Chapter 780 Chief Engineer Gao is still the best
In countries like those where one can cross the country in a few hours, fly around the border several times in a day, and where the couple is in a long-distance relationship but in fact the distance between the hero and heroine is no more than a county, there is no such worry and they are very happy.

However, they soon discovered that it was simply impossible to simulate the environment of the Western Plateau Airport.

"Mr. Li, do you think I should call Zhendong?" Lin Lianwei made a suggestion with a gloomy face.

"Well, ask Mr. Gao for help." Mr. Li is also a bachelor. If he can't handle it, he will ask someone else for help. It's a job after all, not shabby.

Chief Engineer Gao knows everything about this missile. Even the most core technologies including infrared, ultraviolet, etc. were provided by him. Maybe he can think of something. It is better than our group of people groping around blindly. We can't waste time.

Several subsystem leaders and General Manager Li rushed to the confidential room of the Xuecheng Shooting Range and made a phone call to the capital.

Gao Zhendong had already received a report from the Defense Working Committee at this time. On the snowy plateau, the portable anti-aircraft missiles hit 6 out of 2 shots and successfully shot down 2 enemy helicopters suspected to be from Sindhu. In addition, the enemy also crashed one helicopter into the mountain. A total of 3 helicopters and 45 people were involved.

Gao Zhendong didn't care about the hit rate. In a real combat environment, anything could happen. The first thing that made him happy was that this thing worked. The second thing that made him happy was that the place was actually building an airport!
Especially the latter, which means a lot of things and is really very different compared to his previous life.

Who was the most terrified when an airport was built in that place? It was San'er in the south. It seemed that they got the information from somewhere and knew that it was a noose. They reacted strongly and sent people to infiltrate and destroy it.

This made Gao Zhendong very happy. San'er, the fun is yet to come.

No one else in the factory knew about this yet, and Gao Zhendong was the only one who was secretly happy about it. At this moment, he received a call from Lin Lianwei and others in Xuecheng.

"Suspected of bullet dropping? Tell me in detail." After hearing Mr. Li's opening remarks, Gao Zhendong was shocked at first. The four bullets had similar problems, so there must be a problem.

Then he calmed down and thought that it shouldn't be a big problem. The foundation of this thing was there, and all the advanced technologies had been used, so there wouldn't be any big problems.

After listening to General Li’s detailed introduction to the combat process, Gao Zhendong turned it over in his head and laughed.

Hearing Gao Zhendong's laughter, Mr. Li and the others on the phone were not angry at all. Instead, they felt relieved. Chief Engineer Gao laughed, so it seemed that the problem was not serious. He even found the problem.

This is the difference of having a backbone behind you. No matter how big the problem is, the backbone will not be soft and the other comrades will be tough too.

"Chief Engineer Gao, have you found the problem?" Chief Li also relaxed and asked with a smile.

Gao Zhendong smiled and said, "Boss Li, is there a possibility, I mean possibility, or is it a matter of atmosphere?"

"An atmospheric problem? You mean it was the wind that blew it away?" Although it seems a bit far-fetched, it is not impossible to think about it. Maybe the wind on the plateau is particularly strong and blew the missile away.

Gao Zhendong still smiled: "No, no, what I mean is that it's a problem with the composition of the atmosphere. The air is thin at a plateau of 5000 meters. If the redundancy of the tail area is too small, the rudder effect will be insufficient..."

Before Gao Zhendong finished speaking, Mr. Li and others showed joy on their faces and exchanged glances.

This statement... makes sense! In the Syracuse test, the missile's designed firing altitude plus the altitude of the Syracuse range was just over 2000 meters, so there was no problem. However, once it reached a plateau of 5000 meters and the firing altitude was increased by several hundred meters, the problem began to arise.

Mr. Li slammed the table and said, "Yes! The air is thin, the tail rudder is not effective enough, and it still can't stabilize. Flight control, can you estimate how much redundancy you have put in?"

"Very little, almost the same as not releasing it at all." The flight controller was a little embarrassed.

"No?"

"I wanted to make the tail wing smaller to save some weight and volume, but I didn't expect..."

Mr. Li was furious: "You, you are saving too much."

Fortunately, the problem was discovered early, and there was still time. At this time, they found the advantage of the tail box proposed by Gao Zhendong. It's too small, right? Just add the tail box, and don't change anything else.

The flight control was feeling embarrassed when Gao Zhendong's voice came out again.

"Don't be too embarrassed. There are other possibilities that you should consider. The air is thin. Under the same thrust, the flight state and stress state of the missile are different, just like the firing tables of artillery shells and rocket launchers are different on plateaus and plains. In this case, the control system's control parameters may be excessive or insufficient. Although the automatic control system has the ability to self-correct, it is possible that it exceeds the correctable range. There may also be situations like the flight slipping away."

