Seeing that Tonya agreed to go home with him, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed. He took Tonya's hand and walked towards the other side of the road. Unexpectedly, just halfway through, he suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Hey,
Tonya!”
Hearing the shouts, Sokov and Tonya stopped at the same time, turned their heads and looked behind. They saw a short, fat male doctor wearing a white coat and a pair of round-framed glasses coming out of the hospital door.
Ran out. Tonya quickly broke away from Sokov's hand, pretending to be nonchalant and asked: "Telekin, what's the matter?"
"A group of wounded people have just been sent in, and two of them need surgery." The fat doctor known as Telekin replied: "The surgery department is short of manpower, and the director is looking for you everywhere. Who knows you have come here?"
."
"I know, I'll go there right away."
Telekin glanced at Sokov, who was standing next to Tonya, and said with some displeasure: "Hurry up, everyone is still waiting for you." After that, he turned and walked back to the hospital.
After Telekin left, Tonya turned to face Sokov and said apologetically: "Misha, it seems that I can't go to your house today. Let's make an appointment another day."
Sokov, who was looking forward to a romantic story next, felt a little disappointed when he learned that Tonya was going back to the hospital to treat the wounded. But when he reached out and held Tonya's hand, he still pretended
He said generously: "It doesn't matter, work is important. You can go back to work first. I will find you tomorrow."
When Tonya heard what Sokov said, she nodded vigorously and told him: "I'm in Clinic 107, don't forget, you must come to me when you have time?"
"Don't worry, Tonya, I'll never forget it." Sokov nodded and replied, "I will definitely look for you tomorrow."
After receiving Sokov's assurance, a sweet smile appeared on Dongya's face. She freed her hand from Sokov's hand again, took a few steps back, waved to Sokov, turned around and walked quickly
He ran into the hospital.
Early the next morning, Sokov was surprised by a rapid knock on the door while he was still sleeping. He opened his eyes drowsily, looked towards the door, and thought: Who is it, so early?
Just knock on the door?
Maybe he was ignoring it, but the knocking on the door was getting louder and louder. A thought suddenly came to his mind: Could it be that Tonya came to see me? Thinking of this, he sat up suddenly, lifted the quilt, and
He didn't even bother to put on his boots and rushed straight to the door.
The moment Sokov opened the door, he shouted excitedly: "Donia, you are here!..." Unexpectedly, before he finished shouting, he discovered that the person standing at the door was not Tonya.
It was Yakov who disappeared for a few days.
"Who is Tonya?" Yakov, who was standing at the door, looked at Sokov, who looked disappointed, and asked teasingly: "I didn't expect that you have found a girlfriend in Moscow after not seeing each other for a few days."
"It's not a girlfriend, just a friend I just met." Sokov said, stepping aside so that Yakov could enter.
As Yakov walked inside, he continued: "As a common friend, I know that you live here? It seems that you are quite sincere to your friends."
Yakov came to the kitchen table and sat down. He looked at the disheveled Sokov and said to him: "I will give you ten minutes to wash up, change clothes and clean up the house. When the time is up, we will set off immediately.
"
"Let's go?!" Responding to Yakov's clueless words, Sokov asked in confusion: "Where are we going next?"
"Go to the test range in the suburbs." Although he knew that he and Sokov were the only ones in the room, Yakov still lowered his voice and said: "The sample of the new rocket launcher you designed has been produced, and today is the day of the official test.
."
"The sample has been produced?" Yakov's words surprised Sokov. According to his understanding of Lao Maozi, it would be impossible to produce such a sample in less than three months to half a year. But
Now, only three or four days have passed, and it has actually been produced. It is simply unbelievable: "Isn't this too fast?"
"The data you provided is so detailed, the speed of making samples is naturally faster than expected." Yakov said this, raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said to Sokov: "There are only nine minutes left."
Five minutes later, Sokov, who had packed everything, said to Yakov who was sitting at the kitchen table: "Yakov, I'm ready, let's go now."
