eurekapd Chapter 703 Come on, explain what "a glimmer of hope after despair" means?
Chapter 703 Come on, explain what "a glimmer of hope after despair" means?
"Alright, are you done with your work? Come and take a look at the materials I brought!" The naval leader impatiently tapped the table, somewhat hastily putting the "dictionary" in his hand aside.
Who told Secretary Liu to take on the task of setting up the "Grand Coordination Group"? After handing over the confidentiality guidelines to this bigwig, she disappeared without a trace. Without oversight, it's quite understandable for a bigwig to slack off.
Jiang Xia readily sat down next to the naval leader, but his gaze bypassed the thick file folder with the conspicuous number "6623" written on it. Instead, he reached for another brown paper bag next to it—this bag looked tattered and was covered with various handover stamps and security marks.
Yes, a stamp is necessary, but it's not normal for it to be covered in large footprints. Although Jiang Xia had already guessed why the brown paper bag had been trampled on.
Hehehe, there's probably solid evidence here that the navy was thoroughly "fooled".
"Snapped!"
The naval officer, his face grim, snatched the brown paper bag and said firmly, "Look at this first! The important matter comes first!" He shoved the "6623" file folder heavily in front of Jiang Xia. "Missile boat! This is the real deal!"
Jiang Xia clicked his tongue, somewhat uninterested. It's just that 6623 project! I even know the result of that project is called 051, what's so interesting about it!
No, to be precise, it should be the Type 6623 051 submarine.
Please note that the "051 boat" at this time was not the later renowned Type 051 destroyer (Luda-class), but rather a product of the "fast" part of the "air, submarine, fast attack craft" strategy proposed by the Navy based on its actual national strength. It was a Type 6623 missile boat that was painstakingly built by the Navy based on blueprints and parts imported from the Allied "24 Agreement," which is the Allied Type 183R missile boat.
The Russian experts withdrew, leaving behind only a pile of incomprehensible blueprints and scattered parts. Domestic shipyards and designers practically took on the task, trying to understand, digest, and ultimately assemble this small boat, only 27 meters long, displacing 79 tons, with a wooden hull, and requiring only 15 crew members to operate. According to the schedule, it would be launched a year later.
However, the fate of this "seed boat" that embodied the hopes of the navy was quite bumpy.
Later generations described it as something that was "almost functional except for the missile launchers, everything else was faulty!" From its weak hull structure and frequently malfunctioning engines to its early radar and avionics systems, which were practically useless, almost nothing about it was reliable!
As for why the missile launcher can be used, it's probably because... it's just a frame.
It even had a terrifying accident record of "suddenly sinking during a training voyage." Faced with such a "mobile test station" riddled with problems, Jiang Xia really couldn't muster much interest in researching it.
That's why Jiang Xia was more interested in the brown paper bag covered in stamps, exuding anger and the air of someone who had been taken advantage of.
Because what's inside is very likely the humiliation of the Navy being thoroughly "fooled" by the Bald Eagle—that "high-tech" speedboat that couldn't be started after being salvaged!
Jiang Xia was itching to know: Was this thing really the legendary Pegasus-class missile hydrofoil? Although this kind of speedboat didn't roam the seas until the late 1970s, as the saying goes, they didn't have any superhuman idiots.
Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable for a technology demonstrator to be launched.
If that's the case... then the Navy didn't just suffer a loss this time, they actually stumbled upon a huge windfall! The technology of future high-speed hydrofoils!
The naval officer angrily moved the paper bag to the left, and Jiang Xia's head turned to the left as well; when the paper bag was thrown to the right, Jiang Xia's gaze immediately fixed on the right. A few stubborn strands of hair sticking out and swaying with his gaze were clearly visible.
The naval officer was so enraged that he almost shoved the paper bag directly onto his head to demonstrate what it meant to say, "If I can't see it, it doesn't exist."
Forget it, why bother getting angry with a stubborn kid like him...
Seeing Jiang Xia's unwavering determination, the naval leader finally gave in and tossed the mysterious brown paper bag over to him in a huff: "Fine, fine, take a look! Come back and get down to business after you've finished!"
Jiang Xia couldn't wait to tear open the bag and take out the documents and photos inside.
