Chapter 153: WAR BREAKS OUT

"Impossible! The Star-Spangled Country does not have the guts to provoke us!"

"If the Sun Country is defeated and retreats, refugees will surely pour in, and that is all."

The voices of the defeatist faction gradually gained the upper hand.

A military expert who had returned from studying abroad took out a document and analyzed:

"According to the latest intelligence, the Star-Spangled Country has already withdrawn over 70% of its garrison. The Taiji Tiger military is undertrained and poorly equipped; they are simply no match for the Sun Country's elite troops. I predict that the Sun Country will be able to occupy the Taiji Tiger capital within a week."

Li Mingyuan watched this debate with cold eyes, yet he knew clearly in his heart—this war would be far more complex than they imagined.

A burst of urgent telephone ringing interrupted the debate.

Minister Zhao walked quickly to answer the phone, his expression gradually becoming serious. After hanging up, he slapped the table hard: "Comrades, quiet down!"

The conference room gradually quieted, and everyone's gaze focused on Minister Zhao.

"That was a direct call from our superiors," Minister Zhao's voice was calm and firm, "ordering everyone to enter a state of combat readiness, especially our research institute; we must be ready to provide technical support to the front lines at any time."

In an instant, the conference room was deathly silent, and the air seemed to have frozen.

Minister Zhao looked around at everyone, "The war has begun, and we must be prepared."

Li Mingyuan sat quietly in the corner, watching the expressions on everyone's faces change from shock and confusion to gradually accepting reality.

"The specific arrangements are as follows," Minister Zhao continued, "The Radar Group and Fire Control Group shall immediately organize technical personnel to prepare to provide technical support for the front lines; the Computer Group shall step up efforts to perfect the combat command system; the Basic Components Group shall ensure the production lines run 24 hours a day to guarantee the supply of key components."

The heads of each group nodded one after another, their faces filled with gravity.

Minister Zhao looked at his watch: "It is getting late. Everyone go back and rest first, and we will gather again at seven tomorrow morning to discuss countermeasures in detail. Meeting adjourned!"

People in the conference room stood up one after another, talking in low voices as they walked out. Li Mingyuan, however, remained seated, his fingertips tapping lightly on the table, his eyes revealing deep thought.

"Wait a moment!"

At the very moment everyone was about to walk out of the conference room, Li Mingyuan suddenly spoke up.

His voice was not loud, but it had a peculiar penetrating quality that made everyone stop in their tracks.

"Please stay for a while longer," Li Mingyuan stood up from his seat with a faint smile on his face, "I have something new to show everyone."

Minister Zhao frowned: "Mingyuan, it is already very late, and everyone needs to rest to prepare for tomorrow's..."

"Minister," Li Mingyuan interrupted him, "Trust me, this thing is worth everyone staying up a little longer."

Minister Zhao saw the light flickering in Li Mingyuan's eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Alright, everyone please sit down."

People sat back in their seats with confusion and a hint of displeasure; a few people even couldn't help but yawn.

Li Mingyuan took a thick stack of blueprints out of his briefcase, carefully unfolded them, and spread them out in the center of the conference table.

His movements were unhurried, and his tone was understated: "This is the complete design plan for a Turbojet Engine."

A simple sentence, yet it was like dropping a bomb.

There was dead silence in the conference room, and time seemed to have stopped.

Everyone widened their eyes, looking at the stack of blueprints on the table in disbelief.

"What did you say?" Aviation expert Professor Chen stood up trembling, his hands bracing the table to steady himself, "This... this is a jet engine?"

Professor Chen was an expert who had returned from studying in the Star-Spangled Country, specializing in power systems, and his temples were already gray.

"We have begged the Polar Bear Country so many times for this technology, so many times! Every time we were rejected! They wouldn't even let us look at the technical data!" Professor Chen's voice trembled with excitement, "How could you possibly..."

Li Mingyuan did not answer, only gesturing for everyone to come forward and examine the blueprints.

The experts scrambled to crowd around, squeezing together to study the dense blueprints and calculation data.

At first, there were skeptical whispers, but as they delved deeper, the voices gradually turned to surprise, then shock, and finally, complete stupefaction.

"Good heavens... this design... it's so complete..."

"The Combustion Chamber design is precise to 0.01 millimeters..."

"These pressure ratio parameters... this is simply textbook-level optimization..."

"Wait, look here, these thrust figures..."

A Military technical expert suddenly gasped: "This... this thrust-to-weight ratio reaches 3.2! The performance even exceeds some models currently in service with the Polar Bear Country!"

Li Mingyuan stood to the side, watching these top domestic experts touching and examining his blueprints like children, and he couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

The atmosphere in the conference room was heated and tense as the experts surrounded Li Mingyuan's design blueprints and High-temperature Alloy samples, vying to discuss various technical details.

Even the usually steady General Wang could not hide his excitement and had already begun drafting an outline for a report requesting special funding on paper.

However, just as everyone was immersed in the excitement, a calm voice broke the heated atmosphere.

"Theoretically, this plan is indeed feasible, but the actual manufacturing difficulty is likely to be much greater than we imagine."

The speaker was Professor Zhang, a scientist with significant achievements in the field of materials science who had studied in the Polar Bear Country for five years.

He had a serious expression and wore a pair of thick glasses; at this moment, he was carefully studying Li Mingyuan's High-temperature Alloy formula.

"The composition ratio of this Nickel-based Superalloy is extremely complex, and the manufacturing process requirements are very high." Professor Zhang picked up the metal sample, his tone carrying a hint of skepticism,

"Our country has never successfully manufactured such a precise alloy; this is currently the biggest technical barrier."

His words were like a basin of cold water poured over everyone's heads. The heated atmosphere in the conference room cooled down instantly.

"Professor Zhang makes a valid point," another expert followed up, "The Turbine Blade is the most critical component of a Jet Engine; it needs to rotate at high speeds under temperatures of nearly a thousand degrees. The slightest error would cause the entire engine to fail, or even explode."

"Furthermore," a mechanical expert who had returned from studying in Hans frowned,

"Even if the material problem is solved, the precision casting process is also a huge difficulty. The Cooling Channel inside the blade is complex and delicate; traditional casting methods simply cannot achieve it."

"And the design and manufacturing of the Combustion Chamber..."

"The aerodynamic precision requirements for the Compressor Blade..."

"The stability of the bearing system under high-speed operation..."

For a time, various technical questions arose one after another.

These experts were not deliberately being contrary, but were raising reasonable concerns based on their professional knowledge and realistic conditions.

Li Mingyuan listened quietly, a faint smile still remaining on his face.