The consequences of the failure of the Los Angeles high-speed rail project far exceeded the U.S. government’s expectations.
Compared to the size of the entire country, this is a very small thing.
However, due to the sparing no effort in the early stage of publicity, in the eyes of many people, this project has become a symbol of "making America rise again." But now, this symbol has fallen in such a way, no matter who it is, it is impossible for anyone to accept it.
The trend of economic decline is becoming more and more obvious, and because this project is directly related to the real economy, the impact on the real economy is even more exaggerated.
People's doubts about domestic companies and official capabilities have risen to the top, runs have occurred everywhere, material shortages have become more frequent, and in Los Angeles, the financial budget that has been almost drained by this project has become increasingly stretched.
Even the subsidies that were originally planned to be distributed to people who were unemployed and bankrupt due to the financial crisis have completely disappeared.
More than 10,000 people have fallen into survival crisis as a result, and this is definitely not a small number.
Time has entered August, and the high temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere have swept almost the entire North American continent, but Los Angeles, which is located in the temperate Mediterranean climate zone, is still rainy.
On August 12, the first large-scale demonstration broke out. With the intervention of the police, the demonstration gradually turned into violence.
That night, more than a thousand shops and residents were robbed, and the Los Angeles police's emergency hotline was almost overwhelmed.
On August 14, the riots continued, but the people's goals gradually became unified.
Led by individual leaders, the crowd began to rush towards the city hall, and the local military was dispatched to maintain order, but all in vain.
In the early morning of the 15th, after the military opened fire, the situation completely got out of control. People rushed to the city hall and occupied it under the cover of chaotic firepower.
The national and state flags were all torn down and burned. The crazy crowd went about their business and even the walls were severely damaged.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the largest riot incident encountered by the United States has occurred.
After the news broke, the whole world was shocked.
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Except Chen Nian.
In Western Polytechnic University, Chen Nian sat opposite Chen Guo, shaking his head and thinking to himself:
I didn’t expect that zero-yuan shopping would arrive so many years earlier than in the previous life.
What’s even more outrageous is that Los Angeles actually broke the record on Capitol Hill and became the first official institution to be occupied.
Absolutely funny!
I, Ah Chuan, have all my merits taken away just like that?
Poor comrade, before he had a chance to play his role, he was already robbed of the limelight.
Seeing the half-smiling expression on Chen Nian's face, Chen Guo asked curiously:
"Why are you laughing there? What's there to drink?"
Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't hold back any longer.
He laughed and replied:
"Isn't this happy? Los Angeles City Hall has been occupied. The next step is Capitol Hill, and the next step is the White House."
"But goodbye!"
Chen Guo quickly interrupted him and said:
"It's better not to cause chaos in the United States. We have finally stabilized the situation and the domestic economy has begun to slowly recover."
"If we push them too hard and end up being defeated, and they not only export economic crisis, but also start exporting war, then we will be in serious trouble."
"Well, they can do this kind of thing."
"Isn't that right? It's not like you don't know about things in the Middle East."
Chen Guo sighed and said.
Chen Nian was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he was talking about the previous attack on Iran's centrifuge equipment.
That incident was supposed to be the fuse for this large powder keg in the Middle East, but unexpectedly, due to the change in the balance of military power between the two sides, although this fuse looked scary, it did not detonate in the end!
In fact, from Iraq's perspective, it is not incomprehensible to choose to be patient at this time.
The reason is simple. Ever since Saudi Arabia obtained large quantities of weapons and equipment from China, their right to speak in the Middle East has quietly changed.
There are so many quasi-third-generation aircraft, close to 10 third-generation and a half aircraft, and they are even equipped with weapons and electronic warfare systems that far exceed the local combat effectiveness level.
Not to mention those drones that can fly over your head anytime, anywhere.
If a fight really breaks out, Iraq will not get any benefits.
