From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

"This is impossible..."

Cao Dongming returned to the office and thought about what he had said to Wang Hao. It was incredible no matter how he thought about it.

The tungsten-silicon alloy has already been sent to the Mason Number Laboratory, but all Wang Hao could get was the material and some simple experimental data.

Nothing can be analyzed from these.

Only through experiments can we draw clear conclusions about the properties of materials, especially the 'anti-fatigue properties under special environments'. How can we get results by simply looking at the materials and data? Otherwise, why would they do complicated fatigue tests?

"I not only confirmed that the fatigue resistance is not up to standard, but also gave an improvement plan by adding first-level silver."

"Are you a god?"

Cao Dongming and Wang Hao have known each other for a long time, and he trusts Wang Hao very much. However, Wang Hao's materials research is based on mathematical analysis.

This is scientific trust.

The current situation is somewhat unscientific.

He shook his head and asked Zhou Jin, "What do you think of what Academician Wang said? I think there is nothing wrong with tungsten-silicon alloy and it should be up to standard."

Zhou Jin thought about it carefully and said seriously, "The current situation looks like this. The test performance of tungsten-silicon alloy has been very stable."

"Director Cao, there is nothing wrong with what you said. It is well-founded and clear..."

"But I still believe in Academician Wang."

Cao Dongming was so angry at the last sentence that he almost vomited blood, "You said it was well-founded and well-organized, and you still support Academician Wang?"

"Of course."

Zhou Jin said matter-of-factly, "If from the perspective of a bystander, for example, Academician Wang has different opinions from others on a certain field of physics, who would you support? Who do you think is right?"

"Academician Wang." Cao Dongming nodded without hesitation.

"so……"

Zhou Jin said, "Although the truth is on your side, I still support Academician Wang, and this matter is not unreasonable."

"I think Academician Wang has a unique understanding of the materials and can infer these things."

"Academician Wang is a mathematician, a top mathematician. He treats everything very rigorously. It is impossible to say this plainly. There must be some kind of pattern in it."

"One more thing to consider is that the research we do is all based on first-order elements, first-order tungsten, first-order silicon, first-order carbon. Where do first-order elements come from?"

“It’s all researched by Academician Wang Hao’s team!”

Cao Dongming listened blankly, and it made sense to think about it carefully.

He frowned in confusion and thought about it carefully from beginning to end. He still felt that he couldn't understand it. He simply shook his head and said, "Well, since Academician Wang said that the heat absorption is too strong, let the R\u0026D team test it."

"Also, Academician Wang also said that if you want to add first-level silver, try it too..."

"Anyway, both at the same time."

Zhou Jin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll call you right away."

Wang Hao said that "too strong heat absorption affects the anti-fatigue characteristics" and has pointed out the direction of the test, which can allow the material to be exposed to a higher temperature environment and record data after a period of time.

Then continue this step.

Once you have enough data, you can analyze it and draw specific conclusions.

This specific duration is not certain. If the materials meet the standards, it may last for two months without any results.

If the material performance is not up to standard, the test data within one month will have a certain reflection.

…

The light pressure engine design project was officially launched.

The research on concave reflectors is one of the focuses. Another key is to build an electronic system. For any high-end equipment, a complete electronic system is a crucial part.

The research team has more than a dozen electronics and computer experts, who formed a computer team responsible for building the underlying electronic system. The electronic system must have multiple functions such as summarizing monitoring data, detection data, data calculation, and automatic control adjustment.

Now that the electronic system is just about to be built, the framework of the system becomes very important.

Wang Hao has a large rocket control system source code. He only excerpted the bottom part and made a series of adjustments and modifications.

This is also the basis for the construction of electronic systems.

The electronic system, which is the soft power of the light pressure engine, cannot be overemphasized. The safety and stability of the electronic system must be ensured at all times.

At the beginning of the electronic system construction, Wang Hao was directly involved in the work.

He, Paul Phil-Jones, and five computer experts sent by the military and the Academy of Sciences worked together to formulate the system framework. The subsequent work was to improve the framework content, and the work became cumbersome.

Up to this point, it is also technical work.

But after the work became cumbersome, I found that there were not enough manpower. For example, some large-scale software is handled by a team of hundreds of people. A dozen or so people are still too few. Even if the work efficiency is high, it is difficult to just type out the code. It takes a long time.

"We need to expand our manpower!"

