African Nationhood

Chapter 351 Rocket Academy

September 1897, 9, Molai Town (now Molepo Mole City, Botswana), where the Artillery Brigade Rocket Regiment was stationed.

This is the second time Shi Jintang has come. This time, he felt great changes here.

When I came here before, there was still a large area of ​​empty factory buildings, and the outer walls were very low, so you had to be prepared for wild beasts to attack at any time.

Nowadays, the factories here are surrounded by high walls and are no longer exposed to the wilderness. At the same time, the doormen here are becoming more and more regular. There is a special watchtower at the door. If something is wrong, the sniper upstairs will Can shoot at any time.

Whether it's a beast or a spy, it can definitely be fatal with a headshot.

When Shi Jintang's Crown car drove into the station, Qi Lin quickly walked over and opened the door.

When Boss Shi got out of the car, Qi Lin Rongkui and other officers all saluted him.

"Hello Mr. Shi!"

Shi Jintang nodded, "When I came here last time, I was worried that your rocket theorizing and refinement would take a long time. I didn't expect that you had already established a rocket academy without making any noise. This is good."

Boss Shi came here to unveil the Harbin Rocket Academy. He also came to inspect the miniaturization and precision improvements that had been made previously.

A smile appeared on Qi Lin's face: "I would also like to thank Mr. Shi. Without your guidance and tips, our researchers would not have such bold ideas."

"Let's go and see your Rocket Academy."

Qi Lin and Rong Kui led the way, and soon they arrived in front of a three-story building.

A wooden sign was hung at the entrance of the building and covered with a piece of red silk.

There were people standing outside the entrance, including older teachers and young students who were still childlike.

Everyone cheered when they saw Boss Shi arriving, and everyone shouted in unison: "Hello, Mr. Shi!"

Shi Jintang clapped along, then smiled and waved to the teachers and students present, and walked to stand next to the red silk.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to change, Qi Lin pressed down with both hands.

The scene became quiet, and Qi Lin said loudly: "Today is a good day for our beloved President Shi to visit our Harbin Rocket Academy. It is also an encouragement and affirmation to our Harbin Rocket Academy. Now we all welcome President Shi to our Rocket Academy." The college is unveiled!”

The people at the scene cheered and applauded again. When the applause stopped, Shi Jintang reached out and pulled off the red silk cloth on the photo.

As the red silk cloth fell, a wooden sign with black characters on a white background was revealed: Harbin Rocket Academy.

The reporters who followed clicked the shutter in time. This photo will be preserved in the school history museum of Harbin Rocket Academy in the future, and will also be published in the "South China Newsletter".

The applause rang out again, and Shi Jintang also smiled and applauded again, congratulating the teachers and students present.

After the unveiling ceremony, the students returned to the classroom under the leadership of their teachers. Their classes were very intense.

……

Entering the lobby on the first floor is an exhibition hall, which displays the history of rocket development.

At the very beginning is the introduction board of "Wanhu Feitian", as well as the history of the development of firearms in the ancient Eastern countries, and explanatory text on part of the history of rocket warfare.

Later, some Congreve rockets, Hale rockets, and real rockets such as Nanhua Company's Wanhu-83 and Wanhu-88 were displayed.

After reading these, Shi Jintang nodded with satisfaction, "Although your layout is very simple, the idea is good.

In this development history, the text introduction materials can be excerpted from some descriptions of rockets in ancient books.

Next to it, add the general shape described in ancient books, which can not only satisfy the needs of antiquity, but also reflect professionalism. "

Qi Lin and Rong Kui nodded: "Okay, Mr. Shi, we will make arrangements."

Shi Jintang thought for a while and added: "Try not to show all the details of the actual objects on display here. You can make them into models for display.

It would be troublesome if hostile elements came and stole confidential information from our physical exhibits. "

Qi Lin nodded immediately, "Yes, Mr. Shi."

After saying this, everyone walked towards the classroom together.

"Following your instructions, Mr. Shi, our Rocketry Academy has established three majors, the rocket engine major, the rocket fuel major, and the rocket dynamics major.

Each of these three majors recruits 40 people, and is open to recent secondary school graduates from the company, with priority given to students majoring in science and engineering. "

After listening to Qi Lin's introduction, Shi Jintang nodded.

After looking around in the academy, there are only so many things here. Basically, except for the exhibition hall, there is no other value for sightseeing.

