Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 120 A fruitful year-end (Subscription required)
"How is it? Is the authenticity of those technical data reliable?"

Just as people were preparing to welcome the arrival of the year 56, in a mysterious place somewhere in the old city, the leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building and the Ministry of Metallurgy sat at the head of the conference room.

The leader of the First Ministry of Machine Building looked at the group of experts below and asked seriously.

We can't help but be serious. You know, they spent a lot of money to get these technical data. If we are cheated, our losses will be huge.

All those gathered here at this time were the famous experts in the fields of metallurgy and machinery in Sijiu City. These experts had been summoned here for several days before. When they saw these technical materials, everyone was so excited that they almost went crazy.

Although those technologies are nothing to Big Brother or the Eagle Sauce, they are definitely good things for us!

After repeated calculations and verifications, the technical data was finally verified.

"Most of them are real. We cannot judge others because of incomplete technical information. Some of them are Hans' technology before World War II, which is relatively outdated for us."

Professor Dong, as the leader of the expert group, considered for a moment before answering seriously.

After all, after World War II, Hans's high-tech technologies were the focus of Big Brother and his men, and what we can get now are only some basic industrial technologies.

"But as long as we spend some time on these technologies, we can use them as a framework and combine them with existing technologies to build a complete basic industrial system for us."

"Many of these technologies are what Big Brother is unwilling to provide us, such as high-horsepower diesel engine technology, high-strength special steel technology and process, and high-temperature resistant material technology and process, which are what we lack now."

“Although some of the information is incomplete, it can still give us great inspiration.”

"So that means we didn't suffer any loss this time?"

After hearing Professor Dong's answer, the leaders of the First Ministry of Machine Building also breathed a sigh of relief. Although the idea was proposed by Yang Ning, it was he who ultimately sought support from the higher authorities for the plan.

If something goes wrong, he will have a hard time explaining to his superiors.

"Not only did we not lose money, we actually made a huge profit!"

The leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy also let go of his nervousness and said with a smile.

"This is all thanks to Big Brother's good assistance. I didn't expect that after hearing that it was us, the Hans were not only willing to trade with us, but also took the initiative to help us contact other people. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to collect these technologies in such a short time."

"Hehe~" Those who knew what Big Brother did in Hans just smiled and said they couldn't say anything.

The reason why the Hans are willing to cooperate with us is, on the one hand, based on their hatred for Big Brother, and on the other hand, because no one else is willing to take their technology except us.

Plus, we didn’t join the organization established by Big Brother this year, which is why those people are willing to trade with us.

After all, these are technologies from the World War II era. Those who can afford them look down on them because they have already snatched them up before, and those who like them cannot afford them.

It is because the electric vehicle trade has become popular in Southeast Asia in recent months that we have some foreign exchange, otherwise we would just be watching.

After confirming the authenticity of these technical data, they were immediately distributed to relevant research institutes and factories, allowing them to fully understand and implement these technologies as soon as possible.

As for the technologies with incomplete data, let the research institute study them on its own first. It would be best if these technologies can be completed. Even if they cannot be completed, it would also be good if they can give us some inspiration.

Yang Ning knew nothing about all this because his project with Mr. Ye had entered a critical period.

He himself didn't know what kind of impact his casual remark would have on us.

At this time, Yang Ning was staring nervously at the palm-sized piece of steel on the laboratory table, while the experimenters next to him were busy adjusting various testing instruments.

"Yield strength, 564 MPa!" When the experimenter reported this data, all the researchers on the scene cheered.

"Great, we succeeded! We finally made the world's most advanced special steel!" "Don't worry, magnetism, has the magnetism been tested?"

Mr. Ye stopped everyone's cheering and asked nervously while looking at the experimenter.

The worst thing about this kind of thing is to pop champagne at halftime. If the anti-magnetic and corrosion resistance don't meet the standards, it will still be a failure.

"It is basically not affected by magnetism. It can be confirmed that it is basically non-magnetic."

Another experimenter looked at the data on the instrument and shouted loudly, trying not to suppress his excitement.

"Great!" After hearing the experimenter's report, even the usually calm Mr. Ye couldn't help but wave his fist.

As for the corrosion resistance test, this laboratory cannot do it and it can only be sent to a professional testing center.

But having reached this point, it can be basically confirmed that their research was successful.

In this way, our submarines will be able to dive deeper than the most advanced submarines of our big brother, and even the maintenance costs of other ships will be greatly reduced.

Thinking of this, Mr. Ye didn't care about anything else. He took the metal and the experimental report and took Yang Ning to the Ministry of Metallurgy.

“Did your research project really succeed?”

After hearing Mr. Ye’s report, the leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy said in surprise.

After all, it is impossible for the Metallurgical Research Institute to complete such a large project independently, so of course they have to ask for support from higher levels.

Therefore, the Ministry of Metallurgy was also aware of this project of Yang Ning and Mr. Ye.

But he never expected that the project would produce results in such a short time.

You know, this is the most advanced metallurgical technology in the United States!

"Not yet. We haven't conducted the corrosion resistance test yet. Aren't we here to ask for support?"

Mr. Ye said with a smile as he looked at the surprised leader.

"Haha~" The leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy looked at Mr. Ye and laughed: "You are not here to ask for support, I think you are here to show off. I don't believe you don't know the numbers. Even if you don't know the specific data, you should have a general idea in your mind!"

Then the leader of the Metallurgical Department looked at Yang Ning and Mr. Ye and said seriously: "I will arrange the test as soon as possible, but you should know that the situation we are facing now is quite serious. This result will not be announced in the short term. I hope you can understand."

Yang Ning and Mr. Ye certainly knew what their leader meant. After all, our current coastal defense cannot afford to build large ships, so we implement a strategy of fast flying and diving.

Among them, submarines are the skeleton supporting this strategy. HY80 and the large side-slanted Guandao propeller designed by Yang Ning before are both key design technologies of our submarines.

Even though our propeller material technology is not up to standard, after considering it for a long time, we finally decided not to use it to exchange technology with Big Brother.

The reason for doing this is out of consideration for our coastal defense security. After all, the lessons of the past hundred years are too profound.

Although our navy as a whole cannot compare to John Bull Eagle Sauce, we must at least have our own trump cards.

At this stage, submarines are regarded as the trump card of our navy.

"Yes!"×2
Even Mr. Ye, after seeing the serious expression of the leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy, immediately made a solemn promise.

In a calm and peaceful state, Yang Ning spent the last part of his 55 years.

(End of this chapter)