Genius is just the threshold for me!

"The joint research and development team... Godfather saw it but didn't reply, so we can ignore it..."

Lin Dong scanned through Wang Xingguo's email inbox. Apart from one email from the R&D team, the rest were all Wang Xingguo's daily work emails. He immediately lost interest, put the email aside, and continued to improve the Superburn Engine daily.

Since the completion of the WZ-8 project and the mass production of the WZ-1 fighter jet.

Wang Xingguo's email inbox is mostly filled with routine work emails, and there's very little content that interests him.

"son."

At this moment, Lin Weiliang came in from outside, holding a mobile phone with the email page still lit up on the screen, and showed Lin Dong an email he had just received.

"Headquarters has issued a request for an Army project to prioritize the deployment of robotic dogs to border outposts to assist border soldiers in carrying out border patrol missions. However, after reviewing the data, I found that the current robotic dogs are insufficient..."

"Dad, are headquarters now directly assigning you all the army's equipment needs? Doesn't the China Ordnance Industry Group have any objections?"

Lin Dong was taken aback when he heard this.

Although he called Lin Weiliang the King of the Army, it was just a joke between father and son.

But he didn't expect it.

Headquarters actually sent the army's requirements directly to Lin Weiliang.

You're the chief engineer of Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, and you keep taking on jobs from the Army...

If Zhong Bing knew this, he'd probably shout on the spot: "Wow, that's awesome!"

"We've had several meetings arguing about this, with people saying I'm stealing business from China Ordnance, but in the end, the army bigwigs slammed their fists on the table and shut me down."

Lin Weiliang seemed to have thought of something, and his expression twitched, but he still couldn't help but laugh and said, "The army said that in the past, every year they would receive new shoes and new clothes, but they rarely saw any new equipment."

Now that we finally have modern army equipment, China Ordnance Industry Group is still nagging about stealing business.

Finally, it was emphasized that the Army's operational needs are not fixed to any particular military industrial institute.

Whoever has the most advanced and suitable army equipment will receive the army's funding and needs from headquarters.

If anyone had a problem with it, they would invite the veterans of the War of Resistance against Japan back to their barracks and sit in front of their unit with banners...

"We urge veterans of the War of Resistance to return to their camps and unfurl banners..." Lin Dong's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in astonishment, "The Army is really pushing us to the limit!"

However, after thinking about it for a moment, Lin Dong understood why Lu Jun was so anxious.

After all, the Air Force is constantly deploying J-20 fighters and J-1 fighters, and the Navy has launched an aircraft carrier and deployed J-15s on ships. Only the Army has no strategic equipment at all.

Even in order to adapt to the strategic combat needs of the new era, the missile and rocket forces, which are the Army's darlings and crown prince, are still being discussed at this time for upgrading and separating them from the three services, so that they would no longer be under the Army's command.

If we don't go all out and fight for this, the army will really have to receive new shoes and new clothes every year, and we'll be too ashamed to face our hundreds of thousands of comrades.

"If we follow some unspoken rules, we did steal business."

"But in reality, when it comes to military research and development, whoever is better is right, and whoever is worse is guilty. It's impossible for the military to ignore good equipment and choose inferior equipment instead..."

Lin Weiliang nodded: "The headquarters coordinated the production of the combat mechanical dogs and swarm drones, while the hardware was outsourced to China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation (CORIC)."

However, the core system upgrades and new design requirements are still our responsibility.

Lin Weiliang did not say.

The reason why Zhong Bing's opinions could be so easily suppressed was mainly because Lin Dong was too abnormal.

The normal equipment development process is the same as the WZ-8 project. The headquarters issues requirements to the military industrial institute according to the development needs of the troops, then stipulates a development cycle, and then the equipment is produced and deployed after the development is completed, while the defense budget is used for settlement.

However, due to Lin Dong's intervention, their swarm drones, mechanical dog wolf packs, and J-1 fighter jets were developed without headquarters issuing any requirements or funding.

Then, which unit is suitable and which unit needs it is directly arranged and allocated by headquarters. Production is carried out according to the budget of each unit, and equipment is ordered in a queue.

In this situation, while other military research institutes were horrified and cursed Wang Xingguo as a pervert, headquarters was all smiles and the troops were delighted.

of course.

To cover up Lin Dong's presence, when reporting to headquarters, they would definitely say how hard everyone worked overtime voluntarily for national defense, how they tightened their belts and spent every penny wisely, and how they worked so hard to complete the project. Finally, they would include the "research and development costs" in the calculations according to normal research and development practices...

