Sokov tried hard to digest the information he had just heard: Yakov was the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 14th Tank Division, which was affiliated with the 16th Army before being captured, but he was not a tank soldier, but a company commander of an anti-tank gun company.
"Misha," Yakov saw Sokov sitting on the sofa in a daze, and took the initiative to say, "I will tell you an inside story. Due to the performance of your battalion in combat, it will sooner or later be expanded from the battalion to a regiment. After becoming a regiment, you will be assigned one or two artillery companies."
Speaking of this, Yakov raised his body back and said proudly: "What kind of artillery do you need then? Just tell me, I will definitely find a way to meet your needs." He took out paper and pen from his bag, looked at Sokov with a smile, "Tell me, what artillery do you need? I'll write it down first, and after you expand from the battalion into a regiment, I will immediately equip your artillery company with these artillery."
Yakov's words opened up a new idea for Sokov. He remembered that the other party worked in the Weapons and Equipment Committee, responsible for the research and development and manufacturing of new artillery. With his care, there should be no problem if he wanted to get new artillery. However, Sokov was not interested in these artillery now. He thought of a cannon that was called a "guerrilla artifact" in his mind, which not only provided sufficient artillery support for the offensive troops in battle; at the same time, in the Battle of Stalingrad a few months later, he could shine. However, the current primary task is to get Yakov's strong help to enable this weapon to be released in advance.
Thinking of this, he took the paper and pen in Yakov's hand and quickly outlined it on the notebook with a pencil. Not long after, the cannon he remembered appeared in Yakov's notebook.
Yakov took his notebook and saw a strange cannon drawing: the cannon has twelve barrels, not four in a row, divided into three rows of upper, middle and lower, fixed on a two-wheeled chassis that can be pulled. He frowned and said, "Misha, what kind of cannon is this? Why have I never seen it before?"
If you have seen the 107 rocket launcher that will appear in more than ten years, then you will see it? Sokov sneered twice in his heart, and then explained to Yakov: "Yakov, this is a new rocket launcher I designed. How do you see?"
Yakov did not immediately express his opinion, but asked back: "Is there any advantage of this rocket launcher you designed?"
"The rocket launcher I designed, because the rocket launched is flying with the thrust of its own engine and does not require complex anti-recoil devices, the launch device structure is simple and light." Sokov, who plagiarized the achievements of later Chinese military workers, said shamelessly: "According to my idea, most parts can be decomposed and combined without tools, and it is very easy to operate and repair. In special cases, you can also use a single tube, two tube, four tube or eight tube for launch.
Due to its small size, light weight and good mobility, in addition to being pulled by jeep or mule horses, it can also be decomposed and transported by manpower, which is very suitable for our army's combat needs in forests, mountains, lakes and swamp areas."
Although Sokov was so scattering, Yakov looked careless. After Sokov finished speaking, he asked, "Misha, can I ask, why do you like rocket launchers? You must know that the accuracy of this weapon is not very good?"
"Yes, you're right." Sokov nodded and said, "Based on the experience I have gained on the battlefield, although the rockets are of poor accuracy, they have powerful firepower that can't match those of artillery. The firepower of a rocket launcher is equivalent to eight to ten times the number of artillery troops, and is a very excellent suppression and killing artillery."
Yakov stared at the drawing for a while, then asked, "Since it was designed by you, why didn't the size of each part be marked?"
"According to my opinion, the total weight of this rocket launcher must be light, and it also has the characteristics of rapid decomposition and combination. The weight of a single component after disassembly shall not exceed 30 kilograms." Sokov asked the notebook again, filling in the size of the paper while chanting a rumor: "To meet the requirements of the human back, the decomposition part has the following characteristics in terms of structural dimensions: the upper part is not the neck (easy to raise the head), the lower part is not the hip (easy to step), the wider part is not the shoulder (easy to pass), and the center of gravity is close to the body (preventing the twisting of the waist)."
When Yakov took the notebook again, his expression on his face became solemn. After carefully checking the data of the rocket launcher, he looked up at Sokov and asked: "Can this new rocket launcher use our existing rocket?"
"No." Sokov shook his head and said, "According to my idea, in order to ensure the stable flight of this kind of rocket, the turbo-rotation method should be adopted. The centerline of the rocket is deflected at a small angle. After the rocket is ignited, the gas pushes the rocket forward while pushing the rocket forward, and at the same time pushes the rocket to rotate like an ordinary rifled gun shell to ensure the stability of the rocket during flight."
After hearing this, Yakov laughed and said, "Misha, the rocket launcher you designed seems quite complicated. Even if we set up a special R&D team, it will not be able to produce it in less than a few months."
"Yakov, it's enough to be produced within half a year." Sokov was very afraid that Yakov would directly reject his request, so he quickly added: "I just said that according to my design philosophy, in special circumstances, you can also use a single tube, two tube, four tube or eight tube for launch. If necessary, you can even place the launch device directly on the ground without the need for a launch device. After aiming, you can use a few ordinary batteries and two ordinary wires or wires to launch."
"Misha, you are becoming more and more mysterious." If the person sitting opposite him was not his childhood playmate and his friend who saved his life not long ago, Yakov would have gone away long ago. How could he have such a good leisure to talk to him: "Where is there any rocket that can be launched directly without a launch device? I have never heard of it."
"If we haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean there is no." Sokov said while the iron was hot: "Yakov, think about it, if our army had such a rocket launcher and wanted to attack the German airport or logistics warehouse, we only needed to launch rockets one or two kilometers away from the target. When the enemy's search troops arrived, our army's sneak attack troops would have been transferred long ago, so that they could cause great casualties to the Germans with minimal casualties."
"Okay, Misha." Yakov was moved by Sokov's words. He nodded and said, "I will hand over your design to the People's Committee Member Comrade Ustinov to see if he is willing to adopt it."
Chapter completed!