Chapter 51: Shock Department

Chief Engineer Chen smiled but said nothing. You want to report? You want to show off.

But this is normal. If there are good results, we must report them in time. Should we wait until the industrial survey is completed before reporting? That would delay things a lot.

Gao Zhendong made preparations as quickly as possible and went to the 17th Ministry of Machine Building Industry together with Director Yang and Chief Engineer Chen. The Third Steel Rolling Mill was an enterprise directly managed by the 17th Ministry of Machine Building Industry and was not under the direct jurisdiction of the Municipal Bureau of Industry.

Therefore, when something as important as the new alloy came about, it was not reported to the Municipal Bureau of Industry like the return air furnace, but went directly to the 17th Ministry of Machine Building.

When they arrived at the 4th Ministry of Machine Building, it was already past p.m. Director Yang took the two of them and walked around until they arrived at an office.

I knocked on the door and went in. Sitting at the desk was a young secretary, also often called a communicator in those days.

As soon as the secretary saw Director Yang, he stood up and said, "Director Yang, hello, what brings you here?"

It seems that this person is an acquaintance who often deals with Director Yang. Director Yang said to the secretary: "Secretary Zheng, is the leader free now? I have some good news to report to him."

Secretary Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Well, Director Yang, please wait a moment. I will go and ask for instructions."

After saying that, he walked out the door.

Not long after, he came back with a smile on his face: "Director Yang, the leader wants you to come over. Please come over with these two comrades. Please follow me."

Director Yang thanked Secretary Zheng. The leader’s office was next door. Secretary Zheng knocked on the door and brought the three people in, then left.

The leader, who was about 50 years old, smiled and asked the three people to sit down. He then walked out from behind his desk and sat down on a sofa.

"Old Yang, tell me if you have any good news today. If it's not good enough, I will punish you." The leader sounded very familiar with Director Yang and started joking as soon as he spoke.

Director Yang took out the test report of 3Z-591 and replied with a smile: "I guarantee it will be fine. If it's not, come to me."

After that, he handed the report to the leader with both hands and explained: "After unremitting efforts, the comrades in our factory have developed a new alloy with good performance. Now, as soon as we have the accurate information, I came to report to you. Please take a look."

The leader took the report with a smile, flipped through it and said, "Well, let me take a look. You can also tell me about it, pick out the important points."

Director Yang also did not forget Chief Engineer Chen: "As for the technical matters, I will let our chief engineer Comrade Chen Heming talk about it. He and Comrade Xiao Gao in their department are responsible for the research and can explain it more clearly."

Old Chen pushed the issue down the line: "Let me ask Comrade Gao Zhendong from our technical department to speak. He is the main researcher, and I just pushed him at the right time."

Gao Zhendong did not hesitate. He cleared his throat and reported to the leader: "Leader, our colleagues in the department have worked together to research a new alloy that can work at a temperature of 1100°C~1250°C for a long time and can be used at a temperature of 1300°C for a short time. It has good oxidation resistance and corrosion resistance. The mechanical properties are also guaranteed at long-term working temperatures. It can also be processed by forging, rolling and other processes, and has good welding performance."

The leader stopped flipping through the report, looked up, and said in shock: "How many degrees? Say it again!"

Gao Zhendong said confidently: "1100°C~1250°C."

The leader knew that they didn’t dare to joke about such things, but he couldn’t help but look at Director Yang and ask, “Really?”

Director Yang nodded: "Yes, leader, I have seen the testing process with my own eyes. And..." At this point, Director Yang couldn't help but keep it a secret.

"And what?!" It must be that Director Yang is familiar with him, otherwise the leader would have scolded him to death.

“And no precious metals or rare elements are used, except for a larger amount of nickel.”

The leader turned directly to the alloy composition part of the report and muttered as he read it: "Really not. Carbon, chromium, nickel, aluminum, iron, cerium, manganese, silicon, sulfur, and boron. Well, nickel accounts for 44% to 46%. A little more is fine. OK, OK."

At this point, he seemed to suddenly remember something, picked up the phone and called: "Xiao Zheng, please find out if Lao Wang, who came to my place today and stayed with me for a long time, is still at the office. If he is, please ask him to come over immediately!"

It should be the Secretary Zheng who was called. After hanging up the phone, the leader looked through the report carefully with a happy look on his face.

At this time, Chief Engineer Wang, the chief designer of the LYP-6 aircraft engine, was walking out of the office building of the 6th Ministry of Machine Building. He came to report the progress of the imitation research of the LYP- engine to the th Ministry of Machine Building. Because the materials of the imitation object had certain defects, and their own technical foundation was weak, the results were not ideal, and the thrust and life of the prototype were not optimistic.

By the way, I came to the 17th Machinery Department to complain and see if I could get some support from them. However, the material problem has always been a difficult problem in this era, and the result was not ideal. The 17th Machinery Department had no other solution, so they could only go back and try to improve the engine configuration and other aspects.

Just as he was about to walk out of the 17th Ministry of Machinery's office building with a frustrated look on his face, a young man ran up from behind, shouting, "Chief Engineer Wang, please wait, please wait."

Hearing someone calling what seemed to be him, President Wang stopped, turned around and looked at the person who came: "Secretary Zheng, what's the matter?" He knew the person, as he had seen him at the head of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building.

Secretary Zheng panted and said, "Our leader asked me to ask you to go to his place. He said there is something urgent."

Mr. Wang was a little confused. Why was he asked to go back? Could he conjure up some materials?

However, since they were in such a hurry to ask someone to stop him, it must be something important. Mr. Wang followed Secretary Zheng back to his leader.

When Mr. Wang first entered the leader's office, he was stunned. There were several people in the room and it was quite lively. The leader introduced him to several people.

After he sat down, the leader took out a document and handed it to him: "Chief Engineer Wang, I finally lived up to your trust. I have finally found what you came to me for today."

Mr. Wang was stunned. Are you guys so quick to do things? I asked for something this afternoon, but it appeared in the blink of an eye?
In later words, this is called messing with your mentality!
I didn't care about anything else at the moment and just opened the report and read it.

When he saw the words "1100°C~1250°C long-term working", he almost couldn't believe his eyes. He took off his glasses, wiped them, put them on again, and looked again.

Still the same few words, no change!!

No, no, don't get excited. There are materials that can withstand this temperature, but what about the mechanical properties? What about the processing properties? What about oxidation corrosion?
Trying hard to suppress his excitement, Mr. Wang continued to look through the pages. This time he was as shocked as his leader just now!
Mr. Wang's eyes were filled with tears. Isn't this what he has been thinking about day and night? Now it has come true?

The Seventeenth Ministry of Machines, today temporarily named the Ministry of Shock.

　I was tied up with work last night, so this chapter is a little late, sorry sorry. To express my apology, I will write one more chapter today, and the remaining two chapters will be around dinner time. If the time is right, readers can use them to eat with dinner.

　　All the information about the organization, model, and name are fabricated by the author. Well, I will just make this clear once and will not repeat it in the future.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)