While Okamura Neiji was racking his brains to find a way to deal with the so-called "special bomb", Wang Xuexin's headquarters had already exploded... Telephone calls from all directions sent congratulatory and thank-you telegrams one after another. There are even many people asking if the "high fire" force needs people.
Wang Xuexin was a little confused when he saw this situation. The "announcement" issued by the chief did not say that this "high fire" was developed by him, Wang Xuexin. How could he find each one so accurately?
In fact, this goes without saying. It is no secret in the Eighth Route Army that Xiaodongbei can develop equipment, and only Wang Xuexin in the entire army can do it... Then who else can it be if it is not Xiaodongbei?
Therefore, even if the chief wants to keep it a secret, he cannot keep it a secret. Once something comes out, it must have been developed by Xiaodongbei!
If this was developed by Li Yunlong, would the chief dare to say it, but would others dare to believe it?
Then, as expected, Sun Erwei came to the door.
"King!" Sun Erwei said to Wang Xuexin in surprise: "I heard that you have developed a new piece of equipment called 'High Fire'?"
"Yes!" Wang Xuexin nodded: "I am also involved in this project, but due to confidentiality reasons... I'm sorry, I can't tell you too much!"
Wang Xuexin was practicing Tai Chi. First, he generously admitted that "high fire" had something to do with him... It would be too boring to deny it. That would be to tell lies with open eyes, which would be an insult to Ying Jiang.
But then Wang Xuexin explicitly told Yingjiang not to reveal too much on the grounds of confidentiality, which meant that he actually told Sun Erwei nothing.
Wang Xuexin's answer did not surprise Sun Erwei. After all, Yingjiang is a commercial country. Most Yingjiang people in this era have a somewhat contractual spirit. Unlike today's Yingjiang, they don't even want to show their face and blatantly call white people black. Calling black things white, white helmets, laundry detergent, Guantanamo Bay... being slapped in the face again and again but still being able to accuse others without changing your expression requires a lot of skill.
Sun Erwei grew up in this era, so he knew very well that the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and Yingjiang was different from the relationship between the stubborn army and Yingjiang.
The stubborn army is completely dependent on Yingjiang, so Yingjiang can command the stubborn army with a superior attitude.
But the Eighth Route Army is Yingjiang's business partner... All the things that Yingjiang provides to the Eighth Route Army cannot actually be said to be "reinforcements", but are exchanged by the Eighth Route Army for ideas and suggestions. Even during this process, Yingjiang actually A bargain.
Therefore, Yingjiang has no right to make irresponsible remarks on the Eighth Route Army.
To put it harshly, the stubborn army could not leave Yingjiang, but the Eighth Route Army had no problem leaving Yingjiang.
In addition, the Eighth Route Army even had business dealings with Mao Xiong... If Yingjiang didn't want to see him, he turned around and walked straight ahead, and the Eighth Route Army turned around and went to do business with Mao Xiong.
Therefore, Sun Erwei did not intend to delve too much into the secrets of the Eighth Route Army. He just wanted to understand one thing...
"King!" Sun Erwei said: "Colonel Smith also heard the news. He thought that this was probably a rocket that solved the accuracy problem, which was a project we jointly developed..."
Wang Xuexin looked at Sun Erwei in surprise and said, "Why would he think that? So, do you think I am using you or hiding something from you?"
"No no..." Sun Erwei explained: "I just want to understand this, and then you know, I need to convince my superiors!"
Wang Xuexin calmed down and replied: "That's your business, Sun Erwei! If you have any doubts about this, you can ask Skinner, I think he should be able to tell you the answer! As for other things, I'm sorry, I
No comment!”
As he spoke, he made a gesture of seeing off guests.
"Okay!" Sun Erwei nodded, and before leaving, he turned back and added: "Wang, we are just doing this for official business, I hope it will not affect our personal feelings!"
"Of course!" Wang Xuexin agreed.
Sun Erwei felt relieved now, said "thank you" and went to find Skinner.
Wang Xuexin was quite relieved that Sun Erwei went to find Skinner.
This is not to say that Wang Xuexin looks down on Skinner.
Instead, Wang Xuexin gave Skinny two completely different directions, one was to use gunpowder control, and the other was to adjust the tail control... Skinny, who fell into the "gunpowder control" direction at this time, would naturally think that it was still this direction.
, so I thought it was impossible.
Sure enough, when Sun Erwei approached Skinner and told him about his suspicions about the "High Fire", Skinner immediately laughed: "So, you think they have solved the rocket problem?"
"Is there any problem?" Sun Erwei asked.
"Of course there is a problem!" Skinny raised his head towards the test firing site: "Everything has a process from easy to difficult. The rocket we are testing has a stable range of only
More than a hundred meters, and there have been frequent incidents. You told me that the Eighth Route Army already has a rocket... that can fly stably for thirty to fifty kilometers?"
Sun Erwei also felt that this was unreasonable, because he had never heard of the Eighth Route Army launching short-range or medium-range rockets.
How could Sun Erwei have thought that the fifty-kilometer range of "Gaohuo" was already short-range, or even ultra-short-range... By modern standards, missiles with a range of 300 kilometers are all short-range.
"What's more!" Skinny added: "The way we use to improve accuracy is to rely on triggering small powder packages to correct the trajectory, with a range of more than thirty kilometers..."
Skinner laughed: "Do you know how many powder packets are needed for this? Even hundreds of kilograms of powder packets are not enough to make it reach the target!"
Sun Erwei said "Oh" and felt that what Skinner said made sense.
But then I thought about it and asked again: "Then what do you think this 'high fire' of the Eighth Route Army is? Why does it have such a long range and ensure accuracy at the same time!"
"It's a certain accuracy!" Skinner corrected: "I heard that they fired a total of fifty 'high fire' rounds to destroy an artillery position. This shows that the accuracy is not very high."
Sun Erwei agreed again. He had already received some information and knew that only about ten of the fifty 'high fire' missiles hit the target area.
"I think..." Skinny said: "They may be using an extended-range rocket that is launched by ejection, which can increase some accuracy, and then uses the rocket engine to propel it in the air."
What Skinner said was reasonable.
Because if it is ejected from the ground, the projectile is actually a cannonball instead of a rocket, so when it is ejected and performs a parabolic motion, its trajectory is predictable. Although there are errors and windage, it is much better than rockets.
This can achieve the purpose of improving part of the accuracy.