Chapter 923: It's no longer a terminal illness, don't scare yourself

Yes... to you!

The comrade who was working on the missiles almost vomited blood.

The rest is easy?

What you are talking about happens to be one of the most complicated ones!

A gyroscope that is precise enough and small enough is just like the ultra-high-energy solid propellant mentioned earlier, which has already shown signs of being solved. They are both fundamental and unavoidable problems.

But if you think about it, it is not surprising that this comrade said such a thing. Comrades who are extremely outstanding in their own professional fields may not be able to appreciate the difficulties when looking at other professions and may think things are simple. This is understandable.

You can’t blame others, you can’t blame others.

The leader of the Defense Work Committee seemed to remember something. He seemed to remember that Gao Zhendong had something related to this, but it had been a long time.

This guy has a lot of mysterious things on his hands, and the span is inconsistent. It is very difficult to sort out the topics he is working on at once, especially when the origins of these topics are not tasks assigned by any unit, but projects that others have done themselves, it is even more difficult to remember.

So when the comrades working on missiles were trying to find excuses to justify Gao Zhendong's "big talk" in their hearts, they heard the leader of the Defense Work Committee ask a question that made him extremely happy.

"Do you have any ideas there?"

This is incredible. The comrade on the opposite side may be very outstanding in chemistry, but the gyroscope is a completely physical thing. Is the leader a little desperate and trying all kinds of methods?
Unexpectedly, the answer from the other side made the comrade working on missiles excited: "Yes, leader, you should remember that a long time ago, we launched a basic research project..."

No, you actually have it? And you activated it a long time ago?
The comrades working on missiles were extremely excited. Just when they wanted to hear what the research project was about, the leader of the Defense Work Committee suddenly interrupted them.

"Stop! Stop! Just tell me the general situation. You don't need to mention the specific project names. If there is any need, a comrade will come back to find you."

This sounded very disappointing, but it made the other comrades feel relieved. It seemed that this thing could work!
If this matter is completely unreliable, then the Defense Work Committee will definitely not have this attitude. It is just bragging. Let's all listen together. On the contrary, if it is a truly reliable topic, their attitude will be so cautious.

Although I have no idea how this comrade could make the big leap from organic chemistry to physics, it's good to have a chance.

"Well, okay. Let me think about how to put it... Let's put it this way. We are researching a gyroscope. The single unit is a triangle with a base length of no more than 25cm and a thickness of no more than 8cm, but the sensitivity and accuracy can reach..."

Amid the expectant looks of the comrades working on missiles, a few numbers came through the phone.

The comrades who were working on missiles were dumbfounded. Although the sensitivity and accuracy sounded high, they might be able to be slowly improved through some means. However, it was simply a fantasy to achieve such high parameters in a single 25cm triangular disk.

Really, that's how they feel now, a fantasy.

This is fucking unscientific!

No matter how good-tempered or civilized they are, they start to swear in their hearts.

However, the other party obviously did not stop to shock them, but continued: "...The gyroscope state establishment time does not exceed 5 seconds..."

5 seconds? This is even more ridiculous. For a large, high-precision gyroscope, this preparation time is not even enough for the gyroscope to reach the working rotation speed, let alone establish the state.

He looked at the leaders of the Defense Work Committee, wanting to see what their attitude was towards this super-large satellite.

Unexpectedly, the leader of the Defense Work Committee also looked at him and asked, "Are these parameters sufficient for you?"

The defenseless comrades will not be bullied. No, do you really believe this?

"It's enough, absolutely enough, very enough. With these parameters, I can guarantee that the accuracy can be compressed to within 500 or even 300 meters. The problem is that this thing doesn't sound reliable. Leader, it is impossible to achieve these parameters combined together. Even some of the parameters taken separately are already fantasy."

Gao Zhendong heard what the other party said, but he didn't care at all. He knew how outrageous the parameters and numbers he just said would be in the eyes of others.

Laser gyroscopes are completely different from traditional gyroscopes. It is normal for others not to believe in them, but it is abnormal for those who do believe in them.

For example, the leader of the Defense Work Committee is not very normal, but he really believes it.

The main reason for his abnormality is that Gao Zhendong himself is abnormal.

Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. The leaders of the National Defense Working Committee have spent half their lives in the military and have experienced countless things, so they are very clear about this principle.

"What's the progress now?" He turned around and asked Gao Zhendong on the phone.

