Doomsday Bunker Upgrade

To resist the high-temperature corrosion vesicles of alien organisms, upgrading the outer armor material is the most direct way.

Speaking of corrosion-resistant materials, Chen Xin first thought of ceramics and ceramic armor.

Ceramic corrosion resistance is a common sense that many people know.

Before Chen Xin became an internet writer, he used to work in the chemical industry. It is quite normal to deal with all kinds of corrosive things in this industry.

Among them, parts or linings made of ceramics, plastics, and other corrosion-resistant materials are the most direct response to the corrosion of metal materials by various chemical substances during use.

Plastics are resistant to corrosion, which may subvert many people's perceptions, but in fact there are such plastics, which are even widely used in the chemical industry.

But this kind of plastic is obviously not suitable for armor.

After all, corrosion-resistant plastic is corrosion-resistant, and its strength and hardness are not high enough. Although it is not enough to pierce it with a knife, it is far from the standard that can be used as armor.

As for whether the strength of corrosion-resistant plastic can be increased to the hardness that can be used as tank armor, this is naturally possible, but regardless of the cost and time invested in research and development, it is not worthwhile, and it cannot meet the needs of the current battlefield. .

At this time, it is not as perfect as possible in the laboratory, but to produce usable things as much as possible to meet the needs of the battlefield. As for subsequent improvements, it can all be done slowly.

This is why looking at the military equipment during World War II now, the early models are all messy and full of experimental things, while the equipment produced in the later period obviously has a more optimized design and is more adaptable to changes in the battlefield.

So instead of thinking of ways to improve the performance of plastics, it is better to think of a more practical way.

In fact, the armor of modern tanks is no longer composed of a single material. The composite armor used by modern tanks is to superimpose multiple layers of materials with different properties to obtain the properties of multiple materials. A thin layer of armor is equivalent to The effect of thick mean armor in the past.

Therefore, Chen Xin wanted to improve the outer armor of tanks and titans, and using composite armor was the simplest and most effective way.

All he had to do was develop a new type of composite armor.

It's just that this is not such an easy thing.

In addition to plastics, corrosion-resistant materials also include ceramics, and ceramic composite armor has long been used in the military field.

But on the battlefield, even a tank equipped with ceramic composite armor is still difficult to resist the high-temperature corrosion vesicles of alien organisms.

The reason for this is largely because ceramic composite armor is designed to withstand armor-piercing projectiles, not to resist corrosion.

The firing principle of the ceramic layer is different. In addition to the thickness of the ceramic layer itself, after the high-hardness alloy steel on the armor surface is corroded, the ceramic layer filled with glass fiber reinforced resin with ceramic balls in the middle cannot resist the erosion of high-temperature corrosive liquid. So that the bottom layer of high-toughness alloy steel will be corroded together.

Therefore, in order to resist the attack of alien biological corrosion vesicles, it is necessary to isolate the corrosive liquid at the outermost layer.

"The outermost layer uses a corrosion-resistant plastic coating, the middle is supported by a high-hardness ceramic interlayer, and the bottom layer is still made of high-toughness alloy steel. Do you think this design can withstand the attack of corrosive vesicles by alien organisms?" In the temporary laboratory, Chen Xin was drawing diagrams on the whiteboard while asking other researchers in the laboratory.

Several researchers frowned and shook their heads while listening to Chen Xin's explanation.

"The idea is very good, but plastic, no matter how hard it is, it is difficult to match the performance of steel, and even if the performance can meet the requirements, the production cost will be very high under the current situation!" A researcher said somewhat To throw cold water on it, but he was obviously thinking about it from a practical point of view.

At this time, another researcher also interjected: "And the key is that even if we develop new armor, we have to replace all the tanks currently equipped by the military. In this case, the investment is too large, and even if the country Agreeing to this plan, it will take a lot of time to replace all tanks with new armor."

"It's easy to change the armor. The big deal is to use armor plates. Although the effect is not good, it can still have a defensive effect. The key now is how to design new armor." Another researcher also joined the discussion and proposed His opinion: "Academician, your design actually boils down to creating an isolation layer on the surface of the existing armor to isolate the erosion of the corrosion vesicles thrown by alien creatures. Some tank armor is coated with a special protective coating, can it have the same effect?"

"Protective coating? Coating?" As soon as Chen Xin heard what the researcher said, he immediately understood what the researcher meant.

This is indeed more practical than installing new armor, and at the same time, both the cost and investment are much smaller, and it can meet the needs of the battlefield faster.

Moreover, it is easier to develop a new type of paint and paint and coat the tank than to develop a new type of armor and completely refit the tank.

"If this is the case, then our research and development direction will be on the protective coating!" Chen Xin also quickly adjusted his thinking and determined a new research and development direction, but he still emphasized: "But even if we are developing new The development of protective coatings and new protective armor cannot be pulled down, we should develop a new type of material or armor that can resist alien biological attacks, which can be used as a technical reserve and applied to the next generation of Titans."

There is nothing wrong with Chen Xin's words. The research and development idea of ​​Yan Guo Military Industry has always been to develop a generation, reserve a generation, and use a generation.

The new paint can be applied to the battlefield immediately, and the new armor can be used as a technical reserve for the next generation of equipment.

It's just that this idea is undoubtedly based on the fact that this war will last for a long time. After all, only alien creatures will use corrosive liquid as an attack.

Wars between normal humans will still focus on penetration rather than corrosion of armor.

Therefore, whether it is anti-corrosion paint or anti-corrosion armor, they are only used to deal with alien creatures. If alien creatures can be eliminated in a short period of time, these things will be useless.

"Academician, do you think this war will last for a long time?" A researcher asked his question.