Super Scientist

In Ye Chen's anticipation, Master Lei began to explain the gas turbine to Ye Chen.

"When it comes to gas turbines, I have to mention Germany." Mr. Lei was a little surprised.

If others hear this, they will be very surprised. What does the gas turbine have to do with Germany? Ye Chen is a military fan, of course he knows about this relationship, so he is not surprised.

"Germany was defeated in World War II. However, Germany left behind two technologies that had a great impact on the post-war period. One is missiles and the other is jet aircraft." Mr. Lei continued: "Missiles, Germany was called at that time. The V bomb was used by Nazi Germany to bomb London, preparing to raze London to the ground in order to force Britain to surrender. It did not achieve its goal, but it also caused huge casualties to Britain. The then British Prime Minister Churchill had to order the country to carry out War insurance."

Speaking of this, General Master Lei smiled and said: "We all know that war does not come with insurance. No one wants to do war insurance. It can be said that this is the first of its kind in Britain. Churchill is very proud of this, and he is very proud of it." written in his memoirs."

War is too destructive, and no one has such a large fortune to make war insurance, unless the state acts.

"Although the V-bomb was used in actual combat by Germany, the destructive power caused by its technical reasons is not great, so it did not achieve the expected purpose." Chief Teacher Lei said again.

At the beginning of the missile's advent, it can only be said that it can be used in actual combat. As for the success of the battle, it is really hard to say. If the missile technology at that time could reach the current level, only Germany had missiles, and if Britain did not, it is hard to say whether Britain would surrender.

At least those strategic institutions in the UK, the heads of government, are bound to be in big trouble.

"Although there are so many shortcomings, all countries are very optimistic about the future of missiles, and have invested heavily in research after the war. So far, which major country has no missiles?" Chief Master Lei smiled, a little contemptuously, and said: "The United States occupied West Germany and captured a large number of German scientists. With the help of these German scientists, the American missiles have advanced by leaps and bounds. Without the help of so many German scientists, would the American missiles have made such great progress?"

The answer is obvious. At that time, the United States paid special attention to these German scientists and used both hard and soft tactics to force these German scientists to serve the United States.

Now, it can be said that missiles are flying all over the sky, and countries with a little strength have missiles. Can't make it, won't you buy it? Arguably, missiles are one of the most important things right now.

"Jet aircraft also appeared in Germany. The reason why it is said that this is the most important technological heritage left by Germany is that its power is a gas turbine. This is the first gas turbine that has entered the practical stage in the world." Mr. Lei continued road.

gas turbine,

In fact, it is a general term, referring to a rotary power machine that uses continuous flowing gas as a working medium and converts heat energy into mechanical work. This kind of machinery is divided into many types according to different purposes. Airplanes use aviation engines, and ships use ship gas turbines.

The theory of gas turbine was proposed by the British Barber as early as 1791, and then, different types of gas turbines appeared one after another. However, due to technical defects, either the energy consumption is too high, or it is not applicable, and it has not entered the practical stage.

It is Germany that really uses gas turbines for practical use. Before World War II, Germany's science and technology were very advanced, and it could be said that it was the most technologically advanced country in the world at that time. This was far beyond the comparison of the United States and Maoxiong Britain.

This can be seen from the number of scientists who have won the Nobel Prize.

Before World War II, German scientists were the country with the most Nobel Prizes. After World War II, it became the United States.

It is precisely because there are so many outstanding scientists that Germany took the lead in using gas turbines in practice, which is jet aircraft.

The emergence of jet aircraft can be said to be a milestone in the history of aviation, and one of the most important reasons is the use of gas turbines.

Chief Lei paused for a moment, told an anecdote, and said: "Although Germany has produced jet aircraft, it can also be said that this is Germany's nightmare. Because Germany has devoted a lot of manpower, material resources and scientific and technological strength to the development of jet aircraft. research, thereby ignoring nuclear weapons."

If Germany has mastered nuclear weapons, what will happen to the end of World War II is intriguing.

"What the Germans didn't expect was that although Germany mass-produced a large number of jet planes, it was difficult to use them in wars. Because Germany lacked oil, these jet planes could not fly to the sky and were blown up on the airport in large numbers. If At that time, Germany was not short of energy sources, and if so many advanced jet planes were able to go to the sky, the outcome of World War II is also worthy of people's thinking." Chief Lei said with a look of thought, "You know, jet planes were the most advanced fighter jets at that time. .”

The jet was the most advanced fighter at that time, known for its excellent performance, which was far beyond the comparison of the aircraft of the allies at that time.

