Chapter 829 I Need Rheinsteel! (First Update!)

Silitov's words were very hesitant, but the meaning of his words was very clear.

Vladimir could naturally hear it, but he...

He didn't really want to believe it.

As the president of Russia, although he didn't know much about technology, he had also learned about related technologies.

Russia's technology was inherited from the former Soviet Union, and the former Soviet Union's technology came from decades of research and teaching. It was the people in the past who spent countless time and tried countless mistakes to achieve the achievements of the late Soviet Union.

That's why there were those Soviet black technologies.

The Soviet Union disintegrated, the entire country fell apart, and all the systems collapsed in an instant. Although Russia inherited the most resources of the Soviet Union, it was only a part of it after all.

Many of the things they want are still in the state of archaeological research.

Scientists want to improve, but they find that they lack key information and key technical steps. It's better not to change it.

At least if they don't change it, they can still use it. If they change it, there is a great possibility that it will be scrapped.

Because of this, Russia has only equipped 15 Tu-160s so far.

China was officially founded relatively late. After the founding of the country, the domestic industry developed slowly. It was only in recent years that it started to pick up a little.

There is a huge gap between China and Russia.

Even their official industrial propaganda films are full of mistakes.

It is precisely because of this that Vladimir did not make too many difficulties when changing the drawings.

Because he believed that even if the Chinese engineers got the drawings and worked backwards with the drawings, it would take at least 10 years to completely digest the technical parameters on the drawings.

But in 10 years, Russia, which got the hypersonic missile, has already entered another stage of take-off.

Maybe it has restored the glory of the Soviet Union and become the real...

The real Russian Empire!

But...

Vladimir slowly lowered his head, pushed away the photos and documents in front of him, pulled the plate with half a pie left next to him again, held the pie on the plate with both hands, and gently brought it to his mouth.

Take a bite.

The beef pie, which should have been delicious and juicy, tasted like chewing wax.

He finished eating half of the beef pie like a machine, pushed the plate aside, sat up straight, and stared at Silitov in front of him:

"I'll give you two tasks now!"

"The first task is to confirm whether these three Tu-160s were made by China itself, and how good their performance is, or in other words, whether they only made a shell."

"The second task is to go to the Moscow Thermal Engineering Institute and ask me how much hypersonic missile data they have digested, and how long it will take to come up with our first hypersonic missile."

"How long will it take to put our hypersonic missiles into service so that we can use them at will."

"I'll give you 4 hours for these two tasks, hurry up!"

After giving the order, Vladimir stood up with his hands on the dining table, ready to complete today's work.

But when he stood up, he found that Silitov next to him did not. Just as he was about to speak, Silitov took the lead:

"Mr. President, I can answer you about these two tasks now."

"Before coming here, I have asked the pilots of the Air Force, Sukhoi Design Bureau, Tupolev Design Bureau, and Mikoyan Design Bureau."

"They also watched those videos, especially the video of the three planes landing at the Magic City International Airport."

"The answers they gave were very consistent. These three planes are finished products, not experimental aircraft. Experimental aircraft are not so smooth."

"Also, it also ruled out the statement that this is a shell made by the Chinese side."

"Because it is not necessary!"

"As for the second task you mentioned..."

Silitov's words were suddenly stuck halfway through. Vladimir came back to his senses and found that his intelligence officer was secretly peeking at him with his peripheral vision.

It seems that because the next words are a bit too straightforward, he doesn't want to say it.

Or, he was waiting for me to bring up this topic, and then he would follow the trend, so that even if I got angry, he could pull myself out safely.

Understanding the other party's thoughts, Vladimir did not demand too much from Silitov, but waved his hand casually:

"If you have something to say, say it, and then get to work!"

With Vladimir's attitude, Silitov seemed to open up his chatterbox and spit out words quickly:

"After I consulted Sukhoi and Mikoyan, I contacted the Moscow Thermal Engineering Technology Institute to ask about their progress on hypersonic missiles."

"The director of the institute told me that the progress is hovering between 0 and 100."

"The reason is that some key materials are used in several key parts of the hypersonic missile, but so far, the Materials Institute under the Thermal Engineering Technology Institute has not figured out the ratio of these materials."

"They used other materials to replace the parts made of these materials."

"But the effect is not good!"

"Using the materials on the drawings can guarantee efficiency, but we don't know what materials they are. If we want to use them, we can only import them from China. Whether they sell them or not is another matter."

"Using other materials cannot guarantee efficiency."

"So, they said that the progress is hovering between 0 and 100."

"Once the material breaks through, we will immediately reach 100, but once the material cannot break through, it will always be 0."

Regarding Silitov's words, Vladimir only heard one number, and that was 0.

At the same time, he also understood why Silitov said such a long string of words.

Because the progress is 0.

Hypersonic missiles are indispensable equipment in the future. Whoever masters this thing first will have a head start for other countries.

According to Vladimir's knowledge, after getting the blueprints from the Chinese, with Russian technology, he only needs a little research to master the relevant technology, and then get ahead of America and release his own hypersonic missile .

Now, I actually tell myself that the progress is 0.

Progress is 0!

0!

At this moment, the number 0 in Arabic numerals flashed crazily in Vladimir’s mind.

In his decades of life, he never thought that one day, he would find the number 0 annoying.

He wanted to grab the collars of the people in the institute and question them loudly. It was obvious that both sides had exchanged drawings and data at the same time, and it was obvious that the drawings given by Russia were missing some parts.

Obviously the drawings given by Huaxia are more comprehensive.

But why did the Chinese side get the plane out first, while the Russian side didn't even have a hair?

Why?

Why?

Why on earth!

After roaring several times in his heart, Vladimir suddenly clenched his fists and faced the dining table with the strength of a bear.

