From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

The test work of Airship-2 has aroused major international attention and heated public opinion.

Because of the excellent performance of Airship-2, all relevant parties can be sure that anti-gravity aircraft is the direction of future aviation technology development.

This has also made the world pay attention to the high-end technology involved in Airship-2, especially the superconducting battery technology and anti-gravity technology, and has spared no expense in supporting research and development.

Domestically, it is full of pride and boiling.

The test of Airship-2 was a complete success, and the next job is to continue to improve it.

The current Airship-2 can already be regarded as an aircraft with perfect performance. Compared with "service", it is only lacking in perfect equipment and weapon systems.

That's a big project too.

According to the normal process, the air force can start to make plans, purchase the bare metal of Airship-2, and then transport it to a special department to assemble the equipment, and then it can enter the service stage.

When this level has been reached, the Air Ship-2 will definitely appear in the October display.

Of course, follow-up tests are still needed, and the air force must also consider cost issues in planning procurement. Airship-2 is still very expensive, and the manufacturing cost of the prototype is as high as 2.3 billion coins.

Even if it is manufactured later, the short-term cost can only be reduced to 1.5 billion coins at most.

This is also the result of purchasing superconducting materials at low prices.

If measured by the normal market price, the manufacture of Airship-2 requires at least 2.5 billion coins, and the patents, technologies and high-end materials involved in it will make the cost even more incalculable.

Of course, air-military purchases naturally do not need to be counted as 'market prices', and the market does not allow sales at all.

So just count the 1.5 billion cost of subsequent manufacturing.

1.5 billion is not too much, and it is only more than 200 million when converted into US dollars. Considering the practicality of Airship-2, the cost can of course be regarded as very low. If it is compared with some military aircraft, it can be clearly seen out.

For example, American's famous Aife 22 Raptor, even now the cost of the bare metal is still more than 150 million U.S. dollars.

The same goes for other top heavy fighters. The high cost of fifth-generation heavy fighters is simply unavoidable.

The purchase price of American's B2 bomber has reached an astonishing $2.4 billion, which can definitely be described as astronomical.

In comparison, the technical performance is so excellent that the Air Ship-2, which is considered to be "invincible", has a bare metal cost of just over 200 million U.S. dollars, which is of course very cheap.

The number of bombs attached to Airship-2 usually exceeds 100, and the maximum can even exceed 300. Its performance in "bombing" is definitely not weaker than that of B2.

...

After completing the work related to Airship-2, Wang Hao also took a good rest for a week.

He is no longer alone.

Su Yingxue accompanied him. Sometimes, they would go out together and look around. Life during the holidays was also very rich. Wang Hao belonged to the kind of person who couldn't stay.

Even if he had time to rest, he would occasionally go to Xihai University, visit the Mason Number Laboratory, and go back to the Mathematics Center to pay attention to other people's research.

People like Kachel-Birkar, Zhang He, Tian Hong, etc., the mathematical research they have done is very interesting.

Of course it's all obscure.

Wang Hao usually just pays attention to the content and does not directly participate in it, but occasionally he knows the right direction, and he will make a few remarks beside it, hoping that everyone's research can be done better.

He is still more interested in the research of Paul Phil-Jones, Helen, and Chen Mengmeng, because they are doing research on annihilation theory, and they have been perfecting the theory related to strong annihilation force.

This aspect is also what Wang Hao attaches the most importance to, and he also hopes that there will be more breakthroughs in theory.

However, recently, everyone seems to be indifferent to research, and they are all talking about Airship-2. When they see Wang Hao, they will immediately talk about Airship-2. "Academician Wang, your research on flying saucers is too powerful. I watched the video , falling straight down!"

"Yeah, it's full of technology, it can be directly put into a science fiction movie!"

"There are crews filming sci-fi movies about aliens descending on the earth, and they can directly use the lenses you tested."

"The airship series is really invincible..."

"It is said that it can hang nearly 50,000 meters in the air? Is it true? I read foreign websites that say that it cannot be shot down at all."

Others just talked about it with excitement, and they talked more with people familiar to Wang Hao.

For example, Zhang Zhiqiang.

Zhang Zhiqiang and Wang Hao are very good friends, so naturally they spoke differently. He directly asked Wang Hao's plan, "Wang Hao, will you study other high-tech in the future?"

"For example?" Wang Hao was a little puzzled.

"Too much!"

Zhang Zhiqiang pointed his fingers and said, "Take the aircraft as an example. Have you heard of the 'Nantianmen' project? Many of the high technologies have not yet been realized. Tactical armor..."

