The Flying Fish rocket launcher actually got a new number?! Yang Mingzhi was not surprised by the new number itself. After all, "Flying Fish" could only be a nickname. He had given it a change, but when it came to the Soviet military industry department, it had to be given a new number.
"Why Bm-40?"
"Because the range is forty kilometers! Comrade General! In addition to this, the Catfish rocket launcher also received the number Bm-14." At this moment, Liguschkov's face was rosy, and his eyes were shining brightly; "In the entire alliance, my factory is the first
Mass-produced Exocet rocket launcher. No! It's the Бm-40 rocket launcher. In the future, I will get great honor for it after all. General, you are the main designer of this weapon. If I get the honor, you will get greater honor. I think in the future
The army will still call them flying fish and catfish by old nicknames, at least our comrades far away in the swamps still call them by old nicknames."
Yang Mingzhi completely understood. Liguschkov had really become a professional talent in the field: "We will all get honors. Comrade, did I hear that you also won the title of academician of the Soviet Academy of Sciences?"
"Of course! This is really a wonderful honor!" Liguschkov immediately sat up straight, "I have just learned that the only person in the entire alliance who has the ability to build ultra-long-range rocket launchers, except you, is me. The leader awarded me the honor in advance,
Just three days ago, the Exocet rocket launcher, which was manufactured according to the drawings, completed the experiment. For this, I will also receive a bonus of 10,000 rubles! Now just relying on my academician title, in addition to the salary of 1,000 rubles, I also have two
The extra bonus of a thousand rubles, everything is wonderful..."
Liguschkov didn't care at all. He wanted to tell all his honors, even the few rubles and kopecks in his pocket, to his old friend General Berekov who had the kindness to meet him.
After a lot of wrangling, Yang Mingzhi at least understood one thing, that is, the extra bonus for academicians is actually two thousand rubles a month.
Perhaps this is just Liguschkov's personal situation. His scientific contribution to the Soviet Union will be even greater. Will a general of two thousand rubles be the lower limit? The only thing he understands is that anyone who has made a significant contribution to the current Soviet Union
Scientists, Stalin and his close comrades will never be stingy.
While excited, Liguschkov also pretended to be aloof: "Money is a small issue, and my struggle is not for money. I now have greater ambitions and some new plans?"
"new plan?"
"Yes! I have established friendships with several arsenal directors, so if you have new ideas and new scientific research results, you can find those directors to implement your scientific research. In order for everything to operate efficiently, I
Thought we could form a committee."
"Committee? A joint production committee?"
"Yes. I'm glad you understood what I meant instantly."
"No! Just wait..." Yang Mingzhi held his forehead. He still needed to think carefully about this old guy's thoughts.
"General, you still have some doubts? I know that you are a design expert with lofty goals. Our arsenal in the swamp is too small to realize your ambitions. It is completely different now. There are many arsenals in the city. They are working according to the
While the task schedule is meeting the production capacity, we are also taking time to undertake new products from other design bureaus.”
"Wait a minute!" Yang Mingzhi suddenly raised his head: "You mean, some arsenals are accepting new products submitted by some research institutes?"
"Yes! I think those research institutes lack innovation. On the other hand, our design bureau, especially you, is much smarter than those people. Therefore, you should take the lead in integrating the entire Novosibirsk arsenal. In this way, you have a new plan
, the relevant factories can implement it immediately.
What Liguschkov said was indeed constructive. Yang Mingzhi nodded: "The leader promised me that when I arrive in Novosibirsk as the director of the Design Bureau, the Design Bureau will directly manage at least two factories. I am still new here..."
"How could such a good thing happen?!" Liguschkov was greatly surprised.
"I should continue to ask Lysenko about this, or go directly to the Municipal Soviet. I am very happy with the ideas you have proposed. I think we should set up a military-industrial complex in Novosibirsk to integrate all the arsenals and become a super
Arsenal. I’m afraid it’s not just that.”
Yang Mingzhi looked calm. When he said these words, he only had some macro-perspectives for the future. But in Liguschkov's view, the general is truly worthy of being a general, and he has an extremely long-term perspective wherever he goes.
"We should mobilize the entire city and turn the city into a giant state-owned enterprise. Perhaps in the more than 20 years of the alliance's history, such a huge enterprise has not yet appeared."
"Yes! A company with one million people has never existed before, not even in the whole world."
"So, can Novosibirsk become such an enterprise?" Yang Mingzhi shook his head to himself and immediately denied his words, "Maybe the alliance will achieve such a miracle in the future. Now? It is too ahead of its time! My dear
Comrade, I am very willing to meet cordially with the directors of the arsenal and related personnel you mentioned. We should sit together to discuss future cooperation. I think it is feasible to form a committee, but at this time, the division commander and the city Soviet
approval.”
