Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2343 Ensuring Absolute Advantage
Time passed by in the drizzle and it was April.

At this moment, the city of Sijiu is in full bloom with pear and peach blossoms blooming on the trees.

Under the drizzle, petals of various colors fell, landing on the soil, on the grass, and some fell under the red walls and green tiles.

From a distance, it looks beautiful like a dream, yet it looks gorgeous when you step into reality.

Nine parts!

A spring rain and a warmth.

Yang Xiaotao took off his sweater, walked into the research institute wearing only a single layer of clothes, and came to the office where Mr. Ye was.

"Master, do you have something to ask me?"

He came to Mr. Ye, picked up the thermos on the ground, and poured water into the teapot.

Just take a look at the tea leaves and see that they still have color, and drink it.

Yang Xiaotao knew that Mr. Ye didn't care about these things.

On the contrary, if he were to throw away something that was still drinkable, that would make him unhappy.

"Yes, I have something to tell you."

Yang Xiaotao was making tea for Master Ye. Hearing this, he said, "Master, just tell me. I will definitely help you if you need anything."

Elder Ye laughed and said, "It's not that I have any problem. I just found out when I was researching crystalline silicon that this material can withstand a very high temperature, at least more than 300 or 400 degrees!"

"This kind of high temperature resistant material is rare!"

Yang Xiaotao paused while pouring the water, then covered the teapot and walked over to Master Ye to pour the tea himself. "Master, I know the heat resistance of crystalline silicon. I knew it when I was researching the production of high-purity silicon."

After hearing this, Mr. Ye took the teacup and took a sip. "I mean, if this material is placed on the surface of other objects, it can effectively improve heat resistance!"

Yang Xiaotao asked again, "You mean, use this silicon as a heat-resistant material?"

Mr. Ye shook his head again, "I don't know! I just said that I found a possibility. The details are up to you to decide."

"Of course I also know that this stuff is so expensive, it's a bit of a waste to use it as paint."

After Mr. Ye finished speaking, Yang Xiaotao was stunned.

Is high-purity silicon expensive today?
That is of course expensive.

Because the amount of high-purity silicon extracted today is too small and it is in such urgent need, this makes the material scarce and expensive.

Due to limited conditions, not much high-purity silicon is produced, and this limited amount can only be used on the cutting edge!

Now, after a period of familiarity and accumulation of experience, the daily output is only about 200 grams.

This output has increased four times compared to the initial time.

But even so, it is not enough.

More than 200 grams, half of which needs to be distributed to the Chinese Academy of Sciences as required. This investment is necessary for computer research.

The remaining half is just enough for various experimental projects and cannot be wasted.

There is also the production of calculators.

After using it for this period of time, the capabilities of the calculator have been fully confirmed, and it is in short supply.

If it weren't so difficult to copy this thing, I guess a lot of different kinds of calculators would have been made in this period of time.

So during this period, Yang Xiaotao has been asking Wang Guodong to expand the production scale of high-purity silicon.

But now, it's still under construction.

Now, after hearing what Mr. Ye said, Yang Xiaotao felt that this was too expensive to be compared with anything.

If it is really useful for high temperature resistance of coatings, it will be of great use.

Some scientific instruments can be used.

Just like a machine tool, like a rocket, like a satellite.

These all work.

What attracted Yang Xiaotao the most was the J-10 Baiju.

Last time I heard, after Baiju’s speed exceeded Mach 3.5, it needed to be repaired after landing, and many parts were scrapped.

It is said that the temperature on the surface of the machine could reach over 500 degrees.

That is to say, Baiju used a large amount of stainless steel and titanium alloy, so that it can withstand the high temperature caused by high speed.

Even so, the White Horse's flight time at Mach 3.5 is less than that of the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.

According to surrendered prisoners, the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft's cruising speed is Mach 3.2, which is the most fuel-efficient mode of operation.

After Mach 3.5, the fuel consumption rate will increase dramatically.

That is to say, as long as there is enough fuel, they can keep running.

This is something that the Baiju fighter cannot compare to.

In other words, when encountering the Blackbird at Mach 3.5, Baiju only has one chance, which is to close the distance through explosive power and then launch a missile!
But if the high temperature problem can be solved, does that mean it can exceed Mach 3.5 for a long time?

The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed, and Yang Xiaotao's expression became more serious.

The biggest advantage of the Baiju fighter today is its powerful thrust, fast speed and high flying height.

In the field of speed and altitude, we can occupy a place not only in China but also in the world.

In fact, the only aircraft that can be compared with it, apart from the current Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, is the Alliance's MiG-25, which has not yet been officially put into service.

However, the performance of Baiju is better than that of MiG-25, but worse than that of Blackbird.

This is almost reflected in soft power.

The radar, control and other systems used inside the Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft are incomparable to the Baiju, otherwise the Blackbird has been captured for so many days and no research results have been heard.

Yang Xiaotao believes that it will take at least three to five years to fully master these technologies and apply them in practice.

Even key technologies require at least five years to develop.

Of course, this is under normal circumstances.

If a genius monster appears, it may speed up the process.

But this has nothing to do with Yang Xiaotao.

What he wants to do now is to make Baiju stronger. How to make him stronger?

Yang Xiaotao had no other solution, but he knew a simple way.

