Chapter 744 The Starting Point of the Aircraft Carrier Dream

The moment he walked to the front of the filing cabinet, Chang Haonan felt as if he was in two intersecting time and space.

The building ruins and monuments of the previous life, and the aircraft wreckage and fragments in front of him in this life...

Then, it became the scenes he had experienced in the past three years.

The course design in Liu Hongbo's class at the beginning;

The project team seminar he attended when he first arrived at the 601 Institute;

Sitting in the front seat of the J-7 to observe the airflow distribution on the surface of the aircraft;

The No. 01 prototype that was damaged due to surge;

The turbojet 14 that was revived after a major modification;

The new anti-icing system that started from the Y-8;

The turbofan 10 that reached a usable state ten years ahead of schedule...

Appeared, disappeared, and reappeared in front of him like a revolving lantern... and finally gathered together.

Unknowingly, the world has changed so much because of his arrival.

Unfortunately, since many things did not happen on this timeline, he, the reborn, could not share his feelings at this time with anyone else.

Fortunately, since many things did not happen in this timeline, no one else needs to have the same feelings as him...

"Xiao Chang?"

It was not until Ding Gaoheng patted his shoulder that Chang Haonan came back to his senses.

The latter reached out and gently touched the words "AF89 01" on the surface of the fragment:

"Although it has been almost two months, it still feels like a dream to see this fragment."

"Yeah..."

Ding Gaoheng leaned over and looked at it carefully under the light above his head, and continued to speak:

"I didn't expect that they could really use the most traditional air defense weapons to shoot down the latest stealth bomber."

"Not only that."

Chang Haonan was still quite confident in the technology he developed, but the series of events that happened before and after shooting down this B2 were completely beyond his expectations:

"The main reason was that I never thought that I could really completely destroy the Allied action that had already been set up... Originally, I just wanted to increase the losses of NATO, especially the Americans, as much as possible, and let their advanced equipment fail..."

Ding Gaoheng glanced at Chang Haonan next to him with a suspicious look.

In fact, he still thinks that these were all calculated by Chang Haonan a long time ago.

Otherwise, it would be too coincidental.

Especially the part about GPS interference.

But since the other party had said so, he couldn't refute anything, so he had to change the topic:

"Originally, we actually thought about making some scraps into souvenirs and distributing them to people who participated in this operation, including you, of course, after the research, but later we put it on hold for the time being due to safety issues."

"Well... I personally don't care."

Chang Haonan said and took a step back:

"However, after the Aeronautical Materials Research Institute has figured out the components of the surface material and the substrate, you must give me a copy of the analysis report, which I may need for my subsequent research."

"That's easy."

Ding Gaoheng replied:

"There are very few people who know about this matter, so there are not many people competing with you. Besides, even if there are, you are definitely the highest priority."

After admiring his "results" for a while, Chang Haonan turned his attention to the other parts of the filing cabinet.

But there were no other things piled up like the long table on the other side where the spoils of the Bat Hunting Operation were stored.

"It's a pity that I couldn't bring back anything else..."

Chang Haonan sighed.

In fact, when he first heard that Old Wu brought back a piece of debris, he was also quite overjoyed.

But men are all pigs.

After seeing it, and even touching it, it suddenly became a little boring.

Ding Gaoheng shook his head, revealing a helpless expression:

"It's good to have such a thing... Fortunately, it is relatively thin, and it doesn't attract much attention after being wrapped up, so it's easy to get away with it. If you make an ejection seat or landing gear, not to mention that it's not very useful, it's actually difficult to bring it back quietly like this..."

Chang Haonan naturally understood the reason, so he didn't dwell on this matter, but continued along with what Ding Gaoheng had just said:

"Speaking of getting away with it, I remember when you called this morning, you said that this thing was sent back with samples and materials from the Azov Steel Plant?"

Hearing Chang Haonan talking about another topic, Ding Gaoheng stood up again:

"Yes, it's under the name of imported industrial support parts, which is already a very mature route."

"Then the technical data compilation and sample testing..."

Chang Haonan's tone suddenly became excited.

To study computational materials science, it is definitely not enough to rely on computer virtual calculations, and a huge material database is also needed.

Compared with the stealth coating, which is only a single piece, if all the data of the Azov Steel Plant can be included, it will undoubtedly be of great help to the later research, at least in the field of metal materials.

"It is in progress, but the progress is not very optimistic."

This archive is located underground, and the environment is quite cold. Especially for the elderly Ding Gaoheng, it is difficult to resist for a long time even with a coat, so he answered while preparing to leave with Chang Haonan:

"After the dissolution in 1991, the production and management there were very chaotic. In the past 8 years, many materials have even been stolen by the custodians. Even those that have been preserved are generally arranged in a mess, and it takes a lot of effort to reorganize them."

"And just like when we first started Project No. 11, there are no people in the metallurgical field in China who know Russian. Now we can only re-employ some retired old engineers and technicians, but these people generally don't know how to use computers, so they can only write on paper first, and then find someone to enter it..."

After hearing what Ding Gaoheng said, Chang Haonan also realized that he had simplified things a bit.

"However, the shipbuilding industry system, even the navy, has sent people to support. They are more anxious than you about this matter, so it is estimated that it will be almost done in half a year to a year."

While talking, the two had already gone upstairs and returned to Ding Gaoheng's office.

As an important special steel production base in the Soviet era, Azov Steel Plant is almost equivalent to a rich treasure house. Almost all special steels needed by various industries can be found in it. Related technologies, but if it is accurate to the shipbuilding industry, the first thing that comes to mind is naturally aircraft carriers.

Since the Sea of ​​​​Azov is connected to the Black Sea, the large ships built by the Nikolayev Shipyard basically use the steel produced by the Azov Steel Plant nearby.

"Director Ding, from what you mean, are you going to make... an aircraft carrier?"

In the original timeline, there has always been controversy on the Internet about when the leadership finally decided to directly convert the Varyag into a Type 001 aircraft carrier, rather than just using it as a design reference.

As a member of the aviation industry system, Chang Haonan has no way of knowing the internal news of the brother unit.

But in any case, if we can make up our minds in June 1999, and the information that Lao Wu got back from Ermao is much more complete than in the previous life, the progress of the aircraft carrier transformation will obviously be much faster.

"Yes."

Ding Gaoheng nodded and gave an affirmative answer:

"We have received a report that Luchuang Group has signed a formal purchase agreement with the Black Sea Shipyard and is currently planning the route and method of returning to China. If everything goes well, it should be able to set sail before this year's National Day."

Chang Haonan naturally knew that the process of towing the aircraft carrier back to China was not smooth.

In the end, it was delayed for more than two years and did not return to China until March 2002.

The conditions paid for this are still secondary, the key is that too much time has been wasted.

However, the aircraft carrier has not yet set off, and he can't say that I guess Turkey and Egypt will implement obstructions in the middle, so I have to think about it myself first, whether there are any more chips in my hand than in the previous life.

Especially the process from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.

If the Suez Canal doesn't work, you can still go through the Cape of Good Hope.

But the Bosphorus Strait is unavoidable.