Chapter 60: Ha Gong Da Has So Many Talented People

Class 4381, classroom.

"Miaomiao, you're finally back. Where have you been these past two days?"

"Xiao Fang, I went back to my hometown for a trip."

"I heard you went back together with classmate Qin Miao?"

"Yeah, and we came back together!"

"How could that be, Cui Ping? Don't talk nonsense."

"Look, your ears are all red. Tell me, did you go meet your parents?"

Chu Miaomiao felt a little panicked, but fortunately, just then the teacher walked in.

"Everyone, today we'll continue talking about indefinite integrals……"

Chu Miaomiao took a deep breath, she couldn't let her mind wander; she needed to focus on her studies. Classmate Qin Miao was so outstanding, he had already started projects, even several of them, and she too had to study hard, not fall behind him!

She kept feeling…… as if a pair of eyes were staring at her from behind.

Chu Miaomiao turned her head, and then……

Smack!

In the panic, Zhao Wanli's book fell to the ground.

Chu Miaomiao's feelings were complicated; she had once said she wouldn't consider romance during college, but now…… hum, never mind, a man like San Shui ge is absolutely not to be missed! She had to seize the opportunity first!

Truck Cannon project team.

"The vehicle needs an advanced meteorological observation system; all kinds of environmental parameters must be collected—wind speed, air pressure, temperature, humidity—these will affect aiming precision……achoo!"

"Classmate Qin Miao, you……"

"It's fine, let's continue. Above the gun's recoil mechanism, we need to install a millimeter-wave muzzle velocity radar to monitor the projectile's muzzle speed in real time, thereby correcting firing parameters……"

Professor Yuan widened his eyes.

"Classmate Qin Miao, our Ha Gong Da only has gun-aiming radar, made by the Nine System over there. What is this millimeter-wave muzzle velocity radar? Domestically…… it seems we don't have it, right?"

"This is simple; just emit a single-pulse electromagnetic wave. It's simpler than the gun-aiming radar. If we don't have it domestically, we'll make it ourselves. Looks like…… we need to go to the Nine System."

"Come on, I'll take you there!"

In the meeting room, Professor Yuan still thought the 8086 sixteen-bit chip's performance was overkill, but now seeing how much data needs to be integrated, even this 8086 might not be able to handle it!

As for development funds…… Bu'er Boshi's contribution really isn't enough, and we don't know if it'll be sufficient……

With that thought, Professor Yuan led Qin Miao straight to the Nine System office.

"Old Liu, Old Liu!" Professor Yuan shouted from afar: "Put down your work and first give our Truck Cannon project R&D! We'll provide however much funding is needed!"

In the office, Professor Liu, who had been bending over his work, lifted his head: "Then we won't be polite—without a million, it's absolutely impossible!"

"Old Liu, you're being excessive! Your new-system radar is still in the demonstration phase; it won't cost much. Later, when it moves from demonstration to practice, our Truck Cannon could also sell well. If the state doesn't approve a project, we'll give you some funding!"

New-system radar?

Qin Miao was a bit curious: "Is it a high-frequency ground-wave over-the-horizon radar?"

Boom!

Professor Liu immediately stood up, his gaze piercing toward Qin Miao: "How do you know about this radar? Domestically…… no one knows! Old Yuan, what did you say?"

Professor Yuan shook his head: "I didn't say anything. I only know you came back from Britain and went crazy, wanting to develop a new-system radar. As for what it is…… that's not my specialty, so I wouldn't know. That Professor Sherman doesn't know how he fooled you……"

Exactly, he's the leader of the Radar Iron Army, Liu Yongtan! Our Ha Gong Da, just how many talented people are there?

In 1936, Professor Liu was born into a scholarly family in Nanjing. In those turbulent years, he lived a life of constant displacement; if he hadn't left Nanjing early, he would have become a victim under the Japanese butcher's knife.

He loved his country and vowed to devote his life to serving it, making the nation strong and free from enemy invasion.

In 1953, Professor Liu was admitted to Ha Gong Da. Besides his undergraduate major, he also self-studied the relevant parts of science mathematics and physics. With excellent grades, the school regarded him as reserve teaching staff and sent him to Huaxing University to further study radio technology.

In 1958, Professor Liu returned to Ha Gong Da and participated in establishing the Radio Engineering Department, which is the Nine System. That summer he also became a university teacher.

In 1965, Professor Liu undertook the state's single-pulse delay receiver development task. Unfortunately, before it was finished, society underwent changes, he was sent down to the countryside, and only returned to Ha Gong Da in 1973!

In 1978, he was promoted to associate professor. That August he went abroad to study, arriving at the Electronic Engineering Department of the University of Birmingham in Britain.

There he met world-renowned radar experts and scholars, especially Professor Sherman, who greatly appreciated his talent and let him participate in the development of the civilian sea-state remote sensing signal processing project—put simply, it was a radar.

Professor Liu learned world-class radar knowledge; upon returning home, he became even more determined to develop a new-type radar.

At this moment, Professor Liu's eyes were full of excitement: "How do you know about this radar?"

"Cough cough…… I…… guessed. Ordinary radar waves travel in straight lines, so you can't see below the horizon, especially when scanning the sea surface—you can only see about forty kilometers. To see farther, you need to use ground waves……"

What Professor Liu has been developing is exactly this project!

In the early 1980s, this ground-wave radar was merely a concept; internationally there was nothing ready-made. For Professor Liu to pursue it was…… a pipe dream! Many leaders were doubtful, but two years later he found a superior, proposed his idea, and gained support.

In the summer of 1983, the Aeronautics Industry Ministry's Science and Technology Committee held a four-day review session before finally approving and officially launching the project. Afterward, it took nearly ten years; Professor Liu led a team of Ha Gong Da faculty and students to produce this radar!

From then on, coastal defense gained bright eyes; the two-hundred-kilometer exclusive economic zone at sea could be monitored continuously, and four-hundred-kilometer naval vessels and other targets could be detected. Professor Liu, through tireless effort, successfully developed a new-system radar with world-advanced level!

By that reckoning, Professor Liu had just returned to the country this semester. He was in the midst of promoting his radar concept everywhere, being dismissed by countless people who thought that since foreign countries didn't have it, we certainly couldn't either—so we needed to cheer him on!

"Now Britain doesn't have it, the US doesn't have it, France doesn't have it—just because they don't, does that mean we don't? I don't believe it! As Easterners, we're no worse than foreigners! What they can do, we can too; what they can't do, we can still do!"

"That's right, you're absolutely correct!" Professor Liu exclaimed excitedly: "You…… who are you?"

"Me? Qin Miao."

"Qin Miao! You're the one who brought the Truck Cannon project to our school? You have such confidence in this new-system radar; I believe you can certainly persuade the higher-ups, right? Let's go, come with me to the Capital!"