Chapter 495 Surprises keep coming
All the comrades walked around this treasure, their eyes shining and exclaiming in admiration.

The comrades in the armored troops had their eyes burning with excitement. I want this thing, and no one can stop me!

He knew why Gao Zhendong had called them here among all the military services today. What's more, he knew that this young man was the deputy chief engineer of the preliminary research of the second-generation tanks, and was basically the appointed deputy chief engineer of the development of the second-generation tanks.

The man next to him who was studying this thing carefully was the one who worked on tanks at the Grassland Tractor Factory, and he also knew him.

With all of this in mind, it is very obvious what Gao Zhendong is going to do with this thing first - install it on the tank.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Comrades, it's not over yet."

What do you mean?
Everyone looked at him, and he picked up the intercom and shouted, "Turn it up!"

A short and powerful "Understood!" came from the intercom.

Spin? Spin what?
While everyone was still confused, they saw the GAZ-69 on the monitor start to move.

It's moving!

As the sound of the car engine downstairs grew louder, it started moving!

Although there was a little bit of ghosting and the image quality was as indescribable as always, everyone could clearly see that the car was moving happily.

If it was just “visible” just now, now it is “watching closely”.

Everyone was overjoyed. If the still picture just now solved the problems of reconnaissance and planning, then being able to generate real-time video would solve the problem of command and fire control.

The armored comrades were particularly excited. The still picture just now could only allow them to imagine a silent battle against silent one at night, but this scene now gave them hope of a dynamic battle against dynamic one.

It's enough to be quiet against quiet. Why are you so polite that you even bring up movement against movement?

Engineer Lu from the Institute of Advanced Technology was even more excited: "Mr. Gao, can this thing..." He didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant.

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "Not for now. First, it's too expensive. Second, it's too heavy. Third, it's too big. It's a one-time thing. I can't afford it."

Although the mercury cadmium telluride crystals in a line-scan thermal imager are only enough to make a few missiles, it seems that there is not much difference between the two in terms of mercury cadmium telluride. However, the difference between a thermal imager and an orthogonal quaternion detector is more than just the difference between one kilogram and eight ounces of mercury cadmium telluride. The cost difference is huge.

But everyone understood what Gao Zhendong meant, "Not for the time being."

That's okay. The Thunder-1 is still very advanced. The leaders of the Defense Work Committee are aware of this because the Russians asked to exchange Thunder-1 technology not long ago.

The more advanced Raiden-1 modification is also on the way, so he is not in a hurry to load the thermal imager and blow it up at once, and he has no such idea for the time being.

But if you put it on a tank, there will be no problem. This thing looks rare.

Mr. Luo from Changjian Machinery Factory is already imagining combining this thing with individual anti-tank missiles to attack tanks at night. It would be so beautiful!

Lao He looked at this thing and almost went up to pick it up and run away. If this thing is installed on a tank, why would we need infrared headlights?
Mr. Gao hasn't taken care of our Grassland Tractor Factory for a long time, but I didn't expect that he would take care of another big one.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at Gao Zhendong and said, "Zhendong, you've taken a really big step!"

In fact, Gao Zhendong has some achievements that are more important than thermal imaging cameras, but none of them are as intuitive as thermal imaging cameras. Intuitive! This is more touching.

So if you want to bribe someone, a cash check of 1000 million may not be as effective as 200 million in cash. Many people can remain rational when seeing a check, but when faced with a pile of cash, the impact is much greater than that of a check. The saying that money can move people's hearts is not just an exaggeration.

Gao Zhendong took a big step, and it didn't involve anything, which is very good.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "It's not over yet. There are still a few small functions to be demonstrated."

Are you really going to stop here? Redefine "small"? In everyone's opinion, there is no such thing as "small".

Everyone almost laughed as they watched Gao Zhendong pick up the walkie-talkie.

"Set up the net!"

Web? What does that mean?
However, the people from the Defense Work Committee and the Armored Forces probably guessed that this net should be a camouflage net? Could this thing break the camouflage?

Following Gao Zhendong's instructions, everyone saw in the screen that several light spots that looked like human figures surrounded the car.

Before the network was deployed, the image of a person clearly seen in the dark made everyone realize one thing: this thing can not only see tanks clearly, but even see people clearly at night!

Although Gao Zhendong hasn't explained the principle yet, everyone can probably guess the working principle of this device from the hood that goes from bright to distorted. It relies on heat and temperature!
But what I didn’t expect was that it could even detect the temperature difference between people and the background.

Watching the comrades below busying themselves, the leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at Gao Zhendong and said, "Zhendong, this thing can be used for more than just tanks. If it can be made smaller and cheaper, it will be easy to command on the front line."