"Okay, I will contact the factory directors tomorrow. If everyone is supportive, we can organize a negotiation meeting."
"Then I'll thank you! Thank you very much. However, if there must be a meeting, I really hope it can be delayed a bit."
"Why?"
Yang Mingzhi smiled: "I owe you the special care of Comrade Leader, shouldn't I give you something in return? You are here, and I have something to ask you."
"Please speak."
"The leader wants me to develop better rocket launchers, and I will do it. Your arsenal uses past drawings to produce Feiyu rocket launchers. I will take the time to visit and inspect them in person, and then based on the results of the inspection, I will lead the comrades
Let’s start the improvement work of the rocket launcher.”
"Ah! I welcome you with all my heart!"
"Don't be too happy too early. There is one more thing I need your help with."
"I will obey your orders unconditionally!"
"It seems that there is an arsenal in the city that specializes in the production of rifles? If so, I want to..." Yang Mingzhi pinched his chin and said, "Let's leave it to the day after tomorrow. In the morning of tomorrow, you can help me mediate. I want to negotiate with the rifle factory.
Get in touch with your comrades.”
"Okay, I can tell you first that the director of the rifle factory is named Fedorov. I have had drinks with that person several times and have a certain friendship. If that person knows, a general named him
He would be very happy to meet him."
"Great! I'll take care of this for you."
"Yes. But Comrade General, I'm very curious. Apparently you want to implement your new project? What kind of project is it?"
"It's a gun! A new type of firearm. This is the magic weapon I will give to the leaders and comrades and the people to defeat the enemy. Go ahead and do it."
The so-called firearms are assault rifles!
Until now, Yang Mingzhi not only has not told anyone in the design bureau about this, but also only mentioned to Liguschkov that the new project is about building a new gun.
What else can be so great about firearms? Is it possible that every soldier can hold a powerful submachine gun, and the bullets fired have the power of a howitzer? It's crazy, it's purely an unrealistic fantasy.
Liguschkov happily left the large office of the design bureau. He got into the car and immediately asked the driver to drive to the rifle factory. He believed that at this time, the factory director Fedorov had just gone to bed.
In any case, Comrade General's request must be implemented as soon as possible. Liguschkov has made up his mind that even if he offends his colleagues, he must convey the "hope for talks" tonight. It is best to get an answer immediately.
General.
The design bureau's main office was finally cleaned up, and everyone who stopped working cast curious glances at the director.
What are the new firearms?
Is developing new guns the main task of the next stage?
After the arrival of the director, will the in-depth research and development of the new rocket launcher begin immediately?
Are the previous drawings of special landmines in-depth research and development?
Everyone had a lot of questions. After all, it was too late and they finished their work. They left the office one by one and went to their dormitories to implement the rest order issued by the general.
Therefore, this is the first time in the few days since the design bureau moved in that the office lights are turned off before eleven o'clock. In fact, people here have basically adapted to the new schedule. Everyone still gets up at five or six o'clock in the morning and goes to the cafeteria for breakfast early.
Even though the sun was already high at that time.
Yang Mingzhi really couldn't bear it anymore. He looked at his wife again. She had been sitting quietly with Annie, and the two of them were already yawning constantly.
The lights in the big office were turned off, and Popov now led the couple to their new residence.
It has to be said that the area allocated by the Academy of Sciences to the Design Bureau has more houses, because that is Stalin's promise to give Yang Mingzhi spacious housing. Novosibirsk lacks exquisite villas, so to make up for it, all the residences of Yang Mingzhi's Design Bureau are
It can accommodate a hundred people.
How many people are actually there now? Including Grishenko and other guards, as well as a full-time cook Anne, there are less than thirty people in total. No one wants to live alone, and it is also to make it more warm and lively, so the occupancy rate of the residence is very low.
Anne's house has been settled, it is a wooden house. Because she is actually a single woman, in order to avoid embarrassment, she has to live alone. Regarding this woman's arrangement, she should become a full-time cleaner of the design bureau and concurrently serve as an internal
Chef. In this way, when you work overtime in the future, you will not have to worry about providing late night snacks.
"She shouldn't be lonely?" Yang Mingzhi thought, "You can't arrange work for Yang Tao with her belly. In the future, her belly will only get bigger and bigger, and she will need more help. I have to be busy with work.
How can I have time to serve this girl? At this time, Anne's role is too great."
Only women can properly take care of women. Yang Mingzhi admitted that he was often a little careless. In the future, he should give Anne more rewards...
Soon, a larger wooden building appeared in front of Yang Mingzhi.
Popov said proudly: "Comrade General, this is your future residence. Please come in, everything will surprise you!"
"All right."
