"It's really developed? Well, let's take a look first!" Zhang Meng was immediately happy when he heard this, and forced himself to go to the test site with an excited look.

Orbital kinetic cannons have always been one of the future high-tech weapons that Zhang Meng attaches great importance to. He knew that in another five or six years, human beings will enter the nuclear weapons era, and then a half-century era of nuclear weapons battle will emerge. Even if Zhang Meng is confident that the Tang Empire will have a powerful nuclear arsenal to confront other nuclear weapons countries, no matter how they fight, they will eventually be unable to escape the fate of dying together.

Zhang Meng knew that the US-Soviet battle was not as calm as it was on the surface. In fact, humans were in a state of destruction several times because of hostilities between the US and the Soviet Union. Even in the 21st century after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia wanted to send troops to Georgia or Ukraine, the United States could only protest but dare not use force, because even if the United States had a national missile defense system, it could not stop Russia's nuclear missiles, and the end of the death was the same.

Zhang Meng did not like to die with others, nor did he want the Tang Empire to look at the faces of the United States, the Soviet Union or the United States and Russia in international affairs in the future, nor did he want to be threatened by other countries with nuclear weapons.

In Zhang Meng's view, developing national missile defense systems like the United States in the future can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The weapon that can truly intercept intercontinental nuclear missiles must be orbital kinetic cannons with sub-light speed theoretically. Because whether it is an intercontinental missile or an interceptor missile is precisely positioned based on a satellite positioning system, the satellite will eventually be shot down. To intercept an intercontinental nuclear missile, it requires a weapon system with fast speed, long range and high accuracy. In Zhang Meng's perception, only an orbital kinetic cannon can complete it.

Tesla is the chief engineer responsible for the development of orbital kinetic energy guns. Only he has this ability. After all, the real core of orbital kinetic energy guns is the mutual conversion of electrical energy and magnetic energy. In terms of electromagnetics, Tesla is his ancestor. No one can match it.

Zhang Meng hasn't seen Tesla for a long time. As the most senior scientist of the Tang Empire, Tesla's status makes him confident and proud, his living treatment makes him radiant, and his sufficient funds make any research progress very fast. It not only satisfies his scientific dream, but also brings great scientific and technological achievements to the Tang Empire. It makes the Tang Empire stand in the leading position of global science and technology. The third scientific and technological revolution was first born in the Tang Empire, laying a solid foundation for the Tang Empire to develop productivity through science and technology in the future.

"Boss. I was about to go find you, but I didn't expect you to have come." Tesla still called Zhang Meng the boss. Outsiders couldn't help but frown. Only Zhang Meng knew clearly that this represented Tesla's recognition of him. The relationship was extraordinary.

"Yes. I haven't seen each other for a long time. I heard that you have successfully developed the orbital kinetic energy cannon! I'm not rushing to come and take a look!" Zhang Meng said with a smile, and stepped forward to hug Tesla.

"Your information is so well-informed. You will know less than three minutes after I was successful in the test." Tesla laughed, which led Zhang Meng to the test site.

This incident was purely a coincidence. Before the people from the Academy of Sciences could report, Zhang Meng ran over to take refuge. After confirming the news of the successful development of the orbital kinetic energy gun from Tesla, Zhang Meng suddenly felt very good.

Orbital kinetic energy cannons are not a big secret. They are called electromagnetic cannons internationally, and the concept of orbital kinetic energy cannons was decided by Zhang Meng. The Tang Empire has been using it. In fact, the French were the first to develop this technology as early as 1920. Since then, major power countries such as Britain, France, the United States, Japan, Italy, and Germany have successively launched research projects, and have achieved considerable results. For example, the Frenchman Villerruber was the first to invent the laboratory model of the electromagnetic cannon in 1920. Germany's Hanslerbo

The Scholar also conducted a comprehensive research in this regard. He developed a 2-meter-long and 20-mm-diameter rail gun that could accelerate 10 grams of cylindrical aluminum projectiles to 1.08 kilometers per second. Captain James from the UK further applied the German research results and connected two track guns in series, so that the initial speed of the shell reached 1.21 kilometers per second. Japan's research direction was on induction-accelerated electromagnetic guns, and accelerated 2 kilograms of projectiles to 335 meters per second.

Research on electromagnetic guns by the great powers of various countries is in full swing because they all realize the huge military potential of this new weapon. In Zhang Meng's memory, it was not until a long time after World War II that the great powers of various countries could not fundamentally solve key issues such as materials and electricity, and thus suspended the research on electromagnetic rail guns.

