I started with a ship full of max-level veterans, and I'm just a complete noob.

As soon as he finished speaking, the solid wood desk, lamp, and cabin wall in front of him instantly twisted and deformed. A strong sense of weightlessness suddenly enveloped him, as if his soul had been ripped from his body and swept into a huge vortex.

When Jiang Ming opened his eyes again, the scenery around him had completely changed.

The air was filled with the pungent smell of pine, engine oil, and burnt metal.

The dim, yellowish tungsten filament bulbs swayed overhead, surrounded by copper coils, oddly shaped glass tubes, and various bulky-looking, old-fashioned testing instruments.

"Where is this?"

Jiang Ming swallowed hard and nervously looked around.

"My laboratory."

A deep voice with a heavy nasal tone suddenly rang out behind Jiang Ming.

Jiang Ming was so startled that he shuddered and turned around abruptly.

He saw an elderly European man with a thick beard, wearing dusty coarse work clothes, standing in front of a wooden table covered with blueprints, looking at him.

The old man's body appeared as a semi-transparent, illusory image, with a faint glow at the edges, like a holographic projection in an old movie.

【Ding! 】

[Spiritual connection successful!]

[Current conversation partner: Pioneers of early vacuum tube and radar physics]

[Countdown: 14 minutes and 59 seconds]

In the upper right corner of my retina, a string of blood-red countdown numbers suddenly appeared and began to jump relentlessly and frantically.

Jiang Ming's scalp instantly tingled. (°Д°)

Only fifteen minutes!

Not a single second can be wasted!

"Pioneer predecessors!"

Jiang Ming lunged at the wooden table, speaking so fast it sounded like he was reciting a mantra.

"My time is very limited. I would like to ask about the bottlenecks in the manufacturing of high-frequency vacuum tubes, especially the cathode coating process and the derivation formulas for early radar bands!"

The old man was clearly taken aback.

His deep eyes scanned Jiang Ming up and down, clearly not expecting that this young man from the East, who had suddenly barged into his mental world, would speak such a simple and blunt first sentence.

"Young people, science is not fast food, much less a commodity that can be taken at will."

The old man spoke in a strange language, but in Jiang Ming's mind, it automatically translated into standard Chinese.

"The cathode coating of high-frequency electron tubes requires consideration of the complex coupling relationship between thermionic emission efficiency and vacuum level. You don't even understand the basics..."

The old man began to explain slowly and methodically, starting with the most basic physical phenomena.

"Oh my dear grandfather!"

Jiang Ming was so anxious he was jumping up and down, frantically grabbing at the air with both hands. (Ｔ▽Ｔ)

"At this rate, by the time you finish speaking, the daylily will be cold! There are only thirteen minutes left on the countdown!"

Jiang Ming knew that he couldn't remember much just by talking.

Moreover, this pioneer clearly felt that he was an overambitious young man and was prepared to give him a basic physics lesson from scratch.

We must use drastic measures to subdue him!

"Senior, I don't have time to listen to the basic theory!"

Jiang Ming slammed his hands heavily on the table, staring intently at the old man's illusory figure.

"I have conceived of a microwave radar system based on the centimeter-wave band, using a multi-cavity magnetron to generate high-frequency oscillations, directly breaking through the accuracy limits of your current meter-wave radar!"

The moment those words were spoken, the air in the entire laboratory seemed to freeze.

The old man's previously leisurely expression vanished instantly, replaced by shock and disbelief.

He suddenly moved closer to Jiang Ming, his translucent beard trembling violently.

"What did you say? Centimeter waveband? Multi-cavity magnetron?"

The old man's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

"That's impossible! Current technology simply can't solve the electron transit time effect at high frequencies, how could you possibly..."

"Because I know the future!"

Jiang Ming interrupted him without any politeness. (✧◡✧)

"Senior, your theory is absolutely correct, but you didn't live to see it truly come to fruition."

"Now, I need the most original experimental data in your head regarding cathode coating and vacuum pumping."

"Give it to me, and I can make your hard work a reality on that land in the East ahead of schedule!"

The old man stared intently at Jiang Ming.

In those deep eyes, shock flashed first, then doubt, and finally transformed into a fervent fire of science.

"What an arrogant but charming young man."

The old man suddenly laughed and raised his translucent right hand.

"Since time is short and verbal communication is too inefficient, accept the culmination of my life's work!"

The old man pointed to the thick stack of manuscripts on the table.

hum!

A blinding white light burst forth from the old man's fingertips.

