What is Project Flying Eagle?
After Su Qingyun signed all the confidentiality agreements, Lao Liao gave her a detailed introduction and answers.
As he said before, due to the stagnation in the past decade or so, the country has made little progress in conventional weapons. Now if it wants to vigorously develop, it naturally has its priorities.
If you ask a veteran with rich combat experience what the key to war is, then he will definitely answer you: air superiority.
The key to modern warfare is air superiority, and what should air superiority be found in? Fighters.
"Do you know about fighters?" Lao Liao asked Su Qingyun.
"I know." Su Qingyun nodded.
"How much do you know?"
"not much."
Lao Liao nodded without showing any surprise. Most people have never even flown on an airplane, let alone a fighter jet, so Su Qingyun's answer didn't surprise him.
But in fact, Su Qingyun knew and knew very well that the high-altitude and high-speed fighter currently being developed in China is the J-8. This fighter had already made its first flight successfully as early as 1969. From the successful first flight to the final design, it was a long time. It took ten years of test flights and continuous exploration and perfection to perfect the performance and meet the requirements. The process was not without hardship and long, and it took countless people's efforts.
It is this fighter that has become a legend independently developed by China Airlines. It has defended China's territory for half a century and has made outstanding military achievements.
"The Flying Eagle project is all about fighters. The fighter we are currently studying has not yet been finalized in design."
Su Qingyun listened quietly, and she understood that Lao Liao was talking about the J-8.
"A total of 185 new products were selected for the development of this fighter, accounting for 40% of the entire aircraft, 41 new materials, and 20 new processes. A large number of innovative results were produced, but there is still a way to finalize the design. "
What Lao Liao said is now top secret.
"Our laboratory is responsible for part of the work, experimenting with the properties of various aircraft materials, analyzing their advantages and disadvantages, and finally applying them to the aircraft."
At this point, Lao Liao smiled and said, "Come to think of it, this is quite consistent with your major, and it can be considered a professional counterpart."
Su Qingyun also smiled, he was indeed a professional counterpart.
"For other situations, you need to go to the laboratory to understand it yourself. I will find someone to take you then."
"Understood." Su Qingyun nodded seriously.
At the end of June, in the hot summer weather, Su Qingyun moved into the single dormitory prepared for her by the Academy of Sciences. Because of time constraints, she followed Lao Liao into the laboratory the next day.
"Come on, come on, let's take a break from what we are doing." Lao Liao clapped his hands a few times and greeted everyone in the laboratory, "I would like to introduce a new colleague to you."
Everyone froze and looked back curiously. When they saw there was only a young girl beside Lao Liao, they looked confused. Could this be their new colleague? Doesn't this look a little too young?
"This is Su Qingyun, a top student majoring in materials at Huaqing University. He's here to help us this time." After inspecting the people in the laboratory, Lao Liao waved to someone, "Bai Xue, come here, take me with you." Introduce our work content to her, our time is precious, you take her with you and adapt to the work as soon as possible."
"Yes, Director."
The girl named Bai Xue is a girl in her twenties. Before Su Qingyun came, she was the youngest in the laboratory. Old Liao also thought that finding someone of the same age to take her would make her closer.
Bai Xue looked at Su Qingyun curiously. She thought that being able to enter such an experimental project at her age was already very impressive. Unexpectedly, someone younger than her came today. She was really curious about what this young girl had. What ability? He was able to pass Director Liao's test and join the laboratory.
Others in the laboratory were only curious about Su Qingyun for a short time, and soon got back to work. Everyone was very busy and had no time to introduce each other one by one.
"Have you participated in any experimental projects before?" Bai Xue looked at Su Qingyun and asked, "Just say what you can say, and forget about what you can't."
Always keeping confidentiality regulations in mind is a quality that every experimenter should possess.
"There's nothing I can't say." Su Qingyun smiled, "This is my first time to participate in such a large-scale experimental project." The previous ones were just small help at most, and they are not on the same level as this Flying Eagle project. of.
"First time?" Bai Xue's eyes widened, "Then you are really awesome. You can join Director Liao's experimental project after entering the laboratory for the first time after graduation."
Director Liao is a top expert in materials in the country. It is the dream of countless people to join his experimental project. She had to struggle in other laboratories for a long time before passing Director Liao's devilish test. This little girl is so It is certainly not easy to achieve this achievement at a young age.
"Graduation?" Su Qingyun was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, didn't you just graduate from Huaqing?" Bai Xue didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.
