Research starts with PhD students

Chapter 196 There was an explosion at the base!
The experimental base is 300 kilometers away from Jinghai City. The altitude increases as you go southwest, and wastelands and high slopes can be seen everywhere.

This is close to the edge of no-man's land.

Tong Zhiguo and his team evacuated to a small hill, about 25 kilometers away from the experimental base. The back of the hill provides a barrier, and the altitude is higher, so safety is guaranteed.

In fact, Tong Zhiguo didn’t believe that an explosion would happen, and he let the team evacuate for safety reasons.

The reason why they don't believe it is not because they don't believe in the "strong splitting" theory, but because they are only conducting the first test and the experimental intensity is very low, just barely exceeding the theoretical minimum value.

How can theoretical calculations be so accurate without the support of precise experimental data?

This is when the theory is correct.

Therefore, the probability of an explosion is very small, and even if an explosion occurs, it is safe enough at a distance of more than 20 kilometers.

After arriving at the back of the hill, the convoy stopped and they set up tents with their backs against the hill to rest.

After Tong Zhiguo sat down, he showed concern for the specific situation inside the base and emphasized that all personnel present must hide in the air-raid shelter as quickly as possible to ensure absolute safety.

Waiting on the shady side of the hill, more than twenty people were waiting in groups of three or four.

The overall atmosphere seemed a little silent.

Tong Zhiguo stood in front of a tent and continued to care about the experimental work. "Will the data detected during the experiment be transmitted?"

Although we do not attach importance to test data, it is because it is too troublesome, not because we do not care about the data.

Now, to conduct experiments directly, we only need to add relevant equipment around the Tokamak spiral magnetic field device and then carry out some interconnection modifications.

If you want to do detailed inspections, you need to add a variety of high-precision equipment, modify the internal structure of the device, and adjust various types of equipment, which is equivalent to making a very complex system.

In that case, it might take a year to conduct testing experiments, and a huge amount of funds would be required, which could easily be increased tenfold or even dozens of times.

It's like making a bomb.

Take a large amount of black powder and put it together, put it in a sealed object, and ignite it directly from the outside with a fuse to make it explode.

If you want to make a shell that can be fired, you need a very sophisticated manufacturing process, a variety of equipment, and you also need to consider the firing distance, calculate and control the explosive power, and so on.

The latter is obviously much more complicated than the former, and the energy, cost and time consumed are not at the same level at all.

Lu Ling is a member of Tong Zhiguo's team and can be regarded as the team's deputy. He will participate in all aspects of the work and his level of participation in the experiment is higher than Tong Zhiguo.

At the same time, he also knew that the main content of the experiment was to verify the theory of strong splitting.

Standing next to Tong Zhiguo, Lu Ling held a tablet in his hand. He talked about the experimental data. "Our data are all direct feedback from the equipment. They will be directly transmitted to the computer and can be viewed in time."

"But the data is very crude. It's just transmitted by the equipment. It doesn't have much meaning."

Tong Zhiguo nodded slightly.

Here you can get information about the operation of the experimental equipment and the specific circumstances of the experiment.

This is enough.

A dozen meters away, Ni Hongyu sat with several engineers. Xu Bin was a lively person and had the best relationship with Ni Hongyu. He asked curiously, "Engineer Ni, we were just talking about this, why did you suddenly evacuate? Isn't it just a test experiment? What dangers could there be?"

Ni Hongyu glared at him and said, "This is confidential research, don't talk nonsense!"

"Oh~~"

Xu Bin quickly covered his mouth with force, pretending that he had said something wrong, but from his expression it was clear that he didn't care at all.

Their engineering department has been involved in confidential experimental research and has even participated in new intercontinental missile projects. They are naturally very clear about what can be said and what cannot be said.

Now we are just a little curious, so we discuss it quietly together. It is just an internal discussion. Since we are all family, there is naturally no problem.

Several people were silent for a long time.

Ni Hongyu suddenly sighed, "To be honest with you, I don't know either. I asked Academician Tong, but he said it was confidential and that I couldn't talk about it or ask about it."

"I think..."

Ni Hongyu started the conversation, immediately attracting the attention of others. He continued, "I've been thinking about it for a long time. I wonder if other groups will go to the experimental base? Maybe the military, or some other research group, and use the equipment to do some experiments we don't know about."

Xu Bin was stunned for a moment. He looked at the others, thought about it, and felt that it made sense.

