Chapter 362 388 Scientific Research Plan
After testing, Meng Xiang found that the surname of the first-stage V3 rocket could be similar to that of V2.
The 13-meter-long V3 carries a one-ton warhead, has a maximum range of 300 kilometers, which is less than the V2's 322 kilometers, and has a maximum flight speed of Mach 4.8. It seems that the maximum range is less, but the accuracy is greatly improved, and it is also half a meter shorter. The most important thing is that the price is cheap. All things considered, it can be used as a direct replacement for v2.
As for the V1, which is the originator of cruise missiles, because the speed is only 644 kilometers per hour, many planes in the late World War II can catch up with it, shoot it down or blow it away with the wake of the aircraft, and the range is only 322 kilometers, the accuracy is average, and the cost is not low, so Meng Xiang also gave it up directly. Only a few samples were produced for Qian Xuesen and others to study.
Although V3 is available, Meng Xiang does not plan to directly apply it on a large scale.
One is that V3 only has one level at this time, and it is not the same level as the base. And the later upgrades also require merit. Although I don't know what will happen to the upgraded surname, one Level 2 V3 is far better than two Level 1 V3s. It is better to upgrade a small amount of production as soon as possible.
The second is that although the accuracy of the V3 weapon has improved, it still deviates 10 kilometers at 300 kilometers, although this is stronger than the deviation of more than 30 kilometers more than half of the V2, but Meng Xiang still does not dare to use it to attack targets in Huaxia. If it deviates and does not attack the devil but blows up the Chinese people, it will be more than worth the loss.
Said that I plan to buy the Nagato number, Meng Xiang can't wait to give it to them, and when they attack, with the assistance of the backdoor positioning and the base brain, V3 can directly hit their heads.
"It's better to be guided accurately!" Meng Xiang sighed. Within the 10,000-kilometer remote control range of the main base, only the building is marked. However, in the direct area of the base, the location of the clones can be displayed. But the devil was eliminated first before he entered the direct area of the base, and this kind of positioning was not needed at all. Otherwise, send a dog over to guide the missile to attack accurately.
Unrealistic things, Meng Xiang didn't think much about it, and directly produced ten V3s. Each vehicle takes three days from two production lines in the vehicle factory, while the V3 rocket takes only one production line to produce one in one day. When they were produced, they were uniformly allocated to the Second Artillery Corps.
The Germans still had quite a few missiles in World War II.
For example, the Germans developed the Rhine daughter, gentian, butterfly, waterfall, etc., but none of them were put into use. Their surnames are not very good, and they are expensive to use, and the investment of a surname is not as cost-effective as the direct production of aircraft. Meng Xiang only made a few samples for the increasingly large rocket research team to study.
Another example is the air-to-surface missile, the Germans invented the earliest HS-283A-0 in 40, and later successfully developed the radio-controlled HS-293A-1 in July 43, and sank the American Egret frigate from an airplane in August. It can also be regarded as the earliest air-to-ship missile. It sank more than a dozen Allied ships, including not only frigates, but also destroyers and cruisers. In the absence of interference, the hit rate is forty percent. It has a maximum range of 18 kilometers and can attack from a distance, which is also a more practical one. Meng Xiang has already started production preparations, but he will not use it easily.
For example, the GT1200, which specialized in the part of the ship below the waterline, and the world's first supersonic air-to-ship missile, Hezitterrochen, were not yet able to show their skills, and the Germans were defeated first. Meng Xiang only used them as a sample to study first.
In 44, the Germans also developed the world's first wire-guided air-to-air missile, the X-4. The same was not put into service, and the Germans were defeated. Although the X4 has a range of 5.5 km, it is difficult to visually inspect the distance. The practical distance is 1.5 meters, which allows it to attack outside the range of the enemy's cannons. But at this time, the air force of the vanguard army had an advantage in the face of itself, and it was not worth the expenditure on missile attacks. Meng Xiang only produced ten of them, one for research and the other for reserves.
The Germans also developed the X-4, which was designed for attack tanks, on the basis of the X-7. However, it is said that my Xiaodouding tank can penetrate even the M2 large-caliber machine gun, and it is really not worth attacking with missiles.
There are also anti-radiation missile hailstones, but at this time he said that he had not even developed a radar, and it was not practical for the vanguard army at present.
There is also a special dexterity bomb. The Germans developed the world's first successful dexterous bomb, consisting of a 1400-kilogram armor-piercing projectile and a combined control wing with a bullet tail. Dropped by planes, it was riddled by bombers with a radio command control system. It sank the Italian battleship "Roma" and the British cruiser "Spartan", and severely damaged the battleship "Italy", the American cruiser "Savannah" and the British light cruiser "Uganda". This precision bombing is very practical, even if the cost is higher, but some bombing missions, such as bombing bridges, buildings and other targets, can be solved by a few smart bombs, but ordinary bombs need several times or even more than ten times to complete. The bombardment of the ships made Meng Xiang even more tempted, and he had already begun to accumulate this kind of dexterous bomb.
