Jiang Tao put down the phone, called Zhang Jin and Shuquan, and asked them to go to the headquarters with him. He changed into a set of clothes, took his briefcase, and waited downstairs for a while. Shuoquan and Zhang came in. Just as the car from the headquarters arrived, the three of them got into the car together and came to the headquarters.
The three of them came to a conference room under the leadership of their entourage. Director Zhou stood up and introduced everyone: "Dear heads, this is Comrade Jiang Tao, the founder of Kaiyuan Machinery Factory and the founder of Kaiyuan UAV Project. Sponsor, please don’t look at him at such a young age, he is a legendary figure who became a beauty in anger and became a general out of a million soldiers, he is like a legendary figure who picks up treasures from a bag!”
As soon as Director Zhou finished speaking, the audience burst into laughter. Director Zhou continued: "Now let's ask Comrade Jiang Tao to tell us about the original intention of the drone program and the importance of the chip program."
Jiang Tao awkwardly saluted everyone, and then said: "Dear leaders and chiefs, hello everyone! I just made everyone laugh. Now I will ask you to watch a few videos, and then give you some introductions."
As Jiang Tao spoke, he turned around and signaled to Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin took out the video CD he had prepared, handed it to the staff on the side, whispered a few words to him, and then the curtains in the conference room were drawn up and the lights turned off. , a set of moving images appeared on the screen. This set of images was part of the scene when the drone participated in actual combat for the first time. The images were edited later, and Jiang Tao on the side followed the explanation, from the drone finding the target to starting the attack. , and then to the damage report, at this time, the voice-over came: "All targets are destroyed, please return. You can return."
There was a warm round of applause. Immediately afterwards, another image appeared on the screen. In the night airport, planes took off one after another, and blue flames sprayed out from the tail of the plane. It was very spectacular.
Infrared images began to appear in the image, and then the cross cursor locked on the moving infrared image and began to attack. The target was enlarged. In the dark tunnel, there was a collapsed scene, with humanoid images lying on the ground and burning flames everywhere.
Wherever the camera went, there were flames until all the planes returned at dawn.
At this time, the voice-over reported: "A total of nearly a hundred enemy tunnels and dozens of various equipment positions were destroyed, and nearly a thousand enemy people were killed or injured."
The nearly hour-long video playback is finally over. The lights in the conference room also turned on again. The scene was silent, and for a long time, everyone began to whisper and discuss.
Jiang Tao cleared his throat and said, "Commanders, if you have any questions about the video you just watched, please ask directly."
At this time, a middle-aged man in his forties said: "Comrade Jiang Tao, we firmly believe in the authenticity of the video just now. I would like to ask, how many aircraft participated in this operation? Also, what is our current production volume? How about it?"
Jiang Tao smiled and said: "There are only six aircraft in total for this operation. However, we adopt a batch of two aircraft and a batch every five minutes. They take off in turns. All ground staff are on duty, loading bombs, refueling, etc. .After the end of this mission, all enemies on the entire line were quiet. Therefore, we have fully entered the maintenance and upkeep stage. As for our current production, it is indeed not high. Due to constraints such as conditions, we can only produce two aircraft a week. We came to the headquarters this time to seek support.”
At this time, another leader asked: "Comrade Jiang Tao, I saw the chip plan from your report. I hope you can explain it in more detail."
Jiang Tao said: "The chip, simply put, is the heart of this device. The manufacturer can preset vulnerabilities and backdoors during circuit and program design. For example, the chips used in our power system are all They are purchased from the West. In the event of an emergency, others can take over our control of the system through the backdoors reserved in the chips they produce, paralyzing many of our strategic facilities. The same is true for other equipment, and more What is most serious is that since we are almost blank in this field, if Western society monitors our sales, our situation will be even more serious. Chips are important electronic products that are indispensable in all fields of science and technology in the future. If we cannot be independent production, the consequences will be disastrous.”
At this time, another scholar in his sixties asked: "Comrade Jiang Tao, I think your point of view is a bit too much. You just said that we are almost blank in this field. If we want to It’s easier said than done to get started, and I don’t think Western society is selling it to us.”
Jiang Tao thought to himself, it is your kind of thinking that has harmed our chip industry. Jiang Tao calmed down and said, "What the old comrade just said is also what I want to talk about today: In fact, our chip research and development started not late. As early as the early 1960s, there were several units It was precisely because of the influence of the same thought of the old comrade just now that the so-called theory that it is better to sell it than to build it has taken over the mainstream position and completely ruined our chip industry. Many experts and scholars with professional expertise have been lost. , what the old comrade just said, he does not believe that the West will not sell us chips. In fact, our Director Zhou can prove to you how difficult it is for us to buy chips, and what is sold to us is Low-level ordinary chips, and I tell all the current leaders and chiefs that once our drones are known to Western society, first of all, we will be faced with a situation where there will be no chips to use, so we haven’t started yet. The main reason for the delay is not that Western society is benevolent, but because their main focus is on the Middle East, and their control over us is not strict enough. Some mid-to-high-end chips can still be sold at two to three times the price we pay. arrive."
The old comrade who just asked the question blushed and was about to continue to refute when he was signaled by a middle-aged man next to him. Jiang Tao saw that he was a little dissatisfied. Jiang Tao smiled and said: "This old comrade may not be convinced yet, so be it. , I have a chip purchase list here, we are willing to pay twice the market price in Western society, and entrust you to help us purchase it."
At this time, Director Zhou saw that Jiang Tao intended to embarrass the expert, so he said: "There is no need to argue about this issue. What Comrade Jiang Tao said is not alarmist. Once the West knows that this is our order, it will No one will sell to us at four times the price. We currently purchase products through other countries. There are a few twists and turns in the process. The importance of the chip industry in the future technology field is unquestionable. Senior officials have already We basically agree with Comrade Jiang Tao’s plan, and we invite everyone here today just to talk about the details of Comrade Jiang Tao’s chip plan, whether there are any better suggestions, and how to implement it.”
