In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 105: The strategic deterrence of a small country, be prepared in advance and wait for the big brother on the list to come
Soon, Xie Wei came back to his senses.

If you encounter anything many times, you will get used to it.

The reason why I was constantly shocked was that I knew too little about the times.

The big guys who can only be seen on TV news and are admired by everyone are now appearing right in front of you. No matter who it is, it will take some time to get used to it.

Xie Wei has gradually adapted to it now.

"I mainly want to talk to you about ultra-long-range rocket launchers with a range of 300 kilometers or even more than 500 kilometers."

"!!!"

Even though he was mentally prepared, Xie Wei was still shocked by what Fang Pengju said.

The range is 300 kilometers, or even 500 kilometers!

Ultra-long-range rocket launcher.

Could it be that what the other side really wants is a rocket launcher with a basic range and an error of more than 2700 kilometers?

"Director Fang, let's talk somewhere else."

The dormitory is not a place to talk about this.

I don’t know why Mr. Ren asked Fang Pengju to talk to him about ultra-long-range rocket launchers. Perhaps the “Xie Wei” that Mr. Ren knew had also proposed related ideas before.

But Xie Wei cannot be ignored.

After arriving at the school, Xie Wei had not worked on any rocket launcher-related technology, nor had he mentioned any related topics.

The only explanation is the former Xie Wei.

"it is good."

The two of them soon arrived at Fang Pengju's office.

"I majored in artillery engineering in college. After learning about Katyusha, I thought, if I could have a rocket launcher with a range of 300 to 500 kilometers or even more, I could carry out long-range coverage and saturation strikes when the enemy is gathering..."

Even though he already knew it, Xie Wei still couldn't recover for a long time after listening to the other party's detailed thoughts.

Weren't ultra-long-range rocket launchers developed step by step over the past few decades?

In a few decades, there are only two kinds of rocket launchers in the world: Chinese rocket launchers and other rocket launchers.

The development of domestic ultra-long-range rocket launchers has reached a crazy level: the range is 300 kilometers, and the error is 2700 kilometers or even more.

Its accuracy is higher than that of the tactical missiles of most countries and can be controlled within a range of 10 meters.

But the price is much cheaper than missiles.

Can be used for precision strikes.

Also suitable for remote floor washing.

"Since I proposed this idea, countless people have considered me a lunatic..."

At the end of his speech, Fang Pengju had a bitter smile on his face.

Anyone who came up with this idea in the 1950s when tactical missiles had not yet been developed was absolutely crazy!
Madman of the times!
"This range is actually very awkward. According to my understanding, the greatest power of rocket launchers lies in providing fierce firepower in a short period of time and carrying out saturation coverage strikes on the target area... The attack depth of the Marine Corps division-level unit is about 30 kilometers..."

Xie Wei deliberately left a loophole.

During World War I, the attack depth of division-level troops was 2 to 4 kilometers.

During World War II, the depth of attack expanded to 12 to 18 kilometers.

After decades of development, the offensive depth of division-level troops around the world has now reached 30 to 60 kilometers.

The depth of a unit's attack on the battlefield is determined by the range of supporting artillery and the unit's mobile equipment.

By the beginning of the 21st century, technology had developed rapidly, a large number of tactical missiles and more advanced armed helicopters were put into service, and combined brigades began to replace traditional army organizations.

The offensive depth of division-level troops has been expanded to 70-120 kilometers, the mission depth has been increased to 700 kilometers, and the strategic depth has exceeded 1000 kilometers...

Compared with expensive missiles, rocket launchers only began to have a market after their accuracy was improved and the explosion range of their warheads became wider.

Fang Pengju wanted to develop a rocket launcher with such a long range half a century in advance.

Insufficient technical reserves.

The supporting facilities cannot keep up.

Even the development of the troops cannot be achieved.

The combined forces have not yet appeared, and the army's offensive depth does not require rocket launchers with such a long range.

"That's the case at the moment. With the development of technology and the continuous deployment of high-tech equipment in wars, the situation of future wars will definitely change dramatically... Missiles are too expensive to cover enemy artillery positions from a long distance."

Fang Pengju refuted Xie Wei.

Fang Pengju was surprised that Xie Wei could think of the needs of the troops and discuss the use of rocket launchers with him.

He did not look down on Xie Wei just because he was young, but instead made a well-reasoned defense.

