Zhang Wanhe was a veteran military engineer with combat experience. At this time, he was reminded by Wang Xuexin. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Wang Xuexin's statement was not trivial, so he summoned the directors of each branch factory to hold a meeting.
In fact, Zhang Wanhe also hopes that the chief can participate, because some of these decisions cannot be made by Zhang Wanhe... Originally, what he told the chief was "spray into bombs", but then it suddenly changed to something else. This must be
The chief agreed.
It was just that the commander couldn't leave because he had to direct the battle, so he sent the chief of staff to participate.
The meeting location is still Zhang Wanhe's office.
At this time, there was a brand new square table in Zhang Wanhe's office, with natural wood grain and a faint scent of logs. There were several wooden stools for one person sitting next to it.
Zhang Wanhe said happily while stacking the documents scattered on the square table and sorting them out: "This table was given by a fellow villager. From time to time, our arsenal uses scraps to make pots and spatulas for the fellow villagers, so the fellow villagers made them for us.
Such a table. I thought, we can’t always sit on a stool during meetings and have to put it on our knees and legs to write a few words. It’s so inconvenient, so I accepted it!”
As he spoke, he called to Wang Xuexin: "Come on, sit here!"
After Wang Xuexin sat down, Zhang Wanhe handed Wang Xuexin paper and pen, then tapped on the table and said: "While everyone hasn't come yet, you can draw what you want first. When the time comes,
It’s better to tell everyone!”
Wang Xuexin replied: "Isn't it just...an iron cylinder plus a cannonball? What's there to draw?"
But when I think about it, it’s true.
Wang Xuexin has seen rocket launchers countless times in modern times, so he has an impression of rocket launchers in his mind. When he talks about rocket launchers, the appearance of various rocket launchers immediately comes to mind, and even pictures of the rocket launchers are shown.
But no one else has even heard of a rocket launcher...
To be precise, the rocket launcher has been around for a long time. Its design and display were during World War I. In 1918, this tubular weapon that fired rockets appeared.
But the most primitive rocket launcher only appeared for five days, and the First World War was over, so this thing was shelved indefinitely, and has been ignored because of its poor accuracy.
Finally, it reappeared in the world's sight. In 1942, the US military put it into the African battlefield to deal with Rommel... It took more than twenty years from invention to being taken seriously, which can be regarded as a record.
At this point, the people who are going to attend the meeting must not have any idea about the rocket launcher, so of course they have to draw it and visualize it.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin drew the general appearance of the RPG rocket launcher based on his impression.
Before taking action, Wang Xuexin also spent a few minutes thinking about whether to imitate the "Bazooka". For example, the so-called "four-type rocket launcher" provided by the system was also a Bazooka type rocket launcher.
But after thinking about it, Wang Xuexin still felt that RPG was more suitable.
The production of RPG may be more difficult than "Bazooka", but the convenience and safety it brings to shooters are not comparable to "Bazooka".
"Bazooka" involves loading rockets into iron tubes and launching them. The tail flames ejected are likely to burn the shooter, so it is usually necessary to install a baffle or the shooter needs to wear a special mask.
The RPG, on the other hand, draws on the principle of Iron Fist. It first uses a medicine pack to eject the warhead, and after flying about 11 meters in 0.1 seconds, it ignites the rocket and goes straight to the target.
This makes the RPG much better than the "Bazooka" in terms of maneuverability. There is no need to worry about being burned by the tail flame of the rocket, so it can be operated with almost no training... This is why RPGs can become popular all over the world and even become popular in Africa.
One of the reasons is that most of the people there are not trained. As long as they can pull the trigger and hit the enemy, that's it.
At this time, the Eighth Route Army was generally of low quality due to its rapid expansion, and it also needed this kind of easy-to-control equipment.
While I was painting, several branch factory directors came one after another.
Su Xin stood behind Wang Xuexin and looked at it for a while, then said "Yo": "Comrade Wang Xuexin, you have changed your profession to become a painter? What is this painting?"
Wu Jin came up to take a look and said, "It looks like a trumpet, Xiao Dongbei, why did you draw this?"
Su Xin laughed and said: "Look, this is a fire blower for lighting fires!"
Wang Xuexin said impatiently while adding the last few strokes to the rocket launcher: "Go, go, go, girls don't understand!"
Su Xin still wanted to argue, so Zhang Wanhe introduced: "Director Su, that is the topic of our discussion today, Comrade Wang Xuexin's new idea! Let's listen to it later and tell us whether it is feasible!"
Su Xin was speechless at this time, but she still glared at Wang Xuexin with a provocative look, and whispered in a low voice: "Don't make a fool of yourself later!"
Soon the chief of staff also came with a document. When he came in, he explained: "The chief asked me to record the meeting in detail and hand it to him when the time comes!"
After Zhang Wanhe was polite to the chief of staff, he raised his head to Wang Xuexin: "How about it, Comrade Wang Xuexin, tell everyone what you think!"
Wang Xuexin placed the drawn rocket launcher on the table and introduced: "My idea is almost like this. Simply put, it is an improvement of the 'spray-in' bomb. This is the trigger, this is the warhead, and it can be carried on the shoulder."
Direct shot!"
Zhang Wanhe and the chief of staff were still waiting for the next sentence, but found that Wang Xuexin had no intention of talking further.
"That's it?" Zhang Wanhe asked unexpectedly.
"Then... what else can we do?" Wang Xuexin said, "It's just this thing, I've drawn it all!"
Zhang Wanhe laughed angrily: "Tell me about its advantages. What are the advantages compared to the 'spray bomb'? You were telling me about the advantages before, but now when you get to the meeting, you just say, 'Take it.'"
A straight shot on the shoulder and that's it?"
Wang Xuexin said "Oh" and repeated the advantages he had told Zhang Wanhe before, and then added: "Actually, it's not just the enemy gun towers! The Japs often use sandbag fortifications to fight against us. This kind of direct-fire weapon is very suitable for use.
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As expected, Li Changji studied abroad and also researched weapons and equipment. He nodded and said: "I have no objection to this aspect. The weapons that can be used for direct fire are equivalent to cannons, which are more destructive to the fortifications on the ground!"
This is not only a question of speed and momentum, but also a question of whether the "cross-section" is easy to hit.
For example, if a turret standing on the ground is hit with direct-fire artillery, the target cross-section will be a rectangular area proportional to its height.
If you use a curved cannon to fire from top to bottom, the target cross-section is a circular area independent of height.
Obviously, the former has a much higher probability of hitting the target.
The same is true for sandbag fortifications built on the ground.
In addition, there are trench fortifications, machine gun perforations for bunkers, etc. If you want to directly destroy the fortifications themselves, of course you need direct fire weapons. Curved fire weapons can only attack the people behind them and even have no effect on the bunker.