The train driver in the courtyard

The warehouse was converted from an old house. The dilapidated windows were covered tightly with iron sheets, and no gaps could be seen from the outside.

There was no sentry at the door, it was just casually locked with an old-fashioned door lock.

Li Aiguo believed that as long as he was given a piece of wire, he could open the big iron lock in just one second.

However, he absolutely dared not do so.

As soon as he reached the door, he keenly felt that he was being pointed at by four or five guns.

Dean Qian took out the key from his pocket and inserted it into the iron lock, shaking his wrist slightly.

Wow.

The iron lock opened with a sound.

"After you come in, remember to close the door. The things inside cannot be seen by the light."

The reason why they stayed away from the light was probably to avoid satellites from the sky. Li Aiguo now finally understood why all the soldiers in the compound were hiding in the dark.

I have to admire the meticulous layout here.

The door closed and the warehouse was completely dark.

pat.

The lights in the warehouse were turned on.

Li Aiguo squinted his eyes for a while before he adjusted to the light.

A strange-looking thing was placed in the middle of the warehouse.

This thing is round and has an iron frame underneath. There should be wheels under the frame, but they have been cut off.

There are signs of explosion on the upper part of the round thing, it should be some kind of failed military product.

"It looks like an abandoned missile?" Li Aiguo walked around the strange thing that was more than one meter tall and gave his own judgment.

Old Qian held out his hand to Xu Lanru: "Old Xu, you lost, hurry up."

"You are higher in rank than me, earning 335 yuan a month, and yet you covet my pen."

"Hey, Old Xu, you have to accept the loss. You are a descendant of a prominent Shaobo family after all, you can't play dirty tricks."

Li Aiguo was stunned.

Wow, the two Rockets big guys actually bet on themselves.

"You're as stingy as Professor von Karman."

Xu Lanru took out a pen from her pocket and put it in Qian Lao's hand, then looked at the culprit with a puzzled look.

"Comrade Patriot, how did you know this was a missile?"

"Although this thing has not been completed yet, it can be seen that it is composed of two stages connected in series, with a pointed oval head and a large X-shaped stabilizing tail at the tail of the first stage."

Li Aiguo walked over, pointed to the tail of the missile and said, "The first and second stages are equipped with rudders, which are in a normal aerodynamic layout. The rudders and wings are arranged in a cross shape and are on the same plane. It can be seen that this is a hostile air-to-air missile."

Mr. Qian and Xu Lanru's mouths opened wider and wider.

They didn't expect a train driver to know so much.

The information shows that the train driver in front of us once modified the Liberation steam engine.

Both of them felt that the Qianmen Locomotive Depot was taking all the credit for the collective achievement onto the train driver alone.

This practice happens quite often in this era.

Only now did they realize that they had underestimated the train driver.

But what surprised them was yet to come.

Li Aiguo walked around the missile twice and suddenly said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Angara anti-aircraft missile that the Russians have just equipped. The Americans call it the SAM-5."

After the words were spoken, silence fell in the warehouse.

After a long while, Mr. Qian said slowly, "If your confidentiality level wasn't high enough and you had made such a great contribution, I would have already notified the Confidentiality Department."

Ahem, Li Aiguo explained after pretending to be cool: "I like reading books the most. All of these are from foreign journals. You may also know that there are many foreign journals in the university library."

This is the famous SAM-5!
The maximum range can reach 400 kilometers, and the maximum firing altitude is 4 meters.

After the equipment was put into service, it quickly became a powerful weapon in the hands of the Russians due to its excellent performance.

It can even carry nuclear warheads for attack. Fighter jets and missiles with speeds above Mach 3 are all targets of the SAM-5.

The SAM-5 is the most advanced air defense missile these days.

It was once deployed in East Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Mongolia, Syria, and Libya, until it was gradually replaced by the emergence of the S300 surface-to-air missile.

However, how could the Russians be willing to give us such an advanced missile?
Thinking of this, Li Aiguo's eyes suddenly widened and he said, "Could it be that Andre sent it?"

Xu Lanru laughed twice and stretched out her hand to Mr. Qian.

"Old Qian, give me back my pen."

"You can guess this." Old Qian smiled and shook his head, then helplessly handed the pen that had not yet warmed up to Xu Lanru.

He walked up to the missile and stroked it with his hand. "Yes, this is exactly what you got with your residual heat greenhouse technology. We were originally planning to exchange it for an An-10."

When Mr. Qian thought about this, he also found it incredible.

When the Ministry of Railways transferred the transaction to the Fifth Academy of National Defense, it also transferred a letter from Li Aiguo, on which were written five big characters: "The lion's mouth is wide open."

What can a greenhouse technology for growing vegetables exchange for? Maybe the latest Russian transport aircraft.

Mr. Qian, an honest man, became ruthless and proposed to replace the An-10 with a nervous mood.

In his opinion, unless Andre was a fool, he would never agree to such an exchange.

