Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 199 Transistor Arrives ( words, please subscribe)

"Oh!" After a long time, when Yang Ning was about to doze off, Mr. Guo put down the pen in his hand, looked at the result he calculated, and sighed regretfully.

"How is it?" Yang Ning saw this and finally couldn't help but ask.

"The diameter is indeed a bit large." Mr. Guo looked up at Yang Ning and said, "Not only that, the engine's margin is still a bit insufficient."

After hearing what Mr. Guo said, Yang Ning was still a little puzzled and asked: "When I designed this engine, I referred to the diameter of the R1 missile body and increased the diameter of the engine according to a certain proportion. Is it still too big?"

"Haha~" After hearing Yang Ning's question, Mr. Qian raised his head and smiled: "Once the range of a missile exceeds thousands of kilometers, the diameter of the missile body will generally not increase accordingly. Instead, the length of the missile body will be increased. From an aerodynamic point of view, this is more cost-effective."

"And your engine does have great thrust, but it will also make quite a lot of noise after starting up."

"As a result, the elastic vibration of the missile body during flight can easily couple with the missile attitude control system. Once this happens, the missile will become unstable."

"So this engine is unusable?" Yang Ning asked disappointedly when he saw that the two big guys were not optimistic about this engine.

"It's not that it can't be used, but it needs some modifications." Seeing Yang Ning was a little disappointed, Mr. Qian smiled and comforted him, "The design idea of this engine is still good. I will arrange for someone to make it and try it out. If it can really achieve the performance on the drawing, the missile engine will adopt this design idea in the future."

"Turns out it's just a consolation prize!" Yang Ning smiled with relief after hearing what Mr. Qian said.

Now he has figured it out. It is already quite good that he can design such an excellent engine without any missile design drawings.

"Haha, your design won't be used, but you're not disappointed at all?" Seeing that Yang Ning had adjusted his mentality, Mr. Guo asked with a smile.

"What's there to be disappointed about? I just designed this when I was bored in my spare time. I am already very satisfied to get a little affirmation from you two."

"That's right. For those of us who do scientific research, it's impossible for us to succeed in everything at once. It's already amazing that you can design such an engine based on Fengfei's engine and combine it with the design ideas of Big Brother's missile engine."

Mr. Qian also looked at Yang Ning with admiration.

"I know all this. You two don't have to worry that this failure will dampen my enthusiasm." Yang Ning said with a smile.

"Okay, leave this blueprint with me for now. I'll take it to the Aerospace Research Institute tomorrow so that others can learn about the design ideas of this blueprint."

After he finished speaking, Mr. Qian looked at Yang Ning and said, "You don't think I'm picking your peaches, do you?"

"How can that be possible?" Yang Ning waved his hand quickly: "Just take it if you want."

Yang Ning knew that Mr. Qian was thinking about himself.

Yang Ning will be very busy in the next period of time. In addition to his daily work in the data processing institute, he will not only have to cooperate with Mr. Qian in the analysis and replication of Big Brother missile technology, but also with Mr. Guo in the wind tunnel research.

If Professor Hua's transistor problem is solved, I will have to go over and take a look. After all, I was the one who first proposed the transistor computer project. I can't just give up and leave all the problems to Professor Xia and the others.

In fact, deep down in Yang Ning's heart, what he most hopes to see is our development in the field of computers. After all, as someone who came from the future, he knows too well the importance of computer technology to the development of a country...

"Everyone, tell me, how should we deal with John Bull's request?"

Somewhere in Sijiu City, just as Yang Ning and Mr. Qian were discussing the missile engine problem, a meeting was held almost at the same time.

It turned out that John Bull and Gallic Chicken saw that Squid was stopped by the army of the canal sovereign country on the ground. Fearing that Big Brother and Eagle Sauce would personally take action, they planned to make a quick decision and sent ground troops to assist Squid in the attack.

However, the shadow of the beating we received a few years ago has not yet faded away. Before the launch, in order to avoid misunderstandings, the agents who represent our products gave us a heads up in advance.

