on how much electricity you give it. You can't just consider the theory and be divorced from reality. So, is there enough electricity on your plane now?"

He was even too lazy to discuss with his comrades from Northwest Heavy Aviation which one had greater output, the motor system or the hydraulic system. That discussion would be endless. He also had to consider the actual performance of the current electric motor, the transmission method and ratio of the transmission mechanism, how to save effort and distance. After all, the basic principle was there, and the two things were mutually exclusive. There was no need for an in-depth discussion.

The biggest question is, where does the electricity come from? The Tu-16 engine is not known for its power. To be frank, even on the Airbus A320, the first passenger aircraft to use fly-by-wire control, the control surfaces are all electronically controlled but hydraulically driven. I guess the designers of Airbus are not stupid.

Ah this... Comrade Xibei Chongfei was stunned.

"This..." Forgot about it.

"Besides, for bombers, mobility is not the most important requirement, so hydraulic pressure is actually quite suitable. We can take bigger steps, but not too big. We shouldn't make things advanced just for the sake of being advanced, okay?"

"Okay, okay, I understand." He asked this question specifically. It's not just about bombers, but the Defense Work Committee and the Civil Aviation Commission have already commissioned them to start some related work on passenger aircraft. This issue is also closely related to large passenger aircraft.

After all, in the notice of the Defense Working Committee, the control system might be developed by us. The comrades from Northwest Re-Flying felt that the pressure was too great, so it was only natural for them to ask the proponent of fly-by-wire control for advice.

After the experts had their meal, they spent the long night trying to understand, digest and calculate Plans 3 and 4. In other places, other comrades were also busy.

In a certain command center, comrades are carefully studying several satellite photos.

"From the satellite, there are no other noteworthy ships near this sea area during the day, and no planes will come here at night."

"Well, it's a good opportunity to act."

"Then let's put the plan into practice. How's the weather?"

"From the satellite photos, there won't be any storms. It's already the end of November. The probability of a storm in the eastern waters at this time is not high, which is conducive to operations."

The satellite looks at this place about every two hours. There are no clouds here, and the visibility conditions are good. The weather is conducive to satellite photography, but it is not always available.

In addition to good conditions for taking photos, the absence of clouds also means one thing: there are no storms and no rain, which is very beneficial for night operations.

"The ships from Danggui Province don't dare to go out to sea at night. There's no need to worry about them. Besides, the radars along the coast and the electronic surveillance ships at sea are all watching us. They can't do anything to stop us."

The other side's sea and air forces have been frightened. Except for the tacitly agreed time and routes, when they can maintain a certain amount of travel to ensure the supply of several important outlying islands, they have been hiding in ports and airports at other times. When they go out for training, they run eastward along the island's coastline, as if they are afraid to take one more step to the west.

Therefore, for the upcoming operation, we should pay attention to two forces - the Japanese and their father, the American people.

And now the Citigroup guys are busy with the aftermath of the brain hole incident. If they want to take care of the Far East, it may take some time.

"Notify the maritime formation to take action!" a comrade from the command center said firmly.

In the dark night, a relatively large Tu-4T took off from a coastal airport and headed straight east.

Taking off from a nearby airport at about the same time as him were two Gong-5s and four Zhan-7s. The Zhan-7 had a much greater range than the Zhan-6 and was more suitable for this mission.

两架攻-5各带了两枚争先-62K和两枚雷电-3，四架战-7除了副油箱之外，还通过复合挂架各带了4枚雷电-3。

"Sir, there is a fleet of aircraft flying eastward on the opposite side. The models are a bit mixed, with one large aircraft and six medium and light aircraft." The radar station in Danggui Province is not just there to do nothing. They discovered the fleet when it passed by their northernmost radar station about 6 kilometers away.

"East? How far from us? In what direction?"

"92 kilometers away from us, bearing due north, heading east."

The commander of the Danggui Province radar station thought about it and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's fine, it's probably their night flight training."

As long as they are not heading in our direction, then there is nothing to worry about. The east? The east is for the Japanese to worry about, it has nothing to do with us.

