Chapter 685, March 3, Operation "Allied Forces"

After his trip to the Science and Technology Commission to learn about the progress of the domestic early warning aircraft was delayed by Cai Honggui's unexpected arrival, Chang Haonan simply stopped worrying.

He just made a phone call to tell Ding Gaoheng that the goods had arrived in Romania, and then continued to deal with the matters at hand.

Mainly negotiating with Eurocopter Group, Fiat Ferrari and several research institutes in Russia for the export of Dawn 2000T.

After all, for China, selling supercomputers abroad is still the first time for a girl to get on the sedan chair. In the past, when buying supercomputers, the other party's contract was full of various unequal terms, which really had no reference value.

So everything had to be explored from scratch.

As for the Hudong Shipyard...

First of all, there is no rush yet.

The shipbuilding industry basically needs to be considered on a ten-year cycle. Even if it ends, it will be shortened by 50% to five years at most.

After all, no matter how strong the technical research and development level is, the ship must be built slowly starting from laying the keel.

There's no point in being anxious.

Torch Group is short of people, especially the lack of pioneering talents, which basically cannot be solved in a few months.

After all, numerical computing is still an emerging discipline.

Although in the past two or three years, Chang Haonan has almost single-handedly made this direction a popular postgraduate study.

But now, less than two years have passed since he compiled that textbook.

Even the first batch of students to take this course at Beijing Hang University...

Forget it, let alone students, Chang Haonan, as the editor of this book, will officially graduate in half a year.

Others, even if they have a master's degree, have to wait another year, and for a doctorate, it takes at least three years.

Other universities, even the fastest moving ones, are still one year behind Beijing Airlines.

At present, most of the people with relatively high level in this direction have done projects with Chang Haonan. Currently, they are basically distributed in the two major systems of the aviation industry and the weapons industry. It is difficult for him to poach from Ding Gaoheng.

Based on this calculation, it seems that the only ones who have the ability to carry this banner in a short period of time are the senior sisters who are about to graduate, and Professor Yan Yongnian, who have been involved in the development of the die forging press...

No matter who it is, if they want to work with him, they will have to wait until the second half of the year.

As for the domestic early warning aircraft, he decided to wait a while longer.

……

November 3, morning.

Chang Haonan specifically canceled all today's schedule and arrived at the Science and Technology Commission early in the morning.

After living in the same family area as Ding Gaoheng, he quickly learned that because his home was still far away from his work, Ding Gaoheng would live directly in a temporary dormitory next to the office when he was busier. in the room.

And this meeting at the end of March is just in time for the conference, which is a time for continuous improvement.

Therefore, although Chang Haonan arrived a little early, when he walked into the director's office, Ding Gaoheng was already sitting inside and starting to correct documents.

"Xiao Chang?"

Ding Gaoheng raised his head and was stunned when he saw Chang Haonan, and immediately stopped the pen in his hand:

"Why are you free to come to my place so early today?"

Under normal circumstances, if outsiders want to see the director of the Tangtang Science and Technology Committee, they must make an appointment.

But Chang Haonan's current status can no longer be called an outsider. At first, the doorman had to register visitors specifically. Later, he probably got instructions from Ding Gaoheng himself. Anyway, he can now directly enter and exit by swiping his face.

So Ding Gaoheng didn't know that Chang Haonan would come over before.

"There is nothing going on in the group today. I happened to hear that you and the senior leader went to Nanzheng for an inspection a while ago. I guess you went to Air Police 200, so I took advantage of today to ask the leader about his attitude..."

The latter said as he put a thermos bucket on the desk:

"Aunt Nie asked me to bring you here along the way."

"Hahaha……"

When Ding Gaoheng heard Chang Haonan's intention, he burst into hearty laughter:

"I was thinking a few days ago that you should have heard the news a long time ago. Why haven't you come to see me? You didn't mention it when you called me last time. But today you did come..."

Chang Haonanxin said that I had indeed wanted to know for a long time, but someone interrupted me when I wanted to come here for the first time, so I simply kept it until today as a reason to come to the Science and Technology Commission.

After all, judging from the current situation, his actions do not seem to be able to affect the situation in Europe thousands of kilometers away.

The coalition still gave an ultimatum on the 19th, but the other side finally rejected it just like the previous life.

March 3th, Beijing time, was the day when the "Allied Force" operation began in the original timeline.

Of course, if things develop exactly as they originally did, the air raid should have started a few hours now.

