Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 235: We can live without equipment, but we can’t live without technology! (Subscribe)

With the design ideas provided by Yang Ning, the experts in the mechanical group seemed to have opened a new door, and they all excitedly devoted themselves to the new design.

However, after Yang Ning came to the Optical Research Institute, he could not just stay in the mechanical research group. As the vice president of the Optical Research Institute and the person in charge of the lithography machine project, he had to deal with the work at the Data Processing Institute every day, so he could only stay here half a day every day.

During this half day, in addition to guiding the work of the mechanical team, I also need to deal with calculation and coordination issues of the entire project team.

After Yang Ning arranged the research work of the mechanical group and just walked out of the mechanical group's office, he saw the young researcher who had followed Professor Wang before running towards him hurriedly with a stack of information.

"Dean Yang, this is the latest research data from our optical research group. Professor Wang, please process it as soon as possible."

Looking at the researcher who was running and sweating, Yang Ning took the information from him, flipped through it and said with a smile: "How is the progress of your research group?"

"Because of the information you provided as a reference, the progress is very smooth."

The young man wiped the sweat from his head and looked at Yang Ning with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Before coming here, he always thought that even if he was not the best among his peers in the country, he was at least one of the best.

After all, his teacher is currently the most authoritative expert in the field of optics in the country, and he is his most proud disciple.

So even though he had always been aware of his willingness to contribute to the country, he always inadvertently revealed a hint of arrogance in his daily life.

Although his teacher, Professor Wang, had talked to him about this several times before, he still didn't take it seriously.

As a young person, if you have talent but don’t let it make you proud, are you still a young person?

However, after he came to Sijiu City to participate in the lithography machine project and met Yang Ning, he understood what a true genius is.

He is about the same age as me, but he is already the person in charge of the lithography machine project and is also the vice president of the Optical Research Institute.

If these positions alone were not enough to convince him, he initially thought that Yang Ning might have obtained these positions through backdoors.

He was completely speechless until he saw that Yang Ning not only managed the entire lithography machine project in an orderly manner, but also had his terrifying learning ability and computing talent.

No matter how staunch a materialist he was, at this moment he couldn't help but begin to doubt whether God was too partial to Yang Ning.

If Yang Ning was still a layman in some areas related to lithography machines at the beginning, then after just over a month of communication and learning, Yang Ning can speak fluently about at least all the areas related to lithography machines.

At this moment, the little bit of pride in Professor Wang's heart was completely shattered. Not only that, he even developed a little admiration for Yang Ning.

In fact, Yang Ning had noticed the change in Professor Wang's student a long time ago. He remembered that in the past, Professor Wang had never produced a successful student. But now his student was indeed very talented. Maybe it was because of that little bit of pride that he became mediocre in the end?
Yang Ning also hopes that after this experience, Professor Wang, his student, will be able to adjust his mindset and grow up thoroughly.

Yang Ning took the information to his office at the Institute of Optics. He was just planning to take a look at the latest research results of the optics group when the phone suddenly rang.

"Hello! This is the Optical Research Institute, I'm Yang Ning!"

"Comrade Yang Ning, this is Director Nie's office. Director Nie asked you to come over as soon as you have time. He said there is news about the matter you mentioned last time."

After hearing the news on the phone, Yang Ning was instantly overjoyed.

Ever since Yang Ning read the news about Maple Leaf Country's CF105 "Arrow" fighter in the newspaper, he asked his superiors to pay attention to this fighter as soon as he returned to Sijiu City.

Half a year had passed and there was still no news. Yang Ning had given up hope on this matter, but he didn't expect that there would be news now.

"Okay, I have something else to deal with here, I'll be there as soon as I'm done!"

After Yang Ning hung up the phone, he calmed himself down and then picked up the information from the optics group and read it carefully.

With Yang Ning's later data as a reference, the materials group has developed a diazonaphthoquinone-phenolic resin UV positive photoresist.

