Yang Mingzhi attracted everyone's attention, including Liguschkov. Everyone was curious about how the general would fill the hole he dug himself and how he would solve the bullet problem.
"I've figured it out! I just made a slight oversight. We...we can solve it now. As for the solution, it lies in the gun system."
"You mean..." Rybakov suddenly came to his senses. After he suddenly found the drawing showing the barrel of the gun, he couldn't help laughing at the drawing.
The factory directors present were all smart people, and with a simple reminder, they all realized the solution.
How to solve the bullet problem?
Everything is pushed back through the barrel of the gun.
In any case, the chambers of most bullets can only accommodate bullets of a fixed size. Looking at all the technical parameters of the parts of the chamber, the most basic appearance data of the bullets are also clear.
But a new problem also arises. A general cannot build a machine behind closed doors. If he does not know the detailed parameters of the bullet, how can he design the gun chamber? After all, the cartridge case and the gun chamber must fit tightly, and the air tightness must be optimal.
It was obvious that the general knew the various parameters of the bullet. Even more, the general knew more.
"Ah...it seems that, Comrade General, you have been able to guide us on how to produce suitable bullets?" Rybakov asked in a persuasive manner.
"Yes!" Yang Mingzhi pinched his waist without hesitation, "I'm sorry, this is just a momentary negligence on my part. The problem of bullets has never been a problem, and we don't need to back-calculate the barrel parameters. I have to apologize again, yesterday
The sauna steamed my head so much that I actually forgot to take out the detailed structural diagram of the bullet."
Let’s talk about the Russian-style intermediate-power bullets. What Yang Mingzhi understood were the “1943-style intermediate-power bullets” from that plane.
In that dimension, the glorious history of Soviet assault rifles, Kalashnikov provided the best cost-effective firearms, and Simonov's factory produced a batch of launchers based on the scientific research data of the military veteran Fedorov.
bullets used.
After the end of World War II, the Warsaw Pact countries were authorized to imitate cartridge-type rifles one after another, and New China has embarked on its own glorious path on the road of imitation.
The 7.62x39mm bullet is universal, but China is famous for its lack of copper ore. As a last resort, there is a big difference in materials between China's bullets and those produced by the Soviet Union.
The surface of the steel bullet case is coated with copper. Bullets are a large amount of consumables. The waste of copper is unbearable for the country. China has chosen this bullet to achieve the best cost performance compared to China.
The Soviet Union itself has a lot of copper mines, but the country does not have the capital to squander it too much. The Soviet Union has widely used beryllium copper steel cartridge cases. During the Great Patriotic War, this operation was also the best option to save costs and take into account performance.
Yang Mingzhi was very familiar with this type of bullet. He understood all the structures of the "Wu Liu Chong" through frequent dismantling and looting. He was also professionally curious and had the obligation to understand his own weapons as a soldier. He was very familiar with the bullet.
The structure is equally clear.
"It seems that I need to provide the drawings of the bullet immediately."
"What?" Rybakov was puzzled. "You haven't drawn the drawings yet?"
"Soon, you will be able to see the drawings. My request is very simple." Yang Mingzhi immediately snapped his fingers, "Comrade clerks, please inform the mayor."
"General! Mayor, he..."
"Oh, Comrade Mayor is busy with official duties, I can understand that. In this case, you two can help me find a piece of white paper, a pencil or pen, and a ruler. If you don't have a ruler, you can just use a wooden stick."
To be able to work as scribes here, their ability to observe words and emotions must be perfected.
The general at least wanted to draw. The two clerks hurried out and soon brought a stack of thick white paper from the printing room in the building, as well as special drawing tools, pencils, hard rubber rulers, and even a
compass.
"General, this is what you want." A clerk panted and spread these items on the table.
"Wow! You actually have these here!" After suppressing his surprise, Yang Mingzhi looked around, "I don't mind everyone watching. Come over here, I can draw pictures in person."
Drawing pictures is Yang Mingzhi's special skill.
Perhaps his status as a soldier and as a mechanical engineer seem to have nothing to do with each other. Now that the general is making drawings in person, the onlookers no longer have any doubts.
In just fifteen minutes, the detailed structural drawing of the 7.62x39mm bullet was completed.
He even added a lot of annotations just so that Rybakov, the director of the bullet factory, could understand it immediately.
