"You are rude and unreasonable!" Cao Dejiang said angrily.
"Is there anything else? If not, go back. I won't see you off!" Xu Jianguo continued.
Ma Guoliang, who saw the two people arguing, stood aside as if he didn't see it, as if the whole thing had nothing to do with him.
At this time, a figure walked out of the crowd. It was a lieutenant colonel from the General Staff. This person had participated in the last test of the two new guns. Later, during the question-and-answer discussion, he had a deep impression of Xu Jianguo.
This time, when he heard that Xu Jianguo had a new project that needed to be tested, he immediately applied to his superiors to join the team. The General Staff's role in this mission was not the leading one, but rather a coordinating unit that came with the people from the Weapon Research Institute.
Liu Hong saw that the two people started arguing as soon as they met, and immediately felt that something was wrong. So after getting instructions from his leader, he walked out of the crowd and planned to play the role of peacemaker.
Personally, he really dislikes Cao Dejiang's bureaucratic style. Liu Hong often deals with people from the Military Research Institute in his daily work, so he has a certain understanding of Cao Dejiang's reputation.
Since the establishment of the new Longxia Kingdom, Cao Dejiang joined the Military Research Institute. After more than ten years of hard work, he became the son-in-law of the head of the Longxia Kingdom's Science and Technology Committee by relying on his ability to flatter. As a result, he got the title of deputy chief engineer when he was less than 40 years old.
As far as he knew, Cao Dejiang was often jealous of talented people at work because of his weak scientific research ability. He used his position and connections to snatch R&D projects that originally belonged to others from countless young scientific researchers and took them for himself, causing complaints from everyone in the Wuhan Research Institute.
But there is no way, he has connections at the higher levels, and the head of the Science and Technology Commission has indeed gained a lot of political achievements through this son-in-law to consolidate his position. So over the years, countless letters reporting Cao Dejiang have fallen into the sea after being sent out, just because of his father-in-law's relationship.
This time, after receiving Ma Guoliang's call, Su Dingshan called the General Staff and asked them to coordinate with the Military Research Institute and immediately send people to the Binhai Base to test the new equipment.
Cao Dejiang also learned about this matter at the meeting of the Military Research Institute. Because the news of Xu Jianguo designing new guns had been widely circulated, and as the deputy chief engineer, he naturally knew what the two new guns meant to the country, so when he heard that Xu Jianguo had a new equipment project, he found his father-in-law and asked to go to the Binhai Base in person.
The head of the Science and Technology Committee was named Guo Youde (fictitious), who was the president of the Longxia Academy of Sciences at the time. It was not until November 1958, when the Longxia State established the Science and Technology Committee, that he transformed from the head of a national-level institution to the leader of an important department of the Longxia State.
Although his position was promoted quickly, Xu Jianguo felt that his achievements were mostly just theoretical talk.
As the head of Longxia Country's science and technology department, Guo Youde naturally heard about Xu Jianguo's design of a new gun. When his son-in-law took the initiative to propose to go to Binhai, he immediately became interested.
Therefore, after the two of them discussed it, the director of the Wu Research Institute received a call from the Science and Technology Committee, and Cao Dejiang naturally appeared on the long list of people going to Binhai to carry out the new equipment testing mission, and he was the leader.
Cao Dejiang was used to bullying others in his own little territory, so he couldn't accept being asked to stand outside in the cold weather and wait for a young boy. He felt that he was being looked down upon, and that's why he took the initiative to attack Xu Jianguo.
What Cao Dejiang didn't expect was that neither Ma Guoliang nor Xu Jianguo took him seriously at all, which made him shocked and angry.
What shocked him was that he was in a difficult situation. If this matter was reported to the higher-ups, he would be in big trouble. He knew who had given the order this time. That old man was a well-known figure in the entire Longxia country. If he really knew what happened in the Binhai base, he would be in great pain even in front of his father-in-law, and his title of deputy chief engineer of the Military Research Institute would most likely be lost.
At this time, Liu Hong came up to Xu Jianguo and Ma Guoliang, saluted them, and then, without waiting for them to return the salute, said, "Commander Ma, Lieutenant Colonel Xu, hello! My name is Liu Hong, and I'm from the General Staff. I had the honor of participating in the last new gun test, and I learned a lot from Lieutenant Colonel Xu's answers to my questions. When I heard that there was new equipment to be tested this time, I immediately asked my superiors to come here."
Ma Guoliang returned the salute, nodded to him with a smile, and then looked at Xu Jianguo beside him.
As the saying goes, it's hard to hit a smiling person. The other person was very humble from the start. Xu Jianguo naturally wouldn't keep up airs. He quickly returned the military salute and said with a smile, "Hello, Brother Liu, I remember you. Welcome!"
"I'm being arrogant and calling you Jianguo. Today's incident was actually all a misunderstanding. Engineer Cao usually does scientific research, and his personality is indeed a bit old-fashioned. I hope you don't mind. After all, the testing of new equipment is more important. After the test here is over, I will report everything that happened here to my superiors. What do you think?" Liu Hong said somewhat embarrassedly.
In fact, he didn't want to take the lead, but among the people from the General Staff who came this time, besides him, there was only a colonel officer, but that person was unwilling to come forward, but instructed him to solve the problem. Even if he was unwilling, he still had to bite the bullet and come out to solve it.
After Liu Hong finished speaking, he whispered, "Jianguo, I know this Cao Dejiang isn't a very good person and is used to bullying others, but you should know why the new equipment testing is so urgent, so I won't say anything more. I hope you can put the overall situation first and complete the test first."
Xu Jianguo pondered for a moment and thought that he really couldn't let the test progress be delayed because of one person. Besides, he had a system task to complete. If the target was really Cao Dejiang, he couldn't just let him go back.
As the saying goes, a thief can steal for a thousand days but he must be on guard against thieves for a thousand days. He doesn't want to be remembered by such a villain in the future. He must solve this trouble while he is in Binhai.
Xu Jianguo now even hopes that Cao Dejiang is the one who covets his research and development results. If it is really him, then Xu Jianguo's action will be justified. As for whether to let him stand trial alive or directly wipe him out, it depends on his mood.
"Okay, what you said makes sense, but as for Cao Dejiang..." Xu Jianguo said.
"As long as you agree, it will be easy. I will talk to Cao Dejiang. But if he says anything offensive to you again, I hope you won't take it to heart. Let's finish the test as soon as possible so that we can go back as soon as possible to avoid staying here and causing trouble for you." Liu Hong continued.
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