Chapter 134: New Equipment's Overwhelming Advantage
Chapter 134: New Equipment's Overwhelming Advantage
Qian Dake said in disbelief: "Comrade Haoran, you, you designed an artillery reconnaissance radar?"
Guo Weiyang was also surprised and asked: "Is this really an artillery reconnaissance radar?"
Wang Haoran just spread the design drawings on the floor to dry, but he didn't expect to be seen by two people.
He smiled and said, "This is indeed the artillery position reconnaissance radar I designed."
"I just did it simply according to my imagination, and I still need more guidance from Teacher Qian."
Qian Dake has now finished looking through all the design drawings.
He said with emotion: "This is not just a simple thing!"
"I have a feeling that this design should definitely work!"
"Haoran, please introduce your own design ideas."
Guo Weiyang said enthusiastically: "Yes! Tell me about it."
Guo Weiyang was also very excited.
Because the artillery reconnaissance radar is really important.
If a country can possess artillery reconnaissance radar in a short period of time, it can greatly enhance its combat capability!
After all, on the battlefield, as long as you can find the enemy's artillery position, you can basically destroy it!
Wang Haoran began to tell the two people about the artillery reconnaissance radar he had developed.
He explained in great detail, spelling out the technical difficulties of each component.
He spoke for more than half an hour before he finished.
At this time, the sky outside the window had already become dark.
After listening to Wang Haoran's explanation, Guo Weiyang's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Comrade Haoran, this radar is well designed!"
"Hurry up and perfect the drawings, and produce the samples to give them a try!"
"We really need such a radar now."
Qian Dake smiled and said, "I also breathed a sigh of relief! Haha!"
"If I were to work on this project, I would probably not be able to finish it in two or three years."
"Comrade Haoran actually designed it in such a short time."
"I also think we should hurry up and produce a sample to test it and see if it works."
After all, this is just a design on paper.
I don’t know the details yet.
Originally, this project was Qian Dake's, but now it was suddenly solved by Wang Haoran. Qian Dake did feel a little uncomfortable.
But he soon felt relieved: everything is for the national interest! Artillery reconnaissance radar is very important and needs to be produced as soon as possible! If he can't get it done in a short time, then if others do it, he should be happy about it.
Qian Dake is a broad-minded person.
Otherwise, he would not have been willing to carry the sedan chair for the young Wang Haoran.
Guo Weiyang waved his hand and said, "Then let's hurry up. I'll go back and coordinate with the relevant units to cooperate and work overtime during the New Year."
Wang Haoran's design involves vehicles, microelectronics, communications and other units.
It would take at least seven or eight factories working together to produce it properly.
However, Longguo's ability to mobilize resources has always been quite strong, so there is no problem in getting it done in a short period of time.
Wang Haoran glanced at Qian Dake and said, "Teacher Qian, I made this design based on some of your ideas. So..."
Before Wang Haoran finished speaking, Qian Dake smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Don't say that, Haoran. This radar is your work! I dare not steal your credit!"
Wang Haoran said: "Teacher Qian, the project is yours. I was just a participant."
Qian Dake said with a smile: "I can cancel that project right away."
"Haoran, don't push me over this. You've helped me a lot by developing the artillery detection radar so quickly."
"Because it is obvious that I cannot produce results so quickly as required by the country. National affairs cannot be delayed."
Guo Weiyang said, "How about this? Teacher Qian's topic can be changed. The host can be changed to Wang Haoran, and Teacher Qian can be the deputy host. Isn't that good enough?"
"We will definitely need Mr. Qian to supervise us when we make samples later."
Qian Dake hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
This Spring Festival is destined to be a busy one for Wang Haoran.
He had to oversee the manufacturing of artillery reconnaissance radar samples and also deal with various Spring Festival activities.
To the extent that, during the Spring Festival, he was called away halfway through his New Year’s Eve dinner.
Because there is a technical difficulty with the artillery reconnaissance radar sample.
In fact, the biggest difficulty of this domestic artillery reconnaissance radar is the manufacturing of the data processing system.
This thing requires advanced chips and a display.
The most important thing is to write a program.
All these tasks need to be done by Wang Haoran himself.
So quickly, the Spring Festival of 1979 passed.
In the blink of an eye, it was early February 1979.
After six or seven days of hard work, a gun position reconnaissance radar was finally built.
More than ten factories and more than one hundred technicians participated in the construction of this artillery reconnaissance radar.
Qian Dake is always on duty in various factories almost every day.
Therefore, this radar was able to be produced so quickly, all thanks to everyone’s selfless dedication!