As expected, not only did Rybakov fully understand Yang Mingzhi's delicate actions, he even sketched out a picture in his mind on how to use existing tools to produce such an intermediate-power bomb.
The drawings are marked in great detail, and each dimension must be specially noted, as are other aspects.
The cartridge case must be made of copper-clad steel, and the primer structure is exactly the same as that of an ordinary bullet. The bullet casing is shortened by 15mm, and the terminal diameter is also shortened.
The ammunition required for the bullet is not special. If there is one thing that is most special, it is its warhead.
Its beryllium copper steel core bullet! This design is destined to be a "light bullet".
Since it is a flick, it has its own advantages and many disadvantages.
"General, you...you have a lot of problems with this bullet." Rybakov couldn't help but ask. "You plan to let us produce some special bullets. Can I think so. It is like our traditional all-round bullet."
For powerful rifle bullets, the main component of the shortened warhead material is low carbon steel, and the amount of powder in the cartridge case is also reduced. I know you don’t need a bullet with too much kinetic energy, but the performance of such a bullet will be far inferior to that of a conventional full-size bullet.
Powerful bullet."
"Is it a storage problem?" Yang Mingzhi asked.
"Yes. This is a key question. I have to doubt whether such a flick can kill the enemy with one shot."
"Of course! As long as it hits the right position, a pistol bullet can kill someone with one shot from a distance of a hundred meters. I can also hear your concerns. It is indeed a light bullet. I also know that there are many problems with light bullets. But
Its advantages cannot be underestimated! Besides, I have to correct a misunderstanding of yours. Reducing the charge, weakening the warhead and bullet weight does not mean that the lethality of the bullet is reduced.
I think we should even develop a bullet with a smaller caliber. I believe that the cavity effect that a six-millimeter bullet can create can destroy all the enemy's internal organs in just one shot. In that kind of scene, the enemy's military doctors are completely
I’m helpless.”
Listening to the general's sudden eloquence, Rybakov disagreed, because all theories need to be formalized through experiments, and the speculation of the person who proposed the theory became the truth. As for others, Rybakov naturally had no conditions.
In support of the general, the other two factory directors, because they knew nothing about bullet ballistics, very wisely said they would wait and see the whole process.
The cavity effect gives small-caliber bullets great potential for development.
In a sense, mankind's hot weapon war is the history of smaller and smaller musket projectiles. In the colonial era, the bullet of a flintlock gun was often a lead ball with a diameter of two centimeters. By the end of the 19th century, after the emergence of metal fixed-loading bullets,
The warhead size of about eight millimeters is recognized by the major powers.
However, small bullets fired by small-caliber firearms do have special advantages. Because they are small, they have higher muzzle velocity and faster rotation speed.
The kinetic energy it carries is just right. After hitting a soft target like the human body, it will instantly produce a strong cavity effect.
In contrast, the cavity effect of the bullets used in the assault rifle that Yang Mingzhi intended to develop was actually not ideal.
Countless armed conflicts and hundreds of millions of casualties have earned the Аk47 the title of "the most terrifying weapon of destruction". Its bullets usually have a strong cavity effect, for example, three enemies line up in a row. The bullets
The bullet will pass through the first person, cause a strong cavity effect in the second person's body, flip over and incapacitate the bullet, and finally enter the third person's body at a strange angle and stop. It is not impossible to kill three enemies with one bullet.
Although the experimental results can end a lot of discussions, Yang Mingzhi now wants to look forward optimistically, at least Rybakov thinks so, and even thinks that the general's words are exaggerated.
"Actually, there are many types of bullets we can use. Even if the inner core is replaced by lead, it is also possible.
However, I still feel that the steel-core beryllium copper bullet I chose is of great benefit. Its advantage is never low cost, but its combat characteristics.
Its bullet weight is small, so the muzzle velocity is faster when it comes out of the barrel. The recoil is much lower because of the small charge. Even my wife can control it perfectly. It has a fast muzzle velocity and the bullet rotates faster. This performance determines it
It has the ability to penetrate the enemy's defensive sandbags and kill the enemies behind it. And because the warhead is made of low carbon steel, it is relatively easy to fragment, and the fragmented warhead will cause greater damage."
Yang Mingzhi said a lot, but he was not an expert in bullet development. Even Rybakov, who was listening at the scene, had a deeper understanding of the ballistics and killing performance of bullets than Yang Mingzhi.