However, the main thing Boss Shi wants to see this time is to take a look at the teaching materials compiled by the researchers here. With his physical and chemical literacy, he should be able to understand them. Qi Lin and Rong Kui brought three textbooks corresponding to three majors. Shi Jintang flipped through them and found that most of these textbooks were mimeographed and not printed.

It seems that these researchers lack confidence and dare not put it into print so quickly.

……

The Rocket Academy's teaching materials are still very rough and have many flaws.

Most of the content inside is some of their thoughts and solutions in the process of researching rockets. The first edition of Rocket Academy's textbook is more like a collection of research notes.

The work of theoretical integration and theoretical unification has not yet been completed. It seems that the theorization of rocket research still has a long way to go.

In addition, the textbooks here mainly study rockets. As for rocket thrusters, they are not aware of it, or they are not aware of the huge prospects of rocket thrusters.

Therefore, Shi Jintang directly instructed Qi Lin: "I have generally read these textbooks, and overall they are still very rough. In addition, your research field of vision is still very narrow.

In addition to rockets, we also need to think about the possibility of rockets acting as launch boosters. If we use this as a starting point, can we design an intercontinental missile? "

After listening to Boss Shi's prompt, Qi Lin swallowed, "This idea is beautiful and powerful, but what is the possibility of realizing it?

The large-charge rocket we designed before was stopped by you, and now you want us to think about it again. I'm afraid the people below will have objections. "

This Qi Lin's vision is too limited and the pattern is not enough.

“Before was before, now is now, we must look at the problem from a development perspective.

Besides, theory and reality are two different things. Previously, it was because the accuracy of large-charge rockets was too low and unsuitable for the company's current development needs, so I stopped research and development.

But when you engage in theoretical teaching, you have to think big and high. After all, it is theory. Even if it cannot be realized, it is an improvement to be able to realize it more. "

Rong Kui agreed with Boss Shi's theory, "Well, Boss Shi is right. Brigadier Qi wants to keep this simple. I will communicate with the teachers in the college and convey your ideas in place."

After talking about the shortcomings, these textbooks also have advantages.

In the textbook "Rocket Engine", the researcher who wrote the textbook should have already had a theoretical direction. Here Shi Jintang saw the theoretical assumptions and derivation ideas he made in the textbook.

In this regard, Boss Shi can only say that the general direction is correct, and success is only a matter of time.

Shi Jintang once reminded Qi Lin that an engineer in Peru, South America, tried to make a rocket engine.

Therefore, the Rocket Group specially arranged for a trip to Peru and bought his research materials from an engineer named P. Panleti.

The researcher who wrote the textbook has obviously studied this information. The textbook draws a schematic diagram of a Peruvian engineer's rocket engine and analyzes his rocket fuel.

A mixture of nitrogen peroxide and gasoline is not a very good rocket fuel.

However, the thrust of this ratio is not bad, and you can try to use it in the rocket weapons developed by the rocket group.

……

The textbook "Rocket Aerodynamics" makes theoretical innovations and derived formulas for the aerodynamic forces during rocket launch.

Anyone with a foundation in mathematics can easily understand at a glance that the researcher who wrote the textbook has a high level of mathematics and should have received a systematic higher education in mathematics.

After questioning Qi Lin, I learned that the researcher who compiled this textbook was Shi Na who had returned from studying in Europe.

Shi Jintang expressed his appreciation for Shi Na and asked Qi Lin to find Shi Na.

When Shi Na arrived, Shi Jintang took Shi Na to sort out the derivation process of the mathematical formulas involved in the textbook she wrote, making the mathematical part of the textbook more concise and concise.

At the same time, Boss Shi asked Shi Na about her current research direction and learned that she was focusing on rocket science.

So Boss Shi gave Shi Na some pointers on the spot and asked her to take the lead in awakening to the concept of "interstellar travel". He also gave her some information on later aerospace and encouraged her to improve her theory in this area.

If it can be sorted out successfully, he will help Shi Na publish it.

After receiving the advice, Shi Na felt like she was enlightened. Even though she was so excited, she did not forget to bow to Boss Shi and thank him for his advice.

Shi Jintang smiled and waved his hand, letting her go back first.

Then a group of them went to the rocket testing site to see the rocket force's research and development results in recent years.

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