"Record it and inform the Air Force at the same time." The commander of the radar station naturally couldn't keep this matter to himself. If he knew about it but didn't report it, he would be punished. As for who would have a headache if he reported it, that was not his concern.

Twenty minutes later, an air force base on the island received a notification.

"Sir, the large radar station in the north of the island reported that 7 minutes ago, a formation of seven aircraft flew eastward at a distance of 92 kilometers from the north. Should we intercept them?"

The person who received the notification reported to the duty commander of the Puppet Air Force's air force base.

The commander on duty moved his eyes around, as if he was thinking for a moment, and yet seemed to be thinking nothing.

"20 minutes ago? What were they doing? A bunch of losers! Intercept? What the hell? They've already flown kilometers away. What's there to intercept?" The commander on duty cursed loudly, but it was hard to tell what he was thinking.

At least he couldn't suppress the smile on his face, he felt extremely relieved.

"There is no movement over there on the Danggui side, and the sky to the east is also clear." The electronic reconnaissance ships cruising on the sea have been closely watching every move within a radius of 150 kilometers.

"The scientific expedition team understands!" A clear response came from the radio.

Corresponding to the busy comrades in the air was a formation at sea that had already advanced.

This formation had already arrived more than 300 kilometers away from our coastline, conducting daily exercises while waiting for orders.

And now, the order came.

"Target Guogong Island, forward four!" The formation commander picked up the microphone and gave orders to the formation.

The bows of all the ships in the formation stirred up waves, and their sharp bows split the dark sea and sped towards the target.

The fleet consists of a total of 6 ships, a frigate, a destroyer, and 4 large escort boats.

The six ships were moving forward at a speed of 6 knots, and above them were seven planes ready for action.

To be honest, at this point in time, it is very unlikely that the enemy will have air or sea forces coming, especially at sea, where satellites can see it clearly.

As for the air, both Danggui Province and the Japanese have very limited night combat capabilities. As for Danggui Province, they do have planes that can fly well at night.

——RB-57 and U-2 are still in stock, but we dare not use them.

However, we have made a plan that focuses on taking all aspects into consideration. I don't care whether you come or not, I have to have the means anyway.

It was approaching the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. The sky was cloudless and the warships cutting through the waves could see each other clearly.

The sailors on duty on the destroyer's bridge were drooling as they watched the four escort boats under the moonlight.

"Look at them, their equipment is so good, unlike us, who are all guns. I don't know who is the capital ship."

What made the sailor envious was the densely packed advanced weapons, missiles, torpedoes, artillery on the four large escort boats... Then he looked at his own ship, which had grown so big for nothing.

"Why are you in such a hurry? We are all comrades. If there is one on the comrades' ship, it means there is one on our ship..." The third mate next to him patted his head and said half in an educating and half comforting way.

But at the end, the really good ones still have to be really good: "...Besides, our ships are also going to start to be modified. By then, we will definitely be more powerful than theirs. Do you know what a big ship is? What they can't install, we can install!"

This scene at sea is very interesting, but it is also unavoidable. In terms of armament, the largest destroyer and frigate in the fleet are both hung up and hammered by the four younger brothers. It is impossible to modify them all at once, otherwise the combat effectiveness will be skyrocketing. These two destroyers and frigates are still waiting for the first ship of their respective models to be modified, and can only look at the four younger brothers with grievance and envy.

It would be better if it could be faster. I wonder when the first ship will be modified. All the comrades on the destroyer and frigate were thinking this secretly in their hearts.

However, there was a group of comrades on the frigate who didn't feel anything; they were not from the navy.

This group of comrades was ordered to carry out scientific research in the eastern waters and install hydrological and meteorological observation stations on our country's islands. They brought a large amount of construction materials, scientific research equipment, observation station equipment and materials on the frigate.

We have always advocated the peaceful use of the ocean. In the past, there were no conditions for this, but now that the conditions exist, scientific observation will naturally come first.

(End of this chapter)