Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1435 Everything's in chaos (4k)

While the stories about coal and iron beneath XX Bay and steel guardrails on highways are mostly jokes, it's always good to be safe. Oh, and by the way, water pipes really can be used to make guns—certified as the best male gunner in the continental server, with verifiable stats.

The comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Trade took it very seriously. Regardless of whether we should follow these opinions, they are all valuable and forward-looking. Whether we do it or not is another matter, listening to them is definitely the right thing to do.

As for long-arm jurisdiction, the one-drop rule, and equity penetration, Gao Zhendong didn't mention them. They're too advanced for his time, and such things require considerable strength to implement; it's too early to consider them now. These are powerful tools, but they also require the right environment. Given the current economic and trade environment, discussing these things is unnecessary for now.

Besides, we don't need to say these things ourselves. When the time comes, the impatient enemy will naturally use these economic nuclear weapons as conventional weapons to warn our comrades. To be honest, the idea of ​​using economic nuclear weapons as conventional weapons is a line of thinking that even Gao Zhendong in his previous life could never have understood.

After seeing off the comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gao Zhendong thought for a moment and began to search the system for something. Some things could now be put on the agenda, because gradually, we would also begin to use these high-end goods in large quantities.
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In a secluded unit somewhere by the sea.

"General Manager Wu, the committee has issued new requirements." A comrade hurriedly approached his subsystem chief engineer with a document in hand.

General Manager Wu's surname is not actually Wu. He got his title from the name of the subsystem he was in charge of. To make it easier to address him while also trying to prevent his personal information from being exposed due to the way he addresses people in his daily work, his unit developed this habit.

General Wu pushed up his glasses and took the documents from the comrade's hand.

This sight made his eyes widen in surprise.

"The requirement is to design an underwater launch vehicle that can launch missiles through Type 533 torpedo tubes?"

This requirement is quite novel.

It's not that they don't want to launch missiles from torpedo tubes. After all, with the development of missiles, everyone has seen their potential. Launching missiles from underwater equipment is an inevitable trend that will definitely come.

The missiles mentioned here do not include strategic ballistic missiles, which are part of a different system. The missiles referred to here are those launched from within the submarine's own system.

So this was bound to happen eventually, but the request came rather suddenly.

There was absolutely no such demand before this, so how come there is a new requirement all of a sudden?

The key point is that the weapon system has no possibility of guided missiles. The development of this submarine was not for anti-ship or air defense. The core mission of this submarine is actually only one.

— Anti-submarine warfare, while also protecting another type of submarine.

In fact, before the death of the White Bear, the submarines of the same class in the five major powers only had this one mission. As for the Virginia-class submarines of the United States later, it was because there was no longer a rival and they wanted to save money, so they made them multi-purpose.

In their view, the Virginia was actually a low-end product; the truly high-end product was the Seawolf, which was built earlier and only had three ships. That ship had no other mission than anti-submarine warfare. However, the Seawolf's price was simply too high, even Citibank couldn't afford it.

Later, when they realized things were going wrong and began researching and building a new generation of similar submarines, the Columbia-class, they returned more to the Seawolf approach. Land attack, anti-ship, and so on—none of that mattered anymore; anti-submarine warfare was the priority!

So this is exactly what puzzled this comrade: this thing is really useless on the equipment they are researching; on the contrary, it will distract from the equipment's capabilities and affect the completion of the core mission.

After all, everyone knows that submarines are only so big, and every additional function requires a corresponding allocation of resources.

Sometimes, adding a little anti-ship capability is not as important as saving space to carry more food and water.

Moreover, this requirement did not mention any arrangements for upgrading the fire control subsystem of the weapon system to match the corresponding search and guidance capabilities.

This is very strange.

It seems this weapon doesn't require guidance, or rather, it uses some special method that eliminates the need for submarine guidance. In that case, it reminds him of something similar—a ballistic missile.

In theory, a ballistic missile can be launched simply by setting its own coordinates and the target coordinates, with the guidance system handling the rest.

But torpedo tubes launching ballistic missiles? He couldn't help but laugh; his idea was far too improbable.