Things now don't make sense.

Since the explanation doesn't make sense, we can think of some new directions and have other confidentiality teams conduct experiments...

It is indeed possible!

This is also the reason why they evacuated!

When he saw them discussing this, Ni Hongyu quickly said, "Don't spread it around, as if I were spreading rumors. This is just a guess!"

"Yep."

"I certainly won't tell anyone."

"Just chatting..."

As they were talking, the time had almost passed, as the experiment was to be conducted at two o'clock sharp.

Ni Hongyu checked his watch and found that a minute had passed. He stood up and walked towards Tong Zhiguo, reminding him, "Academician Tong, the experiment has already started, right?"

Tong Zhiguo and Lu Ling were looking at the computer screen together, which showed some data feedback from experimental equipment.

Tong Zhiguo just turned his head and heard Lu Ling shout, "The signal is cut off, what happened?"

"It shouldn't be..."

As Lu Ling spoke, he tapped the computer a few times, but it obviously did not make any difference to the stability of the signal transmission.

At this time, someone on the hillside shouted, "Come and see!"

"There seems to be an explosion over there at the base!"

The group of people at the foot of the hill all stood up. They looked up the hill with their clothes on, and some even ran over directly.

Suddenly, a loud roar was heard, causing the crowd at the bottom of the hill to become a little confused.

Tong Zhiguo was stunned for a moment, then ran up the hillside with light steps.

Lu Ling ran behind.

After a few minutes, a group of people ran up the hillside. Their reactions were the same. They all stood there staring blankly in the direction of the experimental base.

There was a clear explosion-like small mushroom cloud. The center of the mushroom cloud was a little dark, while the edges were all white.

The white mushroom cloud shot straight into the sky, and it was very shocking to see from afar!

Tong Zhiguo looked at him seriously.

Lu Ling stomped his feet hard, his mouth half open, and his expression frozen on his face.

Ni Hongyu had a look of despair on his face. He stared blankly at the mushroom cloud in the distance, and suddenly fell to his knees crying, "This is really the direction of the experimental base!"

"What kind of team and what kind of experiment did they do to blow up all our equipment?"

"It's all blown up! Such a big explosion will destroy everything!"

"It's over, the base is finished!"

Ni Hongyu cried out of despair.

Although he didn't know what specific research was being conducted, he led people to install and debug each device, and he was also responsible for connecting and assembling all the parts.

Now, it’s gone in an instant?
How much equipment and funds would be lost, and all the efforts over such a long period of time would be in vain.

The others also looked desperate. At this time, Lu Ling also reacted, and he shouted with surprise, "Academician Tong, it really exploded!"

"It really exploded, my God, it's amazing..."

"have a look!"

He pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly, "This beautiful white mushroom cloud is so perfect, it's simply a work of art!"

Tong Zhiguo also took a deep breath, and the seriousness on his face turned into excitement and joy, "It really exploded!"

"Great!"

"It was unexpected that the explosion was so strong. I didn't expect it... Yes, this white mushroom cloud is art!"

Everyone else looked over in amazement.

Xu Bin pulled Ni Hongyu up and pointed in the direction of Tong Zhiguo with a strange expression.

Ni Hongyu stood up, his expression no longer desperate, but asked with puzzled eyes, "Academician Tong, what happened? Our equipment exploded!"

"Are you... too sad?"

"It exploded, great!"

Tong Zhiguo said excitedly, "What we want is an explosion! Engineer Ni, don't be sad. I'll tell you straight out that the purpose of this experiment is to see an explosion!"

"do you understand?"

He saw the others and said, "Don't ask too many questions, don't say too much, this is the goal of our experiment, and now we have achieved it."

"very good!"

"Everyone will be credited when we get back, and I will report it to the Science and Industry Bureau!"

After the excitement ended, Tong Zhiguo became serious again. He immediately gave instructions, "Engineer Zhang, contact the base to see if anyone is injured. Have them stay in the air-raid shelter and wait for help."

"Professor Lu, sort out all the data that has been sent over and compile it into a report."

"Team Leader Du, contact the military to protect the scene, and ask the Institute of Nuclear Physics to send a radiation team. Also, report the matter to the Science and Industry Bureau and just explain the experimental procedures."

A series of orders were passed down and everyone started to get busy.

Those who just found out that they had ‘achieved their goal’ were also very excited and confused.

The goal is to explode?