That is to continuously increase one's own advantages, continuously improve the speed of the white horse, and continuously increase the time of sustained high speed.

Select the best from the best, strengthen advantageous projects, and ensure absolute advantage in this speed field.

Mr. Ye could see that Yang Xiaotao was thinking about something, so he was not in a hurry and just drank tea and waited.

After a moment, Yang Xiaotao looked up at Master Ye and said, "Master, please drink some water first. I have something to do and I'll leave first."

"Okay, go ahead, go ahead!"

Mr. Ye didn't ask any questions and waved at Yang Xiaotao.

However, he felt that today's discovery might be very useful to Yang Xiaotao.

Yang Xiaotao nodded and left.

Not long after, Yang Xiaotao found Wu Zhe who was assembling the plane.

"Minister Yang, how come you have time to come to the workshop?"

Wu Zhe knew that Yang Xiaotao had been busy with the research institute's affairs during this period.

They are now only responsible for the assembly of Baiju fighter jets.

Normally, everything is done according to the routine, so Yang Xiaotao always asks some questions to understand the situation.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that Yang Xiaotao doesn’t care.

Almost every week Yang Xiaotao would ask about the production progress.

This is also the task assigned by the superiors.

"Old Wu, I have something for you to do!"

Yang Xiaotao was in no mood to joke and spoke directly. Wu Zhe immediately said seriously after hearing what Yang Xiaotao said, "Minister Yang, please speak!"

"It's like this. During the experiment, we discovered that the high-purity silicon we made..."

When Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Wu Zhe's eyes widened immediately, and then he suddenly thought of something and asked, "You want to use high-purity silicon to make the coating?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "I want to try it."

"If possible, that would be great!"

Wu Zhe understood what Yang Xiaotao meant, and felt excited at the same time.

He was clear about the performance of the Baiju fighter, and he also knew its shortcomings, which was the problem of the aircraft's resistance to high temperatures.

In order to solve this problem, they used a lot of stainless steel.

Although it created a flying miracle and allowed the Baiju to reach a speed of over Mach 3, it also caused the overall weight of the aircraft to increase.

Moreover, in this case, the fuel consumption of the aircraft is huge.

It can only be said that in order to gain high speed, the aircraft sacrificed range.

But now, this shortcoming is going to be improved. How can he not be excited?
If this is successful, it can really improve the high temperature resistance of the aircraft, which means that the weight of the aircraft can be reduced, which means that the speed can be increased, the range can be increased, and the ammunition load can be increased.
No, if that were possible, it would be a different aircraft.

A new and better aircraft.

Thinking of this, Wu Zhe suddenly felt his body becoming hot as if it had entered a furnace.

At the same time, the gaze towards Yang Xiaotao became hot again.

I'm so busy here that I'm dizzy. Not only do I have no idea about the new type of aircraft, I'm not even sure about the current manufacturing situation.

But Yang's army just discovered a phenomenon, a possibility, and seized the opportunity of the new aircraft.

This, this ability is worthy of Yangbu.

Yang Xiaotao didn't know what Wu Zhe was imagining, and even if he knew, he would have attributed the incident to Mr. Ye.

In comparison, Mr. Ye needs this credit more.

Of course, this is a later story. Right now, we still need to confirm this idea as soon as possible.

So Yang Xiaotao asked, "By the way, how many kilograms of paint do you need for painting?"

Wu Zhe came back to his senses after hearing Yang Xiaotao's question, and quickly picked up the notebook beside him and began to look through it.

The paints used on the Baiju fighter jets now are all ordinary aviation paints, the same as those used on the J-7 and J-8!

So when it came to painting, I only considered the color and didn’t pay much attention to anything else.

Now that Yang Xiaotao asked, he could only look for information.

"Found it. One Baiju fighter plane consumes 9.8 kilograms of paint!"

"Of course, this is our preliminary statistics, the actual number may be much higher!"

"We need to confirm the details with the workers."

After Wu Zhe finished speaking, he looked at Yang Xiaotao. He was in charge of clearing the production of high-purity silicon. Given the current situation, even one Baiju would be enough to deal with it.

After hearing this, Yang Xiaotao calculated in his mind that if he calculated it based on ten kilograms, that would be five kilograms!
At the current production speed, it will take at least twenty-five days.

And half of it has to be taken out, and the rest has to be squeezed in with other research, so the research time will only be longer!
However, it is not impossible to do.

At least in the past month, the nine departments have had three or four kilograms in stock.

If it is confirmed to be useful, Yang Xiaotao will not be stingy with it.

As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade, and now is the time!
"Well, you organize the test first! See how it goes, quickly."

"Okay, I understand!"

Wu Zhe knew Yang Xiaotao's plan and quickly arranged people to prepare for the work.

Yang Xiaotao returned to the office, wrote a material allocation list, and asked Lou Xiaoe to send it to Han Sanfeng to allocate resources to Wu Zhe for use.

Wu Zhe acted quickly. Of course, this was also related to the characteristics of high-purity silicon. Also, the paints used for painting the aircraft were all ordinary aviation paints with strong compatibility.

It only took Wu Zhe one day to prepare for the experiment, from experimental design to planning steps, and to find a suitable experimental site.

After everything was completed, I reported to Yang Xiaotao and started the experiment.