Chapter 1092
Unexpected Accident, Phase 2 Test Successful
"The fact that the Longxia tribe didn't dare to pursue us too aggressively shows that they are afraid of conflict with us. Their reluctance to retaliate also indicates that they don't even have the money to manufacture missiles anymore. The last conflict, coupled with their previous reckless actions, has exhausted their national strength!"
These purely speculative remarks, however, made the cabinet members' eyes turn red with excitement.
"Your Excellency, I suggest that we take immediate measures to mobilize the entire nation to support the naval fleet in recovering our lost territory!" Matsushita Shun stood up and shouted excitedly.
Other cabinet members also expressed their support.
"Alright, then we will fully support the naval fleet!"
After reaching a conclusion, Noda Taro replied to Inoue Hi.
"Marshal Inoue, you did a great job this time. When we return to Japan, I will personally recommend you for commendation!"
"Thank you, Your Excellency. I will certainly live up to your expectations and complete the mission successfully!"
Inoue Hi, on the other end of the phone, let out a long sigh of relief. Only he knew that his back was soaked with cold sweat, because he was deceiving the people of the Eastern Wilderness.
Once exposed, they'll be hanged!
However, the matter of being kicked out in such a sorry state has finally been resolved. Not only were they not at fault, but they even deserve credit!
"Do we need to turn back now?" Inoue asked.
"No! Your current mission is to guard the sea border of the Longxia tribe! I will dispatch another fleet to Kanyu Island!"
"Once the fleet sets sail, you must also take action, employing a two-pronged approach to disperse the Longxia tribe's naval forces and retake Kanyu Island in one fell swoop!"
Although Fish Island is just an island, it is a strategic location that can serve as an outpost or a transit point, both for the Longxia Tribe and the Donghuang Tribe!
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
After hanging up the phone, Inoue turned around and saw the surrounding officers clapping excitedly.
"Marshal Inoue, congratulations in advance!"
A smile appeared on Inoue's fat face. So what if he was humiliated by being chased back this time? As long as he didn't say anything, who would know?
But the thought of having to deal with the ghostly Dragon Summer Tribe fleet made him uneasy. What would they do then?
"We need to stay here. The country will send another fleet to check Diaoyu Island. That will inevitably involve the fleet here, and might even force them to divide their forces!"
"So, I don't care what methods you use, you have to wipe out the rest of the fleet. Even if you have to carry missiles to bomb it, you have to take care of it!"
After saying that, Inoue Hi turned and left, leaving the officers looking at each other in bewilderment.
They can't lock onto the enemy fleet right now. Are they really going to send them carrying missiles to bomb the enemy?
Meanwhile, on the deck of the Type 055 destroyer opposite them, Zhou Qinglei was also looking across with binoculars, then tilted his head and asked the person next to him, "What was the reply when I asked you to report?"
"Report! The higher-ups said to wait here for now. If the Eastern Wilderness Tribe's fleet goes too far, then sink them!"
Zhou Qinglei nodded heavily: "I've wanted to do this for a long time! But why wait? I can sink them right now!"
One of the officers chuckled twice: "Perhaps there are other considerations above!"
"Alright, I don't see they're planning to leave either. Once the order comes down, I'll make sure none of them can leave!"
……
At this moment, in the Dragon Heart Laboratory.
The 276th test of the second phase of the core material was underway. When the final results came out, everyone lowered their heads and let out a sigh.
Although Su Dingping didn't look as haggard as before, his eyes were bloodshot. He carefully examined the data, muttering to himself, "What exactly is wrong?"
In just a few days, the second phase of the test was conducted 276 times, but he forged 224 times in the Military Industry Illustrated Forging Space!
So in total, he tried five hundred times, and without exception, all of them failed!
He had never experienced so many setbacks since the beginning. After eliminating five hundred wrong options, the remaining options were still an astronomical number!
Guo Xueyun saw this and felt sorry for Su Dingping. She stepped forward and gently massaged Su Dingping's shoulders: "Dingping, don't put too much pressure on yourself, take it slow!"
