Chapter 9: Do you have any idea how I've spent these past five months?

At this moment, only one thought occupied Professor Li’s mind.

This kid has conquered both major problems? That’s impossible, right?

Before Professor Li could react, Professor Huang patted the second box and said, “Professor Li, the designs and ideas regarding the radar area air defense system in this second box are quite good. You should take a look.”

In the 956E research project, Professor Li was the one in charge of the radar division.

Hearing this, he immediately turned his gaze to the second box.

He picked up a blueprint at random and had only flipped through it for a few seconds when his eyes suddenly narrowed. He felt a sense of familiarity.

It looked a bit like the ‘Fregat-MAE’ air situation awareness radar.

Filled with doubt, he quickly grabbed several more blueprints.

The more he looked, the deeper the shock on his face became.

The radar structure drawn on the blueprints was surprisingly similar to the radar on the 956E that he was currently struggling to overcome!

He even saw the latest progress that he and his team had made on the blueprints!

Beyond that, there were many other aspects still under development, yet they were all already drawn out on the paper, with the calculation processes even noted in the corners.

“This…”

“Professor Li, what’s wrong?”

Seeing Professor Li’s expression, Professor Huang was startled.

I asked you to see how the design was, why do you look like you’ve just seen a monster?

“This is the ‘Fregat-MAE’!” Professor Li exclaimed excitedly.

“What?”

Senior Colonel Zhang was surprised.

He had heard of the ‘Fregat-MAE’; it was a very powerful radar system on the 956E used for area air defense!

It was far superior to the point-defense radar equipped on their own warships!

He quickly leaned in to take a closer look.

“This really is the ‘Fregat-MAE’!”

Turning his head to look at Su Dingping, he asked, “Student Su, did you design this yourself?”

“Reporting to Senior Colonel Zhang, yes, I did.”

Senior Colonel Zhang gasped, then looked at Professor Li. “Professor Li, what about your side?”

“Don’t ask, this is classified!”

Although Professor Li didn’t give a clear answer, he understood the subtext: the 335 Research Institute hadn’t conquered it yet!

“Dingping.”

Professor Li subconsciously grew more familiar.

“We were also researching the Midas microwave formula, but we encountered many problems. For example, during the microwave mapping process… how did you solve this?”

“And why is the Loris theory ineffective in practice? We previously inferred…”

He asked several extremely difficult questions in a row.

Professor Huang quickly stopped him, winking as he said, “Professor Li, don’t be so impatient. Aren’t there still two more boxes?”

Professor Li suddenly realized.

The setting wasn’t right; he shouldn’t be asking things he wasn’t supposed to.

Professor Li reluctantly put down the design blueprints in his hand, looked at Su Dingping, and said in a friendly tone, “Dingping, let’s continue.”

Su Dingping took out the design blueprints from the fourth box and handed them over.

“Professor Li, this is the warship command system I designed!”

“The command systems on the warships currently in service in our navy are all decentralized. The artillery, missiles, torpedoes, and radar are all managed separately.”

“I’ve connected all the systems together, using unified coordination and command…”

Before Su Dingping could even finish, Professor Li snatched them away, while Professor Huang and Senior Colonel Zhang crowded around simultaneously.

“And this, this is…”

Looking at the designs, Professor Li wanted to ask questions many times, but he held himself back.

These were all core technologies that needed to be conquered!

He had too many questions in his heart!

But it wasn’t convenient to ask right now, and it was driving him crazy.

“These are all treasures!”

Professor Li’s mind was in turmoil. These five boxes of blueprints were of immense help to their research.

The sum of their efforts over five months of hard work didn’t even compare to the value of these five boxes of blueprints.

As his gaze fell on Su Dingping, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

These five boxes of blueprints must be taken to the research institute!

Su Dingping must also be taken to the research institute!

But competing for him against the National Defense Armament Department and the Naval Equipment Demonstration and Research Center would likely be tricky.

The value of the five boxes of blueprints was immense and immeasurable! Professor Huang and Senior Colonel Zhang were both well aware of this.

They were even more aware that if all of this was created by Su Dingping alone, then Su Dingping’s value was even greater!

The value of one person alone exceeded that of an entire research institute!

If they could bring such a talent back, they would wake up laughing in their dreams.

The three of them exchanged glances, each seeing the other’s intentions.

When they arrived at Harbin Institute of Technology, the three were laughing and chatting. Now, less than a few hours later, they were all secretly guarding against each other, preparing to snatch the talent.

*Cough—*

Su Dingping gave a light cough, interrupting their contemplation.

“Three examiners, I have already built the relevant model. Could you please help me evaluate it?”

“What? You’ve already built the model!”

This news made the heads of the three men buzz.

“Where? Quick, quick, take us to see it.”

The three of them couldn’t sit still anymore.

“It’s in the laboratory’s private office.”

As he spoke, Su Dingping led the three of them toward the office.

Zhao Haikuo and the others in their seats exchanged glances, filled with curiosity, and subconsciously followed.

*Click—*

Su Dingping opened the office door.

Before the three of them could even enter, they were stunned by the scene inside.

The large office was packed to the brim.

The surroundings were piled high with blueprints used for design, and in the center of the room, a massive model about 5 meters long and less than 1 meter wide sat at an angle.

Beside the model, there were many large components that hadn’t been installed yet.

The moment he saw it, Professor Huang was merely amazed by the model’s exquisite detail, but Senior Colonel Zhang felt a sense of familiarity.

But Professor Li was different; he recognized it immediately.

This was the 956E he had been studying for five months!

“Dingping, this…”

Su Dingping scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. “Time was too tight, so it’s not fully assembled yet. However, I scaled everything down proportionally, so there are absolutely no problems with the details.”

“I’m not talking about that!”

Professor Huang was confused. “What’s wrong, Professor Li? Isn’t it just a model? Is there any need to make such a fuss?”

“This is the 956E!”

“What! This is the 956E?”

Senior Colonel Zhang also recognized it and nodded heavily.

Professor Huang was dumbfounded.

If nuclear submarines were the navy’s trump card, then the 956E was the navy’s heavy weapon!

When the 956E first arrived, the National Defense Armament Department had sent experts over. But those who returned, without exception, shook their heads and sighed.

Clearly, conquering the core modern technologies on the 956E was extremely difficult!

The 956E couldn’t be dismantled, so it was hard to know exactly what was inside! Without internal details, the difficulty of conquering the core technology was immense!

Yet now, he was seeing a 956E model right here!

Professor Li asked tremblingly, “Student Su, you… you managed to figure out the 956E?”

“I’m not sure either. This is just something I deduced based on some clues and my own understanding,” Su Dingping explained.

“A while ago, Professor Zhang showed us photos of the 956E, and later I looked up some information. I discovered that our first batch of warships were all derived from the Soviet Union.”

“So I studied those warships, and after fully grasping their technology, I reverse-engineered the Soviet warship technology, then combined it with relevant information about the 956E to project the possible evolution of these technologies in the future…”

“Because time was so tight, it’s currently only at the model stage…”

As soon as these words were spoken, the three people present were collectively stunned.

Five months, you caused such a huge stir, and you still think time was too tight?

Professor Li felt like crying.

Do you know how I spent these past five months!