"What do you mean?" Wang Xuexin pretended to be confused.
"Those workers!" Asano Aihara said: "If you have used this technology to make solid gunpowder columns, why do they know nothing about it and still want to learn from us?"
"This is not something you should ask, Qianye!" Wang Xuexin said: "It's not a question you need to care about either. You'd better think about yourself!"
As he said this, Wang Xuexin waved his hand to signal the guards to take Asano away.
Wang Xuexin actually has many excuses to explain.
For example, those workers are just learning their techniques, or because of military secrets, the workers really don’t know anything.
But Wang Xuexin did not explain, because in his capacity he did not need to explain this to the prisoners, and explaining it would be to conceal the truth.
Wang Xuexin wasn't even worried about Asano telling the truth... Even if Asano said something, others would just think he was crazy.
The next thing that was completed was the rocket launcher, which was what Su Xin called the "fire blaster". The first batch of twenty units was produced.
To be precise, it should be a rocket launcher prototype.
Equipment production must conduct various tests to find out deficiencies and improve them as much as possible before putting them into mass production.
Even before mass production, small batches must be put into the battlefield.
The reason is that various unexpected problems may arise in actual combat, which cannot be found through testing.
So much so that in modern times, after a certain country develops some new equipment, it will provide it to other countries in war for free.
Because the Eighth Route Army's equipment was backward, this stage of testing could be kept simple.
Since the warheads were not produced, what Su Xin could do was to have a platoon of guards each holding a rocket launcher and run around on various terrains to perform some tactical actions, such as crawling forward.
Then Su Xin really discovered a problem.
"I found that soldiers always prefer to hold the middle part instead of holding the handle." Su Xin struggled to pick up a rocket launcher and said, "Maybe it's because it saves effort!"
"Who says it's not?" Wang Xuexin put one on his shoulder and glanced forward.
It's quite handy, maybe because Su Xin carefully designed the position before.
Su Xin tried to imitate Wang Xuexin and carried the rocket launcher on her shoulders, but because she couldn't control the weight, she fell forward and back on her shoulders, and her steps staggered a bit.
Wang Xuexin hurriedly stepped forward to support her and help her lower the rocket launcher: "Girls shouldn't play with these things!"
Su Xin retorted: "How can you find out the problem without giving it a try? Student Xiao Wang, do you think it is necessary for us to add a guardrail in the middle?"
"Gumu?" Wang Xuexin was stunned.
Modern RPGs do have armored wood in the middle to protect the shooter, but I ignored this because I was shooting powder pillars and interrogating at the same time.
"Yes!" Su Xin gestured to the middle section of the rocket launcher and said: "Think about it, if this rocket launcher fires a few rounds, the barrel will definitely be hot to the touch, and this section is where the shooter puts his shoulders against his neck and face.
If you're not careful, you'll get burned. It would be much safer if a guardrail was added, and it would be easier for the soldiers to carry it forward, but I'm worried it's too heavy!"
"This is a good method!" Wang Xuexin nodded repeatedly: "Just add a thin layer, it won't weigh much, it must be added!"
Su Xin is so thoughtful that she can think of these problems before even using them.
As a result, this rocket launcher became more and more stylish. At first glance, it looked like a modern rocket launcher.
This was somewhat beyond Wang Xuexin's expectations.
Wang Xuexin originally thought that given the conditions of the Eighth Route Army, it would be enough to make it almost usable, and not to ask too much about the aesthetics and details. Unexpectedly, it could be made almost as good as possible.
If there is any difference, it is that the Venturi cone at the rear is not made the same, but this thing is to allow the gas to be discharged quickly and fully, so it is fine without it, and it does not require too much.
A few days later, the warheads were assembled. A total of fifty-eight warheads were assembled. The original plan was to make sixty warheads, but two of them were not toughened enough and were useless.
This warhead is an ordinary grenade, filled with black powder... The output of smokeless gunpowder is not high, and it can be used in ghost cannons and solid propellants. Smokeless gunpowder cannot be used in rocket warheads.
Wang Xuexin considered a problem: Armor-piercing projectiles used to hit tanks are usually hollow charges, which rely on high-temperature and high-pressure metal jets to penetrate tank armor.
But Wang Xuexin's bazooka used black powder, and this tank armor...
But after thinking about it, I felt that there should be no problem.
Hollow charges are used against No. 3 and No. 4 tanks, and can easily be tens of millimeters thick.
The light armor of the Japanese tanks only has 6 to 12 millimeters of armor. This thing is actually a thin piece of iron. A machine gun can penetrate it at close range. It is probably not a problem to hit it with a rocket beam.
On the day of the test firing, all the commanders dropped their work and rushed to the shooting range.
As soon as he saw Wang Xuexin, he happily stepped forward, shook hands and patted the shoulders, and said: "Comrade Wang Xuexin, I thought it would take a few months to come out, but I didn't expect that it would take less than a month. The progress is very fast."
Hurry up!"
Wu Jin came up with a rocket launcher and flashed it at the chief, saying, "Chief, why don't you try to weigh it?"
"I've tried it a long time ago!" the chief replied with a smile.
The chief of staff continued: "When it was first produced, I showed one to the chief. The chief didn't know how to use it at first. He held it like a rifle, but it couldn't reach his shoulder!"
The crowd burst into laughter.
"Chief!" Zhang Wanhe said: "The hole in the tail can spit out fire. If it were really hit on the shoulder, the man would be burned to death!"
"Now I know!" said the chief: "It's on our shoulders! But let's not worry about saying nice things first. We'll find out how it goes after we find out!"
"Yes, let's take a look!" the chief of staff nodded.
The targets were several layers of iron sheets set up fifty meters away...these iron sheets were ripped off from the Japanese cars. They were originally going to be sent to the furnace to be refined into bullets, but now they are being used as waste.
Operated by a platoon of guards.
This is the result of several hours of hard work on Zhang Wanhe:
"Director, I heard that you are going to test-fire a rocket launcher?"
"Look, our platoon has done some good work for this rocket launcher! Just let me go?"
"Anyway, we have to pick someone to beat, but it doesn't matter who we pick? At least we should pick someone who has made meritorious deeds, right?"
"I've shot all kinds of guns, I promise I won't hold you back!"
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Zhang Wanhe was so tortured by him that he had no choice but to agree.
At this point, the big guy was given to the bull, and even before the shooting started, he claimed to be the first person in the army to fire a rocket launcher.
When Daniel was ready, Zhang Wanhe ordered: "You can shoot!"
As soon as Daniel pulled the trigger, the rocket flew towards the steel plate with a "chirp" sound...