Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 43 Speed ​​40 knots!
"Strengthen the power!"

I have long been impatient with the speed of the Manta Ray submersible, and the most important thing for the first time is to enhance its practicality.

[Strengthening]

The street lights on the road behind him were dim, and the light was already very weak by the time it reached Wei Jiang.

Blocked by the grass by the river, dense arcs of light danced on the water.

Wrapped in arc light, the entire outline of the manta ray submersible was clearly displayed in front of Wei Jiang.

The rough and uneven welding points on the submersible's outer shell quickly disappeared in the arc light, and the overall outer shell showed a trend of integration.

The densest part of the arc light is concentrated at the roots of the two wings. The propeller shafts and blades of the two propellers shrink and change like liquid under the wrapping of the arc light.

Wei Jiang looked forward to the center of the river. A large cargo ship had just sailed out of sight and should not have noticed the light in the water plants.

The strengthening process was very quick. The second-hand power module of the electric car installed by Wei Jiang in the submersible was erased and a new life was ushered in.

Wei Jiang glanced around nervously to make sure no one else was approaching. When he looked down again, he saw the arc of light disappear and the red panel description reappeared.

【Product name: Manta Ray Submarine】

[Introduction: A small manned underwater submersible with electric drive, excellent navigation power, simple detection and communication capabilities, and can navigate within a range of 100 meters underwater. ]

[Enhancement Level: 1]

[Enhanced mission: Navigate 500km in water, current mission progress 0/500km.]

Wei Jiang noticed the change in the introduction of the submersible at first glance.

The previous descriptions of copycats and industrial waste disappeared, and the panel finally acknowledged the technical level of the Manta Ray submersible.

Turning on the light of his mobile phone, Wei Jiang noticed that the silver-gray shell of the submarine now looked extremely deep.

When the light hits the surface of the submersible, the outer shell appears a deep black, even darker than the color of the river water.

After the strengthening, except for the changes in the outer shell, most of the other parts of the submarine sank under the water, and Wei Jiang could not observe it for a while.

【Obtained underwater magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology. 】

When Wei Jiang noticed the new text description appearing on the red panel, he decisively leaned back and sat down on the shore.

As soon as my butt felt the edges of the stone, a lot of technical knowledge burst into my mind.

Characteristics of underwater propulsion methods and evolution of technology context.
The magnetohydrodynamic thruster uses the water bodies that can be seen everywhere around the submersible as conductors. By establishing a strong magnetic field in the channel through the submersible itself, it creates an electromagnetic force on the conductive water body, causing the water body to flow backwards at high speed, and uses the reaction force to push the submersible forward.

The technical principle is not complicated, and Weijiang's receiving technology is more related to engineering implementation.

How to provide high-intensity magnetic force and how to improve the efficiency of the reverse force are the keys to engineering implementation.

A few minutes later, Wei Jiang exhaled a breath, and a glimmer of enlightenment flashed in his eyes.

The underwater magnetohydrodynamic thruster transmitted to him by the panel is a DC magnetic field propulsion method, which is relatively easy to implement.

Based on the receiving technical performance, Wei Jiang confirmed that the technical advantages of this technology are low noise and high speed.

This technology allows the submarine to maintain a speed of over 28 knots underwater with extremely low noise.

"This is a big killer."

Looking at the river ahead, Wei Jiang couldn't help but admire in a low voice.

Taking out his mobile phone from his pocket, Wei Jiang immediately began to check the speed and noise level of current mainstream military submarines.

You don’t know until you check. Once you check, Wei Jiang feels even more complacent.

In the early years, the Dongda submarine was notorious for its loud noise. People joked at the time that it could be heard as soon as it left the port.

In the past two years, the technology iteration and optimization of Dongda submarines have been good. The use of silencing tiles, terbium dysprosium iron alloy and pump-jet propulsion has narrowed the technological gap with the Ugly Eagle to a certain extent.

Wei Jiang fully understood the information he found on the Internet.