On the way, Sokov smiled bitterly and said to Yakov: "No wonder I can't find your people these days. Is it because they are busy with new weapons?"
Yakov nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, I lived and ate at the test site during this period. Based on the drawings and parameters you provided, we produced the sample the next day. But the modification of the rocket
It was relatively troublesome, and I was busy until last night before it was completed. After I reported the matter to the People's Commissar, he said it would be best to call you during the test today, so I came over to find you."
When Sokov heard what Yakov said, he really couldn't laugh or cry. He secretly said that if Ustinov hadn't spoken, you probably wouldn't have shown up today, and would have left me here to fend for myself. However,
He could just think about this kind of complaint in his mind, but he couldn't say it out loud. He organized the words in his mind, and then asked: "Yakov, I want to ask, how do my superiors plan to arrange for me? I can't be allowed to stay like this.
Staying in Moscow with nothing to do?"
Unexpectedly, Yakov's next answer surprised him: "You are not idle now. Since Comrade People's Comrade decided to establish the new weapons project, he has contacted the Commander of the Western Front Zhukov, hoping that he will temporarily second you to
Our weapons and equipment department works until the new weapons are successfully developed."
"It turns out that Ustinov has reached an agreement with Zhukov, allowing me to stay in Moscow temporarily and help develop this new rocket launcher." At this time, Sokov finally understood why his superiors did not order him to return to the front line immediately. It turned out that
At this moment, he had been seconded to the weapons and equipment department. He suddenly asked curiously: "So after the research on the new weapons is completed, can I return to the front line immediately?"
"General Zhukov did not agree to Comrade People's Commissar's request, but he did not object either." Yakov raised a finger and said to Sokov: "General Zhukov said that he can only let you stay in the Weapons and Equipment Department for one month.
As soon as you arrive, you are to return to the front lines immediately."
After listening to Yakov's explanation, Sokov finally understood what was going on. Ustinov wanted to stay in the weapons and equipment department to help develop new rocket launchers; but Zhukov only agreed to let him stay here for a month.
.Perhaps it is precisely because of Zhukov's decision that he has been left out in the cold these days. Ustinov will never let an officer who can only stay for a month casually enter and exit those important departments of weapons research and development and production.
, therefore, it was inevitable that he would be left out. If the weapon he was testing today was not a weapon he designed, it is estimated that Yakov would not show up.
The test site is in a forest in the eastern suburbs. After the car drove a short distance along the simple road, a checkpoint appeared on the road. A soldier wearing a red armband stood in the middle of the road, waving a red
A small green flag signaled them to stop.
After the car stopped, a lieutenant officer walked out of the guard box at the checkpoint. He went straight to the car, looked down at the car, smiled and said to Yakov: "It's you, Captain Yakov. Again
Do you want to go to the testing site?"
"Yes, we are preparing to go to the test site." Yakov replied with a smile, taking out his ID and special pass from his pocket and preparing to hand it to the officer.
But the lieutenant officer waved his hand, turned to the soldiers at the checkpoint and shouted: "Put away the roadblocks!" After saying that, he turned around to face Yakov, raised his hand to his forehead and saluted, "Congratulations!"
Good luck to you!"
As the vehicle passed through the checkpoint and continued to drive inside, Sokov asked worriedly: "Yakov, why are the inspections here so lax? They let you go without even looking at your ID?"
In his impression, when he went to see Ustinov a few days ago, the officer outside the door clearly knew Yakov and still carefully checked his ID. However, the officer on duty today simply let him go.
"Don't worry, Misha." Regarding Sokov's worries, Yakov said carelessly: "The security of the test site is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. If someone wants to sneak into the test site, they will be trapped.
."
The car drove forward for a few minutes and encountered a checkpoint again. This checkpoint was similar in size to the previous one. The only difference was that there was a T-34 tank parked on the roadside, with its black muzzle pointed directly at the road.
in the middle.