Wang Hao's face turned black when he heard this.

He has indeed heard about the 'South Heaven Gate' project, some of which may be realized in the future, and some of them are simply imaginative things that do not match the real technology at all.

What Zhang Zhiqiang talked about was "the realized weapon or weapon platform", and he didn't talk about any technical issues at all.

Research, one step at a time!

Zhang Zhiqiang finally stopped with some unfinished business, and then finally talked about a technological issue, "Of course, technical support is necessary to realize these things."

"Like a strategic aerospace carrier platform, it definitely needs energy power support, so... will you study nuclear fusion?"

"this……"

Wang Hao hesitated for a moment.

Zhang Zhiqiang didn't seem to care about Wang Hao's expression. He continued, "Not only nuclear fusion, but also electromagnetic guns, anti-gravity space shuttles, civilian high-performance superconducting aircraft, and anti-gravity flying cars..."

"—?"

Wang Hao rubbed his forehead hard and couldn't help but interrupted, "Where did you see these things?"

"Online!"

Zhang Zhiqiang suddenly excitedly said, "There are many on the Internet! You have already created an anti-gravity aircraft, and many people say that you will definitely be able to research other high-end technological products."

"An anti-gravity aircraft can only be used in military-military applications, and it is also very important for civilian use. If there is an anti-gravity flying car...you can think about it..."

As he spoke, he suddenly changed the subject, "I've always wanted to buy a new car, and Yanzi also said that I want to change it. My car is too small, and it's not a luxury configuration. It doesn't have any functions such as seat heating and automatic driving. .”

"I was thinking..."

"If you want to study the anti-gravity flying car for civilian use, I don't plan to change the car for the time being. When you research it, you must sell it to me cheaply!"

"Our relationship... right!"

"..."

The corners of Wang Hao's mouth twitched, "Brother Zhang, you're thinking too far."

"Haha~~ Just thinking about it."

Wang Hao shook his head and said, "At least temporarily, I have no plans to research in this direction."

He said seriously, "Actually, the high technologies you mentioned are very interesting, but to be honest, I don't like to study those things, including anti-gravity aircraft. I don't like it."

"Why?" Zhang Zhiqiang was immediately puzzled.

Wang Hao said as a matter of course, "Because it's not difficult." He shook his head helplessly while speaking, "The anti-gravity aircraft is just a kind of technology application, that is, the use of existing technology, nothing more."

"I still like the kind of challenging research that may discover new things and bring new surprises, so my main direction is strong annihilation force."

This is from the heart.

Whether it is research on superconducting batteries, high-end bearings or superconducting motors, what he does is relying on system feedback to help find the right direction and make correct decisions.

That's all.

Compared with the direction of strong annihilation force, the research in the direction of technology application is not difficult at all, and it is far from surprising.

Of course, Wang Hao wouldn't say that to other people, that is, with Zhang Zhiqiang, a familiar friend, he would speak his mind.

Zhang Zhiqiang felt differently.

His face darkened.

Is there no difficulty in the research of anti-gravity aircraft? Listen, is this human speech?

I don't know how many people in the world are jealous of anti-gravity aircraft, but they can't research the high-end technology involved in it, let alone manufacture the aircraft.

Many related aviation organizations and aviation manufacturing companies shouted the slogan of "high investment, focus on core technology research, and strive to catch up with Airship-2".

What they can't pursue...

Wang Hao put it simply?

No difficulty?

Zhang Zhiqiang didn't know how to react for a while.

Wang Hao continued, "It is science that can change the world. Science supports the development of technology, but there are many people who can do technical research. If it is limited by science, technology will not be able to produce revolutionary progress."

"Brother Zhang, you should understand this truth."

"The current Airship-2 can be said to have applied the technology to the apex, and going further will only apply anti-gravity technology to aerospace or other fields. It is only relatively high-end, and it cannot make a qualitative change in technology."

"So it is the most valuable to explore the direction of strong annihilation force of the airship!"

This is Wang Hao's real thought.

He is also preparing to concentrate on research related to strong annihilation force in the next stage.

...

Before entering the next stage of research, Wang Hao still has a lot of work to do.

He took the plane to Wucheng.

This time, I joined the expert group to visit the 701 Research Institute of CSIC.

The CSIC 701 Research Institute in Wucheng is responsible for the design of the new aircraft carrier.

If the time can be traced back to three years ago, the design work of the new aircraft carrier has attracted great attention, because it has been confirmed that the next new aircraft carrier will be nuclear-powered, and it will also become the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier independently developed.

