In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 161: Damn! Just a random mention, the technology tree is off!
"You don't need to persuade them. It's useless. They are all crazy and can't be persuaded at all."

In the evening, Xie Wei wanted to find Du Guowang to find out some information.

He always thought he knew Harbin Institute of Technology very well. After all, there were only 10 majors for enrollment, he knew the heads of the main departments, and the school leaders were all easy to talk to.

Only now did he realize that he was actually a stranger to the entire school and its leaders.

He always thought that he had tricked the school into speeding up its development, but in fact that was not the case.

Du Guowang did not go home.

Liang Hongling took the initiative to ask Xie Wei, and looked at him distressedly, "Why don't you just study mathematics? Once you have a solid foundation, I will recommend you to study with my teacher at the Institute of Mathematics."

"..."

Xie Wei suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Liang Hongling.

She hasn't given up on studying mathematics yet!

Aren't you afraid of being bald?

"You don't have to look at me like that. Mathematics may seem complicated, but it's not that complicated compared to any other major."

Liang Hongling looked at Xie Wei with eyes full of pity.

In her eyes, mathematics involves nothing but professional complexity.

"Ah~"

Xie Wei sighed.

He didn't say anything, but his attitude was already clear.

"Okay. I won't try to dissuade you. If you ever change your mind and want to do mathematical research, feel free to come find me."

For some unknown reason, Liang Hongling no longer has the same obsession with Xie Wei specializing in mathematical research as she did in the beginning.

Seeing Xie Wei's complicated expression, her attitude became kinder. "Even if you want to continue, you have to talk to them. You can't let them do whatever they want, otherwise you will be dragged down by them sooner or later. Even if the school-enterprise office has a gold mine, it can't support all the school's projects that the superiors don't allocate funds for."

“The school has a lot of independent projects?”

When Xie Wei heard Liang Hongling's words, he asked hurriedly.

But no reply was received.

Instead of getting the answer he wanted, Xie Wei had a lot of doubts: Xie Wei didn't know how many projects the school had carried out after it had the right to initiate projects independently.

Tanks should be just one of them.

Xie Wei didn't know what other projects there were and how big the annual funding gap was.

This made him upset.

"Sixth brother, what happened? You haven't been in a good condition recently."

Zhang Jingyan and others discovered in the past few days that something was wrong with Xie Wei's condition.

I returned to the dormitory very early every day, no longer went jogging in the morning, and even felt restless during classes. I didn’t know what had happened to me.

"No?"

Xie Wei shook his head to deny it.

"Tell us what you have. Even though we can't help you, you'll feel better if you talk about it."

Feng Ke spoke.

Can you say it?
There's no way to tell.

Xie Wei felt bitter in his heart, but he forced a smile on his face, "Nothing, I just feel too tired. I'll give myself a break these few days, rest and adjust."

Several people in the dormitory did not agree with Xie Wei's words.

Xie Wei was unwilling to say, so they did not dare to continue asking.

"How about getting some drinks so we can have a drink tonight?"

Yao Xinwei proposed.

He is now highly regarded in the computer field, and all of this is due to Xie Wei.

It was no big deal for him to have a drink with his brothers.

"Forget it, everyone should just get busy with what they need to do. There's plenty of time in the future! You must remember, when you're tired or annoyed, just take a break. In the end, your perspective on things may change."

Xie Wei reminded a few people.

These days, he has been thinking about the conflict between the school-enterprise office and the school's independent projects.

After much thought, he realized that no matter what he did, the current earning capacity of the School-Enterprise Office was not enough to support the projects that many school leaders and technical backbones wanted.

If it can’t be solved, then don’t solve it.

In his opinion, Harbin Institute of Technology has neither tanks nor guns.

The school doesn’t even have rocket launchers.

Perhaps the school had done the same thing in his original world, but due to various reasons, it was ultimately unable to continue.

Prevent?

Or change the minds of school leaders?

no way.

At least for now, Xie Wei has no way to interfere.

"Sixth brother, call us if you have any problem! Although we brothers can't help you share the burden, at least we can get drunk with you!"

Yao Xinwei looked serious.

"Don't worry. If I really need you, I'll come to you without you telling me. I hate drinking. Once I drink, I feel sick."

Xie Wei grinned.

Several people looked at his forced smile, but it was not easy to expose him.

Over a period of more than ten days, Xie Wei gradually adjusted himself and no longer cared about what projects the school was doing, let alone the school's funding shortfall.

