Scholars in the courtyard

Large courtyard, Ran's house.

After everyone had eaten, Ran Qiuye, Ran's mother and Ran Xinrui cleared the table, while Ran Hongbing took the Dragon Boat Festival Miaomiao to play in the courtyard.

Yang Xiaotao and Ran's father were sitting in the aisle aside. Yueyue was a little clingy. She sat on Yang Xiaotao's lap and looked at her brothers and sisters in the distance, enjoying her grandfather's melon seeds.

Yan Fugui was as good as ever. Not to mention big fish, none were as big as a palm.

After taking it, the braised fish that Yang Xiaotao wanted to cook was naturally ruined.

Fortunately, there are no shortage of other supplies.

"Dad, I heard Mr. Qian say that you want to develop new air-to-air missiles?"

"How's it going?"

Yang Xiaotao held Yueyue's little hand. Among the children in the family, this one was the most honest.

Most similar to her mother.

Of course, this is not what he said. This is the result of the unanimous judgment of my grandparents, aunts and uncles.

Ran's father was not surprised to hear Yang Xiaotao ask this. He knew about Mr. Qian's lecture at the machine factory and even watched the tape.

It has to be said that the machinery factory made a good move, and the wealthy old man helped lay the foundation. As long as he works hard and doesn't slack off, and gain some momentum, he will definitely make a difference in the future.

As for Yang Xiaotao, his son-in-law, he had heard Mr. Qian praise him more than once.

If it weren't for Yang Xiaotao's identity, Mr. Qian would probably be able to take him with him to train him.

"New air-to-air missiles are not that easy."

Ran's father thought for a while and said seriously. During the last meeting, someone asked the machine factory to help with design and manufacturing, but Mr. Wang didn't mention it in the end, so he didn't notify the machine factory about it.

Yang Xiaotao also understood the other party's thoughts. It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. Relying on others is always inferior.

"Our original plan was to proceed step by step, from Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3."

"Now that we are special, we can only push No. 3 out!"

When Ran's father was talking, Yueyue had already eaten the melon seeds in her hand and was looking at Ran's father with wide eyes.

"However, there are many problems in the development of No. 3, especially the engine, which needs to be miniaturized. We are currently studying it and are preparing to refer to your design and make it as soon as possible!"

Ran's father talked about the research and development situation, smiled when he saw Yueyue's eyes widened, and then continued to peel the melon seeds.

"Dad, if you have any difficulties, just ask!"

Yang Xiaotao thought for a moment and decided to speak out, but he also had to take care of the Seventh Machinery Department's face.

Besides, I can’t catch up myself.

I said this because I wanted to help solve the current dilemma. After all, it is not a good thing for little black birds to fly around in the sky.

Furthermore, Mr. Qian had helped him this time, so he had to repay him anyway.

He is not a person who does not repay kindness.

"Well, let's try it first. If it doesn't work, we'll have to ask you for help then!"

If it were something else, Ran's father might consider it, but in this matter, Ran's father had no intention of being polite to Yang Xiaotao.

"By the way, I heard that you are developing a machine tool?"

Ran's father suddenly asked.

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Yes, it was just designed!"

"How's the effect?"

"It hasn't been made yet, but according to the design requirements, it should be two or three levels higher than Morning Star!"

Yang Xiaotao didn't know how to describe it, so he could only use Chenxing Machine Tool as a reference.

Of course, if you know the development of machine tools abroad, you can know the quality of this Mercury.

Unfortunately, foreign countries will not tell you.

"Is this, so good?"

Ran's father suddenly felt at a loss.

He knew about Morning Star, it was very difficult to make.

Nowadays, the machine tool factories under the Seventh Machinery Department have also begun to try production. Although the output is not high, there must be about ten machines in a year.

Even so, it is not a small burden for the Seventh Machinery Department.

The director in charge of logistics came to him and said that the raw materials consumed to make one Morning Star were enough to buy three from the machinery factory!

This is also the technological gap between the two parties.

However, in comparison, their Seventh Machine Department is quite good. In the Fifth and Sixth Machine Departments, it is said that their machine tool factory has not figured it out yet.

For this reason, several of their machine divisions have made great determination to overcome the hurdle of Morning Star.

It can be seen from this aspect that the production difficulty and sophistication of Morningstar machine tools are definitely second to none in the country.

Even those machine tools imported from abroad may not be as good as this.

But just when the whole country was preparing to overcome this hurdle, unexpectedly, the machinery factory started to raise the bar again.

And it’s not just one point or two points, it’s directly raised by two levels.

If these confident people knew that they had finally crossed the threshold of Morning Star, but when they looked up and saw that there was another mountain above, they would probably be unable to bear it and would collapse on the spot!

"Yes, it's just because it's too difficult that this machine tool is difficult to make!"

Yang Xiaotao has been to the workshop and knows the production progress of the machine tools.

When I walked around the workshop with Mr. Qin in the afternoon, I even listened to the opinions of Liu Daming and others.

"The materials used in high-precision machine tools are very different from those in the past. Just to cut down on the processing, almost every component needs to be built into a machine tool!"

"Morning Star Machine Tools."

Yang Xiaotao told the truth. Ran's father frowned slightly, not understanding the meaning.

Yang Xiaotao explained, and Ran's father was even more speechless.

That is to say, a machine factory with a big business uses precious machine tools like Morning Star as firewood.

That's why they have the confidence.

I guess other machine tool factories, no, it should be other machine departments, who will back off after hearing about it.

"I estimate that when the Mercury machine tool is made, at least thirty or forty Morning Stars will be used!"

