Chapter 920 Boiler Explosion

The control of a warship is completely different from that of a car. The car has a throttle device and a gear device, and the speed can be changed at will, but the warship is not easy. For example, the current warship uses a steam turbine, although theoretically, it can be controlled The precise flow of steam stabilizes the speed of the steam turbine at a certain value.

But in fact, this adjustment is not continuously variable, but is divided into five stages. Generally speaking, the advance of combat ships is five stages, of which forward four is full speed, and forward five is strong speed; and auxiliary ships are the same as civilian ships. , is generally three, advancing three is full speed, of course, civilian ships are actually four, but there is a "slight advance" below the one.

Now, Kucherov's order to advance five was quickly transmitted to the engine room at the back. The soldiers in the engine room had already mastered the operation of the warship, and pushed the operating lever next to him to the front. .

Go five!

The steam valve has been changed to the maximum. Inside the four boilers, the fuel pump is rotating at the highest speed and spraying heavy marine oil into it. Because the combustion is incomplete, countless black particles rise together with the heat flow and emerge from the chimney. .

The steam turbine is accelerating, accelerating, and the rotation of the propeller at the tail is also accelerating, and the entire huge battleship is also accelerating forward.

The quality of the German-made warship is quite good, and the power system is sufficient. This warship can reach a high speed of 35 knots when it is empty.

As for reliability, Kucherov will not doubt that the warships built by Germany for the Soviet Union in the past are of good quality and high reliability, and this aircraft carrier has been tested yesterday and has been running at full power for a period of time. , is also completely normal.

Now, his warship must speed up, leave this sea area quickly, and leave the sea area where the German navy is often active. Only then can he be absolutely safe. If the German navy is blocked, he will be in trouble.

The windows on the bridge were open, and he could feel the sea breeze constantly surging up as the warship accelerated. As an old sailor, this feeling made him intoxicated.

The steam pressure further increased, and inside the pipe, the high-pressure steam that collapsed, along the pipe, poured into the interior of the steam engine, pushing the blades to rotate more quickly.

The boiler was burning vigorously, and the officers and soldiers in the engine room felt the heat wave.

"It's not right!" an officer said.

Although they have not been operating this aircraft carrier for a long time, after all, before they came, they were already experienced sailors. These marines have at least ten years of operating experience.

In the engine room, this temperature is too abnormal.

what happened?

"The engine room calls the bridge, and the engine room calls the bridge." The chief engineer shouted: "The boiler temperature is too high, the boiler temperature is too high, request power reduction, request power reduction."

Just after he finished saying this, he heard a loud bang from behind, and countless steam leaked out of the boiler. The nearest engineer was screaming. Under the high temperature of the steam, he instantly was steamed.

The boiler exploded!

The entire engine room was filled with steam, and the chief engineer shouted loudly: "Quick, damage control rescue!"

Kucherov was stunned. Countless ideas popped up in his mind, but all the ideas were useless. He knew that his task might not be completed.

The engine soldiers were heroically rescuing the engine room. They risked great danger. Five or six people were severely burned and finally rescued the engine room.

At this point, the boiler has been turned off.

When Kucherov came to the engine room, he saw the chief engineer. The chief engineer's hair was all burnt, and his face was ugly.

"It's a problem with the refractory bricks in the boiler," said the chief engineer, "the refractory bricks fell off inside the boiler, causing the boiler shell to be damaged because it could not withstand the heat."

Firebricks! Hearing this, Kucherov was about to collapse.

In order for this aircraft carrier to serve as soon as possible, the Soviets also made great efforts. For example, when they heard that there was a shortage of refractory bricks for making boilers, the Soviets immediately shipped a batch.

As a result, there was a problem with this batch of refractory bricks!

"Now, can we continue to light the fire?" Kucherov asked.

"This, you have to ask the experts in Germany." The chief engineer said with a sad face.

The boilers were all blown up, although only one was blown up, but the other three must have been damaged to varying degrees. In this case, can it be ignited again?

Tony and the others were quickly brought over. Looking at the tragic situation here, Tony was also depressed: "The refractory bricks of the boiler are unqualified, this boiler has been blown up, and the other boilers, the internal refractory bricks , must have fallen off, and if it continues to ignite, it must be the same ending as it is now."

Tony's words made Kucherov completely fall into the ice hole and lose power, then this aircraft carrier can only float on the sea!

How to do? Call the base, send a tugboat over?

That is too far, the speed of the tugboat is the slowest, that is, the speed of ten knots, it will take several days to arrive!

"Captain, the meteorological department has sent a forecast that in five hours, there will be a major storm."

This sentence made Kucherov fall into the ice hole, and for five hours, there was a big storm!

If a big storm hits, such a 10,000-ton warship would have little impact. For example, it can adjust its direction and sail in the direction of the waves, so that the impact of the storm can be minimized.

However, if there is no power, it is another situation. The course cannot be adjusted. If the wind and waves blow from the side, the effect will be superimposed again and again, and the big storm will overturn the battleship!

In that case, this aircraft carrier will be scrapped!

"Colonel, this aircraft carrier must be returned to the field for maintenance. To replace the boiler, the deck steel plate needs to be cut, which is a huge amount of work. If you insist on driving it away, please let us go." Tony said: "Let's sit Get on the lifeboat, you have a few hours, you can also row to the shore."

As a large warship, of course there are enough lifeboats, Tony's meaning is very simple, if you want to die, then die, don't implicate innocent people!

After speaking, he shook his head again: "It's a pity, this warship is really a pity."

Kucherov knew that he had no choice. The shipyards in the Soviet Union were simply unable to complete the task of refitting the boilers. Now, if he insisted, there would be nothing but danger in a big storm. possible.

"Please contact the shipyard and send a tugboat to haul us back," Kucherov said.