"Reclaiming the sea and building islands?"

When General Chu heard this, he gave Guo Tailai a thumbs up: "You're still fat, you dare to think about it."

For ground-effect aircraft like this, we actually had a test flight before you said it, but we just didn't expect that we could transport supplies in the South China Sea.

Looking back, I ask if there is any plan to reclaim the sea and build islands, and how many islands that can build airports are courageous!”

Sometimes, as General Chu said, everyone's thinking will fall into a misunderstanding. Some things are very simple, but they just don't expect them.

General Chu admires Guo Tailai's unconventional imagination the most, which really surprises people again and again! However, reclaiming land and island construction is a future after all, and now we have to rely on these ground-effect aircraft to solve the problem.

With these small ground-effect transport aircraft, in addition to transporting supplies, it can also transport personnel. In the future, the soldiers guarding the islands and reefs will be much more convenient for rotation, and even if there is an acute illness, they can be treated in a timely manner.

The news is good news, and it has something to do with Guo Tailai and Zhao Yanyan, so the two are very satisfied.

However, the only flaw is that the ground-effect aircraft is not very large for the time being, and the transportation capacity is limited. A few people plus hundreds of kilograms of supplies are filled in one go. If you want to send more, you either have to run a few more times or have a few more aircraft.

Fortunately, this kind of ground-effect aircraft is much cheaper than a real aircraft, which is naturally cheaper from principle to design and manufacturing, and does not forcefully compress costs.

Moreover, the cost of use is not high, so I believe that the Navy should be able to equip it with a few more aircraft.

To be honest, the procurement and operation costs of more than a dozen or twenty small ground-effect transport aircraft may not be as good as those of a frigate, and they will be very cheap.

"Is it faster to transport more than one point?"

When Guo Tailai heard his senior sister ask about her thoughts, he answered directly without thinking: "Yes!"

"What's the idea?"

General Chu was overjoyed when he listened next to him, and interrupted and asked, "Is the cost high, is it easy?"

"Lcac! It's fast and has a large load."

Guo Tailai blurted out completely: "For reference, the American ones, carrying dozens of tons of goods at one time, and a main battle tank can be delivered.

If you want a big one, you can learn from the Russians’ bison’s hovercraft, more than 100 tons of cargo and three tanks at a time, and hundreds of people are no problem."

Guo Tai said the English abbreviation of the ingcraftaircushion landing hovercraft.

Generally speaking, LCAC is used for amphibious operations, but it is still mainly used to perform coastal missions.

But as long as a dock-type landing ship is added and used in conjunction, a large number of equipment can be easily transported.

The biggest advantage of hovercraft is that it doesn’t mind the depth of water. Where large ships cannot go, it is impossible to prevent hovercraft.

In addition, hovercraft can be very fast, which is also a huge advantage.

There are hovercraft in China now, but due to the shortcomings of the engine and other technical reasons, the performance is not so ideal.

The 724 air cushion landing ship, which was in service in 1994, is currently the only air cushion landing ship. It uses two diesel engines as power, with a maximum speed of 40 knots (about 70 kilometers per hour), a weight of 6.35 tons, and can transport ten soldiers.

A 722 type air cushion landing test boat was built before. It was built in 1979 with a total weight of 65 tons and a load capacity of 15 tons. It can be equipped with a logistics vehicle or an infantry reinforcement company. The hull is made of aluminum and is equipped with four retired aviation piston engines. The total power is 4x1,100 kilowatts and a speed of 89.8 kilometers per hour.

In 1980, the boat conducted two long-range tests, with good stability, lifting, handling and speed, but the main engine had high failure rate and high noise, especially gasoline-based fuel, which did not meet the actual combat requirements.

“There is no suitable engine!”

When General Chu heard Guo Tai say LCAC, he couldn't help but feel discouraged.

"Well, didn't I just build a yacht?"

Guo Tailai said slowly.

In fact, if he didn't say it, the senior sister next to him had already thought of it. His eyes were full of colors. It seemed that the two test engines for fat man could be used directly! The optimized Rolls-Royce MT7 gas turbine on Guo Tailai's yacht is actually the power system on the new SSC hovercraft of the United States that replaced the LCAAC hovercraft. Compared with the LCAAC ETF40b gas turbine, the power of the MTC7 has increased by 25% and the fuel consumption has decreased by about 11%.

"What's your yacht for?"

General Chu said something, suddenly realized what Guo Tailai said, and suddenly glared at the sight: "Xiao Zhao, which gas turbine is your research project?"

"The single unit has a power of 7,000 horsepower, and the structure is very compact and reliable, with low noise and low fuel consumption. There is a complete set of production drawings."

Zhao Yanyan smiled quickly and reported: "Except for the lack of production lines and production equipment, everything else is available."

"Fat man!"

General Chu almost shouted at Guo Tailai: "Don't leave at noon today. I'll ask the cafeteria to make your favorite hand-rolled noodles for you! Wait, I'll report to the chief! Today, the chief and I have made a promise and make an exception to invite you to drink! We'll treat you as much as you can!"

Looking at General Chu's back as he ran out to report, Guo Tailai turned to his senior sister and asked carefully: "Senior sister, what would happen if I drank all the people in the building in the assembly building at noon?"

"Hate! Don't bully people casually!"

Zhao Yanyan gently pounded Guo Tailai's shoulder and said coquettishly: "That's the leader!"

The person who pretended to be able to drink with Guo Tailai, and he didn't know how powerful Guo Tailai was.

The people at the base knew, but they were holding on to the point of being bad, and last time they cheated all the guys who wanted the warriors in the military region.

However, those guys didn't say that, because the final act didn't know Guo Tailai's alcohol tolerance.

General Chu actually asked Guo Tailai to drink with shamelessness. It was probably because he was deceived by Guo Tailai and General He's warm and accompanying him when he was drinking with him.

After a while, the chief of the acting chief rushed over. In addition to General Chu who came over to report, there was another lieutenant general.

"Xiao Guo! OK! OK!"

The chief of the acting chief almost burst into laughter on his face. He kept saying yes while holding Guo Tailai's hand, obviously very excited.

"Chief, I asked the cafeteria to make Xiao Guo his favorite hand-rolled noodles for him at noon. We will hold Xiao Guo to drink."

General Chu said with a smile beside him.

"Why are we pretending to invite Xiao Guo to drink?"

The chief assembly leader was so excited now that suddenly, a marine gas turbine that could be used without modifying anything and produced according to the drawings. He also had an LCAC idea. He was very happy: "If you want to invite it, it should be the Navy's treat! No, let's set off now and go to the Navy compound to let them treat it.

The ground-effect transporter is Xiao Guo’s idea, and the gas turbine is also Xiao Guo’s design. Who will they invite if they don’t invite it?”

"that is!"
Chapter completed!