With the sound of Boole swallowing saliva, the meeting room fell silent for a while.

Bull looked at the young man sitting not far from him, his expression involuntarily changing, and at the same time he felt his heart numb.

Bull doesn't care about being called a "madman" by many people, and even sometimes, Bull is quite proud of his nickname, because he is such a unique madman, a crazy scientist, and a lonely person who is not understood by ordinary people, but today he suddenly realized that maybe he is not crazy enough, because the young man in front of him, he is a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand times crazier than himself!

"Hollow out the middle of a mountain and build it into a cannon?"

In the next second, Bul, who had already imagined the feeling described by Wang Ye, felt that his heart was trembling, blood was constantly surging up the top of his head, and the hairs on his skin stood on end, and he couldn't help but repeat Wang Ye's words with his own understanding.

Wang Ye, who was not far away, nodded with a smile and said:

"That's right, just like you said."

"Find a mountain, and then hollow out it, and if the height of the mountain is a kilometer, then we can dig a kilometer further down the mountain, so that we can get a passage that is at least two kilometers long, almost vertically pointing to the sky, and then make a barrel in it by means of metal welding and molten steel."

"Finally, make a special capsule that acts as a fairing and put our satellite inside."

"Boom! The capsule flew out, and after a few moments it reached an orbit at least 400 kilometers above the ground, and when the speed became less and less, the capsule that acted as a fairing opened, releasing our satellite and successfully entering orbit. ”

"Through this whole process, at least five to ten square meters of supplies can be transported upwards into space."

"Don't you think, Mr. Bull, that this will be the greatest being of the twenty-first century?"

In the face of Wang Ye's rhetorical question, Bull's mouth opened and closed, at this moment, his whole person looked blushing and his neck was thick, and his forehead and sideburns were all fine and dense beads of sweat, which even gathered into a small river and flowed downward, and the white shirt he wore on his body, his chest and back were almost all soaked with sweat, and he was slightly embarrassed on the surface of his body.

"No, although I admit that if it succeeds, it will be one of the greatest projects of the twenty-first century, my intellect and technology tell me that it is impossible."

"Mr. Wang Ye, the plan you said will never succeed."

"Not to mention the sheer size of the project and how huge the investment is required, the manufacture and launch of the two-kilometer-long cannon you mentioned alone is a huge problem."

"It will never reach the goal you want, Mr. Wang Ye."

"Five to ten cubic meters, an altitude of four hundred kilometers, which has already broken through the limits of gunpowder propulsion, even with the use of extended-range shells, I don't think it is possible to reach it at all."

"It's great, but it's only going to be in science fiction or movies, it's never going to come to life."

In the end, Bull shook his head frantically and said, his voice seemed to be more and more determined, but it also became more and more deep, it seemed that the final outcome was an existence that he could not face, he did not want this result, but it was an inevitable result.

As for the reason for his depression, it was actually very simple, at a certain moment just now, Bull suddenly felt that Wang Ye's dream had also become his dream, a super cannon that was more difficult to achieve than his own super cannon, and this dream had already begun to irreversibly collapse and shatter a few minutes after it was generated, and there was no hope of turning back.

Hearing Bull say this, Wang Ye's original smiling expression disappeared, and the whole person became solemn, and then stared at Bull with sharp eyes, and asked very directly:

"Dr. Bull, allow me to dispute your claims."

"Your super cannon, in the eyes of many people, is probably something that only appears in science fiction works, and I am the one who recognizes you, but now, I propose a further super cannon, but you say that my ideas can only appear in science fiction works, and you can't recognize me? Your statement makes me very sad and confused. ”

Wang Ye's voice was like a heavy hammer, hitting Bull's head.

It can be seen to the naked eye that his face gradually turned pale from the red on his head just now, and at that moment he seemed to understand something and figure out something, and finally his lips trembled and said:

"So, Mr. Wang Ye, are you telling me that I should give up on my unrealistic dream?"

"Just like I can't identify with your super cannon, and everyone can't identify with my super cannon, they shouldn't be in this world in the first place, they should only stay in science fiction?"

"Huh? I don't know what to say, I was suddenly sad, but suddenly relieved. ”

"In the past twenty years, you are not the first person to persuade me to give up this dream, but only your persuasion method has made me truly empathize with other people's feelings, and even at this moment, I suddenly feel that what you said is right, whether it is your super cannon or my super cannon, they should not appear in the world."

"Because, they're just crazy science fiction"

Just when Bull was talking to himself in despair, Wang Ye, who was sitting there, smiled and waved his hand and said:

"No, no, Dr. Bull, I think you misunderstood me."

"I don't mean to persuade you to give up your idea, because I am full of confidence in my super cannon, and even I am very confident that in thirty years, this cannon will be successful, and from then on, we will send all kinds of supplies into space, and we will no longer need rockets and all kinds of space shuttles, just one shot."

"Although the cost of building this cannon is high, the cost of launching it in the future will be low."

"By that time, I think we're already trying to develop space resources, and the demand for this kind of space launch technology with low single transportation cost must be very strong."

"Even, yesterday after hearing the news that you wanted to come to visit me, I stayed up late on the train and drew a schematic diagram."

"Dr. Bull, please take a look."

Hearing Wang Ye say this, Bull's expression became extremely complicated again, because from Wang Ye's words, he really didn't seem to be joking, he really wanted to get his super super cannon, and the reason why it was two super, because his cannon was already a super cannon, so his one had to use double super to describe, after all, the cannon with a muzzle of one meter and five meters and a length of two kilometers was too crazy!