The meaning is roughly: you have already made money, and the new weapons and equipment have been tested almost to the point where you can now call your "observers" back.

"Haha~ It seems that we hurt them last time, so this time they knew to give us a heads up before taking action."

One of the leaders looked at the message from John Bull in his hand and said with a smile.

"Haha, indeed, even imperialism can become polite if it is hurt!"

The other leaders also laughed. This was the first time that other powerful countries greeted us in advance before taking action. This made those who knew about it feel a strong sense of pride.

"I think it's not just because we hurt them last time. The weapons and equipment we sold to the sovereign states of the canal this time are also one of the reasons why they are wary of us."

"Last time, even though we were in such poor conditions, we were able to defeat them. Now that we have better weapons and equipment than them, of course they are even more afraid of us."

"Yes, all this is thanks to the assistance of Big Brother. Otherwise, if we rely on ourselves, we don't know when we can get these equipment."

"What you said is wrong. Why do you only mention Big Brother's contribution? Don't our own scientists and workers have any contribution at all..."

Seeing the leaders below quarreling, the chief sitting in the front slammed the table and said, "Okay, stop quarreling!"

The conference room fell silent instantly. Seeing that the chief was angry, the leaders attending the meeting sat up straight, looking at their noses and their hearts, as if they were not the ones arguing just now.

"Look at what you are like now. Are you proud of yourself after achieving a little success?"

The chief just stopped there and didn't say anything more.

Then he said to a staff member nearby: "Tell me about the current situation in the Near East!"

"Yes!"

A middle-aged staff member stood up and said, "Now the squid army and the canal sovereign are in a stalemate in the Sinai Peninsula. Although the squid soldiers are much better than the canal sovereign in terms of combat quality, the canal sovereign has relied on the equipment advantages of its elite troops and the advantage of the number of troops to block the squid army's surprise attack. It is still unknown who will win or lose."

"Previously, John Bull and Gallic Rooster's air force intended to carry out air strikes on the military facilities of the sovereign state of the canal, but they were blocked by the J-5 and J-6, and they didn't gain much advantage."

"In general, the difference in strength between the two warring parties is not that big. Of course, this is assuming that John Bull and Gallic Rooster do not continue to increase their military input."

"What is the attitude of Big Brother and Eagle Sauce towards this war?" asked the leader.

"Big Brother and the Eagle Sauce have both stood on the side of the canal sovereign this time." "Big Brother not only provided military and economic assistance to the canal sovereign, but also stood on the side of the canal sovereign politically."

"Although the Eagle Sauce did not provide assistance to the sovereign states of the canal, it also condemned John Bull and Gallic Rooster internationally."

As for why the Eagle Sauce turned a blind eye to the squids from another country, those who understand will understand, and no one asked.

After listening to the staff's introduction, the conference room fell into silence.

Everyone sitting here is not a fool. Through this war, everyone can see that Big Brother is not as bright and majestic as previously advertised.

In order to disintegrate the influence of John Bull and Gallic Rooster around the world, even the leader of imperialism, Eagle Sauce, is willing to cooperate.

"What if..."

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but shudder.

Then everyone looked at the leader sitting above, waiting for his decision.

The chief looked at the information in his hand, thought for a long time, and finally made a decision: "Let our comrades outside come back, and at the same time pass the news that John Bull and the Gallic Rooster Army are about to land to the sovereign state of the canal."

The current situation of the war is already very clear. With the joint support of Big Brother and Eagle Sauce, even if the canal sovereign country fails militarily, it will eventually be able to regain the sovereignty of the canal.

In this case, there is no need for us to continue to get involved, so as to avoid being targeted by Big Brother and Eagle Sauce at the same time.

The situation was exactly as the leader had expected. After we withdrew the "observers", John Bull and Gallic Rooster immediately began to land.

Faced with the double-pronged attack from the squid and the Gallic chicken John Bull, the sovereign state of the canal collapsed and directly lost the entire Sinai Peninsula.

