Dongfeng Launch Site, on the desolate Gobi Desert.
Looking from a distance in the sky, two very small figures were slowly walking in the desert.
The two are Chen Zhongyan, chief engineer of Beidou Navigation Engineering, and Zhang Xingyang, director of the Rocket Research Institute.
During this period, Chen Zhongyan's already gray hair became much grayer in order to promote the development of Beidou satellites.
"Mr. Chen, you have to take care of yourself!"
Zhang Xingyang glanced at the other party's hair and said kindly.
"The harm is nothing." Chen Zhongyan combed his hair that was messed up by the desert wind and sand.
"As long as I can make Beidou, I will have no regrets even if I die!"
The sand blown by the desert entered Zhang Xingyang's eyes, making him want to cry.
Why do I always have tears in my eyes? It’s because there are so many people in this country who regard death as such and sacrifice themselves for the country!
Feeling that Zhang Xingyang beside him fell silent, Chen Zhongyan smiled:
"There's no need to be so sad, people are going to die anyway."
"It may be heavier than Mount Tai, or it may be lighter than a feather!"
"It's worth dying for your beloved cause!"
Seeing that the topic seemed to be heading to a strange place, Chen Zhongyan quickly brought it back to the topic:
"Stop talking about me, let's talk about you?"
Zhang Xingyang was a little confused, what did he have to say?
Looking at Zhang Xingyang who looked puzzled, Chen Zhongyan laughed and said:
"Xiao Zhang, you are not young anymore. Have you ever considered starting a family?"
In this era, the most troublesome thing for Zhang Xingyang is definitely the pressure from his elders to get married!
As long as they are older, they will almost urge Zhang Xingyang after knowing that he has no partner yet.
When Zhang Xingyang faced so many scientific research problems, he had never been so desperate.
Now I experience it for real.
"Mr. Chen, I have no plans to start a family yet." Zhang Xingyang said a little embarrassed.
"Now I still want to focus all my energy on work."
Chen Zhongyan can also understand that this is the age when scientific research ability is strongest, and it is understandable to want to focus on work.
So I didn’t worry too much about this aspect.
"Xingyang, do you really think that space-based communication networks have much greater advantages than ground-based communication networks?"
This incident was the fundamental reason why the two people came to the desert.
Only in the desert can we safely talk about these contents.
"It depends on how you view the situation going forward."
“Do you think there will be a world war starting with a nuclear war in the future?”
Zhang Xingyang did not directly answer Chen Zhongyan's question, but asked about his views on the future world situation.
Although he didn't know the reason why Zhang Xingyang asked this question, Chen Zhongyan still answered the question very seriously:
"Judging from the current world situation, it is unlikely that a full-scale war will break out."
"Future wars may also be dominated by local wars or proxy wars."
Although Chen Zhongyan does not have any position in the military, due to his rank, he is qualified to know a lot of information about the international situation.
Therefore, he has a relatively thorough understanding of the international situation.
"If you think so, then I can tell you for sure."
"The advantages of space-based communication networks are greater than those of ground-based communication networks!"
"First of all, the space-based communication network will not be affected by all kinds of bad weather. Secondly, it can build a nationwide communication network in a very short time and solve many communication problems in remote areas."
"Finally, the construction of space-based communication networks can drive the development of our manufacturing industry, especially high-end manufacturing industry!"
Zhang Xingyang named three advantages of space-based communication networks to prove that space-based communication networks are better than ground-based communication networks.
But Chen Zhongyan knows very well that if you rely on these reasons alone, it will be difficult to convince the big guys who actually make decisions.
Abandon the mature terrestrial communication network technology route and switch to the space-based communication network technology route that is still in the development stage.
They must see the stronger advantages of space-based communication before they can take the risk to try space-based communication networks.
"Do you think there are any advantages?"
Zhang Xingyang could feel that Mr. Chen seemed not interested in his previous answer.
At this time, Zhang Xingyang seemed to understand that what Chen Zhongyan wanted to know might be more about its military applications.
At this time when the smoke of the Cold War has not completely dissipated, each country must consider its military use when building satellite systems.
For example, missile guidance, monitoring of enemy forces, etc. must be taken into consideration.
Why at this time, the missile guidance accuracy in China is poor and the inertial guidance equipment is backward, but it is very difficult to improve the accuracy of the inertial guidance itself.
If we complete the construction of our own satellite navigation system, the missile can also adopt dual guidance mode, using a combination of inertial guidance and satellite guidance to improve the missile's strike accuracy.
"Mr. Chen, you know the military uses of satellite navigation systems better than I do, so I won't talk about its advantages in navigation."
"The military use of low-orbit satellite communication networks is different from that of Beidou."
"I think the advantages of low-orbit satellite communication networks are more in data link transmission."
The data link mentioned by Zhang Xingyang is still a technology that is being explored in China at this time.
Therefore, it was easy to arouse Chen Zhongyan's interest, and he asked enthusiastically:
"Expand it and tell me!"
"Take the information warfare currently being promoted by the military as an example. In future information warfare, the command center must be able to see the status of each force on the command map."
"You even have to be able to see every tank, every armored vehicle, and even every individual soldier on the front line!"
"And this all requires our equipment or individual soldiers to have the ability to access the rear information network."
"And the foundation of all this is the establishment of a wartime communication network!"
"Traditional radio communications require high-power equipment, which is not only easy to be discovered by the enemy, but is also limited by terrain and weather."
"When fighting in some locations with complex terrain, it is easy to become unusable."
"But space-based communication networks don't have such troubles when accessing data."
"Especially in areas with complex terrain, satellite communications have stronger advantages."
Because it was actually just a private conversation between the two of them, Zhang Xingyang also expressed another consideration:
"The high-quality orbits that can be used in Earth's low-Earth orbit are very limited."
"If we don't occupy it at this time, it will be difficult to occupy it in the future when everyone starts to develop aerospace technology!"
The evening breeze on the Gobi becomes stronger and stronger as the sunset gradually sinks into the horizon.
Chen Zhongyan gradually narrowed his eyes and fell into silence.
Seeing that Mr. Chen was silent, Zhang Xingyang played another card:
"After low-orbit satellite communication is completed, only some of the satellites need to be equipped with high-resolution cameras or infrared reconnaissance cameras."
"We can very well detect the movements of warships and fighter jets around our country!"
"If we want to get out of the first island chain in the future, there will definitely be a fierce confrontation with Eagle Sauce!"
Chen Zhongyan dusted off the sand on Zhang Xingyang's work clothes with his hands. He did not continue to talk about the satellite communication network problem, but said lightly:
"Let's go back."
However, Zhang Xingyang could feel that Chen Zhongyan had basically agreed with Zhang Xingyang's vision for the low-orbit satellite communication system.
It has been blocked later and may not be released until tomorrow. There are only two chapters left today.
(End of chapter)