After the radar is built, it naturally needs to be tested.
The test was conducted at an artillery training ground on the outskirts of Beijing.
It is mountainous here and the terrain is complex.
The test was little more than a small exercise.
One side of the exercise has five 5mm howitzers.
On the other side were two tanks and an artillery reconnaissance radar.
The two sides are about 10 kilometers apart.
How the two sides arrange their positions is a secret to each other.
The party with five 5mm howitzers can also search for the other party's location by sending scouts for close reconnaissance.
……
Wang Meng was the commander of the 152mm howitzer unit.
He had a total of 50 soldiers under his command, including gunners and 10 scouts.
After the exercise began, Wang Meng held a meeting with his subordinates.
Wang Meng said: "Comrades, we must find the location of the enemy tanks as soon as possible. As long as we can find the enemy tanks, we can completely destroy them in the shortest time!"
"Now, all the investigators, move quickly. Two people will seize the high ground and use binoculars to conduct reconnaissance from a high position... The remaining eight people will move forward and conduct a carpet search!"
"We must find each other as quickly as possible!"
"It is said that the other side has a new device that can automatically scan and detect our artillery positions after it is turned on. Whether this thing is useful or not depends on our performance in the exercise."
After Wang Meng mobilized, he immediately ordered the artillery to be ready to fire at any time.
Then, investigators were dispatched.
Wang Meng himself was also on a commanding height, looking into the distance with a pair of binoculars.
At this time, it was already dusk.
The light is a little dim.
However, as soon as the tank starts moving, it will be discovered immediately.
Wang Meng opened his eyes wide and searched the distance carefully with a telescope.
The opponent's tank should be in the dense jungle.
Now there is not a single glimpse of it.
Wang Meng thought, it seems that he still has to rely on the investigators' close-range investigation.
He continued to observe through the telescope and waited quietly for news from the scouts ahead.
As long as the direction and azimuth coordinates of the target are known, the artillery can be immediately commanded to launch a round of covering salvos.
Just one round of covering salvos is enough to basically destroy the enemy.
Then, he will be the winner of this exercise.
Wang Meng really didn't believe that there was any equipment that could directly lock the position of one's own artillery.
……
On the other side of the exercise, Wang Haoran was sitting in the operating room of the artillery reconnaissance radar.
Sitting next to him were Guo Weiyang and Qian Dake.
The exercise begins.
Wang Haoran turned on the radar switch.
The radar started working.
Then, Wang Haoran said to Guo Weiyang: "Leader, you can order one of our tanks to fire a few blank rounds aimlessly."
Firing first is actually attracting the other side to fire back.
Once the enemy retaliates, the artillery reconnaissance radar can calculate the location of the enemy's artillery by measuring the flight status of the artillery shells.
Guo Weiyang was stunned for a moment: "Ah?!"
"Wouldn't it be easy to expose the position of our own tanks?"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Tanks can maneuver quickly."
"It may not be easy for him to lock us down."
"As soon as they open fire, their gun positions will be exposed! Our radar can quickly and accurately lock onto the enemy's gun positions. At this time, we can just use tanks to aim, lock onto them, and fire to destroy them."
Guo Weiyang nodded and said, "Okay! I understand."
Guo Weiyang immediately ordered the forward tanks to open fire.
The tank crew received the order and immediately opened fire forward.
Of course, this firing was blind firing.
The tanks did not know the location of the enemy's artillery.
Coincidentally, these shots fell about 300 meters away from a cannon deployed by Wang Meng.
However, since it is a blank bullet, it will not cause any damage.
Almost at the same time as the tank opened fire, Wang Meng observed the location of the enemy tank.
He immediately determined the location of the tank based on his experience.
Wang Meng gave the order decisively.
Five 152mm guns are required to cover the area where the tanks are located.
It also takes a while to aim the howitzer.
But Wang Meng firmly believed that as long as the area where the tank was located was covered, it could be "destroyed" with two rounds of salvos.
However, while Wang Meng was commanding the artillery to fire, the tank had already moved forward quickly and reached a blind spot on the reverse slope.
Wang Meng arranged the artillery strike strategy in less than a minute.
Five howitzers began firing.
The shells drew streaks of fire in the air.
In a very short time, the large area where the tank had just been firing was covered.
Of course, it was just blank bullets covering the area. It looked powerful, but the lethality was not that great.
If this tank was not in the blind spot of the artillery fire, it would definitely be seriously damaged or even destroyed.