Gao Zhendong rarely used the words "long time ago", which showed that this thing was difficult and he took it very seriously. Comrade Zhendong planned everything and laid the ambush long beforehand. He did it so long in advance. To say that he didn't prepare for this day? The leaders of the Defense Work Committee didn't believe it.

However, the "long time ago" that Gao Zhendong mentioned would not seem too long to ordinary people, as his sense of time was a bit impatient.

To make such a heavy machine, let alone one or two years, even ten or eight years can be considered fast.

Sure enough, Gao Zhendong’s answer was very confident, and it felt like it lived up to his words “a long time ago”.

"Well, the progress is very good. There are no technical problems now, and we are still polishing the details."

The laser gyroscope started to be developed as early as the programmable switching system. During the process, comrades from the original research institute came to Gao Zhendong many times, and the problems found during the research were also solved one by one by Gao Zhendong during these communications.

So Gao Zhendong was very confident when he said this.

"That's great!" The comrades working on missiles were in high spirits.

It is solid and has an accuracy of at least 300-500 meters. If this thing can be developed, it can be said that some not-so-good ideas from abroad can be nipped in the bud.

The production, storage, transportation and use of solid ballistic missiles have been greatly improved compared to liquid missiles.

All comrades know this truth. Not to mention the distant past, the Defense Work Committee knows that the liquid anti-ship missiles imitating 544 are much more convenient than the latest solid anti-ship missiles, while the anti-ship effectiveness is basically the same.

"Okay, then we'll use the existing technology while waiting for your new gyroscope." It is still necessary to walk on two legs.
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In an infectious disease hospital in Beijing, a thin, haggard patient wearing a cotton mask was coughing violently while anxiously waiting for the test results. Behind him, a middle-aged woman with an anxious look on her face was supporting him.

The doctor wearing a mask took the test results brought by the patient from the X-ray room and hung them on the light box. This kind of white light box was much less common in large hospitals later, but for quite a long time, it was a must-have in almost every consulting room.

The function is very simple. By hanging the film on the light box, you can better observe the medical images.

There were no such things as CT scans back then, and the main thing was to look at X-rays.

The doctor frowned slightly and looked at the X-ray film on the light box. Unlike later generations, they now did not have full-time imaging diagnostic doctors, and the X-rays were read by the doctors themselves.

Almost as soon as he glanced at it, he made it clear: "Well, you have tuberculosis."

"tuberculosis?"

"Well, it used to be called tuberculosis."

If tuberculosis is a new term for ordinary people these days, then "pulmonary consumption" is easy to understand.

The patient started coughing violently and seemed to want to say something but couldn't utter it for a moment, but his eyes were filled with despair.

The middle-aged woman who was supporting him from behind collapsed visibly and sat on the ground uncontrollably.

"Doctor, could you have made a mistake? He can't get this disease. If he dies, our whole family won't be able to survive." Tuberculosis is a terminal illness that has been around for thousands of years.

As long as the man is still alive, whether he can work or not, there will always be a guarantee at his unit. If I do some odd jobs, and the family squeezes together and saves, I can always get by even if life is tight. The most important thing is that the whole family is still there.

If her man was gone, she couldn't imagine how she would go on with her life.

"No mistake. These are obvious imaging features of tuberculosis. Look here, here, and this. These are the results of sputum culture, which also proves that it is tuberculosis."

The doctor pointed to another piece of paper they had brought with them and spoke in a warm tone, but the words sounded extremely cold to the patient.

The woman couldn't help but burst into tears. She saw that their lives had gotten better over the years, but her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Thinking of the elderly and children at home, the couple couldn't help but feel sad.

"Don't cry, don't cry. Why are you crying like this?" The doctor waved his hands quickly, signaling them not to worry.

"Doctor, I know this disease, there is no cure. Just tell me, how many years do I have left to work basically normally?" The course of tuberculosis is relatively slow.

Although I heard that technology is much better now than before, bedridden is almost an inevitable result, and there is no guarantee that the patient can be saved in the end.

He didn't want that. He just wanted to know how much time he had and how much money he could try his best to prepare for his family.

The doctor waved his hands and said, "Don't scare yourself. If you think like this, you will make yourself sick even if you don't have any disease. Don't scare yourself to death when the disease doesn't really affect you. Don't be afraid. There is a way to cure it now. It's very effective. As long as your luck is not too bad, there is a good chance that you will be cured."

(End of this chapter)