The rejuvenation of a great nation: from educated youth to national treasure scientist

Chapter 78 The Problem of Cultivating Geniuses

At Beijing Institute of Technology, after the start of the new semester, President Liu Xianchao has been quite busy with work.

That morning, he returned to his office after an important meeting.

He first made himself a cup of tea, then picked up the People's Daily on the table and prepared to study.

He was excited when he saw the first news on the front page: The college entrance examination has finally been resumed! It's really great.

For many years, the recommendation mechanism for going to university has not yielded very good results in the training of batches of workers, peasants and soldiers who have been recruited.

Students do not receive any formal education in school.

Liu Xianchao even felt that the scientific research level of Beijing Institute of Technology had declined.

"The college entrance examination is still fairer! Moreover, it can attract truly good students." Liu Xianchao said to himself.

He thought of Wang Haoran again.

According to Wang Haoran's current level, it would be a waste of time for him to study for an undergraduate degree.

In the battle for Wang Haoran that took place some time ago, Beijing Institute of Technology was the last one to win.

Although the education department issued a notice agreeing that Beijing Institute of Technology and Peking University would jointly train Wang Haoran.

But that's only in name.

Wang Haoran will still be registered as a student at Beijing Institute of Technology, and when he graduates in the future, he will only be issued a diploma from Beijing Institute of Technology.

Peking University can only provide assistance.

Liu Xianchao was very proud of this result.

Of course, he also felt tremendous pressure.

After all, such an outstanding genius is handed over to you, you have to make sure he becomes even better!
How to train Wang Haoran is a big problem for Liu Xianchao.

Liu Xianchao thought about it and felt that when Wang Haoran entered school in the future, he should be trained for a short period of time to allow him to master undergraduate knowledge, and then immediately transferred to postgraduate training.

Of course, if Wang Haoran is admitted and assessed to have reached the academic level of an undergraduate, it will be easier and he can be allowed to go directly to graduate school.

Yes! We can even give him scientific research tasks directly and let him lead the research topics.

But who will be Wang Haoran’s mentor?
Liu Xianchao pondered for a long time and found that there was no one in Beijing Institute of Technology who was truly qualified to be Wang Haoran's mentor.

Then, just train him in the form of a tutor group.

Which tutor should be the main one?

After much deliberation, Liu Xianchao decided to let Ge Qiangjun take the lead.

In name, Ge Qiangjun is Wang Haoran's teacher.

However, Wang Haoran did not have to follow the same routine to study graduate courses as others.

Even for postgraduate students' periodic examinations, Wang Haoran can choose whether to participate.

Wang Haoran’s assessment will be mainly based on his completed scientific research results.

Whether you take an exam or not, it actually has no real meaning.

The key is to produce more good results, bring more glory to the school, and make more contributions to the country.

Liu Xianchao thought, let's just leave it at that! I'll talk to Ge Qiangjun later and ask for his opinion.

Thinking so, Liu Xianchao continued reading.

The second piece of news is that the results of the national science and technology awards are released.

Liu Xianchao took a quick look. He mainly wanted to see if there were any projects reported by the school.

Liu Xianchao looked carefully and saw that no one from Beijing Institute of Technology was awarded the National Invention Award.

Looking at the Science and Technology Progress Award, the first one is Wang Haoran’s name. Moreover, there is a note behind Wang Haoran’s name: Li Cai Brigade sent-down youth

The project for which Wang Haoran won the award was not mentioned. This may be mainly because the units reported too many projects to Wang Haoran. It did not specify which project Wang Haoran won the award for.

This made Liu Xianchao a little depressed.

He shook his head and thought: How great it would be if Wang Haoran was a student of our school now!
Liu Xianchao looked through the list of winners and confirmed that there was no project submitted by Beijing Institute of Technology.

There is nothing we can do about it. There are too many scientific research institutions in the country. There has been no award for so many years.

When the awards started all of a sudden, there were so many important scientific research results.

Looking at the list of award winners, there are Qian Xuesen, Yu Min and others.

Compared with these big guys who laid the foundation for the security of a great country, the professors of Beijing Institute of Technology still have a big gap!
Liu Xianchao got up and went to find Ge Qiangjun.

He originally wanted to make a phone call and ask Ge Qiangjun to come to his office.

But then I thought again, Ge Qiangjun does have a bit of the pride of an intellectual.

I'd better go and find him myself.

Liu Xianchao went directly to Ge Qiangjun's laboratory.

Ge Qiangjun must still be busy in the laboratory.

He is still working on his project on improving the Type 63 automatic rifle.

Logically speaking, the Type 95 small-caliber automatic rifle has already been developed and recognized by the troops, so why hasn't Ge Qiangjun's project been completed yet?
This is because we have stored a large amount of 7.62mm ammunition in the early stage, which cannot be wasted.

In addition, the troops must not have only one standard firearm, but must choose different guns according to the battlefield environment.

The reason why small-caliber automatic rifles have become popular all over the world is mainly because we have entered the era of automatic rifles, and the increasingly faster firing rate has come into conflict with the number of bullets carried by soldiers.

Automatic rifles can easily fire hundreds of rounds per minute, but the number of bullets a soldier can carry is limited.

Especially in the era of large-caliber bullets, carrying about 100 rounds of bullets is already the limit for a soldier.

How to carry more ammunition has become an issue that all countries need to consider.

This is also the main reason why small-caliber automatic rifles became popular.

Therefore, the Type 95 automatic rifle is really what is urgently needed in this era.

In the era of the Type 63 automatic rifle, a soldier could carry no more than 150 rounds of bullets on the battlefield.

However, after being equipped with the Type 95 small-caliber automatic rifle, the ammunition capacity can reach a maximum of 1 rounds or even more.

Of course, as bulletproof vests become more popular in later generations, small-caliber rifle bullets will be questioned again because they cannot penetrate bulletproof vests.

However, one thing that needs to be understood is that 5.8mm caliber bullets cannot penetrate bulletproof vests, and neither can 7.62mm caliber bullets.

But when the shield is strong, the spear will be reformed and innovated. To deal with bulletproof vests, you can use snipers or heavy machine guns. Besides, don’t we still have rifle grenades and rocket launchers?
This is getting off topic. Liu Xianchao came to Ge Qiangjun's laboratory and saw Ge Qiangjun busy working.

When Ge Qiangjun saw Liu Xianchao coming over, he stopped what he was doing and asked, "Is there anything I can do for you, Dean Liu?"

Ge Qiangjun smiled and said, "I want to discuss with you the training of Wang Haoran."

"Hasn't it been decided that we will be the main force?"

After hearing this, Ge Qiangjun frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid I can't teach him!"

"I feel like his attainments in firearms are no worse than mine."

Liu Xianchao laughed and said, "Professor Ge is a little too modest."

"I think so..."

He shared his ideas with Ge Qiangjun.

(End of this chapter)