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Chapter 118 Jiao You's Suspicion

The four of them finished lunch.

Xu Ziming put the fishing gear he had taken out that morning back into the storage room, changed his clothes, and went to the laboratory.

Xu Qingling brought out a plate of chilled Hejiang lychees that only ripen in July.

Seeing Lin Dong sitting on the sofa, looking up some information in Xu Ziming's military notebook, she peeled a lychee and handed it to Lin Dong.

"Every time you come over, you give Dad chores. Be careful, or next time he'll sit at the door with a broom and won't let you in."

"No, Xu, you're wrong."

Lin Dong opened his mouth to take the lychee, and after a while spat out a lychee pit. He explained earnestly, "It wasn't me who assigned work to Uncle Xu. It was Uncle Xu's noble patriotism that made him assign work to himself."

"real?"

Xu Qingling peeled a lychee for herself and then gave Lin Dong another one, but expressed doubt about Lin Dong's explanation.

"real."

Lin Dong affirmed.

This is not sophistry on his part, but simply the truth.

If Xu Ziming and his group lacked patriotism, they could simply ignore these matters, since these were not Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group's core business and were outside their scope of work.

The reason they bravely went to the front lines was twofold: firstly, out of love and protection for him, and secondly, because they understood the significance of these technologies to the country.

This is similar to the Changjian missile engine for the Type 055 destroyer. The project between 701 and AVIC only received an inquiry letter instead of a letter of assistance from headquarters. Wang Xingguo could have easily pushed it away.

But just because he said he'd changed the design, allowing for multi-engine firing and a range of 5800 kilometers, his enthusiasm immediately reignited...

"Then when Dad gets back, I'll tell him what you said..."

Xu Qingling nodded and said happily, "Give him a boost of energy."

"You're going against the natural order, aren't you, Xu?" Lin Dong couldn't help but laugh.

"I learned this from you."

Xu Qingling, unashamed, leaned closer to Lin Dong and asked curiously, "What information are you looking up?"

"Check the domestic industrial chain."

Lin Dong smiled and said, "Didn't we promise to strengthen the army's equipment during our last exercise? Let's take a look at the current state of the industry."

Although Qi Jingchuan and the soldier driver who brought them back thought his words last time were just a consolation, Lin Dong kept them in mind.

After all, the army is the foundation of the three services and the basis for the integration of military and civilian sectors.

If the army is weak, even if the air force and navy are strong, it's all show and no substance... Yes, America, I'm talking about you.

If the US army were stronger—it doesn't need to be particularly powerful, just half the level of its domestic forces—they wouldn't have had such a humiliating defeat against Langko.

"Can you do it?"

Xu Qingling recalled the previous exercises and training. The Red Team had clearly won, but all the soldiers looked blank and at a loss. She couldn't help but show some seriousness on her face.

"Can."

Lin Dong nodded, then shook his head: "But the battery supply chain is still insufficient, so the performance of batteries produced now won't be very good..."

Legitimate equipment isn't a self-destructing drone; it can improve battery life by sacrificing durability.

In addition to endurance, army equipment must also be durable.

This places a sharp increase in the requirements for battery performance, which is clearly unacceptable given the current state of the battery supply chain in 2012.

"Then take it slow."

Xu Qingling smiled reassuringly: "The supply chain issue cannot be resolved in a short time. Now that the country is promoting new energy policies, this aspect will definitely be addressed."

Because of her relationship with Lin Dong, she has gained a serious understanding of the concepts of technology and industry.

The technology, the miniaturization technology, Lin Dong can handle it all by himself.

Large-scale technology requires the collaboration of thousands of teams, and Lin Dong could only offer guidance and break the ice.

As for the industrial chain, this requires national policy guidance, regional planning and implementation, as well as the collaborative efforts of tens or even hundreds of thousands of employees.

This is now a matter concerning the battery supply chain, and it's clear that it's beyond what Lin Dong alone can handle.

"Perhaps my uncle could use his financial resources to work with policy to push this forward..."

Lin Dong suggested a vague direction, but after thinking about it, he had no clue and could only shake his head and write it down for the time being.

Whether in his previous life or this one, he has no experience in capital operation or industrial planning, so he can't figure this out for the time being.

Of course, he didn't need to think about that.

Next time, Lin Weiliang can just tell his brother-in-law Zhang Fangxu to mention it.

At this moment, Xu Qingling seemed to remember something, peeled a lychee for Lin Dong, and asked, "There were photos of that Lightning fighter jet from the East China Sea circulating in some groups last night... I heard from Dad that we're going to return it in the next couple of days?"

"Tomorrow morning, please."

Lin Dong accepted the lychees without hiding anything.

Wang Xingguo mentioned this matter briefly when he was in the laboratory.

The headquarters can only hold out until tomorrow morning at the latest. Any later, and the Americans might get desperate and do something drastic.

"Doesn't that mean we only have one day?"

Xu Qingling opened her eyes wide: "Can't we stay for two more days? One day is too short."

"It's been almost 40 hours; the expert team definitely won't rest."

Lin Dong shook his head: "As for staying for two more days... the Huasheng set sail immediately last night, and staying until tomorrow morning is the limit."

There's no way around it; our current military size and strength are simply too weak.

Currently, China's military strength is unmatched on land.

