When Wang Xuexin arrived at the Lujiagou Arsenal, Zhang Wanhe was organizing a meeting.
A small office was crowded with more than a dozen people, including several branch directors, including Su Xin.
Wang Xuexin was a little surprised when he saw this situation.
It was wartime at this time, and although the independent regiment temporarily withdrew, it was because it had completed the first phase of its mission and captured a large amount of supplies that had to be brought back.
Other troops are still carrying out major attacks on the Japanese transportation lines one after another. They are still fighting against the Japanese and puppet troops and are in urgent need of ammunition. This should be the busiest time in the arsenal. How can they have time to gather in the office for a meeting?
Then Wang Xuexin understood...
As soon as Zhang Wanhe saw Wang Xuexin coming in, he happily waved to him and said: "Come on, come on, Comrade Wang Xuexin, you came just in time, everyone is talking about you!"
Then Zhang Wanhe introduced to Wang Xuexin: "This is Comrade Li Changji. He is a chemical expert sent by our superiors to help us set up the fifth factory. He is a top student who returned from studying in the Soviet Union. I heard that he also studies weapons and equipment. He brought us
We got a batch of equipment and helpers. With them, we don’t need to worry about explosives!”
"Hello!" Li Changji stood up and shook hands with Wang Xuexin. He looked at Wang Xuexin with a surprised look in his eyes: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, I have heard of your name a long time ago. Everyone was talking about you along the way! We all talked about you.
At least he must be forty or fifty years old, I didn't expect him to be so young!"
The cadres in the office immediately laughed.
Zhang Wanhe also glanced at Su Xin, who looked proud, and secretly thought that if this little Dongbei was really forty or fifty years old, Director Su might not be able to send him away!
Wang Xuexin was polite and secretly said that he wanted to set up a fifth factory.
Good thing, the "spray into bomb" side requires propellant!
However, he felt that Liu Changji looked at him a little differently, his expression was a little unnatural, and he seemed to be deliberately hiding jealousy.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Wanhe remembered Wang Xuexin's purpose, and he asked doubtfully: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, I heard that you paid something from the Japanese...'spray bomb'? What is it?"
Wang Xuexin couldn't explain it for a while, so he said: "How about we go and take a look?"
"Sure!" Zhang Wanhe turned to everyone and asked in a consultative tone: "Shall we go see the new equipment captured by Comrade Wang Xuexin?"
Everyone's curiosity was aroused and they all agreed.
Of course, the test firing of the "spray-injection bomb" cannot be carried out near the arsenal. In fact, even the car equipped with the "spray-injection bomb" was parked outside the village and did not drive.
Just kidding, this is an arsenal, with the headquarters on one end and a field hospital on the other... If the "spray bomb" thing is set on fire and flies around, it can cause a lot of damage by blowing up anything.
Everyone came to the entrance of the village talking and laughing. Asano and other prisoners were lining up under the command of Liu Dazuo. There were also several boxes that had just been unloaded from the car beside them.
Wang Xuexin nodded, and Liu Dazuo shouted to Asano: "Happy enough for Doha and every stream! (Start working)"
This guy learned some common expressions from the Japanese when he was singing in enemy-occupied areas, and now he is eager to show off.
Asano and others did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly opened the box in groups and took out two "spray bombs". They then set up, debugged, and loaded the bombs. They were ready in a few minutes.
Wang Xuexin nodded, and Asano Aihara shouted: "Launch!"
The gunner pulled the rope from a distance, and the two "spray bombs" emitted a burst of fire and then shot into the air with a "chirp" sound.
Somewhat different from Wang Xuexin's imagination, these "spray bombs" stopped flying in mid-air. One of them even made a Brownian motion in the air like a kick, and then fell in an arc in the form of a free fall.
It fell down and exploded with a "boom" in an open space more than 200 meters away, missing the target by at least a hundred meters.
This made Wang Xuexin a little embarrassed and emotional... Did the Japanese really turn rockets into mortars?
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that the Japanese had indeed done this. They actually just made a rocket thruster and hoped that it could be used for multiple purposes.
That is to say, no matter what kind of artillery shell, whether it is substandard, expired, incomplete or damaged, a rocket propeller is added to the tail, so that it can hit the enemy with a "chirp" sound.
As for whether it is effective or not, or what the effect will be, I don’t dare to have too many extravagant expectations.
In the later period, because a large number of aircraft were destroyed, the Japanese even used aerial bombs in this way. The US military was stunned for a while and did not understand what kind of artillery could hit aerial bombs.
Wang Xuexin looked behind him at Zhang Wanhe and others, and they all looked astonished. They didn't expect that Wang Xuexin spent so much effort and highly recommended such a useful thing.
Asano Aihara seemed to feel everyone's disappointment, and hurriedly ran up and bowed repeatedly: "I'm very sorry, very sorry! This equipment is still under testing, and the range and accuracy are not up to ideal, but we...can improve it...
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After a while, Zhang Wanhe said: "Comrade Wang Xuexin! Your 'spray bomb'... doesn't look reliable?"
"It's not very reliable." Wang Xuexin said truthfully: "But it will be different after improvements..."
Li Changji interrupted Wang Xuexin: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, although I don't want to say it, the target of 300 meters is off by 100 meters. Nothing can be changed by changing this thing, right?"
"No!" Wang Xuexin explained: "This 'spray bomb' wins not by accuracy, but by quantity..."
"Quantity?" Li Changji shook his head again and said earnestly: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, you may not know that our army's resources are seriously insufficient. We have always emphasized precision, emphasizing that 'every bullet can destroy an enemy.'
Try to use limited resources to fight as many Japanese as possible. How can we win with numbers in this situation? How much resources will be wasted?"
Other cadres also nodded in agreement.
Zhang Ruozhong, director of the Second Branch Factory, frowned and said: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, Director Li is right. We should use good steel on the blade. The accuracy of 'spraying bullets'... I'm afraid no further changes will be limited!"
Zhang Wanhe felt that it was not that simple. He said thoughtfully: "Comrades, let's not jump to conclusions. If this thing is so useless, why do the devils still bother to bother with it? The devils are not stupid.
Ah, their battlefield is huge, and they are also short of resources and require 'every bullet kills one enemy', so why do the devils want to do this?"
Li Changji smiled and said: "Director, there are always some Japs who are not smart, just like there are always Japs who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"
The cadres burst out laughing. Everyone knew that Li Changji was talking about researcher Ichigan Asano, and he was indeed right about his fear of death.
Su Xin, who had been silent at this time, exclaimed: "I understand, have you noticed...this 'spray bomb' does not require a cannon?"