Chapter 736 Suffer!

Even at a high speed of 0.85 Mach, it takes nearly 300 seconds for the missile to fly the entire distance. The maximum range of this thing is designed to be 80 kilometers!

This is something that many people will subconsciously forget. The missile flies so fast. It's just a few dozen kilometers. It's just a little water~~~~~~
In fact, a range of 80 kilometers requires a long time to fly, at least the comrades who participated in the test today felt it was a long time.

This was the longest time they had waited. Even though the missile had been accelerated to Mach 0.9, its 80-kilometer range was still the longest except for ballistic missiles.

This is a completely new feeling for the comrades participating in the experiment. The longer the range, the longer the anxious torture of waiting for the results.

At this time, the real-time data transmission system has been disconnected, and the missile data cannot be obtained in an intuitive way.

"It would be great if there was a radar in the air to help with surveillance," everyone thought.

Judging from the time, the missile should have reached the target area, where there is a helicopter in the air performing observation tasks.

"Here we go! Report! Target spotted, flying normally."

Although the missile was not flying fast enough, the speed of the electromagnetic waves was fast. As soon as the observation aircraft saw the telemetry missile, their voices rang out at the test center.

"Great!" There was cheering at the scene. 80 kilometers! That was something we had never dared to think about before.

Just when everyone was immersed in joy, a somewhat regretful voice came from the radio station.

"It's broken! The missile has fallen! The missile has not yet reached the final target area and fell into the sea."

At this moment, the comrade in charge of observation on the observation aircraft watched with distress as the flying missile suddenly gained altitude, soared into the air, and then plunged into the sea.

The dye loaded on the telemetry missile was quickly released into the sea water, and a fluorescent green color quickly spread across the sea surface, appearing very dazzling in the somewhat muddy yellow sea water.

The report from the front made the comrades in the experimental center feel like a blow to the head, and they fell silent in an instant.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Failure? Missing the bullet?
Everyone looked at Mr. Li, and no one spoke.

Seeing everyone looking at him, General Li remembered his job and responsibilities, and forced a smile to comfort his comrades: "It's okay, this is the first telemetry missile. At least, the range of about 80 kilometers is not a big problem. At least we have verified the range of several major targets in the test."

There are many possibilities for bullet dropping, and one possibility is that there is insufficient power to reach the full designed range.

However, judging from the missile's movements before it dropped the bomb, which were transmitted by the observation aircraft in front, it did not seem to be caused by insufficient power, otherwise the final altitude increase would have been unlikely to be achieved.

This performance looks more like a problem with the guidance or flight control system.

So what Mr. Li said about the range being verified is really not a big problem.

Seeing that everyone was in a better mood, General Li encouraged again: "It's okay. According to the report from the comrades in the front, at least the splash mark dyeing device is working normally. The most urgent task is to quickly retrieve the shell. There is data on it. Let's analyze it carefully."

This reminds everyone that now is not the time to be depressed, and now is the time to quickly retrieve the telemetry missile.

In fact, they didn't have to work hard. The salvage team that was waiting in the target splashdown area had already started the salvage ship after receiving the notification from the observation aircraft, and under the guidance of the observation aircraft, they drove towards the impact point.

Fortunately, the distance was not too far, only a few kilometers. Amidst everyone's mixed feelings of anxiety, frustration, disappointment and heartache, the sound of the observation plane finally came from the radio.

"The salvage ship has arrived at the bomb drop site and is currently salvaging the bomb."

Everyone then breathed a sigh of relief. Success was not absolute, and it was definitely not success. Mr. Li's comfort was just comfort to everyone. This telemetry missile still failed.

The biggest hope now is to be able to successfully salvage the faulty bomb and analyze the cause of the failure based on the data on the bomb.

It's already lunch time. It's not often that there are so many people here. Today's meals are self-heating food, which is a good thing that you can't usually get.

But no one was willing to tear open the package and couldn’t eat it.

At this time, the role of leadership must be played.

Mr. Li was the first to walk over, picked up a bag of self-heating food and tore open the package.

"Comrades, eat first! Without eating, how can you have the energy to do your work well? Eat! Everyone, eat!"

The comrades then became listless and started to eat in groups of three or four.

Just as everyone was eating in silence, a report from the salvage ship ahead came over the radio.

"The telemetry missile has been salvaged and is returning!"

Fortunately, the sea is really thin. As long as the splashdown area is marked, even if the ship is disconnected from the inflatable buoy and sinks completely, it can still be found and fished out. The water depth of tens of meters is enough for most ordinary divers to dive into, not to mention naval divers.

Now everyone has a little motivation, so eat quickly!
The distance is seventy or eighty kilometers, and although the salvage ship can only travel at a speed of more than ten knots, it can get back in two or three hours.

