Although Sokov didn't spend much time dealing with Yakov, he still had some understanding of his character. Seeing that he still couldn't tell him the purpose of going to Nizhny Novgorod, he could only secretly guess.
Sokov knew something about the city of Nizhny Novgorod. In addition to the manufacturing plant that produces "Gaz" cars, there are also aircraft manufacturing plants, engine manufacturing plants, machinery plants, steel plants and petroleum plants in the city.
Organic synthesis plants, etc. When I go to Nizhny Novgorod this time, I will definitely not go to any automobile and aircraft manufacturing plants, nor will I go to steel plants and petrochemical plants. The only places left that I can go to are engine manufacturing.
Factory and machinery factory, maybe the propulsion system of the new rocket needs to be improved, so Yakov specially took himself there.
Thinking of this, he looked at Yakov and asked as if nothing had happened: "Yakov, I wonder if we will go to the engine manufacturing plant or the machinery factory after Nizhniy Novgorod?"
Sokov's words stunned Yakov. He looked at Sokov with wide eyes and asked in surprise: "Misha, how did you know we were going to the engine manufacturing plant?"
Seeing that Yakov did not deny his guess, Sokov knew that the purpose of this trip was related to improving the rocket's propulsion system. When a rocket flies in the air, there are two ways to ensure its flight stability: one.
The tail is stable, and the second is stable turbine rotation. The Katyusha rocket launchers currently equipped with the army belong to the former, while the rockets "designed" by themselves belong to the latter.
Sokov smiled faintly at Yakov and said: "I guessed it. We went to Nizhny Novgorod this time to improve the propulsion system of the new rocket launcher, right?"
Seeing that Sokov had already guessed the purpose of his trip, Yakov decided to tell the truth after hesitating for a moment. Anyway, in a few hours, he would be picked up by someone from the engine manufacturer at the train station. Even if
Even without telling him, Sokov would be able to guess pretty well when the time comes.
It was out of this consideration that Yakov said: "Yes, you guessed it right. The destination we are going to this time is indeed an engine manufacturing plant. There is a production team in the factory that is responsible for rocket launcher propulsion.
Systematic. The propulsion system of the new rocket launcher you designed is different from the Katyusha rocket launchers currently equipped in the army and needs to be improved again."
The purpose of this trip, apart from improving the rocket propulsion system, is there any other tasks? Yakov did not say, nor did Sokov ask. He knew very well in his heart that Yakov could say this to himself,
He had already risked punishment by leaking the secret to himself in advance. If he continued to ask questions, he would only embarrass his "old friend".
Nizhny Novgorod is almost 500 kilometers away from Moscow. At normal speed, it can be reached within seven hours. However, due to certain areas being bombed by the Germans, the train had to stop several times and wait.
Railway workers repair the road.
When they arrived at the Moscow Railway Station in Nizhny Novgorod, the lights were already starting to turn on. Yakov and his party came out of the carriage and were greeted by two pick-up personnel who had been waiting for a long time.
The pick-up personnel should have received notification from Moscow long ago and knew that the leader of the team was a captain, so the soldier from the engine factory directly raised his hand to salute Yakov, the only captain in the crowd, and said
: "Hello, Captain Yakov, I am Lieutenant Moskov, the military representative of the engine manufacturing plant."
"Hello, Comrade Lieutenant." Yakov raised his hand and saluted the other party, and said apologetically: "The train is late, I kept you waiting for a long time."
When the lieutenant, whose face was red from the cold, heard what Yakov said, he quickly smiled and said: "It's okay, Captain Yakov, it's during the war, and there will always be many unexpected things happening. We can understand this.
." After saying that, he pointed to a man in casual clothes next to him and introduced to Yakov, "This is Kurk, the engineer in the factory."
Yakov quickly extended his hand to the other party and said politely: "Hello, Engineer Kurk." Perhaps considering that cooperation with Kurk would be indispensable in the coming days, he pointed to
Sokov said, "Let me introduce to you. This is Major Sokov. He designed the new weapon."
