Chapter 43: Developed in Just One Day?

After the two of them settled more details, Hao Zude handed Su Xin a USB drive.

"This is the calculation program from the fire control system I just mentioned. Of course, since the latest system is top secret, I couldn't bring it out; I can only give you this relatively old version."

"Just use this program as a template to optimize and improve it. As for the extent to which you can optimize it, that depends on your technical level."

"Also, although this program is not the latest version, it is still classified. Remember to destroy it promptly after you finish using it; do not let it leak out under any circumstances."

Su Xin took the USB drive: "I understand."

Hao Zude called the young man down from the taxi and instructed: "Di Yuan, for the next few days, you will act as Student Su's bodyguard and driver. Just listen to his arrangements."

"Yes!"

Di Yuan responded in a stern voice.

After parting ways with Hao Zude, Su Xin followed his original plan and spent the day reading at the library. It was only in the evening that he returned home, riding in a black sedan that Di Yuan had somehow managed to acquire.

Just as he was about to go upstairs, Su Xin suddenly remembered he didn't know how Di Yuan was arranged, so he turned and asked: "By the way, where are you staying?"

"I will find a hotel nearby to rest. Keep my number; if you have anything, call me, and I will arrive as soon as possible."

Di Yuan said, still expressionless.

"Alright."

Su Xin turned and walked away. He soon returned home, finished dinner with his parents, and then entered his room to start getting busy.

During this time, he happened to have no specific development tasks, so he simply decided to first develop the fire control calculation program that the Military wanted.

He took out the USB drive, read and downloaded the data, and then wiped the data from the drive. Only then did he return to the computer to start examining the code of the fire control program and familiarizing himself with the principles of the fire control calculation program.

After looking through it carefully once, Su Xin had a rough understanding.

"So that's how it is!"

"No wonder the Military came to me. The most important thing about this software is data analysis, and it must be fast and accurate. This is precisely the strength of Tiantian Assistant, and also my strength."

"Then there isn't much difficulty in it."

The corners of Su Xin's mouth lifted, revealing a faint smile, and he began to try writing the new fire control calculation program directly.

With the epoch-making Artificial Intelligence program Tiantian Assistant as a foundation, the fire control calculation program provided by the Military as a template, plus Su Xin's world-class technology and incomparably rich software knowledge reserves, this new fire control program—which was a huge challenge for the entire Military—really did not have much difficulty in Su Xin's eyes.

Of course, the data analysis of an intelligent assistant is mainly in terms of language, while the data analysis of a fire control calculation program is in terms of mechanics, especially the branches of kinematics and aerodynamics. To a layman, the two might seem far apart, and to an insider, they might be completely unrelated.

But to Su Xin, a top-tier academic expert with a very broad range of knowledge, the difference between the two is not that great. He could fully draw parallels, and since he had read quite a few books on mechanics, there was no difficulty in getting started directly.

Immersed in the world of code, Su Xin completely forgot the passage of time. He kept Threefold Speed enabled the entire time, clattering away at the keyboard until he finished developing the new fire control program and realized it was already three o'clock in the morning.

He stood up and stretched.

At this moment, Su Xin still felt full of energy; even his spirit was extremely excited from the sense of achievement of completing the program development.

"Let's run a simulation calculation first to see how the new program performs."

Su Xin sat back down, began running the program, and continuously adjusted various parameters to test the new program's calculation time, the accuracy of the ballistic analysis, and the stability of the program.

After a round of testing, he found that compared to the original old program, the calculation time of this new program was shortened by eighty percent, and the accuracy of the ballistic analysis was improved by thirty percent.

Such an improvement could be called a earth-shaking change for a military program.

For example, if two fighter jets with similar performance were engaging at high altitude, and the fire control system of Party A calculated the optimal ballistic path based on various real-time parameters and automatically fired ammunition, the entire process would take 1 second.

That is to say, Party A would need to keep its muzzle aimed at Party B for a full second to complete one accurate shot.

On the other hand, the entire calculation process for Party B would only take 0.2 seconds; almost the moment the two sides crossed paths, it could complete the entire calculation process and automatically fire ammunition.

Such a gap would lead to a scene in actual combat where—when Party A aimed at Party B and finished calculating the trajectory, preparing to fire—Party B's ammunition would have already pierced through the air and arrived in front of Party A's fighter jet.

With such a gap, Party A would have no power to fight back at all in front of Party B!

Not to mention the gap in accuracy.

Of course, the fire control system mainly plays an auxiliary role; the performance of the fighter jet itself and the pilot's operation are also among the most important factors affecting the outcome of a battle.

But it cannot be denied that an excellent fire control calculation system also has a particularly significant improvement on the combat effectiveness of a fighter jet, and most importantly, this kind of fire control system can be popularized to various fighter jets and even various types of military equipment.

Therefore, such a fire control calculation system with a leap in performance is indeed extremely significant for the improvement of the entire Military's strength.

"By the way, just now while developing the fire control calculation program, I had better ideas for the calculation logic; Tiantian Assistant can also be optimized."

Su Xin looked excited. He set the fire control calculation program aside and began to optimize the source code of Tiantian Assistant, preparing to add these changes during the next major update.

It wasn't until after four in the morning that Su Xin felt exhausted and went back to bed to sleep.

He slept straight until after ten o'clock.

After Su Xin woke up, he found that his parents had already gone out, and there was a breakfast left on the table, along with a note reminding him to eat.

After washing up, Su Xin ate breakfast while calling Hao Zude.

"Hello, Student Su."

"Director Hao, the thing you wanted has been developed. When will you come to pick it up?"

"What?!"

On the other end of the phone, Hao Zude was stunned for a moment, unable to believe his ears.

"I said, the thing you wanted has been developed, asking when you will come to pick it up."

Su Xin repeated it patiently.

He also knew that what he had done was a bit exaggerated, but he had no need to hide his strength. Completed was completed; the more exaggerated he appeared, the more he would be valued by the higher-ups, which would be more beneficial to his future development.

"Are you sure? The thing I wanted yesterday, you have already finished developing today?"

"Of course. For it, I didn't sleep for half the night."

"Alright, then I will come over to pick it up today!"

After hanging up the phone, Hao Zude took a deep breath.

Although he still couldn't quite believe that Su Xin had really completed the development of the new calculation program in such a short time, thinking of the various intelligence reports on Su Xin and the importance of the new calculation program, he still dared not be the slightest bit negligent.

After walking out of his office, he immediately ordered someone to arrange a special plane, coordinated the flight path, flew urgently to the air force base nearest to Baohe City, and then got into a low-key black business car, arriving near Su Xin's home before three in the afternoon.

The two met at a secluded location, and after receiving the USB flash drive from Su Xin, Hao Zude expressed his gratitude solemnly and turned to leave in a hurry.

It was evening by the time Hao Zude returned to the General Armament Department, and without stopping to rest, he immediately arranged for technicians to integrate the Fire Control Calculation Program with the observation system and install it onto a test fighter jet for simulation testing.

This series of preparatory work kept them busy until the next morning.

Having not slept all night, Hao Zude stared with bloodshot eyes and ordered the fighter jet to begin the test.