"I said everyone, this Chinese New Year, let's not rest?" Wang Guilin reminded everyone.

It's hard to get a few days off all year round, but they're still working.

"For most of the first half of the year, I was worried about how to feed more than 20,000 people in the base, but now that I have money, I am worried about spending money, when can we be free?" Qi Yuanzhi also complained with a smile.

The busy state is what they want, at least, for now, they don't have to worry about how to face the entire base.

"Wait until you retire. Zheng Yucheng pouted and said.

A group of members of the management committee exist for the development of the base.

"Aren't you going to discuss who to work with?" Xie Kai didn't understand why the old guys had to say this to make themselves upset. "You have to rest, your body is the capital of the development of the base. ”

"You have to understand that when you have that responsibility on your shoulders, you are no longer yourself. You no longer belong to your parents, your wife and children, your family...... Rather, it belongs first and foremost to the entire base owner. Wang Guilin told Xie Kai solemnly.

He didn't say that he belonged to the state.

The bases all belong to the state, and they must first do a good job of their small units.

"......" Xie Kai couldn't answer at all.

"Alright, don't scare him. Zheng Yucheng looked at Xie Kai's expression and said with a smile, "We have already memorized these materials, and we can tell you all kinds of situations directly." ”

"The Air Force has 31 items, including long-range bombers, ground-to-ground strike aircraft, air superiority fighters, helicopter gunships, large military transport aircraft, and surface-to-air missiles of various ranges. Wang Guilin said calmly.

"11 items of the Navy, including 093 and 094 nuclear submarines, 055 missile destroyers, light aircraft carriers and other ......" Qi Zhiyuan continued to add.

After waiting for the previous words, Bai Yanjun continued, "There are 45 items in the second artillery, mainly including the DF-6 with multiple warheads, the DF-7 with fixed launch, and the air-launched DF-12 and other ......."

Zheng Yucheng looked at Xie Kai, "They are introducing big projects that have been launched, all of which are projects in cutting-edge fields. Now we all know the amount of money that these projects need to consume every year, and the military has no choice, and the military spends less than 30 billion yuan a year, which is equivalent to less than 10 billion US dollars. ”

"There is a detailed introduction in the information, but some projects are not really launched, but transferred to secret development, so we don't want to get involved. For example, DF-12 and nuclear submarines ......"

"Some projects are completely unnecessary. For example, air superiority fighters, high-altitude and high-speed fighters, are of little use at all. Xie Kai said.

Many projects are not suitable for development.

The domestic foundation is not good, and there are too many top projects at one time, and in the end the funds are wasted.

"How can air superiority fighters be useless? The Soviet Tu-22M Backfire and MiG-25 fighters are serious threats, as well as the American B-1B supersonic bomber. The performance index of this project in China is double 26, if it cannot be reached, how to intercept it?" Qi Yuanzhi said dissatisfiedly.

"Lao Qi, you better forget it, if you want to take over this project, there will be no one in the entire management committee to support you!" Zheng Yucheng said with a smile, "I told you at the beginning that this kid definitely doesn't look down on such a project." ”

"That is, the performance indicators are too high to support it in China. The USSR gave up continuing research in the high-altitude and high-speed direction for various reasons. Bai Yanjun also said.

Xie Kai couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard these words.

Many managers in China are pursuing lofty things, and the higher the performance, the more advanced they think, without considering whether it can be achieved and how difficult it is to achieve.

In reform and opening up, this is also the way of thinking that needs to be changed.

The whole country is required to be down-to-earth and honestly engage in technology according to the existing foundation.

Now he is very pleased to think that the performance indicators of these projects are too high and not to be forced to do it for the sake of face or the idea of strengthening the country.

"High-altitude and high-speed, this is the direction of the future. If the speed of the fighter plane is so fast that the missiles can't catch up, what can the enemy do?" Qi Zhiyuan would not give up.

"Everyone, it's crooked!" the corners of Xie Kai's mouth twitched, and he said that the young man's thinking was jumping, and he felt that he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

Why are the old guys arguing about high-altitude and high-speed air superiority fighters again?

Didn't you say that you were going to get off the project before?

Didn't you say self-propelled artillery before?

Why do you say fighters?

"What's the crooked building?" Qi Yuanzhi asked Xie Kai suspiciously, "Xiao Xie, are you right? High-altitude high-speed is the future development direction......

Xie Kai was speechless.

It's true.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow will be the New Year!" Xie Kai was about to cry.

Don't they have a little concept of work and rest?

Don't they know that they should be reunited with their families during the Chinese New Year?

"No one said that tomorrow is not the Chinese New Year. Before, we were all busy dealing with various things at the base, and we didn't sit down to discuss the future development of the base. You're here today, so let's just study it. Zheng Yucheng's words made Xie Kai want to die.

