Chapter 1036 Travel at public expense
The convening of a conference in the capital city was belated in terms of timing, but as for the matter itself, it can almost be considered settled now.

A commendation meeting for emergency rescue and disaster relief work at that large reservoir.

However, contrary to the expectations of many comrades in the water conservancy department, Gao Zhendong himself did not attend the conference. Instead, those who worked with him, including Fang Yinghong from the Third Branch, the technicians on duty of the dam safety monitoring system, and a group of eighth-level fitters from the 17th Machine Department, all attended the conference.

Senior personnel in the water conservancy department all knew the reason why Gao Zhendong did not come.

The situation is urgent and you need to transfer people. For the safety of people’s lives and property, my Defense Work Committee will not say anything. But you even asked him to come to this kind of commendation meeting. Then I have something to say about my confidentiality review.

What is important is what role he played. As for what kind of recognition he received, this is not important. Does Comrade Zhendong still lack this opportunity to show off his talents in public?

However, the certificate was still delivered to Gao Zhendong, “Advanced Individual in 63.1 Disaster Rescue and Relief”. It was very simple, anyone who was ranked was an advanced individual, regardless of size.

To be honest, although Gao Zhendong has many books and numerous awards, he likes and values ​​this advanced individual very much.

He knew that this kind of award might not be too much for him, but he was very happy to be able to fully play his role in such incidents and receive such high evaluation. This meant that he directly or indirectly saved a lot of people’s property and even lives.

Touching the matching medal, he felt extremely happy.

When Gao Zhendong got off work, he saw Fang Yinghong and others riding their bikes home with a lot of stuff. When they passed by Gao Zhendong’s car, she smiled and joked to Gao Zhendong: “Thank you for the opportunity, Mr. Gao. Come on, I’ll give you some.”

Gao Zhendong pretended to take it, and his comrades quickly hung the prize on the car, pedaled and drove away. “We’re just showing it to you, why did you take it seriously?”

Looking at his comrades walking away, Gao Zhendong smiled even more happily.
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As soon as this matter was completed, Gao Zhendong received a notice from the Defense Work Committee asking him to attend an acceptance meeting.

The place was a bit far away, in Haijiao City, Tianya Province, which surprised Gao Zhendong greatly.

Fortunately, I can now leave home for 60 days, otherwise it would be hard to say whether the time is enough.

Tianya Island Haijiao City, is this an acceptance inspection?

This time, we didn’t use a flying tractor to fly there. Instead, we took a train from Beijing and then took a plane to eastern Guangdong.

At this time, Tianya Island was still a regional administrative unit in eastern Guangdong Province.

The reason for this is probably because the distance from Beijing to the airport by flying tractor is too far. With the speed of this vehicle, plus the hassle of refueling, it is better to take the train, at least it is safer.

With the current speed of trains, unless there is an accident on the bridge, there will probably not be serious consequences.

Gao Zhendong was shaken on the train for several days. Fortunately, it was a soft sleeper, so it was not really uncomfortable. The comrades on the railway did a very good job.

In fact, the one who suffered the most in this matter was not him, but the Shu Province Mining and Metallurgy Department and Teacher Gan from Jincheng University who were about to rush to the capital. They had to wait for Gao Zhendong to come back in the capital.

When Gao Zhendong finally arrived at the Haijiao City Naval Base on Tianya Island, he looked around with a little curiosity.

At that time, this place was not yet the tourist destination it would become in the future. It looked like it was not developed at all, and it was even a little short of being normal. After all, it was too far away from the central area.

But the naval port and the seaplane base next to it are very new. It can be seen that the navy and air force have invested heavily here in recent years.

“Hello, Comrade Zhendong. How are you? Are you interested in swimming a few laps in the sea?” A naval comrade had met Gao Zhendong at various meetings. He was an old meeting partner of Gao Zhendong in the navy and was very enthusiastic to see Gao Zhendong.

Then, he was asked to go aside by two comrades. What are you doing making trouble for?

In the military port of Haijiao City, Gao Zhendong saw the object of this acceptance.

——The two slender, large missile frigates floating in the military port.

Gao Zhendong looked at this thing, feeling extremely confused.

You said this thing is for inspection and acceptance, why did you ask me to come here?
As a new type of combat equipment, these two items have not yet been officially finalized and still require a final appraisal. The reason why there are already several of them now is because of the needs of the struggle and the increase in the output of the test batch. There are two here and there are several more at other bases.

This time, Gao Zhendong and others were asked to come here to get a birth certificate and health certificate for this guy.