"Director Fang, your idea is correct. But you may have overlooked a key question: Will it still be a simple battle between armies on future battlefields?"

"No! I've studied it. The situation during the Korean War was somewhat different from that during World War II. Close to the sea, the navy, army, and air force even fought together. However, the navy and air force, like the artillery, were used for combat support..."

Fang Pengju shook his head.

He looked at Xie Wei with confusion, not knowing what Xie Wei wanted to express.

"If, I mean if! When fighter planes develop to a certain level, they cannot be detected by ground radar. How do you think the war can be fought under such circumstances? Also, if one of the warring parties can release a vast number of drones..."

"impossible!"

Fang Pengju's eyes widened instantly.

Fighter planes that cannot be detected by radar?

Drones everywhere?

Xie Wei thought this was a science fiction novel!
"What about ground-based anti-aircraft firepower? One side has it, but the other side doesn't? And the fighter planes you said can't be detected by radar..."

Fang Pengju found it hard to accept.

His thoughts were still limited by the times.

Xie Wei could only sigh silently.

The US's F-117A stealth attack aircraft, which is specially designed for kicking down doors, will make its maiden flight in two years, enter service four years later, and will not be unveiled to the world until 4.

What really made the world realize the huge changes that high-tech equipment represented by stealth fighters had brought to the war situation was the Gulf War in 91.

It was also that war that caused the PLA, which had always felt that it lacked firepower and had been frantically developing its artillery, to completely develop a fear of insufficient firepower and to frantically develop technology.

In the end, they found that they could not catch up with the technology announced by the United States decades ago, and countless national defense science and technology workers were upset.

The results of it?
Some of the data from the United States are either fake or exaggerated.

The most typical example of counterfeiting is the special steel used in aircraft carriers and submarines: In order to demonstrate its strong scientific research capabilities, the United States announced the parameters of special steel to the world in the 1980s. Domestic experts were amazed and worked day and night for decades, not even daring to take a break, for fear of being left far behind by the United States.

After much difficulty, a group of experts caught up to 80% and were faced with retirement, feeling extremely guilty.

It turned out that the US special steel factories had been falsifying information since the 80s, and the special steels used in submarines and aircraft carriers decades later did not meet these parameters.

The material performance lags behind that of China...

The most typical example of bragging is the F-22 lift coefficient.

The lift coefficient of the F-22 announced by the United States is 2.07.

What concept?
If a brick has a lift coefficient of 2.07, it can fly at supersonic speeds!
Domestic fighter aircraft designers are in a dilemma: their engines are much worse than others, and the power system cannot meet the requirements, which leads to the lift coefficient not being achieved.

Domestically designed fighter jets are unable to achieve such a lift coefficient, it must be the engine that is not good enough!
After all, it took more than half a century to solve the problem of heart disease in domestic fighter jets.

The engine is not good, so we can only work hard on the aerodynamic layout.

Thus, Bluestar’s most powerful aerodynamic shape layout design, the “lifting body wing canard layout”, was born.

Well, the lift coefficient barely reaches 2.2.

Only after a more powerful engine is successfully developed can the lift coefficient be further improved.

When a group of aviation giants were still not breathing a sigh of relief and were preparing to continue to increase the lift coefficient, the US military announced the actual lift coefficient of the F-22, whose electronic equipment, stealth design, stealth coating, etc. were gradually lagging behind the times.

A group of domestic experts were dumbfounded again: 1.7!

Xie Wei couldn't explain all this to Fang Pengju.

Not to mention people of this era, even in Xie Wei's era, after decades of brainwashing, everyone from ordinary people to high-level officials believed that China lagged far behind foreign countries. While they were developing, others were also developing.

Suddenly, overnight, many technologies surpassed international standards, which was unacceptable even in Xie Wei's era.

I still think that the United States has learned the Chinese habit of keeping a low profile and keeping the best things in the bottom of the box. In the field of scientific research, no one dares to breathe a sigh of relief...

"Director Fang, let's try a different hypothesis."

Xie Wei knew that Fang Pengju found it difficult to understand.

Prepare to put it in a way that he can understand.

"Before the battle, the ground reconnaissance troops will find the enemy's air defense positions in advance and use long-range missiles to accurately destroy them as soon as possible. Without air defense firepower, they will send air bombers to bomb important targets. After paralyzing the communication and command system, they will finally send ground armored forces to advance under the cover of heavy artillery forces. If they encounter a difficult enemy, they will directly call for air support..."

