Otherworld Girl Development Guide

Now, a brigade-level confrontation between the Red Team and the Blue Team is about to take place here, or rather, a confrontation between the Red Team and aliens.

Red team, traditional rabbit-based synthetic brigade... everything is normal.

But when it came to the Blue Team, everything changed... The Blue Team had buffs from start to finish.

With the support of a large aerial platform, it's obvious without even looking that the Pengkun-2 has joined the exercise.

Large aerial platforms possess all-domain electromagnetic suppression capabilities... quantum computers provide integrated command capabilities...

Air-to-ground missile support and anti-radiation missile support available anytime, anywhere...

With 24-hour on-call air support, the attack was launched by a fifth-generation stealth fighter.

That alone wouldn't give the Red Army commander a headache. The real headache came from the Blue Army's ground units. The Type 99A had three lives, and the Type 04 infantry fighting vehicle had two lives... meaning it would take three hits to take down the enemy, while Red Army tanks were destroyed with a single shot.

The Blue Force possesses overwhelming air defense capabilities. Although the Red Force commander doesn't know what those capabilities are, once an armed helicopter is detected by radar, the computer will automatically determine that the aircraft has been destroyed without even needing to launch missiles...

Special air assault units, Z-20/Z-20A...

The special combat unit "Crimson Fangs" is a rapid deployment assault unit composed of sergeant first class...

Hypersonic strategic bomber...

Support from hypersonic stealth tactical reconnaissance aircraft...

The Blue Army also possesses naval shipborne "cannons"... one shot would basically blow up the entire command post.

The space-based laser weapon platform... discovered that the command post had been burned down.

That's outrageous... However, no matter how harsh the conditions are, the Red Army commanders must carry forward the tradition of not being afraid of difficulties or sacrifices!

But what exactly is this Z-20 attack helicopter?

"You call this an armed helicopter?"

Inside a certain base in China, three special "helicopters" were parked in the hangar, while the brigade commander of an air assault brigade responsible for receiving them looked at the "WZ-20" helicopters in front of him with a bewildered expression.

As the successor to the Z-10, the Z-20 is a true heavy "attack bomber"...

The fuselage still resembles the Z-10, except that the Z-20 has eliminated the propeller and replaced it with dual VTOL twin turbofan engines on both sides to provide sufficient lift. There is a fan-tail rotor assembly at the tail for steering.

The turbine fan is easy to maintain; if it breaks, simply replace it with a new one. Ground staff only need to spend 20-30 minutes on it...

The real core is the small orthogonal engine inside, which not only provides anti-gravity but also outputs some electricity to provide additional power support for the Z-20's energy armor.

This can be seen as the rabbit gradually integrating orbal technology into its own technology tree, but not much of it has been integrated. After all, orbal ore has disappeared with the demise of the portal, and the rabbit still needs to develop its own technology.

The addition of a small guided-missile engine has made the Z-20's payload capacity almost insane.

The 2-ton class missile alone has four hardpoints. The upper composite hardpoints can carry four 500kg bombs, or numerous anti-tank missiles. There are also some hardpoints for traditional Chinese rocket launchers, and the Tianyan-90 can carry air-to-air missiles, etc., with a total payload of 12 tons...

The brigade commander of the air assault brigade was a little dumbfounded when he saw the load. The armed helicopter was carrying 12 tons. Was this a J-16?

It is armed with one 30mm electrothermal chemical gun with 1000 rounds of ammunition, fed by two ammunition boxes, which makes changing ammunition very convenient, just like changing a magazine.

One anti-infantry laser weapon, specifically designed to kill infantry, because it does not require ammunition; it can continuously launch attacks as long as the capacitor is charged.

The aircraft is equipped with energy-charged armor on key parts of its body. As long as the superconducting batteries are charged, it can withstand the bombardment of anti-aircraft guns and missiles, and then safely retreat.

"How much does this thing cost?" the brigade commander asked curiously.

"Uh... I don't know the exact price, but it's not cheap, 2E per plane... We sent over three planes for you to test their performance, but the pilots will be the ones we brought."

The frame material/titanium crystal fuselage, carbon nanotube skin, photonic chip, phased array radar, and the most expensive energy-charging armor... are all designed to be used with the Z-10 attack helicopter to compensate for the Z-10's insufficient payload.

Here's a joke: even DJI drones from China now have phased array radar...

There's also the "mirage" system, created using nanoscale grooves in grating stones—a special device that refracts light, enabling optical invisibility...

