A Big Surprise for the Whole World! You Think You're Fit to Be a Dog? (Please Keep Reading, Please Bookmark!)

Only the set of figures displayed on the PPT on the big screen could be seen.

The model aircraft that had originally resembled the F-22 had turned into a brand-new J-20 design sketch.

Not only did it use a canard aerodynamic layout, but the materials used in parts such as the canards had also been specially highlighted.

[New Ultra-High-Strength Carbon Fiber Composite Material]

Xu Qing was overjoyed. "High-strength carbon fiber composite material? You actually managed to develop this!?"

For the entire engine and fuel system project team, aside from the outdated AL-31F turbofan engine, composite materials had always been their biggest concern.

Why had the lift coefficient failed to improve all this time? Apart from poor engine performance, even the composite materials used in key components had failed to meet the required standards.

They could only use materials such as titanium alloys, which were much heavier at the same volume. This further increased the weight, making it even harder for lift to reach the designated target.

"Old Song, this isn't something to joke about!" Xu Qing stared intently at Song Qinyi and asked nervously, "How strong is this high-strength carbon fiber composite material?"

They had previously calculated that if the strength of the carbon fiber composite material met the standard, using it on the J-20 could reduce the mass of metal structures by 31.5%, reduce the mass of parts by 61.5%, and reduce the mass of fasteners by 61.3%. A composite-material vertical stabilizer could reduce mass by 32.24%!

In other words, if the 17-ton empty-weight J-20 used around 30% carbon fiber composite material, how much weight could it shed?

Not only would its lift coefficient meet the standard, its range and payload capacity could also see enormous improvements. The significance was immeasurable.

"Don't worry. Its tensile strength is expected to reach 5.5 GPa, with an elastic modulus of 295 GPa." After decisively stating those figures, Song Qinyi delivered the final verdict. "Its overall performance can match Toray's T800-grade carbon fiber composite material."

Upon hearing that—

"5.5 GPa tensile strength? That's enough. More than enough!" Xu Qing stood there in a daze, muttering to himself.

This was carbon fiber composite material at full T800 strength specifications. There would be absolutely no problem using it on the J-20.

One of his two greatest worries had been resolved so abruptly that Xu Qing felt as if he were dreaming.

Who said that without Japan's Toray high-strength carbon fiber, Great Xia would never be able to build a fifth-generation stealth fighter?

Now, hadn't they done it?

However, before Xu Qing could deliver his impassioned speech—

"Next, let's look at the following technology." Song Qinyi seemed determined not to give him any time to think as an entirely new image appeared.

"Gasp—there's more new technology?" Everyone sucked in a cold breath.

What kind of day was this? One surprise after another. No wonder they had heard magpies calling outside when they left earlier.

A set of figures appeared on the PPT screen.

[High Thrust-to-Weight Ratio Two-Dimensional Vectoring Turbofan Engine Technology.]

[Maximum military thrust: 116 kN.] (≈11.8 tons)

[Afterburning thrust: 156 kN.] (≈15.9 tons)

[Thrust-to-weight ratio: 9.2.]

In an instant, the entire conference room fell silent.

They had even developed this? They weren't dreaming, were they?

And as they looked at those figures, everyone found them increasingly strange—and increasingly familiar.

A two-dimensional vectoring engine with afterburning thrust reaching 156 kN? Even its military thrust was 116 kN!?

Why did these figures look so much like the F119 engine on the F-22 fighter jet? Even the thrust-to-weight ratio was exactly the same!

Yet these surprises and shocks were only the beginning.

[Nano Stealth Coating Technology]

[Integrated Core Processor Platform Technology for Avionics Systems.]

[Avionics Flight Control Technology.]

One technology after another appeared on the PPT.

Seeing this, several project leaders could not help muttering inwardly, First it was the F-22 fighter jet's aerodynamic layout, and now it's the F-22's engine... second-generation stealth coating technology...

Did this damn Old Song rob Eagle Sauce?

The data for every single technology was world-leading. Most absurdly, all of them were benchmarked directly against the F-22 fighter jet?

"These figures... these figures... 156 kN of afterburning thrust! Hahahaha!" Xu Qing stood there trembling all over before bursting into laughter!

Song Qinyi would never joke with him at such an important occasion.

That also meant the technologies represented by these figures were absolutely real and valid.

Though he had no idea where these technologies had come from, or where Song Qinyi had obtained engine technology that matched the F119 on the F-22 in every specification—

He did not care. He only knew that the J-20's engine problem had finally been solved.

They would no longer need to use that grandfather-era AL-31F engine. It was an engine from the early 1970s, and it had been severely holding the J-20 back.

All the project leaders present felt the same way, despite having some doubts.

But did that matter? Not in the slightest!

With the technologies above, the J-20's stealth performance, maneuverability, speed, and every other aspect of its capabilities would be greatly improved. For them, knowing that alone was enough.

"Everyone... with these new technologies, do you have the confidence to conduct the validation aircraft's maiden flight within six months?" Song Qinyi looked at them with a smile and asked a question.

"And flight-test the prototype within a year."

A validation aircraft's maiden flight in six months?

Hearing this, Xu Qing slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Old Song, as long as these technologies can be delivered, forget six months."

"Give me four months. Four months is enough to build the first twin-engine validation aircraft." His eyes revealed unwavering determination.

For a moment, voices of agreement rose throughout the conference room.

With the boost from these heaven-defying technologies, their development progress would accelerate drastically. Four months was not too difficult.

If things went optimistically, the J-20 might even enter mass-production finalization by this time next year.

Hearing this—

"Good. I'll give you four months." Song Qinyi nodded.

Four months was perfect. By then, that significant day would be close at hand.

They would strive to give the whole world something huge at that moment!

Two days later.

Across the ocean, outside LLNL National Laboratory.

Lu Ze looked around with great interest, admiring the lush scenery in the distance.

The laboratory was located in the Bay Area, right beside the world-famous Silicon Valley. The headquarters of tech giants such as Intel, Google, and Apple were all located in that small valley nearby.

This was also the "Bay Area" where Li Yijie and people like him constantly dreamed of working.

Yet unexpectedly, no matter how hard Li Yijie tried to attend Duke University's "social gatherings" and integrate into their so-called circle, he never got the slightest opportunity to come here.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze, the person they had isolated, had been deliberately transferred to this national laboratory.

Still, all he could say was that it served them right.

No matter how desperately those people groveled before Eagle Sauce, they would not even get a second glance. Eagle Sauce would probably only say to them: You think you're fit to be a dog?

However—

Standing at the entrance, Lu Ze was pondering another question.

"Once I enter the laboratory, what should I copy first?"

LLNL National Laboratory had no shortage of good things. He was almost spoiled for choice.

Although those high-level technological items were incredibly tempting, and copying them would surely earn plenty of Achievement Points later—

Lu Ze simply could not suppress the urge to give Japan a taste of something and turn it straight into the three-dimensional world.

After all, he was kindhearted. He could not let people become too engrossed in the two-dimensional world!

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