My finger traced the first slightly blurry side view. The hull wasn't large, but its shape... had a stiff, strange feel to it. Unlike the relatively slender lines of ordinary torpedo boats or gunboats, this boat appeared extremely short and stubby, its proportions somewhat unbalanced, as if it had been shrunk by some heavy burden.
What caught Jiangxia's attention was the point where the hull met the water. Although the photo was blurry, there were indeed two faint structures protruding into the water, one below the bow and the other near the stern—but these were not the Pegasus-class's signature large, complex, and sophisticated streamlined hydrofoil system.
Jiang Xia recalled for a moment the appearance of the Pegasus-class missile boat, which was known as "Cold War black technology".
Yes, the massive, flap-controlled V-shaped foreplane and the deep-diving rear hydrofoil are the most distinctive features of the Pegasus-class submarine! And that long, sleek, and dynamic hull…
The boat in this photo... looks more like a conventional displacement monohull speedboat with two extremely primitive fins, whose size and structure appear crudely welded onto its hull.
Looking at the other photos, you can see that there is a machine gun on the deck of the boat and a machine gun on both sides of the hull. Other than that, there is nothing else.
Hey, at the aft end of the Pegasus-class destroyer's deck are huge, conspicuous, rearward-sloping quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers. And this submarine's aft deck... is completely empty!
However, towards the rear of the hull, there were two additional square pits, clearly indicating that something had been installed there. It's unclear whether the bald eagle removed them themselves or what...
Unfortunately, the scanner cannot display parameters from images; it would be more accurate to display drawings instead…
"Damn the bald eagles, this isn't even a Pegasus-class..." Jiang Xia thought to himself. This time, the Navy had probably really been fooled by the bald eagles...
Well, it's not bad to treat this as dirt on the other side. When the bald eagle acts up again, it'll be a good opportunity to annoy them, won't it?
Let's tinker with the 6623. At least replace its wooden hull, and with the new pulse Doppler radar from the radar institute, it might be able to put up a fight when paired with the "Sea Rider".
Jiang Xia gathered the documents and prepared to stuff them back into the leather bag. Seeing that the young man had lost interest, the naval leader added that there was also a bunch of blueprints inside the submarine. However, because it kept soaring into the sky when it was being towed back, it got quite wet with seawater, and now even the actual blueprints have been handed over to the Darian Shipyard for research.
If Jiang Xia needs it, we can send it to him...
“Forget it…” Jiang Xia shook his head. “I’d better take a look at the overall plan of 6623. It’s a good idea to incorporate this missile boat into the ‘digital defense system.’ If the data links in the air, on land, and on the water can be established, this thing might actually be able to fight!”
The naval leaders breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Jiang Xia was no longer interested in the "stain".
"Yes! Use your unit analysis method to take a good look at the original drawings. Outline the framework, and have the shipyard send people to work on the specific structure!"
"Yes! That's what I think too. Like the Academy of Sciences, I only planned the research direction; they handled the specifics themselves. And look, the results came out pretty quickly..."
Jiang Xia seemed to have hit a nerve, and despite the naval leader's reluctant expression, he insisted on explaining the benefits of LED molding to him. This caused the leader to keep looking back and forth between the "dictionary" and the little ahoge.
Jiang Xia didn't care about any of that. She finally had someone around who could provide emotional support, so why not take full advantage of it?
No, it's about speaking with all your might.
While stuffing photos into the brown paper bag, he also gestured with his hands.
"pat..."
A few more photos fell out.
Oh, I didn't finish taking them all...
Jiang Xia casually picked up the photo, temporarily pausing his technical explanation.
Hmm? This is a photo of the inside of the submarine...
Ugh, this photography is terrible! All black and white photos. If you don't have a flash, you could at least use a mirror to reflect some sunlight...
what is this!
The photo focuses on the narrow interior of the aircraft cabin.
Although the light was dim and the place was covered in oil stains and pipes, Jiang Xia's gaze was instantly drawn to one of the machines, which was relatively compact in size but had an exceptionally complex and precise structure! The unique air intake, the outline of the combustion chamber, and the iconic turbine blade structure...
"A gas turbine... a gas turbine?!"
"┗|｀O′|┛ Ugh~~ Get this blueprint back to me right now!"