Siheyuan: I eat melons while doing scientific research

Chapter 1480 Countless Clones (4k)

Gao Zhendong laughed when he heard this, "Hey, you've come to the right person for this."

To be honest, Gao Zhendong did find some information on ferrite phase shifters, but he really didn't have time to study them.

The suggestion he just made is very obvious in engineering applications; it's the kind of thing you can understand at a glance. But Gao Zhendong simply doesn't have the time to study the theoretical knowledge in this set of materials in depth.

He doesn't have time to learn it himself, but he can find someone to learn it for him, and these comrades who work on phase shifters are the best substitutes.

Seeing Gao Zhendong's smile, the comrades came to their senses.

"Committee Member Gao, do you have any research findings in this area?"

At this point, Gao Zhendong had to be a little shameless, otherwise there would be no way to explain this. He said something that made his comrades overjoyed: "Well, I've thought about it a bit and summarized some things. I hope it will be useful to you."

Although I don't actually understand it very well, it's okay, as long as you've learned it and understand it.

At this moment, Gao Zhendong felt like he was the Monkey King from Journey to the West, capable of splitting into countless clones.

His words delighted his comrades; they were truly overjoyed.

Before this, they never thought of going in this direction. It would be good if they could gain anything, and to gain a theory would be beyond their most optimistic expectations.

The difficulty of theoretical research is something that all researchers know. If scientific research is a hiking journey, then theoretical research is the most lonely, the most difficult, and the one with the least direction. Moreover, it is always facing dangers such as altitude sickness, hypothermia, falls, and getting lost.

And it takes a lot of time.

Even though I knew Gao Zhendong was very knowledgeable in radar, I had never heard of him having any ideas or actions in this area before. This is not something that can be accomplished in a few days.

However, all these worries vanished when Gao Zhendong produced a thick stack of documents. Indeed, there were quite a few!
Committee Member Gao was being modest. His earlier statement that he had "some thoughts" suggests that his concept of "some" is somewhat different from that of the average person.

The printer paper is A16 size, double-sided printing, and the font size is not large. There are even some hand-drawn pictures mixed in. At first glance, you can tell that it is a sumptuous feast.

The only problem is that while this feast is very nutritious, it might be a bit tough on the teeth. That's how theoretical things are, after all. The comrades, of course, won't be picky; being able to eat at all is already a stroke of luck.

This will save a lot of time. The comrades believe that as long as they keep up with the theory, they are not stupid enough to handle the rest.

In fact, they are confident even in their theories, but realizing that confidence takes time, and now, that time has been saved by more than half.

Actually, their imagination wasn't bold enough. The materials Gao Zhendong found were published in the 2010s.

When it comes to engineering applications, the content is somewhat limited due to space constraints and confidentiality, and the depth may be slightly shallow. However, when it comes to pure theory and empirical theory, it is quite comprehensive.

The time saved is more than half.

Among the comrades in charge of ferrite research, the leader solemnly accepted the set of materials and said to Gao Zhendong, "Committee Member Gao, we will definitely study them carefully."

Gao Zhendong felt a little embarrassed. "No, no, it's not that bad. If I could explain it, I wouldn't have taken this credit. Maybe some of this was actually written by one of the comrades here decades later."

"Yes, it would be great if it could be used," he said with a smile.

Committee Member Gao is just being modest.

Gao Zhendong: I'm not being modest, I'm feeling guilty.

"Although he seemed to know everything, he always had that humble smile on his face." This sentence comes from a memoir by another comrade nearly a century later, and this passage is a recollection of his interactions with Mr. Gao Zhendong, a leading figure in the industry.
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"Hiss... Thunder is coming?" This was the first thought that came to Gao Zhendong's mind when he received the satellite photos sent by the National Defense Commission.

Operation Rolling Thunder was a quasi-strategic bombing operation that lasted three years and eight months.

This was almost the longest such operation in human history, and then the Citibank discovered something.