This is iconic.

Aircraft carriers need continuous energy drive to be able to conduct ocean operations, while conventionally powered aircraft carriers cannot support long-distance operations at all due to fuel constraints.

It's like a car, you have to refuel after driving a certain distance.

But now, the research work on the new aircraft carrier is a bit embarrassing, especially after the Air Ship-2 test, the new aircraft carrier has received even less attention.

the reason is simple.

International public opinion recognizes that Airship-2 is already invincible. As long as Airship-2 is flying at a high altitude, no matter what kind of powered aircraft carrier it is, it is no different from a live target.

If Airship-2 is to carry out the task of attacking the aircraft carrier, at the speed of the aircraft carrier, it will not even be able to run.

So what's the point of building an aircraft carrier with a lot of money?

Because of this, many members of the expert group came here only to pay attention to the content of the core technology. Naturally, the most concerned one is the aircraft carrier nuclear power technology.

The reason why aircraft carrier nuclear power technology has received a lot of attention is that apart from American, no other country has been able to create a nuclear powered aircraft carrier alone.

If a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can be produced, it will naturally prove that the relevant fields have reached the top in the world.

The country has long had nuclear power technology, such as the ability to manufacture nuclear-powered submarines, but because the performance of the relevant nuclear reactors is not up to standard, it cannot support the drive of large aircraft carriers.

Now to manufacture nuclear-powered aircraft, we need sufficiently perfect technology.

"The technology already exists."

Li Hongshuo sat down and introduced to the expert group, "The relevant team has conducted many experiments. To a certain extent, the output of the nuclear reactor can be guaranteed, and the power is sufficient."

"To a certain extent?" Some experts caught the keyword.

Li Hongshuo was a little embarrassed, "This is the news we got."

The implication is that they are not responsible for research related to nuclear reactors.

In fact, everyone knows that there must be related technologies, but whether the high power, high conversion rate and stability of related nuclear reactors can be guaranteed still needs a lot of experiments and even actual tests.

Wang Hao also has a little interest in key nuclear reactor technology.

Hearing Li Hongshuo's question, he suddenly had other thoughts, he thought of the strong annihilating power issue.

When the annihilation force increases to a certain level, pure mesons will be annihilated, and even the energy transmission will be cut off, but the activity of particles with mass will be greatly enhanced, even several times, dozens of times.

So here comes the problem.

Will the strong annihilation force field increase the speed of nuclear fission reaction?

Wang Hao followed the expert group to visit along the way, and kept thinking about this question in his mind. He felt that the answer was 'yes', but the intensity of the annihilating force must be controlled within a certain range.

Otherwise, it may backfire.

He was not interested in the subsequent visits. Instead, he stayed at the end of the line, continued the previous topic with Li Hongshuo, and asked about the technology related to electromagnetic guns.

When Li Hongshuo talked about superconducting batteries, he mentioned that they could be used to drive electromagnetic guns, but he did not discuss related issues in detail.

Now he started talking seriously.

When he really introduced the electromagnetic gun technology, Wang Hao suddenly became uninterested, because the superconducting battery only plays the role of providing energy for the electromagnetic gun, not the key technology.

In addition, the electromagnetic gun is completely different from the imagination.

In the imagination of ordinary people, the electromagnetic gun is to shoot out "electromagnetic matter" or "electromagnetic ray", just like games and science fiction movies, instantly hit and destroy the target.

Actually...

The electromagnetic gun just uses the principle of "electromagnetic induction". The ampere force generated by the electromagnetic field can accelerate the metal shell to achieve the kinetic energy required to hit the target.

Compared with traditional gunpowder-propelled artillery, the advantage of electromagnetic guns is that the speed and range of projectiles are greatly improved.

Anyway, it's just a conventional shell!

Wang Hao just felt, "It's such a boring technology", and then interrupted Li Hongshuo's "exciting" introduction, and asked, "There is no real electromagnetic gun?"

"I mean the kind of technology that directly fires super-powerful 'electromagnetic shells' and destroys target electronic equipment at the speed of light?"

He asked the question from the perspective of an ordinary person's understanding of the 'electromagnetic gun'.

Li Hongshuo was stunned by the question, and he muttered for a long time, "Academician Wang, if he has this high-end technology, wouldn't he be able to knock down the satellite in an instant?"

"Yeah." Wang Hao nodded and asked, "I'm not asking for it to be manufactured, and technical theories are fine too!"

"……No."

Li Hongshuo added, "I'm very sure, no, and there won't be any in the future!"