In 1978, I was admitted to Harbin Institute of Technology

Chapter 177 Will Harbin Institute of Technology become a bankrupt key university? First hearing about the Mach 6 wind tunnel project
"A communications technology project? Xie Wei, our school-enterprise office has money, so we won't waste it like this!"

Wang Zheng looked at Xie Wei with a frown on his face.

At the beginning, Xie Wei asked him to prepare 60 yuan in funds, and he answered without hesitation that it was no problem.

But after asking Xie Wei what the money was used for, Wang Zheng was immediately unhappy. "On paper, our income seems to be quite high, but all the profits from the computer side are invested in the research and development of chips and computer technology; the profits from chemical products are also invested in continuous research and development, and there are also some projects where we build our own factories..."

As the head of the school-enterprise office, Wang Zheng is not without his own opinions.

In his opinion, Xie Wei and Li Rui are actually similar.

It's all just a bunch of nonsense.

If I have a penny in my hand, I will invest in projects worth a dime or even more.

"Brother Wang, do you think our communication with our partners is smooth at the moment?"

Xie Wei knew why Wang Zheng objected.

Up to now, the profits made by the school-enterprise run are all from the profits of the previous projects, which seems to be quite a lot, but we need to speed up research to avoid the situation where international products become uncompetitive after entering the market. We can only continue to increase investment.

It just so happens that the school-enterprise office has no money.

Because of the success of Huadu Oil and Chemical Plant, foreign daily chemical brands came in before Huadu Oil and Chemical Plant had even launched its various products in the Pearl River Delta.

Even products such as sanitary napkins have seen multiple brands flood into the Chinese mainland market.

These companies that come here for profit are not worried that China's reform and opening-up policy will change after a few years: compared with the profits they can get from the potential market with a huge population, they can accept the loss of all the investments of only tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.

Low risk, high return on investment!
As a result, the profits of the school-enterprise office were greatly reduced, and even the original idea that other oil and fat chemical factories would actively come to them to seek cooperation after the products of the Huadu Oil and Fat Chemical Factory opened up the market was dashed.

Many companies come to us seeking technology and cooperation.

Wang Zheng also received a wave of visitors the day before yesterday.

Unfortunately, none of the companies that came to seek cooperation were willing to accept the conditions that Xie Wei had proposed before, like the Huadu Oil and Fat Chemical Factory.

"Unobstructed? What does that mean?"

"It means literally. Apart from anything else, if we want to know the market situation in Hong Kong or Huadu, can we do it in time? Can we get the details by telegram? Can we make a phone call? Can we communicate effectively?"

Xie Wei asked Wang Zheng.

Wang Zheng stopped talking.

Because he couldn't work on time, he had to travel frequently.

If other units seek cooperation after he is on a business trip, he will not be able to receive the news in time...

"The country is carrying out reform and opening up, and has proposed that everything should give way to economic infrastructure construction. The current domestic communication system is simply unable to support..."

Xie Wei patiently explained to Wang Zheng.

He did this not only to gain Wang Zheng's support, but also to get Wang Zheng to seek the market in advance.

"It goes without saying that communication is important. The busier the business, the more urgent the need for telephone communication. And you have a deep understanding of the communication situation in our country... I have said before that the investment of the school-enterprise office is not only for the most urgent needs of the country, but also for the ability to quickly occupy the market..."

"It is precisely because of this that communication technology is restricted by the Batumi embargo... The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications not only does not have the technology, but it cannot even buy it if it wants to... If we don't have it ourselves, we will be blackmailed... Think about it, there are more than 200 cities and more than 2000 counties in the country... Let's not talk about these, just take the big cities. Each big city has more than one post office, but how many telephones are there?"

Xie Wei said this, on the one hand to tell Wang Zheng how big the market size is, and on the other hand to prepare Wang Zheng for how to expand the market after the switch is developed.

Of course, the early market development still depends on Principal Li to take the upper-level route.

Once Harbin Institute of Technology has developed it, there is no need to explore the market: first of all, the Seventh Ministry of Machine Building will definitely use its own; then the army will not refuse to use a stable telephone network; and then the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, when faced with the sky-high prices asked by international communication giants, will use the country's already scarce precious foreign exchange to import or use domestic products, no need to consider...

"Such a big market? It's very difficult, right?"

Wang Zheng looked at Xie Wei warily.

This is giving yourself a shot of prevention.

"If there are no problems, the investment should not be too large. At present, people in the fields of communication technology and computers have experience, and the most important thing is that we have the HZ80 chip... Prepare a budget of 500 million..."