Goal accomplished?
They were doing a particle control research experiment, so how did it turn into a Big Bang?
Among them, Ni Hongyu had the most complicated emotions. His mood was like a roller coaster. He was very desperate in the beginning, but later he even said that his goal was to explode.

Now he didn't know whether to be happy or depressed. Xu Bin seemed to understand his mood. He took advantage of the opportunity to come over and gave him a thumbs up. "Mr. Ni, you guessed it right!"

"Sure enough, another team went there to conduct experiments. They probably dropped a bomb on our base!"

"It looks like a small atomic bomb!"

"Great!"

Ni Hongyu was so angry that he almost spit out foul language.

……

Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry.

Teacher Li was correcting documents in his office. He was the second-in-command of the Science, Technology and Industry Bureau and had a lot of direct work to do.

There was a knock on the office door.

"Enter!"

Teacher Li looked up and shouted.

Chen Wei from the Weapon Technology Department came in. He was a subordinate of Teacher Li, but he was very familiar with Teacher Li. He placed a document in front of Teacher Li and said, "The application for the research of new ballistic separation technology submitted by the Third Academy of National Defense needs to be approved."

Teacher Li nodded slightly, glanced at the application materials, and signed directly.

The Third Academy of National Defense is responsible for the research and development of medium- and long-range missiles. They are the team behind the country's important weapons. There is no need to look carefully at related technical research applications. Just take a quick glance and approve them directly.

After Chen Wei finished his work, he sat down and chatted with Teacher Li for a few minutes.

"I heard there's a theory verification project? And they approved 30 million in funding?"

"Correct."

Teacher Li nodded and said, "I approved it. Let Academician Tong from the Institute of Nuclear Physics lead the team to do the experiment."

Chen Wei smiled and said, "I've heard about it before. I was just curious and asked, Zhang Shuo's research, right? They even approved funding to do verification?"

Teacher Li said, "Now that the country is rich, our bureau has sufficient funding, so we should support it if we can. Zhang Shuo is a super genius!"

Chen Wei nodded. "That's right. He is indeed a super genius. I have also read the theory of strong splitting. It feels very difficult, very difficult..."

"You don't believe it?"

"It's not that I don't believe in the theory, it's that I don't believe it can be verified." Chen Wei shook his head and said, "Even if the theory is correct, it's too difficult to verify it unless the data is accurate. Theory and experiment are different, and the data must be just estimates and calculations."

"String theory has been around for so many years, but there haven't been any discoveries yet."

Teacher Li thought about it and nodded, "It doesn't matter. Even if it can't be verified, just consider it as support. I just think we should give it a try."

“Whether the theory is correct or not, whether it can be verified, it doesn’t hurt to give it a try. What if you discover something?”

Chen Wei shook his head in amusement. Just as he was about to say something, his assistant suddenly walked in from outside and said, "Teacher Li, Academician Tong's team sent a message saying that their experimental verification was successful."

"The first time they did a test, they turned on the experiment at critical intensity and there was a huge explosion!"

He said and brought some photos.

"This is a photo sent over. It was taken 25 kilometers away. A white mushroom cloud is rising. According to preliminary estimates, the power is close to that of a small nuclear bomb."

"The data report will be sent over later..."

Chen Wei's expression froze on his face. He was stunned for a moment and then picked up the photo to look at it.

Teacher Li stood up with a look of surprise on his face. He also took a few photos and looked at them carefully again and again. He exclaimed excitedly, "Great, great!"

"The experiment was successful! The theory was verified successfully!"

“This is a great discovery!”

"The strong splitting caused an explosion! There was such a violent explosion just when the data reached the standard, which shows that the theory is completely correct!"

He sighed and looked at Chen Wei with joy, "What do you think now? Is my decision right? What is 3000 million compared to theoretical verification?"

"Strong splitting, that's a new theory and a new technology!"

"Perhaps, we will have new technology that will completely surpass the international level in the future..."

Chen Wei stared at the white opening in the photo. Mushroom Cloud, swallowed hard, and said with admiration, "Zhang Shuo is indeed a genius, a super genius!"

"The theory I studied turned out to be true. It was a strong split. It was indeed a strong split..."

"Maybe we have more than just technology. This is a completely new field, and this experiment opens the door to it."

"We just stood at the door and saw such a wonderful thing. From now on..."

“I can’t even imagine it!”

(End of this chapter)