Well, now that you've said that, we feel even more embarrassed. Anyway, Gao Zhendong's words inspired them with new ideas. This inference seemed closer to the truth than the previous ones, at least it was not rejected by the technology.

For the Institute of Research and Development, Chief Engineer Gao’s suggestion that the instability or control system disorder caused by the thin atmosphere is their primary concern.

"Chief Engineer Gao, thank you so much. With your guidance, we feel the direction has become clearer. We will immediately conduct theoretical calculations and verifications." Especially under the premise that it is clear that the flight control system does not have much redundancy in the tail wing, the possibility of the problem being caused by the thin atmosphere is extremely high.

Chief Engineer Gao's ability is undeniable. No one has ever been to the snowy plateau. Apart from the data, no one knows the actual feeling of the thin air there. But a bunch of people just can't think of such a possibility, but Chief Engineer Gao just heard me say this on the phone and immediately thought of it.

After hanging up the phone, Mr. Li and his team immediately began to collect local information, focusing on flight control, and started calculations and verifications.

"Mr. Li, we've figured it out!" With the help of computers, they were very quick.

"how is the situation?"

The comrade from the flight control department was full of admiration: "According to the local air pressure and atmospheric data provided by the comrades in the front, theoretical calculations show that there are indeed some problems with stability and flight control, which may very likely lead to flight instability."

An expert can tell whether it is good or not with just one look. Chief Engineer Gao solved the problem without even looking at it. So what are you still standing there for? Fix it!

While everyone was busy with their respective responsibilities, the foreign affairs department and the engineering corps had already reported the matter to the leader.

"I have never figured out what is going on in the minds of the Sindhu people. This time they are stretching their hands too far! It's good to beat them! It's good to beat them! When necessary, we will teach them a lesson." The chief couldn't say that he was happy, but he was relieved.

This matter is different from the major achievements, major developments and outstanding results we have achieved at home. If others keep harassing us, we will definitely not be happy and it will be very annoying.

However, the leaders were still relieved that they could cut off their outstretched hands cleanly and thoroughly. Moreover, this time, unlike the friction, pulling and encroachment on the border, their hands were too long and too far, and it was necessary to teach them a lesson, just like the victory at Yamaguchi last year.

"Chief, what do you think about this matter? Should we make a public protest?" asked a comrade from the foreign affairs department.

"Protest? No! We have already won the battle, why should we protest? We should condemn them. We won this small battle, so let's see how they will argue and whether they will admit it. Listen to their words and observe their actions. The more you see, the better you will know how to deal with them. In addition, the comrades who were involved in this battle should be commended. We should commend them well."

Yes, it’s not appropriate to protest after so many people have been killed. Condemnation is the best.

"Chief, if you want to commend someone, why not just give this new weapon a name. This is the first time that a plane has been shot down with a portable air defense missile. It's also the first portable air defense missile that has been put into practical use." The leader of the Defense Work Committee who accompanied the report suggested that at this point, other countries should not even mention combat examples, and it was still unclear whether they had portable air defense missiles.

"Well, okay, I'll come up with one, let me think about it..." The first combat example of the world's first practical portable air defense missile made the leader very excited.

"There is a line in a poem, 'Today I have a long tassel in my hand, when will I be able to tie up the blue dragon?' So let's call it a long tassel."

The chief thought very quickly and very pertinently.

"Okay, this is a good name!" The leaders of the Defense Work Committee praised it unanimously, perhaps because they were thinking of their own ups and downs in poetry writing skills.

The next morning, Gao Zhendong saw the report in the Daily News.

The first part condemns the Sindhu government for sending helicopters and armed personnel to intrude into our airspace and hinterland, and the second part summarizes the results of the air defense operation, as well as evidence photos. By the way, the crashed plane was not brought down. Instead, it was the No. 2 plane that was more scattered and did not burn as badly as the No. 1 and No. 3 planes. The scattered wreckage and corpses provided more evidence that these helicopters were from Sindhu.

After all, some detailed evidence is not so easy to cover up, and if it is not burned completely, some can still be collected.

To be honest, after reading the report, Gao Zhendong still admired the soldiers who counted the results of the battle. He had no idea from the photos how many people were in the two downed helicopters. They were burnt black and charred, which really made it difficult for our soldiers.

I guess they were counted in sacks.

We also very humanely pointed out in the report that in the spirit of humanitarianism, we have collected and buried the remains of the other side's dead personnel, and hope that the other side will realize their mistakes and not make them again, and come to retrieve the ashes in time. As for the wreckage of equipment, I'm sorry, it's useless for you to take it back, and places like the Military Museum are where they belong.

(End of this chapter)