"just kill me!"

When Wang Zheng heard that he had to prepare 500 million first, he instantly wanted to stop living.

Not to mention more than 500 million, he didn't even know where to find the 500 million.

"If that doesn't work, take out a loan. This is a must. You can even stop investing in other projects!"

Xie Wei emphasized.

His determination made Wang Zheng realize that Xie Wei was not discussing the matter with him, but had already made the decision and was just informing him.

"Okay~"

"Don't worry, we will not lose money. In fact, for a long time to come, this will be the biggest profit growth point for the school-enterprise partnership."

"Don't make me happy."

Wang Zheng said, rolling his eyes.

But I was secretly complaining in my heart: I couldn't see where the profit growth point was, but I saw a possible new bottomless pit.

"I will prepare the funds as soon as possible... I will have to ask the bank for a loan again. If Principal Li knew about this..."

"Why should we care about him? Apart from asking for money from our school's business office, he didn't invest the money he got into our school's business office."

After coming out of Wang Zheng's office, Xie Wei ignored the looks from other staff members of the School-Enterprise Office.

Do you think you don’t know that they gave you the title of “Money-seeking Consultant”?

Too lazy to argue with them.

Xie Wei first went to find Liang Hongbin. Liang Hongbin didn't even ask any questions, but directly arranged for someone to invite Lu Guangliang, the head of the Radio Department, and also arranged for someone to invite Yu Guofeng from the Computer Department to his office.

"Developing a program-controlled switch? This is a cutting-edge project. Not only is the relevant technology blocked internationally, we can't even see any papers on the technology."

Lu Guangliang reminded Xie Wei, "According to the current development of foreign countries, our technology has lagged behind theirs by at least 20 years. We don't have much foundation to begin with, and if we want to skip the middle ground and go straight to program-controlled switches, it will be very difficult..."

As a newly promoted associate professor in the Department of Radio and Television, Lu Guangliang is familiar with the domestic communications situation.

He was not a stranger to Xie Wei.

He was the one who led the communication radio project over there.

He thought that Xie Wei proposed this project because he thought the communications radio station project was not too difficult to implement.

Can it be the same?
"In 1960, the first 1000-port vertical and horizontal automatic telephone exchange developed by us was put into use in the Wusong Bureau in Shanghai. Since then, the technology has basically stagnated... If we really want to do it, I think we should start with analog signals and accumulate experience."

Seeing that no one spoke, Lu Guangliang added.

The foundation is too poor.

Analog signal is the technology preceding digital signal technology.

Even this technology is advanced.

Xie Wei sighed.

Because of the Batumi embargo, when international communications companies first entered the Chinese market, they provided analog signal programmable switches!
It’s so expensive!
The field of unmanned control places high demands on communication technology.

Developing according to the routine did not meet Xie Wei's expectations.

If nothing changes, the country will build its first large-capacity 4-line telephone automatic switching system four years later in 83, which is a vertical and horizontal switch introduced from Fujitsu.

The Japanese made huge profits in China by using backward products that were almost obsolete.

Can Xie Wei endure it?

Even in 86, when the first domestic program-controlled digital exchange DS-2000 was successfully developed, it had almost no market due to high costs, unstable operation, and the need to import chips.

Xie Wei couldn't stand such a result.

"Professor Lu, we do have a big gap with the international level in communication technology, but I don't think the gap is so big when we have a very good foundation. Switches that make analog signals don't have much future, and we will eventually have to make digital signals."

Xie Wei retorted calmly.

"Oh?"

Lu Guangliang was surprised.

The look he cast towards Xie Wei was full of inquiry. He didn't understand what the "very good foundation" Xie Wei was talking about was.

"Computer technology, integrated circuits..."

These two things are necessary for a program-controlled digital switch.

Now, as the HZ80 chip is used more and more widely and orders increase, the production cost has been reduced to just over 200 yuan per chip.

Not to mention computer technology. Through the calculator project, I trained the school's computer research and development team, and then directly turned to the development of microcomputers...

We cannot say that Harbin Institute of Technology is the best in the country in terms of these technologies, but at least the basics are not inferior to those of any other domestic institution.

"The core technology of program-controlled switches is computer technology, and we do have a foundation now. If you need computer support, our department will give you our full support."

Seeing that Lu Guangliang was still hesitating, Yu Guofeng, who had already realized the huge role of programmable switching systems in the country's communication technology, spoke up to support Xie Wei's proposal.

