"Is it a good thing that the project is discontinued?" Guo Zhuocheng saw Qian Xuesen's relaxed face, and asked very puzzled: "It's really a good thing, then tell me, is the plan for this project wrong before?" ”

Qian Xuesen said with a smile: "It's just a moment and that time, it's not that the plan was wrong at that time. The '202 Project' was established more than 10 years ago, and the development of a mobile liquid long-range strategic missile is mainly aimed at achieving good mobility and rapid launch, while improving survivability, hitting accuracy, and defense penetration capability, and achieving miniaturization, standardization, serialization, and generalization of the missile body. At that time, it was determined that there were 11 key technologies that must be broken through, including high-energy liquid rocket engines, miniaturized design of instruments and equipment, new structural materials, mobile launch modes, and fully digital control systems.

What surprised us is that these eleven technologies have not only made breakthroughs now, but also greatly exceeded expectations, especially the successful development of a large-diameter solid engine that is more suitable for maneuvering, the functional units are smaller, more new materials are used, and the all-digital control has undergone earth-shaking improvements, which is simply incomparable compared with what was expected in the past. ”

Hearing Qian Xuesen say this, Guo Zhuocheng understood what he meant.

Qian Xuesen said happily: "In this case, since our research and development has already exceeded and broken through the original plan, of course we have to let this project go down, otherwise there will be a Mercedes-Benz engine, BMW's reducer, and the regal's control system to assemble the hand-held tractor, what a waste is this?" It is only reasonable that we must develop more comprehensive and advanced strategic long-range missiles on the basis of existing technology.

The range of the new strategic missile we are currently planning will be increased from 7,000 kilometers to 12,000 kilometers in the '202 Project,' and the mass of the warhead will be increased from the current 1 ton to 1.5 tons, and its combat effectiveness will not only increase several times and its accuracy will be increased by an order of magnitude, but it will also cover every corner of the world, and it will become what you call a killer weapon. It is a fixed needle of the republic, and whoever wants to provoke us, we have the ability to give them a little color. ”

The combat effectiveness of missiles increases exponentially with the increase in the range, accuracy, and weight of the warheads, and it does not mean that the combat effectiveness of the warheads increases by 10 percent, but it is very likely to increase by one to several times, especially with the miniaturization of nuclear warheads, the combat effectiveness brought about by each little increase in warheads is completely different.

After Guo Zhuocheng heard this, he put his mind at ease and said, "Do you still need to sue me for this?" You change that is, I can only be happy about such a good thing, where will I blame you. However, it is good for you to sue me, and let me rejoice with you. ”

What Guo Zhuocheng didn't know was that in his previous life, the project was also discontinued, and the reason was not economic reasons, but the rapid development of technology, which exceeded everyone's expectations. So much so that the planned Dongfeng-22 missile was replaced by the Dongfeng missile before it was officially installed. It's just that this time is a few years later than now, and it was not until 95 that the State Council and the Central Military Commission approved the termination of the development of the Dongfeng-22.

Qian Xuesen said with a smile: "Of course, I have to sue you, because you are the hero of the next generation of strategic missiles." Besides, you still need your opinions on the establishment of the next-generation strategic missile project. If you don't agree, where will our money come from? Hehe. ”

Qian Xuesen's statement that Guo Zhuocheng is a great contributor to the development of the next-generation strategic missile is not a kind remark; this is indeed the case; if Guo Zhuocheng had not invested a large amount of money, if it had not been for Guo Zhuocheng's proposal for a management method with a competitive surname, and if it had not been for Guo Zhuocheng's forward-looking approach to the development of missiles, and if it had not been for Guo Zhuocheng's forward-looking surname for missile development and prompting scientists to develop it in the right direction, the "202 Project" would not have been surpassed so quickly, and it would have been several years before the project was approved for the next-generation strategic missile.

However, Guo Zhuocheng did not have the right to decide on the project, only the right to know, but the superior leaders gave him the right to allocate funds from the Third Machinery Department, although he had left the Third Machinery Department to Qionghai Island, but this power was not withdrawn, but when he left, Vice Premier Yu Gangqiu also emphasized that this power has always belonged to him.

There is no other reason, because Guo Zhuocheng has a forward-looking vision that others do not have, knows which project is good and which project has unclear prospects, and can reduce the waste of funds as much as possible, or Guo Zhuocheng can ensure that the funds are used to the greatest extent.