However, electricity and materials are not a problem for the Tang Empire, because Zhang Meng knew that a carrier-based nuclear reactor would soon appear to solve the power problem. The First Heavy Industry of the Tang Empire has been committed to developing rare earth projects and has long extracted various rare rare earth elements to be applied to the field of special materials, so materials are not the key. For the Tang Empire, the current constraint is still the reserve of talents. After all, Tesla is old, and its talent and research results are not something that ordinary people can understand. It takes time to cultivate a new generation of successors, and Zhang Meng lacks this time. Fortunately, the nuclear problem will take at least four or five years to break down. Therefore, the development of the Tang Empire's orbital kinetic artillery weapons and related systems is not affected, and there is still plenty of time.

When he arrived at the weapon test site, a giant cannon suddenly appeared in front of Zhang Meng and others, as big as a hill, powerful and domineering.

While listening to Tesla's explanation, Zhang Meng looked up and down at this futuristic super weapon.

The barrel of this orbital kinetic cannon of the Tang Empire consists of two parallel guide rails about 6 meters long, connected by a smooth rotor. The current flows out of one track, and then flows back from another track after passing through the rotor. This circuit generates a magnetic field to push the rotor, and then pushes the shell located in front of the rotor to fly out of the track.

The biggest advantage of orbital kinetic energy cannon is its shell. Unlike traditional gunpowder-burning shells, the orbital kinetic energy cannon in front of you is a conical spiral shell with a length of 0.45 meters and weighing about 9.2 kilograms. Its advantage is that it is simple to manufacture and easy to store, so you don’t have to worry about being hit by enemy artillery fire and causing a death explosion. It is extremely safe.

"What is its power?" The power of the orbital kinetic cannon is the most concerned issue of Zhang Meng, so he asked.

"It's very powerful! I'll demonstrate it now!" Tesla immediately ordered his dozen assistants to reload the orbital kinetic energy cannon and charge the electric box at the same time. This process seemed relatively long.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The electrical energy in the entire test site seemed to be evacuated, and all the electrical energy was concentrated to the battery box of the orbital kinetic energy gun. This is a device that can release about 35 megawatts of electricity in an instant. Due to the limitations of the industrial manufacturing capacity of the Tang Empire, even if Tesla was a genius, the equipment it made became very bloated and bulky.

"How much money did this thing cost?" Zhang Meng asked casually at one of the supervisors of a National Academy of Sciences beside him.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the battery box will cost at least 80 million Tang Yuan, which is equivalent to building four triple-mounted 381mm naval gun systems."

After hearing this, Zhang Meng stopped talking. The calmer he was, the more painful he felt in his heart. He was really a money-burning guy.

It took about five minutes before the battery box was charged.

"Target lock!"

"emission!"

With a command, the two electromagnetic rails of the orbital kinetic energy cannon burst out with terrifying electric light. The 9.2 kilogram shell instantly left the rotor compartment. The shell was immediately derailed and there was a gyro-shaped fire dragon behind it. It was the flame produced by the shell itself being rubbed by high-speed air, like a falling fire meteor.

The fire dragon disappeared in an instant in the distant sky. Tesla handed a telescope device to Zhang Meng. Zhang Meng understood and continued to observe the telescope. The fire dragon-like projectile flew for more than two minutes before hitting a coral reef about seventy or eighty kilometers away.

With a loud bang, it was like a crack in the earth and a mountain collapse. A huge flame hundreds of meters high rose up on the small coral reef island, like a volcano spewing out, and smoke soaring into the sky.

"What a powerful power! How long will it take to install it on the warship?" Zhang Meng was immediately delighted. He felt sad because of the huge expenses of the battery box before.

"This..." Tesla suddenly smiled bitterly: "It is still in the test stage, and it is impossible to install it on a warship. First of all, the diesel motor on the warship cannot supply huge amount of electricity. In addition, the switching system of the orbital kinetic energy gun is still a weakness. We are working hard to synthesize new materials. The current switching system can only be used about five times and needs to be replaced. In addition, the charging and discharging system of the battery box is not perfect, and we are studying alternative products."

"Okay, I understand!" Zhang Meng suddenly showed disappointment. He also knew that it was impossible to solve so many problems in a short period of time, but fortunately, he had achieved considerable results, and it was not far from truly allowing orbital kinetic cannons to the battlefield.

"If the 211 plan can be realized as soon as possible, the problem of power on board the ship may be solved!" Tesla suddenly said.

"The 211 plan is underway and there are currently phased results. If Einstein can join in, I believe it will be completed within five years." Zhang Meng smiled slightly.

"Einstein and I have some friendship, do you want me to help?" Tesla looked at Zhang Meng with a smile.
Chapter completed!