It wasn't the sound of artillery outside, it should have made the silent Gobi Desert have a little festive atmosphere, but now they don't let people celebrate the New Year at all.

Everyone is enjoying the joy and joy of the New Year, but he has to discuss the development of the base in the new year with a group of old men.

"Forget it, it's not suitable today, it's not all the people, so you don't have to worry about it. Let's talk about the situation of those dismounted projects. Bai Yanjun saw that Xie Kai was not happy, and signaled Zheng Yucheng not to push too hard.

Otherwise, it will be counterproductive when the time comes.

"Actually, these projects that have been launched have just been mentioned. Strategic ICBMs such as Dongfeng-6 and Dongfeng-7 cannot be interfered with at all. The project is too big, and the performance indicators are too high. For example, the DF-6 has a diameter of 4 meters, a length of 64 meters, a weight of nearly 400 tons, and a rocket engine with 400 tons of thrust...... The fuel is different for each stage, and the engine is different...... "Zheng Yucheng said. "This kind of technology, even if we have money, is not possible. ”

"I heard that the DF-6 is designed to have a range of 19,000 kilometers, is it true or fake?" Xie Kai was very skeptical about the range of the DF-6.

From China to the United States or Europe, a range of about 14,000 kilometers is enough to cover the United States and most of the developed countries in the world.

Of course, these missiles are only used for deterrence, and there is no chance of being used in war at all.

"It's really 19,000 km, and it's an internationally banned orbital weapon. This kind of missile launch needs to fly out of the atmosphere, and then enter the atmosphere from orbit,......" Wang Guilin nodded and said, "This project is aimed at the anti-ballistic missile defense system, and once it is developed, no matter how advanced the defense system is, it is impossible to defend against it." ”

"Ballistic missiles can't protect against ......," Xie Kai said.

The so-called NMD missile defense system, which the Americans have been engaged in for a long time, boasts that it is powerful, and it is simply impossible to intercept the missile at a speed of more than Mach 7 or even Mach 20~30, and it cannot be intercepted by either an anti-missile missile or a close-range phalanx.

The only possible interception is before the missile enters space and re-enters the atmosphere.

It is for this reason that until decades later, it was not heard of how many ICBMs with a range of more than 16000 km were heard.

The SS-18 Satan with the longest range is Lao Maozi's SS-18 Satan with a range of 16,000 km, followed by China's DF-5A with a range of 13,000 km, and most of the others are within 12,000 km.

The DF-6, a strategic missile with a range of 19,000 km, was not approved by the Soviet Union, and the United States also did not study it.

Xie Kai couldn't imagine how people thought of developing an ICBM of such a range at the beginning.

Even the DF-7, which was launched at the same time as the DF-6, had a range of only 15,000 km.

"It's true that we can't interfere with such a missile project. The state can't support it, and the technology is not enough. Xie Kai nodded in acknowledgement.

"As for nuclear submarines, we don't need to invest in them at the moment, and it is not possible for us to have decision-making power. On this, Zheng Yucheng and others did not say much.

Xie Kai looked at the serious expressions of several people, and thought of the fact that some of the projects that Zheng Yucheng said before had shifted from the open to the covert.

I guess that's it.

Nuclear submarines are an important support in the three-in-one nuclear strike strategy, and if a nuclear war really breaks out, it will be the most effective means of counterattack.

The Republic does not have long-range bombers, and even the DF-5 in service has a range of less than 10,000 km, and the improved DF-5A, that is, the DF-5A, has a range of 13,000 km.

Without long-range bombers, the Dongfeng Express delivery capability, which has the most powerful deterrent power, is not enough to deliver the express to any location in the United States, and the nuclear submarine will naturally not be able to really dismount.

Dongfeng Express, the mission must be achieved, but also after the research of Dongfeng-5A and Dongfeng-41 and other ultra-long-distance global express delivery equipment accurate and rapid delivery.

For any major country, national defense deterrence is a must.

"In fact, there are not many projects that we can do by removing some meaningless projects and putting aside some projects that we can't intervene in. Especially since we raise our own funds, ......" Wang Guilin's words were completely aimed at Xie Kai.

Xie Kai said distressedly, "The funds and supporting facilities required for any project are not what we can support now." ”

"So, we need to choose projects that will pay off quickly. Some of the above that we have analyzed and researched and decided can intervene in are all marked, and you can take a look at them when the time comes. Zheng Yucheng patted the thick stack of materials.

"I think we should do a good job of the project in hand. It's okay to mess with self-propelled howitzers or something. "Xie Kai is not too greedy. "Yun Shi is a gold-swallowing monster! Not to mention anything else, I don't know how much money is on the engine. ”

"We know it, and so do the people who do the research, even the higher-level leaders. The problem is that those brother units that only see how much money we have in our hands will not pay attention to this!" Zheng Yucheng was also helpless.