Chapter 100 Gao Zhendong surrenders, others are busy (4k chapters)
Outside the door, Gao Zhendong took the insulated lunch box from Lou Xiaoe, feeling a little distressed: "Why did you come here so early and so cold?"

Lou Xiao'e rubbed her hands and stamped her feet: "I learned a new breakfast recipe yesterday, so I thought I'd give it to you to try today. I know you're busy at work and get up early, but I didn't expect you guys had something to do today."

Gao Zhendong didn't care that he had already eaten something, he still opened his lunch box, took out the food that Lou Xiaoe brought and started eating.

He is not stupid and he knows what to do in this situation.

The militiamen next to him were murmuring "Oh oh" in a low voice, but Gao Zhendong smiled and said "Go away", not caring. Go ahead and be envious, haha.

Lou Xiao'e didn't pay attention to these, she just watched Gao Zhendong eat with a smile on her face.

At this time, the leader popped his head out of Gao Zhendong's house and said, "Zhendong, please come in, girl. This is your home, and we are all guests, haha."

Gao Zhendong agreed and called Lou Xiao'e into the house. Lou Xiao'e entered the house and saw so many people inside. She was a little dazed. So today's matter was so important? Why did so many people come?

Gao Zhendong introduced everyone: "This is my girlfriend, Lou Xiao'e."

Everyone could guess Lou Xiao'e's identity, and when Gao Zhendong confirmed it, they all smiled good-naturedly, remembering how Gao Zhendong had "cheated" his future father-in-law out of money for scientific research.

To use Gao Zhendong's words from his previous life, Lou Xiao'e is the representative of investors.

Lou Xiao'e was not afraid of strangers and greeted everyone in a crisp manner.

Seeing that everyone responded to her in a friendly manner, she was secretly delighted. It seemed that Zhendong’s leaders and colleagues had a good impression of her.

The only question is why it feels like when they smile, there's a hint of sarcasm in their kindness?
Never mind, never mind, this is just a well-intentioned joke from the old comrade to the younger comrade, right? It must be, it must be, Lou Xiaoe thought.

Seeing Gao Zhendong finish his meal, Lou Xiaoe packed up her lunch box and was about to leave, but her leader asked her to stay: "Comrade Xiaoe, don't worry. I have an important task for you later, okay?"

Lou Xiao'e didn't understand why, but she nodded and agreed. The leader was willing to entrust me with the task, which meant that they still approved of Zhendong and I being together, hehe.

When Lou Xiao'e is in love, her mind is very simple and straightforward, and she is always happy and silly.

Gao Zhendong didn't know what task the leader had assigned to Lou Xiaoe, but he guessed it was related to him. Seeing that Lou Xiaoe agreed, he simply asked Lou Xiaoe to go to the bedroom to rest first. After all, there would be many things happening here later, and it would not be convenient for Lou Xiaoe to be present.

Not long after, the people from the computing institute arrived. Gao Zhendong cooperated with them to carefully pack the transistor computer, which was escorted to the computing institute by the militia from the computing institute and the third steel rolling mill.

They even took away the "whole-board tinning machine" that Gao Zhendong had made up as an excuse to deceive people. They also asked him seriously about the full name of the equipment, so Gao Zhendong had to make up one on the spot.

After the machine was shipped away, the leader said to Gao Zhendong and the others, "Zhendong, you don't have to go to work today. Several leaders of your factory are here. I'll ask for this leave for you. You need to rest."

Director Yang, General Manager Chen, and Deputy Director Li nodded in agreement.

It's not that they are trying to flatter their leader or do what he says, but they really think Gao Zhendong needs a rest.

It would be fine if we thought about how busy Gao Zhendong was at work in the factory, but he never forgot about work when he got home and used his spare time to do so many things.

Moreover, these things are not trivial. Even if they are not earth-shattering, at least they can go down in history.

This young man, is he so busy that he doesn't even have time to date? Thinking of this, the people present had a better impression of Lou Xiao'e. Well, if this girl hadn't accommodated Gao Zhendong in terms of time, his personal problems would probably have to be solved by the organization.

If Lou Xiao'e knew what these old men were thinking, her reaction would probably be: What? Not really, not really.

If Gao Zhendong knew what they were thinking, he would feel embarrassed. After cheating, life is actually not as hard as you think.

After arranging Gao Zhendong's rest, the leader estimated the time and said to the two people from the computing institute, "It's already Thursday. Zhendong will take a day off today and go to the factory to arrange his work tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, Saturday, he will come to your institute to start work related to transistor computer systems."

