In fact, Chen Nian has been waiting for him in the office for some time.

After all, with his highly confidential status, he didn't have much to do after watching the launching ceremony, and knowing that Wen Xingdong definitely wanted to see him, he simply returned early and waited for him to come.

Sitting with Chen Nian was Ma Weiming. When Wen Xingdong entered, the two were chatting animatedly.

"So your view is that laser weapons must be developed, but too much energy cannot be invested and can only be used as a short-term transition?"

Ma Weiming glanced at Wen Xingdong who came in, waved to him to sit down, and then continued to ask Chen Nian questions.

Chen Nian shook his head slightly and replied:

"It's not accurate to say that."

"To be precise, the development of laser weapons should be a process of upward waveband."

"At this current point in time, if we can quickly develop laser weapons or even laser anti-missile systems, it will definitely improve the combat effectiveness of our military significantly."

"Because, at this stage, most missiles do not have laser defense capabilities."

"As long as we can create usable laser weapons, the interception efficiency of missiles will be greatly improved, and we can even achieve close to 100% interception."

"However, on the other hand, laser defense technology will develop rapidly. Anti-laser coating technology has already achieved certain results, the most typical of which is vanadium metal coating."

"In past experiments, the process of this metal converting from a low-temperature semiconductor phase to a high-temperature metallic phase did greatly disperse the laser energy."

"In the future, if there are newer alloy materials, it will only be a matter of time before laser weapons can be restrained."

"By then, laser weapons will have entered a trough."

"Until the energy of laser weapons exceeds the defense upper limit of all metals, laser weapons can develop rapidly again."

"But that will happen a long time ago."

After listening to Chen Nian's words, Ma Weiming nodded in agreement.

"In the final analysis, it is still an issue of energy."

"In fact, it is not difficult to create a high-energy pulse laser transmitter now, but the problem is that there is no way to make this thing into a motorized weapon."

"Its energy consumption is too great. No mobile power supply system can sustain such consumption - unless the next generation of energy technology is developed."

"This is why we want to engage in metallic hydrogen and nuclear fusion."

Chen Nian said.

"There is a long road ahead. Take your time. If you have any difficulties, be sure to tell me. I will help you no matter what!"

Hearing Ma Weiming's promise, Chen Nian smiled and nodded.

In fact, he also knows that in this regard, Ma Weiming's role is really limited, but he will not have such low emotional intelligence that he will say "you can't do it" on the spot.

Regardless of whether it works or not, people always have good intentions and should not refuse.

After the two of them finished chatting, Chen Nian turned to Wen Xingdong who was waiting aside and said:

"Congratulations, Mr. Wen."

"Project 055 went so smoothly, you have made a great contribution."

"No, no, Mr. Chen, the greatest contribution is still yours, so please don't belittle me."

Wen Xingdong waved his hands quickly and then said:

"Mr. Chen, I've been looking for you outside for a long time. If I knew you were in the office, I would have come here long ago."

"Well, we did a pretty good job, didn't we?"

What Wen Xingdong meant by "work" was naturally 055. His tone contained obvious pride, but also a hint of "cautious" questioning.

There is no way, in front of Chen Nian, no matter how senior he is or how successful he is, he has no qualifications to be proud of, so it is absolutely impossible to show off.

"It's really nice. I'm not trying to be polite. Your efficiency is simply amazing."

"It is better that all departments cooperate well - Xinghuo has a strong leading role. It is really necessary to establish such an organization."

This was purely official politeness, and Chen Nian just heard it and didn't take it seriously.

After chatting for a few words, Wen Xingdong finally turned to the topic.

He looked at Chen Nian solemnly and asked:

"Mr. Chen, do you have any ideas about the hull number and name of the first ship?"

Chen Nian was stunned for a moment when he heard this question.

In fact, China has a set of fixed rules for the hull numbers and names of ships.

For example, a hull number starting with 1 represents a destroyer, and its distribution area is from 100 to 199.

The name is usually the provincial capital or sub-provincial city.

But the specific choice is still up to the navy itself.

But now, Wen Xingdong asked himself directly, apparently because he had reached an agreement with the Navy and his own suggestions would prevail.

Chen Nian originally wanted to name it directly after the hull number and name of the first 055 destroyer in the previous life, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was a bit unsatisfactory.

Although "Nanchang" conforms to the naming rules and has profound historical meaning, Chen Nian has always felt that since the last life, as the de facto strongest shield ship, this name is not domineering enough, and it also has nothing to do with the navy's long and troubled journey.

Not suitable enough.

To put it bluntly, it still doesn’t quite reflect the significance of this ship.

What does this 055 mean to China?

Once at the Pearl River Estuary, British warships sailing across the ocean ignored the artillery fire from the Humen Fort, because the inferior projectiles fired by the old artillery could not even penetrate the hull of the British warship.

Once on the banks of the Huangpu River, an old-fashioned armored ship that was twenty years out of date could defeat waves of tragic sea and air attacks from China.

Once at the Jiangyin Fortress, the Chinese fleet was not even qualified to engage in a serious naval battle. In the end, they could only heroically and helplessly sink themselves to the bottom of the water, trying to block the enemy's path with their own remains.

Once in the Strait, the "strategy to defeat the enemy" that military fans racked their brains to come up with was to use all the warships as bait to attract firepower, so as to cover the two "modern" class ships that were finally bought and could use the "horse" to rush in.

Skeeter's anti-ship missile range, making a gamble with a slim chance of winning.

For such a long period of time, our navy existed in name only and was even a joke in the eyes of others.

But then, how did we develop?

Some people say, "If China does not build an aircraft carrier, I will never die in peace."

Some people say, "If you like fighting warships, then go to the Navy."

Some people say, "I want to learn to build our own big ship."

Of course, there is what that person said.

"In order to oppose imperialist aggression, we must build a powerful navy!"

Tracing back to the source, this sentence may be the reason why the Chinese navy can soar from the abyss.

It doesn't have any fancy words, just a simple narrative.

But everyone who has read this sentence knows that we must do it.

And now, we have done it - or are about to do it.

His wish for a "powerful navy" is about to come true.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian took a deep breath.

Then, he opened his mouth and said:

"If I were to suggest anything, the ship number would be 101."

"As for the name, let's just say Jiujiang."

"Back then, he inspected the Yangtze River on the Luoyang ship, starting from Jiujiang."

"Now, we are going to the deep blue, starting from Jiujiang!"
Chapter completed!