"Accelerate!" Seeing that the Chinese warship was catching up, the captain of the frigate issued an order.

If they don’t accelerate, they can’t get a distance. At first, he thought the distance was too far and the Chinese could not catch up. Now they are worried about how to get a distance away, but they are beginning to worry about being caught up by the Chinese.

"Captain, our battleship has only so many maximum speeds. If we accelerate, the boiler will explode due to overload!" The first mate reminded the captain that we must be cautious.

"I am the captain. Don't you know how high the maximum speed of our warship can run? The Chinese don't care if there is a problem with their boiler. What are we afraid of? Our warships have some reserved overload designs!" The captain roared.

Although in their regulations, the Duke-level maximum speed can only run 28 knots, which is to extend the service life of the power system.

During high-speed navigation, the Duke-class gas turbine directly drives the large shaft through the gearbox. The two improved Speysm-1c gas boilers have a total output power of 34,000 axle horsepower. It is absolutely powerful to run.

"As a veteran captain, the gas boiler provides the power of propulsion system, and the diesel generator set provides the power of ship-based equipment!" As an experienced captain, he is very clear about these situations.

The huge power system can allow warships to run at high speeds far beyond the maximum speed on the surface, and even the speed will exceed people's imagination.

Under the captain's insistence, the speed of the Duke-class frigate began to increase.

Soon, it increased from 28 knots to 30 knots, and continued to increase, reaching a high speed of 32 knots.

"The British warships have also accelerated. Their maximum speed is not 28 knots, and they actually hide so many speeds!" Wei Yong did not expect that the British warships they thought were very familiar with actually reached a high speed of 32 knots!

Both warships rushed on the vast sea, and the distance could not be shortened.

A group of intern captains looked at Ai Guoxiu, while Ai Guoxiu was looking at Liu Yijiu. To be honest, he did not want Liu Yijiu to madly increase the speed of the warship.

The power of the two nuclear reactors is not too high now and runs very smoothly. If the power reflected by more is increased, problems may arise.

On the sea, 100% of the nuclear reactors inside warships are absolutely not allowed.

The battleship has large space, but it still cannot reserve more power compared to nuclear power plants on land to ensure that it will not be overloaded, causing too high temperatures to cause the reactor to explode.

In the reactor design of the battleship Yongxing Island battleship, under normal circumstances, 80% of the power is already the highest, and the two reactors are 80% of the power, which can allow the battleship to run to a theoretical 38-knot high speed, which is also the ultimate speed. Given that the American battleship was an old guy from World War II, it has been in service for half a century, and even if it is reinforced, problems must be avoided.

Metals have a material fatigue level.

"Compare speed with us?" Liu Yijiu looked at Ai Guoxiu's worried eyes and signaled him not to worry. After all, all the situations of the entire warship were simulated by a supercomputer many times when designing.

He believes in the domestic simulation results and believes that domestic technicians will not make a joke.

"Can our warship run faster?" Wei Yong's mouth twitched.

He was shocked when he ran to the 32nd quarter before. It took him a long time to accept this fact. At least, there was absolutely no warship in their frigate that could run at such a speed.

"You'll know if you try it?" Liu Yijiu did not answer positively, "The reactor power is 70%. Pay attention to the pressure system and temperature to avoid dangerous situations."

Liu Yijiu is not a fool either.

If there is a problem with the reactor at that time, it will be troublesome in this place far away from the mainland.

He was not willing to be embarrassed in front of the British.

What's more, once the reactor explodes, it is definitely a serious quality accident. It doesn't matter if the property is lost, but the loss of personnel is unacceptable. He cannot risk the safety of personnel for the sake of the dignity of the country and in order to tell the British that China's power system is very strong.

The Russian Kirov had a nuclear reactor that exploded and is still lying in his arms.

"Power 70%!" The operator of the power system adjusts the power to 70% through the buttons on the operating table. In the monitoring system around the nuclear reactor, various changes are reflected on the screen of the power system monitoring.

The pressure, temperature, etc. of the reactor are all within the normal range, and it is still far from the warning position.

“Speed ​​34!”

"Stay on speed and report to the monitoring system at any time." At Liu Yijiu's warning, Ai Guoxiu gave the order helplessly.