As long as it does not affect the interests of the school and the country, he has to support Xie Wei both publicly and privately.

"I think what Xie Wei said is correct. We already have the foundation, especially the chips used to control switches."

To Lu Guangliang's surprise, Liang Hongbin was also very supportive of this project.

I was originally thinking of giving reasons for my rebuttal, but what else can I say now?

"I'll try my best...but the department currently doesn't have the basic technology in this area."

Lu Guangliang said.

He is not familiar with switch technology.

Originally I was engaged in radio communications.

It is not certain whether professional communications schools across the country currently have switch programs.

After the domestic vertical and horizontal switches were put into use in the Shanghai Stock Exchange in the 60s, due to cost and other issues, and later...the relevant domestic technology almost came to a standstill.

"Then find a way to get information about other switches first. From the principle of manual switching, to step-by-step switching, and then the vertical and horizontal switches..."

Xie Wei was really surprised that the school had no information on this.

Harbin Institute of Technology, in his mind, these should be basic technologies, right?

"You have to go to the principal. You just talked to the principal a few days ago..."

Liang Hongbin looked at Xie Wei with a smile on his face.

When they need information, they go to other schools or departments, but it doesn't work.

"no problem."

After the few people had discussed it, Xie Wei said goodbye and left to find Li Rui, asking him to help with the basic information.

"Is the project finalized?"

After Xie Wei left, Liang Hongbin and Yu Guofeng, two senior professors, showed no concern. Lu Guangliang looked worried, "Director Liang, Director Yu, this is a big project. How can you just start it so casually?"

“It’s not about setting up a project, it’s about just starting it!”

Yu Guofeng reminded him, "Comrade Guangliang, you didn't have much contact with it before, so you don't know much. Our school is different from other units. The scientific research system is divided into two, one is the research and development tasks issued by the superiors, and the other is the projects initiated by the school itself..."

If we follow the process and want to establish a project, we must first prove the feasibility of the project.

After proving the feasibility of the project, it will be approved at various levels.

Lu Guangliang had not been working at Harbin Institute of Technology for a long time. He was transferred from another unit last year and was not familiar with the situation of the school's internal projects.

The only thing I feel is that the school is very casual in setting up its own projects.

"If the project fails without verification..."

After hearing this, Lu Guangliang became even more worried.

This is how schools work. Once they encounter a difficult project, they invest a lot of money, consume human and material resources, and still fail in the end...

"If it fails, it fails. Just try a new project. Besides, any project, even if it fails, can accumulate experience and train R&D personnel!"

Yu Guofeng said indifferently.

"..."

When Lu Guangliang heard this, he felt uneasy.

How can a department head be so irresponsible?

"Comrade Guangliang, don't listen to Old Yu's nonsense. Demonstration of key projects is essential, but the school-enterprise office has entered the research and development directly in order to enter the market faster and avoid foreign giants failing to gain market share after entering the market..."

Liang Hongbin knew what Lu Guangliang was worried about.

There is no evidence to support this statement in projects invested by school-enterprise partnerships.

It’s not that the school is not rigorous.

Xie Wei said at the time: "It has already been done abroad, and it has been fully proven that it is feasible and achievable. What we need to do is to find alternative technologies in our backward foundation during the research process, or to break through the basic foundation... Moreover, even if it fails, it will only be a loss for the school-enterprise operation, but the school will gain experience, research and development equipment, etc..."

With just one sentence, all the professors in the school were speechless.

After all, civilian products are not military products.

"That's it..."

After hearing the explanation, Lu Guangliang didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"As Xie Wei said, the foundation is already there. What we need to do is to develop new technologies and new things based on these foundations. The more technologies we develop, the less the country will spend on buying from abroad. The limited funds can be used to introduce other more urgent technologies and equipment."

Yu Guofeng's tone was very lonely.

According to his idea, it would be best for the country to export industrial products and only import raw materials and cheap products that the country is unwilling to produce from abroad.

"What are you doing here again?"

Li Rui was furious when he saw Xie Wei with a sly smile on his face, sneaking into his office like a thief, and even turning his head to see if there was anyone behind him and closing the door before coming in.

I've already told this kid to stay out of my sight.

As soon as I saw him, I thought of the millions I helped to get, but he didn't give me a penny.

"Send the money."

Xie Wei grinned and whispered, "If you don't want it, I'll leave."

Seeing Xie Wei's expression, Li Rui felt that he was not holding back.