Wang Haoran was staring at the display screen of the artillery detection radar. As soon as the enemy fired, the radar immediately detected the enemy's artillery position.
The error should be about ten meters.
If a tank shell falls more than 10 meters away from the artillery, it may not destroy the artillery, but it can kill the enemy's artillery.
After the tanks' rapid-fire coverage, it is relatively easy to destroy the enemy's artillery positions.
"Alright! The exact coordinates of the enemy's five artillery pieces are almost out."
"Notify our tanks immediately to launch a lock-on counterattack."
Wang Haoran said.
The positions of the five artillery pieces are already displayed on the screen.
These five artillery pieces are quite far apart from each other, generally more than 5 meters away.
Guo Weiyang was surprised and happy!
He didn't expect that this equipment would be so effective.
"Then I will immediately inform our tank gunner via the walkie-talkie."
Guo Weiyang immediately informed the people in the tank through the walkie-talkie about the location of the enemy's five artillery pieces.
The soldiers in the tank also reacted very quickly.
After adjusting the muzzle, start shooting immediately without hesitation.
They use a curved projectile shooting method.
The two tanks fired at the same coordinates.
After finishing one coordinate, start another one immediately.
At this time, Wang Meng was communicating with the exercise monitoring party via walkie-talkie.
After two volleys, he ordered the firing to stop.
Wang Meng thought, our side has a 152mm howitzer, which has amazing destructive power. After two rounds of salvos, one of the enemy's tanks should have been destroyed, right?
Wang Meng communicated with the exercise monitoring party through a walkie-talkie and asked the other party whether his side had destroyed a tank.
The exercise monitoring party said that this was not the case, because the enemy was hiding on the reverse slope, and Wang Meng's covering fire did not damage the tank.
Wang Meng felt a little regretful about this.
He was just about to contact the scouts he had sent out when suddenly he saw two tank shells whizzing towards him.
Wang Meng quickly bent down.
He saw that two shells landed accurately next to one of their own 152mm howitzers and then exploded.
The explosion would have covered the gun, destroying it and killing or seriously injuring all the gunners.
Wang Meng was a little confused.
The voice of the exercise monitor came from the walkie-talkie: "The blue side's 152mm howitzer was destroyed and all the gunners were killed!"
Wang Meng cursed: "Fuck it!"
"How come the opponent is so accurate?"
The exercise monitor said: "Because the other side has a mysterious weapon!"
As he spoke, Wang Meng saw his own artillery positions being accurately covered one after another.
He wanted to move the artillery.
However, the 152mm howitzer was too heavy, and it was impossible to move it in a short time.
Therefore, Wang Meng could only watch as the artillery positions on his side were destroyed one by one.
In just a few minutes, his entire artillery position was destroyed.
Wang Meng had never encountered anything like this before.
He shook his head in annoyance and heard the exercise monitor announce the result of the game on the walkie-talkie: "Exercise result: the blue team was completely eliminated, and the red team won!"
At this time, only more than ten minutes had passed since the exercise began.
On Wang Haoran's side, they also heard the results announced by the exercise monitoring personnel.
Guo Weiyang also found it a little unconvincing to the final result.
"No way? This is too miserable for the other party, isn't it? Everything is over in just a few minutes?"
Qian Dake said with a smile: "This is the power of the artillery reconnaissance radar."
"As soon as the enemy opens fire, the precise location of the artillery position can be immediately pinpointed."
"As long as the gun position is locked, it will be destroyed in a matter of minutes, right?"
Guo Weiyang nodded and said, "This is really a good thing!"
"This is like having an asymmetric battlefield eye! We no longer have to let scouts risk their lives to find the enemy's artillery positions."
After a while, Wang Meng also came over.
He came here specifically to see the artillery reconnaissance radar.
"Ha! Is this the thing that discovered our artillery position?"
Wang Meng looked at the artillery reconnaissance radar vehicle in front of him with a look of surprise.
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "That's right, Comrade Wang Meng."
"With this, your artillery will be even more powerful in the future!"
Wang Meng thought so and smiled: "Hey! That's true! Thank you, Comrade Haoran."
"Can I see how it works?"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Of course."
"In fact, its working principle is very simple: it mainly uses radio waves to analyze the flight trajectory of the artillery shells, and then accurately calculates the coordinates of the enemy's artillery."
Wang Meng saw the big monitor in the operating room. He scratched his head and asked, "What is this TV used for?"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "This is not a TV, this is a monitor, used to display the coordinates of the detected artillery positions!"
Wang Meng was amazed: "Oh! This is too magical."