The two people from the Operation Institute thought that the schedule was already very tight. Gao Zhendong's work intensity had reached its limit just by looking at the results, without him saying anything. If they wanted to make more requests, it would be obviously excessive, so they nodded in agreement.

Then the leader turned around and said to Director Yang and the others: "Next, the computing institute will definitely borrow Zhendong for a while. Don't worry, he is still yours and we won't steal his services from you, haha."

"As for the ESR, Zhendong has completed the main designs. Other comrades should work harder to relieve the pressure on Zhendong so that he can play a role in more areas. If there are any problems, please visit Zhendong more often."

After everything was arranged, the leader asked Gao Zhendong to invite Lou Xiao'e out and looked at her seriously: "Comrade Xiao'e, we are now giving you an important task. Please make sure you do it well, okay?"

Lou Xiao'e nodded: "Leader, please go ahead."

The leader pointed at Gao Zhendong and said, "Today you should keep a close eye on him and not let him work. Only let him rest. Can you do that?"

When Lou Xiao'e heard this, she said, "Hey, I'm familiar with this matter."

She nodded her head rapidly: "Yes, yes, no problem. I will complete the task. Don't worry, Boss. From now until dinner, I guarantee that he will not get anything related to work."

The leader laughed: "Okay, Comrade Xiao'e, then we will hand Zhendong over to you."

Lou Xiao'e pursed her lips and nodded seriously, "We will leave Zhendong to you." Lou Xiao'e felt very happy hearing this.

Seeing that things were almost done and everyone had been excited for the whole night, they said goodbye to Gao Zhendong and went back to their own units to busy themselves with their own work.

When the leader and the three people from the third rolling mill separated, he specifically reminded them: "Old Yang, your factory should not interfere with Zhendong's work direction and specific work content. Just support him and let him play freely."

Director Yang and his colleagues looked at each other and reported, "Yes, I understand, leader. We have assigned him a 'First Research Laboratory of the Technical Department' with all the staff to support his work."

The leader nodded: "Okay, this is a good arrangement."

As soon as the leaders left, Lou Xiaoe rushed over and rubbed Gao Zhendong's face with both hands: "Did you hear me? You have to listen to me today, hehe."

Gao Zhendong was rubbed by her so hard that his words were a little unclear: "Okay, okay, I surrender. Today you have the final say, Comrade Xiao'e."

Gao Zhendong was resting here, but things related to him were happening somewhere else.

At the Institute of Navigation and Research, Zeng Gong, the person in charge of the solid rocket engine of the infrared close-range air-to-air combat missile, finally contacted his classmate who worked at the Northeast Carbon Research Institute. These days, even if both of their units had telephones, it was not certain that they could contact someone in an emergency.

His classmate was also a busy man and was often away on business. He asked people to leave messages and convey time many times before he finally made an appointment. Then he went through layers of manual exchanges at the telephone exchange before he was able to get through.

After a few pleasantries, the two got straight to the point. Talk time is precious, and the line capacity of the manual switchboards at all levels of telephone offices is limited. If a high-level call comes in and there are no extra lines, your line may be disconnected at any time. "Yes, yes, yes, the comrade you are consulting has a high level of attainment in materials science. Polycrystalline graphite can indeed solve your problem."

"Copper or silicon infiltration? Well, it should be able to improve the performance of polycrystalline graphite. Did he tell me how to infiltrate? No? Hey, you didn't ask about important things! It's a waste of time!"

"Pyrolytic graphite? There is such a thing, and its performance is better than polycrystalline graphite. We? We don't have it, and we haven't developed it."

"Vapor deposition method? He said it so clearly? What else? Nothing else? Just this one sentence? Hey, Lao Zeng, what can I say about you? Nothing!"

Zeng Gong didn't expect to get good news from his old classmate, but it was not complete.

There is polycrystalline graphite, and there is also graphite used in rocket engines, but it is under research and has not been developed yet. As for pyrolytic graphite, students at the Northeast Carbon Research Institute have heard of it and want to get it, but they can't.

In fact, the high-strength silicon-infiltrated graphite used in rocket engine throat liners was not developed in China until the early 60s, and as for pyrolytic graphite, it was even later.

Instead, Zeng Gong was blamed by his classmates. What were you asking about? You didn't ask any important questions. There was a great opportunity in front of you, but you only asked superficial questions. What a waste of talent.

Zeng Gong shut him up with one sentence: "If you can do it, you can do it. People in our unit are very familiar with this person and can find him at any time. Stop talking nonsense and do it yourself."

Hearing that this person could be found at any time, his classmates were overjoyed: "Really? I thought you got the information through special channels and it was inconvenient to say it, so you just found an excuse to deal with me. It turns out that this person really exists?"

"There really is such a person. He is only ten miles away from us. It only takes a short ride."