However, Germany is poor in oil and does not have enough fuel to put these advanced aircraft into the sky. It can only watch such advanced jets being blown up on the airport.

If Germany has enough fuel to put these advanced jets into the sky, it is hard to say whether the outcome of World War II will change, but it will definitely delay the end of World War II for a long time.

Since World War II, air supremacy has become particularly important. Isn't Germany's "Blitzkrieg" based on air supremacy? If the German army wants to launch an attack, it first sends a large number of bombers to carry out indiscriminate bombing to destroy the enemy's valuable targets. When the time is almost right, a large number of established elite armored units will be invested.

These armored units do not necessarily have advanced tanks and armored vehicles, but they are well-trained, flexible in command, able to fight well, have advanced tactics, and are brave and good at fighting.

Therefore, the enemy's army will soon be overwhelmed by a large number of German armored forces, attacking Poland, attacking France, and attacking bears are all tactics like this.

If the German jets could go to the sky and regain the supremacy of the air, it would definitely cause great trouble to the Allies.

In order to solve the fuel problem, the head of state fought with his general Guderian for several years, but no one could convince the other.

Guderian is known as the father of modern armored warfare. Germany can have a large number of elite armored forces, and he has contributed a lot. Of course, another part of the credit goes to the head of state. They are not optimistic about the prospects of the armored force, but the head of state is optimistic. He also reused Guderian as the director of the armored force to form the world's first large-scale armored force.

At that time, there was opposition from the German political circles, and the head of state was angry and dismissed all the opposing generals, even the chief of staff, which cleared the way for Guderian.

The two have such a special cooperative relationship. Guderian can speak out about many things. He can say what others dare not say, and the head of state has to endure it.

When the German army was defeated, Guderian proposed that the army could be concentrated to form a powerful assault group to carry out a devastating blow to the enemy. The head of state disagreed and vetoed this opinion many times.

The reason for the head of state's rebuttal is: My dear general, do you know what the war is about? The fight is resources, and what is hit is oil. Can the tank still run without fuel? Can the plane still go to the sky?

Guderian's reason cannot be said to be unreasonable, but the head of state's reason cannot be said to be wrong. In this way, the two have been arguing for several years, and neither can convince the other.

The reason why they argue so much boils down to one point, that is, Germany is poor in resources.

"After the war, gas turbines were no longer limited to aircraft, and Britain was the first to use them on ships. The British improved aviation gas turbines. This greatly inspired countries. The United States came from behind. The gas turbines made by GE have good performance and good stability. , It is commendable." Chief Lei was very moved, and said: "Our country imported gas turbines from the United States and built two warships. For more than ten years, the use of gas turbines has been very stable."

In the 1970s and 1980s of the last world, China and the United States had a common enemy, and the relationship was quite good. It was called the "honeymoon period", and advanced equipment could be imported from the United States. Gas turbines are one of them.

This kind of friendly relationship did not exist for a long time. Not long after, the relationship between China and the United States took a sharp turn for the worse. The United States banned the export of gas turbines to China, which made it impossible for our country to rebuild this type of warship.

"When it comes to gas turbines, many of us always say that our country made a mistake at that time, and Rolls-Royce should not be excluded. Otherwise, after the US embargoes our country, we can still buy them from the UK." Ye Chen He took the conversation, shook his head, and said: "People who hold this kind of view are very naive, and it is not uncommon to refute them, but there are still many people who believe it. Don't they know that Britain is the little brother of the United States, and the boss of the United States has spoken How dare this little British brother go against it? Do you dare to sell gas turbines to us at the risk of angering the United States?"

"You're right." Ye Chen's words resonated with Master Lei.

The entire western world is led by the United States, and the United States is the boss. The United States wants to ban the export of things to our country. Do the little brothers in the United States dare to sell them?

Just look at the European arms embargo on our country.

European countries really want to sell it to our country, but the United States does not allow it. Up to now, the arms embargo has not been lifted.

Several times, European countries met to lift the arms embargo on our country, but the United States issued a strict order. Didn't the European countries have to give up?

"Our country attaches great importance to gas turbines. However, due to the lack of national strength and lack of funds, the progress is not very fast. With the improvement of the country's strength, the country has invested much more in this area. Our days It's finally better." Chief Master Lei expressed his feelings.

"I heard that our country has purchased a large amount of such technology from a certain country in the West. Is it true?" Ye Chen asked a little gossip.

This news has been spread for many years, but it is not known whether it is true or not.

"I can't say there isn't, and I can't say there is." Master Lei's words are a bit intriguing.

Ye Chen is not happy anymore, why are you talking like an old monk, thinking about it, do you have it or not? (To be continued.)