What Xie Wei was talking about was the way the Gulf War was fought.

At present, the world's military development is still affected by World War II, and the huge torrent of steel and artillery are the mainstream.

The Soviet Union developed the steel torrent to the extreme.

Two years later, the "West-81" military exercise was opened to the whole world. Tens of thousands of tanks, supported by thousands of fighter planes and countless heavy artillery, swept away everything, and the entire West trembled.

The United States knew very well that it could not defeat the Soviet Union, so it launched the "Star Wars Project", using PPT to lead the Soviet Union into a new track. In the end, the Soviet Union, with its unbalanced economy and backward electronic infrastructure, destroyed itself.

"Isn't this impossible? How much money would a war like this cost? The national treasury would be emptied after one war!"

After hearing what Xie Wei said, Fang Pengju's eyes widened and his lips slightly opened.

He looked at Xie Wei in disbelief and muttered to himself.

Hey~
Xie Wei sighed.

No wonder Fang Pengju.

Once the cannon sounds, it's all worth a fortune.

The kind of high-tech warfare he describes is not only expensive, it is ridiculously expensive.

After the company had money, it was equipped with 82 combined brigades of PLA. During exercises, the highest level was the brigade.

too expensive!
A long-range artillery camp can fire hundreds of millions of rounds in one salvo!

Therefore, after a few decades, the major powers will only engage in verbal lawsuits but will not actually take action: it is too expensive!
Even if both sides’ treasuries are emptied, there will be no winner.

Who wants to fight?
"So, the ultra-long-range rocket launcher is useless to the troops?"

There was a deep sense of powerlessness in Fang Pengju's tone.

He has always felt that rocket launchers with a range of several hundred kilometers have great potential.

Especially when high-tech equipment is increasingly appearing in the military.

"That's not the case. For an army that has strategic intercontinental missiles and ballistic missiles for long-range, huge artillery for short-range, and air force support for medium and short-range, it doesn't matter whether it has equipment or not. For a country with a small land area, a weak army, but money, this thing can be used as a strategic weapon to deter surrounding enemies. They can't develop it themselves, and they can't buy missiles..."

"what?"

Fang Pengju was dumbfounded.

Such an advanced rocket launcher was not developed to contribute to our own national defense construction, but was sold instead?

Will your superiors agree?
If we can’t strengthen national defense, what’s the point of researching?
"There's no need to go for such a long range at the beginning. Our foundation is not good enough, so let's try a long-range rocket launcher with a range of 120 to 180 kilometers. However, the power of the warhead must be increased... If the accuracy is not good, we have to rely on the explosive power of the warhead to cover a larger area. This problem is easy to solve. Use cluster warheads and let the rocket launcher throw out the warheads after reaching the target..."

The top brother on the list is still a few years away.

By then, if there is a long-range rocket launcher specially built for them, with a range of 120 to 180 kilometers, huge power, and fool-proof operation, the top brother on the list will not refuse to buy it, right?
The war between the two camels is about to begin.

When the stalemate stage came, both sides resorted to firing missiles at each other to show that the war was still going on.

Missiles are so expensive!
Wouldn’t a rocket launcher that costs tens of thousands of dollars be more cost-effective?
As for the upcoming counterattack against monkeys, the ultra-long-range rocket launchers are a waste. The monkey army is not worthy of consuming the PLA's advanced ammunition.

"Not only will our superiors not allow us to export it, but the school won't provide us with funding, right?"

Fang Pengju said it seemingly casually, but it made Xie Wei smile bitterly in his heart.

This must be the other party’s real purpose in looking for me!

Want money!

But Xie Wei couldn't refuse.

"The school-enterprise office can't provide much funding in the early stage..."

"The wind tunnel test of the rocket has been done, and the only thing left is the full-scale model. There is a lot of design work to be done for the entire system, and the initial funding required is not much..."

"I'll discuss this with the principal and others tomorrow."

Xie Wei did not give a direct answer.

Mr. Ren asked Fang Pengju to find him, probably not to provide him with a project.

After all, a rocket launcher with a range of more than 300 kilometers is not a missile.

The Intermediate-Range Missile Treaty was not signed until 87, and it was certainly not intended to circumvent the treaty. Perhaps, Mr. Ren was optimistic about the prospects of this type of rocket launcher?
Or does Mr. Ren hope to have technical reserves in this area?
It is clear that the school-enterprise office has the autonomy of the projects and can also provide funding for the projects.