The formulas, drawings, and dense data on that stack of manuscripts instantly transformed into countless glowing golden characters, rising into the sky like a violent tornado, and drilling straight into Jiang Ming's brow!

Holy crap!

Jiang Ming screamed in agony, feeling as if a high-explosive bomb had been shoved into his brain.

The intense throbbing pain caused him to instantly kneel down on the oil-stained floor.

It's enormous!

Temperature control in a multi-stage vacuum tube pumping process.

Optimal mixing ratios and sintering time for barium oxide coating.

Original design diagram and wiring logic of high-frequency oscillation circuit.

These top-tier core technologies, which were considered top secret at the beginning of the 20th century, were as if they had been forcibly poured into the depths of his subconscious through a funnel.

Every piece of data was like a red-hot branding iron, deeply imprinted on his mental circuits.

Jiang Ming gritted his teeth, clutched his head with both hands, and was drenched in cold sweat. (╬◣д◢)

Hang in there!

We must hold on!

This is the lifeline for China's communications and air defense for the next few decades!

With these, the cellular network he and Qian Lao talked about would no longer be a castle in the air, but a real national treasure that could be built!

Time ticked by, and the countdown in the upper right corner turned blood red.

【00:01:30】

The indoctrination is finally coming to an end.

The old man's phantom became exceptionally dim, as if it would vanish completely with a gust of wind.

"young people."

The old man's voice grew weak, tinged with regret.

"The last parameter is about the anode segmentation ratio of the radar magnetron."

"I was unable to complete my final experiment before I died, and I hope you can turn it into reality so that the light of science can illuminate this world."

A complex series of numbers and partial differential equations were deeply imprinted in Jiang Ming's mind.

【00:00:03】

【00:00:02】

【00:00:01】

"Thank you, senior!"

Jiang Ming, covered in sweat, raised his head from the ground and roared at the top of his lungs.

boom!

The entire old laboratory instantly shattered, turning into countless spots of light that dissipated into the darkness.

"call!"

Jiang Ming suddenly opened his eyes in the chair in room 108, gasping for breath.

He looked as if he had been pulled out of the water; his old suit was soaked in cold sweat and clung tightly to his back.

My heart was pounding wildly in my chest, as if it were about to shatter my ribs.

But he couldn't afford to rest at all.

"My pen! My pen!"

Jiang Ming frantically rummaged around on the table like a madman, grabbed the Hero brand fountain pen that Chen Zhiyuan had lent him, and abruptly flipped open the kraft paper notebook.

A bad pen is worse than a good memory!

Although the knowledge imparted by the Tongtian Record was engraved in his mind, if he didn't solidify it quickly, he was afraid that his mediocre brain would be completely forgotten after a good night's sleep!

Shh! Shh!

In the quiet cabin, the only sound was the frantic scraping of a pen tip on rough paper.

Jiang Ming's eyes were bloodshot, and his wrists were trembling violently from excessive force.

A drop of sweat fell from his forehead onto the paper, blurring the ink, but he didn't care at all.

A series of complex derivation formulas.

Each and every precise process parameter.

Simple yet crucial circuit diagrams.

He was completely immersed in a state of high excitement. (≧▽≦)

Cool!

This is the correct way to cheat!

What is meant by "dimensional reduction attack"?

This is a classic example of dimensional reduction attack!

Xu Chongwen is nothing compared to those Ivy League graduates!

What I hold in my hand now is the cutting-edge hardware manufacturing blueprint of the entire era!

Jiang Ming wrote for more than half an hour, and his fingers were almost cramping. The pen tip even tore the kraft paper in several places.

He finally wrote down the last core parameter for the magnetron anode splitting.

pat.

The pen slipped from his stiff fingers and fell onto the table.

Jiang Ming slumped into his chair, staring at the dozen or so pages of densely written paper in front of him, his mouth stretching uncontrollably to the roots of his ears.

With these things, as long as he can find the most basic processing equipment after returning to China, he can gradually handcraft early radar and communication equipment!

The radio technology of the new China will at least save ten years of detours!

Just as Jiang Ming carefully closed the notebook, preparing to hide it close to his body...

"Waaah—"

A long and loud whistle suddenly pierced the morning sea breeze and boomed over the President Cleveland.

Immediately afterwards, a series of hurried and chaotic footsteps echoed down the corridor.

Someone outside was so excited that their voice cracked as they frantically pounded on the hatch and shouted.

"Brother Jiang! Come out quickly! Wake up!"

Chen Zhiyuan's voice echoed in the corridor, filled with barely suppressed ecstasy and sobs.

"I see it! I can see the coastline!"