The mirage system is incredibly expensive, but it has a drawback: it doesn't provide radar stealth, it conflicts with radar-absorbing coatings, and it fails on high-speed aircraft...

Ultimately, the only option was to use it on attack helicopters. That's why the Z-20 is so expensive. They've incorporated the most advanced technologies, so they don't care about using a weapon like energy-charged armor.

However, in the end, the new technology only accounts for 50%. The main body of the Z-20's fuselage is inherited from the Z-10, so it can be considered a derivative model of the Z-10.

"Hiss... That's so expensive, but the driver is fine."

The brigade commander nodded. This was normal; the Z-20 attack helicopter had a lot of classified technology on it... He just wondered if it was just his imagination, but the Z-20 seemed a little familiar, like he had seen it somewhere before.

当旅长扭头看向另一架直20A的时候，好家伙...直20A和直20完全是两个东西，如果不知道的人还以为直20A是直20通用直升机的升级版。

"Is this a ground effect vehicle?"

"This... something like that," the supplier said with a laugh.

Like the alien pelican, the Z-20 helicopter also features a small orbment engine, but after discussions, a more efficient electric propulsion system was adopted...

That's right, the Z-20 attack helicopter touched the Banshee from StarCraft II, while the Z-20A touched the Pelican from Halo, both of which participated in this year's airshow.

It's not just the US military itself; China not only watches US Hollywood blockbusters, but also watches their games.

I'm sure soon, some departments in the US will find the broken glass and have some tea with Microsoft... How is China gradually developing in the direction of aliens?

Chapter 287 Thermonuclear Turbine Engine

Mingrui Star, Star Ring Research Institute.

Bell and Tio are conducting a special theoretical study in their private research room.

As the two "princess" of Xinghuan Heavy Industry, their research projects can be said to be almost funded infinity.

Amidst the clatter of keyboard clicks, Tio inputs data into the newly designed supercomputer, assembled from photonic chips, which is now performing simulations.

"Lingdang, how are you doing over there?"

"My side is done too, now I just need to wait for the calculation results..."

"Ah."

Tio nodded, staring at the simulation on the computer.

They are designing and creating a simulation, which is not simple at all.

A thermonuclear turbine engine that is somewhat similar to, yet completely different from, a traditional aircraft engine!

The thermonuclear turbine engine was conceived in the 90s, but due to the limitations of technology and materials science at the time, it only existed in fantasy. The VF mobile suits in Macross also use this type of engine.

But things are different now. Rare discoveries on Mingrui Star have made thermonuclear engines possible. After all, the appearance of frame structures, room-temperature superconducting materials, and materials such as grating stones and titanium crystals has greatly increased the possibility of thermonuclear turbine engines.

This is also the main research direction of Bell and Tio. The two of them decided to put aside other research and develop the thermonuclear engine first.

It can provide the Pengkun aerial platform with an air engine that can achieve near-unlimited endurance, and it can also replace the existing aircraft with new types of aero engines... It can achieve unlimited endurance within the atmosphere, and it can even make special auxiliary aircraft such as tanker aircraft obsolete.

The new thermonuclear turbine engine, codenamed RH-0001 for Star Ring.

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In the NT chat room, Bell and Theo were having highly efficient brainwave communication.

"Tio, I think it's still quite difficult to build a thermonuclear engine right now. There's no material that can serve as a 'particle container,' magnetic confinement is too unstable, and plasma turbulence is also a problem..."

Lingdang looked at the simulation on the screen and frowned slightly as she spoke.

In a thermonuclear turbine engine, the traditional "combustion chamber" is replaced by a "reaction chamber." The high-temperature nuclear fusion reaction generated in the reaction chamber is ejected to create reverse thrust to accelerate the aircraft... There are many challenges involved, the first being the problem of plasma turbulence... The reaction involves the expansion of explosive gases that creates a backflow, as well as the gravitational suppression that causes the kinetic energy to be ejected backward.

Simply put, it involves heating air using a nuclear fusion reaction and then ejecting it. The working medium inside the atmosphere is air, while outside the atmosphere, a propellant is needed to replace air as the working medium.

On the screen, a combined thermonuclear cycle engine is undergoing simulated testing at around Mach 2.5, powered by a thermonuclear turbine engine. Above Mach 2.5, a thermonuclear ramjet system is used...

"Tio, the material for the turbine blades of our thermonuclear combined cycle engine is a bit tricky to choose. It must be able to withstand the centrifugal force generated by the extremely high temperatures and ultra-high-speed rotation..."

