The Immortal Warrior: From Reverse Engineering to Forging Swords for the Country

At the Beijing Autumn International Auto Show, all the international giants that came with great momentum finally returned home empty-handed.

The worst hit were the small car companies, which made almost nothing.

If there really were a small group of loyal fans of Toyota Motors in China before, then they were severely taught a lesson at this auto show.

First, it was revealed that Fengtian Automobile used cartoons to launch the so-called new smart pure electric sedan.

Then Huaxing Automobile launched a truly intelligent pure electric car, which shocked the hearts of people all over the world.

The functions displayed by Huaxing's intelligent pure electric vehicles are so amazing that they directly crush all car companies in the world.

It also completely disgraced Fengtian Automobile and made it lose face in front of people all over the world.

The last few loyal fans of Fengtian in China were wiped out by this huge blow.

During the entire autumn auto show, Huaxing Automobile placed orders for more than 34700 smart pure electric vehicles.

Some car owners directly mentioned the existing cars during the exhibition.

After they picked up the car, they showed off in various ways.

Some car bloggers have also shot many videos showing the powerful functions of Huaxing's smart pure electric vehicles.

There is no problem with automatic unmanned reversing into the parking space.

Summoning a car will automatically drive over to pick up the owner, which is extremely cool.

Some car owners started testing autonomous driving on highways and ring roads after picking up their cars.

These tests were all successful.

Although there will be some minor flaws.

However, the overall capabilities displayed by Huaxing Automobile still shocked the hearts of all car lovers.

They had never seen such a smart car before.

It's really too embarrassing to travel in such a car.

Therefore, Huaxing Automobile continued to sell well after the exhibition.

Throughout November 2001, Huaxing Automobile sold more than 11 pure electric smart cars.

It directly exceeded the production capacity of the production line.

After the pure electric smart cars went on sale, Huaxing also began to build charging stations across the country.

Of course, this can be done in the form of franchising.

At the beginning, we can give some subsidies and strive to set up charging stations on all high-speed servers across the country.

As long as high-speed charging is achieved, the foundation for the large-scale promotion of electric vehicle infrastructure will be laid.

It will also promote the continued rapid development and sales of pure electric smart cars.

After the test video of Huaxing Smart Car appeared on Weibo, it quickly spread to many Internet platforms around the world.

Huaxing smart cars have amazed the world.

Many car lovers around the world are fascinated by it.

They long to be able to buy such a good car in their own country.

However, Huaxing Intelligent Pure Electric Vehicles will not be exported until they meet the needs of the domestic market.

This has led many enthusiastic car fans to rush to China, hoping to buy a Huaxing smart car in China and then have it shipped to their home country.

Now, some people in China who see business opportunities, even if they originally didn't consider smart pure electric cars, are now frantically scrambling to buy them.

The purpose of stealing the car is to become a second-hand dealer.

The price of Huaxing Smart Car’s used cars is actually far higher than that of new cars in the market.

This shows that there are a group of people who want to make a fortune from this.

Poor Fengtian Automobile, its ugly deeds were publicized to the whole world because of the animation that released a fake smart pure electric car.

Its reputation plummeted in an instant, and it began to be ignored in the market where it once had a dominant position.

Now, Fengtian Automobile is having a harder time.

Many people are now beginning to count down to the bankruptcy of Fengtian and even the entire Jiaoben Automobile Company.

There was also a wailing sound inside the foot basin: the people living their good lives finally realized that their good days might really be over this time.

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In a test workshop of the Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation located in the suburbs of Beijing, a liquid oxygen-kerosene engine is being prepared for test ignition.

Chen Kainan frowned as he stood with Wang Youliang, chief engineer of the new heavy-lift carrier rocket Long March 5B.

In front of them was a liquid oxygen-kerosene rocket engine.

The engine is the heart of the rocket and one of the most technologically advanced and difficult components of the rocket.

In order to obtain greater thrust, the fuel of the rocket engine is very important.

In order to be able to launch the huge main module of the space station into space, a heavy rocket is needed.

Fat Five is shouldering such a mission.

Of course, the function of Fat Five is not just to build a space station.

In fact, heavy-lift launch vehicles are still very useful.