Today, when it comes to developing ultra-long-range rocket launchers, not only are the supporting facilities inadequate, but the technical reserves are also insufficient.

Once we start, the funds required will not be a small amount.

"Okay, I'm sorry to have kept you so late tonight."

It was already one o'clock in the morning and Fang Pengju's face was full of apologies.

"It's okay. I usually go to bed around 2 o'clock at night."

Xie Wei replied with a smile.

Fang Pengju moved his lips, wanting to say something, but finally gave up.

When Xie Wei returned to the dormitory, there was no one there.

Everyone seems to have become accustomed to this somewhat self-abuse style of learning.

The process is very difficult.

The joy you feel when you have made significant progress is indescribable.

During this time, Xie Wei slowly understood why, decades later in an era of abundant material supplies and increasingly advanced technology, most people were unhappy; and in those days, people were not well fed, did not even have a few sets of clean clothes in the winter, and worked hard every day, but everyone was happy and full of energy.

Especially the guys in the dormitory, they haven’t had a day off since the start of school. No one complained about being tired, not even Yao Xinwei mentioned it.

Xie Wei was also influenced by his roommates and had no concept of weekends.

After returning from Wang Zheng, Xie Wei would often buy things and go to Du Guowang's house for meals. It was usually not his turn to deliver meals to Xie Rou.

When I went to see Xie Rou, the girl always complained that Xie Wei disturbed her studies.

With the help of a professional teacher, Xie Rou made rapid progress and was unwilling to let Xie Wei help him with the questions.

"Although Yao Xinwei is not good in many aspects, he is still a good person. Perhaps we can consider letting him work with Fang Pengju's team on rocket launchers first?"

Yao Xinwei's family asked him to study rocket-related majors, but this kid wanted to get into computers.

The control system, radar system, guidance system, etc. of the long-range rocket launcher also have high computer requirements. Xie Wei feels that it is entirely possible to let Yao Xinwei follow Fang Pengju's project team to lay the foundation first.

This is to thank Comrade Yao Xinwei, the living committee member, for helping me get hot water from the boiler room in the basement every day.

"Battle launcher? Squad leader, I told you before that I wanted to learn computer science!"

The next morning, after running in a thin layer of clothing in the minus 20 degrees cold wind and feeling extremely sore all over, Xie Wei returned to the dormitory and happened to meet Yao Xinwei who was carrying thermos bottles of water for everyone.

As soon as Xie Wei proposed it, he was rejected by Yao Xinwei.

If you add a cannon to a rocket launcher, isn’t it still a rocket?
"Sixth brother, how about letting the fifth one go to the computer project and I go to the rocket launcher?"

Feng Ke spoke.

Although the rocket launcher was not the type of rocket he was interested in, at least it was related to rockets and was more attractive than computers.

"What about you? Is there anything else you want to adjust?"

Xie Wei asked the other three people in the dormitory.

Zhang Jingyan is going to the Institute of Metal Materials.

It is now impossible for Tang Long to make adjustments in his chemistry field.

Li Chuangxin has joined the radio project and is now working on radios with Mo Lingyu and others.

Feng Ke has to adjust from computer to rocket launcher.

Yao Xinwei went to computer.

"Sixth brother, I want to go to the fighter jet project. I think fighter jets are more in line with my expectations of myself."

Li Chuangxin looked at Xie Wei nervously and made his request carefully.

After participating in the radio project, Li Chuangxin felt that it was not as attractive as he had imagined.

The school has not made public any fighter-related technical projects.

Anyone who pays a little attention to school news knows that admissions for aerospace-related majors will resume after the new year.

"Okay, I'll help you adjust when the time comes. For now, you still have to do what you need to do."

Xie Wei nodded to show that he understood.

For everyone in the experimental class, the projects will be constantly adjusted according to their interests.

Especially now with the increase in projects, almost all students in the class are involved in the experimental projects, which seriously affects the daily teaching work of basic courses.

The school had no choice but to make adjustments: every morning, students in the experimental class studied basic courses in the classroom with the first class in the afternoon, and after class at three o'clock in the afternoon, they went to various laboratories.

This means that students in the experimental class have much less time for self-study and free activities than students in other majors.

Xie Wei didn't rush to class, but went to find Li Rui first.

