The military-industrial scientific research system of the academic master

Chapter 1291 Wherever Academician Chang extends his big hand, the achievements will be overwhelming.

Two weeks later, in the evening.

Northeastern Hebei Province, Changli shooting range.

In the darkening night, which was like splashing ink, a convoy painted in military green drove slowly on a dirt road between grass and melting snow.

In early winter, the non-paved roads that repeatedly freeze and thaw are muddy and difficult to navigate. Even ordinary off-road vehicles may inevitably get stuck.

Fortunately, almost all the vehicles here are crawler chassis, so apart from violent bumps, there are no insurmountable obstacles.

In an all-terrain vehicle at the front of the convoy, Yu Zhefeng, a radar engineer from the Electronic Technology Group, suppressed the turmoil in his stomach and asked Cheng Guangwei, the model chief engineer sitting next to him:

"Mr. Cheng, why don't you continue to use the Horqin shooting range this time? Why do you have to travel a long way to a place like this?"

On the one hand, it was out of complaint, and on the other hand, it was to divert attention so as not to actually vomit in the car.

According to his experience, at this time of year, the temperature in central Mongolia must have dropped below -10°C. Even if it snows, the ground is frozen hard, making it easier to drive than a mud pit.

Moreover, although Changli is one of the largest anti-aircraft weapon shooting ranges in China, it is affiliated with the Air Force after all, and all facilities are generally prepared for the testing of air defense weapons in key areas. In fact, it is not very suitable for their testing mission.

"There is no way. The Horqin shooting range was canceled this spring... The new Army anti-aircraft weapons test range is under construction in Qingtongxia. It is estimated that it will not be put into use until the middle of next year at the earliest, but our models can no longer wait..."

Cheng Guangwei's face turned a little pale, and he was obviously uncomfortable with the swing of the articulated tail cabin. After finishing half of the sentence, he paused for a few seconds before continuing to explain:

"Project 0910's restrictions on model progress are much stricter than those in 1999. If tactical equipment wants to catch up with this military parade, it must be equipped with troops in batches before the end of 2008. There is no room for delay."

As he spoke, he used the window on the tailgate of the vehicle to glance at a tracked artillery and artillery-in-one air defense system following behind.

It is said to be a combined missile and artillery system, but the launch tube on the missile carrier is actually empty.

In other words, one of the main purposes of this test is to verify whether the system needs these four anti-aircraft missiles.

Similar to the previous two military parades, the 60th National Day military parade three years later will also have a "0910 project" specifically to provide hardware and equipment support.

Although with the overall improvement of the level of weapons and equipment of the Chinese army, there are fewer and fewer "parade-specific models" in the true sense, but if a model can hitch a ride on this ride, it will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the entire R&D team. Huge benefits.

Of course, the ones who benefited the most were the project leaders, including the chief engineer and chief engineer.

It is precisely because of this concern that Cheng Guangwei has not mentioned this goal to too many people before.

Even Yu Zhefeng, who is responsible for subsystem design, heard about it for the first time.

However, for the latter, there is obviously another thing that is more shocking:

"The Horqin shooting range has been cancelled?"

Cheng Guangwei's painful expression added a bit of surprise:

"you do not know?"

Yu Zhefeng shook his head in confusion:

"I don't specialize in artillery. If it hadn't been for that chance ten years ago, I would probably still be working on long-range warning radars right now..."

Having said this, he did not continue.

At the beginning of 1999, he had just been promoted to deputy director of the research office and followed the air defense force of the Air Force to conduct an anti-stealth coverage firing test with anti-stealth weapons.

To this day, although the test itself is no longer a secret within the industry, the specific content is still top secret.

Since then, his focus has gradually shifted from early warning radars to short- and medium-range fire control radars, and he has been involved in the development of several short-range air defense missiles or close-in defense systems.

Looking at Cheng Guangwei, who looked a little uncomfortable, Liu Xiyun, assistant to the chief engineer sitting next to him, quickly picked up the conversation:

"In the past two years, almost 40% of the Horqin Sandy Land has been planned as a soil improvement test area. In the past month, there was no trace of a person, and now there is a lot of traffic every day... It is not suitable from the perspective of confidentiality or safety. It will continue to be used as an anti-aircraft weapons range..."

Yu Zhefeng was stunned after hearing this.

Of course, he still had an impression of this sand-to-soil project that had been heavily publicized before, and it was said that in the first half of this year, the country still relied on this technology to alleviate a round of market supply shortages artificially created by Westerners.

However, this is the first time that I can feel the impact of this project that seems to have nothing to do with me so intuitively.

He was just about to say something more, but the motorcade just staggered to a stop, finally allowing the few people in the carriage to breathe a sigh of relief.

With the lights of the cars behind and the last ray of sunset that was almost setting below the horizon, Yu Zhefeng saw the large yellow grass outside the car window, as well as several rammed earth anti-aircraft positions that were vaguely visible hidden among them.

"Get off, get off!"

