Chapter 170: Those who learn from others will live, those who resemble others will die (3k)

Liu Wenwu's face fell: "The spraying speed is still not good enough. It takes more than 10 seconds to spray the fire extinguishing agent. By the time it's finished, the daylily is cold."

Guan Zong asked, "Can't we increase the pressure anymore?"

"The pipes used to transport the fire extinguishing agent are only so thick and their length has been shortened to the shortest possible length. If we increase the pressure, other problems will arise."

This is how systemic things are. One move affects the entire system, even a simple system like fire extinguishing and explosion suppression is true.

Mr. Guan originally wanted to ask to make the pipe thicker, but then he thought, it is impossible that Liu Wenwu has not thought of such a simple solution. Since there is still a problem, it means that there must be a defect that cannot be solved.

Gao Zhendong heard this and asked Liu Wenwu curiously, "Why do we need to connect a pipe?"

Liu Wenwu was a little dumbfounded: "In order to spray the fire extinguisher in the most dangerous places, such as the ammunition rack."

Gao Zhendong was also a little dumbfounded: "You wouldn't just put the fire extinguisher bottle in the most dangerous place like the ammunition rack. No pipe, make the opening of the fire extinguisher bottle wider, and then put a diffusion plate on the opening. In a non-critical space, the pressure can also quickly diffuse through it."

General Guan and Liu Wenwu: “Ah, this.”

The two thought about it, how could I be so stupid? I didn't even think of such a simple solution?

In fact, it’s not that the two of them were stupid, but the tank designs at that time were all learned from the Russians, and that’s what the Russians did.

Whether it was tank fire extinguishing or automatic fire extinguishing and explosion suppression systems, until the T-80, they all used thermocouple + gas pipeline injection. The reaction was slow to begin with, and it took more than 10 seconds to spray the fire extinguishing agent. By that time, "bang", the tank head would have flown off.

Therefore, the original design needs to be changed when necessary.

Liu Wenwu was excited and impressed: "Boss Gao, it's you who solved the big problem we have been dealing with for a long time right away."

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "That's not the case. I guess you just didn't understand it for a while."

Mr. Guan looked at Gao Zhendong and said, "Mr. Gao, don't be too modest. With this kind of inertia of thinking, if no one jumps out of the inherent framework to wake him up, I guess he will have to fight with the pipeline for a long time."

This inherent framework refers to the current object of imitation, the way of the Russians.

When it comes to the Russians' style, they can really put together a bunch of mediocre things into a pretty good finished product, but when it comes to details, they are also accustomed to brain spasms.

For example, the T-60B produced around the 54s was equipped with a thermal smoke generator. However, the Russians had an extremely simple idea. The fuel supply of this thermal smoke generator was not connected to the main fuel supply system. In other words, every time smoke was emitted, the oil in the special auxiliary fuel tank was used, and after it was used up, it had to be refueled separately, which was very difficult to maintain.

Later, the Russians realized that something was not right and connected the fuel supply to the main fuel supply system.

In fact, it is hard to say that their idea is wrong. In the Russians' combat assumptions, airplanes, cannons, and tanks are all disposable in a real battle. There is no need to change the main fuel supply system. They can just hang an auxiliary fuel tank and use it up. If it is not destroyed after using it up, you are lucky and can just add more fuel.

In addition, although their technological foundation was stronger than that of China, it was still weaker than that of their opponents at that time. That’s why we can see that their early jet fighters only had a lifespan of 100 flight hours before overhaul.

Thinking of this, Gao Zhendong simply made his point clear: "After I came here, I learned a lot about the development status and equipment conditions of the equipment. I feel that the advantage of the north is that the system integration work is done very well, but in terms of some small details or equipment development ideas, we still have to boldly break through their rules and regulations."

Upon hearing this, General Guan and Liu Wenwu nodded repeatedly.

After clicking a few times, I realized something was wrong, especially Liu Wenwu. You can easily make a bold breakthrough, but I have worked so hard here, and I can only do half of it at most: bold. Breakthrough? Copying others may not necessarily make it work.

No, no, what Mr. Gao said cannot be carried out. Those who learn from him will live, and those who imitate him will die.
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Gao Zhendong's days at the Grassland Tractor Factory were still very fulfilling. Although he and General Manager He's report on double stability had not yet been submitted, General Manager Luo had already organized it and was preparing to invite him to a meeting.

There is only one topic for the meeting. No matter when the higher-ups start to debate the next generation of tanks, the Grassland Tractor Factory can first conduct an internal debate to form its own thoughts and preliminary suggestions on the next generation of tanks.

In this way, when the National Defense Committee really starts the demonstration work on the next generation of tanks, they will have a preliminary plan for everyone to discuss. In air-to-air thinking, many things are not well considered, and having a foundation, no matter how bad it is, can give people involved in the discussion a goal and object for comparison, and the meeting can be more specific.

