Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 173 New Research and Development Direction
6 month 21 day.

It took three days for Zhong Cheng's team to complete the comprehensive performance test of the first Suihuang nuclear fusion power unit.

It fully meets the design requirements and can be mass-produced.

Following Zhong Cheng's order, the Golden Crow Project sped up again.

The component production plant entered full-scale mass production, and the other [-] planned assembly workshops were completed one after another.

7 month 1 day.

The second Suihuang nuclear fusion power unit rolled off the production line, was directly loaded onto a train, and sent to Guangzhou, a metropolis in southern China.

Immediately after that, the third and fourth... began to roll off the assembly line one after another.

7 month 13 day.

The second Suihuang nuclear fusion generator set was successfully connected to the grid in Guangzhou Power Plant.

7 month 15 day.

The third Suihuang nuclear fusion generator set was successfully connected to the grid for power generation in Haicheng Power Plant.

7 month 17 day.

The fourth Suihuang nuclear fusion generator set was successfully connected to the grid for power generation at the Jingcheng Power Plant.

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It's February 9th.

45 Suihuang nuclear fusion power generating units have been put into use in China's power shortage areas.

A total of 4500 million kilowatts of new power generation capacity has been added, which is equivalent to the construction of two new Three Gorges hydropower stations in less than a year.

(PS: The Three Gorges Hydropower Station has a total of 32 hydropower units, with a single capacity of 70 kilowatts and a total installed capacity of 2250 million kilowatts.)
The tense situation of Huaxia Power has been greatly eased.

By the end of the year, two hundred Suihuang nuclear fusion power generating units will be put into use, which will completely solve the power shortage in China.

Huaxia will never be short of electricity again!
At this time, members of Zhong Cheng's team also returned to Beishan from all directions in China.

Over the past two months, they have moved in batches and groups with the Suihuang nuclear fusion power generation unit to fight in all directions.

Successfully completed the installation and commissioning of the Suihuang nuclear fusion power unit, and trained a large number of professional engineers.

The subsequent large-scale installation and commissioning work can also be let go.

By this time, the Golden Crow Project has been successfully completed.

9 month 21 day.

Zhong Cheng participated in the inaugural meeting of the nuclear fusion generator manufacturing company, Cheng Zhidong was appointed as the general manager of the new company, and Director Zhao served as the chief engineer.

The new company has set up a special nuclear fusion technology research and development center to continue the follow-up research and development of Suihuang nuclear fusion reactor.

At present, the new company only produces this kind of 100 million-kilowatt engine unit, and the cost is about 24 billion. The domestic sales price is 30 billion, and the external sales price is tentatively set at 40 billion.

This year, we will achieve operating income of more than 9000 billion yuan, next year it will reach more than 18000 trillion yuan, and in the first half of next year we will be able to recover more than 3000 billion yuan of investment.

It can directly reach more than 20% of the total operating income of the Red Star Heavy Industry Group, becoming the largest branch of the Red Star Heavy Industry Group.

This is a cash cow!

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After returning from the field, while the team was handing over technical data with the nuclear fusion generator manufacturing company.

Zhong Chengcheng is considering the team's follow-up research and development topics.

Due to the birth of controllable nuclear fusion technology, his original plan was disrupted.

There are three research and development directions in front of him: heavy bombers, combat robots, and electric flying cars.

But there are uncertainties, and the country has not yet made a final statement.

He found Director Qian and Director Luo to discuss this issue.

In the past two years, the two leaders in the institute let him go more and more.

In fact, in terms of positions outside the research and development institute, Zhong Cheng has already surpassed them, but he still respects their opinions very much.

Regarding Zhong Cheng's question, Director Qian said that these research and development directions are all good.

Heavy bombers and transport aircraft can become large civil aviation airliners with a little modification, and combat robots are just one step away from intelligent robots. Electric flying cars will be the main means of transportation in future cities.

In the current situation that the power problem has been solved, these three research and development directions are very promising and very important to the development of the country.

Director Luo was very blunt, saying that there was nothing to choose. Zhong Cheng now has a strong army, so he can eat all three items at once.

If there is not enough manpower, hundreds of R&D personnel in the R&D Institute can provide support.

Although Zhong Cheng was taken aback, he was still moved.

Now he is no longer the kind of stragglers who used to fight around.

There are eight professional R&D groups under his command, backed by the huge Red Star Heavy Industry, not to mention the country's strong support for them.

It is possible to consider multiple projects to advance at the same time.

Of course, this is a new test and challenge for him and the backbone of the team, but he is someone who likes challenges.

But on the issue of obtaining national approval for the project, Director Qian expressed that he was helpless.

He said Zhong Cheng, you forgot that you are the national science and technology adviser, and you already have the right and obligation to provide the country with the direction of scientific research development.

Zhong Cheng remembered that Dean Ye had told him that the country would have a routine meeting on scientific research project approval around the end of every month, and this was the best opportunity.

He then called Dean Ye and said that there was an important scientific research project that needed consultation.

Dean Ye replied that there was a regular meeting to be held in Xishan, Beijing on September 9, and Zhong Cheng could rush over to attend the meeting.

Moreover, Zhong Chengcheng had the responsibility to attend the meeting. A while ago, he was allowed to be absent because he was too busy with the Golden Crow Project.

Since there is no important matter in the future, Zhong Chengcheng is required to attend the meeting.

9 month 23 day.

Zhong Cheng has sorted out the relevant technical information. Although there is no specific design plan, there is still a general idea.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Zhong Cheng was ready to leave.

The scientific research meeting starts at 9 o'clock, and one hour is enough time for him to arrive at the meeting place.

Of course he won't go by car, he can't make it in a day, and he can't even take an outside plane.

But he has his own private plane!
In the past half a year, the Red Star Fighter Manufacturing Company has produced a light version of the Bifang fighter according to his design.

This light fighter is actually a commercial jet, with a triangular flying wing shape, one size smaller than the Suzaku fighter.

It is 8 meters long, 12 meters wide, and 2.5 meters high, and can carry 8 passengers including the driver.

This model is not light, in fact, it is only compared to the heavy version of the Bi Fang fighter.

After subtracting the heavy weapon system, the volume of the cockpit has greatly increased, and the height of the cabin has reached 2 meters, covering an area of ​​20 square meters.

Since the maximum take-off weight is less than 15 tons, the ejection system is no longer needed to help take off, and vertical take-off and landing and air hovering can be fully realized.

But the maximum speed has also become only 3 times the speed of sound, the cruising speed is 2 times the speed of sound, and the cruising radius has increased to 2 kilometers.

This is also to ensure the safety of the passengers and not to participate in air combat. This speed is already too high.

When Zhong Cheng arrived at the small airport next to the research and development institute, Li Shaojie and Chen Yilong were already waiting in front of his landline Bifang No. [-].

(End of this chapter)