Bull didn't know what words to use to describe his mood at the moment, he just silently took over Wang Ye's schematic diagram.

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The next second, he was stunned.

At the same time, Wang Ye's voice sounded:

"As you can see, though, Dr. Bull."

"Although our goals are the same, the process is different."

"As you just said, the thrust of gunpowder alone cannot drive a cannon of this scale, so I chose a new power mode, which is electromagnetic propulsion."

"And this can also completely solve the geological problems, structural safety problems, barrel ablation problems and so on caused by the explosion, which can greatly reduce the cost of subsequent launches and improve the efficiency of launches."

Accompanied by Wang Ye's voice, Dr. Bull looked at the schematic diagram in front of him, and saw that the white paper depicted the hollowed-out appearance of a mountain in the middle, and an almost vertical cannon barrel was inserted there, the first half was located in the mountain, and the second half was located in the land.

Finally, there is a wire in the middle of the barrel and a hole in the mountain, inside the hole is a huge mechanism, according to Wang Ye's textual description, here is a huge "battery", and this battery is also connected to the outside of the mountain through the line, where there is a nuclear power plant, built near the sea, convenient for cooling.

"Electromagnetic acceleration?"

"So, it's an electric artillery?"

At that moment, Bull raised his head suddenly, looked at Wang Ye and asked in astonishment.

The concept of electromagnetic gun, with the development of electrical technology, has actually been proposed at the beginning of this century, and a series of tests began to appear in the follow-up, trying to apply it to the military, it has reached the sixties, and at this time, the electromagnetic gun is not called an electromagnetic gun, it is generally called an electric gun, that is, an electric artillery.

Although Boer is engaged in traditional artillery, he was born in science and engineering after all, so he is no stranger to electric artillery.

At this moment, under Bull's gaze, Wang Ye nodded and said:

"That's right, an electric cannon, or an electromagnetic cannon."

"Only by using the power of electromagnetism can our cannon be able to drive five to ten cubic meters of material from the ground into a space orbit at an altitude of 400 kilometers, and accelerate it in a more 'gentle' way, rather than in an explosive way.

What Wang Ye said is the truth, a big reason why the Barbados cannon of Boer was rejected at the beginning was that the instantaneous acceleration provided by the explosives was too terrifying, and it was okay to hit an iron pimple cannonball, or a simple mechanical structure cannonball, if there were electronic devices inside the cannonball, then these electronic devices could not withstand that acceleration at all, and they would break down directly.

"But I'm not good at electromagnetism."

After a brief silence, Bull finally said in a snorting voice, and the loss in his tone was palpable, after all, his dream seemed to suddenly come true, but not in his way, and at that moment Bull couldn't even figure out whether his dream was his dream or not.

As soon as Boole's words fell, Wang Ye, who was sitting there, waved his hand on Erlang's legs and said:

"No, no, Dr. Bull, you're being too presumptuous."

"It's true that you are a scientist who studies artillery, and you are really not very good at electromagnetism, but please note that electromagnetic guns are also cannons, since they are cannons, then there must be some similarities between them and traditional artillery, and artillery scientists like you are needed to solve problems, not those electromagnetic and electrical scientists."

"It's a field that I call interdisciplinary."

Speaking of this, Wang Ye paused, then smiled slightly disdainfully and said:

"In addition, in recent years, there has been a ridiculous atmosphere in the world."

"Many people advocate missiles and denigrate artillery, in my opinion this is very incorrect and undesirable, not to mention that artillery may evolve into electric artillery in the future, even if it is the current gunpowder cannon, in my opinion, it is still not fully tapped in its potential, especially as a weapon of war, the potential is still very considerable."

"Like this super cannon of yours."

"Although I am not willing to fund it, it is because it is classified as a space device."

"If you look at it from another angle, as an arms dealer of ours, your giant cannon has amazing and unimaginable value, but not in the field of space, but in the field of military."

"I think it should be very good if it is slightly improved and turned into a shore-based defense weapon against the sea or even on land, after all, in the previous Barbados artillery project, only a small amount of investment in simple experiments, its range can easily reach 4,000 kilometers, if more money is invested, then the effect will inevitably be better."

"Compared to missiles, it has a lower launch cost, higher launch density, faster penetration speed, and more difficult to be intercepted, which are all advantages."

"It can even fire that kind of warhead if it needs to."

"Take my country as an example, I don't mind mentioning our shortcomings, our navy is not strong enough, and the Soviet fleet is invincible, although our army is strong, but the Soviet armor torrent cannot be underestimated, to some extent, I need such a defensive weapon that can reach the strategic level."

"Heh, it's exciting to think about."

In the end, Wang Ye said with emotion, and after he finished speaking, he fell into silence, picked up the teacup and drank water by himself, and there was silence in the living room.

After years of ups and downs, in fact, Bull has a clear understanding of himself, he understands that his emotional intelligence may not be too high, and he has no political sense, but at this moment, he also heard the meaning of Wang Ye's words beyond the superficial meaning, and also understood that it was time for him to make a statement.

Minutes and seconds passed, and finally at least five minutes later.

Bull opened and closed his already dry and peeled lips, and after a brief silence, he asked in an unusually hoarse voice:

"Mr. Wang Ye, I don't know if the Red Star Consortium is recruiting foreign employees?"

"The full-time, resident, tenure-track kind?"

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