"Let me take a look at this requirement..."

Lin Dong understood the situation of Zhong Bing and Lin Weiliang, but did not pursue it further.

He took Lin Weiliang's phone, glanced at it, paused for a moment, and said, "Our border post with India?"

"right."

Lin Weiliang asked curiously, "Xiao Dong, do you know anything about that area?"

"I've heard some things. They're both major Eastern countries, so their cultures have some similarities."

Lin Dong nodded and said earnestly, "On our side, the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard; on their side, the revolution has not yet been fully achieved, and comrades still need to succeed."

"The revolution...the effort is not yet complete, comrades, success is still needed!"

Lin Weiliang was stunned for a moment, then laughed and cried at the same time, "What kind of weird and strange language have you learned?"

"This is the number one cultural discipline in the world in the future."

Lin Dong gave him a look that said, "You and your dad have a generation gap," and handed the phone back: "The outposts there are all on high plateaus, and the temperature is low for most of the year. The mechanical dog's battery needs more thermal protection, otherwise the battery degradation will be uncontrollable."

"right."

Lin Weiliang nodded: "But adding combat modules already reduces the combat robot dog's battery life. Adding an electric heating design will cause the battery life to plummet."

Thanks to the power grid, most of the outposts were able to get a stable power supply at this time, which made it possible to use the robotic dogs.

This is also why the army proposed prioritizing the deployment of robotic dogs to outposts.

After all, no army unit or region in the country has a greater need for robotic dogs than the outposts.

"Electric heating is not cost-effective in high-altitude, low-temperature environments. To utilize residual heat, a layer of aerogel can be added inside the mechanical dog to prevent heat loss."

Lin Dong quickly came up with a solution: "This way, as long as we start it up at the outpost for a few minutes before setting off, the temperature inside the mechanical dog will rise to a suitable level."

However, the cooling system needs to be made more redundant and the precision control should be improved to avoid excessive internal temperature during failure, while also avoiding excessively fast heat dissipation and excessively low temperature.

In addition, we will add another set of high-efficiency heating wire as a backup, for use in case of emergency deployment...

Using aerogel for thermal insulation is a core standard feature of thermal management in high-end new energy vehicles in later generations. He can easily borrow and improve upon it for use in high-altitude operations for mechanical dogs.

After all, both new energy vehicles and mechanical dogs use batteries, and their thermal management approaches are the same.

As for aerogel, it is a material that has existed since the last century and has long been used in the military industry. However, it has not entered the civilian mass market due to cost reasons.

"Aerogel insulation, start the engine early to warm it up..."

Lin Weiliang pondered for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, "Okay, I'll make the improvements and do some more environmental testing."

talking.

Lin Weiliang seemed to have thought of something and pointed to the computer in front of Lin Dong: "Headquarters sent your godfather an email this morning about the online discussion meeting on the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation project's problems. The meeting will be held tomorrow night at seven o'clock. You can secretly listen in."

"What are the challenges facing Shenyang Aircraft Corporation's projects?"

Lin Dong moved the mouse to the email, opened it, and read it carefully. A strange look appeared in his eyes: "Headquarters wants to accelerate the deployment of core strategic equipment, but Shen Fei is holding back because his core team is on leave?"

Lin Dong looked at it for a while, then thought for a moment and closed the email.

Judging from the email, headquarters wanted Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) to take over the strategic mission of Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), but clearly, things are not that simple.

One issue is that Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) has been working on the project for many years, and the preliminary work is almost done. Now that Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) has taken over, the question of project ownership arises.

If it were to be returned to Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, the employees at Chengdu Aircraft Corporation would object; if it were to be returned to Chengdu Aircraft Corporation, the employees at Shenyang Aircraft Corporation would be unwilling.

Another issue is that Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) has focused on land-based aircraft in recent years and has not done much research on carrier-based aircraft. In this case, it is also a problem for the CAC team to be familiar with and coordinate with each other.

These problems may seem insignificant, but they are essentially about the interests of individuals.

But any project is driven by people, and managing a project is essentially managing people.

The development of a large fighter jet involves almost the entire industrial chain in terms of its various parts and modules. Hundreds or even thousands of laboratories are mobilized, and hundreds of thousands of core, internal, and external personnel are involved.

Such a massive scientific research project cannot succeed if people cannot reach a general consensus and the team is not united.

Let alone a challenging project, even if you have complete design drawings and are just trying to manufacture it, you might not be able to make it.

"There's a high probability of collaborative research and development, but collaboration... my godfather and the others are unwilling."

Lin Dong shook his head and locked the computer screen.