Su Dingping shook his head: "How can we take it slow? The experiment has progressed to this point, and we can't slow it down even if we want to. Only by succeeding can we give everyone an explanation."
“But you’ll break down!” Guo Xueyun’s tone became more serious as she continued, “And the facilities in the lab can’t withstand such a high frequency of use.”
"People can take turns resting, but equipment can't. If something goes wrong, it will be a huge loss."
These words struck a chord with Su Dingping. If an instrument really did malfunction, it wouldn't be something that could be fixed in just a few days; it would take far too long.
So after thinking about it, he stood up, went outside, clapped his hands, and attracted everyone's attention.
"Let's conduct one last test. Whether it succeeds or fails this time, everyone will take a day off."
Upon hearing this order, the researchers in the laboratory almost jumped for joy, but they all tried their best to restrain themselves in the serious atmosphere of the lab.
Seeing their expressions, Su Dingping couldn't help but smile. Guo Xueyun, who was standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief as she walked over. If Su Dingping still wouldn't listen to her advice, she would have to resort to harsher measures.
The final experiment began soon, and each group finished their reports and was ready to go.
"Phase two, test number 277, commence!"
With Su Dingping's order, the experiment resumed, with all procedures being the same as the previous hundreds of experiments, except for the adjustment of different parameters.
The researchers had almost given up hope for this experiment, after so many failures, they seemed to see no hope for the future.
Just two hours later, the experiment entered a critical stage, but at that moment, the thermal conductivity data on the central screen of the laboratory suddenly fluctuated violently.
This is something that didn't happen in the previous hundreds of experiments!
"Report to the director! The thermal conductivity of the transition layer has decreased by 12%, which may indicate uneven element diffusion!" The members of the testing team reported anxiously.
Such data was unexpected and could not possibly have occurred in this experiment, unless... there was a problem with the equipment!
Su Dingping couldn't help but look at Guo Xueyun at this moment. He didn't expect her to be so accurate. The problem she pointed out had indeed arisen.
Even Guo Xueyun herself was so surprised that she covered her mouth: "Am I really a jinx?"
At this moment, the warning lights outside the neutron production target laboratory also lit up, indicating that there was indeed a problem with the experimental equipment, but the specific problem was still unknown.
Jiang Tianzheng's expression changed, and he quickly stepped forward to check. Then he turned to Su Dingping and asked, "Should we pause the experiment?" Su Dingping strode to the central screen, stared at the data on the screen, and rapidly operated his fingers on the touch panel to bring up the distribution spectrum of the neutron beam.
After observing carefully for two seconds, he firmly shook his head and said, "No need to pause. The neutron beam intensity is insufficient in the edge region. Activate the backup neutron target to compensate for the edge dose!"
"Roger that!"
"The backup neutron target is activated, and the edge dose is increased by 20%."
After receiving the order, the members of the neutron target team immediately began to act, and the results were quickly reflected in the data, with the thermal conductivity data on the screen gradually stabilizing.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but the warning lights outside the neutron target laboratory were still flashing red, which was annoying, yet no one dared to relax for a moment.
About half an hour later, the experiment was nearing its end. This time, unlike the previous hundreds of experiments, the data did not become chaotic towards the end.
This drew everyone's attention to the final verification result, and those few seconds felt incredibly long.
Finally, a green "verification passed" message appeared on the central screen. The entire laboratory fell silent. A second later, a huge cheer almost lifted the roof off!
This is the first time in hundreds of experiments that a success message has appeared, indicating that their second phase of the experiment has been successful!
The experiment succeeded when no one had any hope, which surprised Su Dingping. The noise around him seemed to have faded away, and he stared intently at the data on the screen.
"Sample size: 1.5cm*1.0cm*0.5cm (centimeter level)...Defect density: 0.008%..."
Neutron radiation tolerance: 2.1 × 10⁻⁶ N/cm … Mechanical strength …
All the data exceeded the design requirements!