Give up those things that have little to do with you and stop worrying about them. You will feel much more relaxed.

Every day I spend my time and energy on studying the CNC system and PLC programmable system of the mechanical and electrical department.

When he had almost forgotten about the school's military project, Tang Daoxian mysteriously pulled Xie Wei to a deserted place after class and whispered excitedly, "Squad leader, I have made a sample of that thing."

"So fast? The one you designed earlier?"

Xie Wei looked surprised.

I told Tang Daoxian myself that the 20mm sniper grenade is meaningless.

The range is not far enough, the accuracy is not high enough, and the power is not strong enough.

No idea what Zhai Xinguo, the mentor assigned to him by Liu Debao, meant, but he actually asked Tang Daoxian to produce the samples he designed.

"No! We have modified it as you said. The caliber is 40 mm, and the range cannot meet the design requirements. The theoretical effective range is only 400 meters, and the accuracy may also be a problem..."

Tang Daoxian's words surprised Xie Wei again.

The 40mm caliber sniper grenade has an effective range of 400 meters.

That’s pretty good these days.

The PLA's rifle grenades are all gun-fired grenades installed at the muzzle, with limited range and low accuracy.

“What’s the problem with accuracy?”

"In order to reduce the recoil generated by the instantaneous combustion of a large amount of propellant during launch, according to your previous reminder, under the guidance of Professor Zhai, I reduced the amount of propellant and added a propellant part to the ammunition... It is a bit like the two-stage ignition system of a rocket, but the ammunition does not need an engine... After the grenade is launched, the propellant at the tail of the grenade ignites, thereby generating its own thrust..."

Off!

Technology points cheated.

After hearing Tang Daoxian's introduction, Xie Wei's brain was no longer able to process.

The LG-5 40mm rifle grenade does not carry any propellant.

Can this be called a grenade?
Should it be called a single-soldier rocket launcher?
But can a rocket launcher have such a small caliber?
There's no such close range.

"As you suggested, we should add propellant to the tail of the grenade. At first, I had no idea. Professor Zhai reminded me that we could refer to rocket launchers... We don't need the long range and power of rocket launchers. After the grenade is launched, we can ignite the propellant..."

"Has it been tested?" Xie Wei was shocked and didn't want to listen anymore.

A casual remark of mine caused the technology tree to be deviated. I don’t know whether it is lucky or unfortunate.

"Prepare for the test..."

Seeing that Xie Wei did not have the expectations he had expected, Tang Daoxian felt a little bored for a moment.

The monitor's reminder opened the door to a new world for him.

Now, the door was completely kicked open, and he immediately went to find Xie Wei to share his joy, but Xie Wei's attitude was like this.

“What is it like?”

Xie Wei also noticed Tang Daoxian's mood changes and quickly realized the problem.

No matter how biased the technology tree is, it should be supported.

Who knows, the person in front of us may become an academician of the two academies.

"Tomorrow afternoon, at the shooting range in the western suburbs of Harbin... Squad leader, if you don't have time, then..."

Tang Daoxian no longer has the expectations he had before.

"How can I not have time? I'll go with you to take a look."

Xie Wei sighed helplessly in his heart.

To be honest, he really wanted to see to what extent this biased technology tree was.

A good sniper grenade was developed into a sniper rocket?
If a guidance system is added, wouldn't this become a small-caliber individual missile launcher?

40mm caliber individual missile...

When he thought of this, the corners of Xie Wei's mouth twitched.

This small-caliber precision-guided munition was specially developed by relevant units in his era to enhance the combat capabilities of robot dogs after they began to serve on a large scale.

Although with the current technological foundation, there is a long way to go to achieve the level of precision-guided artillery shells equipped on robot dogs in a few decades that can hit targets as accurately as sniper rifles at a range of 3000 meters, at least the foundation has been laid.

"Okay, I'll wait for you tomorrow."

Hearing that Xie Wei was willing to go together, Tang Daoxian immediately became happy.

"No, Old Tang, will your mentor agree to let me go?"

Xie Wei was speechless.

Although he did not strictly abide by the confidentiality code sometimes, Xie Wei was not a project participant in this kind of weapons test, so theoretically speaking, he could not observe the test.

"Why don't you agree? I told my supervisor that this is an improved plan based on your suggestion... Professor Zhai said that we should ask for your opinion more..."

"..."

Xie Wei suddenly didn't know what to say.

The next afternoon, after class, Tang Daoxian ran to Xie Wei with an excited look on his face.