"Rocket launcher? Xie Wei, Fang Pengju is a lunatic! If you have the money to make a rocket launcher with that range, can't you make a missile with higher precision and better accuracy?"

Li Rui was originally planning to accompany Deputy Minister Ren.

The 1200 million yuan in funding has not yet been received.

Don’t let the deputy minister cut some of the funding when the time comes, that would be bad.

When Principal Li heard that Xie Wei came to ask Fang Pengju about the rocket launcher project, he became anxious.

"Missiles are missiles, and rocket launchers are rocket launchers. Tactical missiles with this range are not cheap! And rocket launchers are used for fire coverage and saturation strikes..."

Li Rui's attitude surprised Xie Wei.

Shouldn't the old guy like military projects?
"Xie Wei, a rocket launcher with that range is not very useful at all. The rocket launcher has limited coverage. It is better to send a bomber squadron to drop more bombs..."

Li Rui quickly retorted.

In his opinion, a rocket launcher with a range of 300 kilometers is a complete waste of money.

“What about developing it for export?”

Xie Wei didn't want to hear Li Rui's reasons.

Those who think Fang Pengju is a lunatic will give reasons that are not at all new.

"Ah?" Li Rui was stunned.

Export?

Never thought about it.

I dare not even think about it.

"Is it possible? All the previous equipment assistance to other countries was free of charge!"

Li Rui murmured, "Besides, this thing is too advanced and is not within the scope of military assistance."

The military aid consists of conventional weapons and equipment such as tanks, fighter jets, and artillery, and does not include advanced equipment such as rocket launchers and missiles.

"Have you forgotten the conversation between the chief designer and Factory 112 in September?"

Xie Wei reminded Li Rui.

In September, the chief designer made a special trip to inspect the economy of Northeast China. When inspecting Factory 9, he said worriedly: "If the military industry wants to develop truly, it is not enough to rely on the strength of one company. It needs to gather the strengths of hundreds of companies. But how to gather them? We must learn advanced foreign technology, and these technologies require a lot of foreign exchange. We are only providing free military aid to foreign countries, and the loss of foreign exchange is very serious!"

After that, the chief designer visited the aviation industry departments many times, listened to reports from all levels, and finally came to the conclusion: "We need advanced technology and advanced talents, and both of these require foreign exchange support. We can't do without being an arms dealer."

Xie Wei didn't know whether his superiors had issued a policy to stop providing free equipment assistance to other countries.

However, he knew that the export of 79 J-50 fighters and related spare parts to Egypt in 6 was the first foreign equipment export by New China, with a total contract value of 1.67 million US dollars.

Although there are no exact statistics on foreign military aid after the founding of New China, thousands of fighter jets alone were donated free of charge.

How much is that?
Of course, we cannot just consider economic benefits, we also have to consider the international situation.

The monkey outside the southwest border received more than $200 billion in equipment aid. As a result, he turned around and used the aided weapons to fight his father who aided him.

The self-defense counterattack will begin in more than a month.

"There haven't been any export-related policies from above! Can you please stop thinking about it all day long?"

Li Rui was really anxious.

This kid Xie Wei does whatever he wants.

"We don't have the technology right now, so it will take a long time to come up with it! Now, we have reform and opening up..."

Xie Wei once again reminded Li Rui to take a long-term view.

There is no policy now, what about in the future?

"What do you mean, kid? If you want to support Fang Pengju in this, just use the money from your school enterprise office to support him. You don't even allow the school leaders to interfere in the affairs of your school enterprise office. Now you tell me it's useful?"

Li Rui finally realized that something was wrong.

Xie Wei doesn't want the school-enterprise to pay for it!

"What is my school-enterprise office?"

Xie Wei was unhappy.

"The ministry has not received 1200 million yuan yet. Even though this is a lot of money, the school needs to be expanded, the laboratory equipment needs to be updated, and the ministry's related R&D projects need to be accelerated..."

Li Rui did not argue with Xie Wei and instead cried poor.

Give money?

It's impossible.

He also planned to give some of the funds originally allocated by his superiors to Xie Wei.

However, at the critical moment, Xie Wei forced him to promise that the school leaders would not interfere with the financial affairs of the school-enterprise office.

How could Principal Li tolerate this?
"Of course, if the school-enterprise office is willing to support Fang Pengju's ultra-long-range rocket launcher project, in addition to funding, the school will not lack manpower and material resources."