But when I heard about sending money, even though I didn't know what he was up to, I didn't worry about whether this guy was going to take advantage of me again, and I answered without hesitation:

"want!"

"Tell me, what do you want me to do now?"

At this moment, Principal Li no longer considers himself as the principal.

His attitude made Xie Wei a little stunned. "Go and help get some information. We are going to start a project that can make a fortune..."

"A new project?"

Li Rui frowned, looked at Xie Wei, and reminded him: "Xie Wei, the school-enterprise office now owes millions of loans. The annual interest is hundreds of thousands!"

"Who made our school poor? The higher-ups only allocated so much money, and we don't have many technologies that can be transformed into marketable products... We are taking out a loan now just to avoid taking out a loan in the future!"

"You've been plotting against me since the beginning when you took out the loan?"

Li Rui was angry.

Blood pressure rises suddenly.

Now, Li Rui finally understood why Xie Wei had persuaded himself, the principal, to take Wang Zheng to see several bank presidents in Harbin.

Although the loan was obtained by the School-Enterprise Office, I was the principal of the school during my tenure!

Even if Xie Wei grows up and becomes the principal, it will still take many years, right?
At that time, he had not developed yet and could be said to be in default of the loan he took out.

Developing it can also be said to be paying back the loan to the old principal...

"no!"

Xie Wei firmly denied it.

Seeing that Old Man Li was about to get angry about this matter, and thinking that he might not sign when the school-enterprise loan was applied for later, Xie Wei hurriedly got to the point:

"One million, go to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to help recruit a few people and bring back some information. Of course, after you have achieved results, you can get funds from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and return them to the school. The school-enterprise office doesn't need..."

"Don't come on, the Radio Department doesn't want you either?"

"The Radio Department belongs to the school!"

The old man was getting harder and harder to fool. "This one million, in cash, will be directly transferred to the school from the money the department gave us a while ago."

"200 million!"

Seeing Xie Wei's attitude, Li Rui instantly realized that Xie Wei was determined to carry out this project.

Oppose?

If opposition were useful, I wouldn't feel so aggrieved.

Naturally, he wanted to take this opportunity to get more money from Xie Wei.

"150. If you bargain further, I'll find another way. Although Wang Zheng's status is lower, I think if I spend 100 million on the University of Posts and Telecommunications or a unit under the Science and Technology Bureau of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, we can cooperate on a project..."

"Okay! Okay! As you say, all is up to you. Write the note."

What the hell?

Let yourself write a note?

Hasn't Li Rui always had the right to write notes in school?

"Do not write?"

Seeing Xie Wei in a daze, Li Rui was unhappy. "If I don't write a note, what if you don't admit it? Besides, Wang Zheng listens to you now and doesn't take me, the principal, seriously at all! I don't even know if the school-enterprise office is yours or the school's!"

Hearing Li Rui's complaint, Xie Wei was speechless.

Fortunately, I know Li Rui's character.

If it were another leader, he wouldn't even hear these words, and no matter what he did, he might be wrong.

"Okay, I'll write it right away. Also, I'll go find Wang Zheng and ask him to transfer 150 million from the school-enterprise office account to Section Chief Peng first."

Seeing that Li Rui was still staring at him with questioning eyes.

The old guy judges others by his own standards.

"I'll go there myself!"

Li Rui handed Xie Wei a work notebook and pen. "Finish the note and write down what you need. I'll get it back to you within a week."

Xie Wei fully believes in Principal Li's ability to handle these technical materials.

There was no hesitation at that moment.

In the future, we also hope to sell the programmable switching systems developed by the school to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications through Principal Li. This will definitely be much better than relying on sales staff to expand the market.

Otherwise, why did Xie Wei choose to go to school?
When he went to Wang Zheng to get the money, although Wang Zheng didn't say anything, Xie Wei could fully feel the dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"I have a lot of things to do here, how about you help deliver it to Chief Peng?"

After Wang Zheng asked the financial staff to fill out the form, he stamped it with the seal of the school-enterprise office and handed it directly to Xie Wei.

"Row."

Xie Wei didn't refuse.

The current funding for the School-Enterprise Office is indeed insufficient. The money has just been received, and the research and development of CNC technology has not yet received the money. Xie Weixian said that he wanted to invest in a programmable switching system project, and now he has given the school another 150 million.

So he has to be the bad guy himself. What Xie Wei said at the beginning about not giving in to Principal Li was bullshit!

"Such a large sum of money?"

Peng Siyuan saw the transfer slip from the Finance Office of the School Enterprise Office and was surprised. "Xie Wei, you are not mistaken, are you?"