You have to eat quickly so that you have the strength to work.

Suddenly, the sounds of eating became louder.

A few hours later, a boat docked at the test center's small pier and a group of people gathered around.

Fortunately, the data on board was not damaged and was read very smoothly.

Comrades working on solid-state anti-ship missiles began to divide the work in this test center, and each read and analyzed the data of the subsystem they were responsible for. "The control and actuation system is working normally, and the received instructions and feedback are consistent."

"The missile ran out of fuel, but its flight was stable before it dropped. There was no abnormality in its speed and the kinetic energy was sufficient. It was not caused by insufficient power."

"The altimeter data refresh rate is consistent with the design."

"Radar! There's something wrong with the radar!"

"radar?"

"Yes, radar! Normally, at this distance, the radar should have locked onto the target, but before the bomb dropped, the radar lost lock."

"It was unlocked before the bullet was dropped? It was locked before that?"

"Yes, it was locked before that, but it was unlocked before the bomb was dropped. The radar system sent a wrong signal."

"What's the reason? How could a locked radar lose its lock? This is not common."

"The first one rarely gets unlocked, so the techniques of the two should be the same."

"Is the radar of Zhengxian No. 1 bigger? After all, this missile is very thin."

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Compared with the Zhengxian No. 1, the caliber of the solid anti-ship missile is much smaller, and its radar performance is indeed inferior to that of the Zhengxian No. 1 in terms of basic conditions.

"That doesn't make sense. It was locked before it was unlocked. The closer the distance, the more it unlocked?"

The closer the distance, the better the signal strength and the higher the signal-to-noise ratio, which is almost a no-brainer.

Just when everyone was talking at once and unable to reach a consensus, a comrade suddenly discovered a problem.

"No, no, there seems to be something wrong with the altimeter."

"I checked, the altimeter output is normal, what's the problem?"

"I can't really explain it, but I just feel like there's something wrong with the altimeter. It seems like the data refresh rate can't keep up with the control requirements."

"That's impossible. The altimeter on the Zhengxian No. 1 was perfectly normal, and it looked like the data output was still normal until the very end."

Engineer Qi was in charge of the guidance system. He and Su Weihua discussed it for a long time but did not reach a clear result.

He looked up at Mr. Li, Mr. Li looked at him, and they both turned to look at Su Weihua and nodded.

Forget it, time is running out, cheat! Call someone!

"Xiao Su, collect all the data read out by each subsystem, and let's go to the capital!"

When Su Weihua heard this, he decided to go find his old classmates.

"Go there?"

"Yes, let's go there! They have extensive research on radar, automatic control, power, and guidance. We shouldn't waste time and see if we can find some direction there."

The "there" they were talking about was undoubtedly the Third Factory of the Third Rolling Mill of the 17th Ministry of Machine Building. The reason why they said it so vaguely was, firstly, because of the need for confidentiality, and secondly, if they approached this unit about this matter, it would sound unreliable to ordinary comrades, so they decided not to talk about it.

Anyway, they talked for such a long time in such a confusing way that ordinary comrades would never imagine that their goal was to find the same person.

"They have done a lot of research on radar, automatic control, power, and guidance." This must be a large-scale design institute.

For Mr. Li, he cannot necessarily expect Gao Zhendong to completely solve the problem, but even if he can find some clues or directions, that would be great.

Fortunately, the experimental site was right by the Bohai Sea, not too far from the capital. The next afternoon, they appeared in Gao Zhendong's office.

"Professor Gao, we've come to you for help." The subordinate units of the Defense Work Committee generally address Gao Zhendong by his teaching position at Beijing University of Technology.

As soon as Mr. Li sat down, he started talking.

Gao Zhendong put the water on the coffee table and said with a smile: "I don't dare to ask for help, but we can still discuss it carefully. Is it because of the problem of solid anti-ship missiles?"

They are busy with this matter now, and there is no news of success yet. They are here most likely for this.

"Yes, yes, yes, this is the situation. Yesterday, we fired the first telemetry shell of a solid anti-ship missile..."

Mr. Li told the story in detail, and Engineer Qi supplemented it.

Mr. Li is the chief model designer, and the problem is most likely in the part that Engineer Qi is responsible for, and Su Weihua is the link, so the three of them are here this time.

After listening to this, Gao Zhendong had some guesses in his mind, but he couldn't be sure until he saw the data.

"Have you brought the experimental data?" he asked.

"I have brought it, I have brought it, take a look." After Mr. Li finished speaking, Su Weihua began to take out his bag. The data had been printed out. It didn't look like much, mainly because the capacity of the onboard magnetic core memory was very limited. The data types, items, and refresh rates could not be too high, so he could only remember the most important ones.

(End of this chapter)