When he walked out of the headquarters, Wang Xuexin felt like he was with the right person.
What the chief and chief of staff said was the reason why Wang Xuexin previously focused his research and development on rockets.
This is what Wang Xuexin previously called "asymmetric warfare."
With the Eighth Route Army's industrial base and technological reserves at this time, we must not develop behind the enemy, but should find new ways to compete with the enemy at another level.
This strategic thinking and development direction are far ahead of their time. It is normal for superiors not to understand and accept it.
Apart from anything else, rocket launchers, which rely on quantity to win, are contrary to the Eighth Route Army's current direction of "killing an enemy with every bullet." If the commander wants to deny this project, there are a thousand reasons, and they are all legitimate.
For example, the resources of the Eighth Route Army do not allow it.
For example, logistics cannot be guaranteed.
Another example is that the accuracy does not meet the requirements...
Wang Xuexin would feel uncomfortable if he did this. He knew that this path was the right one and that this was what the Eighth Route Army needed, but he just couldn't get it out and put it into the battlefield.
Fortunately, none of this happened. The leader was far-sighted, courageous, and strategic. He didn't even need Wang Xuexin's explanation. He analyzed the value of the rocket launcher from the range and characteristics of the weapons and equipment and fully supported it.
This made the development and equipment of the rocket launcher go smoothly, but it also made Wang Xuexin feel more pressure... What if the rocket launcher didn't work, wouldn't it become a joke?
This is very likely to happen. After all, it is a rapidly changing battlefield, and the Japanese have many guns that may threaten the rocket launchers.
In addition, the Japanese also had air superiority, which Wang Xuexin could not control.
What Wang Xuexin didn't know was that Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were also worried about this problem.
When Wang Xuexin and the Seventh Company arrived at Zhaojiayu, they were stopped by the monk before they had settled down.
"The leader is looking for you!" The monk looked away from Xiao Dongbei and raised his head. When Wang Xuexin came up, he whispered: "Xiao Dongbei, you are a good boy. I heard that they have made some equipment, and they say it is a secret weapon.
, the leader didn’t even let me know!”
What the monk said was a bit awkward.
It turned out that the monk, a guard, was deeply trusted by Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong never avoided him when making phone calls or sending telegrams, but when he mentioned this equipment, he yelled at the monk: "Go, go, stay outside.
Don’t let anyone in!”
This makes the monk feel a little unhappy. Even I can't know anything! Are you treating me as a traitor?
Wang Xuexin smiled and said: "Monk, I was still wondering how you were kicked out of the mountain by the abbot. Now I understand. It must be because you are nosy, right?"
"Who... who is being nosy?" The monk raised his head in disbelief: "I just saw a few squires bullying honest people and beating them up!"
"That's it?" Wang Xuexin didn't believe it.
This is a good deed. Although beating someone is a violation of the precepts, it is not serious enough to be kicked out of the mountain.
Then the monk reluctantly replied: "It's just that the attack was too heavy, and one of them only had half a life left!"
Wang Xuexin put on an expression that was indeed true.
The monk's move was neither light nor heavy, as if he didn't know how strong his hands and feet were.
"But you can't blame me!" The monk became a little anxious: "That guy still dares to take out his penis. If I don't do something ruthless, my life will be lost!"
Wang Xuexin sighed in his heart. The fact that the monk could say these words meant that he was not qualified to be a monk... This was obviously a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. How could he have the consciousness to cut his flesh to feed the eagles? He was driven out.
Not unfair either!
But it's better to drive them out, otherwise how can the independent group get another good player.
Just as they were talking, the two came to the Youth League Department. Wang Xuexin patted the monk on the shoulder and said, "Wait, it's going to be big this time!"
As he spoke, he opened the door curtain and stepped into the regiment headquarters.
The monk chased after him and shouted: "Hey, don't say half of what you say!"
"Monk!" Li Yunlong's scolding came from the room: "Don't bother my dog with mice and mind your own business. You are a guard, why do you think you are leading the troops to fight by yourself?"
The monk could only stop, but he muttered dissatisfiedly: "You asked me to be a guard, otherwise I would be a battalion commander with hundreds of people!"
Wang Xuexin entered the regiment headquarters and saluted, and saw Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang sitting cross-legged on the kang. What was rare was that this time there was not wine on the kang table but a pile of documents. Judging from the messy appearance of the documents, it must have been after a lot of work.
researched and discussed.
Li Yunlong raised his head towards the empty seat next to him and motioned for Wang Xuexin to sit down.
Wang Xuexin was not polite. He moved his butt and shrank his feet before getting on the kang.
"Here's the thing!" Zhao Gang rummaged through the documents for a while, picked out one and handed it over, saying: "Usually we don't care about the range of the Japanese artillery. It's the same whether it's far or close, they're all artillery anyway.
But now that we have rocket launchers, we want to know how many Japanese artillery can become potential opponents of rocket launchers. We don’t know if we don’t check, but after checking, we found that there are more than a dozen types!”
Wang Xuexin took the document and looked at it. It listed various artillery pieces currently in service by the Japanese and their basic information. Those with a range of more than six kilometers were circled.
One of them has several key lines drawn on it. It is the Taisho 14th-year-old 105mm field cannon with a range of 15.3 kilometers.
At this time, Li Yunlong spoke up: "Xiao Dongbei, is this rocket launcher of yours okay? You can count it yourself. There are 17 types of Japanese artillery that can fire more than six kilometers. This does not include those four-kilometer and five-kilometer mortars."
Cannons, including these, there are more than twenty types!"
Four-kilometer and five-kilometer mortars are also a threat, because rocket launchers cannot completely keep these fast-moving artillery out of range, so they may be destroyed.
After a pause, Li Yunlong continued: "We hit six kilometers, and the Japanese also hit six kilometers. They can hit farther, more accurately, and more. How can we beat the Japanese?"
"Yes, Xiaobei!" Zhao Gang said: "Should we consider this issue? The Japanese artillery is generally deployed in artillery positions, using sandbags to build bunkers, while our artillery is pulled by cars. It will take a while
Won’t you suffer a loss?”
"What do I mean!" Wang Xuexin pushed these documents easily and said, "Regiment leader, political commissar, what's the use of reading these? These have nothing to do with our rocket launchers!"
"Why doesn't it matter?" Li Yunlong was unconvinced: "Is it possible that your rocket launcher can become invisible? You can fight the Japanese, but the Japanese can't fight? I wish you all the best!"
"Captain!" Wang Xuexin replied: "Although it can't be invisible, it's almost the same! Otherwise, what would I do with this thing? Get bombed by the Japanese?"