In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 160 Inadvertently accelerated the speed of Galaxy One and the school project
"This is the result of more than ten years of hard work by Du Guowang and others. Most of the spare parts were made by Harbin Institute of Technology, and later the school also made some... In fact, some designs on this tank are behind the prototype of the WZ-122 project. But some of the technologies have surpassed the WZ-122 project..."

Seeing Xie Wei's complicated look, Li Rui knew what Xie Wei was thinking.

Continue to introduce.

Nothing can be done.

If it weren't for Xie Wei, this prototype car left behind by the Harbin Institute of Technology, which had already moved away, would probably have been buried in history and eventually become a speck of dust.

The school-enterprise partnership can make money, and the amount of money made is not a small sum in this era.

Naturally, this made the already cold hearts of the professors and teachers in the school become hot.

Xie Wei didn't know what to say.

This is not a reason to cause trouble for yourself.

Once they give in, the school-enterprise office will face even greater pressure. Even though Xie Wei has always said that the school-enterprise office has nothing to do with him, everyone knows what is actually going on.

"Xie Wei, I know that once we start the tank project, the school-enterprise office will be under even greater pressure. Fighter aircraft consume a huge amount of funds, and tanks also require a lot of funds. Relatively speaking, tanks require much less funds than fighter aircraft, and the technical difficulty is also smaller, which can enhance national defense capabilities as soon as possible."

Seeing Xie Wei staring at the tank prototype in front of him in silence, Principal Li looked at Xie Wei with some trepidation.

Everyone blamed Xie Wei for the incident.

Even though he was thick-skinned enough, Principal Li felt a little guilty about always taking advantage of Xie Wei.

"If we had advanced heavy equipment on the battlefield on the peninsula back then, the casualties would not have been so great. With the development of science and technology, advanced weapons and equipment are more important in modern warfare. Without the support of advanced tanks, the army's casualties would be very great... If we face foreign invasion again..."

Li Rui looked at Xie Wei in a long and stern voice.

At this time, he even felt a little weak.

Director Song, who was working on the aircraft, asked him for funding, but he pushed the money onto Xie Wei.

The fighter jet project has a huge funding gap, and the current profits of the school-enterprise office are simply not enough to support it.

"The school-enterprise office will hand over 300 million yuan to the school this year..."

Seeing Xie Wei finally speaking, Li Rui's joy just appeared on his face, and then he heard Xie Wei talking about the profits that the School-Enterprise Office handed over to the school.

How can that work!
"Xie Wei, the school has a lot of money to spend..."

"It is also the school's responsibility to carry out research on weapon equipment design! Principal, the school-enterprise office is to transform the school's technological achievements. So far, the transformation of rice cookers and daily chemical products has just started, and there is not much profit. The school has begun to continuously increase various self-funded projects. If this continues for a long time, how can the school-enterprise office develop? I can't do anything!"

Xie Wei gritted his teeth and looked at Li Rui with a firm face.

No matter what Li Rui said, he refused to give in.

Once the hole is opened, the consequences...

How many departments are there in Harbin Institute of Technology?

How much is it now?
To restore the departments and faculties, without financial allocations from higher authorities, we have to rely on the meager profits from the school-enterprise partnership. How are we going to survive in the future?

"what?"

Li Rui never expected that even after he used all the tricks he could, Xie Wei still wouldn't give in.

Looking at Xie Wei's determined face, he knew that it would be bad to continue talking. "Okay, let's leave it at that for now. The school will study it further. We will definitely resume majors such as weapon design next year..."

"That's something the school leaders should consider. As a student, I just want to study hard and make my own contribution to national development."

"..."

Now Principal Li is in trouble.

After the two left the dilapidated workshop, Li Rui kept telling Xie Wei how much the army needed advanced tanks and how good the school's tank foundation was.

Along the way, Xie Wei remained silent.

"Principal, how is it?"

Seeing Li Rui entering his office, Du Guowang greeted him warmly and asked Principal Li with anticipation.

Looking at Du Guowang's expectant eyes, the embarrassment on Principal Li's old face flashed away.

I couldn't help but feel a little regretful: If I had known this, I wouldn't have promised the other party that I would be able to convince Xie Wei to use the school-enterprise office to provide funding for the tank research project.

"Is it not possible for you to come forward?"

Du Guowang noticed the change in Li Rui's expression, "Old Li, you promised with all your heart..."