Afraid that Xie Wei would go berserk, Li Rui felt that he could still provide some manpower and material resources.

"Deputy Minister Ren asked Fang Pengju to find me."

The old guy is playing tricks on me?
Just throw the king bomb at him.

"Really?"

As expected, Li Rui was stunned by Xie Wei's trump card. "Deputy Minister Ren won't take care of these things. He even criticized Fang Pengju for this project back then."

"Back then, the supporting infrastructure was not up to par, but now we have the foundation to make it happen. Director Fang said the theoretical design work is almost done... We won't start with a missile with such a long range. We'll make one with a range of 120 to 180 kilometers, and then make one with a longer range after we find customers..."

Xie Wei suddenly realized that as he interacted more with Li Rui, he also started to talk nonsense when talking about the project progress.

Fang Pengju didn't say that the theoretical design was almost done.

"Xie Wei, the school has many places to spend money, but we don't have much money. How about we discuss it..."

Before Li Rui could finish speaking, Xie Wei had already walked out of the office.

"What an attitude this young man has! He just leaves at the drop of a hat. What are we going to do in the future?"

Principal Li has a headache.

"Perhaps, it's because rocket launchers use rocket-related technology, and the ministry is afraid that the school will spend all its funds on the development of fighter aircraft technology?"

Thinking of this, Li Rui suddenly felt that this rocket launcher project might not be as simple as it seemed.

The country has ballistic missiles with a range of more than 500 kilometers.

There are even strategic intercontinental missiles with longer ranges.

It seems that there are no missiles with a range of tens of kilometers to 500 kilometers...

“Xie Wei, the school gave people, but it didn’t give manpower support!”

Principal Li, who thought he had figured it out, shouted loudly to the outside of the door.

Hearing this, Xie Wei walked faster.

It turns out that you can't reason too much with that old guy Li Rui, it won't make any sense.

"Director Fang, you can organize people to prepare for the project."

After coming out of Li Rui's office, Xie Wei went directly to the power laboratory.

"Ah? Will the principal agree?"

Fang Pengju looked at Xie Wei with surprise, as if he couldn't believe it.

"I agree. There are many difficulties in developing rocket launchers at present. Even if the range is only more than 100 kilometers, liquid fuel can no longer be used as a propellant... In addition, we have to ensure accuracy at such a long distance..."

Xie Wei told Fang Pengju all his thoughts.

At first, Fang Pengju just listened.

Later, I felt that I could hardly remember what Xie Wei said, so I hurriedly picked up a pen and wrote it down quickly.

"These are the principals' concerns. If there is no appropriate solution, there may be a funding problem."

Xie Wei didn't say that he proposed it.

Li Rui probably has no idea what difficulties there are in making such a rocket launcher.

Fang Pengju was not stupid enough to ask the other party. He took out the solution and went to Li Rui to ask, and everything was solved.

After notifying Fang Pengju, Xie Wei did not stay for long and went straight back to the classroom for class.

Fang Pengju was left alone in the office, full of confusion.

"Why did the principal suddenly agree? Did the teacher give a heads up?"

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Director Fang hurriedly shook his head, "Impossible! Teachers never use backdoors!"

Fang Pengju knew very well what kind of personality the teacher had.

For technologies that have a huge impact on national defense, the ministry’s resources will be given priority in ensuring and supplying them; if they are of no use and consume funds, manpower and material resources, even if you have connections, the deputy minister will directly stop them.

Therefore, it was Xie Wei who finally made the principal, who had always opposed this project, agree.

But how did Xie Wei get Li Rui to agree?
For a moment, Fang Pengju fell into deep thought.

I thought about it for a while but couldn't figure it out.

In desperation, Fang Pengju went directly to see Deputy Minister Ren, hoping that the teacher could help him solve his doubts.

"Oh?"

After listening to Fang Pengju's introduction, Deputy Minister Ren said to himself: Sure enough, this kid has not been idle these years!

For a moment, Deputy Minister Ren recalled what Xie Wei, who was only in his teens, said in the Chengdu People's Park: The best way is to use missiles to accurately strike the enemy's command center and communication system at long range, and to use rocket launchers in medium and short range to completely cover the enemy's positions in a short time!

After hearing Xie Wei's suggestion that rockets need to use solid fuel and warheads need cluster bombs to expand their striking power, Deputy Minister Ren became more certain that Xie Wei supported this project in order to further increase the support for related technologies for more maneuverable and powerful missiles.