Therefore, the final result was that both sides made several harsh words, conducted several exercises, and after flexing their muscles, it was over.
It is precisely for this reason that the impact of oil production cuts is far less than the United States expected, which has also caused their economic recovery to be greatly slowed down.
Thinking of this, a strange idea suddenly came to Chen Nian's mind:
Perhaps reducing weapons is not the only way to achieve world peace.
Issuing equal weapons to the hostile parties to equalize their strengths will reduce conflicts.
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Good guy, what kind of King of War idea is this?
If China really keeps doing this, it is estimated that it will become another "kind doctor" in this century.
After a moment of silence, Chen Nian said:
"This is indeed a serious problem."
"Actually, even if they don't collapse in the short term, exporting war is a sure thing."
"What we have to do is not to maintain the situation and avoid exporting war."
"But try to find a way to nip the signs of war caused by them in the cradle."
"Although we now have all kinds of advanced weapons, it is obvious that the number of these weapons is not enough and they cannot achieve effective deterrence."
"No. 001 is speeding up, and at the same time, naval equipment must also quickly catch up."
Hearing Chen Nian's words, Chen Guo nodded solemnly.
But then, he shook his head and said:
"The navy still needs time, especially in terms of combat effectiveness. It is impossible to form formation-based combat effectiveness in a short period of time."
"We might as well continue to focus on the Air Force and Army."
"On one side are missiles and on the other side are fighter jets."
"With these two problems solved, at least in terms of local defense, we can achieve maximum combat effectiveness."
"Homeland defense cannot serve as a deterrent."
Chen Nian interrupted Chen Guo and continued:
"If we want to do it, we still have to build strategic bombers."
"How is the progress of the H-20?"
Chen Guo turned on the computer and turned the screen to Chen Nian's side.
"At present, all wind tunnel tests have been completed and the airframe is completely finalized."
"The next key issue to be tackled is the variable cycle engine."
"The 606 Institute has joined forces with the 603 Institute and is currently working on this project. It is expected that a prototype of the variable cycle engine will be ready within four months."
"Within six months, the H-20 should be able to make its first flight."
"However, its test period will be very long. You also know that this aircraft is a variable-sweep wing aircraft. It also has to take into account the stealth design and its structure is very complex."
"It's okay to go slow."
Chen Nian said thoughtfully.
"However, after the Chinese New Year next year, we really should give everyone a New Year gift."
At the same time, 605 schools.
Tang Changhong frowned as he looked at the latest report and said in a solemn tone:
"This design is not good. The variable sweep wing originally compresses the space of the wing fuel tank. The design of the fuel tank itself is already extremely complex. If the gas filling device of the Tu-160 is used again, it is likely to be inefficient due to low efficiency. This resulted in insufficient air pressure within the wing."
"Isn't this the reason why Lao Maozi threw down that Tu-160 in 2003? Why is there still no change at all in the plan we got now?"
"They really don't plan to go any further? Just give up on this plane?"
Assistant Gao Yongyu on the side shook his head slightly and replied:
"I don't know what they think at the moment. Anyway, in this project they only played some role in the marginal field."
"They don't have access to the core design aspect. They just give us whatever technology we want."
"I guess they just gave us the old Tu-160 plan, so it looks so backward."
"Why are these old idiots so inattentive to their work? Do you still want the engine technology?"
Tang Changhong looked a little unhappy. As he spoke, he quickly flipped through the information at hand. When he saw the stamp of "Tupolev Design Bureau" stamped on the last page, he couldn't help but curse. The sound comes.
"Damn it, it's really an old design! Look, it's still stamped with Tupolev's seal!"
Gao Yongyu came over to take a look, and he couldn't laugh or cry on the spot.
The Tupolev Design Bureau is indeed the design bureau of the Tu-160, but the problem is that this thing was before the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
After the disintegration, the Tupolev Design Bureau was reorganized into the Russian United Aviation Manufacturing Group. Although the framework has not changed, the title has changed after all.