"Comrade! Your expression changes so quickly, so realistic!"

Li Rui glared at Du Guowang unhappily, "When I am useful to you, I am the principal, and when I am useless to you, I become Old Li. Do you have the concept of superiors and subordinates?"

"You promised it with all your heart!"

Du Guowang doesn't care about that.

I don't think there's anything wrong with my attitude at all.

"Did I say no?"

Li Rui was speechless.

"That……"

Du Guowang was puzzled.

This is not the first day that Li Rui has known Principal Li. If he had really convinced Xie Wei and the School-Enterprise Office could provide additional funding, Li Rui would definitely not react like this.

"I agree, but the funding is a bit low. Comrade Guowang, you also know the current situation of the school-enterprise office. It has just started, and it needs more funds to build it..."

Principal Li looked embarrassed.

"How many?"

Du Guowang asked eagerly. He really wanted to know how much funding Xie Wei had promised to give to the tank project each year.

Under Du Guowang's anxious gaze, Li Rui first extended a finger, but when he saw Du Guowang's face suddenly change and he was about to curse, he endured the pain and extended another finger.

"two millions!"

"It's only two million! The profit of the school-enterprise operation this year should exceed six million."

Du Guowang looked disappointed.

200 million is not enough to develop technologies related to tank automation, not to mention that metal materials need to be researched on higher-strength armor materials, etc.

"Even if it exceeds 600 million, I still have to hand over 300 million to the school!"

Li Rui regretted what he said the moment he said it.

"How about the school give you some extra money?"

The 200 million was all given by the school!
The 300 million yuan that the School-Enterprise Office handed over was because I had promised it at the beginning.

If other departments knew about this, I wouldn’t know how much trouble it would cause.

"Don't you know what's going on at the school? Besides, we don't know when you can solve your technical and theoretical research. Two million is a lot of money!"

Li Rui glared at Du Guowang again, "This matter has already made Xie Wei very embarrassed, you better not spread it out, otherwise the funds will be gone by then..."

"I can save it! I can save it!"

Du Guowang knew when to quit.

After leaving Du Guowang's office, Principal Li's calm face was filled with pain.

You are just bragging!

"The CNC system has not entered the sample trial production stage. Why are you here instead of watching over there?" Yu Guofeng saw Xie Wei walk into his office with a gloomy face without knocking on the door. He couldn't help but wonder, "Who has offended you?"

"Director Yu, are there no tank-related projects in the field of electronic engineering and computer science?"

"what?"

Xie Wei's sudden question made Yu Guofeng stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, "No! What's wrong?"

From Yu Guofeng's rapidly changing expression, Xie Wei knew the answer.

The other party is involved!
And the level of participation will not be low.

The ballistic computers, fire control computers, etc. required for the tanks are all related to the profession that Yu Guofeng is in charge of.

"Why do you ask this question suddenly?"

Xie Wei's expression made Yu Guofeng smile bitterly. He didn't know why he felt guilty when facing this young man Xie Wei.

Just because they misappropriated the funds that Xie Wei provided them for computer research to develop ballistic computers and other technologies needed for tanks?
"The school was preparing to forcefully launch the advanced tank project without any funding at all."

"It's not forced, we have been researching it all along. It's just that due to funding issues, the research progress has been very slow. The environment in the past few years..."

Since Xie Wei knew about it, Yu Guofeng did not hide it.

Talk about the school’s investment in the tank project over the years.

Through Yu Guofeng, Xie Wei learned more about the school's tank project.

In December 69, the technical indicators of the new tank model began to be discussed; in March 12, the 70th Battle of the new model began; in September 3, the first "three-liquid" tank prototype was completed, and in the October performance, the prototype drove past the reviewing stand. However, due to the unqualified "three-liquid" technology and the failure to finalize the 70mm smoothbore gun, the project came to a standstill.

"Is this vehicle in school the prototype of the WZ-122?"

"No. It is a technical verification of the WZ-122. The engine used is the 69-horsepower Type 580 engine..."

Although the information Xie Wei heard from Yu Guofeng was different from what Li Rui heard, it made Xie Wei realize that it was basically impossible to get the school to give up on this project.

The school aspires to become a leading domestic military engineering college like the Harbin Institute of Technology in the past.

"Will the school also be developing ship-related technologies in the future?"

Xie Wei said angrily.