As soon as the two of them got down from the teaching building, they found a 212 military jeep waiting downstairs.

Sitting on the passenger seat of Jeep 212 was a middle-aged man in his early 40s with thin cheeks, dark skin, unshaven beard, and wearing black plastic-framed glasses.

When the two of them just went downstairs, the middle-aged man's eyes were on Xie Wei.

"Class monitor, this is my mentor, Professor Zhai..."

"Hello, Professor Zhai!"

Xie Wei walked to the front of the co-pilot seat and took the initiative to greet Zhai Xinguo, who had a sullen face.

"Hurry up and get in the car. We still have more than an hour to reach the test site. If we are any later, it will be too late."

Zhai Xinguo's attitude was not enthusiastic.

Let the two of them get in the car directly.

Xie Wei hit a snag. Although his expression did not change at all, he complained in his heart that this black-faced professor was too pretentious.

As soon as the two got in, the jeep started and drove towards the school gate.

"Class monitor, please don't mind it. Professor Zhai treats everyone like this... Many people greeted him, but he ignored them."

In the speeding 212 Jeep, Tang Daoxian saw Xie Wei was silent, turned his head and explained to Xie Wei in a low voice.

Xie Wei glanced at Zhai Xinguo who was sitting motionless in the passenger seat, smiled and nodded to Tang Daoxian to show his understanding.

There are many faculty and staff in the school. Even though Xie Wei has been dealing with school leaders and teachers from various departments since he entered the school, he only knows a small part of them.

Zhai Xinguo is an associate professor, whom Xie Wei had never met before.

It should be a project in school.

The entire journey was speechless.

After leaving Harbin, the jeep soon drove onto a dirt road. The further we went, the more desolate the road became. The surface of the road was covered with a thick layer of coal slag, so it was not bumpy.

After driving for about an hour and a half, a checkpoint guarded by armed soldiers appeared in front of us.

Based on the speed of the car, Xie Wei estimated that the distance from here to the school was more than 70 kilometers.

After checking their IDs, the guard at the checkpoint looked at Xie Wei and Tang Daoxian carefully, but didn't ask any questions and just waved them off.

After passing the checkpoint and driving a few kilometers forward, we arrived at an area with only a few rows of low buildings.

range?

Xie Wei looked around and it didn't look like a confidential unit that needed three sentry posts to guard it!
The jeep stopped and a cadre in his thirties wearing a military uniform with four pockets received the group.

"plz follow me."

Very few words.

Tang Daoxian followed behind, carrying a brand new wooden box.

This stunned Xie Wei.

I racked my brains but couldn't figure out why the promised test would turn out to be like this.

Tang Daoxian obviously didn't understand the situation either. At the moment, he was immersed in excitement and didn't notice Xie Wei's emotional changes at all.

"According to your requirements, a total of five target positions have been set up, ranging from 5 meters to 200 meters. They are all concrete targets used to test the accuracy and power of rocket launchers..."

Not far ahead, some eye-catching targets with circles drawn with white lime and crosses in the middle appeared on the hillside in the distance.

The cadre with four pockets pointed to the targets at different distances in front of them and introduced them to the people, then turned and left.

"this?"

Xie Wei was puzzled.

I went to the shooting range to test anti-aircraft missiles and shoot down drones before, and the attitude there was completely opposite to here.

"The school's project test is different from the tasks assigned by the superiors... The school had to use its connections to get the shooting range to agree to our test."

As if he saw Xie Wei's confusion, Professor Zhai, who had been silent the whole time, began to explain.

"We test it ourselves?"

"Correct!"

Professor Zhai nodded and said, "Xiao Tang, take out your things and prepare for the test."

Xie Wei was even more surprised.

Shouldn't weapons testing be done by professionals at the shooting range?

Tang Daoxian is just a student.

“The range was supposed to arrange for personnel testing, but I refused.”

"Squad leader, Professor Zhai said that we who design weapons must first ensure that our designs will not harm the people who use them... If the designers themselves don't dare to test them, the comrades in the army will not dare to use our designs with confidence..."

Before Xie Wei could ask any questions, Tang Daoxian, who was placing the wooden box flat on the ground and opening it, began to explain.

"..."

In an instant, Xie Wei's opinion of this taciturn, dark-faced professor changed drastically.

Before he could say any words of praise or flatter Professor Zhai, his eyes widened in shock at what was in the box!
(End of this chapter)