The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 438 Revolutionary Breakthrough

"Fancy tricks?" Ma Shan asked, puzzled. "What fancy tricks? Well, you're quick-witted. Tell me how to play them to narrow the gap."

"I heard that the Americans started exploring a tactic in the 1960s called 'A fires B missiles'."

Ma Shan nodded: "That's true, but it seems there haven't been any results, and it was applied to naval warfare."

"Why are you so stubborn? Why can't something used in naval warfare be used in air warfare?" Liu Hua retorted. "If it can be launched to attack warships, why can't it be launched to attack fighter jets?"

Ma Shan shook his head: "Let me explain it to you properly, otherwise you won't understand. Our planes have no advantage over the American planes. They are not as fast as theirs, and we can't catch them at all."

"Don't we already have active phased array radar? Don't we have an advantage in this area?"

Ma Shan shook his head: "The active phased array radars that can be installed on fighter jets have relatively low power. When our aircraft can catch up with them, they can catch up with us quickly by virtue of their speed advantage. It's a close match. We're not even as fast as them. How can you shoot A and guide B?"

"That's why I said you're so stubborn." Liu Hua shook his head: "The radar on the plane can't detect him, but don't we have land-based air defense radar?"

Ma Shan felt his mind was a bit confused, so he shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, let me calm down. What's the use of land-based air defense radar catching him? Land-based air defense missiles may have a long range, but they can also escape over long distances."

"You use land-based air defense radar to track it down. Once the aircraft gets close, we'll launch a long-range air-to-air missile. We'll fire it directly outside their range, and then our aircraft will run away."

Ma Shan chuckled and said, "I told you you don't understand missiles. After firing, the aircraft needs to guide the missile. For the initial distance, without guidance, the missile won't be able to lock onto the target."

"We'll use an airborne early warning aircraft for guidance," Liu Hua said with a smile. "The radar on an airborne early warning aircraft has a wider range than the radar on a fighter jet, right?"

"This isn't A shooting B guiding."

Liu Hua shook his head: "I didn't say it was A-shot B-guided. I said A-lock B-shot C-guided. After this series of operations, wouldn't the enemy be extremely lax in their vigilance, and even before they realize what's going on, they've already been shot down?"

Ma Shan rested his chin on his hand and began to think carefully, as if it made some sense.

Liu Hua was dressed early, and he had never seen Pakistan use this tactic to attack Indian planes, but he exchanged for a complete set of J-10 technical data in preparation for when Sichuan Aircraft Industry Group couldn't handle it and he would step in.

This tactical system is included in the technical data of the J-10 fighter jet.

"Our missile technology is better than that of the Americans," Ma Shan said proudly. "Our radar technology is definitely better than theirs now, as for early warning aircraft?"

"Don't tell me our early warning aircraft is no good. I know we don't have early warning aircraft yet, but we've already developed active phased array radar, so I believe early warning aircraft will be available soon."

Ma Shan nodded: "We've also built the Y-10 transport aircraft. With the addition of active phased array radar, our early warning aircraft will be ready soon."

Liu Hua slapped his thigh: "Isn't that perfect? ​​The most urgent task now is to build an integrated combat platform, connect the data links between all the devices, and then I guarantee that no matter how advanced the American planes are, they will be beaten."

Ma Shan nodded silently: "I'll go back and make a project plan, then submit it to the leadership for review." Back in Beijing, Liu Hua continued to guide his students' research. A researcher from Taiyi New Energy had a question: "Professor, we've put so much effort into researching lithium batteries, sodium batteries, and even graphene batteries, but it seems like they have no other use besides electronic products?"

"You unlucky kids, can't you have a longer-term vision?" Liu Hua said with a smile. "In the 19th century, that is, the last century, foreigners made electric cars. However, because the energy density of batteries at that time was too poor, it was impossible to promote them on a large scale. So later, gasoline-powered vehicles emerged. With our current battery energy density, we can't make electric four-wheeled cars, but it should be more than enough to make electric two-wheeled vehicles."

"An electric two-wheeler?"

Liu Hua nodded: "Have you ever seen those bicycles that run on gasoline in the countryside, the kind with a miniature engine installed?"

Several students nodded; they came from rural areas and had indeed seen such bizarre things before.

"Since we can put miniature engines on bicycles, why don't we put batteries on motorcycles?"

So Liu Hua had Zongshen Motorcycle make several electric vehicle battery templates, and then led a team to develop a brushless DC motor.

Soon, a prototype of a two-wheeled electric vehicle was completed. After on-site testing, researchers in the field of new energy discovered that this thing could reach a speed of 30 kilometers per hour and had a range of nearly 60 kilometers.

"How about it? This little car will do."

Some people shook their heads: "Compared to motorcycles, it's still far behind. It can't compete in speed or range."

"Then its price is also much different. This thing costs at most two or three thousand yuan, while a motorcycle that is even slightly ordinary now costs six or seven thousand."

However, Liu Hua then shook his head and said, "It's really not advisable to launch this product on the market right now, because there are unfavorable factors hindering its development."

"That's right. Our country's electrical energy is not very abundant. We're worried about not having enough electricity if we use this thing."

"Gasoline is cheap now, so the cost of both is about the same. Compared to motorcycles, it pales in comparison."

"Two or three thousand yuan is a lot of money. People with that kind of money might prefer to buy a motorcycle rather than a thing that only has a range of sixty kilometers and needs to be charged every day."

However, Liu Hua still had Zongshen Motorcycle make hundreds of such vehicle bodies for them, and then in the laboratory, he developed a brushless motor, assembled hundreds of such small electric vehicles, and placed them in his factory for the researchers to ride and play with.

Zong Shen was very curious, wondering what Liu Hua wanted them to do with the hundreds of vehicle bodies they made. Could it be that Taiyi New Group was also preparing to enter the motorcycle market?

So Zongshen's boss staged a double agent act, flying over from Chongqing, ostensibly to discuss future cooperation with Liu Hua, but actually to find out Liu Hua's background.

When he saw researchers speeding around the Taiyi Heavy Machinery factory area on electric bikes that day, his jaw dropped.

What kind of technology is this? The motorcycle has no noise and no exhaust pipe. This is absolutely a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of motorcycles.

(End of this chapter)