After the officer at the checkpoint waited for the car to stop, he walked to the car, opened the door next to Sokov, and said coldly: "Everyone gets out of the car and gets checked!"
Seeing that Sokov was a little dazed, Yakov nodded slightly to him and said: "Misha, listen to him, let's get out of the car first!"
After everyone in the car got out, the officer waved to the soldiers standing next to him and said, "Start checking!" Following his order, several soldiers rushed to the open door and leaned into the car.
, conduct a careful inspection.
"What are they doing?" Sokov couldn't help but curiously asked Yakov when he saw this scene.
"Check if there are any contraband." Yakov replied quietly: "Don't worry, this is just a formality."
After a few minutes of inspection, the officer made a gesture of invitation toward Yakov and Sokov, and then said: "Comrade commanders, please get in the car."
After passing two more checkpoints, he finally came to an open area in the forest. Sokov had stayed in Moscow for a long time, so he naturally knew that fires broke out in the suburban forests every year, and then a piece of the forest was killed. This is what he saw in front of him.
This open area should be a masterpiece after a forest fire, and you can still see fallen dark tree trunks in the distance.
When the car arrived at the testing site, Sokov found that there were already twenty or thirty people waiting here. When he saw the car that Yakov was riding in appeared at the testing site, a tall and thin man in casual clothes immediately came up to him. Yakov
My husband got out of the car, shook hands with him, and then asked, "Are you all ready?"
"Yes, Captain Yakov." The tall and thin man replied respectfully: "As soon as you arrive, we can start the experiment."
Perhaps for the sake of confidentiality, Yakov did not introduce Sokov to the tall and thin man. Likewise, he did not tell the tall and thin man about Sokov's identity. When he and the tall and thin man walked forward together
, Sokov, who was following behind, heard him asking: "How far is the target from here?"
"Eight hundred meters." The tall and thin man replied: "Although according to the design standards, it should reach eight kilometers. But you also know that it is just a test at present, so it cannot be used for such a long distance."
Sokov saw an ugly twelve-barreled rocket launcher parked not far away. There were also several short barrels on the ground, arranged in groups of four, two in a group, and one in a group.
To display. Sokov guessed that in today's test, in addition to the complete rocket launcher, separate grouped launch tests will be conducted.
There is a wooden house fifty or sixty meters away from the rocket launcher, which should be the observation point of the test site. The tall and thin man brought Yakov and Sokov into the house and handed two telescopes to them respectively.
He picked up the two people and said to them: "Two comrades, commanders, in today's test, the warhead of the rocket will not be equipped with a fuze. We are only testing the hit error of this rocket launcher." He pointed to the distance with his finger.
He continued: "After the test is over, we will analyze the shooting accuracy of this rocket launcher based on the location of the impact point."
Sokov raised his telescope and looked into the distance. He saw several large mounds of dirt at the edge of the forest. These should be the targets of the rocket launchers. To be honest, he had only heard about the new 107 rocket launchers.
But he had never seen it before. Now that the Soviet army had transformed it, he really didn't know how effective it would be on the battlefield. Therefore, when he saw the tall and thin man giving orders to the artillerymen on the phone, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Throat.
Following the tall and thin man's order, the complete rocket launcher opened fire first. Twelve rockets dragged long flame tails and flew towards the mound in the distance. After just a few seconds, most of the rockets fired.
Rockets landed one after another around the mound on the far right. Only one hit the mound directly, and the huge impact caused a cloud of soil to rise into the sky.
"Yes, the hit rate is quite high." Seeing a rocket hit the mound, Yakov couldn't help but cheer. As an artilleryman, he naturally knew that artillery fire must destroy the enemy and rely on fire coverage. And the troops are equipped with
Although the Katyusha rocket launcher is very lethal, its impact point error is very large. How could Yakov not be happy to see that this rocket can actually hit the target directly?