However, before the three countries could be happy for too long, Big Brother and Eagle Sauce came along with both nuclear and economic sticks, not only forcing the three countries to withdraw their troops, but also returning the sovereignty of the canal to the canal's sovereign country.

It can be said that John Bull and the Gallic Rooster fought this war in vain. Not only did they invest a huge amount of military expenditure, but even after they won the war, they were forced to give up the canal, an important throat.

Only the Eagle Squid, although unable to expand its territory, still achieved its strategic goal.

Then there is us. Through the endorsement of the sovereign state of the canal, at least some of our products have gained a certain reputation in the world market.

"Yang Ning, the transistors purchased from above have arrived. When can you come to the Computer Research Institute to take a look? After all, it was you who proposed this research project. If you don't come, we won't be sure about it!"

That day, when Yang Ning went to the cafeteria for lunch at noon, he met Professor Xia.

After seeing Yang Ning, Professor Xia walked over with his lunch box.

"So fast?" Yang Ning has been busy with missiles recently and has no time to pay attention to other things. After hearing Professor Xia's words, he asked in surprise.

“Haha~” Seeing Yang Ning’s surprised look, Professor Xia said with a smile: “Yeah, I didn’t expect it to be so soon. Professor Hua said before that the earliest it would take is the end of the year.”

"Has the decoding device been developed?" Yang Ning asked Professor Xia, who looked relaxed.

"Well, it was just researched not long ago."

"But we encountered a little problem with the monitor. We don't have the ability to produce televisions in our country yet. The monitor used in this experiment was donated by the leaders above, who gave them the televisions that Big Brother gave them. We solved this problem after modifying it."

"But it will still be difficult to promote it in the future," Professor Xia said with some concern.

"We don't have the ability to produce televisions yet?" Yang Ning was very surprised after hearing Professor Xia's words. Yang Ning had never paid attention to when my country would produce its own televisions in his previous life.

After all, when he graduated in his previous life, televisions were already something that even dogs wouldn't watch, so who would have the time to study that thing?

The annual cost of watching TV may be more expensive than a TV set. Instead of spending time studying that thing, you might as well watch some short videos!
Although he did not study those deceptive televisions, he still had some knowledge about old-fashioned televisions.

That thing is very simple, just a cathode ray tube, a voltage stabilizer and a big speaker.

Thinking of this, Yang Ning asked for a piece of paper and a pen, drew out the structure and principle of a black-and-white TV from the 90s, and then handed it to Professor Xia.

“See if there are any technical difficulties?”

As for color televisions, we don’t even have color TV signals now, so there’s no point in producing them.

"Is this the design drawing of your TV?" Professor Xia asked in surprise, looking at the drawing in his hand.

"Of course, a TV isn't a complicated thing." Yang Ning said indifferently.

Through previous technical summaries, Yang Ning knew that there was no technical difficulty in producing televisions now.

It’s just that televisions are not what we urgently need right now, so we haven’t arranged to produce them.

However, Yang Ning also wanted to see if he could make some foreign exchange while solving the problem of computer monitors, so he directly took out the technology of future televisions.

After hearing Yang Ning's words, Professor Xia smiled with relief: "Indeed, when we were modifying the Big Brother TV, we did find that it was not difficult."

In fact, there are many situations like the one in the TV series, such as washing machines. We didn’t build the first washing machine factory until the 80s. Is it because we couldn’t produce it before that?
Absolutely not. No matter how difficult it is to produce a washing machine, it is still more difficult than producing missiles and atomic bombs. It’s just that there was no need for it before.

The same is true for televisions today. In the past, it took us less than half a year from the time we decided to research and produce televisions to the time the first television went into production in 57, including the time required for the production and construction of the workshop production line.

"Professor Xia, please see if this design can be used on a computer monitor. If it can, please draw the design of the computer monitor and let them decide whether we should produce it ourselves."

"Okay, I'll have someone draw up the design drawings for the computer monitor when I get back."

Professor Xia put away the drawings and nodded after hearing Yang Ning's words.

(End of this chapter)