Although various ideas emerged regarding nuclear weapon delivery methods from the 60s to the 80s, including launching ballistic missiles from airplanes and launching them from the bottom of cargo ships, launching them from torpedo tubes was undoubtedly the least reliable method.

Because the torpedo tubes can't hold large missiles, even if they are successfully launched, they won't go very far.

Instead of wasting time on this, they might as well mess with that conventional submarine that's being refitted. Even though there are only two tubes for testing, at least it's a proper ballistic missile.

But an order is an order, and he continued reading anyway.

"The missile to be launched must be at least 6.3 meters long and 520 millimeters in diameter. Wow, that's pretty extreme... Wait, could it be that the size of this missile was designed to fit our launch tubes perfectly...?"

Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence. He roughly estimated that this size was about the limit that existing torpedo tubes could support. Unlike the Air Force, they didn't need to worry about weight restrictions.

What he didn't know was that it wasn't just their torpedo tubes; this size also took into account the limitations and requirements of various launch platforms.

To put it bluntly, this size is exactly what Citibank Select is all about – it's incredibly trustworthy. From the 1950s to the 1990s, they were truly responsible for both creating and implementing PowerPoint presentations. Later, they became full-time PowerPoint artists, and eventually, even creating PowerPoint presentations became a challenge.

"The launch depth is no less than 30 meters... That's easy to handle, since the maximum launch depth of torpedoes is already deeper than that. Hiss~~~~~~ No, we also need to balance the water pressure. This thing needs a transport vehicle to go out of the torpedo tube. At 30 meters, the pressure is several atmospheres. If we don't consider the pressure balance, there will still be problems with getting it out of the water."

General Wu has already delved deeply into the preliminary design of this launch system.

The reason is simple: there was one sentence in it that particularly excited him.

"...to ensure strategic strike capability in contingency situations, prior to the success of the Type II submarine..."

This was Venezuela's final decision.

We not only need to develop cruise missiles, but we also need to deploy them on ships and submarines!
The boats here are not missile boats.

The purpose of deploying radar on ships is to gain ultra-long-range anti-ship capabilities and maximize the performance of the atmospheric waveguide over-the-horizon radar under development. On the other hand, deploying it on submarines is to utilize the submarine's stealth capabilities to gain strategic strike capabilities against distant enemies when absolutely necessary.

Given that even the Type I submarine hasn't been successfully developed yet, the Type II submarine is not something to be expected in the short term. However, fortunately, after evaluation, the Type I submarine's quietness performance will be exceptionally good, to an unbelievable degree. After all, with the support of multiple technologies such as anechoic tiles, floating raft vibration reduction, and a seven-bladed, high-inclination, low-cavitation propeller, the submarine's quietness performance is bound to be excellent.

So this is the tactic our comrades came up with when they were cornered.

—Utilizing its stealth capabilities and strong underwater self-defense capabilities, it can launch long-range strikes, combined with stealth cruise missiles, and strike at least half of the enemy's coastline.

In this way, before the Type II submarine succeeds, the somewhat frail Type I submarine can barely support a mission that is not originally its own.

This may be an extremely arduous mission, or even a mission from which there is no return, but for our comrades, it is also a mission to defend our homeland.

Being able to hit half of them is enough to be a deterrent, after all, land-based missiles are not to be underestimated, and the polar bear is not yet extinct.

It is absolutely true that a triangle is the most stable structure.

Fun fact: The publicly known record for underwater voyage is 90 days. Guess who set this record?
With a 90-day underwater endurance and an underwater speed of 25 knots, it can travel approximately 0 kilometers. Even with discounts, it can still reach almost the entire globe. Combined with its quiet operation, the situation becomes quite interesting.

To be honest, even General Wu doesn't know exactly what weapons will enable the strategic strike capability in the far seas in an emergency, but since the Venezuelan government has made it so clear, that's enough.

This weapon must already be in the planning and development stage.

All of this made him excited; he never expected that working on the Type I boat would also allow him to snatch some work on the Type II boat.