After working for several days, Wang Hao immediately made a decision. Expanding manpower was not an easy task because their research required a high degree of confidentiality.

He immediately contacted the annihilation force field experimental team and asked more than 20 people from the computer team to come over. Then he contacted the Mason Number Laboratory and asked Professors Zhang Zhiqiang, Luo Dayong and Qi Xiao to come over.

Now it would be easier to have one more manpower, and it would also reduce the time to complete the electronic system, so he contacted the military's research and development institution and asked them to send manpower to support it.

soon.

There are more than fifty people on the computing team list.

This number is relatively small, but because there is a complete framework, most of it is just filling in the code. It does not require independent research or solving any important problems, so the number of people is almost enough.

"It's better to take it easy in the past few days and wait for them to come over."

"We have too few manpower. If we continue to work like this, it will be a burden on our bodies. Let's take a day off first..."

Wang Hao noticed that the others were tired and simply gave everyone a short vacation.

at the same time.

Cao Dongming has been communicating with the concave reflector design team to determine the material requirements for each part, and his team is constantly looking for solutions to solve material requirements.

If there is a demand for a certain material and an organization happens to have suitable materials, then you can directly come over for testing.

At the same time, Cao Dongming was also concerned about the testing issues of tungsten-silicon alloy, but as a result, there has been no news for more than half a month.

“No news is good news.”

Cao Dongming felt a little excited. He asked Zhou Jin, "What will happen if it is finally proven that the turtle alloy meets the standards?"

"In other words, Academician Wang made a wrong judgment, and we were right."

"Is it possible?" Zhou Jin was skeptical.

"How is it impossible?" Cao Dongming suddenly frowned in dissatisfaction. He pointed at Zhou Jin and said, "Zhou Jin, Zhou Jin, you have been in the Materials Institute for more than ten years, why are you so unsure?"

"It has been more than half a month, and there is no news. Doesn't it prove that there is no problem in the material testing? At least there is no problem for the time being."

“If there is no result within a month, it proves that the standard has been met!”

Zhou Jin said weakly, "But it's only been half a month..."

"More than half a month! To be precise, seventeen days!" Cao Dongming gritted his teeth angrily, "Let's go, come with me to find Academician Wang."

"ah?"

Zhou Jin asked in surprise, "Are you talking about the issue of tungsten-silicon alloy? Academician Cao, do you want to question Academician Wang in person?" He gave a thumbs up as he spoke, praising Cao Dongming's 'courage'.

Cao Dongming's face turned red and he said angrily, "I'm going to report to work!"

The two came to the office together.

Wang Hao was reading a document, his face clearly filled with joy. He raised his head and looked at Cao Dongming, and immediately said, "Your Materials Institute is very efficient. Look, there's new news."

He handed the document to Cao Dongming and continued, "The research on the new alloy has produced results. After adding first-order silver, the alloy became glossier and the illumination brightness was higher, indicating that the reflectivity has increased and other physical properties have also improved. Some improvement.”

Cao Dongming was stunned for a moment and said, "I haven't received the news yet..."

"They sent it directly to me."

Wang Hao explained, "I told them in advance that they would send the research results as soon as possible. You will know tomorrow."

Cao Dongming suddenly felt betrayed.

He is not in charge of the tungsten-silicon alloy research group, but he works at the Institute of Aeronautical Materials. Shouldn't the research data be sent to him first?

He suddenly realized a problem and asked immediately, "Well...well, Academician Wang, do you know about the testing of tungsten-silicon alloy?"

"I know!"

Wang Hao found two documents from the pile of documents next to him, handed them to Cao Dongming and said, "I sent them the day before yesterday. I forgot to tell you."

"The data analysis work of your Institute of Materials Science and Technology is terrible."

"There was already a lot of test data, but nothing could be analyzed at all. I asked them for the data and did the analysis with Paul."

"This is the result."

He pointed to the curve chart on the document, "Look and compare. When the tungsten-silicon alloy reaches the node of 8,000 degrees Celsius, the curve deviates."

"There is no follow-up experimental report yet, but judging from the curve, the subsequent deviation will become larger and larger. Based on this calculation, if it is in a high-temperature environment above 6,000 degrees Celsius, the tungsten-silicon alloy will develop in about three years. Due to the permanent metal fatigue phenomenon, the reflective performance will be greatly reduced, the surface layer will be dry and cracked, and the internal elements will gradually separate..."

Cao Dongming listened blankly, having nothing to say.

