The 60s: Accidentally Becoming an Academician While Doing Scientific Research

Ling Yue, living in the interstellar era, was caught in an explosion caused by a neighboring scientific madman and was transported to the Blue Star in the 1960s, a time of devastation, internal str...

Chapter 107 Headache

"Time is tight, so we can only build a maintenance room temporarily. As for where we live, we'll still have to set up tents, which are already under construction."

"It's okay, that's good. The main thing is the project. The people don't matter. Anywhere is fine." Ling Yue smiled and said, "By the way, how is the construction progress of the airplane dam?"

Qian Zilin took out a small notebook and looked at it. "According to your requirements, construction has already begun. It is expected to be completed in one or two months."

Ling Yue: ...There’s no need to be so formal.

"Okay, then I can do both projects at the same time. I'll assemble this one and write a plan for that one first."

"Well, make your own arrangements," he said worriedly at last, "Don't put yourself in the hospital again this time."

Hearing this, Ling Yue quickly nodded. Why did these people always treat her like a child?

After putting all the things inside, the person in charge of the construction site received the news and came over.

As soon as they met, they exchanged warm greetings. After packing up, Ling Yue went out.

There were still two big brothers standing at the door. Ling Yue took a look at them and then ignored them. These people would not listen to her anyway.

When Ling Yue saw Qian Zilin, she asked, "Where are the parts?"

"I knew you couldn't stay here," Qian Zilin tapped Ling Yue's forehead. "Let's go. I'll take you there."

"To protect them from direct sunlight, they've placed them in the maintenance room. They haven't even taken them down yet, though. They're worried they might break. Without a researcher around, they really don't dare touch them."

The maintenance room was bare with several cars parked there.

When the green waterproof cloth was lifted, we could see that each carriage was filled with several wooden boxes.

"Unload it first and put it on the open ground." Ling Yue ordered.

"Ah? Moving now, don't we need to pay attention to anything?" the captain next to him asked in surprise.

This is a delicate thing. What if these rough guys accidentally break it?

Ling Yue shook her head. If it broke with a slight touch, it meant that the workmanship was not up to standard and needed to be sent back for redoing.

What she made was a tank, not tofu dregs.

Except for Qian Zilin, the few people following Ling Yue all looked at each other, then obeyed the order and got in the car.

After a while, the soldiers carefully moved all the things down.

Ling Yue could even see that he was sweating profusely due to nervousness.

She stroked her forehead speechlessly. This scene was both sad and helpless.

After moving all the parts down, Ling Yue opened the boxes one by one.

A tank is a complex machine with many parts, the most well-known of which are the gun barrel, machine gun, engine, tracks, armor, antenna and navigation equipment.

Don’t think that having armor is the same as armor. There are essential differences between the two things in terms of weight, weapons and equipment, and protection.

In general, tanks focus more on attack power, protection and mobility, while armored vehicles focus more on versatility and flexibility.

Ling Yue was holding a vernier caliper, and there was a micrometer and feeler gauge in the box beside her.

She sighed. In the past, she used machine vision for measurement, which was faster and more accurate.

But we don’t have such conditions now, so it’s good to have these tools.

Qian Zilin was not idle either. He took the drawings given by Ling Yue and compared them one by one. There were so many of them, it would take a long time for one person to finish checking them.

But even so, with so many parts, it took the two of them more than two hours to finish checking them all.

When we got home from work, the sky was already filled with stars. Even though the night view was very beautiful, we had no time to think. It was so hot, and the most important thing we wanted to do in this weather was to soak in cold water.

Qian Zilin was fine. There was a river nearby. He could swim in it for a few laps, which was both refreshing and fun. There were soldiers nearby, so he didn't have to worry about any danger.

But Ling Yue couldn't do that. No matter how hot the weather was, she couldn't just go into the river.

Ling Yue looked at Qian Zilin's back with resentment, then walked towards her tent, looking back every few steps.

As soon as I entered the door, before I had time to wash my face, I heard a scream from my wrist.

Ling Yue withdrew her hand that had touched the towel and answered the phone.

"Hello, hello, I'm Ling Yue."

"Ling Yue, I'm Deng He. There's a problem. When are you free? Please help me take a look."

"Huh?" Ling Yue blinked her big eyes in confusion. The construction of hydrogen bombs was never mentioned in history books before.

She checked the time. Even if she went there now, there would be no train to Qinghai. After a moment's thought, she said, "Sort out the questions now and save them on your computer. I'll take a look at them remotely."

"Okay, okay, I'll go now."

Having said that, Deng He quickly hung up the phone, and without saying anything else, he organized the personnel to start sorting out the problems that had arisen.

The first difficulty is nuclear fuel. The power of an atomic bomb is usually equivalent to hundreds to tens of thousands of tons of TNT, while the power of a hydrogen bomb can be as high as tens of millions of tons of TNT equivalent. The fuel is a major problem.

Nuclear fusion weapons require a mixture of deuterium and tritium, but there is basically no natural tritium in the world. It needs to be artificially synthesized and must be synthesized in a reactor. The amount of tritium produced each time is very small.

Now this problem has been solved, but another problem has arisen, that is, the second fission reaction of the third stage in the center of the three-stage warhead has not been able to reach the fission-polymerization-fission reaction.

This is the flaw of nuclear fusion weapons. Their fuses are unstable and require special preservation.

The fuse of a nuclear bomb is generally placed in the center of the three-stage warhead, and the fission reaction in the center of the three-stage warhead.

When Deng He called again, Ling Yue had already finished her shower and came out with wet hair. She sat on a stool and asked No. 7 to move over.

The data was very clear and Ling Yue had no difficulty reading it.

However, Ling Yue frowned. She had not participated in this research before, so she was not sure what kind of hydrogen bomb they were making.

But now this data is clearly the fission data of the three-stage warhead of the three-phase bomb.

You know, three-phase bombs have obvious flaws.

A three-phase bomb with a power equivalent to several million tons of TNT has a very large share of fission energy, generally around 50%, so the radioactive pollution produced is also very serious. Everyone calls this hydrogen bomb a "dirty bomb".

Ling Yue called Deng He and asked, "Did you make three?"

Deng He gave Ling Yue all the data, so he naturally wouldn't hide anything. He immediately said, "Yes, but the last one hasn't been solved yet."

"I'll go there early tomorrow morning. You guys do the other steps first."

After hanging up the phone, Ling Yue sighed. It would take more than ten days to get there now, and a month would be gone in total.

Headache!

I don’t know if she can apply for a private plane with her current status.

Ling Yue touched her chin and thought, probably, probably not. After all, she was just a researcher, not a high-ranking official.

And there are not many planes in the country, which makes it even more of a headache.