This photoresist can form stable circuits on semiconductor materials under exposure to ultraviolet light. The materials group is now working on the etching glue.

With the photoresist, the research on the light source of the lithography machine has also been very smooth. Professor Wang and his team have now successfully developed a suitable light source and are now stuck on the design of the lens.

After all, if Yang Ning wants to achieve the precision requirements of the lithography machine, the focusing lens is probably the most critical difficulty.

If the lens accuracy does not meet the standards, no matter how good the design is, other research groups will not be able to meet the final design requirements.

Yang Ning was not in a hurry about this, because he had already given the design parameters of the lithography machine lens through calculations. Now Professor Wang and his team only needed to conduct experiments again and again, and finally design a qualified lens with good performance.

It doesn't need to be much, just enough for one lithography machine.

Yang Ning gave some modification suggestions based on the actual situation of Tan and his team. He also told them that they don't need to consider the size of the lens, but only need the accuracy to meet the requirements.

After finishing the work on the lithography machine research project, Yang Ning looked at the time and found that there was still some time before the end of get off work, so he packed up his things in a hurry and rushed to the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Even though we have developed ballistic missiles, the research tasks of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics are still very heavy.

Because now both the Eagle Sauce and Big Brother have developed intercontinental missiles, the DF-1's range of only 1700 kilometers is not enough to make the Eagle Sauce completely afraid.

After all, the range of 1700 kilometers is still not enough to reach the homeland of the United States.

So now the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics not only has to coordinate the research of our dual-class fighter jets, but is also responsible for researching ballistic missiles with longer range.

Taking this into consideration, Director Nie has been working at the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics most of his time recently.

When Yang Ning rushed to Director Nie's office, he found that Mr. Qian was also there.

"Director Nie!"

"Yang Ning is here, and we just happened to be talking about you. You should sit down and listen too."

Director Nie said with a smile when he saw Yang Ning.

After hearing what Director Nie said, Yang Ning greeted Mr. Qian and sat down with a puzzled look on his face. "Director Nie, Mr. Qian! If you want anything, just tell me. I will do my best to cooperate."

"Hehe~" Director Nie and Mr. Qian couldn't help laughing when they saw Yang Ning's nervous expression.

"Don't be so nervous." Director Nie said gently.

"We have successfully built our missiles. Although this has greatly boosted our confidence, it has also inevitably caused some people to be wary."

"We have captured many spies recently, but the other side has not only not restrained itself, but has intensified its efforts and sent more spies to cause sabotage."

"Considering the safety of Mr. Qian and you, I plan to have you move to the newly built aerospace compound. What do you think?"

After hearing Director Nie's words, Yang Ning was stunned for a moment.

It turns out that in history, after the successful development of Dongfeng 1, in order to protect Mr. Qian's safety, Director Nie did move him to the Aerospace Compound in 60.

But now, because we have developed better than in history, the aerospace compound has been completed two years ahead of schedule.

Yang Ning knew very well what it meant to live in an aerospace compound.

Being able to live there means that they are fully protected by Director Nie. No matter how big the storm is outside, as long as Director Nie is still there, they don't have to worry about being affected by other things.

Yang Ning had been mentally prepared for Mr. Qian to move there, but he didn't expect that he would also be lucky enough to move in.

"I will follow the organization's arrangements, but what about Mr. Guo's arrangements? Can he move in with us?"

"After all, when I invited him back to China, one of the reasons was that he could be my neighbor."

"If I stand him up now, I wonder what he will say to me in the future?" Mr. Qian said somewhat embarrassedly.

This was probably the first time he made a request to the organization after returning to China. If it were placed in the original history, his request would probably have been rejected.

But now our development environment is much more relaxed than at the same period in history, and with sufficient funding, the aviation institute should be larger than it was built in history.

After hearing Mr. Qian's request, Director Nie thought about it for a while, then said with a smile: "Okay, I will try my best to arrange it!"

After solving Mr. Qian's problem, Director Nie looked at Yang Ning and asked with a smile, "What about you?"