Young people’s ideas are indeed different.

"In that case, you should first sort out the theoretical research results and design plans of these years..."

"Teacher, I have sorted it out a long time ago. The demonstration work is also finished, and I can directly organize the detailed design and sample production... Can the department give me some manpower support?"

Fang Pengju knew very well that the teacher would not give him any special treatment because of their close relationship.

He still hopes that after the school’s support, the ministry can give some support.

"The department is short of staff, so how can we find someone to give you a job? The school is responsible for training talents, and the department is counting on the school to provide more talents. The school will resume enrollment in aerospace next year. Part of the funds given to the school this time will be used for school construction..."

"..."

Deputy Minister Ren’s attitude made it clear that the ministry would not support Fang Pengju’s project.

"If you need someone, find a way yourself. If you really can't think of one, go ask Xie Wei."

After getting the teacher's guidance, although Fang Pengju didn't understand why they looked for Xie Wei when they were short of people, he still went to the experimental class to look for Xie Wei without hesitation.

After waiting for decades, I finally have the opportunity to realize my dream.

How can I still not care?
Xie Wei goes to class whenever he is not busy.

Although most of them have been learned before or through self-study, the teaching process of the luxurious faculty lineup of teachers assigned by the school to the experimental class will provide Xie Wei with more ideas and also help him understand the technological foundation of this era.

It's a pleasure.

When Fang Pengju appeared in the experimental class, it was Liang Hongbin's physics class.

I don’t know if it’s because the school’s current project focuses on integrated circuits, but Liang Hongbin’s classes during this period are almost all more focused on structural mechanics.

It did help Xie Wei to gain a lot of basic knowledge.

Xie Wei didn’t learn much about structural mechanics before.

"Director Fang, what are you doing?"

Fang Pengju waved to Xie Wei outside the door. Xie Wei had no intention of paying attention to him, but the other party interrupted Liang Hongbin's class regardless and said that he had something important to discuss with Xie Wei.

"Didn't you ask the principal for someone?"

After listening to this, Xie Wei cursed Li Rui in his heart for being such a moral person.

He had no idea that Fang Pengju was so focused on studying technology that he ignored everything else and never went to look for Li Rui.

"The principal won't give it to me. Everyone in the power room has their own projects... The teacher asked me to come find you..."

Got it!
The teacher was brought out again.

"The school is short of staff, so you should find a way to ask the army for help..."

"The army won't give it to us. I've looked for it many times before, but the army has no interest in such rocket launchers."

"..."

It seems that the project that Fang Pengju is going to work on is not popular at all.

Selling arms is definitely profitable.

In particular, rocket launchers that can be used as strategic weapons for small countries and are not subject to international embargoes have greater market potential.

Once the market is opened up, it can continue to sell for decades to come.

"Are you familiar with any rocket launcher manufacturers? The school doesn't have a production factory, so we have to find one to produce it. Right now, those rocket launcher manufacturers are short of projects and funds. Let them support the technical R&D personnel, and leave the production to them in the future..."

Fang Pengju was overjoyed.

Thanks profusely and left.

At noon, after lunch, Xie Wei did not rest but ran to Yu Guofeng's office.

"I thought you forgot about the computer project!"

Yu Guofeng made a joke about Xie Wei.

Director Yu still felt a little unhappy because he hadn't seen Xie Wei for a long time.

"The formula and process of perfluoroalkyl compounds have been perfected. I can't leave here, so I'd like to trouble you to go to Factory 14."

Xie Wei explained his purpose.

The chip must be developed as soon as possible.

He supported Fang Pengju's ultra-long-range rocket launcher not just because he was the deputy minister.

The rocket launcher's control system, radar system, guidance system, etc. have a huge promoting effect on advanced high-performance chips.

"Got it figured out? Can't you arrange for someone to go?"

Yu Guofeng frowned, "I have a lot of work on hand at the moment."

"It's impossible to arrange for someone to go. The relationship with Factory 14 has not yet been allocated to the school... Although our chips cannot be compared with the most advanced in the world, they are advanced in China and there is a great demand..."

Xie Wei did not hide it either.

As long as the production quality of Factory 14 is improved and it can provide high-end chips, its profits will soar like a rocket.

There might be unexpected events at that time.

