Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 182: First time focusing on a specific project (Subscription required)
Yang Ning was busy this week and didn't attend Xu Damao's engagement, not because she had any objection to him.

After all, the two grew up together and have lived in the same yard for almost twenty years. Everyone knows what kind of person each is.

If they really had disagreements, they would have fallen out long ago.

This Sunday, Mr. Qian asked Yang Ning to go to the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics of USTC. In the past few months, Mr. Qian and his group of students have almost dismantled Big Brother's firecrackers.

All data on the two missiles, R1 and R2, have been collected, and the internal parts structure has been almost fully understood.

The reinstallation will be carried out on Sunday, and the previous data needs to be integrated during the reinstallation process, so Yang Ning needs to go there in person.

Some people may ask, in just a few months, without any technical skills, how can the dismantling work be done so quickly?
It may not be so fast in other countries, but in our country, it is considered slow to dismantle two missiles in several months.

Do you remember the EP3 of Eagle Sauce in the early st century?
Although it was a little damaged when it made the emergency landing here, at least it was still intact.

After the Eagle Sauce came to take a look out of concern, the product was returned to the Eagle Sauce in just a dozen days and was almost a pile of parts.

They are just two Grandmaster-class missiles with a range of several hundred kilometers. If they didn't need to be dismantled while teaching students, the speed would be even faster.

As soon as Mr. Guo came back, his superiors arranged for him to live in a special building in accordance with Mr. Qian's suggestion and after consulting him.

This is also because he has repeatedly applied to his superiors hoping to start work as soon as possible, so he was arranged so quickly.

There are only three buildings here, and it's only a few steps to visit Mr. Guo's home.

Mr. Qian chatted with Yang Ning about missile research along the way.

"The two missiles Big Brother gave us are too backward in technology. They are fine for teaching purposes, but if we use them to copy them, they will not be of much practical use. The range and accuracy are not enough."

Mr. Qian said with a melancholy look on his face: "We are now considering whether we have it or not. If it weren't for you, in order to develop our missile as quickly as possible, I might consider directly copying the R2."

"But now that we have you, it would be a waste of your ability to continue to place technologically backward missiles like the R2. So we have decided to design a missile with a range of 2 kilometers and a maximum error of no more than 500 meters based on the R. You have to take care of us in the future!"

After saying this, Mr. Qian looked at Yang Ning and said with a smile.

"No problem, but do we have the ability to develop a missile with this performance now?" Yang Ning asked Mr. Qian in confusion.

Our first batch of talents has only been trained for less than half a year, and talents in missiles are extremely scarce. Yang Ning is still unsure based on our current conditions.

"If it were in the past, I might have postponed this plan and implemented it after this batch of talents were trained."

Mr. Qian looked at Yang Ning and said confidently: "But don't forget who we are looking for this time. I believe that with his participation and your ability, this project should be almost done."

"Although the students I teach now are not very capable, they can still help out and do some basic work."

Mr. Qian smiled and looked at Yang Ning and asked, "How about joining us?"

Hearing what Mr. Qian said, Yang Ning agreed without even thinking about it. You must be kidding, Yang Ning would be stupid to refuse such an opportunity.

The fact that Mr. Qian could tell him this now indicated that the higher-ups had agreed to let Yang Ning cooperate with the missile research for a period of time. This time, Mr. Qian was merely soliciting his opinion on behalf of the organization.

After all, the atomic bomb has entered the manufacturing stage. According to the design drawings, although Miss Qiu is petite, she is also a fat girl weighing one ton.

Our bombers are not yet powerful enough to threaten our enemies. Instead of making a breakthrough in aircraft technology, it is better to develop a missile with good performance first.

After all, giving us the H-6 is Big Brother's bottom line. Before Big Brother is equipped with more advanced bombers, it is no longer possible for us to get more advanced bomber technology from Big Brother.

If we rely on ourselves to research more advanced bombers, we may not be able to keep up with the research progress of the atomic bomb, not to mention that there are even larger thermonuclear bombs coming up.

When it comes to building our own nuclear deterrence, at this time, everyone is adhering to the principle of early benefits.

After all, the three nuclear-armed countries have gone to great lengths to prevent other countries from possessing nuclear weapons.

Especially us and Gaul, who were closest to success at that time, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, just when our atomic bombs were about to be successful, we were stabbed in the back by the Eagle Sauce and Big Brother almost at the same time.

In his previous life, Yang Ning had speculated whether this incident might be another tacit collaboration between Big Brother and Eagle Sauce after the Canal War, a trap set for us and the Gallic Roosters. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence.

This is also the reason why Yang Ning thinks that after breaking up with Big Brother, we will have the opportunity to make friends with the Gallic Rooster.

After all, at that time, both our country and Gallic Chicken were victims of backstabbing by the leaders of our respective camps. We were also orphans in this world, so there was still a great opportunity for us to huddle together for warmth.

Well, the Gallic chickens are even worse off. In just less than five years, they were stabbed in the back twice by their big brother, the Eagle Sauce.

Just when Yang Ning was daydreaming, Mr. Qian clapped his hands happily when he heard that Yang Ning agreed to join his research project.

"That's good. With your joining, it will be much easier for me to convince my junior brother later!"

Hearing what Mr. Qian said, Yang Ning almost stumbled and fell to the ground: "It seems that Mr. Guo hasn't accepted your invitation yet. You just used Mr. Guo to get rid of me, and now you want to use me to get rid of Mr. Guo?"

Ms. Jiang and Hu Yinghong followed behind the two of them. After hearing Yang Ning's words full of grievance, they both covered their mouths and chuckled.

"That's not the case. Director Nie has already promised me that as long as you agree, you can have priority in processing the data of our missile research project before Dean Qian's research begins. I'm just putting your name on my project, and the specific responsibilities are the same."

"Sure enough, Mr. Qian had already sought the opinions of his superiors before telling him!"

Now, Yang Ning confirmed his previous guess. After all, this was the first time he was assigned to prioritize the data of a specific project.

The higher-ups may have agreed to Mr. Qian's request because of our lack of talent in the missile field.

(End of this chapter)