Chapter 555 Everything Is Ready

Outside the base of the STAR-2 demonstration reactor, a helicopter landed smoothly on the open space.

Although I am very resistant to this kind of transportation, I have to admit that this is the fastest option.

After getting off the helicopter, Lu Zhou didn't stop at all. Holding the computer bag in his hand, he strode towards the base with great strides.

Passed through the construction site in the center of the base, went straight to the main building, and found the office of Academician Wang Zengguang.

Lu Zhou, who was standing at the door, knocked on the door, then pushed the door open and walked in.

Seeing Lu Zhou who opened the door, Academician Wang Zengguang stopped the pen in his hand and said with a smile.

"Yo? Already back? Academician Li Jiangang asked me to tell you that the ICRF antenna they are responsible for improving is ready and basically meets your requirements."

"Everything is going well here, and it may not even be until the end of the year that what you want will be manufactured."

"The most critical part now is the liquid lithium neutron recovery system, can you do it?"

When he said this, Academician Wang said it with a smile. It was just a joke, without any urging meaning.

Because he knew very well that the reason why the road under his feet was so smooth was that Lu Zhou had paved the way for them.

It is no exaggeration to say that from the plasma turbulence model to the LPC-1 material, these research results have saved them at least 20 years of time.

Therefore, it is completely acceptable that even the most critical liquid lithium neutron recovery system has not made any progress.

After all, human energy is limited.

However, Lu Zhou's answer was beyond his expectation.

I saw him take out a stack of documents from the computer bag, and said at the same time.

"I should ask you this question. The design work has been done. Whether it can be made or not depends on your side."

"So fast?"

Academician Wang stood up from the chair in surprise, quickly walked around the desk, took the stack of drawings from Lu Zhou, and read them carefully.

Time passed by like this.

Looking at the blueprint in his hand, the expression on Academician Wang's face became more and more serious.

Noticing the change in his expression, Lu Zhou yawned and asked casually, "Any questions?"

Academician Wang shook his head and said, "No,"

Rather...

It was even so perfect that he couldn't even come up with any suggestions for improvement.

As for the difficulty of engineering realization, it is also within the acceptable range.

After closing the blueprint in his hand, Academician Wang looked at Lu Zhou and couldn't help but say.

"You guys are a genius."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

"This is not due to me alone, but also all the researchers of the STAR Research Institute..."

Of course, there are systems.

Even if points are not used, these problems can be solved.

But relatively, it will take a lot of time, and it is impossible to achieve such perfection in one step.

However, for Lu Zhou's modesty, Academician Wang didn't seem to buy it, and waved his hands with an expression of "I understand".

"Yes, yes, this is everyone's credit, I believe it."

Lu Zhou: "...?"

What do you know?

...

In mid-November, the weather was slightly cold, and the red bricks and tiles of the Forbidden City were covered with hoarfrost.

At this moment, in a sanatorium not very far from the Forbidden City with a quiet environment, a chessboard was placed under the big willow tree hugged by two people.

On this rare sunny day, two old men were sitting opposite each other, playing chess.

The red side and the black side killed you back and forth, and the battle was extremely anxious.

However, at this moment, the situation suddenly turned around.

"General!"

With this shout of excitement, the red horse kicked the black bishop into the air, and formed a corner with the rook, forcing the black checkmate to the corner of the palace.

There is no doubt that the outcome has already been decided.

Staring at the chessboard and thinking hard, the old man suddenly thought to himself, "You shouldn't beat this pawn at this move, if you fly this bishop—"

Seeing him reaching out to touch the chessboard, the old man sitting opposite him immediately stopped him.

"Alas, what are you doing? It's fine for others to regret the game, but you can't regret it!"

The old man who had just touched the edge of the chessboard was slightly stunned, then smiled and let go of the chess pieces, saying.

"Chief Designer Ren is right, I lost this game!"

Sitting opposite him was Academician Ren Changming, the former Chief Designer of the Huaguo Lunar Exploration Project.

"Are you busy recently?"

Old man: "If you say you are busy, you are busy, and if you say you are not busy, you are not busy."

Ren Changming: "I see that you are quite free, and come to play chess with me when you have time."

The old man shook his head: "The international situation is not optimistic, so I just sneaked in."

Ren Changming: "I heard that Jinling is doing controllable nuclear fusion?"

The old man nodded: "There is such a thing."

Although many old experts are not optimistic about this project, he thinks that no matter whether it can be completed or not, it is at least worth a try.