Manned lunar landings and the launch of large geosynchronous satellites both require heavy rockets.

Therefore, China must develop heavy-duty rockets with a carrying capacity of more than 20 tons.

But if we want to increase the thrust of the rocket, we must research fuel engines with higher specific impulse.

The main thrust engine of the Fat Five will be a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engine, because this type of engine can provide more energy than solid propellant, with a specific impulse of up to 457S, making it the crown of rocket fuel.

However, there are too many difficulties in developing liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engines.

First of all, after the rocket engine is ignited, the maximum temperature can reach 3000 degrees! In a high temperature, high pressure and oxygen-rich environment, ordinary materials will be burned into a pile of slag in an instant.

Even if a series of comprehensive cooling and heat dissipation measures are taken, ordinary materials cannot be used to manufacture rocket engines.

This requires the development of high-temperature alloy materials.

In fact, a lot of high-temperature alloy materials have been researched before.

But after trying them one by one, it still didn't work.

Prior to this, two accidents had occurred during the test run of the manufactured rocket engine samples.

The first explosion occurred, and the entire engine was instantly blown to pieces, almost reduced to ashes.

There was some progress the second time, but after the test ignition, it only lasted six seconds before the entire engine was completely burned out again.

One experiment would cost tens of millions of yuan!
These are all national property!
If we keep failing like this, when will it ever end?
"Mr. Wang, what do you think are the chances of success this time?" Chen Kainan asked Wang Youliang.

Wang Youliang sighed and said, "I don't know for sure either."

"We have made comprehensive improvements and all the problems that needed to be solved have been solved."

"However, we will have to wait until we fire up the car for a test drive to find out the details."

Chen Kainan said: "That is to say, you have no idea whether it will work this time or what the chances of success are."

Wang Youliang smiled bitterly: "Yes, I guess no one can guarantee anything."

"Only by discovering and solving as many problems as possible can we eventually build a qualified new rocket engine."

Chen Kainan hesitated.

He didn't want to fail a third time.

He thought of Zhang Zhipeng.

He said, "How about we ask Comrade Zhipeng to come over and see what's going on?"

Wang Youliang sighed. He was the chief engineer of Fat Five.

He sincerely hopes that he can continue to lead the research on the Fat 5 engine. If his team can do it well, it will be a great achievement.

But now, I obviously can't handle it.

However, if Zhang Zhipeng joins in, most of the credit for this achievement will definitely belong to him.

He was not reconciled.

Wang Youliang's eyes flickered as he said, "How about trying again?"

“We have done a lot of basic testing, various process parameters and so on, and everything is pretty good.”

“On the road of scientific research, there will inevitably be setbacks and failures.”

"Only through constant trial and error can you finally reach the end of success." Chen Kainan knew what Wang Youliang was thinking.

He sighed and said, "That's fine! I support you to conduct another test."

"But if we fail again this time, we'll have to ask for outside help! Do you agree?"

Wang Youliang nodded solemnly and said, "I agree!"

"However, before the ignition test, we need to do one last check to see if there are any problems."

Chen Kainan waved his hand and said, "Well! You guys check it out."

"Engineer Wang, I'm not putting pressure on you. It's just that we have a lot of plans to follow."

"We must hurry up and build a heavy-lift launch vehicle!"

"This has become our shortcoming."

What Chen Kainan said was true. Eagle and Bear already had heavy-lift launch vehicles with many uses.

China has lagged behind in this regard for too long.

We must catch up as soon as possible!
Otherwise, future space programs will be delayed.

Wang Youliang did not dare to delay. He and his team quickly began to conduct a final, comprehensive and careful inspection of the engine that was about to be tested.

The inspection was thorough and careful.

Wang Youliang was afraid that missing something would lead to ultimate failure.

This inspection and testing took several hours.

Wang Youliang didn't find any problem in the end.

All parameter data are correct.

There should be no problem with the engine components.

Now, the only thing that worries him is whether the high-temperature alloy material of the rocket engine can withstand a long-term test of more than 600 seconds.

As long as you can withstand this, it can be basically confirmed that the experiment is successful.

This rocket engine uses too many high-temperature alloy materials, as many as dozens of types.