"This time, our loss was really not unfair!"
……
After testing, the artillery reconnaissance radar has amazing results.
The military was very satisfied with this and immediately asked the relevant parties to speed up the production of at least ten units.
The news reached the chief designer, and he was also very happy.
Of course he knew that the artillery reconnaissance radar equipment would be of great use on the battlefield after it was produced domestically.
The chief designer immediately called Wang Haoran over and praised him again.
"Comrade Haoran, your invention is extremely important to our army."
"It can even change the outcome of a match!"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "Thank you for your affirmation, leader."
He paused, then asked tentatively, "Is the South really going to start working?"
The leader said: "If the children don't obey, they will be spanked anyway!"
"That's why I say that your invention has helped us gain more advantages in winning!"
"Haoran, we're about to review last year's National Science and Technology Award!"
"Personally, I think we must give you the highest national science and technology award!"
"The color TV production line and chip industry chain production line that you led your team to develop are of the highest significance to our country!"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "I am very pleased to hear your words, leader! Thank you!"
Wang Haoran knew that if he wanted to get the highest prize, he would probably have to go through a lot of trouble.
After all, I am too young.
The leader hesitated for a moment, then said, "Haoran, I remember you once told me that the thermobaric bomb could be miniaturized, right?"
Wang Haoran nodded and said, "Yes."
The miniaturization of thermobaric bombs is technically quite difficult.
The most difficult part is how to reduce the size of the ammunition while maintaining its powerful destructive power.
If you want to reduce the overall size, you need to choose a more suitable fuel ratio.
In addition, the fuze and delay technology must be considered, which is an important link in the miniaturization of thermobaric bombs.
It is necessary to develop an efficient and reliable fuze system and an improved delayed fuze to ensure that the explosion can be accurately and safely triggered in smaller ammunition while controlling the timing and intensity of the explosion.
In order to achieve miniaturization, the structural design and material selection of the ammunition must also be considered.
Lightweight, high-strength materials are used while ensuring the strength and stability of the ammunition.
In addition, the safety and reliability of ammunition during storage, transportation and use must also be considered.
Last but not least, the miniaturization of thermobaric bombs also involves the issue of precision strike and control.
This requires the development of advanced guidance systems and sights to ensure that thermobaric bombs can still accurately hit targets despite their smaller size.
In general, miniaturization of thermobaric bombs is not an easy task.
However, it is actually child's play for Wang Haoran.
The leader smiled and said, "It would be even better if we could speed up the process of developing a miniaturized thermobaric bomb."
"After all, the monkeys in the south are very good at bunker warfare."
Wang Haoran said: "Leader, let me give it a try."
“I hope we can live up to our mission and produce results soon.”
……
After leaving his leader's place and returning to school, Wang Haoran soon received a call from Wang Cunxian, the head of the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.
Obviously, Wang Cunxian also received instructions from the chief designer to coordinate with Wang Haoran.
On the phone, Wang Cunxian smiled and said, "Comrade Haoran, I'm afraid I need to go over to discuss a few things with you. Do you have time now?"
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "The leader is coming to inspect, so of course I will be waiting for him at any time!"
"You are welcome to come and give us guidance."
Wang Cunxian soon arrived at Beijing Institute of Technology.
Along with Wang Cunxian came the heads of several research institutes under the Fifth Ministry of Machine Building.
Among them was Sun Shitong, director of the Firearms Research Institute.
When Wang Cunxian came to Beijing Institute of Technology, Liu Xianchao naturally had to come to receive and accompany him.
After seeing Wang Haoran, Wang Cunxian held his hand tightly and said, "Haoran! Thank you!"
"I'm going to have to work hard on you again this time."
"To be honest, we have put a lot of effort into miniaturizing thermobaric bombs, but we still haven't made any progress. It's really regrettable."
Wang Haoran smiled and said, "The leader is too polite."
"Let's learn from each other and make progress together!"
"It is indeed quite difficult to miniaturize thermobaric bombs..."
Next, the two sides mainly discussed the miniaturization of thermobaric bombs.
Wang Haoran put forward his own ideas and suggestions.
He talked about fuel formula, fuze and delay technology, ammunition structure design and materials, precision strike and control, etc., and gave excellent suggestions in each aspect.
The experts brought by Wang Cunxian were all fascinated by the speech and nodded repeatedly.
The difficulties they originally encountered were basically solved by Wang Haoran.
Wang Haoran was drawing on paper while talking.
He used a drawing pencil, and often drew a schematic diagram after he finished speaking.
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