Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

"and many more!"

Upon hearing the voice, Qin Chuan turned his head and looked at the speaker: "Second Uncle, is there anything else?"

Qin Jiantai's Adam's apple bobbed, but he was too embarrassed to say anything: "Um, take good care of Xiaoxue on the way."

"Oh, no need to see me off, goodbye."

Qin Chuan made such a great contribution and came to report it as soon as he returned to China. He hasn't even gone home yet! What's more, his wife is pregnant at home, and his status is special. Who can stop him now?

They didn't intend to give you a gift; they just wanted to continue chatting with you!

Watching Qin Chuan's departing figure, everyone felt a little reluctant to see him go.

"Let him go back and rest for a few days first, and then we'll call him back," Qin Jiantai said. "Let's discuss this among ourselves first! This kid brought the steam catapult back to us. What do you think, should we restart the steam catapult technology program?"

Qin Chuan is back, bringing back a lot of things, but also bringing new challenges to the navy!

When Project 707 was being carried out, there were plans to install steam catapults, but at that time it was just a project demonstration and there was no technical preparation.

Project 891 later also planned a steam catapult, but on Babich's advice, it underwent many modifications to make it more practical. Overall, it was similar to the Russian Kuznetsov.

Ski-jump takeoff, arrested landing, simple and durable.

Now, we have steam catapult samples. How do we choose the right one?

Outside, Qin Chuan got into his Mercedes-Benz G-Class and looked at Yang Xue beside him: "Get settled, let's go home!"

"Okay, Brother Chuan, let's go back to Dad's house first. Dad's house is far away, we'll go back tomorrow."

"Okay." Qin Chuan immediately understood; this meant going back to his father-in-law's house.

It's not safe to drive back to Dongshan Province so late at night. Let's spend the night in the capital first. As for the navy, let them worry about it themselves.

Qin Chuan was unsure whether to proceed with the steam catapult project.

Ski-jump takeoff has many drawbacks. For example, heavy-load takeoffs require the use of the port side No. 3 long-distance takeoff point, which interferes with landings. Because the bow is upturned, it is impossible to park carrier-based aircraft under normal circumstances, resulting in a significant reduction in the number of aircraft that can be parked on the deck.

Qin Chuan knew that catapult-equipped aircraft carriers were the trend, but the problem was that steam catapults were a thing of the past.

Humanity entered the Industrial Age thanks to the steam engine. Hundreds of years later, still using steam catapults is long outdated!

In later generations, our country's aircraft carriers skipped the steam catapult era and went directly to electromagnetic catapults, which is equivalent to the difference between an ancient steam locomotive and a modern high-speed railway!

It is said that when we were developing aircraft carriers, we also tried steam catapults, but in the end we chose to take a shortcut and go straight for electromagnetic catapults, after all, we have engineers!

If we want to play with catapults, shouldn't we find a programmer and work intensively to develop an electromagnetic catapult?

Qin Chuan didn't want to choose; he might as well let the navy deal with the headache!

Back at her parents' home, the two went upstairs, opened the door, and saw Yang Guoqiang sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper.

"dad."

"Hmm, you're back?"

"Yes."

"Shall we sit down and chat?"

"Okay."

"I heard that you've been staying in a hotel room in Nikolayev with a Russian woman for three days straight without coming out?"

The atmosphere in the room instantly became tense.

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "Dad, since you know this news, you must know where I actually went."

Qin Chuan remained calm and collected, which made Yang Guoqiang's stern face crumble: "Of course I know. You'd better watch your image in the future. You have to pretend to be obsessed with women!"

"Okay, Dad, I got it. Next time I'll invite two more people in, so the four of us can play mahjong."

puff!

Yang Xue laughed.

"Dad, Chuan is tired. I'll take him inside to rest."

"Okay, get some rest. We'll talk again tomorrow."

Qin Chuan returned to his room, took a shower, hugged his wife, talked to the baby in her belly for a while, and then fell asleep.

And on this night, countless people are unable to sleep.

The Navy is discussing steam catapults, while the Air Force is discussing the Tu-22M.

At the same location in Princess Tomb, the lights of the Airplane Building and the Yellow Building remained on all night.

"Good, I knew Qin Chuan was capable, he even got his hands on the Tu-22M!" Old Lin, whose hair was already completely white, smiled broadly. "What are we waiting for? Immediately start the reverse engineering of this aircraft! Our air force will finally have a supersonic bomber!"

"Old Lin, it's not easy to copy this aircraft!" The general next to him frowned. "Not to mention that we have no experience with variable sweep wing technology, just look at its engine. It has three rotors. Our aviation industry simply cannot copy it."

"That's right. Our country doesn't have enough money. We're already struggling with just the Su-27 project. If we need bombers in the future, we can just develop them based on the Su-27. There's no need to start from scratch."

"How can you compare the Su-27 with the Tu-22M! We need to replace the H-6 with the Tu-22M! This is a bomber, a bomber with a takeoff weight of over 100 tons. With this kind of bomber, our air force can complete the transformation to be both offensive and defensive. We must get it, even if it means selling everything we own!"

Even at a certain aerospace institute far from Princess Tomb, the lights were still on.

"The development trend of intercontinental ballistic missiles is mobility and solid fuel. Although the R-36M has advanced performance, it is still a liquid missile. I think we don't need to study the above technology. It is clearly a step backward."

"Regression? It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat! What does it matter if it's solid or liquid? As long as it meets our needs, that's better. Besides, the Satan missile has already achieved long-term fuel storage, which is even more meaningful to us!"

"That's right. After studying the technology above, we can design the Long March 2 rocket in the same way. That way, if a satellite launch encounters an accident and is delayed by a few months, we won't need to pump fuel! This is a huge improvement!"

"That's right, this is a rare opportunity!"

Qin Chuan slept soundly until 10 a.m. After lunch, he returned to Yangchang with his wife.

This trip has lasted so long that I've almost forgotten what Laiyang Factory looks like! Qin Chuan was filled with mixed emotions. This time he'll have to stay for a while longer, at least until after the New Year, before considering other things.

and many more!

Why are there several military Pajeros parked in front of our factory?

Qin Chuan suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, once inside, I saw a large group of familiar faces. "Leaders, didn't I report to you last night? Why are you still following me here today?"

Qin Chuan wanted to go forward with some helplessness, but Navy Leader Zhang spoke first.

"Tomorrow is an auspicious day, so the groundbreaking ceremony for the first Type 052B destroyer will be held tomorrow. We've come here today to take a look. Engineer Qin, your shipyard... is still a bit rudimentary!"