A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

"Dingling bell~~"

The phone rang again, interrupting Jiang Xia's attempt to play the role of 'Sherlock Holmes'.

"Hey?"

"Jiang Gong! This is Liu Mingzhong from Quancheng Automobile Factory! I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year in advance!"

"Ha, hello there, Director Liu..."

"We've received the engines produced by Factory 331, hehe, now our Yellow River trucks are truly domestically made! It's just..."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Is there a problem with replacing the engine?"

"No, I just received a task from the logistics department that might require the use of your eight-cylinder engine."

Jiang Xia touched his face in frustration: "Don't even mention it. The eight-cylinder engine isn't mature enough yet. After these few days of intensive use, it's broken down. It's right under my nose now!"

Yes, just as he was imitating "Sherlock Holmes," Jiang Xia saw the modified Yellow River heavy truck being towed back by two small steel cannons and sent to the small repair shop of the transport team.

Wang Tiezhu from the transport team figured he'd be coming to find him soon.

"Why would you want an eight-cylinder engine? More horsepower isn't always better for an engine. With that, you'd have to redesign your entire transmission. The one I have here is all hand-machined, and it has quite a few problems, but I haven't had time to fix it lately!"

“Hey! It’s definitely a complete redesign, but it’s different from trucks. I still need to ask my superiors about this…” Director Liu stammered across from him, and Jiang Xia instantly understood.

They must have received some new research and development task over there. Hmm, I shouldn't listen to what I shouldn't. The little idiot, who always makes others memorize the confidentiality regulations, doesn't want to be betrayed by Director Liu.

"Okay, let's discuss it further once it's finalized. See you later!"

"Alright, Engineer Jiang. By the way, the bigwigs in Jinan said our business was doing well this year, so they sent you two trucks with some local specialties on them. It's not much, just a small token of their appreciation. They're still using the 'defective goods' route..."

Hey, is it floral fabric again? That would be wonderful.

After thanking Director Liu, sure enough, there was a knock on the door.

Hey, it would be strange if it wasn't Wang Tiezhu at the door!

However, there was no other way. The phone call hadn't ended yet, and Jiang Xia couldn't just invite him in rashly. There were quite a few notebooks in the office, scattered all over the place. Although Jiang Xia thought they were nothing special, he couldn't resist the insistence of Secretary Liu.

Secretary Liu is ruthless; those confidentiality rules were so strict that even a primary school graduate like Wang Tiezhu had to memorize them—it was a nightmare!

Next came the phone numbers of various research institutes, which is why Jiang Xia's office was filled with notebooks.

In particular, the research institutes that took over the laser gyroscope project were not just one; the task was originally broken down into more than ten major parts and more than seventy minor parts.

Fortunately, Jiang Xia was very familiar with the "unit analysis method" and had corresponding progress indicators for each part, which made it easier to manage the heavy research tasks.

Even so, with dozens of processes spread out, Xiao Dai Mao was still a bit overwhelmed and, for the first time, he understood the practice of bosses having secretaries by their side.

It's endless, it's just not enough...

After collecting the relevant problems encountered by various research institutes, Jiang Xia sighed. It was truly troublesome. He considered abandoning the bulky size and complex linkage structure and circuit sensing of mechanical gyroscopes and going straight for lasers.

But in practice, it's not that simple.

In particular, the core of a laser gyroscope is a ring laser resonant cavity, which requires two high-precision mirrors to form a closed optical path. The ring resonant cavity was meticulously crafted by the master craftsmen at the factory, but testing revealed that the coating technology of the mirrors was inadequate.

This tiny film must achieve an extremely low loss rate (typically requiring a single-layer film loss of less than one part per million), and current coating processes cannot even meet the threshold for achieving this goal.

Traditional coating techniques cause specular scattering and absorption losses, leading to rapid attenuation of laser energy and an inability to maintain a stable resonant mode.

Fortunately, a lens expert proposed a multilayer dielectric film process, and we are currently working on it...

Of course, the problem of this reflective coating is merely a minor obstacle in the face of the technical challenges of laser gyroscopes.

The real challenge lies in the subsequent closed-loop control and signal processing.

One must eat one bite at a time, and do one thing at a time. If all else fails, call in reinforcements!

Anyway, Dr. Lan Ying has already produced the first integrated circuit board. If all else fails, I can go and beg them to save my life!

Little did they know that Dr. Lan Ying was also talking about him.

In the basement where the "Big Yellow Doppelganger" was displayed, the originally tidy room was cleaned again. A big red flower was tied to the top of the computer cabinet, and a slogan was hung on the beam: "Warmly celebrate the successful development of my country's first transistor computer!"

Below the banner was another line of text: "Warmly celebrate the successful development of the world's first transistor computer with a Chinese language environment!"

There were quite a few people present, including all the top leaders who attended yesterday's meeting.

Well, since we've already decided to export "Rhubarb," let's make a big splash. And with the Lunar New Year approaching, let's use this good news to boost the morale of people across the country.

"Sir, would you like to take a group photo?" A reporter carrying a camera asked Minister Wang of the Fourth Ministry of Machinery Industry.

"No! Not everyone has arrived yet!" Dr. Lan Ying interjected.

Then he looked at the senior disciple from Yunnan and Guizhou standing to the side, "Didn't I tell you to notify them? Why haven't they arrived yet!"

Senior Brother Yungui scratched his head: "I can't get through on the phone..."

"You idiot! Why don't you call their factory manager's office? If all else fails, send someone over!" Senior Brother Yungui suddenly realized, responded, and ran out.

It's a fact that calls to Jiangxia are unanswered; the operator at the post and telecommunications department has already received instructions from above. At this point, connecting calls to dedicated lines to other provinces is the highest priority.

The senior brother from Yunnan and Guizhou was only using a regular telephone line. I wonder how many of those connection signals were cut off by the operator. It would be a miracle if he could even get through.

However, it's not a problem to connect the offices of a mere steel rolling mill, but unfortunately neither of the two factory directors are in their offices.

However, the senior brother from Yunnan and Guizhou had a hunch and directly contacted Old Wang, the big boss of the steel rolling mill.

"Oh! Taking photos! Are those big shots from yesterday included?"

After receiving a positive reply, Lao Wang knew that Xiao Dai Mao had a strong desire to take a photo with the big boss, so he hurriedly rushed to Xiao Dai Mao's office.

Jiang Xia had just finished the phone call and was chatting with Wang Tiezhu in the corridor, each with a cigarette in their hand.

"Hmm? The computer has been made public? But the matter of that heavy truck is also quite important!" Jiang Xia looked at Lao Wang, and then at Wang Tiezhu, who looked anxious.

Well, forget it. Let's take pictures later, and then we can shamelessly go back to doing that. Let's solve the truck problem first.

After all, the latest batch of excavators and bulldozers were sent to those two major grain-producing provinces, and without this truck, the transfer process was a bit troublesome.

Even the Yellow River trucks used in the factory couldn't move those two big guys!

As for the small station behind the steel rolling mill?

Don't forget that these two machines are now using the 59 chassis. Trains need to use widened flatbed cars to transport them, as small stations are too small to stop them!

As for your suggestion to get them moving and drive them directly to the train station?

The Ministry of Transportation will come after you! They finally managed to pave some roads, and you've ruined them all?

Don't forget, now that we have so many "friends" gathered here, it's the perfect time to show our true colors. Jiang Xia doesn't want to cause trouble for others at this time.

"Old Wang, please send this message back for me."

"Uncle Tiezhu, let's go!"

Just because it's a title, does that mean I'm not a researcher if I don't go?

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