Yang Xiaotao estimated the approximate number.

However, this is when Yang Xiaotao did not take action. After listening to Mr. Qian's class, he should also take action on some things.

Father Ran was silent after hearing this.

These thirty or forty Morning Stars, how great it would be if they were given to the Seventh Machine Department!

...

"Old Qian, are you serious?"

Just when Yang Xiaotao was talking to Father Ran about the Mercury machine tool, Mr. Wang in the Seventh Machine Department also looked incredible.

Mr. Qian nodded while looking at the notebook on the table, and at the same time, he was holding a pen and paper and checking something on the side.

"Well, what I said at lunch should be correct!"

Old Wang opened his mouth wide and muttered, "One machine is worth thirty or forty machines?"

"Oh my goodness, what's the name of this machine?"

"Mercury!"

"Mercury, this name is unique."

Old Qian stopped writing and explained the solar system.

Old Wang didn't care. He didn't care about gold, wood, water, fire, or earth. It was just a name. It was called Goudan. As long as it was useful, it was fine.

"Ah, yes, Mercury machine tools, can one really replace thirty or forty Morning Star machine tools?"

"You heard wrong, it's to produce this one, it may take so many Morning Star machine tools to produce it, I guess it's related to the materials used and the processing accuracy."

"That's the same thing."

"My goodness! If this machine tool is made, I dare not say in the next ten years, five years, this machinery factory will definitely be a mountain that other machine tool factories cannot overcome in five years."

"Moreover, I don't think this is their full strength. I estimate that in the next few years, this Yang Xiaotao will be even higher."

"Damn, why is it not our Seventh Machine Department!"

Old Wang sat in the chair, then his face was surprised, followed by a burst of excitement, and finally turned into a kind of envy and helplessness.

Old Qian took a look, according to what he meant, it was reasonable.

Then he continued to study the special phenomenon in the notes.

The situation discovered by the pilot is very important. The other party is a front-line pilot, which is far more practical than those who engage in theory.

He thinks that if this phenomenon is studied thoroughly, it will be of great help to aircraft design.

Of course, it might help the rocket.

Just when Mr. Qian was thinking, Mr. Wang suddenly stood up, "Mr. Qian, you said this machine tool..."

Seeing Mr. Wang's appearance of a chicken stealing millet, Mr. Qian immediately guessed his thoughts, so he replied lightly, "If you can get it back, you can smoke freely in this office in the future!"

Mr. Wang's face was embarrassed, but he quickly returned to normal, and then he said quietly, "That Mercury is the flesh and blood of others! How can I have the face to ask for it!"

Mr. Qian nodded, let alone them, even if Mr. Chen went, he would be embarrassed to ask.

"But, hehe!"

"It's a pity to take the insurance premium for the broken Morning Star machine tool. I think it's better to..."

Mr. Qian was stunned for a moment, but he didn't look up or speak.

But he always felt like collecting junk.

Seeing that Mr. Qian didn't speak, Mr. Wang understood.

"I'll go check it out tomorrow!"

He said with a triumphant smile on his face, then looked at the things on Qian Lao's desk, and then asked, "What is this for?"

"For missiles?"

Qian Lao waved his hand, "This is what Xiao Tao gave me, it should be helpful for their aircraft design."

"Helpful? When will I figure it out?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Ahem, nothing, just curious, asking."

"It depends on the situation, I guess it won't take a few days."

Qian Lao said that he already had some prototypes, and he only needed to check them again, and he would probably find the rules.

When Wang Lao heard this, his face was full of spirit, "Okay, tell me when the time comes."

He stood up and patted his butt, then strode out.

This time, he was full of confidence.

Logistics Department.

After Qin Lao came back, Xiao Feng and others came up to report their work.

In fact, Yang Xiaotao still underestimated Qin Lao's courage.

Although the logistics department is relatively large, the relationships inside are also complicated. Compared with Zhang Lao of the Third Machine Department, Qin Lao, the boss, still has many constraints.

Even so, Qin Lao also took practical actions.

He was not as tough as Zhang Lao, but only carried out targeted attacks, caught a few typical ones, and then sent them to the agricultural reclamation.

"Chief, the spirit has been conveyed to the lower levels, and many factories have requested to increase their tasks."

Xiao Feng said with a smile, and Qin Lao snorted coldly, "Now you are anxious, what have you done before?"

Thinking of the production of the Type 63 rifle, the bastards below used the lack of technology, insufficient machines and various other reasons to prevaricate him. In the end, if it were not for the machine tools produced by the machinery factory that left these bastards speechless, it is estimated that the current Type 63 would have been changed long ago.

Not to mention that when the engine was produced earlier, there were many messes.

"These people are donkeys, and they don't know how to walk if they are not led."

"Let the comrades keep an eye on it, don't be too enthusiastic, this time it is shot down."

Xiao Feng nodded immediately, "I understand, we will organize people to inspect everywhere regularly, and once found, we will never let them off easily."

"Okay, you are in charge of this matter. By the way, the one in the machinery factory and the quality inspection department, you can refer to it."

"If nothing else, the internal quality control of the machine factory they created is very good."

Xiao Feng nodded again. He had already heard about the situation in the machinery factory, not to mention that the First Machinery Department had already begun to implement it.

After reporting his work, Xiao Feng left. Mr. Qin relaxed and then picked up the cup on the table and took a sip.

After thinking about what Yang Xiaotao told him today, he couldn't help but smile and said, "If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools."

"This kid, step by step, has ideas."

"Besides, he has the ability!"

"He is a good successor!"

Mr. Qin shook his head and smiled, very happy.