My Global War Game

An electromagnetic railgun is a weapon that uses electromagnetic force as its power source.

Its scientific principles were discovered by mankind long ago, but its application in the field of military weapons originated from the United States' electromagnetic railgun program at the beginning of this century. The weapon was originally intended to be installed on the United States' next-generation advanced destroyer, the Zumwalt-class.

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, such as Commissioner Smith, the hollowing out of the manufacturing industry, stagnant research capabilities, and erroneous research decisions, the situation has deteriorated.

Ultimately, the project was abandoned after more than ten years of research and development.

China has always looked up to the United States, so when it learned that the United States was developing an electromagnetic railgun, it naturally launched its own research.

However, their outcomes were completely different.

The United States gave up.

China is not only persisting, but is also only one step away from meeting military standards and being put into service.

The reasons why the United States fails while China succeeds are varied.

But one point is crucial: China has made more in-depth accumulation and exploration in the fields of power transmission, storage and electromagnetic technology, and has achieved more results.

This characteristic is also reflected in the field of electromagnetic catapults for aircraft carriers.

The contributions of that "Electromagnetic Protector of the Nation" are self-evident.

Of course, policy factors cannot be ignored. For example, China has already used the technology of insulated missiles in the military, but the United States, which was the first to research it, abandoned it halfway.

As netizens have said, the United States has been making science fiction films, while China has been working hard to realize them one by one.

Moreover, the technological foundation is solid enough.

When China initiated its electromagnetic railgun project, it proceeded in two directions simultaneously.

One is a coilgun.

The other one is a railgun.

The direction that the United States has been pushing for is the latter.

Although the names of these two cannons differ, their core technical principles are the same: electromagnetic force drives the projectile to do work.

However, because of their different forms of expression, they each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The advantages of coil guns are high energy efficiency, low requirements for power transmission and supply equipment, and good maintainability.

The disadvantages are that the projectile velocity is relatively low, the projectile requires a special structure, the launching structure is complex, and the electronic control requirements are extremely high.

It was for these reasons that the United States initially chose the electromagnetic railgun route.

The only advantage of a railgun is its high projectile velocity.

However, it has many drawbacks, such as extremely low power supply efficiency and severe wear caused by contact between the projectile and the track.

The United States initially halted research and development because it was unable to overcome the problem of track wear.

nowadays.

China has basically overcome the related difficulties in the field of coilguns, and its technical level is equivalent to that of aircraft carrier electromagnetic catapult technology.

Only the final finishing touches are needed to meet military standards and directly replace the main guns of current large destroyers such as the Type 055.

There are still many problems in the field of railguns, and there is a significant gap before they can be deployed. However, because the extremely high projectile velocity of railguns is indeed not to be ignored, research on railguns has continued in recent years, and investment has been further increased.

now.

Inside the pristine white laboratory, Director Zhou looked at the electromagnetic railgun in front of him, his excitement visibly palpable.

Although Director Zhou is not particularly skilled in the field of electromagnetics, electromagnetic railguns are an interdisciplinary industry, and he is one of the key scientists in the electromagnetic railgun project, mainly responsible for the design of the gun barrel and projectile.

"good!"

"Next is..."

He looked unusually excited, spinning around in circles like an old ox pulling a millstone, waving his left hand aimlessly in the air, pinching his brow with his right hand, and muttering something under his breath.

"Come out! Come out, all of you!"

As his voice rang out, countless experimental devices appeared in the pure white space.

Computers, machine tools, and all sorts of scientific research equipment that laymen couldn't understand at all appeared out of nowhere, even somewhat abruptly.

Hahaha~

Immediately, he looked up and saw everything, rubbed his hands together, and walked towards a machine tool.

"Let me give it a try."

Like a child seeing a new toy, he started to operate it.

The process was not long. A piece of metal material, summoned out of thin air, was quickly cut on the machine tool and eventually turned into a bullet-shaped finished product.

He took the bullet and went to another machine to begin various tests.

A moment later, the test results came out, and he shook his head.

It was obvious that the bullet did not meet his requirements.

But the expression on his face became even more excited and thrilled, as if a person walking slowly in the darkness had finally seen the dawn!

"That's great! That's absolutely great!"

"It can perfectly replicate real-world experiments."

"There's no difference, no flaws, it's so perfect, it's like reality itself!"

"In this way, expensive experiments can be conducted indefinitely."

"Experimental funding will be greatly reduced, and the efficiency of experiments will be greatly improved."

"Not to mention..."

With that in mind, he directly invoked the control panel by thinking, just as described in the document.

"Machining plan for a model of an railgun projectile."

As soon as his order was given, a scientific research task was instantly created.

"Wow, does it really require that much computing power?"

"That's perfectly reasonable."

"Otherwise, why would a mere model waste so much of our time?"

"According to that camera, if I have sufficient computing power, I can get the results very quickly?"

"Oh, right, he also said that if the research team is strong enough and has enough members, the research and development time can be reduced."

With that thought in mind, he closed his eyes and left the laboratory.

next second.

In his room at Yenching University of Science and Technology, Director Zhou, who was lying on a cot, suddenly sat up.

"It works! It works!"

"It's entirely feasible to conduct experiments in a laboratory!"

"I just conducted a small experiment, and it was no different from doing it in real life."

"Haha, the camera wasn't lying."

"Quickly pass this message on to everyone who is still in the future."

"Report this to the General Affairs Department as well!"

Director Zhou's voice immediately drew cheers and enthusiastic applause from the room.

The people present, apart from the staff of the General Affairs Department, were all from the project team. The railgun project had not made any substantial progress for far too long, and their pressure, expectations, and resentment were unimaginable!

"yes!"

As one of the staff members from the General Affairs Department spoke, he lay down and entered the game.

Subsequently, all the scientists in the game world learned of this situation and ended the game to unlock the laboratory.

After everyone had experienced the laboratory's functions and woken up, the atmosphere in the room was extremely lively, because for scientists, the laboratory was an existence they simply could not refuse!

Imagine an experiment that, due to funding and equipment issues, can only be conducted once a week.

But with a laboratory, it can be done anytime!

And it can perform many sets at the same time!

Which researcher could resist such a temptation?

What used to take years to produce may now only take a few months, or even a few days!

"However, there is a problem."

After a brief, heated exchange, Director Zhou calmed down and said the following.

"What's the problem?"

Under the watchful eyes of his many enthusiastic colleagues, he frowned and said:

How will our entire project team connect to the network?

"We can't all just be busy in our own labs, can we?"

"Then it's difficult to compile the results, isn't it?"

"Isn't the idea that the larger the team, the faster the research?"

How can we leverage our team strengths?

"Is it simply a matter of assigning tasks to each individual, and then having everyone work in their own labs?"

Will the merger ultimately take place in reality?

Hearing him say this, everyone present was taken aback.