It turned out that it wasn't that there was no news from the Materials Institute, it was just that they didn't tell him the news. He let out a long sigh and didn't know what expression to make.

He readjusted his emotions, reported on his work in recent days, and then walked out of the door with Zhou Jin.

After closing the office door, Zhou Jin immediately said, "Let me tell you, Director Cao, what Academician Wang said is definitely correct."

"You still insist..."

"I've known for a long time that it's impossible, so you don't have to be sad. We didn't develop tungsten-silicon alloy anyway."

Indeed, it is.

Cao Dongming still felt depressed. He returned to the office and thought about it carefully for a long time. Then he raised his head and looked at Zhou Jin, and finally understood the source of the depression.

because……

This guy keeps gloating about his misfortune!

…

The computer team of the optical pressure engine was expanded. Zhang Zhiqiang, Luo Dayong and Qi Xiao also learned the news. They immediately took the military vehicle that came to pick them up and went to the design team base.

They were very close and the news came as soon as they knew it.

On the way, Zhang Zhiqiang kept talking energetically, "This kind of big research finally came to me. It's Wang Hao who has the vision!"

"In the last nuclear fusion, I shared part of the work, but it was also the core work. This time, it will definitely be important too!"

"It is estimated that I will become the leader of a large group, Professor Luo and Qi. You will join me then. The future is bright!"

"Ula Ula~~~"

Zhang Zhiqiang kept talking.

Luo Dayong and Qi Xiao both turned dark after hearing this, but they must admit that some parts of what Zhang Zhiqiang said were true, and he had indeed led teams to complete some large projects.

"Also, you don't know..."

Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly whispered, "I've always known it, but I just couldn't tell it. Guess what this research is about?"

"Light pressure engine."

Luo Dayong's calm words made Zhang Zhiqiang almost choke to death.

He immediately asked, "How did you know?"

"I knew it a long time ago. In the design office on the second floor, Paul kept talking about super battleships and the like, and also talked about the most high-end engine technology. Later I checked and found out that it was a light pressure engine. ”

"Then why didn't you say anything?"

"It's confidential."

"..."

Zhang Zhiqiang was speechless and immediately returned to the previous topic, "Anyway, I will definitely be the person in charge when the time comes. Let's all work together and I will lead you to complete the big research."

"Reward for merit, we will definitely be indispensable!"

They arrived at the base as they said.

After the three of them entered the base, they quickly found Wang Hao's office. Zhang Zhiqiang quickly approached and asked, "Wang Hao, is there any big task for us to come here this time? I can't wait."

"Uh~~~"

Wang Hao first made a phone call, and then said, "Your team leader will be here soon and is calculating team C."

"Team leader?"

Zhang Zhiqiang was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said, "Why is there still a team leader? Am I not here to be the person in charge? We are also a team leader, right?"

"this……"

Wang Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, if you want to be the team leader, you can discuss it with Professor Wang Zhongmin. He has been in charge of the work of Group C."

"Where is the man named Wang?" Zhang Zhiqiang asked immediately, with a rather strong tone, as if he was preparing to have a fight with Wang Zhongmin.

Wang Hao pointed to the door and said, "It's right behind you."

Zhang Zhiqiang immediately turned his head and saw a middle-aged man with a serious face.

He has a standard Chinese character face, is 1.85 meters tall, wears a straight military uniform, and looks very strong.

He also exudes a special aura that belongs only to soldiers.

Wang Hao introduced, "Professor Wang Zhongmin comes from the Electronic Information Institute of the 133rd Regiment, has the rank of colonel, and has been responsible for work related to intercontinental missile electronic systems."

"You guys talk?"

Wang Zhongmin looked at Zhang Zhiqiang with a stern look.

Zhang Zhiqiang also looked at Wang Zhongmin, opened his mouth slightly, and said nothing for a long time.

He took a deep breath.

When everyone felt that Zhang Zhiqiang seemed to have mustered up the courage to have a PK with Wang Zhongmin, they saw him taking the initiative to extend his hand and smiling enthusiastically, "Hahaha, it was just a joke."

"Colonel Wang, please meet me. I, Zhang Zhiqiang, come from Xihai University. I will be your soldier from now on."

“I will fight wherever you point me, I will do whatever you ask me to do, I will never go east but not west, I will never touch a dog if you ask me to steal a chicken!”

"It is my honor to have such an excellent team leader like you!"

"Seeing you, I am very much looking forward to the next work..."