As Andrei had guessed, it was impossible to replace the An-10.

Because Andrei had no one in the Antonov Design Bureau.

Mr. Qian was a little disappointed and prepared to exchange some odds and ends.

At this time, Andrei said that he had a friend at the Diamond Central Design Bureau and could get a semi-finished SAM-5.

Mr. Qian clenched his fists in excitement.

He is researching rockets and missiles, and is currently preparing to contact the Russians to introduce P-2 missiles from them.

Compared with the SAM-2, the P-5 missile is several levels behind!
Even if the SAM-5 delivered only has an engine, it can bring the level of domestic rockets and missiles to a higher level.

Bicycles are turning into motorcycles
What Qian didn't expect was that the Russians were always slow in doing things, but Andre acted very quickly.

More than ten days later, a Russian truck drove to the border in the cover of night.

Under the cover of a group of regular Russians, they came here in a swagger and handed over a "junk" machine to our people.

That’s right, on the receiving note, the name of the goods was “a piece of damaged scrap” and the handling fee was fifty rubles.

They also gave our people two rubles as waste disposal fees.

The "scrap" was loaded into a truck, covered with canvas, and delivered to the Fifth Academy of National Defense day and night.

After research, Mr. Qian discovered that this "scrap" was actually a semi-finished product, but its control system, engine unit and body were all complete; the only missing parts were the warhead and guidance system.

The warhead is easy to deal with. Once big mushrooms are grown in Lop Nur, just install a mushroom.

Just tell me whether it is powerful or not?
The lack of a guidance system could transform this thing into a ballistic missile.

As for the nuclear warhead, as long as it is thrown at the opponent's home, it doesn't matter where it lands!
Moreover, with such a high speed and such a long range, even if it does not change its trajectory, the enemy will not be able to intercept it effectively.

It's definitely a powerful weapon.

Dean Qian said in disbelief, "If we hadn't checked carefully and found that this missile was indeed a SAM-5, we would have thought that Andre had set a trap."

When Dean Qian mentioned this, he still finds it a little hard to believe.

He took a few deep breaths, looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Comrade Aiguo, why did Andre do something stupid?"

"Foolish?" Li Aiguo smiled and shook his head: "Dean Qian, Andre can call the shots over the Russians, so he would never be foolish."

"Then why would he give us such an important thing?"

"The SAM-5 is indeed important, but that is only for the Russians as a whole." Li Aiguo put his hands behind his back, stared at the SAM-5, and said, "For Andre personally, the SAM-5 is just a pile of scrap metal in the warehouse, it is just waste.

But the residual heat greenhouse could earn him countless rubles. What do you think he would choose?"

"Doesn't he care about his own things? Doesn't he have any sense of collectivism?"

Mr. Qian was stunned.

He never thought that Andre would have such a weird idea.

At this time, Xu Lanru said something that was not correct: "If the Russians were all like this, they probably wouldn't last long." Qian took a deep breath and waved his hand to interrupt him: "Old Xu, don't say such things anymore. We are doing scientific research, don't express opinions casually."

"I understand, Dean Qian." Xu Lanru nodded.

He felt a little uncomfortable.

Big Brother can be considered an idol. Although idols are still very powerful nowadays, their spirit is long gone.

Li Aiguo also sighed deeply in his heart.

The Russians later fell apart, which was inseparable from people like Andre.

But the trend was unstoppable and Li Aiguo didn't even think about stopping it.

I just hope that through Andre I can learn more technology while the Russians are weak.

Otherwise, all the benefits would go to the Eagles and the Americans.

Although this will happen decades later, we should still plan ahead.

After receiving a certificate that seemed to be something he had not received, Li Aiguo should have returned directly to the courtyard.

At this time, Mr. Qian just got off work.

His home was in Zhongguancun, which was convenient for him, so Li Aiguo and Mr. Qian took a car back to Beijing.

A black car was running on the streets of Beijing.

Along the way, Qian discussed the future of rocket and missile technology with Li Aiguo.

He originally thought that Li Aiguo was just a rocket enthusiast who had read a few books.

Who knew that as the conversation went more and more in-depth, Mr. Qian discovered that Li Aiguo had an in-depth understanding of rocket and missile technology.

This kind of understanding is not just intellectual understanding, but this person's understanding of missiles far exceeds that of his contemporaries.

"Nuclear deterrence can be achieved by using ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads. The deterrence effects are ranked from strong to weak: deterrence actions during war, deterrence actions before war, and deterrence actions in peacetime."

After pondering for a while, Mr. Qian nodded in appreciation: "The emergence of nuclear bombs has indeed changed the world's situation. Foreign experts and scholars have also proposed the concept of nuclear deterrence, but those concepts are still in their infancy. It is very rare that you can explain the principles of nuclear deterrence so clearly."

Thinking of this, Mr. Qian became excited.