Maybe this technology can be the key to breaking the situation?

"Controllable nuclear fusion," Ren Changming said with emotion on his face, "I discussed this issue with Mr. Qiao before, and we both thought that there must be a war between the United States and the Soviet Union for at most twenty years. The country can do it, and we can catch up quickly. As a result, 20 years have passed, and it seems that it will be 20 years soon, and we don’t know when we have to look forward to it.”

In the 1990s, everyone was engaged in inertial constraints, claiming that they would be ignited within ten years and commercially available within twenty years. Seeing the dawn of controllable fusion rising, Huaguo was naturally unwilling to lag behind. The ICF project was launched quickly in 1993, and was selected into the 863 plan. It followed international hotspots and launched a technical attack on inertial constraints, and even formed a "thousand-man conference". situation.

However, things didn’t go as smoothly as expected. The American NIF failed to ignite, pouring cold water on the direction of the entire inertial constraint. The originally tepid tokamak gradually became popular, and the once popular inertial constraint gradually disappeared Again.

If it is not for the laser ignition technology, it can be transferred to the military industry, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the investment in the inertial constraint route is fruitless.

All of this now seems to be a cycle of the past.

Although he is not engaged in nuclear engineering, Ren Changming has seen it all the way.

To be honest, compared with optimism, he still has more worries in his heart.

Of course, deep down in his heart, he was still looking forward to the successful conclusion of this project.

"The person in charge is that Lu Zhou?"

Old man: "Do you know him?"

"It's more than acquaintance." Hearing Lu Zhou's name, the old academician had a trace of nostalgia on his face, and said with a smile, "Probably a few years ago, when this kid was still studying in Jinling, I knew him. gone."

"At that time, it was an expert interview for the Mathematical Model Competition. I sat on the judging panel and asked him what he thought of the prospect of the moon landing project. What do you think? He talked about history and the future with me, and he said it clearly and logically."

"At that time, I could tell at a glance that he was a talented person. It was a loss to study mathematics in Jinda's one-third-acre land, so I went to Jinda myself to get him to Yanda. Astronautics, I asked him if he wanted to learn how to build rockets with me, and guess what he said to me?"

The old man smiled and asked, "How do you say?"

Ren Changming patted his thigh and said with a smile: "He told me, Professor Ren, I don't want to go to heaven yet!"

"Hahaha……"

The two old men laughed heartily.

Talking about the past, feeling the rush of time, Ren Changming couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

At that time, I could still run around everywhere, but now even if I wanted to run around, I couldn't walk anymore.

Enough laughing, Ren Changming stopped laughing and said with emotion.

"Later, it was almost the same as what you saw. This kid is really not simple. Although he didn't go to heaven, he is no different from heaven now."

Having said that, Ren Changming paused for a moment, then continued.

"If he doesn't succeed, don't be disappointed. After all, scientific research is not infrastructure, and input and output are not necessarily proportional. Compared with his present, I am more optimistic about his future. It won't be long before we go to The old man who visited Duke Qiao is different, his scientific research career has just begun, and he still has a long way to go."

Hearing what Mr. Ren said, the old man smiled lightly and said: "Of course I know, you can rest assured about this."

Ren Changming nodded in relief.

Although it was just a rainy day, he should still say these words.

If he doesn't say anything, no one will.

At this moment, the guard came over from the side and reported beside the old man,

"... Director Lu is outside."

The old man nodded: "Let him in."

"Yes!"

Standing at attention and giving a military salute, the guard turned and walked out of the courtyard.

Without waiting for a long time, Director Lu walked in excitedly, followed by the guards.

Noticing the letter he held in his hand, and then seeing the excited expression on his face, the old man smiled and said, "What excites you?"

Director Lu excitedly said: "Good news from Haizhou! The demonstration team project has entered the final stage! Here is a letter from Professor Lu!"

The moment he heard this sentence, Ren Changming had a surprised expression on his face.

The chess piece in his hand landed on the board, the old man looked moved and stood up.

"What did he say in the letter?"

Taking a deep breath and restraining the excitement in his tone, Director Lu said in a deep voice.

"The demonstration reactor project has entered the countdown, and it is expected to conduct a trial ignition at the end of December! Approval from the central government is requested!"

Hearing the news, the old man laughed heartily and said "yes" three times.

Withholding his smile, he straightened his expression slightly, and ordered in a deep voice.

"Approve the fire!"