Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 234

"Small ships are required to have a certain ability to launch aircraft, a large-caliber main gun, and sufficient close-range interception capabilities."

After determining the three basic requirements, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian came up with an extremely crazy design: the ship would be centered around an electromagnetic gun and a nuclear fusion reactor that powered it.

The ships designed according to this concept are essentially giant flying electromagnetic cannons.

After finalizing the design concept, Luo Lin and Ouyang Nian quickly began work.

The first thing to be determined was the caliber and length of the electromagnetic gun. The caliber of the electromagnetic gun is 1200 mm, and the length of the barrel is 72 meters, which means that it is a 60-caliber electromagnetic gun.

Since Lorraine did not intend to use this type of warship as a transitional vessel, it designed it from the outset as a ship capable of space combat.

With Cleveland's assistance, the two then determined the overall outline of the entire ship.

The first ship was extremely slender, almost wedge-shaped, with a hull length much greater than its width and height, minimizing the ship's frontal projection and reducing its vulnerable area.

A pair of huge aerodynamic rudders were added to the left and right sides of the ship's main engine and power system to assist the ship in maneuvering within the atmosphere.

The entire ship can be divided into multiple modules, with a prominent spine structure on top. The interior can house sensor arrays, the bridge, some weapon systems, point defense systems, and missile launchers.

The midsection of the ship is its core: a 1200mm caliber axial gun, main engine, and propulsion system.

The bottom of the ship also features a spine-like structure. Within this long series of protrusions, land-attack weapon systems, land-attack observation and aiming equipment, point defense systems, and missile launchers can be installed.

After completing the overall outline design of the ship, Lorraine and Ouyang began to fill the interior structure of this empty ship.

This 1200mm caliber axial gun was encased in multiple layers of thick composite armor. On either side of the axial gun were two slender platforms, on which Lorraine and Ouyang Nian installed numerous point defense systems.

The upper and lower sections of the ship were designed by Lorraine and Ouyang Nian, respectively.

Within the ship's superstructure, Lorraine installed a retractable triple-mounted 380mm electromagnetic railgun within a thick layer of armor.

About 20 meters behind the stern of the main gun turret, Lorraine placed four quadruple 2000 mm universal vertical launch units on both sides of the hull.

Around the bridge, Lorraine deployed a total of six point defense systems, located directly in front of and behind the island superstructure, as well as on the left and right sides.

When designing the bridge, Lorraine faced a dilemma: to gain a better field of view, the defensive capabilities of the bridge's front had to be sacrificed.

But Lorraine quickly overcame his misconceptions. He installed a large number of observation devices around the bridge and installed retractable active and passive electromagnetic armor on the bridge.

Next came the installation of the stern section. Lorraine installed another triple-mounted 130mm rapid-fire naval gun and then mounted a sensor array in the protrusion above the propeller.

Immediately afterwards, Lorraine's gaze moved forward along the ship's hull, looking at the front of the ship where no equipment had yet been installed.

After a brief consideration, Lorraine deployed two sensor arrays beneath the thick, centrally protruding armor layer. (The novel "Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet" is currently sparking a reading frenzy on Cola Novels; haven't you read it yet?) Then, he installed two 2800mm missile launchers beneath the armor on the bow.

Compared to the simple top of the hull, the weapons and equipment located below the hull are much more diverse.

At the very front of the long series of protruding structures at the bottom of the ship, Ouyang Nian'an installed two 600mm secondary guns, and on each of the left and right sides diagonally behind them, there was a set of 22-cell decoy launchers.

15 meters behind the main gun are, in order, two twin-mounted 380mm ground attack systems, a ground observation and aiming sensor array, and one twin-mounted 380mm ground attack system.

After integrating their designs, the two began tinkering with the ship's propulsion system.

As an amphibious vessel, the Lorraine is equipped with a sealing system for its propulsion system to protect the two main propellers and two smaller propellers from seawater corrosion.

When a ship moves in seawater using magnetohydrodynamic propulsion, this sealing system will cover the outside of the propulsion, forming a square stern.

The two then began adjusting the cooling system of the power system.

Since the current operational range of ships is mainly within the atmosphere, the cooling system of the entire flagship is still mainly air-cooled.

When the air-cooling system is unable to quickly dissipate the heat carried by the special coolant, the water vapor collection system will be activated to condense the water vapor in the air into water.

The condensate will flow through a special pipe to the outside of the engine. After absorbing heat, the condensate will evaporate back into water vapor, which will then be discharged back into the atmosphere through the exhaust system, thus achieving the purpose of rapid cooling.

After the ship's internal design was completed, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian specifically adjusted the placement of the radar and sensor arrays as well as the communication antennas to ensure that they would not be easily damaged by stray bullets.

Once all the designs were complete and the ship began simulation tests, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian left the design room and stood on the top of the flagship's bridge, relaxing for a moment in the cool sea breeze.

After finishing their late-night snacks, the two received a notification that the simulation test was complete.

When the two returned to the design studio, they ran into Platinum and Lin Shu, who were on their way to visit.

As the four entered the design studio, a pale blue holographic projection appeared before them in the dim lighting.

Frigate

[Ship length: 324.8 meters]

[Ship beam: 52.6 meters]

[Ship height: 50.9 meters]

[Weapon Systems: 1200mm electrothermal cannon and reconnecting electromagnetic acceleration cannon, 2000mm universal vertical launch unit, 2800mm heavy missile launch unit, 50mm integrated missile-gun point defense system, 600mm electrothermal cannon and reconnecting electromagnetic acceleration cannon, 380mm coil acceleration cannon, 130mm electromagnetic railgun.]

[Energy System: An array of nuclear fusion reactors and two pure hydrogen gas turbines (emergency energy system)]

[Defense System: Biomass inner armor, titanium alloy armor layer, composite armor layer, active and passive composite electromagnetic armor, and steel plate interception device supplementary system.]

The ship is equipped with two small engine rooms on each of its port and starboard sides, as well as two electromagnetic catapult tracks. Each small engine room can store four medium-sized fighter jets.

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