The notion of "first-class" and "second-class" is nonsense. Without "third-class" and "fourth-class" individuals achieving de facto domination and completely severing the other side's lifeline, such actions would be a lose-lose situation.

They cannot achieve their goals on one hand, nor can they develop their country on the other.

Unless the country is small and isolated, which is clearly not the case with Operation Rolling Thunder.

Another example is the polar bear fighting after it destroyed its base. The older brother completely gained air superiority, but still had to chip away at the ground bit by bit.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong felt his toothache disappear.

The initial surprise stemmed from the sheer scale of the operation. Although the strategic objectives were not achieved, resulting in a complete failure, the tactical damage was still substantial.

But now that I think about it, the current anti-aircraft artillery unit, apart from having the same name and the same soldiers, is completely different from the unit that Gao Zhendong knew in his previous life in terms of equipment. In fact, it can no longer be called an anti-aircraft artillery unit in terms of equipment.

Oh, they're an engineering team, then it's alright.

In fact, the only shortcoming of this engineering brigade in Gao Zhendong's previous life was its equipment, but now, this steel can finally match the will of the soldiers.

Gao Zhendong looked at the photos, thought for a while, and then picked up the phone.

The person opposite me is a leader from the committee; this is the requirement from the document that was sent along with the photo.

"Zhendong, you've seen the photos?"

"I saw it, and it's quite clear." Although it can't compare to the one in my previous life, it's still pretty good.

"Any ideas?"

Gao Zhendong was prepared: "From my personal perspective, they probably want to organize a large-scale bombing operation, which may include all their air power in southern Jiaozhi and may be reinforced later."

"Yes, that's my assessment too. They didn't gain any advantage or achieve their objectives in the previous bombing operations, so they want to strengthen their forces to achieve their goals." Theoretically, this matter has nothing to do with Venezuela, but Venezuela is in charge of equipment, so they still have some involvement in this aspect.

After all, the other side's situation has changed, and whether this will lead to changes in equipment requirements is what the committee needs to do, and that's why they sent the photos to Gao Zhendong.

The committee leaders naturally couldn't miss Gao Zhendong's judgment; in this respect, Gao Zhendong was no match for him. But it didn't matter, Gao Zhendong was a genius.

To be honest, Gao Zhendong admired the courage of the Americans, who didn't even have smart munitions, to charge into a group of anti-aircraft guns equipped with advanced anti-aircraft missiles and proximity fuses in their expensive jets.

As for the result, it was rather unpleasant; the losses were quite severe.

However, Gao Zhendong had a judgment about his opponent's purpose based on his knowledge from his previous life.

“Leader, I think they don’t just want to strengthen their attack capabilities; they may be expanding their attack range further,” Gao Zhendong said.

His words immediately caught the attention of the leadership.

Gao Zhendong's judgments, as long as they are the part he is willing to provide, are rarely wrong.

"You mean, they're desperate and want to use something like strategic bombing to wear down North Vietnam's national strength, in order to fundamentally prevent them from reinforcing the South?"

"Yes, that's what I thought."

"Hiss... This puts a lot of pressure on our engineering team." The leader also made a sound similar to that of someone with a toothache.

Gao Zhendong laughed on the phone: "I don't think so."

"why?"

"Because bombing is actually limited by air organization capabilities. For an engineering brigade working at a specific location, the enemy they face is not much different from before. The enemy couldn't do anything to them before, and it hasn't changed much now either. At worst, we can just deploy a few more cannons. We can still afford that."

It's a good thing to bleed the Americans dry; paying a price is worthwhile. We persevered through such difficult circumstances in our past life and successfully completed our air defense mission, so it's even less of a problem now.

"Hmm, you mean the pressure is increasing on our comrades in northern Vietnam, and under these circumstances, they have a lot of areas that need protection but they are unable to defend them?"

Gao Zhendong didn't need to say anything more; he only needed to get started, and the leader would naturally be able to analyze it.

"Yes, that's what I'm thinking."

