Zhang Lubin's eyes were a little red, and he lowered his head and didn't speak. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn the past ten years, he has devoted all his efforts to P15, and no one can compare to him in terms of the depth of his feelings. Before today, although he had a strong premonition that the P15 project would be difficult to sustain, there was still a glimmer of hope that he could deceive himself. Today, Feng Xiaochen broke the window paper all of a sudden, he knew that this project must be discontinued, and a sentimental emotion suddenly overflowed his whole body.

"Chief Engineer Zhang, if you ...... I mean, if this project is really going to stop, what will you do with the Puhai Aircraft Factory?" Xue asked in a low voice.

Zhang Lubin said: "What else can I do, where did I come from, and where do I go back." I used to teach at the university, and now I'm going back. Fortunately, all the things I have done in these years are aviation research, and I will not mistake my children when I go back to teach. ”

"What about P15?" Xue asked again.

"P15?" Zhang Lubin said in surprise, "If the state does not continue to allocate funds, P15 will no longer be produced." As for the two prototypes that have been completed, one of them disintegrated when doing ground static experiments, and the other one also had varying degrees of damage after a period of test flight, and could not be used normally, so it is estimated that it was sent to the museum as a cultural relic. In this regard, the factory and the Ministry of Aviation will definitely make arrangements, and this is not something that I, a teacher, need to worry about. ”

When he said this last sentence, he smiled, thinking that he was going to return to teaching, and he didn't know whether to be relaxed or lost.

Xue Ducang shook his head and said, "Chief Engineer Zhang, I'm not asking about the plane itself, I'm saying, don't you want the technology we have accumulated over the past 10 years? Xiao Feng also said just now that sooner or later we will build a large aircraft, and this knowledge will be used when the time comes." ”

Xue Ducang is engaged in industry, and he understands the importance of technology more than anyone else. A large aircraft project has been carried out for more than ten years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested, and the technologies formed are innumerable, and it would be a pity to throw them all away.

Zhang Lubin said bitterly: "This is also the question I have been thinking about." In the past 10 years, we have broken through countless technical barriers and cultivated a team of large aircraft design and manufacturing. P15 As soon as the horse was dismounted, the team dispersed. Things like drawings and process documents can be preserved, but there is more knowledge in the minds of those of us, and once everyone goes their separate ways, it is impossible to gather this knowledge in the future. ”

"This knowledge is the wealth of the country, and it must not be thrown away!" Meng Fanze said in the tone of a leader.

"The project has stopped, the factory has to be disbanded, how can this knowledge be preserved?" Zhang Lubin said gloomily.

Meng Fanze turned his head and said to Feng Xiaochen, who was sitting silently, "Xiao Feng, what do you think?"

"Me?" Feng Xiaochen pointed to his nose and said with a wry smile, "Minister Meng, you shouldn't ask me this question, it's a matter for the state to consider." ”

"Aren't you a member of the country?" Meng Fanze reprimanded angrily, "Don't you always brag that you have the ability, can't you think of anything about this matter?"

"When did I brag?" Feng Xiaochen cried out.

"So, you're not bragging? Well, you give Chief Engineer Zhang an idea to see how you can keep the technology of the P15. Meng Fanze said.

Meng Fanze is a typical trick, and everyone present is a little cold when they hear it. The old man is a typical old man who relies on the old and sells the old, he can't help it, Feng Xiaochen's truth is right, he also agrees, but what Xue Ducang said is also right, he also agrees. It is a dilemma not to let the P15 continue to work on it, but also to retain the technology of the P15. If Meng Fanze was 20 years younger, he would think of a foolproof plan by himself, but now, he no longer has such energy, so he hit Feng Xiaochen with the idea.

In fact, when he persuaded Zhang Lubin to give up the P15 project just now, Feng Xiaochen was thinking about how to retain the experience and knowledge formed during the development of the P15. Sooner or later, the country will have to restart the large aircraft project, and the P15 will try to have all kinds of unsatisfactory points, but after all, it is a useful attempt, whether it is a successful experience or a lesson from failure, it is invaluable.

In later generations, when people commented on China's earliest large aircraft project, they thought that the most regrettable thing was that they did not retain this team, so that all the experience accumulated in more than ten years was wasted. When the country has the strength and is ready to restart the large aircraft, everything will have to start from scratch, which cannot but be said to be a great waste.

However, the project is gone, and the factory is about to close, so how can we keep this team?

"Chief Engineer Zhang, you just said that if the P15 project is discontinued, you will have to go back to school to teach. I would like to ask, between teaching and continuing to develop large aircraft, which one do you prefer to choose?" Feng Xiaochen asked Zhang Lubin.

"What do you mean by continuing to develop?" Zhang Lubin asked strangely.

