"Commander! Deputy Commander! And the political commissar! Look, those things standing on the ground that look like giant comatus mushrooms are the aerial bombs we captured."
Yang Mingzhi's eyesight was a little bad. He skillfully took out the well-preserved resin eyes from the 21st century from his coat pocket. After wearing them, he finally saw the clues there. As for Yevlov, Fomin, and even others
The staff officers raised their binoculars one after another.
Yang Mingzhi usually doesn't wear glasses anymore. His sudden change of appearance really shocked Qiao Shuya. "He is indeed an intellectual. Who would have thought that such a general would have such a gentle appearance."
Joshua fell into intoxication until Yang Mingzhi interrupted her admiration.
"Comrade Joshua!"
"Ah...here we come!"
"I saw you were digging a hole to insert an aerial bomb. How could you perform such a violent operation! Aren't you afraid that an aerial bomb would suddenly explode?!"
"It didn't explode after all!" Joshua heard the commander's harsh criticism. She explained: "The aerial bomb is standing there now. If you want to ask professionals to dismantle the fuse immediately, then do it immediately! Look, stand up
The aerial bomb makes disassembly easier.”
"Oh~ That makes sense."
After Yang Mingzhi snapped his fingers and ordered the disbandment of all troops, he ordered the "bomb disposal experts" to take a full set of tools such as big wrenches and start the most dangerous work!
The aerial bombs of this era are still inertial bombs, which have no guidance capabilities. Large bombers can only increase the number they can carry as much as possible in order to achieve tactical effects by dispersing firepower over a large area. The unprecedented ammunition consumption in this world war
Accelerating the development of aerial bombs, the US military will soon install radios on bombs, allowing bombardiers to adjust the bomb's falling direction through remote sensing.
But even more incredible is the pioneer of modern guided weapons - the Bat-guided bomb. The U.S. military finally equipped it near the end of the war. This active radar-guided bomb successfully sank a large number of Japanese warships and transport ships.
In 1942, the countries at war were not equipped with any guided weapons, and even if they were, they were at laboratory level.
The German army is equipped with high-resistance aerial bombs, which are designed to be as short and stubby as possible. This is due to the design consideration of being able to stuff a large number of Henschel bombers into the magazine. In order to facilitate mass production, the German army naturally did not widely produce streamlined bombs.
of low-drag aerial bombs.
The FW190s used in this air strike were all loaded with round aerial bombs. It stands to reason that due to the high air resistance, such bombs would have a more classic falling posture and a lower fuze failure rate. After all, this air strike created a "miracle".
What caused it not to explode? Yang Mingzhi could only guess one reason - the ammunition was damp.
TNT itself is not susceptible to moisture and does not lose its effectiveness after being exposed to the air for fifty or sixty years. It can even explode underwater. Therefore, some warehouses store this explosive safely by filling it with water.
However, it is the fuse that is susceptible to moisture!
Yang Mingzhi's guess soon turned into reality. Those "bomb disposal experts" used huge wrenches and the lever principle to quickly open the fuse bolt and pull out the entire collision fuse from the missile body.
From work to end, it only took ten minutes! They gathered in front of Yang Mingzhi carrying a total of fourteen items. The leader of the workers reported with a straight mouth: "Now we know the reason why these aerial bombs did not explode!"
"It must be damp!" Yang Mingzhi asked eagerly.
"Your guess is absolutely correct! Squat down and touch it, it will be better than our explanation!"
Yang Mingzhi did as he was told. His palms were quite dry, but when he touched these sensitive parts, he felt wet.
The detonating agent of the fuse is susceptible to moisture, so many artillery shells were installed with fuses by soldiers on the eve of the battle. Most of the self-made artillery shells of the Guerrilla Republic used earthen detonators, whose core components were the same as those of the German detonators and fuses.
There is no essential difference.
The German military industry has indeed produced these collision fuses with a conscientious attitude. However, in Yang Mingzhi's case, water can be squeezed out of them even if they are wet. This water does not come from the mud. It has long existed in the projectile body, even in the projectile.
There is also a lot of water in the body!
With the facts in front of him, Yang Mingzhi simply stood up and laughed loudly!
"Hey! Berekov, are you crazy with joy?!" Yevlov was very puzzled, but his old comrades all laughed, and he gradually opened his mouth.
Yang Mingzhi immediately turned around: "Of course I'm happy! Why do you think I'm laughing?! How should I evaluate our enemies? It turns out that it's not just our army's ammunition that's affected by a lot of moisture, the German army is also the same! These aerial bombs are all affected by moisture.
That’s why none of them exploded! The dumb bombs were actually of this proportion. I think the German ammunition depot has been destroyed by the heavy rain. What else can I say? Even the nature of the Soviet Union is attacking these invaders!"