If what the train driver said is true, after the nuclear bomb is successfully developed, we will have a series of launch methods such as ballistic missiles and submarine launches. The enemy will not dare to invade easily, thus achieving initial nuclear deterrence.

But he is just a small train driver, how can he know so much?
Mr. Qian suffered a lot in the United States, so he is much more vigilant than most people.

Li Aiguo saw that his eyebrows were furrowed, and he smiled and said, "I have modified the Red Star RPG. From the perspective of structure and principle, the RPG can be regarded as a simple missile."

"So we are in the same business!"

When Mr. Qian thought about it carefully, he realized that this was indeed the case. He patted Li Aiguo's arm and became more intimate.

"Comrade Patriot, our Fifth Academy will soon set up a research and development team for the SAM-5. What do you think the new model of missile should be called?"

Li Aiguo looked at the scenery outside the car window, thought for a moment and said: "Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind. I think we should call it Dongfeng No. 1."

"Dongfeng-1. What a good name!" Mr. Qian nodded heavily.

Li Aiguo also breathed a sigh of relief.

In later generations, the Dongfeng-2 was originally developed based on the P- missile.

Now that we have the SAM-5 as a research object, the project to copy the P-2 missile is likely to be cut.

Instead, a completely new ballistic missile was developed using data from the SAM-5 and P-2.

Now the name has been retained.

The new Dongfeng-1 has become a national treasure and will also start the legend of "Dongfeng Express".

The car stopped at the gate of the courtyard.

After Li Aiguo got out of the car, Mr. Qian rolled down the window and waved to him.

"Driver Li, I just returned to Beijing and I don't have many friends. If you have time, please come to my house."

Of course Li Aiguo agreed immediately.

Although he was not proficient in missiles, he had seen many detailed parameters of SAM-5 and S300 in later journals, and he would find a way to provide them to Mr. Qian when the time came.

In this way, the research on Dongfeng-1 can avoid many detours.

Watching the car disappear at the end of the road, Li Aiguo was about to turn around and enter the yard.

He saw a car not far away, which was the car that took him to the Fifth Hospital.

Officer Zhang pushed open the car door and stepped down, saying in a deep voice, "Driver Li, I have completed my mission."

Li Aiguo: "."

Wow, this guy is really dedicated. He actually followed me here from the Fifth Academy.

At this time, a group of old ladies were sitting at the gate to bask in the sun. When they saw this scene, they were so shocked that their mouths could not close.

The third aunt whispered, "Look, Aiguo is riding in a sedan, and there's another sedan following behind him. He's so stylish."

The old ladies all nodded.

These days only leaders can afford a sedan, but he got two at once. I'm so envious and jealous.

Jia Zhang held the starched insole and pouted, saying, "This bastard Li Aiguo has an empty car and doesn't even think of letting me sit in it. He has no filial piety at all.

No, I have to go to the street office and report it to Director Wang, and sue him for extravagance and waste."

The third aunt said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, go ahead. Be careful that Li Aiguo will send you to the street health task force again."

As soon as these words were spoken, Jia Zhang's face suddenly turned ugly.

She said unconvincedly: "It's just two cars. Just wait and see. Our Dongxu is going to do big things. He will definitely be able to get ten or eight cars in the future."

The residents looked at each other and did not respond to what Jia Zhang said.

The three aunts smiled bitterly in their hearts.

The old woman Jia Zhang used to brag that Jia Dongxu was capable of great things and would become a leader in the future.

At first, the third aunt thought she was a brainless person.

Later, after the analysis by the third uncle, I finally understood.

Jia Zhang wanted those short-sighted residents to help the Jia family more.

Don't help the poor, but help the urgent.

If the Jia family does not make any progress, the residents will worry about when they can get back the money they lent to the Jia family.

However, in the past six months, Jia Dongxu has become less and less serious. Not only has he become a gambler, he has also fallen out with Yi Zhonghai.

Everyone finally understood it.

It would be ridiculous for Jia Zhang to use such a trick again.

really.

The old Zhang family next door looked at Jia Zhang and said, "Sister-in-law, I lent you two pounds of flour a while ago. When can you pay it back? Our family is not doing well either."

"My Dongxu is a big shot. How can he not pay back your little flour?"

Jia Zhang is still deceiving people as before.

But a lie cannot become the truth even if it is repeated ten thousand times.

The residents didn't believe it.

At that time, there were four or five other households asking the Jia family for money and food.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong with you guys? You don't believe that my Dongxu can do great things, but I still have Banggeng!"

Jia Zhang put her hands on her waist and puffed out her chest and said, "Bang Geng has looked different since he was a child. He will definitely do great things in the future."

"Ang" Banggen was playing in the mud. When he heard his name, he looked up.

He wiped his nose, leaving black and white spots on his face, and saliva dripped down his coat onto the ground.

Old Zhang’s: “.”

The three aunts: “.”

Residents: “.”

(End of this chapter)