The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 263 Take a step to speak

Even the 60* Institute far away in Liangxi allocated more than a dozen technicians for Liu Hua to dispatch. However, they did not enter Huaqing University, but went directly to the Air Force Station.

The new passive phased array radar is assembled directly at the air force station, and the technical personnel of the radar station are also involved, which is regarded as pre-job training.

Ma Shan set up a camp bed in a room next to the workshop, and lived there for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. He worked on the new radar 24 hours a day.

Especially when he heard that this was a passive phased array radar, his eyes lit up. Radar without phased array came onto the historical stage in the 1960s, made rapid progress in the 1970s, and became mainstream equipment in the 1980s.

Unfortunately, it was born at the wrong time. By the 1990s, the active phased array radar technology had matured, but not many years later, it was swept into the dustbin of history.

Our country initially introduced passive phased array radars from foreign countries. Before they were equipped on a large scale, progress was made in the research of active phased array radars. After that, our radar technology became unrivaled in the world.

Watching the radar being built bit by bit, Ma Shan became more and more excited. Sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night and quietly lean against the window of the workshop to look at the semi-finished products inside. The more he looked, the more excited he became.

Fortunately, after the Chinese New Year, in the first month of the lunar year, the radar was finally completed, and Liu Hua was able to go home to celebrate the New Year. The radar soldiers just had a reunion dinner with everyone on the night of the 30th and then continued to work.

The comrades from the 60* Institute spent the New Year's Eve in the guesthouse. Suoran Mashan prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner for them, but every festive occasion made them miss their families even more.

When the experiment was started, Ma Shan stood nearby, trembling with excitement. Looking at the radar screen, the targets within a thousand kilometers were clearly visible.

"Successful?" Ma Shan asked in disbelief, "Our passive phased array radar has succeeded just now. Isn't that a bit too hasty?"

A director of the 60* Institute said with a smile: "Why, you want to fail a few more times and then slowly improve? I don't care, as long as your Air Force can come up with that much funding."

"No need, success once is good enough." Ma Shan touched his chin and said, "It went too smoothly. It was so smooth that it didn't seem real. When we want to do something, it has never been so smooth."

"Although I have never worked with Professor Liu before, I heard from the young people in our institute that Professor Liu has this style."

Ma Shan rubbed his hands and said: "This style is good, it saves money. Our budget is not much to begin with. I was planning to squeeze in a little more money this year, but now I can save money."

"You have a nice idea, but it can't be saved." Liu Hua, standing nearby, interrupted and said, "Now it's a land-based passive phased array radar. Do you still want an airborne passive phased array radar?"

Ma Yushan blurted out: "Of course I want it."

"So, how to miniaturize it is also a problem. Doesn't it require funding?"

The director of the 60* institute next to him smiled and said, "Professor Liu, can we discuss something?"

"what's up?"

"Take a step to speak."

The two came to a corner, and the director said a little embarrassedly: "Professor Liu, can we give this airborne passive phased array radar to our institute? You have done everything, but we have no achievements. It will be difficult to apply for funding in the future. With your land-based version of the passive phased array radar, we are confident that we can come up with an airborne version and leave a way out for our institute. Everyone here depends on funding from above to fill their stomachs." Liu Hua looked at Ma Shan next to him, frowned, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, if you have any difficulties, you can call me. I am willing to be your technical support."

"That's great." The director almost jumped up and shook Liu Hua's hand: "Thank you, thank you very much, you are a great benefactor to our institute."

"Don't say that. There's an old saying that goes, 'A single thread cannot make a line, a single tree cannot make a forest.' I alone am useful, but I cannot support the entire national defense construction."

“We will not let you down.”

Liu Hua nodded: "If we can squeeze out some funds, we can do some preliminary research on active phased array radar. I think passive phased array radar is just a transitional product and it won't last long. Now the aircraft researched by the US are developing towards stealth, and passive phased array radar is not good enough to counter stealth."

"Thank you."

The director felt extremely lucky. As the saying goes, true knowledge can be transmitted by one sentence while false knowledge can surpass ten thousand books. One word of advice from an knowledgeable person can equal several years of useless work.

"What are you guys talking about? You're so secretive." Ma Shan shouted, "Can you talk to me and keep it a secret from me?"

Liu Hua smiled and said, "We are dividing the cake. I have already decided that the airborne passive phased array radar will be made by the 60* Institute. I will not interfere."

"Why?" Ma Shan didn't understand. "I think it would be easier if you did it."

"National defense construction cannot rely on me alone. We need to let a hundred flowers bloom." Liu Hua sighed, "If we want to let a hundred flowers bloom, we have to let them maintain their research capabilities. If I do everything by myself, how can they maintain their research?"

Ma Shan nodded: "That makes sense, but we urgently need this radar now. When can they get it out?"

"Don't worry, I promised to provide them with technical support."

Ma Shan clapped his hands and said, "That's good. This passive phased array radar is really good. It's much better than the mechanical scanning radar we used to have."

Ma Shan was so happy that he suddenly slapped his head and said, "I forgot. Hurry up and inform the higher-ups. We are still negotiating with the big bear. We want to introduce passive phased array radar. Now we have it. We don't need to spend this money in vain."

Our delegation is currently negotiating with the representatives of the big bear in its capital. We must get a bargain, and the big bear will rip off as many people as possible.

The negotiations have reached a deadlock. Just at this time, we received a notice from home that we already have the finished product. There is no need to waste time talking and we can just go home quickly.

The guy from Big Hairy Bear was totally confused. The talks were going pretty well and the deal was about to be done. Although the other party thought it was too expensive, Big Hairy Bear was the only one willing to sell it to him, so he had to buy it even if he had to hold his nose.

Who would have thought that the next day, the flower-growing delegation directly sent a notice stating that the negotiations had broken down because the two sides could not reach an agreement on the price, and the delegation had already returned home.

The chief negotiator of the big bear was stunned for a long time, then patted his head and said, "I told the people above, don't ask for too much, don't ask for too much. The flower growers are not very wealthy yet. If you ask for so much money, they can't afford it, so what's the point of buying it?"

(End of this chapter)