150 million!

How could you get it wrong?

"will not."

Xie Wei shook his head, "The school has many projects, so funding is a problem."

"It's not just a little bit of difficulty, we have no rice to cook."

Peng Siyuan said with a bitter face, "Everyone says that I am the God of Wealth who manages money, but no one knows that our school's finance department hasn't even paid salaries for several months..."

"impossible?"

Xie Wei was really dumbfounded.

Although the school’s annual financial allocation is not much, it is not small.

Principal Li goes out robbing every now and then. Even if he has some independent military projects, he would not embezzle the money used to pay the salaries of all faculty and staff.

I’m afraid Peng Siyuan is helping old man Li to make money from the school-enterprise office!

"That's not right. All the school's students have never lost any of their subsidies. Even the subsidies for students participating in the project have never been reduced..."

Xie Wei's salary was still paid by Hongguang Factory, and the school subsidies were collected by the new living committee member Wei Dong from the logistics department and then handed over to Xie Wei by Mo Lingyu.

He never paid attention to these.

"Students rely on subsidies to survive! How can it be less? The school has more than 1700 faculty and staff, and their monthly salary is more than 30 yuan. Since the school started the development of the fighter jet project, all faculty and staff, except those who have not yet been converted to regular employees, have only received yuan per month, and the rest are owed..."

Knowing Xie Wei's specialness, Peng Siyuan did not hide it just because he was just a student.

Peng Siyuan, who was in charge of the school's purse, knew clearly that if it were not for Xie Wei, the school's financial situation would never have deteriorated to this extent.

Xie Wei + Li Rui are the root cause of Harbin Institute of Technology's impending bankruptcy.

"This way, the situation for dual-income families is better, but for those with only one employee working... especially those young teachers who still have children to raise..."

At this moment, Xie Wei regretted coming to find Peng Siyuan.

If you don’t know about these situations, you won’t be upset.

"No, everyone knows that the school's projects are short of money... No matter what, it's much better than before. No one wants to wait any longer... Besides, the affiliated enterprises of the school-enterprise partnership give priority to the families and children of single-employee faculty and staff... Even most faculty and staff keep the necessary living expenses and donate the rest to the school..."

Hearing this, Xie Wei's face turned red.

Look at the awareness of professors, teachers and even administrative staff in schools these days!

Let yourself donate all the money to the school?
Xie Wei wouldn't do that.

That little bit of money is just a drop in the bucket, not to mention he has a foodie sister to support.

"Is there any key project in the school that the superiors have not allocated funds for? These are just a few sub-projects of the fighter jet project. There is no need for money so seriously..."

Xie Wei asked curiously.

"Well, if you want to know, you should ask the principal or Professor Liang Hongbin."

Peng Siyuan was stunned for a moment, then answered with a smile.

Xie Wei immediately realized the problem and smiled awkwardly, "Please hold on to this 150 million yuan of funding and don't let Principal Li mess around again..."

Peng Siyuan could only smile bitterly.

He is the principal and I am just the chief financial officer.

The only ones who can stop Li Rui from messing around are Li Rui’s old boss or Xie Wei in front of him.

Unfortunately, this is also a random act.

Looking at Xie Wei's departing figure, Peng Siyuan sighed, "Is Harbin Institute of Technology going to be the first key university in the country to go bankrupt?"

As soon as he opened his mouth to complain, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Probably not.

Peng Siyuan's words had a great impact on Xie Wei.

He didn't expect that the school had such a major independent project, and he hadn't heard any news about it for such a long time.

What’s more important is the unconditional trust that all the faculty and staff of the school have in Mr. Li.

It can be seen from here that the school deserves the title of being the first school to be sanctioned by the United States.

"Why do you ask?"

Liang Hongbin was not angry because Xie Wei asked about information he shouldn't have, he was just surprised.

"I just went to the Finance Department and learned from Section Chief Peng about the salary arrears of faculty and staff..."

Xie Wei explained, "If it's not too important, can it wait?"

While observing Liang Hongbin's reaction, he carefully put forward his own opinions.

Some projects require too much investment and progress too slowly. Continuing them will seriously hinder other projects. It is better to stop for a while and do theoretical research.

"Can't wait any longer."

Liang Hongbin sighed and shook his head. "Originally, the research on this project should have been started more than ten years ago. Now the national policy has been adjusted, and all resources and policies have given way to economic infrastructure construction... If we wait any longer, I don't know when the project can be started again."