"We did it! We did it!"
Someone shouted something that immediately ignited the enthusiasm in the laboratory. The researchers hugged each other, some even with tears in their eyes.
Several girls, who were less resilient, were sobbing uncontrollably: "It's so great! We've finally survived the tyrant's clutches! It's been such a difficult time!"
"Do you know how I've been these past few days? I haven't even had time to wash my face, sob sob..."
The sample was quickly delivered to Su Dingping. Because it was a centimeter-sized sample, it was smaller than a fingertip, but the small cube proved that they had taken another big step forward in core materials!
Moreover, the centimeter-sized samples have met all the standards and are already ready for application in various fields!
Holding the sample, Su Dingping let out a long sigh of relief, his shoulders slumped, and a long-lost relaxed smile appeared on his face, no longer a forced one.
He looked at Guo Xueyun and found that she was also smiling at him, with tears glistening in her eyes. She felt sorry for Su Dingping, but she was also happy and excited for him.
The two looked at each other, and everything was understood without words.
Seeing the cheering crowd, Su Dingping did not disturb them. After all, this was a hard-won victory for them, and after the torment he had inflicted on them for so long, they deserved to relax.
After the cheers subsided and everyone calmed down, he returned to the second-floor platform, faced all the researchers, and slowly raised the sample in his hand.
"Comrades, we succeeded! We fulfilled the big promises we made!"
Everyone was visibly excited, a sense of pride filling their hearts. For researchers, the most satisfying moment is when they achieve their research results.
However, Su Dingping was the calmest of all, so after the encouraging words, he immediately got back to work.
"Although it was successful, there was an element of chance involved. Neutron production target team, you need to check the equipment immediately and find out the cause of the malfunction."
"AI monitoring team, generate a complete experimental report for this experiment! Other teams, check your facilities to prevent a second incident!"
After the instructions were given, everyone got busy, and it didn't take long for the neutron generation target team to find the cause of the malfunction.
"Reporting to the director, it's because of a malfunction in the neutron generation target cooling system, which caused a slight leak, and coolant accidentally seeped into the vacuum chamber."
"Luckily, the experiment was a success, otherwise our group would have been the culprits!"
Su Dingping frowned and shook his head: "No, perhaps this leak actually helped a lot!"
He immediately sat down, listed all the elements contained in the coolant, and then stared intently at one of them.
Boron isotopes!
"I see!"
He suddenly stood up, his face filled with excitement and anticipation, and muttered rapidly, "The boron isotope and the neutron produced a weak interaction, which unexpectedly stabilized the neutron beam intensity..."
"If that's the case, we can design a 'boron isotope buffer layer' to counteract the mutual interference between the magnetic field and the neutron field!"
Seeing the gleam in his eyes, Jiang Tianzheng and Guo Xueyun were quite shocked. They never imagined that the success of their experiment was really just due to a small accident.
Seeing their somewhat disbelieving expressions, Su Dingping chuckled and said, "We'll be able to confirm it once we do a control experiment. Now, everyone should go back and rest for a day."
"Director, I'll go and inform them right now. If we don't let them rest, they might even dare to call you a tyrant to your face."
Jiang Tianzheng rarely made a joke.
Su Dingping waved his hand and chuckled, "Go ahead, go ahead, being a tyrant isn't so bad."
"I need to design the boron isotope buffer layer while they're on their day off!"
Soon, the news of a day off was spread, and outside the office, shouts of "Long live the director!" could even be heard.
Guo Xueyun stepped forward, massaging Su Dingping's shoulders as she asked, "Aren't you going to rest? Actually, you're the one who's most tired."
Su Dingping smiled and said, "When you get older, it's hard not to rest, but I'm still young, so it's okay to work a little longer!"
As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes, his mind actually immersed in the forging space, designing the boron isotope buffer layer. When he looked up, he saw that the unlocking time for both the electromagnetic cannon core firing unit and the electromagnetic damage repair module had been reduced to 30 days and 15 hours. (End of Chapter)