Two casserole-sized fists hit the table, making the table clang.

With this punch, most of the anger in his heart was gone. He turned to look at Silitov and said coldly: "Contact Industry Minister Colin and ask him to come to my office within half an hour."

The cold voice made Silitov not dare to neglect. He wrote down the order and turned around to leave without hesitation.

After Silitov left, Vladimir looked at the photos placed on the table, and couldn't help but reach out and pick up one of the photos, looking at it with a complicated expression.

Twenty minutes later, in Vladimir's office, Industry Minister Colin just walked into the room. A thick stack of photos was handed to him by Vladimir:

"My Minister Colin, this is something from China. Please take a look."

"After reading it, tell me what you think."

On top of the thick pile of photos, there was a handwritten note. There was a vertical line in the middle of the note, dividing the note into two parts.

On the left, is the time, the year, month and day are written very clearly.

On the right, are events corresponding to time.

After staring at the note for a while, Colin turned his attention to the photo.

Please...you...Collect_6Ⅰ9ⅠBookⅠ(Six\\\Nine\\\Book\\\!)

At first, he was surprised when he looked at the things in the photos, but soon, the surprise in his eyes disappeared, leaving only calmness.

Vladimir sat on the chair, keeping an eye on Colin's expression throughout the whole process. He waited until the other party finished reading the photo and put it back on the table with a calm expression. Then he asked:

"Colin, now I need you to give me the right words! Can you?"

Colin did not answer immediately, but subconsciously averted his gaze, frowned and thought for a moment, and nodded slightly.

His move of turning away his gaze was noticed by Vladimir, but Vladimir did not ask further questions. He just locked his eyes on the person in front of him, and then asked calmly:

"I want to know, if...if...if we mobilize the power of the whole country to fully research the breakthrough hypersonic missile, from scratch to a usable experimental product, how long will it take?"

"Then how long will it take for large-scale installation?"

Listening to Vladimir's question, Colin breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression did not relax with that breath.

Still standing there, still frowning.

After a long time, he replied: "I don't know how long it will take!"

"Because Mr. President, I don't know what the national strengths you talk about are."

"If you're referring to factories that are still on paper, I can only say sorry."

"Many of those factories have ceased to exist in name only. Even those that have survived have already switched to other jobs. Otherwise, they would not have survived."

"And when it comes to hypersonic missiles, the research institute should first design the drawings. All the necessary things must be marked on the drawings, and then we can proceed with production and processing according to the drawings."

"The institute has no drawings, nothing, and we can't do it even if we get it."

Colin's words were very calm, but these calm words were like a heavy hammer. When Colin said something, Vladimir's heart was severely hammered.

After Colin's voice completely dissipated, Vladimir slumped in his chair, staring at the ceiling with his eyes blankly, and asked dully:

"If I let you take the lead, lead your research institute to develop hypersonic missiles and our modified Tu-160 aircraft."

"What do you need?"

"I need Rheinsteel!" Facing Vladimir's inquiry, Colin said without hesitation.

After saying the words, but receiving no response from Vladimir, Colin opened his clothes, took out a document from the inner pocket of his clothes, and gently placed it on the desk in front of him.

He pressed the file with his finger and pushed it forward, and the file came to Vladimir's eyes.

When the other party took the document to look at it, he explained:

"The companies listed in this document are all subsidiaries of Rheinsteel Group, or industry chain companies where they provide technology and financial support."

"These are public documents!"

"To make those things, the companies on this list, we have to have at least one set."

"And this entire industrial chain involves at least 1 million workers and engineers."

Colin's voice became softer and softer, and in the end there was no movement at all.

In contrast, Vladimir did not listen to the rest of his words, because his attention was all on the document in his hand.

The file is a simple table. The first column is the serial number, the second column is the company name, the third column is the company's main products and main service scope, and the fourth column is the approximate number of employees.

After reading one page, Vladimir mentally recorded the approximate number of people in the company.

By the time he finished reading the entire document, almost two hours had passed, and he had a rough idea of ​​the number of people in his mind.

Approximately 1.67 million people.

1.67 million!

Vladimir kept repeating this number in his mind, and when he repeated it for the third time, he couldn't help but let out a wry smile.

1.67 million people.

Even without adding any attributions, this is still a very scary number.

Because there are many countries where even the whole country does not have 1 million people.

If you add young adults, highly educated people, skilled workers, engineers, technical experts, researchers and other attributes to the front, then these 1.67 million people become even more terrifying.

Anyway, trying to extract 1.67 million people from Russia's population of 144 million is really taxing.

Moreover, it may not be possible to get it all together.

With a long sigh, Vladimir stood up and walked behind Colin, patted the other person's shoulder with his hand, and whispered:

"Colin, I'll give you a month to travel around the country and check out various research institutes and industrial enterprises."

"After a month, you can come up with a feasible plan for me."

"A plan that can revitalize hypersonic missiles, our fighter jets, and various light and heavy industries."

"One month!"

The index finger of his right hand was raised and he shook it lonelyly, emphasizing the time. Vladimir patted Colin's shoulder again, then returned to his position and waved Colin away.

When the door to the room closed, Vladimir took a deep breath, lowered his head and started to work.

Colin, who left, turned back to look at the magnificent palace in front of him after walking out of the palace, and began to count on his fingers whether one month would be enough.

It didn't take long before he chose to give up.

Because one month is not enough time, and as the Minister of Industry, he believes that he is not capable of leading the country's industry to revitalize and upgrade.

After all, that's something even the president has never done.

Therefore, as a salty fish, you’d better fish hard.

After getting into the car and waving to the driver to drive, Colin took out his mobile phone and searched for videos that needed criticism on the Internet.

With this scroll, I found some interesting videos.