This type of flying fish rocket launcher is an inertial guidance weapon. As for whether it can hit a target dozens of kilometers away, it can only rely on the accuracy of the ballistic calculation before launch. What's more, Yang Mingzhi noticed that there was a light wind today.
It is very weak, but exists for a long time as a force from north to south. The rocket launcher will also deviate in its direction during its long flight.
He made some final calculations and checked the angle of the launcher.
"Lavrenti!"
"arrive!"
"Now you make the final change to the launcher and shift the launch direction two degrees to the north."
"Yes! However, Commander..."
"No need to question it, I'm just afraid that the wind will blow the rocket launcher away!"
While they were adjusting the launchers, Yang Mingzhi also checked the rockets to be launched. He squatted down and stroked these winged rockets as if they were stroking babies.
In terms of workmanship, the arsenal is produced in the current difficult environment, and its workmanship is quite rough. If the rockets were produced in a regular arsenal in the Soviet Union, no matter what their performance, at least in terms of appearance, they would be very beautiful.
These projectiles are made by hammering iron sheets into cylinders bit by bit in blacksmith villages and then heat-welding them. The metal properties are also relatively poor, and their carbon content is relatively high, so they can barely be used to make rocket launchers.
Even if such a weapon will be put into actual combat for the first time, Yang Mingzhi is by no means completely confident until the results are achieved.
He sighed: "Hey! I wonder if you guys can fly to Chernihiv!"
At this moment, Lavrent reported: "Reporting to the commander, the final debugging of the launcher is completed, shall we launch?!"
"Okay! The moment has finally arrived!"
Yang Mingzhi shook his body and looked at the rising sun in the distance: "Now, we should fight against the sun! Lavrenti, inform your people that those who are not important should leave the launch site!"
"Yes! Then, what about you?!"
"Me?" Yang Mingzhi smiled, "Of course I am going to the launch site in person. I want to watch all the weapons I shoot fly into the sky!"
The projectile has been placed on the slide, with a rather primitive pull-bolt ignition mechanism, and the long rope is also held in the hands of two soldiers.
The soldiers suddenly dug two large pits with a depth of 1.5 meters, and the soldiers responsible for igniting the fire squatted here. The reason is simply that the scorching storm and smoke caused by the "Flying Fish" when it was launched were much stronger than that of the "Catfish". This man
Brave warrior, he put on his gas mask and tightened his grip on the launch rope. He poked his head and waited for the commander's raised right hand not far away to fall.
Yang Mingzhi took a deep breath and looked at his watch. It was already ten o'clock in the morning.
He finally made up his mind and dropped his right hand suddenly.
There was a soldier beside both launchers. They completed the final ignition, and the expected huge amount of smoke quickly buried the launchers. Only two fire dragons rose into the sky with their long white tails!
They flew into the sky, and the onlookers burst out with amazing roars. Yang Mingzhi smiled at this scene. The rocket launcher he built was like a surface-to-air missile. Compared with the rockets with higher combat power in later generations, "Flying Fish"
"The smoke is amazing, and the white tail is even more amazing.
After all, they are flying. Black powder and ammonium nitrate are pressed into a dense solid. It is not surprising that this "solid rocket" has strong flight performance. A huge amount of gas is ejected from the tail nozzle, and a large amount of dust immediately reacts with the moist air.
, turned into clouds and mist. The wingtips of the flying wings on both sides of the missile also broke the balance of the air, and they pulled up two thin smoke clouds.
The two white dragons headed straight towards Chernihiv. No one doubted whether the launch direction was correct. The only thing that restricted the accuracy of the rockets now was whether the fuel content completely met the standards when the fuel was filled.
Yang Mingzhi no longer expects so much, so why should he question the gorgeous flight of rockets?
The majesty blew some of the smoke away, and he immediately ordered a soldier lying not far from the launch site: "Hurry up and load the third and fourth bombs! We must launch them as quickly as possible!"
The soldiers worked together to carry the new "Catfish" to the launch pad. They were surprised to find that the steel slide was still warm, and even some parts showed signs of being ablated.
They immediately reported this situation to the commander.
Yang Mingzhi was quite surprised: "No, the temporary launcher is really too crude!" The soldiers were waiting for his decision. Yang Mingzhi gritted his teeth and ordered: "Don't pay attention to these small problems anymore, just put these ten
One rocket is launched, and our final mission is completed!"
In this way, the soldiers just went about their business, "Flying Fish" loaded the chute again, and soon, two more white dragons rose into the sky...
On the other hand, the German division commander Hendryson, deep inside the city of Chernihiv, knew nothing about the coming danger.
No, in fact, he should have been worried a long time ago. However, the warnings of those prisoners were only regarded as a mysterious curse for the time being.
On the morning of May 22, the hanging of these "rats" caught in the early morning will be officially carried out. According to the German army's usual execution habits, they usually carry out the execution from 8 to 10 in the morning. This time the execution time will be delayed for the same reason.
Quite simply, Henderson overslept, and his men were too embarrassed to suddenly disturb his sweet dream.
In this way, the captured guerrillas of the Soviet underground resistance organization were dragged to the gallows in the city square by pick-up trucks at seven o'clock in the morning, but their German division commander who supervised the execution was still late in coming.
The previous words of these prisoners seemed to mean that there would be sabotage actions from the Soviet Union today. Henderson could respond to any changes by remaining unchanged, but his subordinates still made some reactions. They estimated that there were still some "rats" that had not yet been captured.
, they are likely to rob the execution ground during the execution.
This speculation seems to be very reliable, because a large number of citizens will be ordered to watch this execution, and there will be saboteurs who have not yet been caught among them.
Chernigov's pseudo-public security police, officers and soldiers of the police regiment, and some officers and soldiers of the 634th Division entered the city streets in large numbers and set up simple machine gun forts at multiple intersections. Half-track armored vehicles also entered the city.
As for the city square where the hangings were carried out, the German army deployed its strongest troops. Even the roofs of many buildings were occupied by machine gunners.
More than 50,000 citizens were ordered to watch the execution.
In the past, there were not many onlookers when guerrillas were executed here, and people talked a lot. The reason why the German army forced a large number of citizens to participate in this bloody activity must be because the entire city's resistance organizations were almost wiped out in the early morning operation! At least!
The Germans thought so.
In terms of emotions, the majority of Ukrainians in the city, although they do not like Stalin, they also do not want the rude notice from the Axis Powers! Even if they want to break away from the Soviet Union, they also hope to truly establish a Ukrainian-dominated country. This,
Obviously impossible.
Since the city was occupied, they have witnessed a large number of executions in this city square. Many people were obviously innocent, but were judged to be guerrillas or supporters of the guerrillas. The strong military pressure made the city residents dare not be angry.
It can be said that they live in fear all day long and cannot see the bright future at all.
At this moment, 50,000 people were driven into the square by German firearms and armored vehicles. They all looked at the soldiers with live ammunition around them, and even noticed that machine guns were set up on the roofs.