Chapter 65 There really is a hole! The entire room fell silent.
Several technicians laboriously carried in a heavy piece of equipment.
This was one of the few ultrasonic flaw detectors in China at that time, and it was usually treated like a precious treasure and rarely used.
Professor Liang, with a dark expression, personally took over the operation.
He wanted to expose this "lie" on the spot and let these ignorant laymen know that shipbuilding is not child's play!
The probe was coated with coupling agent and attached to the thick steel plate.
Professor Liang moved the probe while giving Zhao Di a cold glance.
The little girl was squatting on the ground watching ants move their nest, with a candy in her mouth, her cheeks bulging, looking completely carefree.
This made Professor Liang even angrier.
"Look closely! This is a waveform!" Professor Liang pointed to the steady green line on the instrument. "If this line is straight, it means the internal structure is intact and there are no defects!"
"If it's beating erratically like an electrocardiogram, then there's a problem!"
Everyone around craned their necks to see.
The lines are as straight as water, as steady as can be.
"See that?" Professor Liang snorted smugly. "That's science! That's data!"
"Little girl, you lost!"
Zhao Tiezhu and Lin Jianguo exchanged a glance, both feeling a little uneasy.
Could it be that my daughter really misjudged me this time?
After all, it's separated by such a thick steel plate; how could the naked eye possibly see inside?
Chen Zhiyuan remained calm, and even lit a cigarette.
His blind trust in Zhao Di bordered on superstition.
"Grandpa, could you move a little bit to the left?" Zhao Di didn't even look up, still staring at the ants on the ground. "That hole is playing hide-and-seek."
"Hide and seek? Steel plates can play hide and seek?" Professor Liang laughed in exasperation.
But he still subconsciously moved the probe a few centimeters to the left.
In that very instant.
"drop--!!!"
The previously quiet instrument suddenly emitted a sharp and piercing alarm!
The once straight green line suddenly started throbbing violently, as if it had gone mad, and even broke out of the screen's display area!
Professor Liang's hand trembled violently, and he almost dropped the probe.
"What...what's going on?!"
He stared at the screen in disbelief, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.
Is the instrument broken?
Or is it a poor connection?
He quickly picked up the probe, wiped it clean, and put it back on.
"drop--!!!"
The alarm sounded again, still as piercing and as desperate as ever.
This means that there is a huge, continuous defect inside this location!
"Quick! Change the X-ray machine! Take an X-ray!" Professor Liang's voice changed, carrying a hint of panic that he himself didn't realize.
The technicians panicked and hurriedly pushed the bulkier X-ray flaw detector over.
Half an hour later.
A black and white X-ray film was developed.
Professor Liang held up the film to the sunlight and examined it.
I only glanced at it.
"Clatter".
The blueprints in his hand fell to the ground.
He felt as if his soul had been ripped out, staggering back two steps and almost falling to the ground.
The entire room fell silent.
You can hear the sound of the sea breeze clearly.
Everyone saw the image on that negative.
Inside that seemingly indestructible special steel plate, tens of millimeters thick.
It was covered with a dense array of pores and cracks, like a honeycomb!
This is what is known as "metal trachoma".
Moreover, it's the most malignant, penetrating type of trachoma!
You can't tell it's not normal, but once it's in water, the steel plate will shatter instantly like a biscuit under the enormous water pressure!
At that point, forget about flooding; the entire hull will break in two!
This is an invisible Grim Reaper, lurking in the deepest part of this ship!
"This...this is impossible..."
Professor Liang's face was deathly pale, and his lips were trembling.
He personally selected this steel plate from the steel mill; it was from the best furnace batch at the time.
Furthermore, random inspections were conducted upon arrival at the factory.
Why did such a big problem occur at this most crucial connection point?
If it weren't for this little girl pointing it out today...
If they actually finish building this ship and launch it.
The consequences...
Professor Liang didn't even dare to think about it.
Those were the lives of dozens of naval soldiers! That was the face of the nation!
Cold sweat instantly soaked his back.
He turned around, trembling, and looked at the small figure still squatting on the ground playing with ants.
His eyes had completely changed.
No longer disdain, no longer arrogance.
Instead, they were extremely shocked and terrified, as if they had seen a ghost or a deity.
"How...how did you know?"
Professor Liang's voice was hoarse, as if he had a mouthful of sand in it.
"Such a thick steel plate...it's practically invisible to the naked eye..."
"Even the best master craftsman wouldn't be able to tell the difference if he tapped it with a hammer..."
How did you know that?
When Zhao Di heard someone calling her, she slowly stood up and patted the dirt off her little hands.
She looked at Professor Liang, who had a look of utter disbelief on his face, blinked her big eyes, and swallowed the candy in her mouth.
"It's crying by itself."
Zhao Di pointed to the steel plate, her face full of innocence.
"It said its stomach hurt and that there were lots of worms biting it."
"It said it didn't want to go into the water because it would die if it did."
"Grandpa, didn't you hear me?"
Is it crying by itself?
Can steel plates cry?
If someone else had said that, Professor Liang would have thought they were crazy.
But these words are coming from the mouth of this three-year-old who has just created a miracle.
Yet it sent a chill down one's spine.
This is hardly psychic communication.
This is clearly an absolute insight into the structure of matter that transcends human perception!
Is this...is this even human?
Chen Zhiyuan walked over, patted Professor Liang, who was completely dumbfounded, on the shoulder, and said meaningfully, "Old Liang, do you believe it now?"
"I told you, there are some talents that you can't understand."
"In our eyes, it's cold steel."
"But in her eyes, it might just be a bunch of talking building blocks."
Professor Liang took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.
He looked at Zhao Di, and the arrogance in his eyes completely shattered, replaced by an almost fanatical reverence.
He only respects people with good skills.
The child in front of me doesn't understand fluid mechanics or material formulas.
But her eyes alone are worth a hundred of the most sophisticated instruments!
"I give up..."
Professor Liang took off his glasses and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve.
“I, Liang, have spent my whole life building ships, but today I’ve finally seen something amazing.”
"This is hardly a wild girl lacking proper upbringing..."
"This is clearly a gift from heaven, a little deity specially sent to save our wrecked ship!"
After saying that, this stubborn old man, who had been stubborn all his life, actually bowed deeply to Zhao Di in front of everyone.
"Little immortal, I was just blind and offended you."
"Grandpa will buy you this candy!"
"Grandpa will buy you as much as you want to eat!"
"Even if it means losing face, I'll buy it for you!"
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