"Great, Lao Zeng, don't hang up, wait for me."

"Dudu.du."

The call was disconnected. OK, let’s make another appointment.

Some kilometers west of the Northeast Carbon Research Institute is the test site of the Grassland Tractor Factory.

With a loud "bang", fire flashed from the muzzle of a cannon on the test bench.

In a flash, a ball of sparks burst out from a target board a hundred meters away.

After the smoke slowly dissipated, the test personnel gathered around the target board to observe the test results.

There was a hole on the front of the iron-gray target board, and some messy glass fibers were exposed from the hole.

Seeing this gap, Mr. He, the chief gunner of the 5DL tank imitation and improvement project, smiled and said to Mr. Guan, who was in charge of armor: "Old Guan, your stuff is not good. I told you, where can you use glass fiber phenolic resin and other stuff without using steel armor?"

Mr. Guan smiled and didn't say anything back. He just squatted down and turned the target board over.

Mr. He’s laughter was like a clucking chicken being strangled by the throat, and it stopped with a “click” sound.

On the back of the target, the steel plate was slightly raised, but there was no crack, perforation or ablation.

Mr. Guan looked at Mr. He and said, "Mr. He, what do you think? A few more shots."

Mr. He said angrily: "I still don't believe it. Then, prepare to load the bullets and use strong charge."

There was another loud bang. Not long after, General Guan was happy while General He was miserable. Although they were hit by one shot, the second shot with a strong charge hit a position that was not hit by the first shot and still failed to penetrate the armor. However, the bulge on the back of the target plate was more obvious.

Mr. He still didn't believe it: "Hey, Lao Guan, you're awesome, you finally made a comeback? Then who, switch to large-caliber armor-piercing shells."

Guan Zong: "Change to a new piece of armor!"

Why do we say that we should change to larger-caliber armor-piercing shells? In fact, it is because when dealing with homogeneous steel armor, the penetration data of armor-piercing shells looks much better than the capped armor-piercing shells or armor-piercing shells of that time. This is also true even in the era of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS).

Of course, good-looking data and practicality are two different things, and the metal jet of an armor-piercing projectile is too easy to be targeted.

The ammunition carrier behind him shouted, "Understood! Mr. He, I'm not calling you that guy. If you really can't remember my name, you can just call me ammunition carrier."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene. Everyone was happy. Who wouldn't be happy to have a good armor? Even Mr. He was happy.

There was another loud bang, and when everyone saw the target, they were dumbfounded. The armor-piercing shell was even worse than the standard armor-piercing shell. There was a hole in the front, but when you look at it from the other side, there was not even a bulge on the back.

This is why the main anti-tank shells of all tank guns in the future are armor-piercing shells. When facing composite armor, armor-piercing shells of the same caliber are not effective, and because they fly slowly and have a curved trajectory, their accuracy is much worse than APFSDS.

As for the strange armor-piercing shells invented by John Bull, they were useless against composite armor. Except for themselves, no one else equipped this thing later.

Examples of this are actually quite easy to find; just watch the video of the Russian tank race.

Looking at the test results, Mr. He couldn't help but sigh to Mr. Guan: "Old Guan, you finally made a comeback this time."

Mr. Guan laughed: "That's right, you have always taken advantage of me, today I will let you suffer a lesson, hahahaha."

Mr. He, who is in charge of firepower, and Mr. Guan, who is in charge of protection, are natural enemies in terms of work content. One of them is always thinking about making a hole in you, while the other one is always thinking about making you unable to fight.

But overall, Mr. He still has the advantage. In the confrontation between armor and shells, the armor of the defending side is naturally at a disadvantage.

Because armor is severely limited by weight and size, the thickness cannot be piled up infinitely; there is an upper limit.

Although the caliber of the artillery remains unchanged, there are many types of bullets. If one doesn't work, try another. If it really doesn't work, I won't change the caliber, but I can change the cartridge. The entire large chamber can be loaded with more propellant, and the chamber pressure will rise suddenly. It is commonly known as "chicken blood cannon". When the chamber pressure rises, the penetration can be very different for the same caliber.

Therefore, General Guan, who had always been bullied by General He, has finally turned the tables this time. Although it is foreseeable that he may soon be overthrown again and return to his original state, General Guan does not care. Today, you can use all your means, but you can't do anything to me. That's enough.

General Guan patted the still hot target board and said, "Old He, how is it? Am I kidding about this composite armor? It has higher protection capability, lighter weight, and better adaptability."

Mr. He nodded: "I am convinced by this."

Guan shook his head: "Not enough, then who! Change to explosive reactive armor!"

(End of this chapter)