At this time, his mind was thinking about another thing: Yingjiang paid very close attention to the Chinese battlefield, especially after Wang Xuexin developed rocket launchers and rocket launchers.
Sun Erwei said that he was here to facilitate the communication and transactions between Wang Xuexin and Yingjiang, but Wang Xuexin thought that he should have another task, which was to monitor Wang Xuexin's research and development progress.
In this way...
Once the Eighth Route Army uses "high-precision rockets" on the battlefield, will Yingjiang know about it immediately?
It doesn't actually matter if Hawk-chan knows about it.
The relationship between the Eighth Route Army and Yingjiang is not like that between the stubborn army and Yingjiang.
Nianjun and Yingjiang, that is because Nianjun was unilaterally assisted by Yingjiang. He had almost no research and development capabilities of his own in all aspects. The technology was completely in the hands of Yingjiang, even the supply artery was no exception.
It is no exaggeration to say that the stubborn army almost placed its life and death in the hands of Yingjiang.
Therefore, Yingjiang told Nianjun that one is one and two is two. As long as the bottom line was not touched, Nianjun could only nod and accept the order.
However, I don’t know where the “bottom line” is.
For example, at the end of the war, Yingjiang even directly bypassed the stubborn army to talk to Mao Xiong about the Outer Mongolia issue... What power does Yingjiang have to decide China's territory and give it away as a condition?
But the life and death of the stubborn army is in the hands of Yingjiang, and his neck is choked in every aspect, so he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his belly.
The Eighth Route Army was different.
The Eighth Route Army did not receive much U.S. aid (almost none in history), so there was no control at all.
There was also a transaction between Wang Xuexin and Yingjiang, that is, an exchange of interests between you and me. To be precise, Yingjiang took the big advantage.
For example, the tactics against "zero battle", the improvement and application of rocket launchers, and the different results of the Coral Sea battle...
In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Yingjiang was originally going to lose a 33,000-ton heavy aircraft carrier, the USS Lexington. In contrast, the Japanese lost only 12,000 tons of the USS Xiangfeng.
From this aspect, the Japanese actually took advantage of this battle.
Wang Xuexin's influence on Yingjiang's tactics allowed Yingjiang to avoid this loss, and the Lexington was only injured... From this alone, Yingjiang made a lot of money.
Under this kind of "mutually beneficial" transaction, the Eighth Route Army actually had no problem getting stuck in Eagle Sauce.
This is actually one of the benefits of primitive equipment: the original equipment industry is backward, and you can make almost anything you want, so why is it stuck?
In this case, even if Yingjiang knew that the Eighth Route Army had a piece of shocking equipment, but the Eighth Route Army just refused to provide the technology, what could you do?
threaten?
Cut off supplies?
Sorry, the Eighth Route Army does not accept this trick.
The point is...the gyroscope!
With Yingjiang's ability, after they learned about this equipment, and then thought of Wang Xuexin's previous statement of "improving the accuracy of rockets", it was not difficult to guess that "high-precision rockets" require gyroscopes.
Then the hawk sauce can get stuck in the neck of the Eighth Route Army.
For this reason, Wang Xuexin is reluctant to expose "high-precision rockets" before the gyroscope is available.
Because once exposed, Yingjiang wouldn’t be given the technology... How could Yingjiang be so stupid as to send the gyroscope to the Eighth Route Army?
Even if you have to buy it with US dollars, the price will be astronomical.
Thinking of this, Wang Xuexin did not hesitate. He planned to go to Skinny's laboratory... Skinny's R&D team has been studying the use of gyroscopes to improve the accuracy of rockets, but they are going in another direction.
It was to use gunpowder spray to correct the trajectory. This was actually led astray by Wang Xuexin.
But before going there, Wang Xuexin played a trick and called Sun Erwei.
"I think you should know about Skinny's research institute!" Wang Xuexin said: "It is a cooperative project between Yingjiang and us, and it is nearby. If you don't know everything when you ask questions, it may be difficult to explain to your superiors!"
Sun Erwei really hadn't thought of this. When Wang Xuexin reminded him, he nodded hurriedly.
"You're right, Wang!" Sun Erwei happily put down what he was doing, held Wang Xuexin's shoulder like an old friend, and said, "I just want to see how the research and development is progressing. Is there any hope of success?"
"Of course there is hope!" Wang Xuexin replied: "But there are also difficulties, and it will take time, maybe several years!"
Skinny has always submitted experimental data and reports to Wang Xuexin... This is one of the reasons why Skinny set up his laboratory in China and at Wanxian Airport. He hopes that Wang Xuexin can put forward some constructive suggestions when the research encounters difficulties.
suggestions.
Therefore, it was impossible for Skinny to cheat on the progress and reports. Instead, he made them as detailed as possible and had a translator translate them into Chinese and confirm them repeatedly before sending them.
Sun Erwei smiled and replied: "We are not worried about this. As long as it has hope, then we should continue! Because no revolutionary research can be obtained easily, right?"
Wang Xuexin nodded. This was Yingjiang's style at this time. They had strong financial backing, so their support for scientific research could be called "inhumane".
Skinny's laboratory is not far away, and it only takes a few people ten minutes to get there by bus.
It was a reinforced concrete air-raid shelter left by the stubborn army. There were many rooms in it, and machinery and machine tools used by the R&D team were everywhere... Skinner did not hesitate to spend money. He believed that only if he could produce rockets, he could do whatever he wanted.
Therefore, he brought in an entire production team and a large amount of equipment, and the total number of people was more than 300.
Skinner was shooting rockets at the test range. When he saw Wang Xuexin coming in, he was overjoyed. He quickly took off his protective mask and greeted him. He said enthusiastically: "You came at the right time, battalion commander! I just have a lot of questions."
I want to discuss it with you!"
From these words, it is not difficult to see that this is not "just the right time". Skinner has been waiting for a long time. However, Wang Xuexin is either commanding the air force or commanding operations in Yuncheng, and his priority level is higher than that of Skinner.
High, so it is difficult to wait for Wang Xuexin.
Unexpectedly, Wang Xuexin took the initiative to appear in the laboratory today... At this time, Skinner could not be described with words such as excitement and joy, but "touched".
"Long time no see, Colonel!" Wang Xuexin glanced at the test firing range and asked knowingly: "How is the experiment going?"
Skinner shook his head and replied helplessly: "Not good, battalion commander! It's difficult for us to stuff the gyroscope into the rocket, so we can only connect it to the middle section..."
As Skinner spoke, he took Wang Xuexin and Sun Erwei aside and opened a wooden box, which contained a rocket for test firing, with a caliber much larger than commonly used.
"Plus!" Skinner said, "We also have to find a way to power the gyroscope, so it's very bulky! We need to use..."
Skinner raised his head toward the test range, where soldiers were firing heavy rockets with something like a cannon.