Most of the buildings in the design bureau's dormitory area have the same shape, but this building is a bit special. It is larger.
Yang Mingzhi even noticed that this wooden ridge actually had all steps. Looking carefully, the building actually had a fence structure, that is, the building was built on a large number of wooden piles. This operation is indeed different from those mass-produced buildings.
stop.
"My dear, let's go and see our new home." Holding his wife's arm, Yang Mingzhi stepped onto the first step.
Popov, who was the first to enter the house, opened the wooden door and was immediately hit by a rush of hot air. The surprise was not just that, suddenly, the whole house was brightly lit.
"Wow! Electric lights have become perfectly popular?"
"Yes! Come in quickly, Comrade General."
In fact, Yang Mingzhi has always had little requirements for being stationed. His bottom line is that the bedroom must be comfortable. Let’s look at why this wooden engraving is larger. Its interior is actually a one-bedroom and one-living structure, while the rest of the dormitories built in a unified manner are really just that.
It's just a dormitory.
The entire wooden house is quite simple. The walls are made of wood, the ceiling is made of wood, the floor is made of wood, and the tables, chairs and benches in the living room are all made of wood.
Wooden buildings have many benefits. For example, big trees are everywhere around Novosibirsk, making wooden buildings easier to build. In addition, the traditional Russian houses built here are warm in winter and cool in summer.
The room was indeed very warm. Yang Mingzhi noticed that there were metal pipes running along the walls, and old-fashioned radiators were arranged on one wall, with valves controlling the inflow and outflow of hot steam. Yang Mingzhi was actually familiar with these things, because in that plane,
China's central heating system was learned from the Soviet Union, and it took sixty years to gradually upgrade to the new system. In essence, there is no technical gap between the radiators that Yang Mingzhi saw and those in China in the future. Therefore, he operates this equipment
, he has some experience.
"Very good, the indoor temperature is probably 20 degrees. I saw that all the windows here are covered with glass?"
"Yes. And it's all double-glazed, so it's better able to keep out the cold." Popov continued, "Would you like to go to the bedroom and take a look?"
"Okay. Let's go!"
Compared with the living room, the bedroom was smaller and warmer. After entering the room for a while, Yang Mingzhi only felt that his body was hot and he quickly took off his coat. Seeing that there were special hooks nailed to the gun, he immediately hung the clothes up, and then
Praise Lysenko for his thoughtfulness.
There is an incandescent lamp on the ceiling of the bedroom, and there are heating pipes and blades in the room. A large bed is placed in the middle, with bedside tables on each side, and a lamp on the cabinet on the right.
Looking at the big bed, Yang Mingzhi instantly understood that Lysenko had fulfilled his promise. There was really a soft mattress with springs on the bed, but the fabric was a bit rough.
"Well, if I had known better, I would have brought those quilts from Moscow. I hope I can buy soft woolen blankets in the city in the future."
While he was thoughtfully waiting for the bed, Popov suddenly called out: "General, are you satisfied?"
"Ah! I'm quite satisfied."
"If you are dissatisfied, please feel free to mention it to Dean Lysenko."
"Okay, I will express my opinion when I see him tomorrow. It seems that this wooden house only has two rooms, and there is no kitchen or toilet design."
"They didn't think about this when they built the house." Popov shook his head regretfully, "In fact, there are kitchens and toilets. They are independent buildings."
"Really? Especially the toilet, it's very important!"
One of the hallmarks of a civilized person is to ensure personal hygiene. The kitchen and dining room must be clean and hygienic, as well as the toilets. Yang Mingzhi believes that Lao Maozi will also pay special attention to this. Popov took him to see the toilets of the Design Bureau, here
There is a stove but no trace of cooking, presumably because there is no full-time chef. After Anne takes over this place, the kitchen will become hot for the first time.
As for the toilet...
Yang Mingzhi finally frowned. Because this is a public toilet, although it is divided into men and women, its overall structure is simple.
It should be the only concrete building in the entire design bureau. It is built with the best building materials, but it is actually a cold place. Walking in again, there are only squatting pits arranged one after another. There is no heating here, only an incandescent lamp.
lamp.
It may not be a big deal to solve personal problems in the summer, but in the extremely cold month of January, it's really...
Yang Mingzhi didn't dare to think about it anymore. The environment in the toilet was so harsh that a grown man might be able to endure it. But what about women? Pregnant women again? Isn't it a disaster?
He suddenly turned his head and looked at Popov: "It seems that we have some big problems and we must let Lysenko solve them for us."
"Ah! Director, what's the problem?"
"Are you stupid?! What's the use of making the dormitory warmer? The toilet is still freezing cold. Who will be responsible if my wife freezes. That guy Lysenko must get me a flush toilet, just like in Moscow.