The fine rain fell from noon to night without a trace of stopping, under the soaking of this rain, the ground of the entire test site looked extremely muddy and difficult to walk, coupled with the already cold and biting cold wind, even the grass on the ground with extremely tenacious vitality, in the face of the invasion of cold wind and cold rain, the originally straight waist pole had to bend down deeply in order to avoid the cold wind and rain

But in this cold and rainy night that even the weeds could not bear, there were two figures nervously busy in front of the 52 times caliber 155mm sample gun that had just been tested during the day, although a simple shed had been built here to shelter from the wind and rain, but under the gust of north wind, there would still be a little rain to take advantage of the void and slap on the ground in the shed, the platform, the artillery on the gun carriage, and the two people who were nervously checking around it

"Pony!" Zhu Haifeng, the chief technologist of Xiangnan Special Steel Plant, held a metal flaw detector borrowed from the equipment testing team, because of the cold weather, his face was a little pale from the cold, his high cheekbones were a little gloomy, and his originally bright red and thin lips were not a trace of blood at this time, his sleeves and trousers had already been soaked by the rain, and the leather shoes under his feet were mixed with the mud of the soup, and he couldn't tell whether he was wearing mud shoes or leather shoes.

But even so, he still meticulously used the instrument in his hand to carefully inspect every corner of this sample gun, and at this time he found a crack in the middle of the barrel of the gun again, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to his student, Ma Teng, a technician of the Hunan Special Steel Plant, and shouted:

"Write it down, another crack was found in the middle of the barrel of the artillery, and the cause of the formation should be caused by the fatigue of the barrel!" As he spoke, Zhu Haifeng turned his face to the side, and the dim light in the simple shed reflected on his bloodless cheeks, but in those bloodshot eyes, there was a thick firmness and seriousness, and then he asked Ma Teng beside him:

"We've already found 6 places, right?"

"One, two, three" Ma Teng turned the book over. followed the dense records on it, counted them, and then raised his head to Zhu Haifeng and replied:

"Counting the places found now, there are six in total!"

Listened to Ma Teng's words. Zhu Haitao didn't speak, just nodded slightly, when the artillery test was over, Zhu Haifeng did not follow the members of the new artillery development team back to the barracks, but took his student Ma Teng to stay. Although Zhu Haifeng was extremely depressed in the face of the fact that the cannon steel failed, it also made him determined to understand the reason for the failure, in his words:

"I've been engaged in steel all my life, and I have never suffered such a big failure or lost such a big person, but even if I am embarrassed, I must find the reason for the shame, otherwise I will not be willing in this life!"

Although this sentence is true, it is only one of his reasons, deep down in his heart. There is also a more important reason hidden, and it is precisely for this reason that he finally embarked on the road to find the truth of the failure, and this reason is none other than what Lu Jiadong said after the artillery test.

In fact, when he first came into contact with Lu Jiadong, the young chief designer, Zhu Haifeng didn't feel anything, except for comprehensive technology and profound knowledge, there was no difference from ordinary leaders, so after receiving the task of the new artillery steel, Zhu Haifeng was engaged in his own research as before. Although Lu Jiadong also came to Xiangnan Special Steel Plant many times during the period, because of Zhu Haifeng's maverick style, the two did not have much contact except for simple exchanges. And Zhu Haifeng only regards Lu Jiadong as an ordinary leader, but he can understand technology better than other leaders, but that's all!

However, today's test made Zhu Haifeng's opinion of Lu Jiadong completely change, you must know that Zhu Haifeng knows his maverick character very well, and he knows that he has offended many people because of his stubborn personality, but because of his excellent skills and rich experience. In addition, in addition to technical research, he can be described as indifferent to fame and fortune in other aspects, and never cares about personal gains and losses, so most people will tolerate him for three points, just like Guo Zhipeng, the director of Xiangnan Special Steel Plant.

But even so, Zhu Haifeng also knows that his character will inevitably offend many people, once upon a time Zhu Haifeng also tried to change his personality, but as the saying goes, the country is easy to change its nature and difficult to change, even if the habits developed over the years are difficult to completely change at once, let alone a deep-rooted character, so after so many years, Zhu Haifeng is just as old as he grows, and the water chestnut is not as sharp as when he was young, but its sharpness is still daunting to ordinary people.

