Wang Xuexin and his party flew to Taiyuan on a C47 transport plane.
This was indeed a luxury, especially when the Eighth Route Army was short of fuel.
But there is no way, the aviation group's plane has to fly to Taiyuan, right?
The planes have all flown to Taiyuan. Wang Xuexin, the commander of the aviation regiment, has to take command, right?
And there must be someone in Taiyuan!
Wang Xuexin understood this principle, so he was not coquettish and flew to Taiyuan with the headquarters and Turing and other research and development personnel.
This trip also went through a lot of twists and turns, mainly because Turing had to bring his computer no matter what.
Good guy, that relay computer occupies more than half of the warehouse. If you take it with you, you will definitely need to send a few more transport planes.
But Turing refused to go around.
"Comrade leader!" Turing said firmly: "This is the result of our research during this period, and it is a great invention. I am planning to improve its speed and reliability. How can I just throw it away? What's more?
There are so many relays..."
"We have completed the computer upgrade, Mr. Turing!" Wang Xuexin interrupted Turing.
"Wha...what?" Turing looked in disbelief. He was stunned for a while and then shook his head and said: "This is impossible, we just completed it (referring to the relay computer) not long ago!"
Turing heard this with anticipation, disappointment, and helplessness. He looked at Qiong, who was standing aside with a similarly complicated expression, and then nodded and got on the plane with Wang Xuexin.
After arriving in Taiyuan, Turing and his team saw the tube computer as they wished.
"yes!"
More importantly, it is actually for the convenience of Wang Xuexin...
Wang Xuexin smiled and said nothing. Turing did not know that mercury delay line memory was just a transitional product.
Wang Xuexin randomly grabbed a technician who was busy and asked: "Where is your Factory Director Su?"
The research institute is located in Xinghualing District, Taiyuan, just one street away from the arsenal and only a wall away from Wang Xuexin's headquarters.
"No, no, this is nothing!" Turing understood this. After all, he was a man on whom the sun never set, and Wang Xuexin would certainly not tell him national-level military secrets.
Wang Xuexin raised his head towards the C47, which was about to take off: "How about we talk on the plane? When we get to Taiyuan, you will see the artillery detection radar and the tube computer. Then you will know that we don't need to bring the relay computer.
It has been eliminated!”
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin replied: "We are doing it simultaneously. While we are developing relay computers, we are already developing tube computers. Its speed is 1,000 times that of relay computers, safer, more reliable, and has lower power consumption!"
Wang Xuexin smiled, Su Xin couldn't sit still, she was already immersed in work not long after she arrived.
At this time, Turing and Joan were seen walking out of the laboratory.
What Wang Xuexin said was only half correct. In fact, relay computers have not been eliminated. The Eighth Route Army still wants to produce artillery detection radars based on relay computers and trade them with Yingjiang and the stubborn army.
Then Wang Xuexin added: "I'm sorry I didn't tell you before!"
"God!" Qiong looked at Wang Xuexin in shock: "How did you come up with the idea of using this method to store data?"
It’s no wonder that Turing didn’t know that artillery detection radar was a military secret, and Turing and his team were “leased” to Chinese scientists according to the contract. Of course, the sun never set, and there was no need to disclose this information to Turing.
"Gun detection radar?" Turing exclaimed: "What is that?"
Wang Xuexin didn't understand Turing's expression at this time. He thought Turing was still skeptical of tube computers.
The artillery detection radar did not see it, because the artillery detection radar has been deployed at various points on the front line to prevent the Japanese from counterattacking.
"Not only was the research and development successful, we also used it in the military!" Wang Xuexin replied: "For example, we will soon sell the artillery detection radar that the sun never sets!"
"No, let her be busy!"
In this case, why not put these institutions together to facilitate security work?
Of course, these institutions must be separated. For example, if the research institute is located in an arsenal, the personnel of various departments will be mixed together and difficult to manage, and Wang Xuexin's headquarters is no exception.
"Perfect idea, comrade leader!" Turing was so excited that he couldn't control himself: "This solves almost all the problems of paper tape storage. There is nothing better than this!"
However, he still couldn't believe that the tube computer had been invented.
Needless to say why we chose this place, first of all, it was for the convenience of confidentiality...Arsenal, research institutes, headquarters, these are highly confidential places that require absolute security. Whether they are willing or not, they all require a large number of guards to stand guard.
Watch out and wait.
Wang Xuexin is different from other commanders. He not only commands troops in combat but also engages in research and development, and his research and development is often related to military equipment.
Wang Xuexin explained the structure of the tube computer to Turing and Joan on the plane. When he talked about the mercury delay line memory, Joan couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Report to the leader!" the technician replied: "Director Su is at the arsenal. I will inform her to come..."
If these three departments were separated, Wang Xuexin would frequently travel back and forth between the three places. Now they can be grouped together to save Wang Xuexin's time as much as possible.
"You know!" Wang Xuexin replied: "We introduced radar from Yingjiang, and they used this filtering method on the radar, so I transferred it to the computer!"
Later I learned that Turing's expectation was because he wanted to see a tube computer, and his disappointment was that Wang Xuexin seemed to have no use for him and his team.
Director Su refers to Su Xin, who was transferred to the director of Taiyuan Arsenal... Her status is somewhat special, because she is also the deputy director of the research institute, and the director is Professor Su.
While Turing and others were busy observing the tube computer and testing its speed, Wang Xuexin took a stroll to visit Xiaxin Research Institute.
But this is not important, because Turing knew very well that if the tube computer could succeed, then there would be no big problem with gun detection radar.
"Is this true?" Turing asked dubiously: "Have you really succeeded in developing it?"
"What?" Wang Xuexin saw that Turing's face was not good-looking and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
"No, no, there is nothing wrong!" Turing quickly replied: "This computer is perfect. Its speed and performance in all aspects exceed my imagination. It is much better than a relay computer!"
"Then what are you..."
"Comrade leader!" Turing asked doubtfully: "You can do research and development independently without us. I want to know, what's the point of us being here?"
Wang Xuexin raised his eyebrows and replied: "Of course it makes sense, and it has great significance!"