Old guys like Li Rui have no regard for objective reality at all, just like the WZ-122 project started in March and the prototype was completed in September.

Yu Guofeng moved his lips, looked at the anger on Xie Wei's face, and finally said nothing.

Xie Wei, who was unhappy, didn't notice it.

"In fact, the current WZ-122 project technology has matured a lot. Although the 120mm smoothbore gun has not yet been finalized, after these years of research, as long as the problem of the short life of the gun barrel is solved, it can be finalized; hydraulic transmission, hydraulic control, and hydro-pneumatic suspension have gradually matured, but due to problems such as high cost and high failure rate..."

"..."

After hearing Yu Guofeng's words, Xie Wei immediately regretted coming to him to inquire about the situation.

Yu Guofeng is also persuading himself!
I couldn't help but feel powerless: Even if I didn't agree, could I stop the school's leaders and key members from doing what they had been doing for years?

He even felt like he had arrived at a fake Harbin Institute of Technology.

In Xie Wei's opinion, Harbin Institute of Technology's trump cards have always been in the fields of aerospace, automation, and robotics.

Now all the professional bigwigs he knows are trying to get into military industry instead of doing their jobs properly!
Tank-related vehicle design is the ace major of Capital University of Technology and the Armored Forces Engineering Academy.

I have never heard of Harbin Institute of Technology making tanks.

Because of the emergence of this butterfly, the development of Harbin Institute of Technology has been deviating further and further from its original historical development trajectory.

"You don't have to feel pressured. The school has always saved money to invest in these projects. Even if it's not much, as long as you persist, you will achieve a breakthrough sooner or later."

Yu Guofeng thought Xie Wei was worried about insufficient funds and could not support the project research.

Xie Wei didn't notice the "these" projects that Yu Guofeng mentioned.

"If the school had the HZ-80 chip, it would have no problem competing for the supercomputer project, which costs a huge amount of money!"

"Didn't the school give up the supercomputer?"

Xie Wei retorted with a wry smile.

He is not involved in these projects and does not want to be involved.

Now he finally understood that the school just wanted him to make money!
Yu Guofeng sighed, "No money. The HZ-80 chip has been provided to the National University of Defense Technology. They will give us a supercomputer for free."

"what?!"

Xie Wei was shocked again.

They provided chips to the National University of Defense Technology, and then the National University of Defense Technology gave a giant computer to Harbin Institute of Technology for free?

Is the National University of Defense Technology doing charity?
In an era when everyone was poor and funding was insufficient, the price of a supercomputer was tens of millions!
"The original national requirement was 80 million times per second. After the HZ-3 chip was developed, the National University of Defense Technology directly set its goal at million times per second, and the funding..."

Yu Guofeng didn't explain too much to Xie Wei.

But Xie Wei understood.

The school gave up on developing a supercomputer in order to save money for other projects.

We can provide the HZ-80 chip, and as long as we continue research, we will be able to provide chips with more advanced performance. The key issue is funding.

"Now, the development costs of the new generation of chips will be provided by the National University of Defense Technology."

Yu Guofeng did not say how much funding the National University of Defense Technology provided for chip development.

For Xie Wei, this was the best news he had heard in recent times.

"Why don't they just jump to 10 billion operations per second?"

"safe!"

Yu Guofeng grinned. "A billion-times project is very difficult without sufficient foundation. And a giant computer is not just a simple collection of chips..."

Xie Wei naturally understood this.

He can make chips, but he is not familiar with supercomputer technology.

A few decades later, ordinary home computers have computing speeds measured in billion times, and specialized computers with higher configurations have even faster computing speeds.

Supercomputers that can easily reach tens of exascale times are rarely needed by ordinary technology companies unless they are required for large-scale national projects.

Even if necessary, the cost of purchasing a supercomputer with a computing speed of several petaflops would not be too high.

Now, we haven’t entered the 80s yet.

"So, the development of our microcomputers can also get support from the National University of Defense Technology..."

Yu Guofeng told Xie Wei another good news.

"So, this is why the school is in a hurry to speed up the tank project?"

Xie Wei asked.

Yu Guofeng shook his head.

But there is no other explanation.

"If you really want to blame someone, blame yourself for providing the HZ-80 chip... This not only speeds up the supercomputer of the National University of Defense Technology, but also speeds up some projects of the school..."

Blame me?
When Xie Wei heard this, he almost went berserk.

(End of this chapter)