The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 640: Swinging a sledgehammer to smash the electronic tube computer (additional chapter, monthly ticket requested)

The clanging sounds made my ears buzz.

Li Aiguo also had a bad temper. He put down his pencil, picked up the iron rod and rushed out, following the source of the sound and coming to the next room.

I saw a Russian man swinging a hammer and hitting the cabinet hard.

The machines emitted deafening echoes and friction sounds everywhere, and all the onlookers were frightened.

The Russian guy is big and strong, as tall as an iron tower, holding a sledgehammer. If he were to wear ancient costume, he could COSPLAY as Li Yuanba.

But this is an important scientific research site, how can we allow such barbaric behavior?

"What are you doing, destroying the computer?" Li Aiguo walked up and asked with a fierce face.

He spoke in Russian, which the old Russian could understand. He put down the hammer and looked at Li Aiguo, his green eyes full of confusion: "Who are you?"

The young translator from Factory 738 came over and explained Li Aiguo's identity in a low voice.

"So you are the train driver who proposed expanding the scale of computers. I have read all the documents, and your views on the future development of computers are really insightful."

The old Russian put down his hammer, shook Li Aiguo's hand enthusiastically, and talked for a while.

"Who is this person?" Li Aiguo still looked confused.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Markov, a professor of computer science in Moscow. I am the expert assisting you, and I am responsible for debugging the computers." Markov said with his chest puffed out.

Li Aiguo frowned: "Use a hammer to debug the computer?"

"We have to debug like this all the time." Markov felt aggrieved.

At this time, Professor Xia Zhongsu rushed over and after learning the whole story, he explained a few words to Li Aiguo in a low voice.

It turns out that the vacuum tubes used in vacuum tube computers are welded to the cabinet, and it is easy to have cold solder joints during welding.

However, there were no effective detection methods these days, so researchers had to use a hammer every day to ensure the correctness of each part of the logic circuit.

Hitting the cabinet with a hammer has a formal name, called the "tapping method", which is specifically used to check for cold solder joints.

As long as you have enough strength, you can always shake off the poorly soldered electron tube.

Well, it turns out that they have the rough style of the Russians.

No wonder the Russian computer experts are also tall and strong.

Li Aiguo reminded: "Mr. Markov, you are very strong, but don't knock me again in the future. We use pentode electron tubes, which are different from the electron tubes you use.

The second grid is placed horizontally. If you knock it down like this, even the electron tube will be damaged."

Markov looked aggrieved: "But if I don't knock on the cabinet, I can't check for poor soldering."

Professor Xia Zhongsu is also aware of this situation and said that it is indeed difficult to detect poor solder joints and tapping is the best way.

"We can only waste a few tubes."

"Waste?! Our motherland is not yet strong, the American empire is not yet defeated, and the people are not yet rich. How can we waste?"

Li Aiguo picked up an electron tube and said, "Change the working position of the electron tube grid to a vertical state. The grid standing upright can reduce mutual contact, isn't that enough?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Professor Xia Zhongsu and those researchers' faces changed.

They didn't expect that such a complicated problem could be solved with such a simple solution.

The key is that it can really be solved.

Markov's eyes widened and he said excitedly, "Dear patriotic comrade, can I continue to knock in the future?"

Li Aiguo: "."

At noon, the bell for the end of work at Factory 738 rang.

Li Aiguo put down the hammer and stretched comfortably.

You know what, carrying a sledgehammer weighing more than ten pounds and hitting a large electronic tube computer worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is more satisfying than smashing a Maserati.

That feeling is so comfortable.

"Comrade Markov, let's go and have dinner."

Markov was sitting nearby with a resentful look on his face because his job of "smashing computers" had been taken away from him.

Hearing this, he immediately became excited.

"I heard from the team leader that there will be steak and cranberry jam for lunch today."

Markov took his own lunch box and helped Li Aiguo get an aluminum lunch box. This train driver had unique insights into computers, which was fine, but the key point was that he was very strong.

Markov always considered himself a computer expert among strongmen, a strongman among computer experts, and was proud of his strength.

It was only after arm wrestling with Li Aiguo that he truly witnessed the power of the train driver.

The palm was almost like an iron pair of pliers.

Markov always admired people with strength, and he soon became good friends with Li Aiguo.

The two of them wandered into the small cafeteria of Factory 738.

There is a small kitchen here specially prepared for the Russian experts, and the food there is much better than that provided for the researchers.

We, Li Aiguo, just took advantage of Markov.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to eat steak and could only eat white flour buns.

Although the magnetic memory group only had seven college students, the research and development went smoothly because Li Aiguo already had a full set of technologies.

In addition, the seven college students seemed very active and worked even harder than the veteran researchers.

Although Li Aiguo holds many positions, his work is easy and he has time every day to swing a sledgehammer with Markov.

This thing can also exercise your body.

So much so that Chen Xueru would hug Li Aiguo's arm at night, stroking his strong muscles, and said in surprise: "Brother Aiguo, haven't you been busy with research at the Railway Research Institute recently? How come you seem to have more muscles?"

"Really? Do you want to give it a try?"

Li Aiguo put his arm around Chen Xueru's slender waist and picked her up.

Well, it seems that all those days of sledgehammering have been effective.

After a workout that combines yoga and weight training.

Chen Xueru's eyes were confused and she was breathing heavily. It took her a long time to recover.

She rubbed her little head against Li Aiguo's chest and whispered, "Aiguo, I can't do it anymore. I need to go to bed early tonight. There will be a meeting in the district tomorrow, and leaders and staff from all the street offices will attend."

"General meeting? Is there something important to announce?" Li Aiguo shook his body, and with a pop, they separated.

Chen Xueru wiped it, frowned, bit her lip and said, "I'm not sure about the details, but Xiao Chen said it seems to be related to the number four."

It seems that the higher-ups are finally going to announce the list of the Four Great Ones. Li Aiguo leaned back on the pillow and squinted his eyes.

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The next morning, early in the morning.

Chen Xueru got up from the bed and prepared breakfast.

After eating a quick bite, she went to the meeting with her canvas bag. Li Aiguo stayed in bed until eight o'clock before getting up.

Because it was the weekend, most of the residents in the compound slept in.

When Li Aiguo came to the middle courtyard carrying a basin of water, toothpaste and toothbrush, there were many residents washing up around the sink.

Li Aiguo said hello to Yan Jiecheng and Xu Damao, took a basin of clean water, washed his face, rinsed his mouth and brushed his teeth, and was about to go back.

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu walked in unsteadily from outside, carrying sacks on their shoulders.

Compared to last time, the clothes they wore were even more worn out.

There were several bloody cuts on Yi Zhonghai's face, and Jia Dongxu's arm seemed to be broken. It was tied with a hemp rope and put around his neck.

However, both were in good spirits.

Yi Zhonghai saw so many people gathered around the pond, so he stopped and said loudly: "After five days and five nights of hard work, I have wiped out another group of sparrows, making a huge contribution to protecting the grain of our farmers.

I hope everyone will learn from my spirit and strive to make more contributions in the four-way competition.”

Jia Dongxu grimaced in pain and gave a speech: "I even broke my arm while catching sparrows. This is called staying on the front line even if you are only slightly injured."

Although Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang felt that these two people were pretending to be positive, they had to give them a thumbs up.

The residents in the compound all praised Yi Zhonghai for his noble thoughts and morals, and Jia Dongxu for returning to the right path.

In the bright sunshine.

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu raised their heads proudly.

At this time, Liu Haizhong came running over, shouting as he ran: "This is terrible, sparrows are not insects anymore."

(End of this chapter)