Sidolin and Belkin never dreamed that the batch of new weapons sent by Yakov were actually designed by Sokov. Both of them stared at Sokov in surprise, trying to figure out whether this was the real thing or was Yakov joking with them.
Seeing that Yakov had already said something, Sokov did not hide it anymore. He nodded and said, "Yes, this new rocket launcher was indeed designed by me. However, I don't know how powerful it is on the battlefield. We need our soldiers to test it in battle."
"I really didn't expect that the brigade commander could invent new weapons." Although Sokov admitted that the new weapons were invented by himself, Cidolin still found it unbelievable: "This is simply incredible."
"Nothing incredible," Sokov said as if nothing had happened: "I had this idea because the troops would suffer a lot of unnecessary casualties when they attacked the German strong defensive positions without sufficient artillery cover."
"Comrade Brigade Commander," Sidolin and Sokov finished speaking, and continued to talk about his views: "I think this weapon can not only provide sufficient fire cover for infantry attacks, but also provide significant damage to the attacking enemies even when defending."
"You are right, Comrade Chief of Staff." Sokov followed Cidolin's words and continued: "In the process of development, I also considered this issue. I felt that the new rocket launcher must not be like traditional rocket launcher. It can only provide artillery cover for the troops during attack, and it should also be a weapon for defense..."
"Misha," while Sidolin and the others were busy, Yakov came to Sokov's bed and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Can I talk to you alone?"
Sokov, who was lying on the marching bed, tilted his head and looked at the busy Sidolin and Belkin. He was definitely talking to Yakov a little less, so there should be no problem. He nodded slightly and said, "Yakov, if you have anything, just say it."
"When I came, Comrade Ustinov asked me to ask you privately, do you have any new weapons recently?" After saying these two sentences, Yakov also emphasized: "The assault rifle you designed, like this new rocket launcher, in the weapons test field, has made the military workers admire it. Like Comrade Ustinov, they all want to know if you have any new ideas recently."
Yakov's words made Sokov fall into deep thought. Yes, assault rifles and 107 rocket launchers have been released in advance. What weapons should be brought out from later generations?
Seeing Sokov remained silent, Yakov thought that his voice was too small and the other party didn't hear it clearly. After all, the sound of the phone calls was too noisy, and it was normal for him to not hear it clearly. Just as he was about to ask again, Sokov had already said first: "Yakov, how do you think the power of the 107 rocket launcher?"
When Yakov heard Sokov suddenly ask about the 107mm rocket launcher, although he was not sure about his intention to ask this question, he still answered truthfully: "According to the comments of military workers, this is a great weapon. Misha, I don't understand, why did you suddenly ask about this weapon? You know, this weapon was designed by you?"
Sokov looked at Yakov and said, "By the heart, this kind of rocket launcher can hit fixed targets or concentrated large targets, and the effect will be very good. But if it is used to deal with the speeding tank, the effect will probably be greatly reduced."
"Yes, you're right." Yakov agreed with Sokov: "Even if the warriors operating rocket launchers move quickly, it takes a certain amount of time from launching the rocket to hitting the target. Even if our soldiers can calculate the advance amount, the chance of hitting the tank directly is very low. Therefore, I think using the 107 rocket launcher to hit the tank in the gallop is not worth the effort."
"Yakov, you're right." Sokov decided to launch the RPG rocket launcher several years in advance, based on the German Iron Fist-100 44mm rocket launcher, and continued to say: "If we change the rockets into individual weapons, let our soldiers carry this weapon, hide in the area where the German tanks pass, and wait for the enemy tanks to enter the range, and decisively open fire to destroy them..."
After hearing Sokov's words, Yakov said blankly: "Misha, I don't think I understand what you mean. How can this 107mm rocket launcher be changed to a single weapon?"
"Do you have paper and pen?" Sokov felt that it was hard to explain just by saying something, so he planned to draw a sketch for Yakov to show him, so that he could have a sense of it first, and then talk about how to design it.
"Some," Yakov said, then took out paper and pen from the briefcase he was carrying and was about to hand it to Sokov, but when he saw that he was lying flat on the bed, and even if he wanted to draw a picture, he quickly called a staff officer and helped Sokov to sit up halfway. After doing all this, he stuffed the paper and pen in his hand into Sokov's hand and said, "Misha, you can show me the sketch now."
Sokov originally wanted to introduce the RPG-7 rocket launcher to Yakov directly, but then he thought that whether the rocket launcher could be produced under the current industrial level is a question, so he chose the simplest RPG-2 rocket. Because his hands were a little useless, he drew the sketch that could be drawn in one or two minutes for nearly ten minutes.
When Sokov was drawing pictures, Sidorin and Belkin also finished their work and came over curiously, trying to see clearly what Sokov was drawing. After Sokov finished drawing, he handed the sketch to Yakov and said to him: "Yakov, this is my newly designed rocket launcher, which is specially used for tank shooting."
"Battlehot of the tank?" Yakov looked at the sketch in his hand and said half-doubtedly: "Misha, is this the individual anti-tank weapon you designed?"
"Yes, this is the individual weapon I designed to fight tanks, called the bazooka." Sokov nodded slightly and said in a positive tone: "The bazooka adopts the principle of open balanced projection, consisting of a launcher, sight, guard plate, grip, launch, firing mechanism, etc...."
After listening to Sokov's brief introduction, Yakov asked several of the most critical questions in succession: "Misha, I want to ask, what is the rate of fire of this weapon carried by the soldiers on their shoulders, and how far is the range? And how thick can it penetrate the tank armor?"