Yang Ning was still in a daze at this time. After hearing Director Nie's question, he hurriedly said, "I will also obey the organization's arrangements!"

In fact, it would be a good idea to move to the Aviation Compound. Not only would I not have to worry about all those messy things in the future, but it would also be much closer to Hu Yinghong's workplace and her parents.

But it is closer to my parents, which means it is also closer to the courtyard house where their family used to live.

Yang Ning always felt that his life would be much more lively after moving there.

After finishing the relocation, Director Nie looked at Yang Ning and said, "Regarding the matter of the Maple Leaf Country aircraft you mentioned, our people can only contact ordinary employees of that company at present, and the Maple Leaf Country also attaches great importance to this aircraft. This matter is not easy to handle!"

"Oh?" After hearing what Director Nie said, Mr. Qian asked curiously, "What kind of plane could make you, Yang Ning, so interested?"

Although Mr. Qian mainly studies rockets and missiles, based on our actual situation, he has always opposed our competition with the Eagle Sauce in the field of fighter jets, but this does not mean that he knows nothing about the field of aircraft.

Whether it is an airplane or a missile rocket, as long as it flies in the sky, aerodynamics are needed, and Mr. Qian is one of the people standing at the top of this field.

However, he feels that our comprehensive national strength is far behind that of superpowers like the United States, and since World War II, the speed of updating and replacement in the aircraft field has been too fast. We started late, and if we follow behind the United States, the sunk costs will be too high.

If we insist on walking on two legs in the field of missiles and aircraft, it is very likely that we will be dragged down.

Therefore, he has always advocated focusing on the research of missiles. After all, the research and production costs of missiles are much lower than those of aircraft. In addition, outdated aircraft are sitting ducks. Even if missiles are outdated, as long as they are equipped with nuclear warheads, they can pose a threat to the enemy at any time.

He had discussed this issue with Yang Ning before, and Yang Ning agreed with his point of view.

But now Yang Ning is so concerned about a fighter jet, which makes Mr. Qian curious.

"Haha~" Yang Ning laughed and then explained: "The fighter jet that Maple Leaf Country is developing is a twin-engine heavy fighter. According to their design, this fighter jet will eventually reach the standard of a twin-engine heavy fighter, and we just lack such a fighter jet to protect our airspace."

"If it was just that, it would be fine. The design of this fighter jet was originally based on missiles as its main weapon, and it also uses electronic control technology and a hands-on operation design."

"I did some simulations based on the information in these newspapers and found that these design concepts and new technologies will definitely be the future trend of aircraft development."

"We are still poor in this regard, although now we have established a strategic policy focusing on the development of rockets and missiles due to national strength issues."

"But we can't always rely on missiles. We can't just pull out nuclear missiles whenever someone provokes us."

"Also, our national strength cannot remain so weak forever. When our national strength rises, we need to consider the development of aircraft. Even if we cannot vigorously develop it now, we still need to prepare in advance for the technical accumulation."

"As for advanced fighter jets, we may not equip them on a large scale, but we cannot do without them."

After listening to Yang Ning's explanation, Mr. Qian and Director Nie were both very interested in the future development trend of aircraft that Yang Ning mentioned.

So Director Nie couldn't wait to ask: "So what do you think is the future development trend of aircraft?"

Mr. Qian also looked over curiously at this time.

Yang Ning knew too well about the development trend of future aircraft. Before traveling through time, because our J-20 and J-35 were very popular, Yang Ning specifically looked up relevant information on aircraft development on the Internet.

Although detailed data on the latest fighter jets are not available, there is still a lot of information on general technical standards and third- and fourth-generation aircraft on the Internet.

In other words, Yang Ning traveled through time a little too early. If he had traveled through time a few months later, the detailed drawings and information of the Eagle Sauce's F22 fighter, B2 strategic bomber and nuclear submarine could have been found on Xiaohongshu.

(End of this chapter)