Although Zhu Haifeng is nicknamed "steel idiot", he is not really an "idiot", so he knows very well that his personality is not likable in the new artillery development team, and in the face of the failure of the new artillery steel in the actual test, even if he is not pushed out to take all the responsibility, he has to be scolded by the small meetings of leaders at all levels.

And the confident words he said before would be regarded as a laughing stock, and people who had offended him like Qin Jingbin would also make endless sarcasm and ridicule of him, all of this, after the initial cause of the artillery failure was ascertained, Zhu Haifeng was already mentally prepared in his heart, and even had in his mind that he would resign from all his posts and move to Hong Kong with peace of mind to leave this failed and sad place.

Just when Zhu Haifeng was quietly waiting for Lu Jiadong, the chief designer of the new artillery, to investigate and criticize the first wave of responsibility for the failure of the artillery test firing, what he did not expect was that Lu Jiadong was not angry about the failure of the artillery test firing as he thought, but calmly cheered him and all the members of the new artillery development team, telling them that failure was not terrible, but what was terrible was to be defeated by failure.

Listening to Lu Jiadong's words, Zhu Haifeng was very surprised, he didn't expect Lu Jiadong to be so broad-minded in addition to solid technology, especially Lu Jiadong's firm and powerful words at that time, that confident smile, and the unique temperament of lifting weights, all of which made Zhu Haifeng unforgettable in his life, and at the same time admired Lu Jiadong in his heart, he also had sincere gratitude, but Zhu Haifeng was not a person who was good at expression, so he could only bury his head and work hard to complete the development of the new artillery steel, and this was what made Zhu Haifeng determined to find an important reason for the failure of the artillery steel。

Because of this, the stubborn Zhu Haifeng once again interpreted the title of "steel idiot" very well, and from noon, Zhu Haifeng surrounded this failed sample cannon to inspect on the spot. In his mind, he kept thinking about every step in the development and manufacturing process of artillery steel, and in this way, Zhu Haifeng's body was soaked by the rain, the shoes under his feet were also covered with mud, and his thin body was shivering from the cold wind.

But even so. Zhu Haifeng still kept thinking about the artillery, studying carefully, and trying not to let go of any details, and gradually Zhu Haifeng boldly put forward a hypothesis that led to failure, but he still needed some verification. So he asked his student Ma Teng to borrow a metal flaw detector to conduct an all-round investigation of all parts of the artillery, and to count and classify the cracks detected to find out the commonalities:

"These six cracks are all caused by metal fatigue, it seems that our expectations are not wrong!" Zhu Haifeng stroked the cold cannon barrel in front of him with his hand, as if he was touching the cracks in the depths, but his tone was full of firmness as always: "There is no problem with the basic formula and smelting of cannon steel, the key is still in heat treatment!"

"En!" As soon as Zhu Haifeng's words fell, Ma Teng also nodded approvingly: "The teacher is right, the fatigue resistance of the cannon steel is so poor, we may indeed have a problem with the heat treatment of the cannon steel!"

Listened to Ma Teng's words. Zhu Haifeng stood up, and then jumped from the improvised gun mount to the ground without saying a word, Ma Teng was a little surprised when he saw this, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously:

"Teacher, what are you?"

"Let's go, go and report to Chief Master Lu!" Without waiting for Ma Teng to finish speaking, Zhu Haifeng picked up the raincoat on the gun carriage, draped it on his body, and then walked slowly on the muddy road towards the slightly lit barracks in the distance, and Ma Teng behind him saw this. also hurriedly jumped down from the gun carriage, packed up the materials and recorded data, grabbed the raincoat and turned off the light, and followed Zhu Haifeng's back closely

At the same time, in the barracks specially opened up by the equipment test brigade of the G Military Region for members of the new artillery development team. Most of the rooms were lit off, and some of the barracks even had a clear snoring sound, but at the end of the barracks, there was a barracks where the lights were always on, through the faint gap between the curtains blocking the windows.