On the radar of the warships of both sides, the two warships that had originally maintained a consistent relative distance began to get closer again.

After discovering this situation, the Duke-class frigate was shocked again.

"Don't the Americans' maximum design speed of Iowa-class is only 33 knots? What methods did the Chinese use to make their battleships run to 34 knots?" This is everyone's question.

Originally, they thought that the Chinese could make the warship run at a speed of 32 knots, which was already enough to make the power system run at full capacity. However, they did not expect that when they also made the power system close to full capacity, China's huge battleships began to accelerate again this week, reaching 34 knots!

They are 50,000 tons of battleships, not only frigates and destroyers with a size of thousands of tons.

If there were only one or two thousand tons of frigates, even if they ran a speed of 42 knots, the British would not be surprised. The problem is that the Chinese battleships could run at a speed of 34 knots, which was one knot faster than the highest speed designed by the United States.

"Captain, are we still increasing the speed?" Captain Mosen took a deep breath and asked the captain with a confused look on his face. "If we continue to increase, our power system will be in danger."

"Report to the headquarters that the speed of Chinese battleships has exceeded our imagination and has reached 34 knots. Whether it is the limit speed is unknown..." The captain's voice was a little bitter.

The news quickly reported to the headquarters.

Major General Stephen heard the news and was completely unbelievable, "Is there something wrong with their radar? Or is their radar soldiers dazzled?"

"Commander, we should believe in our country's military technology! The radar will not go wrong." Colonel Taylor also shocked China's huge battleships to run at such a high speed. "According to the technical parameters of our Type 23 frigate, during the overload operation, we can maintain a speed of 36 knots for a period of time. We don't know whether the maximum speed of the Chinese battleship is 34 knots, but I think we can take a risk and give it a try. If their maximum speed is only 34 knots, the battleships chasing us burn the boiler..."

This situation is very likely to happen.

Even if the boiler is not burned, it will greatly reduce the life of the power system of this Chinese warship.

Warships generally do not maintain high speeds when they are not necessary or during combat, and will not use overloaded extreme speeds in normal times.

If the Chinese battleships could be dragged to damage the power system, the empire would be regained.

"What if their speed is more than 34 knots?" Major General Stephen looked gloomy, "Although, I don't believe that their speed may be higher..."

Colonel Taylor did not answer.

If the maximum speed of the Chinese warship is more than 34 knots, then the dignity of the empire will be completely crushed by this terrifying steel monster, and the glory of the Royal Navy will be completely crushed to pieces.

"I can only try it! See how long they can be arrogant!" Major General Stephen issued an order to let the Duke-class frigate sail overload to reach the limit speed.

"Accelerate! Keep the speed at 36!" The Duke-class captain issued an order. At this time, he could only pray in his heart that the boiler could last longer.

“The pressure is too high!”

“The temperature is too high!”

Soon, the automatic monitoring system on the Duke-class warship began to alarm.

A short alarm sounded in all the cabins inside the warship, especially in the power cabin. Maintenance personnel were on standby and were ready to repair the warship's power system at any time.

The warship was overloaded and was in a dangerous alarm state, which was in exchange for a higher speed. The stronger power led the large shaft connected to the warship and the propeller to rotate wildly through the roar of the gas turbine, and the propeller also turned wildly, and the huge splash of water flipped over the tail of the frigate as if boiling.

"Oh my God, they can actually reach 36 quarters! We can't catch up!" Seeing that the distance was getting closer a little, the other party accelerated again, Wei Yong was desperate.

He felt that no matter what, the battleships could not catch up with each other, even if the other party just ran for a while.

"Power 80%!" Before Liu Yijiu could speak, Ai Guoxiu roared angrily. "Push my speed to 38 knots!"

He was angry.

The British clearly think that their warships are too large and their power systems are not good.

This let them see the strength of China's military industry.

He did not frantically let the reactor power run to 100%, which was too dangerous. Moreover, the reactor power reached 100%, which would cause irreversible damage to the hull of the battleship, which was the result of many simulations conducted through the computer.

When the Americans designed this warship before, the maximum speed was only 33 knots. It had been half a century since the warship was manufactured. The metal began to age. Even after modification, the speed of 38 knots was the limit.
Chapter completed!