The Great Power's Industrial Might

The shipbuilders have finally started working on naval vessels! However, it's hoped that the overall design will be more reasonable. Early versions of the Type 052 destroyer were found to lack redundancy during upgrades, with many pieces of equipment unable to be replaced – a real shame.

Honestly, even if you traveled back in time and brought back the complete design data for American aircraft carriers, what good would it be? China has no shortage of designers, but the crucial problem is that materials science is substandard, and the processing technology and equipment are lacking. What good are designers then?

The problem with warship design is not a lack of designers, but a lack of materials science. If the materials are good enough, even a poor design can work, but if the materials are bad, even the best design will be useless.

Bringing back to 1983? That means the protagonist is actually in his 50s or 60s, right? And a ship designer is practically a veteran Party member! Is this all the awareness they have?! They still think, "The tallest tree in the forest catches the most wind." If the country is full of people like this, what kind of development can it achieve?!

What do you think naval research is? If you want to drive a country's development, you need to be an expert in mechanical power, naval vessels, materials science, mathematics, physics, and dynamics—and each of those categories has several subcategories 😁. You want to lead China to greater progress?

The military industry was shut down in the 1980s; there was money to import cars but not to invest in military projects.

I hope the author will revise the part about making money. It feels really unreasonable. If you said it was an ordinary person, it would be fine, but the protagonist is not an ordinary person. He is a designer, and a designer in an important department. Not to mention the US dollars of dubious origin, he also contacted foreigners without authorization while abroad. It is impossible for the national security department not to call him in for questioning.

I read one chapter, but it's not my cup of tea... China has never lacked excellent designers. What it lacks is basic industry. What kind of ship can you design without qualified steelworkers? What can you design if the gas turbines aren't up to par? Can you assemble an aircraft carrier from a pile of building blocks?

I don't understand why so many industrial fiction novels like to set the protagonist as a low-level employee. They seem afraid to be like the protagonist in this book, timid and hesitant, afraid of standing out. If they're afraid, why not transmigrate into a mid-level employee? This book simply copied the original. Many readers have pointed out technical issues, which is understandable.

The process of watching it was incredibly awkward! 😰 In the 1980s, anyone involved in the military industry who dared to privately contact foreigners and trade technical data was basically doomed! No matter what the technology was!