"But..." Su Qingyun touched her nose, feeling a little embarrassed, "I am only a freshman this year."
"What?!"
Bai Xue suddenly raised her voice, so loud that everyone in the laboratory looked over. She realized that she had lost her temper and quickly lowered her voice, but she still looked in disbelief.
"Are you really in your first year of college?"
Seeing Su Qingyun gently nodding, Snow White was dumbfounded. He was only a freshman. How much could he learn in his freshman year? Just entered the laboratory? Is Director Liao really right?
She originally thought it would be okay to bring a new person, but now she is a little unsure.
"Do you know how to use these equipment and machines?" Bai Xue asked Su Qingyun, pointing to some laboratory equipment nearby.
"Yes." Su Qingyun said without hesitation.
Although the current experimental equipment is almost antique to her, it does not mean that she cannot operate it.
Bai Xue was still a little unsure. She thought about it, picked up a pile of information beside her, and handed it to her.
"Then take a look at these materials first. How much can you understand?"
"good."
Su Qingyun had no objection, took the information and started to read it. Bai Xue estimated that she should read it for a while. Just when he was about to turn around and go about his own business, he heard her suddenly speak.
"Do you want to use carbon-based composite materials on the fighter jet you are currently researching and manufacturing?"
Su Qingyun's words were shocking, and Bai Xue's eyes were as wide as bells.
"how do you know?"
The use of composite materials on the J-8 fighter jet currently being developed is a top-secret part of the Flying Eagle project. Director Liao would never have mentioned it to her. She had just come to the laboratory, so how did she find out after just two glances? Of this?
"Isn't this very clear?" Su Qingyun raised the information in his hand.
"You just looked at the information and understood it?" Bai Xue still couldn't understand.
Su Qingyun smiled and said, "This is quite clear."
Su Qingyun recalled that the one currently being developed should be the J-8I. Composite materials were indeed introduced, but only for a small part. The vertical tail front wing and left front side wall of the fighter were modified. A test flight was conducted and the effect was proved to be good. There are The landing gear strut guards of mixed fiber composite materials were tested, which laid the foundation for the large-scale use of composite materials on the J-8II later.
She was still remembering, and she didn't realize that Bai Xue looked at her like she was looking at a monster.
If this was a talent, it would be too terrifying. Bai Xue thought that she might understand why Director Liao made an exception and allowed this girl, who was only a freshman, to join the laboratory.
"Then you..." Bai Xue was at a loss for words.
Su Qingyun smiled slightly, "Is there any work I can do?"
Bai Xue's eyes were complicated. After looking at her for a while, he thought about it and handed over some of the movements of his hands to her. "You can complete these tasks. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me."
"Okay." Su Qingyun followed the good advice.
For the next whole day, Bai Xue observed Su Qingyun's movements from time to time and saw that she was able to use various experimental equipment with ease, as if she had done it thousands of times, and she had completed the work assigned to her. It was perfect, fast and good, without any mistakes. She couldn't even find a thorn in it.
Bai Xue was really convinced. If she hadn't known that it was Su Qingyun's first day in their laboratory and her young and immature face, she would have thought that she was already an experienced researcher. How could she be needed to lead such a genius? ? Director Liao really thinks highly of her.
At the end of the day, Su Qingyun also roughly understood the current progress of the laboratory. As Director Liao said, they were responsible for the performance testing of fighter manufacturing materials, and all experimental data in the later period would be summarized to the Military Industry Research Institute.
Although she had been busy all day, she did not feel tired at all. Instead, she regained some of the fulfilling feeling she had when working in the laboratory in her previous life. She felt that this state was so good that she was full of energy when she left the laboratory after get off work. .
The other researchers who had not yet left looked at her leaving and smiled.
"Young people have great energy, but we can't compare with them." Someone sighed.
Someone else asked Bai Xue, "How is the new little girl? Is it easy to take care of?"
"Take her?" Bai Xue's eyes were complicated, "Why does she need me to take her?"
Um? The researchers looked at each other, not understanding what it meant.
"Look, she completed all this alone today." Bai Xue emphasized the second half of the sentence and handed over the results of Su Qingyun's work today.
Everyone circulated it and read it for a while, and their eyes widened.
"Xiao Bai, are you sure she completed this in one day?"
"I watched her complete it with my own eyes. Can I be unsure?" It was because of the certainty that Bai Xue doubted life even more.
Everyone looked at each other, and a thought came to their minds. What Director Liao brought was not just a new colleague, but a magic weapon descended from the sky!
