Li He spoke for about ten minutes, trying his best to say what he knew or guessed. He then picked up his teacup and took a big gulp of tea. He then looked at the two of them who were deep in thought.
Qi Gongxun pondered. "According to you, the biggest gap between us and the US is precision guidance?"
"Like laser guidance, television guidance, infrared guidance, and composite guidance, including phased array radar, high-energy lasers, and infrared imaging technology, we are twenty years behind the US."
Li He nodded and did not deny it.
The overall level of China's missiles was not bad, but the gap between China and the US could not be made up for with one or two weapons. It was a confrontation between systems. No matter how advanced a weapon was, it needed to be used in a system.
China's electronics industry was very weak. Their precision guidance technology only caught up after the Red Flag 9.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, right?" Guo Dong was a little unconvinced.
Li He smiled. "It's better not to deceive ourselves. There's no harm in comparison, but we still have to compare. The US has long used the military global positioning system. Its GPS accuracy is 9 to 12 meters, and it's not affected by weather or battlefield conditions. We can't do it now! What about us? The flight path is still an algebraic parabola!
If we simply rely on the original missile design principle and carry out further research, we won't succeed no matter what. The inertial flight principle is far from meeting the current military needs. "
China's North Star system is still in its mother's womb.
Qi Gongxun explained, "We've been researching laser guidance since the 1970s, and it was very effective in the counterattack against Vietnam. Do you have any suggestions? "
"Of course, we should first develop missile defense technology based on terminal correction, strengthen basic research and preliminary research, strengthen the overall system, multi-mode sensors, real-time signal processing, and other aspects of research. What else is there to say? "
He spoke resolutely and decisively.
The current domestic technology in this area was secondary, and the key research was still a blank slate. Li He was a little anxious. If they really started after 2000, it would be a little too late.
The few of them unconsciously chatted more and more. In the end, Guo Dong sighed. "I don't dare to see you anymore."
"Why?" Li He was puzzled.
"You're still asking why?" Qi Gongxun said angrily, "Every time I finally have some confidence, it's almost gone because of you. I deserve to be abused by you."
Li He laughed heartily. "We have to follow the principle of seeking truth from facts!"
When the old lady came back from buying groceries, it was almost lunchtime. Li He tried to persuade them to stay, but Guo Dong and his wife were still stubborn. He gave them two cartons of cigarettes, but they still refused.
"Not taking a single needle or thread from the masses. Good job."
Guo Dong smiled and said, "We don't accept handouts."
"Then I'll put it on the table. Take it yourself."
"That's more like it." Qi Gongxun unceremoniously stuffed it into his bag. Before he left, he said, "There are two theater tickets. I'll send them to you in two days. Please watch the show."
"That would be great."
Li He walked them to the door.
As soon as he returned to his room, he received a call from Professor Wu. Professor Wu had agreed to a time for his speech.
After that, he did not do anything else in the afternoon. He focused on sorting out his lesson plans and put together a speech that could last for an hour.
He initially thought that the audience would only be students, but on the day of the speech, there was a sea of people. There were more than 1,000 people in the North Building Auditorium. Most of them were students, but there were also people from other schools like Liu Lenovo, Zhang Shulin, and Zhang Weisheng. There were at least a dozen of them. He even noticed that Qi Gongxun and Guo Dong were among them. He did not know how they got the news!
When he saw Zhang Shusheng, who was hugging her arms and smiling, he laughed. She had put on weight and even her belly was big!
He had to supervise her. His goddess had become a dinosaur. It was simply unbecoming!
By the time he finished exchanging greetings with the leaders and acquaintances, the host on the stage had already set up the atmosphere, so he walked up to the podium.
The audience applauded.
"Thank you, everyone. I did not expect you to be so enthusiastic." Li He waited for the applause to die down before he continued. "Two months ago, when Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao visited China, he had just given a speech here. I wanted to come at that time, but it was said that the internal security was very strict, so I did not have the chance to come." Li He was purely lying. In fact, he did not want to come.
At the beginning of his speech, he quoted the French philosopher Diderot. "Those Asians have a long and rich civilization. They are rich in art, intelligence, and strategy. Their understanding of philosophy and their judgment are comparable to the achievements of the most civilized people in Europe."
"This sentence is a compliment to the Chinese. In fact, I think it is a very good compliment. Although we have gone through a lot of hardships, we have finally stood up.
Especially in the past decade or so after the reform and opening up, we have made many achievements that have attracted the attention of the world, in politics, culture, science, and especially in the economy. The economy has been growing at a steady rate of more than 10% every year, which is very remarkable.
However, there is one thing that I want to say, and it is also what I feel the most recently, and that is that we do not have confidence in ourselves.
China in the 20th century is in the cultural field composed of traditional Chinese culture and modern European and American cultural factors.
Moreover, the disparity between the low status of Chinese culture and the high status of Western culture has caused us to form a special sense of inferiority.
After the reform and opening up, things like structuralism, existentialism, post-modernism, deconstruction, and so on are like a surging tide, rushing into our cultural and ideological field unstoppably. Just as China's economic reform is eager to integrate with the Western economy, the psychological balance of most people today is obviously tilted towards the Western side of the culture … "
Li He paused for a moment. The audience did not applaud.
Because his speech was completely different from what everyone had expected!
Hey, brother, are you kidding me?!
They did not expect Li He to actually give a serious speech!
People were more concerned about him being a tycoon, an entrepreneur, and a money-making reputation. Who cared about his reputation as a professor!
Now everyone wanted to hear how he got rich first!
Only a few people were listening attentively, and they thought that it was real news.
Fine!
Li He shook his head helplessly. The script was useless, and people did not like it. It was useless to say more, but it did not matter. He was good at making something out of nothing.
He recited the content he had just read according to the script and finished it easily. Then he quickly changed the topic.
"Everyone must have heard people say that China makes are not good. For example, the Walkman, everyone only thinks that Japanese Sony and Toshiba are good. This car is definitely better than Japanese and American. Also, fridges, washing machines, everyone must think that foreign products are better. This is the truth, and I do not deny it. But there is a domestic product that everyone will definitely like. "
Li He kicked the original script into his pocket, and took out a stack of new bills.
The audience burst into laughter. This was exactly what they wanted to hear.
Li He raised the bills high. "It must be often out of stock."
The audience laughed again.
Li He cursed in his heart!
Vulgar!
Vulgar!
Why are there so many vulgar people!
What a waste of his hard work on the script!
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