"This is indeed a problem. The higher-ups are willing to hand over this factory to the school, but because the profits are not high, it will take a lot of money to upgrade the production line..."

As soon as Xie Wei said this, Yu Guofeng understood.

The country is short of money.

There are so many places to spend money.

Without projects, there will naturally be no funding.

All regions want to develop rapidly, but relying solely on national financial allocations is definitely not enough.

No unit will let go of a factory that can create profits on a large scale.

"At present, many projects are in urgent need of high-performance chips. Only when they are developed can we carry out subsequent designs based on the tests of existing chips. Many projects in the school are waiting for chips."

"Okay, I'll arrange the work on hand and go over there first."

After thinking about it, Yu Guofeng decided to put down the work at hand and go there.

The main task of the Computer Department is software design and development, while the hardware is the responsibility of Electronic Engineering.

Xie Wei clearly told Yu Guofeng that the professional calculator project was only for the relevant team to practice, and the next step would be to develop a microcomputer based on this chip.

The various software required for microcomputers will be very large.

Yu Guofeng, the director of the Computer Department, had already been tempted by Xie Wei's promises.

Only with high-performance chips can more relevant research be carried out and school computer technology can develop rapidly.

"Thank you very much. You must tell Vice President Qin, but don't make it public even if you figure it out."

"You are very confident?"

Yu Guofeng asked Xie Wei.

He has already seen Xie Wei's abilities.

But in such a short time, the huge problem that plagued the entire integrated circuit production was solved...

"It's not a matter of confidence. Once we succeed, combined with the technical team of Factory 14..."

"Are you targeting the technical R&D personnel of Factory 14?"

Yu Guofeng stared at Xie Wei with wide eyes, "Why do I feel that you are more sinister than Principal Li? Were you planning this before you went to Factory 14?"

"no!"

Xie Wei hurriedly denied it.

At first, he just wanted to cooperate with Factory 14.

He knew very well that Factory 14 had a good foundation.

If you want to target their technical staff, you don't stand much chance.

The Shanghai Instrument Bureau is definitely unwilling to let go.

"Principal Li went to the Ministry to ask for the factory, but he didn't tell me when he came back, so I don't know."

No matter how Xie Wei explained, Yu Guofeng didn't believe it at all.

Li Rui is plucking feathers from a passing goose.

Xie Wei went even further than Li Rui: the geese weren't flying in that direction, but he took the initiative to run to their flight path and pluck their feathers.

"Don't rush me. If nothing goes wrong, the first batch of chips will be ready in half a month at most."

In the evening, Xie Wei bought more than a pound of pork head as usual and went to Du Guowang's house for dinner. Du Guowang urged Xie Wei to make the chip as soon as possible.

Xie Rou was still curled up on the table on the kang studying, and was unwilling to say a few words to Xie Wei.

Whenever Xie Wei asked a few more questions, the little girl became extremely impatient.

In desperation, Xie Wei could only run to the kitchen to help Wang Zheng.

Du Guowang and Liang Hongling both have high salary levels, with a combined monthly salary of just over 500 yuan, but Xie Rou's grain and oil relationship has not been transferred over, and there is no quota, so the family has to buy a lot of high-priced grain.

Fortunately, Li Rui, Liang Hongbin and others have high salaries, and a group of them often come here to have a meal.

We also discussed work by the way.

As soon as Xie Wei entered the kitchen, Du Guowang urged Xie Wei to provide the chips.

"That's not right. How can the school learn the theoretical design of CNC systems and PLC so quickly?"

"It's been several months! We have the solution you provided and the preliminary design work has been completed. We need to produce samples for testing before we know how to improve it."

Du Guowang said unhappily.

Xie Wei is a typical person who only cares about killing but not burying.

"Didn't you say before that the photoresist problem has been solved? I see you stay in the chemistry lab all day, and I'm afraid you've forgotten about other projects. I'm telling you, don't think about how to make money all day..."

Du Guowang said dissatisfiedly.

"Brother Wang, what did you say again?"

"Does he need to tell me? You and the principal are fighting for the leading position of the school-enterprise office. How many school leaders don't know about this? Now, the department has 1200 million yuan in funding, but that old guy is shameless and doesn't give us a penny..."

It turns out that Director Du is unhappy because of this.

"Part of the funds will be used for school expansion, and our superiors have agreed to resume enrollment in majors related to aerospace engineering after the new year."

Xie Wei explained.

(End of this chapter)