Gao Zhendong nodded and thought that this thing could be used by individual soldiers in the future.

In fact, thermal imagers are more useful as command equipment than as guidance equipment. Before Gao Zhendong traveled through time, the Javelin missile tanks didn't hit many tanks during the Battle of Mao, but the thermal imager used for aiming was very popular and was used as a battlefield observation device, which was very useful.

While everyone was talking, the comrades below had already covered the jeep with camouflage netting. Although the pixel was poor, one could still make out a bit of the camouflage netting.

It is conceivable that if this happens under field combat conditions, the vehicle will basically blend into the background when observed from a distance, making it difficult to detect.

However, everyone found that under the camouflage net, the scattered high temperature signals were still obvious on the display.

"Wow, this guy has a pair of sharp eyes!" shouted the armored comrade.

Even if I can't hit you, being able to spot you is a skill! I can call in artillery.

When the leaders of the Defense Work Committee saw this scene, they couldn't remain calm anymore. This thing is good in every way except that it is expensive.

He looked at Gao Zhendong: "Can the cost of this thing be..."

The meaning is very clear, can we popularize the equipment as much as possible?

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "It is difficult to reduce the cost. If we want to popularize infantry, we can only consider the plan of strengthening them in wartime. However, for armored troops and mechanized infantry, it is not completely impossible. At least it can play a considerable role."

Knowing that Gao Zhendong had achieved a lot and had many creative ideas, the leader of the Defense Work Committee urged him with interest: "Tell me about it."

"We are working on infantry fighting vehicles. We can modify them a little bit, reduce their loading capacity, carry fewer people, install thermal imagers, optical reconnaissance equipment, nuclear, biological and chemical detection equipment, etc., and turn them into reconnaissance vehicles. If each battalion is equipped with a few, they can play a significant role."

Forget about millimeter-wave radar, that's not realistic right now.

Only then did everyone know that this thing is called a thermal imager, what a good name!
"Then should we install a few more radios and integrate the command system as well?" Old He from the Grassland Tractor Factory asked.

Gao Zhendong shook his head: "That won't work. The reconnaissance vehicle is in the front, and its battlefield deployment position is different from that of the command vehicle. Moreover, it can't carry so many things and people. The command vehicle still needs to be specially modified. It's definitely not okay to mix the two together."

It would be a lot of fun if the command personnel were wandering around at the front line and were hit by a cannon shot from the enemy. The command vehicle is too easy to recognize. Anyone would want to slap the person with a bunch of antennas on his head.

Upon hearing this, the leaders of the Defense Work Committee and the armored troops looked at each other and thought that this thing seemed reliable!
Armored forces must have matching equipment and combat styles. These two things are tailor-made for armored forces. Moreover, the command vehicle can also be used by infantry. The field command post belongs to it, at least the scale of the battalion command post can be roughly accommodated.

Do it!
The two people who didn't expect to get some ideas by the way were very satisfied. They felt that this trip was worth it!
Just when everyone was excited, the thermal imager seemed to be broken.

Everyone just saw the image on the monitor gradually becoming blurred, the grayscale disappeared greatly, and it was difficult to see clearly.

No one took it seriously. It was broken, so what? It wasn't impossible to fix it. It was just a small matter, not a problem at all.

Gao Zhendong touched his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "Everyone, I'm sorry, the coolant is all gone."

Except for Engineer Lu from the Research Institute who had already expected this, everyone just now realized that the large atmospheric bottle next to it was used for cooling. No wonder Gao Zhendong said that it was not easy to popularize. This large atmospheric bottle was extremely troublesome.

But this is not a big problem, compared to the ability of this equipment to completely change the way night combat operations are carried out, it is nothing.

Gao Zhendong explained as he changed the gas cylinder: "This cooling device is temporarily borrowed from the Institute of Advanced Technology. It relies on gas cooling. I am working on a real electro-cooling device for it. Trial production has already begun and it should be ready soon. That thing is much smaller than this thing and does not require a gas cylinder."

This sentence made the comrades present completely let go of their last bit of regret. It turned out that General Gao had considered a special cooling device, so there was no need to carry this large cylinder to the battlefield.

However, people have not seen semiconductor cooling equipment, and have not realized that this thing is actually a very practical thing now, and it is even a little bit against the current cooling methods.

They were just amazed at Gao Zhendong's versatility and his unbridled talent.

The existing cooling device was not good enough, so he just built one himself! And it sounded like a cooling device that had nothing to do with his major.

By the way, does anyone still remember that Gao Zhendong’s major was automation?
This ability, if not unique, is at least extremely rare.

(End of this chapter)