Chapter 497: There is still a problem with the loading of the medicine
After hearing what he said, the leader also understood.

Gao Zhendong did not decide to do many things on his own. He had to cooperate with his comrades, and he had a pretty big business.

Thinking of this, the leader nodded, said nothing, and walked away.

Gao Zhendong was still discussing the thermal imager with his comrades and did not notice that his leader walked aside and said something to a comrade from the armored troops. He then found Engineer Lu from the Institute of Radiation Research and had a conversation with him.

After a while, the leader came back and called Gao Zhendong.

"I have scheduled the formal project demonstration meeting for the second-generation tank and the review of the Raiden-1 modified missile body plan of the Institute of Defense Research to after February 2. I will also notify and coordinate with your department and relevant ministries and commissions for other matters. Comrades, try to be self-reliant first. If there are any problems, solve them first. Those that cannot be solved should be put off until February."

What I mean is that you will be forced to take a holiday until February 2st. You have too much to do and can't take a break. That's easy. I will postpone all your work. That should be fine.

Gao Zhendong was very touched: "This... Leader, this is too time-consuming."

The leader shook his head: "Stop and wait for your comrades, haha. You are already moving fast enough, take a break, take a break. Besides, your comrades are also pushing forward all the things. Will they stop working without you? You still have to trust your comrades."

This hat is too big, Gao Zhendong smiled bitterly.

"Okay, then I'll take a break. It's a good opportunity to clear my mind and change my thinking. Thank you, boss."

The leader patted him on the shoulder and said, "No, we should thank you. No more words, starting tomorrow, we will implement the rest policy and resume work on February 2st. This is a death order."

Gao Zhendong had served in the army, and his leaders knew that this tactic would work for him.

The leader of the armored troops also came over and said with a smile: "Today is a good day, a great event, Comrade Zhendong, I will lend you flowers to offer to everyone. I invite all the comrades who are here today to gather together. You can arrange the canteen, and our people will come to take care of the rest."

I guess most of the comrades here were curious about what Gao Zhendong had done in the afternoon, so they probably had a mediocre meal.

Gao Zhendong said with a smile: "That won't work. Our factory can still afford to entertain you comrades."

"No, that won't do. Your factory has given us this great treasure, which is the greatest support for us. If I ask you to treat me again, I can't bear it. I heard that you are not only good at technology, but also a good drinker. Let's meet today!"

Gao Zhendong couldn't persuade him, so he had to call the canteen and ask them to make arrangements.

The canteen was not intimidated by receiving the call. Sha Zhu and his team were researching self-heating food. With everyone present, they could take care of it!
The dinner was so grand that even Director Yang, the leader on duty today, was alerted and came over.

A little after twelve o'clock, the comrades who came to observe the thermal imager had a good meal and a drink, and went back with their respective gains. Among them, the Guided Research Institute and Lao He gained the most, as the improvement and adjustment of the thermal imager before mass production fell on the shoulders of these two companies.

Although the work will not start until February, this will not prevent them from getting the information from Gao Zhendong and digesting it first.

After seeing everyone off, Gao Zhendong boarded the GAZ-69 that had been circling for half the night and returned to the courtyard.
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The comrades at the Third Rolling Mill suddenly discovered a problem: they could not find Chief Engineer Gao Zhendong from the Third Rolling Mill. When they asked the comrades at the Third Rolling Mill, they just said, "I don't know. I guess he's on vacation."

The news spread quickly, which made many comrades in the factory very uncomfortable. In the past year or so, Gao Zhendong rarely went on business trips and never got sick. Even when he was attending meetings or working outside, his whereabouts were clear.

Many comrades were already accustomed to seeing this skilled and smiling young man appear in the factory every day. When he suddenly disappeared, everyone had different opinions.

But it didn't take long before Mr. He from the cafeteria made the final decision: "What are you guessing? Zhendong is fine and at home. I guess the factory has made some arrangements."

Oh, that's okay. We all know that Master He and Chief Engineer Gao have a good relationship. It seems that other people in the courtyard are also fine. It seems that there really is some special job. Chief Engineer Gao's work is quite complicated, and everyone knows it.

Looking at Xie Jianye, Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu, Ding Yongnian and other people from Siheyuan, when they talked about this matter, they all had an expression of "stop making wild guesses, Chief Engineer Gao is doing well in Siheyuan", and they lost interest in gossiping any more, and soon died down.

Only one person has a different idea. Look, his power has been stripped again. First, he was removed from his position as deputy captain of the militia and his gun was taken away. Now he is left at home unemployed and his pen is taken away. This is the rhythm of the pill.

You guys are so short-sighted that you can’t see as clearly as I, Old Liu!

It is estimated that he will not be able to overthrow the situation for the time being, but the higher-ups definitely have a backup plan, so just wait and see.

As for Gao Zhendong himself, he was really taking a rest.