However, in 1999, there was no media as developed as later generations. The coalition forces cut off network signals in the entire Balkans for a period of time, coupled with the electromagnetic interference caused by the first wave of attacks...

In short, it usually takes a while to get news in the country.

Moreover, after all, the Science and Technology Commission is not a foreign affairs and military command body, and Ding Gaoheng is not one of the State Committee, so the order of notification must be later.

Therefore, Chang Haonan's trip was to witness history with the other party.

Of course, if nothing happens, then he can just pretend that he is really here to talk about domestic early warning aircraft...

However, this idea obviously can only be buried in the heart, and another set of words must be used on the lips:

“I really wanted to come here before, but it just happened to be the release of the official version of TORCH Multiphysics. I’m so busy these days that I can’t leave. As soon as I had free time today, I rushed here in the morning... "

"When big leaders inspect something, their on-the-spot statements are usually just a formality. Especially when it comes to major decisions, they are even less likely to make a hasty decision. So strictly speaking, nothing has been settled on this matter yet."

Ding Gaoheng said, tightening the cap of the pen and leaning his upper body back on the chair:

"However, the chief himself also knows some technology. He asked very detailed questions on the early warning aircraft. If I had to look at it, I should be quite satisfied overall."

"on the whole?"

Chang Haonan asked with a raised eyebrow.

Obviously, this statement means that the chief is still dissatisfied.

"Well... Mainly because I am not satisfied with the range and speed of that aircraft. After all, the foundation of the Y-8 Category 182 platform is really not good. Even if the Factory improves it, there is nothing that can be done."

Chang Haonan had already had two meals at Ding Gaoheng's house. Naturally, the latter did not regard him as an outsider and started eating breakfast in front of him:

"But don't worry, I have revealed the plan you told me before about using the C909 passenger plane as a platform to transform into a large early warning aircraft."

"Although this matter hasn't started yet, after all, radars and aircraft are both visible and tangible things, so they can't be regarded as disappearing..."

"What about the ring project?"

What Chang Haonan is most concerned about is the attitude of his superiors towards the ring project.

It is speculated that the actions of the David Kingdom should be similar to those in the previous life. It is nothing more than resisting and welcoming, and using sunk costs to hang here. To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than some kind of enhanced version of PUA.

But this kind of thing belongs to bystanders and even latecomers. If you are not mentally prepared in advance and you don’t have many chips, it is still easy to get fooled.

Fortunately, in this world, we already have an early warning aircraft model that is about to fly for the first time, so it does not mean that we have no initiative at all.

"Originally, the superiors were actually a little hesitant."

Ding Gaoheng stopped his chopsticks, raised his head and replied:

"But a few days ago, the Patriotic State started acting evil again. Not only did they refuse to install a radar dome for the first flight, they even sent guards to guard the Il-24 76 hours a day to prevent our technical personnel from getting close. Why worry about technology leakage..."

"Ah……"

Chang Haonan almost laughed when he heard this:

"Now they are doing us a big favor..."

Ding Gaoheng also shook his head helplessly:

"Who says it's not... When I reported this matter, the chief didn't say anything, but I guess... a decision will be made after this meeting."

"I just don't know if the 3.5 million paid in advance can be successfully returned..."

“It shouldn’t be a big problem to get the principal back.”

Chang Haonan continued casually:

"Liquidated damages... This may depend on the situation. But in any case, it can make the superiors focus back on the domestic early warning aircraft instead of just using it as a backup project. This is much more important than the 3.5 million."

"yes……"

Ding Gaoheng nodded. Just as he was about to say something more, the red phone on the corner of the table rang.

Chang Haonan's face condensed.

"Hello, I'm Ding Gaoheng."

"..."

Chang Haonan, who was sitting on the sofa next to him, naturally couldn't hear the content on the phone, but from the tense expression on the other party's face, it was not difficult to guess what was on the phone.

After a while, Ding Gaoheng's chest moved slightly, obviously taking a deep breath:

"Okay, I know."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

"Director Ding, this is..."

Chang Haonan naturally had to pretend.

For Ding Gaoheng, the news on the phone was unexpected and reasonable.

After all, they had started preparing for this a long time ago and must have expected that such a day would come.

But when the news actually came, shock was inevitable.

After calming down a little, Ding Gaoheng raised his head again and looked at Chang Haonan:

"The coalition launched a combat operation code-named 'Allied Force' early this morning."