What Wang Xuexin told Skinner, of course, was not to use the wires to modify the x1.
Just kidding, if Yingjiang knows about this, Yingjiang will know that there is another place to choke the Eighth Route Army's neck.
In fact, due to technical and industrial reasons, there are quite a lot of places where eagle sauce gets stuck on the neck of the Eighth Route Army.
For example, proximity fuses, gyroscopes, and now wires.
At the same time, due to the needs of the Anti-Japanese War, there was no need for the Eighth Route Army to fall out with Yingjiang, so the current situation emerged, with both sides continuing to cooperate because of their own interests.
But Wang Xuexin understood that this kind of cooperation was short-lived. In the near future, Yingjiang would fall out with the Eighth Route Army due to changes in China.
This "future" will not even wait until the period of the Volunteer Army. The end of the Anti-Japanese War will mean that the cooperative relationship between the Eighth Route Army and Yingjiang will end.
The reason is very simple. If there are no Japs, Yingjiang chooses between the Eighth Route Army and the stubborn army, which side would it prefer to support?
The answer is obvious, it must be the stubborn army.
This is not a question of whether they have combat effectiveness or whether they are corrupt...in fact, it is also these questions.
Because out of national interest considerations, Yingjiang always hopes to support a regime in other countries that has no fighting capacity, no sense of independence, internal defeat, and no support from the people to take control of the country.
Only in this way will this country be in chaos, fight among themselves, and always need Yingjiang's help. Only then can Yingjiang control these countries.
For example, in a small South Asian country, why does Yingjiang support the unpopular puppet military regime left behind?
Another example is Bangzi. The southern forces are also an unpopular puppet military regime left over from the Japanese colonial period.
Similarly, Yingjiang is definitely more willing to support the stubborn army in China than the Eighth Route Army.
In particular, the Eighth Route Army now has the awareness to establish its own industrial system and have an independent voice... If Yingjiang supports the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't it be causing trouble for itself? After investing money, what it gets is an independent country that is not controlled by Yingjiang, and Yingjiang
What to get?
The stubborn army is different.
Although this army does not have much combat power, which always makes Yingjiang "hate iron but not steel" when fighting against the Japanese, it is precisely this kind of army that such a regime is easy to control. They are actually stupid enough to put their money in the bank instead of buying an airplane.
It was not until the war that we discovered that the money in the bank could no longer buy many airplanes.
Isn't such a corrupt and incompetent regime exactly what Yingjiang wants?
At this time, the reason why Yingjiang still cooperated with the Eighth Route Army was simply because the stubborn army was too incompetent in fighting the Japanese. Under the painful experience of the Pacific battlefield, Yingjiang had to tie up with the Eighth Route Army to form a cooperative relationship.
To put it simply, Yingjiang's policy was to favor the Eighth Route Army during the War of Resistance, and to favor the stubborn army after the War of Resistance.
This is determined by national interests and cannot be changed by personal feelings or previous "cooperative relationships".
Just like when Wang Xuexin supported Yingjiang and Mao Xiong, Wang Xuexin chose the relatively weak Mao Xiong without hesitation, so Yingjiang also chose the relatively weak Mao Xiong without hesitation between the Eighth Route Army and the stubborn army.
Easier to control the stubborn army than the Eighth Route Army.
Wang Xuexin is well aware of this, so he has never had too many extravagant hopes for Yingjiang, and his cooperation with Yingjiang has always been relatively conservative.
For example, regarding the wire, Wang Xuexin said to Sun Erwei: "Since this anti-tank rocket is jointly developed, the Eighth Route Army also needs to achieve independent production. Isn't this excessive?"
Sun Erwei certainly has no objection to this.
Just kidding, another meaning of cooperative research and development is that both parties can own the technology, otherwise there is no point in cooperation.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin’s statement that he hopes to produce independently is completely justified.
Wang Xuexin's next words put Sun Erwei in a difficult position: "There is no problem with our independent production of rockets. The problem lies in the 'wires'. I hope Yingjiang can provide one million meters of wires for our army!"
Sun Erwei was shocked when he heard this data: "One million meters? This is not a small number. Why do you need so many wires?"
"Sun Erwei!" Wang Xuexin asked, pretending to be relaxed: "Do you think one million meters is a lot? Do you know this kind of anti-tank rocket... What is its range? How many meters of wire does each rocket require?"
Sun Erwei was stunned. He had not calculated it carefully. After all, he was just an intelligence officer and did not know much about this aspect.
Wang Xuexin immediately gave the answer: "Each anti-tank rocket requires one kilometer of wire, Sun Erwei!"
The range of rockets is only about 500 meters. The reason why it is needed is 1,000 meters. On the one hand, it is to provide more redundant ranges for rockets... The theoretical range is different from the actual range. In actual combat, for example, if missiles are launched from a high position, it will be very difficult.
It may take some more distance, but if this advantage cannot be used in actual combat because the wire is not long enough, wouldn’t it be a big loss?
Because, in order to achieve better performance in actual combat, it is necessary to have a redundant length of 500 meters.
On the other hand, there is still a lot of room for upgrading the range of rockets. For example, increasing the propellant charge of rockets can easily increase the range of rockets.
When the rocket range is increased and the wire is only 500 meters, will all the rockets be reworked immediately and the old rockets eliminated?
That is to say, from the perspective of development space, a redundant 500-meter range is also necessary.
Wang Xuexin continued: "Each anti-tank rocket requires one thousand meters of wire, so ten thousand meters of wire can only produce ten such rockets, and one million meters can only produce one thousand anti-tank rockets. One thousand meters of wire can only produce one thousand anti-tank rockets."
What can one rocket like this do? This is just my first request, it is only enough for our army to fight one or two battles!"
Sun Erwei was told by Wang Xuexin that this was correct. One million meters of wire sounded scary, but when converted into a thousand anti-tank rockets... it really couldn't do much on the battlefield.
What Sun Erwei didn't know was that Wang Xuexin's calculation method was based on Yingjiang's firepower habits.
The Eighth Route Army is fighting the Japs on the Chinese battlefield...at least for now, there is little need for anti-tank missiles. At this time, the Japs' tanks are in good condition, and the Eighth Route Army's rocket launchers can completely deal with them.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin's first consideration was to use these wires for x1.
Of course, anti-tank missiles must also be prepared.
For example, if you want to produce one hundred or two hundred pieces, the production capacity must be released first.
After that, anti-tank missile shooters must also be trained, so that when needed on the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army will not be without anti-tank missiles.