In the future, no matter how bad you are at developing software, you still have to propose a plan to the client first. That's roughly what it means. In addition to subconsciously guiding the client in a direction that is beneficial to you, this is also a necessary stage for the smooth promotion of the work.

Although the dual-stabilization plan has not yet been finalized, this subsystem does not affect the determination of the overall tank plan. It can be summarized in one sentence: "The new tank adopts a dual-directional stabilization system for the gun." As for which one to use, we will talk about it when the time comes. The overall plan does not necessarily need to be so detailed.

In fact, there are many undecided systems. Pre-research and demonstration are not based on all realized technologies. In fact, it is normal that a considerable number of subsystems have not yet been born during planning and demonstration. This is a little different from "the application of new technology in new equipment should not exceed 30%". New technology is not equal to new system. Some new subsystems are actually old technologies.

All people at the level of subsystem heads and above gathered together. The subsystem head was probably at the same level as Liu Wenwu. The rank and administrative level had nothing to do with the job title, but referred to the position in the project.

Even if you are just a technician, as long as you are in charge of a certain subsystem, you should attend this meeting. You have to come.

In fact, the most typical one here is the deputy chief engineer, Gao Zhendong.

Seeing that everyone was present, Mr. Luo began his opening remarks. Since they were all internal staff, there were relatively few procedures for introductions and courtesies.

"The reason we invited everyone here today is actually for one thing. What should the next generation of tanks look like? We need to come up with something first. Coincidentally, our deputy chief engineer, Comrade Gao Zhendong, has also rushed here from Beijing for matters related to the Artillery Department. It's better to be lucky than to be early. Let's take advantage of this opportunity when all of us are here and decide on this matter."

After saying that, he took out a preliminary plan he had already written and introduced it to everyone at the meeting.

The content of the preliminary plan focused on indicators and requirements, as well as the basic technical route, and did not go into technical details, so it was introduced relatively quickly.

If this depth is difficult to understand, you can compare it to the project proposal stage of a construction project. It does not involve any technical details. It only talks about this matter, to what extent I plan to achieve it, what methods I will use, and what the cost and duration will be.

Even here, cost and construction period are not the key points. They are purely estimates to provide everyone with a reference point. We will not go into more depth until the plan is finalized internally.

After introducing the situation, Mr. Luo said with a smile: "Next, let's go through each item one by one and discuss them. It's an internal discussion meeting, so there aren't so many rules. Just let everyone speak freely."

Someone raised a question: "Mr. Luo, who are the imaginary enemies? How are they developing? Without this, it would be difficult for us to make a decision."

In everyone's opinion, we are now followers with limited technology and financial resources. There is no doubt that it is best to identify an imaginary enemy first.

Compared with the United States's future Raptor-like spirit of "I don't care what you do, I only care about how well I can do", this method is undoubtedly the best under the current conditions.

Of course, the United States has also fallen into trouble due to its arrogance and self-righteousness, such as the littoral combat ship that was retired just after it entered service.

Mr. Luo and Gao Zhendong looked at each other, wondering what to say.

After thinking for a while, Mr. Luo said, "Let's use the situation in the north as a benchmark for the time being."

"North?" This answer surprised the people below.

Gao Zhendong smiled and added: "Due to various factors, our understanding of our enemies is limited, but there is no doubt that our comrades in the north know much more about them than we do. So let's take a detour. As long as we follow the north closely, we should be able to deal with our enemies with confidence."

Only then did everyone put aside their doubts. So that was the case and it made sense.

Mr. Luo smiled and said, “Now that everyone understands, let’s get started.”

Of course, some people like the Chief Artillery and the Chief Defense knew that what the two chief engineers said might not be entirely true.

The firepower is relatively simple. The core large barrel is now very powerful, with twice the penetration of the original 5DL gun. There is no end in sight. From the information collected, it is not worse than the next generation in the north, and may even be slightly better.

So the core is this thing, it is nothing more than sighting and aiming, as well as auxiliary secondary weapons.

Everyone is working on tanks and is familiar with anti-tank missiles, so in terms of weapons, the biggest dilemma is whether to use missiles. Although at this time, no domestic anti-tank missiles have been seen, but the demonstration and preliminary research should be done in advance.

After discussing this for a long time, Mr. Luo saw that Gao Zhendong had not spoken, so he took the initiative to ask Gao Zhendong: "Chief Engineer Gao, what is your opinion?"

In his opinion, Gao Zhendong has an advanced intuition about many things on the tank, from big aspects to technical details, such as the news that just came in about solving the problem of spraying fire extinguishing and explosion suppression agents.

Gao Zhendong raised his head from his deep thoughts: "My opinion is, no, but not completely no."

(End of this chapter)