Therefore, if the gas filling device required by 605 this time is an improved version from Russia, it should be stamped with the seal of United Airlines.
But now, Tupolev’s chapter above
Who knows which archive they dug it out from to make up the numbers!
In fact, the Tu-160's inert gas filling device had been redesigned as early as 2003.
That year, a Tu-160 crashed at an altitude of nearly two thousand meters due to a fuel tank explosion. After investigation, it was found that the cause of the accident was that the filling device did not fill the wing fuel tanks with inert gas in time.
After that, United Airlines redesigned the aircraft's gas filling device as quickly as possible and gradually replaced all old devices.
It is precisely because of this new design that similar accidents have never happened again.
And now, they are actually reluctant to even give this new design.
"This is too perfunctory. In business, although we are only doing technical exchanges, we are not so mean."
Gao Yongyu shook his head and said.
"Whether they are perfunctory or not, just call them back and tell them they can't use it."
"Whenever you come up with a matching design plan, come to us again."
"If even this small problem cannot be solved, then I will directly notify Chengdu and stop their PAK FA cooperation project."
"clear."
Gao Yongyu nodded quickly.
After a pause, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Mr. Tang, you are really tough when it comes to what you say now. You always want to stop other people's projects. If those old idiots hear this, they will probably slam the table in anger."
Tang Changhong laughed loudly and then replied:
"We have been aggrieved for so many years, and now we finally have something in our hands. How can we not vent our anger?"
"I'm not really making things difficult for them. Like you said, it's just business."
"When we begged them in the past, it was technology we could exchange for trainloads of ores and materials."
"Now we don't care what they want. Technical exchanges should look like technical exchanges. What's the point of hiding them?"
"That's true."
Gao Yongyu replied in agreement.
"At the end of the day, they are still begging us."
“Without their technology, we would be slower at best.”
"But without us, I guess their fourth-generation aircraft would be difficult to come up with - at least in terms of stealth design, there would be no chance."
“Is the PAK FA project so bad?”
Tang Changhong was a little surprised when he heard this.
In his impression, although Russia is not leading in terms of fourth-generation aircraft, it still has technological accumulation.
But now, listening to Gao Yongyu's words, it seems as if this project has already ended before it even started.
"It's very bad. I have communicated with Chengdu Aircraft Corporation. In the original plan, they used a central lifting body + tandem magazine, which has a great impact on the structural strength."
"In the first blast tunnel, structural cracks in the fuselage had already appeared. After analysis, it was found that the belly of the fuselage was too fragile due to the tandem magazine and could hardly withstand the impact of high-intensity airflow."
"However, the PAK FA's belly air intake design is the most complex design for belly airflow. These two problems are superimposed and create an almost endless loop."
"In addition to this, there are also problems with the stealth design."
"Coupled with the problem of turbulent airflow in the boundary layer that has been blown out, it is conceivable that after the engine is put on the machine, the unstable function of the air inlet will definitely lead to engine surge."
"Look, that's already three questions."
"Moreover, these three issues are still the most important ones, and there are a lot of others."
"so serious?"
Tang Changhong's eyes widened.
He scratched his head subconsciously and recalled the development process of the J-20 and J-22.
It seems that from beginning to end, I have never heard of any major design problems in these two projects.
They all start manufacturing immediately after getting the drawings. There may be some minor optimizations, and of course there will be defects that must be accepted, but they all fall into the category of "machine is not perfect".
In a situation like PAK FA, it’s really
Yes, after all, they don't have Chen Nian.
Obviously, situations like the PAK FA project are normal situations for aircraft design projects.
People like him are just taking advantage of Chen Nian.
Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Before that, he had lamented the incredibleness of this young man named "Chen Nian" many times.
But at this moment, when the progress of the PAK FA project was before his eyes, he truly realized what this young man had brought to him, to the aviation industry, and to this country.
(End of chapter)