Feng Xiaochen smiled slightly and said, "Don't ask what you mean first, you just say whether you want to teach, or are you willing to continue to build a big plane." P15 dismounted, do you still have the passion to build a big plane?"

Zhang Lubin thought for a while and said: "If I can choose, of course I would prefer to do research on large aircraft." Teaching and educating people is also a very honorable thing, but in my heart, I still have a dream of building a big plane. ”

"I see. Feng Xiaochen nodded, turned to Meng Fanze again, and said, "Minister Meng, this matter is not something that a small cadre of my level can control, but I can make a suggestion, as for whether it can be done, you have to think about it." ”

"What suggestions?" Meng Fanze asked.

Feng Xiaochen said: "Establish a national industrial laboratory and select a group of talents to make future-oriented technical reserves, we can call these people ...... Wall-facing. ”

"What do you mean?" Meng Fanze said in surprise. This meme was so ahead of his time that he couldn't understand it at all.

Feng Xiaochen said: "There are many things, such as large aircraft, or high-speed railways, maglev, and a little farther, moon landing, Mars exploration, quantum communication, nuclear fusion, we are not capable of doing it at present, but we will definitely do it in the future." We can't wait until everything is ready to start exploring, but we need to organize some people to start pre-research on these projects from now on.

Because the conditions are not in place, these studies are destined to have no visible breakthroughs for a long time, and those engaged in these projects may have to endure loneliness, sit on cold benches, and have no achievements to show off to others. They are like the sages who have been facing the wall for many years in search of the truth, and even their names can be forgotten. ”

"But one day they're going to shine. Meng Fanze took Feng Xiaochen's words and said.

He understood what Feng Xiaochen meant, and was deeply moved by the scene described by Feng Xiaochen. A group of the best talents, giving up the fame and fortune at their fingertips, focusing on new technologies that may only appear in 20 years, 40 years, or even 100 years, and accumulating knowledge in obscurity, is a great spirit, and what a magnificent game of chess.

"Ten years of facing the wall, the picture is broken. If there is such an opportunity, I would like to become a wall-facer. Zhang Lubin said resolutely.

"But, how?" Meng Fanze frowned, "Xiao Feng, what did you just say, the National Industrial Laboratory, what kind of institution is this?"

"An institution that focuses on the research of high-end major equipment. Feng Xiaochen said, "This institution is directly managed by the state, not guided by short-term economic benefits or results, and all projects can only play a role after at least ten years, and some may even not see results in 20 or 30 years."

For example, Chief Engineer Zhang's P15 team can be used as a department of the industrial laboratory, specializing in the theoretical research and process design of large passenger aircraft, and accumulating relevant experience, but their research results will not have any chance of application in a short period of time. They will only see the light of day when the time is right and the country has the strength to implement these plans. ”

"What's the difference between this and our current Academy of Sciences, as well as the research institutes of various units? Our Academy of Sciences can also carry out some such projects. Meng Fanze asked. Feng Xiaochen's active thinking made him a little dizzy, he had to ask things clearly, and then consider whether there was room for manipulation in this matter.

Feng Xiaochen said: "The difference with these units is that these units have their own scientific research tasks, and if they can't see the results in one or two years, the state will not allocate any more funds, and the scientific researchers themselves will feel embarrassed." The national industrial laboratories that I am talking about must jump out of this circle, be more pragmatic than pragmatic, and let scientific researchers have unlimited autonomy and give full play to their imagination. Such an institution will either not produce results, and as long as it produces results, it must be top-notch and able to shock the world. ”

"It's a lot of courage. Meng Fanze said with a smile, "Let such a large group of people not produce results, and it is unthinkable, this is what you Xiao Feng dares to imagine." Have you ever wondered if a research institute doesn't produce results and doesn't produce benefits, who will feed it?"

Feng Xiaochen shrugged his shoulders and said, "I said at the beginning, this is not something I can think about. Does the country have such a great charm to take out a sum of money to support a group of people. For example, raise Chief Engineer Zhang's team so that they can continue to do the research and development of large aircraft without any mental burden. I know that our country is still very poor, but no matter how poor we are, this matter also needs to be done, just to see whether the leaders have such awareness and courage. ”

Meng Fanze nodded and said, "This matter...... Let me think about it. If this idea is really feasible, I will put it forward to the central leading comrades. The final decision, of course, has to be made by the central leadership. However, before that, Xiao Zhang's team, you have to raise it first, don't let them fall apart. By the way, Xiao Xue, I think your school is pretty good, how about letting Chief Engineer Zhang bring his people to you for a while, is it okay?"

A smug smile appeared on his face as he said this. Xue Ducang and Feng Xiaochen could only glance at each other and smiled helplessly.