Rybakov basically understood what the general meant. He understood one thing in particular and was very interested in it.
The so-called warhead has a higher muzzle velocity and faster rotation speed. Maybe its energy is very weak after flying a few hundred meters, but within a distance of 200 meters, it is absolutely terrifying.
"I understand!" Rybakov finally made up his mind, "Comrade General, I fully support you. I am happy to produce a batch of suitable bullets based on your drawings. I hope other factory directors are willing to cooperate.
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"Well, since Comrade Rybakov also supports it and the bullet issue has been solved, I have no objection." Nikolayevsky said.
They all supported it, and Gorbatov, the director of the DP light machine gun factory, had no objections. He even guaranteed that the factory's milling machine was ready for the production of the bolt system.
All worries are gone.
Yang Mingzhi clapped his hands lightly: "Okay, comrades, we have reached a perfect consensus in this meeting. It is so wonderful! I tell you clearly that the leader has given me a special task. No matter what kind of new weapon it is,
As long as I can develop it, I will start it immediately. Our superiors have already allocated research and development funds to our design bureau. You don’t have to worry at all. Just help me design a prototype gun boldly. Funding issues are not a problem."
"No! General, we do not produce weapons for money." Rybakov.
"But without money and materials, we can't produce it. The problem now is that I must quickly turn the drawings into real guns. We should conduct experiments as soon as possible and summarize all the experimental parameters. This way, if problems are found, we can quickly remedy them.
I am very confident about this. The new gun I designed will not have major flaws, but will only have some minor flaws that are insignificant and tolerable. After we sort out the experimental data, we can report the good news to the leader!
Comrades, think about our future, it’s really a bright future.”
They are all old guys over fifty, and have passed the golden age of seeking fame and fortune.
But they all support Stalin, mainly because of the Soviet leader's unyielding spirit in Moscow, which makes them completely feel that Stalin is the true spiritual leader of the Soviet Union. Since Stalin gave General Berekov a special order, for
When a general does things, he actually does things for the leader. Why not?
The meeting finally achieved a major result:
Production of the prototype gun began on the afternoon of September 14. Ten units were produced in strict accordance with the drawings. Ten thousand rounds of the required bullets were produced first. The required funds were fully reimbursed by the Pripyat Arms Design Bureau afterwards.
It seems like the meeting can end like this?
No! This is just the beginning.
Although Yang Mingzhi believed in his drawings, after all, he was working on assault rifles with "actually mature technology" in the Soviet Union. He did not dare to completely believe in the workers. At least, he had to visit their factories to make his heart clear.
Have a backbone.
He had decided to visit Nikolayevsky's factory first in the afternoon, and then Gorbatov's factory.
A whole afternoon might not be enough to visit two factories. Now, the mayor has promised that the group will stay in the building's cafeteria to eat after the meeting, which might also waste a lot of time.
The production of the bullet factory is even more important, but Yang Mingzhi only suddenly came up with a series of technical parameters and system structure of the "intermediate power bullet". Its production requires new molds and the press must also be adjusted. In order to produce small
To produce a batch of 10,000 rounds of special bullets, Rybakov had to set up a new small production line.
Does Rybakov find it troublesome? No! He simply feels that he helped the general complete an extraordinary design, and his family has become a "hero family" for this. Getting more glory starts from cooperating with the general now.
"General, you can visit their factory today, and then come to my factory tomorrow afternoon. I am confident that the mass production of the bullets you need will start from the backend at the latest."
"Ah! Then I'll help you." Facing these uncles, Yang Mingzhi saluted with a standard military salute: "My respected uncles, I will always remember the help you gave me today!"
Rybakov took back the drawings about the bullet. He said that he thought it was a slightly weird bullet and it would not be difficult to produce it. However, there were still experts in the factory. Some people did not read the drawings and only passed the required requirements.
Parameters, it was immediately clear that what General Berekov needed was a special bullet developed and produced by the Simonov Factory. The so-called m43 bullet had been developed as early as 1939.
So that night Rybakov used his connections to send a telegram to Simonov in the distance, asking about the technical parameters of the intermediate-power bomb.
The core data was sent back, and to his surprise, the general's drawings closely matched Simonov's description.
The two sides exchanged information, the Simonov brothers were shocked, and Rybakov in Novosibirsk no longer had any worries.