Fortunately, Sokov was very clear about the key data set of this rocket launcher. After hearing Yakov's question, he replied without hesitation: "According to my opinion, the rate of fire of this rocket launcher should be 4 to 6 rounds per minute, the direct range is 100 meters, and the effective range is 150 meters. As for the thickness of armor piercing, it should reach 152 to 180 mm."
After Yakov put all the data Sokov said in a sketch with expressionless face, he then asked Sokov: "Misha, do you think that with our current production level, can such anti-tank weapons be produced?"
"I think there should be no problem." Sokov thought to himself that the data I gave you were not RPG-7, and there was nothing that could not be produced, so he said firmly: "After two days, after my health improves, I will draw you three views of this kind of rocket launcher in detail to facilitate the development and development of military workers."
Yakov stared at the sketch for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll stay here for a few days anyway, so I'll wait for you to give me more detailed drawings." After that, he closed the notebook and carefully put it in his briefcase.
When Sidolin and Belkin saw that Sokov had designed a new anti-tank weapon in such a short time, they couldn't help but sigh. Sidolin also asked with admiration: "Comrade Brigade Commander, I didn't expect that you are so powerful. In addition to commanding wars, you can also design such a great weapon. I want to ask, can you design any new weapon?"
Hearing the question of Sidolin, Sokov's mind began to think quickly: "Yes, besides the assault rifle, 107mm towed rocket launcher, and the RPG-2 40mm rocket launcher that just 'designed', what other weapons can be released in this time and space in advance?"
Seeing Sokov remained silent, Cidolin said understandingly: "It's okay, comrade brigade commander, think slowly, it's not too late to tell us when you think of new weapons."
"Misha," Yakov stood up and said to Sokov: "You have a good rest first, and I will come to see you when you have time..."
Before Yakov finished speaking, Sokov suddenly thought of a weapon, and quickly called him and asked straight to the point: "Yakov, have you heard of the white phosphorus incendiary bomb?"
"White Phosphorus Inflammation Bomb?" When he heard this term, Sidolin was stunned. He instinctively turned his head to look at Belkin, wanting to get an answer from him, but he saw that the other party was also confused, so he turned his head and looked at Sokov again, wanting to hear how he explained it.
After hearing this term, Yakov was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I have heard of it. It is said that it was developed by Americans. It is an extremely dangerous and terrifying incendiary bomb. It is difficult to remove it in time if it touches the skin. The combustion temperature of white phosphorus is high, which can burn all the way to the bones, and at the same time it will produce a lot of smoke that is extremely irritating to the eyes and nose."
Yakov didn't understand why Sokov brought up this weapon, and he couldn't help but ask in wonder: "Misha, this kind of incendiary bomb has just been released and not many people know it. How did you know?"
Sidolin and the others were confused when they heard Sokov mention this term. At this moment, not many people knew about this kind of incendiary bomb, and they couldn't help but look at Sokov in confusion, trying to figure out how his comrade commander knew about this weapon.
When Sokov heard Yakov's question, he wanted to slap himself in the face. He thought to himself why his mouth was so fast that he actually spoke out the weapons that neither Su nor Germany had been equipped. Fortunately, others were smart enough and quickly replied: "Last time the Front Command was transferred, General Yeromemko and Comrade Khrushchev passed by here and talked to me, he accidentally mentioned that, so I realized that there was this new weapon."
The reason why Sokov asked Yelyemko and Khrushchev to take the blame was because he believed that Yakov could not find the two front leaders to verify the matter. After he finished speaking, Yakov and Sidolin nodded at the same time, showing a look like this on their faces. The grassroots commanders did not know about the US military's new weapons, but at the level of Yelyemko and Khrushchev, it was not surprising that they knew about this weapon.
"Misha, this white phosphorus incendiary bomb is indeed effective against the enemies in the fortifications." Yakov said thoughtfully: "But it seems that the battle to defend Stalingrad is not very effective. You must know that the enemy and our defense lines are uneven now, and when the air force drops bombs, it is very likely to throw the incendiary bombs onto their own people's heads."
The reason why Sokov mentioned the white phosphorus incendiary bomb to Yakov was not to let the incendiary bomb be of great use in the battle to defend Stalingrad. He wanted to give the other party a hint to replace the filling in the incendiary bomb, and if possible, the cloud explosion bomb was released decades ahead of schedule.
"Yakov, you also said that this kind of incendiary bomb is very effective against enemies hiding in fortifications." Sokov continued: "Although our army is now in defense, the chance of using incendiary bombs is not high. But our army cannot defend forever without attacking. Once our army turns to counterattack, this kind of incendiary bomb can be used for a big purpose."
"It makes sense, it makes sense." Yakov heard Sokov say this, and took the paper and pen out of his briefcase, looked at Sokov and asked, "Misha, tell me what you think. With my knowledge of you, you will never raise any incendiary bomb for no reason, you must have your thoughts."
"Yakov, this is how I thought about it." After a brief thought, Sokov felt that it would be too shocking to launch a cloud bomb at this time. Moreover, with the current industrial level of the Soviet Union, it might not be able to be produced at all. So he settled for the second best and decided to let Yakov go back and let Ustinov organize people to develop napalm bombs: "In order to increase the power of the incendiary bomb, can we replace the white phosphorus inside with something else?"
Sokov's words aroused Yakov's curiosity: "Misha, what do you think you should replace the white phosphorus with?"
"Gas, it is best to be napalm." Sokov replied without hesitation: "I think if the white phosphorus inside is replaced with napalm, it may increase the power of the incendiary bomb exponentially. After you go back, you can discuss with Comrade Ustinov and try to make a batch and try the effect."
Chapter completed!