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At the very end of the document is a seemingly insignificant, incidental requirement: "The launching device should be as versatile as possible, capable of being used with the same diameter launch tubes of ordinary submarines, and should be compatible with missiles smaller than those mentioned above."

And it requires multi-purpose capabilities? This means it's intended for use on other submarines, and its applications extend beyond just launching that mysterious weapon.

However, it is clear that Venezuela views the latter requirement as secondary, with the first requirement taking precedence over the rest.

He looked up from the document: "Immediately organize personnel, extract the research and development requirements, and we'll have a meeting! This matter must be handled properly! Hahaha~~~~~~"

Around the same time, a colleague at the Institute of Original Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences received a work letter.

It seems that with the Spring Festival over, many things have already started up again. The holiday was well celebrated, but now it's time to get work arranged.

"Go to the Third Branch of the Third Rolling Mill of the Seventeenth Ministry of Machine Building?" The comrade looked at the work letter and was really confused. This place didn't seem to have anything to do with his work.

His superior laughed and said, "Professor Han, you find it strange, don't you? That's to be expected. But don't worry, you'll understand when you meet the person who initiated this mission."

The initiator? Is he very famous? Something suddenly popped into Professor Han's head.

As for the 17th Ministry of Machinery Industry, he didn't know anyone else, but there was at least one person who was very famous in the original research institute, and that was Gao Zhendong, the inventor of the laser.

This matter was not kept secret; everyone knows about it.

Of course, there are some comrades who know more deeply, the group that worked on laser gyroscopes.

"What does Committee Member Gao want with me? What do I need to prepare?" He was very excited; Committee Member Gao's matter must be significant.

"We don't know, you know, things are a bit... complicated there. Actually, he didn't specifically designate you, but based on his requirements, we felt you were the most suitable, so this task was assigned to you. You're not the only one undertaking this task; according to Committee Member Gao's plan, you're only responsible for the research of the core components, and comrades from the Twelfth Ministry of Machine Building will assist you," his leader said with a smile.

At this point, the leader joked with him: "As for preparations... you don't need to prepare anything, it probably won't be of any use. On the contrary, Committee Member Gao has most likely prepared a lot of things for you, hahaha."

Professor Han laughed too. That's true. You can get a general idea from the laser gyroscope. Committee Member Gao's research projects are always well-prepared, and even if you prepare a lot, you might not be able to use it.

“Okay, when should I go?” Professor Han asked with a smile.

"Three days later at 8 a.m., well... we were a little late getting into line."

It's not easy to schedule a time with Committee Member Gao these days. Even if he puts aside his own work, there are still a lot of people coming to see him.

He's right, Gao Zhendong is currently communicating with comrades from the Applied Chemistry Department.

He was just a little confused.

The polyacrylonitrile team has arrived, that's true, but why is there also ferrite? We've already achieved results with those, but as for the next application, I haven't had time to think about it yet.

But after the visitor finished introducing himself, he realized, "Huh? This radar is activated so early?"

No wonder the comrades had some trouble with ferrite phase shifters. It was almost 5 years ahead of schedule. The technological environment must have changed dramatically. It's like how in 58, no matter what, they couldn't make a laser rangefinder, but by 61, it was no problem.

The people working with polyacrylonitrile were also baffled. Ferrite? I'm not familiar with this stuff at all. Does this mean we're going to use polyacrylonitrile as an adhesive or plasticizer?

The situation with ferrite phase shifters is also confusing. It seems the people working on polyacrylonitrile have nothing to do with us?
It's all a mess, a complete mess.

Fortunately, Gao Zhendong was quite familiar with this situation and quickly figured it out.

The ferrite expert and his radio frequency colleague were a group of people. Their goal was ferrite phase shifters. They came mainly to learn about ferrite research and manufacturing. As for the ferrite phase shifter itself, they hadn't thought that far ahead. After all, studying ferrite and ferrite phase shifters are two different things.

Gao Zhendong had no choice but to ask the comrade from the polyacrylonitrile team to wait a moment, as the ferrite phase shifter was definitely a classified matter.

(End of this chapter)