In short, the Germans built a lot of missiles and rockets, but in the end they were all cheaper than the Americans and the Russians. The Germans' talents and part of the core materials were looted by the Americans, and other materials and objects were taken away by the Russians. This allowed the two countries to quickly develop more practical missiles after the war and send satellites into the sky.
The Germans' ground-to-ground, air-to-ship, and ship-to-ship missiles, after the restrictions were opened, the base could also be manufactured, and the number of models really surprised Meng Xiang. But most of these are not needed for the time being, plus the cost of these missiles is not low, and the half-price discount also makes Meng Xiang feel unbearable, and the surname-to-price ratio is not suitable, so they are all studied as technical reserves.
For this reason, rocket research and experimental centers were formed, and the number of 50 or 60 of them was suddenly expanded to more than 300.
Meng Xiang did not force Qian Xuesen to lead these people to achieve something soon, and high-tech technologies such as missiles and rockets cannot be developed quickly compared to samples. Knowing it but not knowing why, at most copy another sample, without being able to innovate more.
"We have to lay a good foundation. Only when the foundation is solid, can there be better room for development. Meng Xiang repeatedly emphasized. Practical application can be supported by a base, and other countries are at least just getting started, and they are not in a hurry to seize the lead. What these more than 300 people need is the cultivation of time and development space, and once they are cultivated, they will be the founders of the future Huaxia rocket industry.
Goeped's experience and sample practice are their best teachers.
Meng Xiang's eyes were not just on missiles and rockets.
In August of this year, Meng Xiang drafted a scientific development plan based on the development of later generations, aiming at the high-tech technology developed in World War II. Similar to the 863 plan in later generations, Meng Xiang is also called the 388 plan by code name. Basic scientific research on missiles and rockets is just one of them. Others, such as radar, jet engines, computers, lasers, etc., were included, and even nuclear bomb technology began to carry out basic theoretical research.
The radar technology group is now Shi Shuxing Beilai to lead the research, under the guidance of many famous teachers, and also worked as a researcher's assistant in Einstein's laboratory, he produced the first radar in China in 45 years. This is the first in China, Meng enjoys a little impression, so let the father of Chinese radar preside over the research of radar technology. Again, it is not required to produce results, but only to lay a good foundation for more than 100 people.
The aero-engine laboratory has also expanded to more than 300 people, but half of them are still students, studying and researching at the same time. Among them, Wu Daguan is still a sophomore. Many people are in contact for the first time, and even Wu Zhonghua, who was hand-picked by Meng Xiang, also learned from scratch.
The aero engine of later generations has always been a pain in the hearts of the Chinese people, and in the comparison of the aerospace industry, it is simply a speechlessness that makes people hit their self-esteem. In the face of the frequent successes of the Shenzhou series in later generations, Huaxia's aviation industry has always been faced with engine problems and is controlled by others.
For a long time to come, it was the Navy and the Army that were greatly reduced, but only the flourishing of the Air Force led to the special care of the domestic aviation industry, and all preferential conditions were first opened to the aviation and aerospace industries. But it is this special care that has made the aviation industry Tang monk meat. At the same time, it has also created Huaxia's aviation department, which is a typical layman leading an insider, and a typical loser management style. When a leader comes to power, he has a very specific plan to overthrow the previous leader, and then unrealistically implements his own set. As a result, Huaxia Aero Engine has died many times in the middle of the process, and has given up halfway many times. How much time, money, and affection have been wasted as a result.
Qian Xuesen was fortunate because he was able to command the aerospace industry, and the leaders gave him enough power and respect. However, Wu Zhonghua, the founder of ternary fluid mechanics who is also an internationally renowned scientist in Huaxia's aviation, is the most unlucky.
Wu Zhonghua is the founder of ternary fluid mechanics, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a generation of grandmasters. In the early 50s, he published a paper entitled "The Universal Theory of Ternary Flow in Axial, Radial and Mixed-Flow Subsonic and Supersonic Turbomachinery", which is known internationally as the Wu general theory, and its main equation is called the Wu equation. In the 60s, a system of basic equations for ternary flow in turbomachinery using arbitrary non-orthogonal velocity components was proposed. Wu's general theory has been widely used in the design of advanced aero engines in the world, and he led the research and development of a complete set of sub, trans and supersonic computer methods and computer programs, which are also widely used in China. Even in countries around the world, including the United States, Britain and other so-called developed countries, Wu Zhonghua's disciples and grandchildren are quite numerous. In later generations, when communicating with foreigners, foreigners always said that the compressor of the engine was a theoretical component. The leader of our experts pretended to ask, what theory does the compressor rely on? Foreigners just said, it is the ternary fluid mechanics founded by Mr. Wu Zhonghua in your country!
