Chapter 211 Reclamating seas and moving mountains, shield machine!

Author: September Sauce

Chapter 211 Reclamating seas and moving mountains, shield machine!

Treasure Island was completed, the airport construction plan was put on the agenda, and Chen Nian, who was far away in China, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Things at sea finally calmed down completely. After that, there should be no more waves for a long time.

the reason is simple.

The combination of J-20B + island building is really too powerful.

The Sky Whale was born nearly 10 years ahead of schedule, and its performance has almost doubled, which means that today, when the United States is deeply mired in the war on terrorism and is temporarily unable to touch the South China Sea, we have more time and more abundant resources.

space to operate at sea.

The cost of building islands has been greatly reduced. In a very short period of time, we can build one "leapfrog" island after another in the Xisha Sea.

Of course, no matter how abundant the funds are, it is impossible for each of these islands to be like Yongxia Island, which will be built into a large island with an airport, various infrastructures, and even living areas in later generations.

The most likely possibility is that these islands have the ability to take off and land helicopters, and some islands have ports that can berth small ships and have basic self-sustaining capabilities.

Originally, according to this design, the deterrent capabilities of these islands were actually insufficient.

But the problem is that everything changed when J-20B began to be deployed to Xisha.

The scope of the Air Force's activities has expanded from an island to a group of islands.

The effectiveness of the enemy's strike methods has also been greatly weakened.

Yes, if there is only one Yongxia Island, you can easily destroy it with a saturation attack. After this nail is pulled out, our control over the South China Sea will decline.

However, now we not only have Yongxia Island, not only Treasure Island, but also a series of small islands.

What, do you want to blow them up one by one?

As long as we can't blow up all the bombs in the first wave of attacks, our air superiority will not be completely lost.

Because, our J-20B can take off from any island in an emergency!

This is the difference between an aircraft carrier and an "aircraft carrier system".

Otherwise, why would the United States engage in a dual aircraft carrier battle group every time it takes serious action?

Quantity, at some point, will also become the key to solving problems.

quantity quality.

Chen Nian suddenly thought that the J-20B deployed to Treasure Island was not complete yet, and its range was still too short.

However, once the variable cycle engine from the 611 Institute is released, its combat effectiveness will be qualitatively improved.

With a combat radius of nearly 1,000 kilometers, it can cover almost the entire Southeast Asian peninsula.

At that time, under the most extreme circumstances, it is not impossible to defeat India.

Thinking of this, he smiled with satisfaction.

In fact, he had already made this plan when he first conceived of the STOVL fighter jet.

Now, nearly two years have passed, and this goal has finally been achieved.

Taken together, this set of technological advancements has also brought him considerable returns.

Now, his average daily growth in the number of source points has exceeded the 0.3 mark for the first time, maintaining this number for a week in a row.

Although there will definitely be fluctuations in the future, this can be considered a huge progress.

And the total number of source points he held in his hand reached an astonishing 16 points.

It's time to start the next step.

He needs a large-scale project that can be modularized to consume these source points.

Chen Nian frowned and glanced at the schedule.

Tomorrow is the regular working meeting of the Spark team, and we can take this opportunity to learn about the progress of each project.

Including the ongoing Deep Blue 16 project, including the Rainbow-8 UAV project, including the H-20 project that has cooperated with Russia to start pre-research, and also includes the high-speed rail project that has completed the construction of the first train set and is ready to start testing.

During this period, I actually invested a lot in these projects, but the investment was basically scattered.

This shows that these projects have indeed not encountered critical technical problems, and there is no need to take action on their own for the time being.

In other words, maybe some problems have been encountered, but the project leaders believe that the cost-effectiveness of involving themselves is too low.

If this is the case, then you need to analyze it carefully again.

According to the prompts of the "Task Manager", you may be able to invest more resources in certain key points to speed up the progress of technology development.

Chen Nian put away his wandering thoughts and looked back at the time.

It's time to go out for some fun again.

At this time, NPU had already gone on summer vacation, and most of the students had gone home, but the cafeteria was still open.

——

The reason is very simple. In this school that is already under great pressure, there will always be some outstanding students like Chen Nian, Wang Jiancheng, and Qiu Mai who stay in the school.

However, today happened to be the time that Chen Nian and the other three people had made an appointment to have dinner together, so he did not go to the canteen, but went directly to the hot pot restaurant outside the west gate.

In the hot pot restaurant, Chen Nian saw the other three people who had already ordered their dishes and had been waiting for a long time.

"I'm just waiting for you. Why are you so late today?"

Qiu Mai asked as he handed the chopsticks to Chen Nian.

"I'm sorry, something has delayed me."

Chen Nian didn't say anything clearly, and Qiu Mai didn't continue to ask.

In this regard, she is actually not stupid.

Even if she hadn't joined Spark like Li Xiang, she could still guess that Chen Nian should have some confidential projects that were inconvenient to disclose to the outside world.

——

This is not surprising, she has such a project herself.

It's just that the scale is relatively small, and the role I play in it is relatively marginal.

After exchanging pleasantries, several people started cooking hot pot in full swing, each chatting about their recent affairs.

Li Xiang and Chen Nian know each other well and cover well.

Wang Jiancheng is tinkering with his exoskeleton. Now that he has more funds, he is more playful and even begins to think about whether to get a large-capacity battery first.

Relatively speaking, Qiu Mai is much more ordinary, taking classes, doing projects, and preparing to review for the postgraduate entrance examination.

It can be regarded as the basic path of an "ordinary academic master".

After chatting for a long time, the pot was hot and the dishes were cooked, but few of them were in a hurry to move their chopsticks.

It wasn't because they were too absorbed in chatting, but because everyone was attracted by a breaking news on TV.

"On August 19, a major engineering accident occurred somewhere in Hubei. An auxiliary tunnel on a certain railway section collapsed during construction, causing 11 people to be trapped. They have not yet been rescued."

"Fortunately, the tunnel ventilation duct was not blocked and the 12 trapped workers were able to obtain the oxygen necessary for life. The 12 trapped workers were safe and sound."

"Currently, rescue work is being actively carried out."

Looking at the reports on the news, the four people's expressions became solemn.

"Shiyan. The geological conditions there are not bad. The tunnel collapsed? Is this an engineering design problem?"

Wang Jiancheng asked in confusion.

"Not necessarily, it may be an engineering design problem, or it may be force majeure."

"In general, the Hubei area is not as complex and dangerous as the karst landforms in the south, but the groundwater system is rich and the rock formations are seriously eroded, so construction is still very difficult."

"In addition, our current construction equipment is relatively backward, so it is normal for problems to occur."

"--I can't say it's normal. In short, the possibility is not low."

After Qiu Mai finished speaking, he continued to sigh:

"In the past two years, we have indeed made quite a breakthrough in the military industry, but in the civilian field, especially in the field of large civilian machinery, it is really not enough."

"Look, we are building high-speed rail now, but in fact, what will happen even if the high-speed rail is built?"

"It's impossible to have a train but no road. No matter how fast the EMU is, it still has to run on the railway."

"The terrain of our country is so complex. If we want high-speed rail to cover the places where it is needed to the greatest extent, we have to build bridges and build roads."

"Bridge erecting machines and shield machines are areas in which we are extremely lagging behind."

"Extremely backward?!"

Chen Nian was shocked.

In his mind, these two gadgets are typical cases of reverse export of domestic heavy machinery. Not to mention domestically, even in the era when he came back, the TBMs were so powerful that Western manufacturers were completely out of business.
To be continued...