"Son, come out and play for a while after you've finished your work."

Just then, Zhang Xiali passed by the study door and saw that Lin Dong had shut down his email and computer, so she called out to him.

"Okay, Mom."

Lin Dong nodded, took his phone, and went out to the living room.

At this moment, Xu Qingling was already watching a variety show on TV in the living room, her legs curled up on the sofa, with a plate of tangerines in front of her.

Seeing this, Lin Dong walked over, put his phone on the table, sat down next to him, and said, "Did you finish your themed class meeting?"

"That's about it."

"I talked with Xia Ran yesterday, and then discussed it with the others in the group. Now the class meeting is divided into several parts, with each person responsible for one part, and I will coordinate the overall process."

Xu Qingling nodded, a little orange juice still clinging to the corner of her mouth. She peeled a tangerine, removed the white pith, and handed it to Lin Dong's mouth.

"Are you in charge of overall coordination?"

Lin Dong opened his mouth, took the orange, took a few bites, and spat out two seeds: "Don't we have any work to do?"

Their Class 10 adopted a small class committee system, with only five people forming the class committee: class monitor, academic committee member + arts and culture committee member, sports committee member + discipline committee member, life committee member + publicity committee member, and Youth League secretary + organization committee member. In addition, the group leaders of each duty group and the representatives of each subject constituted the peripheral personnel.

This makes the organizational structure more streamlined and avoids the situation where a quarter of a class is made up of class committee members.

Once conflicts or arguments arise among classmates, the class committee is also directly involved, and everyone gets caught up in infighting.

Another advantage is higher efficiency. You only need to find one person to handle one task, instead of having to find one person to be responsible for every little thing.

"Yes, I want to."

Xu Qingling nodded: "I need to keep track of their progress, coordinate and organize everything, and finally, I'll be in charge of hosting the class meeting."

"You clever little devil." Lin Dong couldn't help but laugh.

He understood the underlying meaning: Xu Qingling wasn't responsible for specific tasks or assigning responsibilities; her job was simply to chair the class meeting.

"I didn't learn this from you," Xu Qingling replied with a smile.

She was referring to Lin Dong's role in charge of the WZ-8 project, which involved not participating in specific tests but focusing on the core challenges and overall management.

"They have no objections?" Lin Dong asked curiously.

"No, the division of labor, overall planning, management, and communication between superiors and subordinates are the duties and rights of the squad leader."

Xu Qingling said with a smile, "Now that I've taken on the most difficult part of hosting the class meeting, what can they say?"

However, Xia Ran may be dissatisfied with my being the class monitor. She proposed that the class committee be re-elected every semester.

The Education Bureau now requires that classes not be separated unless absolutely necessary. At Shishi Middle School, homeroom teachers are responsible for their assigned classes for three years, and she still has five opportunities to seize power.

"It's her right, there's no problem."

Lin Dong offered a suggestion: "As long as you, as the class monitor, keep public and private matters separate, don't make enemies over official business, and don't let personal matters interfere with official duties, but under equal conditions, you can prioritize securing some benefits for your own people, then there won't be any problems."

Public and private matters should be clearly distinguished, and one should prioritize oneself in all matters.

This is part of the experience he gained from Wang Xingguo and his team in charge of the WZ-8 project, and it is also one of the core elements for maintaining stable project management.

"Understood. Class matters are not usually related to daily life."

Xu Qingling nodded seriously, and as if she had thought of something, she shared with Lin Dong: "By the way, they said yesterday that my uncle's Xingdong Company is going to build a science fiction-themed pavilion in Chengdu."

There will be various drones, robotic dogs, and even space fighters and other themed aircraft...

"Let's go have some fun sometime." Lin Dong immediately understood Xu Qingling's thoughts.

"It's still early; the construction period will be about two years."

Xu Qingling's eyes lit up as she said, "If it's convenient for you when the museum opens, we'll go take a look. If not, we'll just stay home..."

"OK."

Lin Dong nodded with a smile.

At that moment, the secure cell phone on the table lit up, indicating that a new message had been received.

Lin Dong picked it up and saw the note "001". He unlocked his phone, and a message dialog box popped up.

【001】: Xiao Dong, your godmother is coming over this evening to meet you.

Godmother, come here?

Lin Dong paused his finger on the screen for a moment, then replied with an "OK" without much thought. He looked up and called out to the room in the rest area, "Mom, my godmother is coming over tonight. Prepare a lot of dishes for dinner."

"Okay, Mom understands."

A moment later, Zhang Xiali's voice came out.