The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 522 A Crime Deserving Execution
"Because you are not a cultural relics research institute with the relevant expertise, I am not sure whether to approve it for you. I need to hold a meeting to discuss it and apply to higher authorities at the same time."

"I understand, I understand," Ma Shan said repeatedly. "I'll also tell you that this new material is related to the latest generation of aircraft in our country. Please help me."

The last three words weighed heavily. The director sighed and nodded: "When we talk about the past and do archaeology, we actually hope that we can learn lessons from history and use them as a reference for modern development. Since history can inspire us, I absolutely agree with it."

It concerns our national defense construction. I don't know what the director said, but after waiting for three days, Ma Shan received a small box.

The box is small and made of titanium alloy. Inside is a small piece of purple pigment, about the size of a child's fingernail.

Ma Shan was overjoyed to have found such a treasure. He immediately ordered a plane from the Western Military Region to fly back to Beijing and hand over the small box to the chief engineer.

"Thank you. Actually, it was just a premonition. I don't know if it will work. I'm sorry to have to force you to ask for things."

Ma Shan shook his head: "It doesn't matter. As long as it's for national defense, I'm willing to sacrifice my life."

Although the amount of pigment was only the size of a fingernail, it was enough for scientists.

Back when we were researching lunar soil, the US presidential advisor, Carter, gave us one gram, which was enough for us to do many experiments and publish fourteen papers.

After numerous experiments, it was finally discovered that the nanoscale properties of this pigment are very effective for absorbing waves at the microscopic level.

The chief engineer smiled and said, "Sure enough, my hunch was right. Although this raw material doesn't directly help our research on invisible coatings, its structure is very inspiring, and we've made another breakthrough in our technology."

Ma Shan told Liu Hua about this. Liu Hua had only vaguely heard about it online and wasn't sure. He was surprised that it actually worked. It was a pleasant surprise.

How did you know that the pigment used was based on nano-coating technology?

Liu Hua made a very unpleasant expression, but it wasn't actually a nano-coating agent.

"It's like talking to a brick wall. The chief engineer has already said that it's not nano-coating technology, it just has nano-properties under microscopic conditions."

"Really? Does that mean you're wrong?"

Liu Hua shouted, "What's wrong? So what if I was wrong? Is there a crime punishable by death? I'm a human being, not a god. Does that mean I can't make mistakes?"

"Okay, okay, don't get so excited."

Ma Shan's arrival today is quite timely; today is a big day, the day the 155mm naval gun sets sail.

After the Wuzhiqi naval trial, outfitting will begin, and the first thing to be outfitted will be the 155mm naval gun.

Liu Hua was personally supervising the scene, while Ma Shan stood by watching the spectacle: "Wait, what is this huge thing?"

"1.55 naval gun".

"A 1.55 caliber?" Ma Shan asked curiously. "Impossible. I've seen 1.55 caliber cannons before. During an exercise, I led planes to bomb the enemy's artillery group. But back then, they used 1.52 caliber cannons, which were about the same size. Yours is obviously much larger."

"Can this land-based gun be compared to a naval gun?" Liu Hua explained, "Leaving aside other aspects, just the recoil of this gun alone, without any protection, would be enough to shake a warship to pieces." "How could that be? I've seen land-based guns fire before."

"When land-based artillery fires, the recoil is entirely transmitted to the ground. The recoil of naval guns, on the other hand, is transmitted to the warship. The reason it is so much larger is that the gun needs to be equipped with a sufficiently advanced recoil-eliminating device."

Liu Hua said with a smile: "Back in the 1990s, the Hans country had a warship that was also preparing to be equipped with a 1.55mm naval gun. However, because it could not eliminate enough recoil, if it were to actually fire a large number of shells, it might shake its own warship to pieces first. In the end, it had to give up. Now, we are the only country in the world that dares to equip its warships with 1.55mm naval guns."

"Even the Americans don't have that?"

Liu Hua nodded: "The Americans don't have them either, but if we were to have a conflict with the Americans, these naval guns wouldn't be the main force. At that point, anti-ship missiles would have to come into play."

Are our anti-ship missiles powerful enough?

Liu Hua nodded: "Of course it's powerful. The brand-new anti-ship missile is equipped with our latest all-nitrogen anionic salt explosive, and its range is as high as 1,000 kilometers. When combined with our advanced anti-ship radar, it can conduct beyond-visual-range combat."

"We also have beyond-visual-range combat in air battles, which means we shoot down the enemy before they even see us."

Liu Hua laughed and said, "That's right, naval warfare can be played like this too. In the future world, airplanes and warships will become the carriers of weapons. The real weapons will be radar and missiles. Radar can detect targets thousands of kilometers away, and through the cooperation of early warning aircraft, radar and satellites, the enemy can be hit."

"So, according to you, it doesn't matter whether airplanes and warships are advanced or not?"

"It's not that it doesn't matter, it's just that it's no longer a decisive factor."

Ma Shan shook his head: "If he thinks like you, why would you need to install naval guns? Just fill the entire warship with missiles."

“That’s what I think too, but not every opponent is worth a missile,” Liu Hua asked with a smile. “If your opponent is one of those three- to five-hundred-ton patrol boats from the Philippines, would you also get a missile?”

“Then forget it.” Ma Shan shook his head: “I feel that using a 1.55mm naval gun to shoot them is already giving them too much credit. Do you have anything smaller? A few tens of millimeters would be respectful enough for them.”

Liu Hua smiled but remained silent.

At this moment, another piece of equipment came into Ma Shan's view. He pointed at it and asked, "What is this thing? It looks like a Gatling gun."

"10,000-round close-in weapon system".

"Close-in weapon system, what does it fire at?"

"Generally speaking, aircraft and missiles will be targeted by anti-aircraft missiles at a distance, but once they break into the entrance of a warship, they are taken over by this close-in weapon system with 10,000 rounds."

“I understand,” Ma Shanqiang said. “We have the Type 730 close-in weapon system now. This is an enhanced version of the Type 730, right?”

"You could say that, the 730 has a rate of fire of 4200 rounds per minute," Liu Hua said proudly. "But my design is for a rate of 14,000 rounds per minute."

Ma Shan swallowed hard: "Fourteen thousand shots per minute, that's more than three times the speed. How can anything survive a barrage of over ten thousand shots at such close range?"

(End of this chapter)