This is his habit. He works seriously when he is working, and once he decides to take a break, he takes a serious break, otherwise he would be letting down the good intentions of his leaders.

To coordinate the matter of him getting a complete rest, it is not enough for the Defense Work Committee alone to say so. The 17th Ministry of Machine Building, the 12th Ministry of Machine Building, and the Postal and Communications Committee must also be involved.

However, there was one thing he did not let go of, which was to flip through the medical books at home from time to time, as if he was doing his best to help his wife collect information.
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Things were exactly as the leaders of the Defense Work Committee had said. Regardless of whether Gao Zhendong was resting or not, many things were being pushed forward by comrades.

In an ammunition-related unit, a researcher hurriedly found his superior engineer with a document in hand.

The researcher is not a researcher. The title of researcher is at the same level as professor, which is higher than that of ordinary engineers. "Engineer Wu, Engineer Wu, you may need to take a look at the test results. The problem seems to be quite serious."

Engineer Wu frowned. This researcher was usually a relatively calm person, but he behaved like this, which meant that the matter might be very serious.

After taking the test results and quickly browsing through them, he turned his head and stared at the researcher: "Xiao Ding, there was no problem with the test process, right?"

The force with which he turned his head was so strong that one wondered if his neck hurt from sleeping at night.

The report stated that a batch of ammunition suffered from widespread fuze failure after accelerated evaluation tests, with a failure rate as high as 9~12%. This number is already unacceptable. If it is really used, human lives will be lost.

For a moment, Engineer Wu was reluctant to believe this result, so he decided to look for problems in the accelerated test itself.

Xiao Ding shook his head: "Absolutely no problem!"

Engineer Wu stretched out his hand: "Show me the experimental design!"

Xiao Ding was well prepared and handed him an experimental design.

Engineer Wu looked at it carefully for a long time, then did some calculations on the draft, and his brows furrowed even deeper.

"Well, there is no problem with the test design. The selection of aging and accelerated test parameters is in accordance with the training and teaching materials issued by the Commission. It is very standard."

After Gao Zhendong provided the Defense Work Committee with a complete set of theoretical and practical teaching materials for accelerated testing and evaluation of equipment, all units that had received complete training began to carry out this work one after another, evaluating the reliability, availability, storage durability, service life and other characteristics of the equipment at hand.

At this time, the two looked at each other. The more problems the experiment had, the more it showed that the problem they found was serious.

Mr. Wu collected all the information and handed it back to Xiao Ding.

"Report it. Fortunately, it was discovered early."

Soon, the report was submitted all the way to the meeting venue convened by the leaders of the Defense Work Committee.

There's no way, the matter is really serious.

Looking at the report in hand, the leaders of the Defense Work Committee and the chief engineer, as well as the comrades in charge of equipment in the troops, all the participants had expressions on their faces that were a mixture of bitterness, fear, and relief.

"This is the result of an accelerated evaluation test conducted by a certain unit on a certain type of ammunition they have. The results show that this batch of ammunition will have serious hidden dangers of fuse misfire under simulated long-term storage conditions, with a misfire rate of about 10%."

The leader of the Defense Work Committee looked at everyone at the scene with a heavy tone.

The comrades in the army asked: "What kind of ammunition is it? What kind of fuse?"

Since it is a problem caused by long-term storage, the problem is most likely caused by these two things.

The chief engineer is most familiar with this: "Ammunition using the new black mixed-60 powder is fine, but ammunition using the old XX type powder and equipped with an electric fuse generally has this problem. And the cause of the problem has been found."

The RDX ratio of the Heilongjiang Mixed-60 is very high. Although it is easy to use, it is expensive, so some ammunition still uses XX type propellant.

This type of XX charge was not the kind of charge that Gao Zhendong knew in his previous life that had problems like misfire. With the birth of the Heimun-60, that kind of charge should have been directly skipped.

However, some components of the two are the same, so the problems they cause are similar.

This made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. It was good that the Heimun-60 was fine.

At the same time, if something goes wrong with the old charge, it is good to find the cause. Regardless of whether it can be saved or not, at least there is a basis for dealing with it. Even if it is scrapped, we can determine which ones should be scrapped based on the cause.

"Under long-term storage conditions, the component 'heavy (2-trinitroethanol formal)' in the XX type charge will decompose to produce acidic gas, corrode the circuit, and cause the electric fuse to fail."

When the chief engineer said this, everyone gasped. This meant that all ammunition with this combination might have problems.

People in some areas don't take misfires seriously, they just change a gun if it misfires, it doesn't matter anyway, it doesn't matter. But in our opinion, this is totally unacceptable, especially when the misfire rate is as high as 10%.

The comrade in charge of equipment in the army asked: "Is the accelerated aging test they conducted standardized, is the design reasonable, and are the test results reliable?"

This is a legitimate concern, and the magnitude of the problem can be magnified by inappropriate experimental design.

(End of this chapter)