"Yes, our friends are under a lot of pressure. Judging from the satellite photos, the scale of their mobilization is significantly larger than before. This battle will be a tough one for them."

Gao Zhendong once again rejected the leader's idea: "No, judging from the scale of this mobilization, I think the enemy is not thinking about a battle, but a protracted operation."

"How did you figure that out?" After all, the leader had only been able to command the army before, and he wasn't very clear about the intricacies of the air force and navy. But he wasn't worried, because there was a comrade here who knew all about these things.

"The mobilization of the air force and navy cannot be accomplished simply by sending a few planes and ships over. There is a great deal of work, personnel, and resources required to support it. For the enemy, if it were just for a single battle, they would not mobilize such a large force; that would be too wasteful of money. I believe that their biggest purpose in completing all these supporting measures is to carry out long-term air strike operations."

Gao Zhendong's analysis made a lot of sense. After listening to it, the leader nodded on the other end of the phone: "Hmm... You are more familiar with this than I am, that makes sense. We can't ignore this situation, but it will put a lot of pressure on the comrades over there."

The "comrades over there" doesn't refer to the engineering brigade, because Gao Zhendong has already analyzed that part. He means North Jiaozhi.

Gao Zhendong asked himself if he was really that selfless. He only cared about his own little world, especially since he knew about the messy things the other party would do more than ten years later.

However, since the leader had brought it up, he couldn't completely ignore it.

"what do you mean……"

"Is there any suitable equipment to further enhance their air defense capabilities, and preferably something that doesn't cost too much?" We should try our best to create favorable conditions for them.

Gao Zhendong thought for a moment: "There really is such equipment that can do this. But it can still only be a limited, targeted increase."

"Hmm, that's enough. What equipment?" Comrade Zhendong really knows how to handle things; he has plenty of good stuff on hand. As for limitations and priorities, those are inevitable; we neither have the ability nor the possibility to satisfy everyone indefinitely.

The leader could feel the smile on Gao Zhendong's face on the other end of the phone: "Leader, do you remember when our medium-range surface-to-air missile was initially finalized, I proposed an air defense missile that used inexpensive propellant and semi-active radio command guidance to create an inexpensive medium-range air defense missile?"

As soon as he mentioned it, the leader remembered.

"Ah, there is such a thing, and it has even been initially finalized."

Gao Zhendong laughed and said, "Let's use this one!"

"Will this achieve the desired effect?" The leader wasn't skeptical; he just wanted to have a clearer understanding of the situation.

"Yes, this missile is also tracked and mobile. With strong mobility, it has great deployment flexibility and can cover as many areas as possible with minimal cost."

Fighting on the run is impossible, but with intelligence support, it is still possible to move and deploy within a certain range.

Operation Rolling Thunder also involved the South Vietnamese "Air Force," which provided an opportunity for intelligence gathering. After all, they were not a monolithic entity; otherwise, they wouldn't have collapsed so quickly after the US withdrawal and the "helicopter fist" attack.

"Moreover, this missile has a unique characteristic: its effectiveness largely depends on the radar. And the radars we currently equip for our air defense missiles are the best in the world, bar none!"

Gao Zhendong is very confident about this.

"Oh, is that so... then won't it be too expensive?" Good things don't come cheap, the leader is aware of that.

The leader could hear Gao Zhendong's chuckles very clearly on the phone.

"This system is indeed expensive, but it's not expensive to use."

"Is that even possible? Aren't missiles supposed to be disposable?" Even if they miss, they can't be recovered and reused; it's a pure one-shot deal.

"Yes, missiles are disposable, but that disposable part happens to be the cheapest. The most expensive part is the radar, which is reusable and protected by a tracked chassis mobile missile-gun system. The safety of the radar system is not an issue."

The missile-gun integrated system, which was recently delivered to a carrier-based pilot, has already proven its value. It can not only shoot down aircraft that manage to break through the defenses, but also intercept bombs.

"Missiles are cheap?" The leader felt that his common sense and understanding had been greatly overturned.

(End of this chapter)