Thinking of Liang Hongbin, the first batch of mechanics students led by Professor Qian after he returned to China, working on high-energy materials at Harbin Institute of Technology, Xie Wei suddenly asked, "Hypersonic wind tunnel project?"

If it's this project, I really can't stop.

Whether it is a rocket, a missile, or an advanced fighter jet, this thing is indispensable.

On February 1960, 2, the Fenglei No. 20 of the Shenyang Aerodynamics Research Institute was launched, marking the first supersonic wind tunnel in China. Until Xie Wei left that world, China continued to build more advanced wind tunnels...

Why is it that 20 years into the st century, when China's aerospace technology was booming, we discovered that the parameters originally announced by the United States were all fake?
Even, since China developed the sixth-generation aircraft, the whole world has been unable to keep up with China's development in the aerospace field?
the reason is simple:
The West, led by the United States, has advanced computer technology and has imposed a blockade on China. The construction of wind tunnels requires huge investments and a long cycle, and it is even difficult to recover the R&D and construction funds, so they directly use supercomputers to conduct simulation experiments.

The Soviet Union's electronic technology was not good, so they could only build wind tunnels of various levels. After entering the 80s, the Soviet Union's aviation technology was limited by materials and electronic technology, the flight control system was not good, and its combat effectiveness was also affected; but in the field of aerospace, it surpassed the United States, which had always been more advanced than them, causing the Americans who once "landed on the moon" to even rely on the help of Russia to send astronauts into space.

Unfortunately, the Soviet Union collapsed in 91.

China, a technologically backward country, does not have the advanced technology of the United States, nor the strong industrial base of the Soviet Union. In the end, it can only move forward step by step.

It was not until the discovery that the United States had been falsifying various data since the 80s, not only to scare the Soviet Union and make them invest more money in researching related technologies, but also to make the Department of Defense spend more money on purchases.

Advanced means expensive.

At that time, the whole world realized that the myth of American advancement was shattered, and that they were directly surpassed by China, which had always been their target.

The kind that's several blocks away.

Why can China surpass?

In addition to the unyielding character of national defense science and technology workers, there is also the strategic vision of the older generation such as Qian and Guo from the very beginning: we must continue to build our own wind tunnel laboratory.

The person in front of you is the first batch of students after Mr. Qian returned to China.

"you……"

This time Liang Hongbin was completely shocked by Xie Wei.

This is top secret information. Even few people in the school know about it. Some technicians involved in the project are not aware of it.

"You are Professor Qian's student. You said before that you were working on a high-energy explosives project. I initially thought you were working on solid rocket fuel... But this project could almost bankrupt the school, and it cannot be suspended. This is the only possibility... A hypersonic wind tunnel requires continuous explosions of explosives to form continuous shock waves..."

"you……"

Xie Wei's words made Liang Hongbin's originally stunned face show shock, and his eyes widened even more.

Was the secret leaked?
"Teacher Liang, I figured this out through analysis. I happened to see the papers on pulse detonation engines and scramjet engines in the school library a while ago, although they were Russian versions from decades ago..."

Xie Wei really didn't make this up.

Xie Wei was not surprised that the school had this information.

Before the breakdown of Sino-Soviet relations, relations between the two sides were very good.

Both technologies were proposed by the Soviets.

At that time, both the pulse detonation engine and the scramjet engine were only theoretical concepts.

It is too difficult to achieve.

However, the Soviets are now at the forefront of the world.

Some people say that China's scramjet and pulse detonation engine technologies were copied when the Soviet Union collapsed. Xie Wei, who returned from decades later, sneered at this.

A ramjet engine is installed on the back of China's sixth-generation aircraft. This thing is specially provided for the sixth-generation aircraft to use at high altitudes and high speeds.

If the technology really came from the Soviet Union, Russia would not have taken more than half a century to develop the fifth-generation aircraft.

"..."

Liang Hongbin had no idea what to say at this moment.

Looking at Xie Wei, his mind raced, and then his eyes lit up, "How about you become my graduate student? With your current foundation, it is more solid than the several graduate students I supervise. With you joining, the project will progress faster..."

"No, no!"

Xie Wei shook his head hurriedly.

It took half a century for China's first supersonic wind tunnel laboratory, Fenglei No. 1, to be put into use, and then for the JF-12 wind tunnel. It took almost another 30 years for the subsequent JF-22 wind tunnel with a speed of 20 times the speed of sound...

Is this the whole life going to be spent in the wind tunnel?

Don't do it!

(End of this chapter)