Each one is very important. Once something goes wrong, it will be like a dam bursting, and the situation will be out of control.

After Wang Youliang finished the inspection, he called all the team members to his presence.

He said: "Comrades, the situation is very critical now."

"If we can't solve the engine problem ourselves, then we may have to ask for external help."

"If we really have to ask for foreign aid, even if we succeed in the future, our results will be greatly reduced."

"Therefore, this ignition test is very important!"

"You have all just checked the engine parts that you are responsible for. Think carefully about whether there are any problems! If there are any problems, my suggestion is: it is best to tell us immediately and we can solve them internally. We will strive to make this ignition test run a success in one go!"

Members of his team all said that there were no problems with the parts they were responsible for.

Wang Youliang gritted his teeth and said, "In that case, let's ignite the test!"

"We can't wait any longer!"

At Wang Youliang's command, the engine was about to be ignited and tested again.

For such an important test drive, Chen Kainan naturally came to the scene again.

"Engineer Wang, I wish you success! Let's try to get the most important parts of Fat Five done in one go!" Chen Kainan said with a relaxed look and a smile.

At this point, what else could he do? He could only encourage his colleagues.

Wang Youliang clenched his fist and said, "It will work this time!"

"We have tested all the engine components again! There is absolutely no problem!"

Chen Kainan nodded and said, "Let's get started!"

Wang Youliang gave the order: "Light the fire!"

Someone immediately carried out the order.

The rocket engine ignited successfully!
It began to emit a hot and fierce tail flame.

The temperature of its tail flame is very high, generally reaching 3000 degrees.

At such a high temperature, any metal would be melted and destroyed in an instant.

Chen Kainan and Wang Youliang were sitting in a security monitoring room far away from the testing workshop, observing the entire process through the monitoring screen in front of them.

The rocket ignited successfully, emitting a hot and fierce tail flame.

At that moment, both of them almost held their breath.

They are all nervous.

I was so nervous that my eyes were round.

My fists were clenched.

The skin all over my body was tense.

This test is really important.

If it fails, it will not only result in a loss of tens of millions of dollars, but will also cause delays in space plans.

After the ignition, every second feels as heavy as a mountain.

Wang Youliang felt that every second was very slow.

The rocket engine ignited successfully, no problems.

Then, it depends on how long this engine can run stably.

It needs to run stably for at least 600 seconds, or 10 minutes, to pass!
That's too long!

You know, in the last test, that rocket engine that had received so much effort from countless people lasted only 6 seconds before it fell apart, and only a little ash was found later!

Burn them all!

The engine's tail flame continued to spray violently.

1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds...

The engine ran for the first 10 seconds.

Wang Youliang's uneasy heart finally calmed down a little at this moment.

He thought, maybe, this time, we can succeed?

As he was thinking this, suddenly, something strange happened on the screen.

The rocket engine that was being tested made a noise, and there seemed to be an explosion at the nozzle. Something flew out and turned to ashes in an instant.

Wang Youliang and Chen Kainan's hearts trembled.

Be bad!

As the two of them changed their minds, the engine that was being tested suddenly collapsed again!

explosion!

Fire!

The air is filled with thick smoke!

The scene on the screen was horrific.

Chen Kainan sighed.

Wang Youliang was dumbfounded on the spot.

The two men looked at the disastrous failure of the test drive and they didn't know what to say.

A deathly silence spread.

Until the fire burned everything and the test workshop returned to peace, Wang Youliang glanced at Chen Kainan and said, "I'm sorry, Comrade Kainan, it seems we have failed again this time."

Chen Kainan forced a smile and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, don't take it too seriously!"

"As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success!"

"Historically, even the two strongest countries encountered many failures when conducting rocket engine experiments before they finally achieved success!"

Wang Youliang said with a guilty look on his face: "It's me. I was too stubborn. Comrade Kainan, you asked Comrade Zhipeng to come over to give us some guidance. I should have agreed! But because of my own selfishness, I didn't agree, which led to today's failure."

Chen Kainan sighed and said, "Don't blame yourself. I think we should fly to Chang'an in person and ask Comrade Zhipeng to come out of retirement." (End of this chapter)