Lingdang touched her lips, looking at the turbine blades simulated in the computer, which shattered after only seven hours of simulated operation, and couldn't help but frown... This was far from their design requirements. In their design, the turbine blades should have a lifespan of at least half of the original work's six months, which meant they could work safely for three months!

"How about trying the new titanium crystal alloy? Or make some improvements in the design, for example, use an MHD generator (magnetic hydrodynamic generator) to drive a superconducting motor to drive a turbine, and place the compressor fan in front... so that the compressor fan is not used inside, which completely solves the fan lifespan problem."

After all, compared to the dual properties of high temperature resistance and centrifugal force resistance, the single property of centrifugal force resistance in photopolymers is much simpler.

“I think it’s a good idea not to install a turbo fan inside the engine. In terms of design, adding a variable ramp device... can also prevent the backflow of air at the inlet caused by the shock wave.” Tio highlighted the annotation on the control panel.

"But how do we solve the power regulation problem of the thermonuclear engine...?"

“Let’s try compressing the magnetic field…” Tio thought for a moment and said, “...but how do we solve the problem of converting high-temperature air into kinetic energy? This engine is too small.”

Bell blinked her amber eyes, and her superhuman brain started working at high speed, finally coming up with a solution: "Increase gravity and use a gravitational field to solve the problem of mixing air and plasma."

"Gravity field...you mean the reverse use of the orbment engine?"

"Yes, since the orbal engine can shield or reduce gravity, there is no reason why it cannot be used in reverse to increase thrust and increase the combination of the two in the region."

The two quickly reached a consensus on this matter and modified the structure of RH0001, dividing it into five major structures.

Compression region, thermonuclear fusion region, thrust increase region, cooling open region, and afterburning region.

In the compression zone of the thermonuclear engine are two compression fans that compress the intake air. Behind the two compression fans is the static wing, where the superconducting motor driven by the MHD generator rotates the compression fans.

Next is the most important part of the thermonuclear turbine engine, the thermonuclear fusion region, where the reaction chamber is the most important part!

The reaction chamber is magnetically confined by mirrored coils on the inner wall, which confine the terrifying high temperatures generated by the reaction inside the chamber. Meanwhile, the surrounding area is insulated with a heat-resistant composite coating of crystalline/graphene. The reactant is supplied with thermonuclear fuel through two reactant supply pipes.

At the opening of the reaction chamber, the region where the plasma jet thrust generated by the thermonuclear reaction increases merges with compressed air, forming a high-temperature plasma explosive expansion that generates the thrust of the aircraft.

In the thrust-enhancing region, the working fluid for thrust is adjusted by regulating the amount of air used to deplete the plasma. Reducing the air volume is controlled by an airflow regulating plate located immediately in front of the thrust-enhancing region. Simultaneously, the air flows along the wall of the open area, forming an air barrier to protect the open area wall and also reducing the exhaust temperature.

When plasma mixes with air, it produces high-temperature plasma, which is a natural power generation carrier. The MHD superconducting generator is located in the thrust-increasing region. Through the conversion of plasma into electrical energy, it provides sufficient power support for the aircraft, driving more powerful radar and airborne electronic equipment.

After being mixed with high-temperature plasma, the rapidly expanding high-temperature air is amplified in the thrust amplification region and then sprayed into the cold open region, which is also the region that provides extra-atmospheric propellant. The propellant is injected into the cooling open region through nozzles.

After the design was finalized, Tio and Bell gave each other a high five and Tio said in a monotone tone, "Now we can hand over the parts to the manufacturing workshop for production."

Chapter 288 A Second Blossom

Calling it "finalized" only means finalizing the structural design; it's merely producing a prototype thermonuclear turbine engine. Further extensive testing and repeated trials, including wind tunnel testing, are still needed...

"Bell, should we use binary vectors or ternary vectors?"

The design of a two-dimensional engine nozzle is simple, while the design of a three-dimensional engine is more difficult.

Looking at the finalized thermonuclear turbine engine design on the computer screen, Lingdang thought for a moment and said, "Let's use a three-dimensional vector. We designed this engine for space, and complex space maneuvers require the coordination of three-dimensional vectors."

"it is good."

Tio nodded and started typing away on the keyboard, beginning to design the three-dimensional vector engine jet tracking. Because it didn't need to consider the nozzle's impact with the ground in mech mode, unlike VF, the design was much simpler.

"Tio, how about we design a VF prototype to play with? We already have the energy armor, so if RH0001 comes out, it doesn't seem so difficult..." Bell squinted and counted, her amber eyes flashing with something.