Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Mountain
Lei Gang did not express his position on Zhao Sui's statement, and after a short silence, someone raised his hand and asked to speak.
Chen Nian looked in the direction of the person who raised his hand, and there was a name tag on the table in front of him, Senior Engineer, Lu Yan.
"Hello leaders and colleagues, I have a little bit of my own thoughts about Zhao Sui's suggestion."
As he spoke, he turned to Zhao Sui, first nodded politely, and then said:
"First of all, I think Comrade Zhao Sui's idea is good and represents the expectations of most of us."
"Yes, everyone wants to build a fighter that really belongs to us, instead of copying the aircraft that Big Brother eliminated every year."
"But the problem is that we have limited resources, limited funding, limited technology and talent."
"This limitation determines that we must be pragmatic and prudent when formulating project goals."
"Comrade Zhao Sui said that we want to build airplanes and expand the boundaries of the project, I want to ask, how to expand?"
"We still have drawings for the body, but when it comes to the internal structure, it is already a huge difficulty."
"And for an airplane to finally be able to take off, hydraulics, flight control, electronics, radar, power, fuel, ........ Which system is simple? ”
"If we could build an airplane just by talking about it, I believe our airspace would have been occupied by airplanes long ago."
"Therefore, my suggestion is just the opposite of Zhao Sui, I think we should be based on the existing technology, cherish this important breakthrough, and deepen on the basis of this breakthrough, and strive to be ahead and leading in a single module."
After listening to his speech, everyone nodded in unison, even Chen Nian was no exception.
It is undeniable that compared with Zhao Sui's idealism, the prudence and planning shown by Lu Yan's speech are indeed extremely rare.
In the case of insufficient resources, it is actually a strategy that Huaxia has been accustomed to using for a long time.
In the case that the people of the 601 Institute knew that Chen Nian had provided accurate outline drawings and some structural drawings, but did not know that he could continue to provide more information and technology, this was undoubtedly the most anticipated choice.
Stable returns and controllable risks.
Of course, this is by no means the result that Chen Nian wants.
If a project is qualitative at the beginning, it is cumbersome to extend and expand it later, which will have a significant impact on efficiency.
He glanced around, and was about to take the initiative to speak, but unexpectedly, someone rushed ahead of him.
Or Zhao Sui.
"Lu Gong, I agree with your opinion, but I need to point out that the situation we are facing now is different from the past."
"On the one hand, the actions of the United States in Iraq have shattered all our illusions, and modern warfare has escalated from a ground war to an air war, and the beginning and end of a war will be in the air."
"This is what determines our strategic direction: from the ground to the air."
"On the other hand, the U2 has entered the coastal area for reconnaissance more and more frequently, and there have been serious conflicts in the past two years over the 1st April collision, and the external pressure we are facing is becoming more and more intense."
"This point determines our strategic pace: it can only be fast, not slow!"
"Finally, in this new project, we have solved a series of problems one after another, including the structure of the body, the full motion flat tail and other components, and even the manufacturing method of the main structural material TC4!"
What does this mean? It means that the opportunity has arrived. ”
"Of course, as a party member, I shouldn't say idealistic words, but I believe in luck, and from all kinds of signs, we are now lucky and should take advantage of the victory!"
"Of course, the fortune I am talking about, in fact, from a scientific point of view, should be a kind of accumulation, our foundation has been laid, at this node that is about to break out, 601 should not be absent!"
Listening to Zhao Sui's speech, Chen Nian's brows furrowed and stretched for a while.
At first, he thought that Zhao Sui was just a simple scientific researcher who was somewhat idealistic and too radical, but now, his view has been reversed.
This is definitely not an impulsive nerd.
His remarks were carefully considered and carefully deduced.
His judgment of the situation was extremely accurate, and the foresight displayed in it was not even far behind that of himself as a traverser.
What's even more amazing is that he actually talked about "fortune".
What is fortune?
In fact, there is no such thing as fortune in a country, and national fortune is even more nonsense.
All the results that seem to be due to luck are actually the accumulation of little details.
It's like after 20 years, when you look back at this era, you will find that this era is the era of the origin of many advanced equipment and advanced technologies, but is that because of our luck?
No!
The real reason, just like Zhao Sui said, Taoguang has been obscure to a certain extent, and the time for accumulation has gradually arrived.
"The reasons you said are too big, we all understand your concerns, and we can understand your expectations, but the problem is that we always have to go back to reality and look at our own feet."
"Back to the original question, how many technical difficulties do we have to build an airplane?"
"We all know what this No. 22 project is targeting, so there is no need to hide it, and compare it horizontally."
"Let's talk about the problem of Hangfa first, can we solve the heat-resistant material? TCB: Can we fix it? Can we solve the problem of 3D viscous impellers? ”
"Other than that, can stealth coating solve it? Can active phased array radar solve it? Can the IAS Integrated Avionics System solve the problem? ”
"Don't talk about the above big problems, seriously, we can't even solve the welding process now."
"From what we know, the F-22 uses electron beam welding, and the F-22 engine uses linear friction welding, and it will take at least four or five years to break through these two technologies alone."
"Tell me, there are so many, so big difficulties in front of us, how can we create them?"
"These difficulties are like mountains one by one, and it is definitely not an overnight effort to climb over them."
After finishing speaking, Lu Yan sighed deeply.
He originally wanted to refute Zhao Sui, but the more he said it, the more uncomfortable he became.
It was as if he really saw mountains one after another, and those mountains were about to fall on him.
Similarly, the researchers in the room began to talk.
They each held different views, some supported Zhao Sui, and some supported Lu Yan.
For a short period of time, no opinion seemed to prevail.
----However, Chen Nian on the side didn't care about everyone's quarrel at all.
His eyes were full of excitement.
That's great.
The level of these researchers is far beyond his imagination.
It can even be said that their understanding of most of the "speculative" technology of the F-22 is no longer below themselves with systematic bonuses.
What does this mean?
This means that all the difficulties encountered in the process of the project will be quickly exposed, and you can quickly solve them with purpose and countermeasures!
Yes, there are countless mountains on the road ahead.
But so what?
So, he raised his hand and didn't say anything, just gave Lei Gang a look.
Lei Gang nodded understandingly.
He held in his hand the document that Chen Nian had handed in before the meeting began.
At this moment, both of them had already made a decision in their hearts.
Move mountains!