You can clearly see Lu Jiadong wearing a military coat. Holding a pen in his hand, he was lying prone on the table, writing something quickly, at this moment the door of his room was suddenly knocked, Lu Jiadong did not look up, but continued to write on the paper in front of him, but the corners of his mouth started slightly, and said:

"Come in!"

As soon as Lu Jiadong's voice fell, the door was opened, and then Liu Liang walked in with a bowl of hot noodles, closed the door, put it on the table next to him, and then said to Lu Jiadong with concern:

"Master Lu, you haven't eaten much at night, I just went to the camp cooking class and cooked you a bowl of egg noodles, you should hurry up while it's hot."

"Oh, I know, you can put it first!" Before Liu Liang finished speaking, Lu Jiadong replied softly, although he said this, the pen in his hand never stopped for a moment, but he suddenly stopped writing and writing, and then shook the pen in his hand vigorously, and then leaned down again, but the tip of the pen fell on the paper but could not write a word, so Lu Jiadong straightened up, looked around the table, and found that the inkwell in front of him was already empty, so he quickly turned his head to Liu Liang's side, and said eagerly:

"Ryoko, lend me your pen!"

Liu Liang was stunned for a moment when he heard Lu Jiadong's words, and then pointed to the pen in Lu Jiadong's hand and reminded: "Master Lu, isn't my fountain pen in your hand?"

"Look at my memory! I just borrowed a pen from you at night, and now I forgot it!" As soon as Liu Liang's words fell, Lu Jiadong shook his head self-deprecatingly, then raised his head and looked at Liu Liang again and said:

"Liangzi, let's see if I can get some ink, I really can't borrow a few pens!"

"It's not that it can't be!" Although Liu Liang replied quickly, his face was covered with an indescribable embarrassment: "It's just now"

Seeing Liu Liang like this, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but raise his arm and look at the watch on his wrist, and couldn't help but say in surprise: "It's half past eleven! It seems that it's really not suitable to disturb people's rest!"

"Next time when we come out, we have to bring more stationery such as ink, otherwise we will really respond to the old saying that you really hate less when you use it!"

"I'll remember it firmly next time!" Liu nodded in response, and then took the hot noodle soup next to him and put it in front of Lu Jiadong: "But now, Chief Master Lu, you better eat this bowl of noodles first, today I have been discussing with people since lunch how to carry out the follow-up work of artillery, I didn't even eat a few bites of dinner, and now I am working so late, if I continue like this, even my iron body will not be able to hold it!"

"Okay!Okay!I'll eat!" Lu Jiadong brought the noodles to his side, and then looked at Liu Liang who was standing beside him with a kind smile: "Liangzi, when did you become so nagging, you are a little bit like you!"

"Me"

Without waiting for Liu Liang to speak, Lu Jiadong smiled and stretched out his hand to stop Liu Liang: "Stop!

As he spoke, Lu Jiadong lifted his chopsticks, picked up the noodles, and just wanted to open his mouth to eat, when he heard the door knocked again, and at the same time, a hoarse but stubborn voice came from outside the door:

"Chief Master Lu, I am Zhu Haifeng from the Xiangnan Factory, I have something to discuss with you."

"Zhu Haifeng, why is he here?" Hearing the voice outside the door, Liu Liang said in confusion, but Lu Jiadong, who had just picked up the noodles, quickly put the noodles back into the bowl, then put down the chopsticks, and said to Liu Liang impatiently:

"Quick! Hurry up and open the door to Chief Craftsman Zhu!"

"Oh!" Liu Liang replied very reluctantly, then turned around and opened the door, Zhu Haifeng rushed in with a raincoat, and when he hurriedly entered the room and looked at Lu Jiadong who stood up in a military coat, he suddenly felt that his eagerness just now was a little inappropriate, so an unnatural smile appeared on his pale face, and said apologetically to Lu Jiadong:

"Disturb Chief Master Lu so late, just now"

"It's okay, I haven't slept anyway!" Before Zhu Haifeng finished speaking, Lu Jiadong said politely, and then pointed to the chair opposite:

"Chief Craftsman Zhu, is there anything urgent to do?"

"En!" Zhu Haifeng nodded: "The main thing is to report to you the specific reasons for the failure of the cannon steel!"

"Soon, Chief Craftsman Zhu, let's sit down and talk about it" (To be continued.) )