Kurk, who originally had an indifferent expression, couldn't help but light up when he heard what Yakov said. He quickly held Sokov's hand and asked enthusiastically: "So you designed that new weapon. It's really disrespectful."
After a pause, he asked angrily, "Comrade Major, are you a military engineer?"
"No, Comrade Kurk." Hearing Kurk's question, Sokov replied awkwardly, "I am just an ordinary infantry battalion commander, and this new weapon was designed on a whim.
"
Military representative Moshkov was afraid that the conversation would never end, so he quickly urged: "Comrade engineer, if you have anything to say, we can talk to you in the factory. We have to be on our way."
The military representative led a group of people out of the train station and boarded a renovated bus parked outside the station. Seeing that everyone had arrived, the military representative nodded to the driver and said: "Okay, comrade driver
, let’s drive.”
Yakov, who was sitting next to Kurk, smiled and asked: "Comrade Engineer, is this the vehicle used in the factory to pick up workers to and from get off work?"
"That's right, Comrade Captain, it's our factory car." Kurk replied with a smile: "Our factory is almost as big as a medium-sized city. If there are no vehicles, it will take at least one person to walk from the factory gate to the production workshop.
How many hours."
Fortunately, the engine manufacturing plant was not far from the station. After only ten minutes, the factory vehicle drove up to two large closed iron doors. A sergeant and two soldiers got on the vehicle to have a look, and then talked to
After chatting for a while, Moshkov got off the factory vehicle and ordered the soldiers on duty to open the door and let the factory vehicle in.
When the factory car drove in through the open gate, Sokov used the illumination of the car lights to see that in addition to two sandbag fortifications with machine guns at the door, there was also an anti-aircraft machine gun position inside the door. There were dozens of workers.
People were lining up in a long queue in front of a small room next to the gate.
The workers lining up aroused Sokov's curiosity. He raised his hand and patted Kurk, who was sitting in the front row, and asked curiously: "Comrade Engineer, what are those workers doing queuing up here?"
When Kurk heard Sokov's question, he replied without looking back: "Those workers have just gotten off work and can only leave the factory after being inspected in the duty room."
When Yakov heard what Kulik said, he couldn't help but interjected: "The management of your factory is really strict."
"No way, Comrade Captain." Kurk replied with a serious expression: "We are an important national defense unit. If there is no strict system, once German spies or saboteurs are allowed to sneak in, it will cause us immeasurable losses.
"
The factory vehicle stopped in front of a two-story building covered with camouflage netting. Moshkov took everyone out of the car and walked into the building. Based on the layout inside, Sokov knew that this should be the factory's guest house.
Moshkov took the key from the front desk clerk, came to Yakov, and said to him: "Comrade Captain, your accommodation has been arranged. On the second floor of the guest house, there are four double rooms and two single rooms.
Human world." He quickly glanced at Sokov, who was standing next to Yakov, and continued, "You and Comrade Major can live in a single room each."
After Kurk waited for Moshkov to finish speaking, he also said to Yakov: "Comrade Captain, because the train is late, we must make some changes to today's plan. You first go to your respective rooms, put down your luggage, and then go to
Let’s eat in the restaurant on the first floor. As for work, we can postpone it until tomorrow.”
"Comrade commanders," Yakov turned to the eight officers standing aside and said to them: "You should go back to your respective rooms immediately, put down your luggage, and then go to the restaurant to have dinner. After eating, we will start working immediately
." As the order was issued, the officers immediately carried their luggage and followed the waiter in the guest house towards the second floor.
After all the officers left, Yakov smiled and said to Sokov: "Misha, you probably didn't bring any luggage. Why don't we go to the restaurant first and eat while waiting for the guys who go back to put their luggage."
The tables and chairs in the restaurant are the same as those in the military camp. They are rectangular tables with two rows of benches, so that more people can sit. Sokov and Yakov sat side by side, and Kurk
Sitting opposite them, Moshkov ran to the kitchen and arranged for the kitchen staff to prepare dinner for the officers.