Almost everyone felt a sense of relief the moment their feet touched the ground.

Soon, the originally silent intercom channel became active.

Although the conditions were relatively difficult, the departments responsible for each test link quickly started relevant work, and the prototype vehicle of the integrated artillery and artillery system quickly followed the command and drove into the shooting position.

One good thing about the field air defense system is that it has very low requirements for launch conditions.

If it is a ground-based air defense system, then in such a site that is extremely poorly maintained, it may take several hours of construction machinery to complete the preparations before launch.

But this time, it took dozens of people less than an hour to enter the testing state.

"Activate the fire control system!" Cheng Guangwei, who had recovered from motion sickness, picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered word by word.

As his voice fell, the flat-panel search radar located at the top of the air defense system slowly stood up, and then began to rotate at a speed of about 1.5 seconds.

The drum-shaped fire control radar and optical sight directly in front of the turret also change the pitch angle following the movements of the gun barrel and missile bracket, and are always ready to further lock on the target based on the capture results of the search radar.

A few seconds later, a slightly younger voice appeared on the intercom:

"The target drone is in the air!"

The target drone of this type of short-range air defense system basically doesn't have anything fancy, it's just a model aircraft with a corner reflector, and it's powered by a motorcycle's two-cylinder engine.

Although the sky was dark and the target drone itself could not be seen for a while, the people on the ground could still clearly hear the sound of the piston working.

Almost at the same time as the last voice ended, another password sounded:

"Radar system captures target!"

A little later, the same person reported again:

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"Optical system captures target!"

Immediately afterwards, the seat drive motor suddenly made a buzzing sound, pushing the turret to rotate approximately 90° in half a second.

During this process, the two 35mm gun barrels were also adjusted and aligned in the direction of the target drone's attack.

The next moment, two orange-red tracer lights shot out like fire streams and flew almost straight towards the inconspicuous target in the night sky.

Accompanied by the deafening sound of gunfire and the slowly rising muzzle smoke, the programmed ammunition that does not require manual binding was given varying lengths of explosion delays by the fire control system through the electromagnetic coil at the moment it flew away from the muzzle. More than a dozen shells were fired. The shrapnel cloud formed by the almost simultaneous explosion accurately enveloped the target...

Before anyone could react, the drone had turned into a dazzling fireball, falling from mid-air under the influence of inertia.

"The slant distance is 1km, the target is confirmed to be destroyed!"

Subsequently, there were several rounds of repeated tests with almost identical plots.

The only difference is the distance and orientation of the drone.

"The **** distance is 3km..."

"Slope distance 4km..."

"Slope distance 5km..."

It is not difficult to see that compared with the previous generation of self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, the new model has two fewer barrels, but thanks to more precise shooting accuracy and a more intelligent fire control system, the combat effectiveness is far better than the former.

Moreover, larger-caliber ammunition has also increased the maximum **** range of the artillery system from less than 3km to more than 5km.

However, Liu Xiyun, assistant to the chief engineer, did not appear very excited amidst the "confirm destruction" commands.

On the contrary, as the test **** distance increases, it becomes more and more frowning.

Finally, when the last set of 5.5km tests ended, he came to Cheng Guangwei with a solemn face:

"Mr. Cheng, looking at the current results...our artillery and artillery-in-one air defense system may need to be changed to an anti-aircraft artillery system?"

The latter had just put down the walkie-talkie in his hand and was recording something in his notebook by the light of the car lights.

After hearing Liu Xiyun's sad voice, he raised his head and looked at the other party:

"For the time being, it should be like this..."

"The missiles in the original artillery system were directly modified based on the Hongying 6 with limited modifications. However, the effective firing height and killing slant range of this missile cannot keep up with the 35mm anti-aircraft gun, so there is no need to increase the complexity of the system unnecessarily. Already…”

After saying this, he also noticed the other person's expression as if he had eaten a bitter melon, so he smiled and comforted:

"Don't pay too much attention to a name..."

"Furthermore, what happened to the anti-aircraft artillery? Wasn't it the anti-aircraft artillery that shot down the B2 in the Balkans? Who dares to look down on the role of artillery in air defense?"

Of course, that's what they say, but everyone knows that the main reason for this situation is that China does not have an air defense missile that is small enough and has a far enough range.

And the equipment in front of us is the key to the army's organizational reform, and we really can't tolerate waiting endlessly.

Therefore, Cheng Guangwei finally added:

"In addition, we will also retain complete missile control functions in the system until..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw the liaison officer who had been waiting in the car running over in a hurry:

"Mr. Cheng, the office just sent a message asking you and Assistant Liu to return to the capital immediately."

Cheng Guangwei instantly regained his composure:

"So anxious?"

Leaving the prototype vehicle and a large team of people at the shooting range and calling back a few key personnel was obviously a major change in the project.

The other party nodded:

"Comrades from the Second Academy of Science and Technology said they are testing a new technology that can increase the range of their avant-garde series missiles to at least 1.7 times that of their competitors!"

(End of chapter)