This kind of thing is very common in the development of our navy. Our first two shield ships had a very long trial period. Then, when they were satisfied, we urgently added another batch, and finally the D model was put into production. But this is what Gao Zhendong couldn’t understand. He didn’t need to issue a birth certificate and a health certificate for this thing himself!
Gao Zhendong actually doesn’t play much of a role here. His role is in the early planning and formulation of technical routes. As for acceptance, he is actually not needed.

This trip was like a fucking funded tour, Gao Zhendong complained a lot in his mind.

What he didn’t expect was that his complaint was actually correct. He came here on a public-funded tour, and it was arranged jointly by multiple departments. Taking advantage of the fact that he was awarded the title of Scientific Committee member, several ministries got together to settle the accounts.

No, I don’t know. The couple was shocked. No, this kid needs to rest.

If the Defense Work Committee had the most comprehensive understanding of his work, even they did not know all the details. After checking the accounts, they found that, wow, this guy’s workload was a bit too inhumane.

So several ministries and commissions discussed it together, and the Defense Work Committee thought that it was just right. In the recent incident, a large missile frigate quickly attacked under an emergency situation, leading the formation and running hundreds of kilometers at top speed almost the entire time, but there was no malfunction that affected the execution of the mission.

There were some minor problems, but the naval comrades were extremely satisfied. With equipment these days, as long as there are no malfunctions that affect the mission, minor problems are nothing, as they happen all the time.

This has nothing to do with the maintenance status of comrades. It is purely innate. Problems may occur no matter how well you maintain yourself.

So after this incident, this large escort boat successfully rescued the enemy and their bodies back to Jiuxing Island in Xijiao, which has already provided the best demonstration of its performance and reliability. Why are we hesitating if it is not accepted and put into mass production right away?

It was just right, so let’s send Comrade Gao Zhendong on a business trip! So Gao Zhendong was sent here without hesitation.

However, although Gao Zhendong complained like this, when it comes back to the escort boat itself, it is indeed something worth being happy about.

This boat reminded Gao Zhendong of the Huangshui battleship that had undergone modernization improvements. For a veteran military fan, how happy would he be to have a replica of the Huangshui battleship in the 60s?
Therefore, Gao Zhendong remained in high spirits throughout the entire acceptance meeting.

What’s the old saying?

Gao Zhendong was meticulous in the whole process of observation, verification and questioning. He found the most interesting thing to be that the navy was really short of firepower and fear, so they actually retained two 450mm torpedo tubes on this boat.

It’s better to keep it. The comrades in the navy should understand the complexity of the struggle against the enemy at this time better than I do, and they must be more clear about such details than I am.

The first day was mainly for observation, which included going out to sea with the boat, watching report performances, etc. The navy did everything that was supposed to be done.

The entire acceptance work was not arranged tightly. Even the observation work on the first day only lasted for most of the day. According to the explanation from the navy, this was mainly because some of the experts were not from the navy, and seasickness could cost them their lives during the sea observation, so they had to have sufficient rest time.

It’s true that the navy’s consideration is not unreasonable. There was indeed an expert who contributed a famous scene of vomiting on the ship. The boat was indeed designed for seaworthiness, but for comrades who are not from the navy, this seaworthiness is obviously not good enough. It can only sail, but it cannot guarantee comfort.

However, Gao Zhendong is obviously not among this group of comrades who suffer from seasickness. His strengthened body system absolutely guarantees that dealing with seasickness is a piece of cake for him.

Gao Zhendong even had the leisure to take a stroll after the first day of observation, which served to broaden his horizons and relax his mind.

What’s interesting is that although Tianya Island is not big, there is still a small railway. Gao Zhendong, who was extremely curious about this, even strolled along the railway for a while.

But later he found that there was no difference between the railway on the island and the railway on land, so he finally returned to the naval base and watched the soldiers fishing.

The navy is the navy, much stronger than the air force, and they got a lot, which can be regarded as an add-on to dinner.

The next day was for reporting and questioning, and it went very smoothly overall. After all, the frigate was made of good quality goods, and it was clearly displayed there. All indicators were fully tested, and it was obvious at a glance that the navy was very satisfied with it.

How could they not be satisfied? This boat could move around freely, and even if it encountered a large ship from Angelica Island, it could still beat the shit out of the enemy.

Gao Zhendong just asked a few trivial questions and picked out a few typos and that was it. Theoretically speaking, he was in charge of big directions like technical routes and overall plans. Things like issuing birth certificates had nothing to do with him at all. If there were any problems here, they were all details.

As the leader of the expert group, Gao Zhendong signed his name.

This team leader was not pushed to the position by force; rather, the comrades who were most familiar with this thing were all on the side that was being inspected.

When the comrades from the Ship Design Institute saw Gao Zhendong sign his name, they approached him and said, “Chief Engineer Gao, we have something else to ask you later.”

(End of this chapter)