Kurk looked at Yakov and asked: "Comrade Captain, do you think we should talk about work now? Or should we talk about it later when we get to the office?"
Regarding Kurk's question, Yakov replied without hesitation: "It is better to go to the office to talk. After all, this is a public place where people come and go. It would be bad if the secret is leaked."
Although Kurt knew that this was an internal guest house and it was difficult for ordinary people to enter here casually, for the sake of safety, he still agreed to Yakov's proposal.
The officers came to the dining room from their respective rooms one after another and sat down on both sides of the long table. Seeing that everyone had arrived, the dinner prepared in the kitchen was also put on the table. As the host, Kurt said loudly: "
Eat, comrades!" He looked at his watch and added as if by the way, "The train is delayed for four hours, you may be hungry already."
Since before dinner, Yakov once said that he would work all night, the officers ate very quickly. It took only five minutes to eat the slices of bread, sliced dry sausage, cheese, and barley porridge that were placed in front of them.
And a bowl of beetroot soup was completely wiped out.
Seeing the officers finishing their dinner so quickly, Kurt couldn't help showing a surprised expression on his face: "Oh my God, you eat like a war, you eat them all so quickly."
"Comrade Engineer," Sokov heard what Kurk said and replied with a smile: "Officers who have been on the battlefield usually eat very quickly because we don't know when the next battle will start, so we must be ready at any time.
Stay vigilant." After a pause, he added, "Since we have finished eating, please take us to the office."
Everyone came to a nearby office building. There were many technicians on duty here. When they saw Kurk walking in with a group of officers, they guessed that there must be some important work. They hurriedly came up and asked: "Engineer Kurk.
,Is there anything I can do for you?"
Kurk pointed at the officers next to him and said to the technician: "Take them to Drawing Room No. 7 and take a look at the new drawings we have drawn in the past two days." After the technician left with the group of officers, he rushed again
Yakov and Sokov said, "Come to my office. We still need to discuss some details."
Kurk's office is very large. In addition to the desk, there is also a long conference table. Like the desk, the conference table is filled with all kinds of drawings. Kurk turns on the desk lamp on the table and pulls out a
He pushed the drawing in front of the two of them and said, "Come and take a look, this is my latest idea."
Sokov looked up and saw a sketch of a rocket. Before he could ask anything, Kurk had already taken the lead and said to the two of them: "Comrade commanders, you should know that rockets are usually carried out by the warhead.
, a rocket engine and a stabilizing device are composed of three parts. The warhead includes a fuze, rocket shell, explosives or other fillers. The rocket engine includes an ignition system, propellant, combustion chamber, nozzle, etc. The Katyusha rocket launcher currently equipped by our army
The rockets used are tail-fin rockets, which rely entirely on their tails to maintain flight stability."
Having said this, Kurk looked up at Sokov and asked: "Comrade Major, according to your design ideas, the rockets used in the new rocket launcher will be different from the tail rockets we use now, right?"
"Yes, that's right." Sokov nodded and replied: "Because our existing tail fin folding technology is not perfect enough, the tail fin stabilized rocket takes up a lot of space, so it is not suitable to use a tube director. Therefore.
I think new rockets should use turbine-stabilized rockets, so that the gas ejected from the inclined nozzle can cause the rocket to rotate around the missile axis at high speed, producing a gyroscopic effect and maintaining flight stability."
"Comrade Major," Kurk said with an embarrassed expression on his face after waiting for Sokov to finish speaking: "This is easy to say, but it is too difficult to do."
"Comrade Engineer, there must be many unexpected difficulties in the development of new weapons." Yakov, as the leader of this team, felt that it was time for him to speak out at this time, so he interrupted Kurk's words, "Weapons
The Equipment Department entrusts such an important task to your factory to complete out of trust in you. Do you intend to live up to the trust placed in you by your superiors?"