Of course, it does not mean that Qian Xuesen's project determined that the project team must get the support of Guo Zhuocheng in order to get funds for development, in fact, they have their own fund-raising channels and their own sources of funds. Since the breakthrough in the export of air defense missiles and anti-ship missiles, the military industrial units, especially the missile research and development units, have much more abundant funds, and they are fully capable of allocating funds for research and development within themselves, but they cannot get funds from the Third Aircraft Department.

If it was in a previous life, their internal funds were far less than the current internal adjustments, but who would be disgusted with more money? Besides, in the previous life, wasn't the development delayed because the funds were too small, and most of the projects were launched? Now the funds are abundant, but it has not reached the point where all projects have sufficient funds, and external funds are needed to supplement, especially the three machine departments that are rich and oily are the goals that everyone strives for.

In this way, Guo Zhuocheng's power is highlighted, whose project is favored by him, the funds they need will continue to be allocated from the Third Machine Department, whose project has not been Guo Zhuocheng, I'm sorry, you can solve the funding matter yourself. After all, the Third Machinery Department is not a place to print money, and no amount of money can ensure all large-scale projects and projects in a country.

In addition to the limited funds of the Third Machinery Department, Qian Xuesen and his side raised their own funds to solve some projects, which is to make up for Guo Zhuocheng's mistakes; if Guo Zhuocheng is wrong and thinks that a promising project is not good, other scientists, scientific research personnel, and leading cadres can raise their own funds to solve the problem, and there will be no regrets.

Guo Zhuocheng listened to Qian Xuesen's words and said with a smile: "Professor Qian, why are you a big intellectual also contaminated with the smell of copper?" Will your department run out of money? One anti-ship missile can earn nearly three million dollars, and if ten hundred missiles are sold, what financial problem cannot be solved? Do you still need to stare at my poor funds? ”

Qian Xuesen was not angry at all, still smiling. Of course, Guo Zhuocheng also knew that Professor Qian would not be angry before he said this. Qian Xuesen said with a smile: "You know that our projects have been rolled out too much, and everyone wants to catch up with Sumei in a short period of time.

Under your advocacy, we now not only have frequent technical exchanges with the United States, Britain, Germany, and other highly industrially developed countries, but also have a lot of technical exchanges with other technologically advanced countries such as Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Israel, and other countries, and even with our enemy, the Soviet Union, there is no shortage of exchanges, and we have truly learned from each other's strong points and complemented each other's weaknesses.

So, we have a lot of new projects in the pipeline, and the existing projects are also moving forward quickly, and all of these require money. Besides, for this very important project, we all need your approval, funding is one thing, and the confidence you give is even more of the other. It can be said that confidence is more important than funds, if there is only a lack of funds, we can still find a way to raise ourselves, but the confidence from you is difficult to obtain, before the success, no one really knows whether their own project, their own project can be successful, even if the technology is successful, I don't know whether it is as useful as I expected in practical application.

Also, you don't think that our YJ-0 missiles are profitable and they are very profitable, just because we are rich. The treasury of Argentina is now empty, and even if you want to, you can't afford it. In addition, because of the pressure exerted by Britain and the United States, our country has not yet been able to sell sophisticated weapons to other countries in an open manner, and although many countries now want to buy anti-ship missiles from our country, we cannot sell them as much as they want, taking into account the international influence.

Don't think that we are afraid of Britain and the United States, but in fact, China itself does not want the excessive proliferation of sophisticated weapons, and if our country wantonly proliferates sophisticated weapons for the sake of economic interests, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union can proliferate sophisticated weapons alike, and we will all suffer at that time. For example, if Vietnam has sophisticated weapons, it will not be a good thing for our country. ”

In the end, Qian Xuesen said with a smile: "Saying so much, it means one, I need your Guo Shucheng's help, hehe." ”

Arms sales are not only an economic issue, but also a political issue, involving a field far more complex than pure commodity sales, absolutely not to use the arbitrary to describe the sale of weapons, can only be described by the idiom "cautious", to weigh the pros and cons in all aspects, a slight mistake may be backfired, what is obtained is money, in addition to money, there may be the lives of soldiers and even ordinary people.

Guo Shucheng said: "Everything else is easy to say, as long as I have funds on hand, I will try my best to give." But if you want to get faith from me, you are too worthy of me. You're a scientist, do you think I have the eye to get to the bottom of things? ”

Qian Xuesen said seriously: "You do have sharp eyes, I was a little skeptical before, but now I believe it." You are more powerful than Sun Wukong's fiery eyes, he just has to be far away, but you have to be far away in time, to be able to reach the future, Sun Wukong and you are not at the same level at all, he is two-dimensional plane, you are three-dimensional. I admire you very much, and I have spent a lot of time studying you, you are a person with special abilities. ”

(To be continued)