But once it goes to sea, it will transform from a great Eastern power into another Eastern victor, unable to withstand the enemy's swagger and provocations.

Since they can't go to sea, once a war breaks out, the battlefield will be within their own territory... In the end, they can only endure it.

Yesterday he shot down an F-35C fighter jet with the Hot Air, but this can only create a barrier along the coastline, preventing the enemy from sending a few planes across the line again.

It could not stop the enemy's maritime economic blockade, nor could it stop the enemy's large-scale offensive through a combined sea and air system.

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Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group (CAC) base.

Wang Xingguo returned from Lin Dong's place in the morning, finished handling the daily scientific research and production affairs of the aircraft, and took a rare nap at noon.

At 2:30 pm, I took the design drawings and list given to me by Lin Dong and leisurely went to the site of the Emei project.

"Engineer Wang!"

"Hello, Engineer Wang!"

The researchers from 624 and 606 greeted Wang Xingguo in a friendly manner, and Wang Xingguo responded with nods in return.

soon.

He went to Jiao You's office, knocked twice, and went in.

"Has the matter from yesterday afternoon been resolved?"

Jiao You was looking at some documents when he saw Wang Xingguo walk in and immediately perked up: "You really shot down an F-35C Lightning fighter jet?"

"The condensation cloud has been exposed. An F-35C Lightning fighter jet, escorting an E-2C Hawkeye early warning aircraft, crossed the line and came to intercept us. We might as well turn the tables and shoot down the Lightning fighter jet."

Wang Xingguo pulled out a chair and sat down, sighing with some regret: "Alas, what a pity, it got away with the Hawkeye early warning aircraft."

"...Can you stop pretending in front of me? You can't stop smiling like that."

Jiao You pointed at Wang Xingguo and couldn't help but curse, "I taught you back then, I was your teacher, how come I didn't know you were this kind of jerk?"

"When I was a graduate student at Northwestern Polytechnical University, you were a lecturer for two days before running off to work on a classified project. And now you want to be my teacher?" Wang Xingguo's eyes widened suddenly.

"Even half a day is still your time to learn from me, let alone two days."

Jiao You calmly replied, "If you keep putting on airs in front of me, I'll introduce you, Wang Xingguo, to others at the next headquarters meeting as my student when I was young."

"Even half a day makes you a teacher... Alright! You said it, old man!"

Wang Xingguo pulled out the design drawings he had brought and slapped them in front of Jiao You: "Today it's my turn to teach you. Let's see if you recognize this teacher."

"What is it?"

Jiao You's brow twitched, and he picked up the blueprints to examine them closely: "Engine testing device... These parameters... is this the engine for the Emei project?"

"The plan is flawed."

Wang Xingguo nodded and said seriously, "I have recalculated it, and I can confirm that the current plan has problems. The high-altitude dynamic thrust will be seriously insufficient."

"you……"

Jiao You stared wide-eyed at Wang Xingguo, his face full of disbelief: "The calculations showed the high-altitude dynamic thrust was substandard? And you even designed a testing device?"

"Do I have a problem?" Wang Xingguo asked calmly.

"There's a serious problem."

Jiao You frankly said, staring at Wang Xingguo's expression, "This isn't like your level."

"Then why did you 624 and 606 come to Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group? Is the food in your 624 canteen not good enough?" Wang Xingguo showed no fear and directly used offense instead of defense.

After all that has happened in the past few years, Lin Dong is now seen as a prodigy, while they are all just ordinary people.

If this monster says there's a problem with the thrust during high-altitude testing, then there's definitely a problem, without a doubt.

"You're using a bit too much swearing."

Jiao You glared, but didn't argue with Wang Xingguo. He just frowned and said, "High-altitude dynamic thrust is very complex, with the added factors of air pressure decay and intake ram air pressure. We can only estimate it now, not verify it precisely, but we've estimated it many times and there are no problems..."

"Whether there's a problem or not, you'll know once you build one and fly it once."

Wang Xingguo pointed to the blueprints: "We don't need pilots; Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group can provide unmanned combat aircraft to help."

The testing of a jet engine includes ground testing, high-altitude testing, and a flight test to verify dynamic thrust.

Ground testing is fine; you can also strap it to a test bench and power it on for testing.

High-altitude testing may seem to require high altitudes, but it can also be conducted by creating a low-temperature, low-pressure environment to simulate the high-altitude environment.

Flight testing is the only true test for an engine, as it allows you to examine its most realistic parameters. It is also the most dangerous engine test.

Because the test flight is necessary, if the engine has a defect, it could stall in mid-air at any time, causing the fighter jet to lose power.

To ensure the safety of pilots and fighter jets, twin-engine fighter jets are now generally used for testing.

One machine is equipped with a mature engine, and the other is equipped with a test engine.

This way, even if the test engine malfunctions, another engine can provide power to complete the landing.

However, this time it wasn't a test engine, but a device without independent power, used to verify engine design.

There's no need to precisely test every parameter; just take the drone for a spin to verify whether the thrust is decreasing.

"This device is very advanced. I couldn't have designed it if I hadn't seen it... I still don't quite believe your calculations, unless they weren't done by you."

Jiao You carefully reviewed the device's design drawings again, shook his head at Wang Xingguo, but said nothing. He then called in a core engineer from Institute 624.