Wu Zhonghua is just an ordinary technical expert who has swept the streets in the aviation factory, and has no power to influence the development direction of the aviation industry. His value in later generations is mainly reflected in the negotiation. For example, at a certain time in later generations, he negotiated with the British to buy a Trident plane, and when the conversation could not continue, the Huaxia representative called Wu Zhonghua over, and the British side immediately bargained when they saw that the teacher was coming. I have to give the teacher a face!
But his main role is limited to this, and the level of the country's aircraft engines is limited to the heel level of others, and in the 21st century, it has always been at the level of the sixties and seventies abroad. Until Meng Xiang traveled from that time and space, Huaxia still had heart disease.
Therefore, in this era, Meng Xiang began to build the foundation early, and the scale of aero engines is the largest. They only study jet engines, piston engines, etc., which are studied by another internal combustion engine laboratory. But this jet engine alone is divided into air jet and rocket jet. Rocket jet is a research project of the Rocket Experiment Center, and there are turbojet engines, turbofan engines, turboshaft engines, paddle fan engines, etc. Limited to the conditions at this time, the main focus at this time is turbojet engines and turboshaft engines, but only turbojet engines are a headache for everyone. Thankfully they had one of their best teachers, the jet engine creator Frank. Whittle.
When Whittle patented a jet engine at the age of 23, the sky for 29 years was the realm of piston engines. People are not interested in the principles of the turbojet engine mentioned in Whittle's dissertation. It wasn't until 35 that he received funding from a comptoir formed by bankers. In 37 years, it took only two years to build the first turbojet engine.
It was only then that the RAF began to fund it. And signed the contract. But because of the long hours of hard work, Whittle's physical condition has become very bad. In addition, the first engine has been unstable and cannot continue to operate normally. Even the second engine was stable for only two hours before disintegrating. One after another, all his collaborators left him, and Whittle's spirit was on the verge of collapse.
At this time, Meng Xiang, who had been paying attention to his movements, invited him to Huaxia to study and treat his body for free through the matchmaking of two Chinese students who had been studying by his side in March. Whittle, who was at his lowest mood at this time, only hesitated a little and agreed.
It was precisely because of Whittle's participation that the establishment of aero engines was suddenly expanded to more than 300 people, after all, at this time, there was a very scarce number of college students in China, with a total of only 100,000 people. There is a shortage of talent in all walks of life. Mengxiang's 388 program also lacks talent, which makes it impossible for some projects to be carried out smoothly.
For example, the laser project of the optical laboratory was not studied at this time, and the Wang Dayan that Meng Xiang remembered was studying in the UK at this time to study applied optics. Meng Xiang was also unwilling to interrupt his growth trajectory early. At this time, the optical laboratory was only digesting and absorbing some of the technical data of optical glass sent by William under the leadership of Gong Zutong.
The computer project has also just been set up, and Hua Luogeng, who has just arrived in the Special Economic Zone, will preside over this new project. But there were only a dozen of them under his command at this time, and they were all new to this knowledge. His main work is also in the Center for Mathematical Research, where he writes his dissertation.
However, it is not as large as the nuclear energy research institute led by Wang Ganchang, due to the lack of conditions in China, there are many talents who study mathematics and theoretical physics, and the physics experiment center led by Wu Youxun has given great support, so that the nuclear energy laboratory was quickly established.
The 388 plan is not going well and has a lot to do with the lack of domestic talents, only a few cutting-edge talents are useless, and the pyramid-like scientific and technological talent base is needed to hold up the top talents, so that they can play a greater role.
And Meng Xiang is also laying a solid foundation for this. In addition to universalizing 10 years of compulsory education, the fastest way for the newly established universities in the SAR to have a shortage of teachers is to learn from the experience of others. Mengxiang's study abroad program continues to expand, and so far it has sponsored 10,000 students and scholars to study abroad. Even the people involved in the 388 plan can go abroad for further study at any time, after all, at this time, foreign science and technology are more comprehensive, and there is not too much technical blockade for Huaxia.
These people are either two or three years, and each year is a thousand oceans. To this end, Meng Xiang has to spend 10 million yuan every year to fund these people to study and live. In 39 years, nearly 10,000 students and scholars will go abroad to study abroad.
The countries they went to, Meng Xiang would not be stupid enough to concentrate on the United States, so as not to have a voice of voice.
It is said that Ben and Soviet Russia are resolutely not going, and they are all dangerous places.
The United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and other European countries are all places for students to study abroad, as long as they avoid those war-torn countries, it is not a big problem. Although the shadow of World War II loomed, it did not have much impact on Chinese students. On the contrary, you can also take advantage of this opportunity to get better learning opportunities and access to those who are in the scientific world.
Even after the outbreak of World War II, Meng Xiang still did not stop sending students to study, and World War II was a good opportunity for China to catch up with and surpass the world powers.
Meng Xiang had all these expenses for studying abroad when he sold a battleship, but he was not as tight as the central government's political axe.
But Meng Xiang also wants to develop some industries abroad, one is to make some money, and the other is to let the international students have a place to settle down and unite them.