The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 461 Touching him until he was bald

"I know, but I'm a little hesitant to get involved with military-grade chips," Liu Hua said with a smile. "There are some things you can leave to me, but there are some things I can't ask about on my own initiative."

"Let me mention this for you," Ma Shan said after a moment's thought. "We urgently need domestically produced chips right now. If you can actually mass-produce qualified chips here, it would be fantastic news for us."

"Can't those factories in 798 produce it?"

“Military chips have low profit margins, so the factories in 798 can only make civilian chips to subsidize their production. But now they can’t withstand the massive influx of foreign chips, and their production has shrunk.” Ma Shan sighed and said, “Some people have already suggested that we shut down these factories. We can import chips, so there’s no need to waste money on these half-dead factories.”

"What kind of bullshit logic is this? What kind of bullshit reasoning is this?" Liu Hua asked, puzzled. "Supporting our own chip industry is considered a waste of money, but isn't importing chips also a waste of money, and it makes us subject to others?"

"That doesn't make sense. Isn't there a popular term called globalization these days? It's like globalization means putting away weapons and letting horses graze freely."

Liu Hua curled his lip and said with great disdain, "I don't care about anything else. In my own little corner, I will absolutely not allow these compradors to interfere. It's best if I don't keep it a secret and don't let these compradors know that I have new technology and new equipment."

"Don't worry about that," Ma Shan nodded and said, "Although I don't know what you're thinking, you are Academician Liu. Since you say it's a new technology and equipment, it must be better than foreign ones. When I raise this issue with my superiors, I will definitely ask for it to be kept secret."

Liu Hua didn't want to say much more about this topic, so he changed the subject: "How's the new plane?"

"We've already equipped twelve of them," Ma Shan said with a smile. "They're all flown by ace pilots, with experienced pilots mentoring new ones. We expect to have twenty-four by the end of this year."

"How's the result? Can it hold its own against the US in the South China Sea?"

“We are no match for his F-16.” Ma Shan said happily, “Whether it’s range, speed or range, we are superior to the F-16. The only shortcoming is that our medium-range air-to-air missiles are not as good as the American ones, but it’s not a big problem.”

"Didn't the Americans propose a dual-pulse engine in the 70s?" Liu Hua said with a smile. "I feel that if we want to make a breakthrough in our medium-range air-to-air missiles in the future, it lies in this dual-pulse engine."

"You think this has potential?"

Liu Hua nodded, but Ma Shan shook his head: "According to our intelligence, although the Americans have been validating the dual-pulse engine, it has many problems and cannot be put into practical use."

“That’s the big American, and us…” Liu Hua smiled. “For the next twenty or thirty years, this is how the world will be structured: the big American will be responsible for proposing the visions, and we will be responsible for making them a reality. We’ll be learning by doing, and when we’ve figured them out completely, we’ll be stronger than them.”

"One guest can serve two hosts. Since you've suggested that the dual-pulse engine has potential, why don't you give it a try?" Ma Shan said, seizing the opportunity. "Anyway, I feel that you have a real talent for engines. We can find all sorts of problems with our current J-10, but we can't find any problems with its engine."

Although Liu Hua was very willing to do the research, he felt really bad about digging his own grave.

After sending Ma Shan away, Liu Hua felt it was time to start a new fighter jet engine project. In a few years, the American F-22 would be in service, while we were twelve years behind them and it was only then that we had a new fifth-generation fighter jet.

This time, we absolutely cannot afford to fall behind for such a long time. The only thing that Liu Hua regrets is that this time, the General might not be able to persuade the Americans to dismantle the F-22 production line.

Liu Hua went home to exchange for the technology. The amount of information in the new technology was just too much. If he hadn't gone home and had stayed in the office, he was afraid he would have scared someone.

This time, he didn't just exchange for new fighter jet engines, but also aircraft engines like the WZ-8 reconnaissance aircraft, and even a propeller detonation engine. After spending several days distilling the key technologies into a booklet, Liu Hua arrived in Dijun.

Currently, Dijun has only one or two hundred administrative and management personnel, over a thousand front-line technicians, and nearly eight hundred research personnel.

There's no way around it, because Dijun makes so much money; supporting so many people is a piece of cake.

Putting aside how valuable the aircraft engine was, just look at that light infantry fighting vehicle we developed a few years ago, which was later used as police equipment.

Two years ago, I even went abroad to participate in a police equipment exhibition, and it was immediately bought up by foreigners.

Foreigners may have more reservations when buying military equipment because it requires systematic operations, but there are fewer restrictions when it comes to police equipment.

In order to sell it abroad, Liu Hua integrated the functions, combining command and combat into one, making it convenient, flexible, and with rapid firepower.

Even the New York police have bought dozens of these vehicles to equip their SWAT teams. You can often see these SWAT teams driving their armored vehicles recklessly on the front lines of counterterrorism online.

Sometimes, Liu Hua could even see his infantry fighting vehicle appearing in the news during battles in some small countries in southern Africa.

Police equipment is much cheaper than military equipment, so middlemen buy it and then resell it to southern Africa at a higher price.

If AKs and RPGs can reign supreme on the African battlefield where heavy weapons are scarce, then this police infantry fighting vehicle is practically a god-like existence.

In particular, to cope with the turbulent situation abroad, Liu Hua's team added anti-rocket armor. One or two RPGs hitting it are just a tickle, and the infantry fighting vehicle is completely unharmed.

It's worth noting that when these infantry fighting vehicles are sold abroad, the price increases by at least five times, yet foreigners still consider them very cheap.

Dijun Company's orders for this infantry fighting vehicle alone are already booked for two years from now.

A meeting was convened with all researchers. The company has a small auditorium, but it couldn't accommodate 800 people. So, only some of the top performers and project team leaders were brought together.

"This time we have a big project—the engine for our next fighter jet," Liu Hua said with a smile. "Yesterday, the head of the Air Force told me that while we can find fault with other parts of our new fighter jet, we absolutely cannot find fault with its engine. So I hope everyone will continue their efforts in this new project and create the most perfect product once again."

After speaking, Liu Hua distributed the technical guidance manual, and everyone carefully read through it. Once they identified those who were interested, they would pair up and study it together.

"Boss, isn't this an airplane engine?"

The other party was looking at the engine data of the WZ-8, which uses a liquid rocket engine, hence their question.

(End of this chapter)