After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 209, Episode 0217: A Special Year

Lin Yuexi had no idea that after she left, one dramatic event after another unfolded in the brigade. Time flies when research is done, and the hands of the hour, minute, and second hands keep turning. Before she knew it, a year had passed.

For a small number of people, 1973 was a special year; for most people, it was just an ordinary year.

Our country and Y finally went to war in October 1973.

Y had been harassing my country's borders several times since the 1970s. At that time, M's new fighter jets had not yet come out, and Y's weaponry was not stronger than my country's. At that time, Y was somewhat at a disadvantage.

They were harassed, beaten, and ran back to hide; after a while, they came back to harass again, got beaten again, and then ran back to cower again...
By early 1972, M had successfully developed a new fighter jet and provided Y with eleven of them.

Y immediately felt confident and began to test the waters again.

As Liu chewed on his steamed bun, he said, "If Y had launched a war against us back then, we would have been in a rather passive position."

Wang Gong nodded, unable to agree more, "I always felt that their leader [points to his head] has something wrong with him."

When M sent its new fighter jets to Y, the country was very tense. In addition to the threat posed by the new fighter jets, there was another concern: whether M had sent other things to Y besides the fighter jets.

Unexpectedly, Y did not immediately start fighting, but continued to use the same old tactics of constant harassment, still running away after being hit, and then hiding for a while without making a move.

It's possible that our soldiers were too heroic and scared Y, but even though they were a group of researchers, they could see that Y's command was problematic.

Chief Engineer Chen took a sip of soup and said casually with an indifferent expression, "Perhaps they think they have already secured victory."

Lin slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "What the chief engineer said is very likely. Those people look down on us. Before, when we had the atomic bomb, they thought we couldn't develop it ourselves. Now that Y has the new fighter jet, they definitely don't think we can have a fighter jet to fight against their new fighter jet. I guess they thought they were just playing with our mentality when they provoked us back then."

Engineer Wang nodded in agreement, then complained with a displeased expression, "They impose a technology blockade on us, but when we develop our own fighter jets and defeat theirs, they come to us demanding that we share our technology with them. How can they be so shameless?"

Yes, they won against Y.

On October 11, 1973, Y officially declared war on our country.

Our country will not back down, but will fight back!

Y's first step was to send out eleven new fighter jets from M to prepare for a bombing raid.

But they didn't expect that we also had our own fighter jets, and that we already knew the location of Y's eleven fighter jets. We went there first, and before the enemy's fighter jets could even take off, they were blasted into dust by us.

Then Y surrendered.

Yes, it was that dramatic; they didn't even fight.

It is said that the special envoy sent by M was so angry with Y that he turned around and took a helicopter to R country before flying back home.

Thinking of that dramatic victory, everyone looked at the little girl who was holding an empty bowl and sipping her 'soup'.

As far as they knew, the development of the fighter jet also encountered problems with the data. Similarly, the higher-ups brought in a young girl, and in less than six months, the fighter jet was successfully developed.

Just like them now, after nearly two years of being stuck in the same situation, the arrival of the young girl immediately gave them a boost, and they entered the experimental stage in just one year.

This child is a treasure!

Lin Yuexi was deep in thought and didn't notice everyone's gaze, or even hear what they were saying.

His eyes were lifeless, as if his soul was not in his body.

Having known her for a year, everyone was quite familiar with her and understood her current state. No one dared to disturb her, and they unconsciously lowered their voices, knowing that speaking to her in this state wouldn't affect her. Xu Shan, used to this, came over, nodded to everyone, gently took the empty bowl from Lin Yuexi's hand, and helped her up to walk outside.

Lin Yuexi, like a wooden doll devoid of emotion, let Xu Shan lead her away slowly, holding her arm.

Once her figure had completely disappeared, everyone silently withdrew their gaze.

No one found this surprising; as the saying goes, geniuses always seem to have some kind of 'illness' about them.

As she approached the door of her temporary office, Lin Yuexi seemed to suddenly come to her senses, and her eyes lit up.

Xu Shan now understands her better than he understands himself. He immediately realized that she had come to her senses, let go of her hand, stepped forward, swiped his card to open the door, and then stood guard by the door without looking to the side.

Lin Yuexi went in and came out again less than half an hour later, handing him a file bag. "Give this to Minister Han and ask him to make the physical object as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Lin Yuexi seemed to have accomplished a major task, her shoulders relaxed, and she didn't stay in the office any longer, but went back to her dormitory.

She lives in a studio apartment of about 50 square meters, with one bedroom, one living room and one bathroom.

Back in my room, I threw myself onto the soft bed, rolled up in the blanket, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

In the past year, she has rarely had a time like this where she doesn't have to think about any problems at all.

It's all because everyone here is so busy that she feels embarrassed to be idle.

Technology is not successful just because it is designed and calculated. There are still many things to do, such as verification, manufacturing, and experimentation. Success is achieved when the physical product is produced and the experiments are successful.

Lin Yuexi, who was in charge of calculations, was often in a "free" state in the project team because of her extraordinary calculation ability.

Then she, being an "idle person," would be borrowed by people from other project teams, such as Engineer Wang, Engineer Liu, and Engineer Lin.

This resulted in her, who should have been an "idle person," becoming the busiest one.

I was so busy that I often forgot to eat, so busy that I didn't sleep for days, and so busy that I developed a high fever.

Chief Engineer Chen was so frightened that he ordered everyone to stop borrowing people.

So, after Lin Yuexi recovered from her illness, she became an 'idle person' again.

People are easily assimilated. In Jiuquan, where everyone is caught up in the hustle and bustle, it's hard for anyone to truly settle down and relax. Lin Yuexi is no exception.

So she told Chief Engineer Chen that she wanted to do some small research in her spare time.

Chief Engineer Chen had no reason to refuse. He was eager for her to use her brain more. Young people are energetic and have ideas, unlike the old folks who, although they have a lot of knowledge, lack innovation and "wild imagination" compared to young people, and are more inclined to stick to the old ways.

The development of science and technology requires innovation.

The reason Lin Yuexi wanted to tell Chief Engineer Chen this was because what she wanted to tinker with this time was a small gadget, but it wasn't a small gadget either—a sniper rifle!
Compared to the projects in Chief Engineer Chen's hands, this is a tiny speck, but...
She overheard Xu Shan chatting with other guards, which sparked her idea to create a sniper rifle.

She hadn't paid much attention to this before and didn't know much about the history of this era, so she never knew that they didn't have their own independently developed sniper rifles yet.

Perhaps influenced by the older generation of scientists like Chief Engineer Chen in the Jiuquan Academy who were dedicated to the country, Lin Yuexi's first thought upon hearing the news was—how could this be?