Compared with the magnetohydrodynamic propulsion system, Dongda's pump-jet propulsion system belongs to the previous generation of technology. Wei Jiang is convinced that he has another big fish that everyone desires.

After sorting out the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Wei Jiang looked at the river in front of him and bit his lips lightly.

Everything else can be put off until later; now he must give the enhanced manta ray submersible a try.

Ignoring his father Wei Yonghe's instructions in his mind, Wei Jiang took a step forward and stood on the back of the submersible that was exposed above the water. He spread his arms to balance his body to offset the shaking caused by the waves on the river surface. Fortunately, Wei Jiang was young and had good waist and abdominal strength. After shaking a few times, Wei Jiang quickly squatted down.

"Hiss~ It's a bit dangerous."

"I almost got soaked."

By moving the manta ray's dorsal fin, the hatch of the submarine's cockpit opened, and Wei Jiang noticed that the thick rubber waterproof strip that was originally installed had disappeared.

Under the reflection of the cockpit LED light strip, a thin layer of rubber-like substance is attached to the edge of the hatch cover.

Holding the hatch, Wei Jiang took a step into the cockpit.

The seats are comfortable, nothing like the crap that was installed previously.

The cockpit cover closed after pressing the button, and Wei Jiang leaned back on the seat back.

"The remaining power is 100%. Not bad. The enhancement also includes charging. I praise the panel!"

Wei Jiang stretched his legs on both sides, with footrests under his feet to ensure that his lower limbs would not feel uncomfortable from sitting for a long time.

Looking at the display in front of him that had turned into a surround screen, Wei Jiang didn't bother to study the contents on the screen carefully. He grabbed the joystick between his legs with both hands and pushed it forward!
"set off!"

"Let me see your changes!"

Due to inertia, Wei Jiang's body was pressed tightly against the back of the seat.

The seat began to vibrate slightly, and the surround display in front of my eyes showed darkness all around.

In addition to the underwater darkness, the screen also shows some targets detected by the sonar detection device.

There are simple icons next to these targets, allowing Wei Jiang to distinguish whether the target is a living creature or a ship.

Wei Jiang took a look at these things and didn't pay any more attention to them. He was more concerned about the speed of the submarine displayed at the bottom of the screen.

40 knots per hour!

Wei Jiang widened his eyes and calculated in his mind: that’s 74 kilometers per hour!
"Gosh!"

With this speed, no one else on the current blue planet can match me!
It’s even almost catching up with the cars traveling at high speed!

"Oh shit! That feels so fucking good!"

Wei Jiang found such a speed incredible and unbelievable!
You have to know that the magnetohydrodynamic propulsion technology he received from the panel can only reach a maximum speed of 28 knots.

"What kind of propulsion technology has been enhanced on the Manta Ray Submarine?"

Wei Jiang watched the screen show that they were getting closer and closer to the other side. He held the joystick with both hands and turned it to the right, and the submarine immediately turned around.

Looking at the detection ship target being quickly left behind on the screen, Wei Jiang was excited, but he also noticed that the battery power of the submersible was rapidly declining.

73%.

In just over ten minutes, the battery power of the submersible dropped sharply.

[Enhanced mission: 19km/500km]

In more than ten minutes, the manta ray submersible traveled nearly 20km underwater.

The efficiency was quite fast. Although Wei Jiang was excited, he thought about the remaining battery power and decided that he should still be cautious.

"You have to take it easy."

"If I lie down in the middle of the river, I will be in trouble."

Giving up the idea of ​​racing the submarine, Wei Jiang controlled the submersible to dive downward, trying to test its underwater pressure-bearing capacity.

16 meters, 27 meters.
As the numbers on the submarine grew larger and the display screen became darker, Wei Jiang became extremely excited.

Wei Jiang believed that few ordinary people had ever reached such a deep water area.

Although he cannot see the environment outside the submersible now, just reaching this depth has given him a great sense of accomplishment.

Suddenly, a red light appeared on the edge of the display screen, and Wei Jiang realized that the submersible was about to touch the bottom. The water depth was 48 meters at this time.

"Is this the end?"

(End of this chapter)