In the blacksmith village, besides inspecting the weapons manufacturing situation in the arsenal and doing design work in the room of the Pripyat Arms Design Bureau, Yang Mingzhi really had no more work.
Here, the daily work is all handled by the collective farm Soviets. Kavitsky is worthy of being elected by the whole village, and he manages the village very well. Considering that the Blacksmith Village will be the core of the entire base area in the future, here
Development is crucial for the future.
Yang Mingzhi didn't want to continue fighting with the college student Communist Youth League members so early, so they worked by themselves in the room of the design bureau.
When he had nothing to do, Yang Mingzhi took his wife's little hand and walked around the village.
The long-lost peace can be seen in the smiles of the villagers. Many of them have met Yang Mingzhi. After all, Tatar faces are still rare in Belarus. People paid respect to him, and Yang Mingzhi smiled and nodded.
Perhaps children can forget suffering better than adults. I saw a dozen children actually playing the traditional wooden game on the ground. Their innocent and bright smiles made it difficult to imagine the control areas of three collective farms and military camps.
The ten-kilometer no-man's land, outwards, is actually the Nazi's iron heel.
"Brother! Look, these children are so cute. They are playing games." Star Tao couldn't help but turn his face. "I think I'm almost old enough to be a mother."
"It's too early! At least until the war is over." Yang Mingzhi directly rejected Yang Tao's idea without even thinking about it.
"Why? Aren't we husband and wife?"
"You are still too young." Yang Mingzhi actually had a lot of words to say in his stomach. After Yang Tao said what was in his heart, Yang Mingzhi also understood a lot. He put his arms on his wife and said solemnly
: "It is precisely because we are husband and wife that I am responsible for you. Remember, the war will end in a few years. When there is peace, we can have children again. This will be the most suitable for you and our future children."
Do you want to be pregnant in this difficult environment? What will you do if the enemy bombs or attacks?"
Carambola cocked her head and remained silent.
"My dear, do you think that when you grow up, you should fulfill your duties as a wife? You are always restless these days, but I am also very patient. Remember, you are my wife and a wife.
A soldier, but also a military doctor.”
The husband seemed to be angry, and Carambola's face was sullen.
Her behavior was not Yang Mingzhi's original intention. It was really embarrassing for a man to have a girl look like she had been wronged. Yang Mingzhi pinched his waist and asked, "Are you feeling wronged?"
"No! I just..." In fact, Yang Tao himself didn't know what was wrong with him, he always felt that he had done something wrong.
"Forget it, don't take it to heart." Yang Mingzhi immediately changed the subject and started talking about Christmas.
As for the Chinese Lunar New Year, it usually hangs around the end of January and the beginning of February in the Gregorian calendar. Now I have been fighting and living in Belarus for half a year, and I have lived in Russia for more than a year. In line with the principle of doing as the Romans do, I simply celebrate Christmas
Let’s forget about celebrating the New Year.
It is natural for Chinese people to celebrate the New Year without dumplings, so Yang Mingzhi gave an order to his wife. She took the lead and asked the canteen to learn the technique of making dumplings, so that the soldiers could have a new taste for the dinner on Christmas Eve.
But before that, weapons like recoilless rifles must come off the production line.
Liguschkov faced huge pressure for this, and his exclusive deputy division commander's order was given to the workers. "Comrade Berekov ordered us to complete the first recoilless rifle before the New Year. We must do it as soon as possible."
To complete the assembly of all parts, everyone must remain vigilant and patient to ensure that nothing goes wrong. When the artillery comes off the production line, it is a test gun. We must succeed! If we fail, all of you and I will only be able to eat potatoes for a month."
Rather than shouting slogans, real punishment is the most effective. No one wants to live on eating potatoes every day.
The workers worked overtime and the various parts of the artillery were processed one after another.
It is said that the structure of the recoilless gun is simple, and the core is the barrel. Yang Mingzhi did not say that it must be rifled, that is, a smoothbore gun. As for how to ensure the accuracy of the artillery shells, just ensure that each shell has a tail fin, as in
Mortar shells are usually completely fine.
Therefore, the warhead of the first recoilless rifle was separated from the gun, and the loading was also handled in sections.
Yang Mingzhi initially estimated that Liguschkov would take three days just like the tank gun that was modified into a battle defense gun, but as he promised, he completed it in two days.
This good news not only spread throughout the Blacksmith Village, but Yevlov of Catfish Village also knew it immediately. He immediately reported to Yang Mingzhi: "You conduct tests as soon as possible to ensure the practicality of this artillery. I hope
It became a New Year's gift in 1942."
This is what Yang Mingzhi and others are going to do immediately. Christmas is two days away, and the gun test is officially underway. At this point, Yang Mingzhi finally saw that he participated in the drawing, and the group of college students and members of the Communist Youth League under him collaborated to draw it.
Craft drawings become real weapons.
I saw this recoilless gun. It was installed on a wooden gun mount with large wheels, and it could be pulled by horses.
The test site was chosen on the outskirts of the village. A horse pulled the cannon, and several soldiers advanced with ammunition boxes behind them. Yang Mingzhi, Yelentina and others followed with interest, and behind them were another
They were some soldiers, that was to maintain order. Because this was the first artillery piece that was completely independently developed and manufactured by an arsenal in the swamp, it was of great significance. A large number of villagers wanted to take a good look at its magnificent firing posture.
However, this gun is a recoilless gun after all. In order to offset the recoil, it must sacrifice some gunpowder gas. At the moment of firing, part of the gas will be ejected in the opposite direction, canceling most of the recoil and losing some kinetic energy, making its range really limited.
Very far. This experiment is not only to see whether it can fire normally, but also to see the ballistics and shell explosion effects.
At the testing site, soldiers stood in a row and blocked onlookers from advancing further.
Yang Mingzhi and his wife were waiting for the moment of firing, and Yelentina stood bravely next to the cannon.
The soldier who was testing the gun couldn't help but sweat and said: "Comrade Political Commissar, this is very dangerous. Maybe you should stay away from us. This is the first test of this gun. If the chamber explodes, you may have
Significant life risk."
Yelentina was completely dismissive of this: "I believe in the arsenal's ability, and this gun must be very safe. Besides, you are not afraid of danger, so why should I be cowardly?"
Yang Mingzhi also felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't defeat this woman. Anyway, just let her be. As for her being blown up to the sky, that was impossible.
In this way, the test soldier opened the breech block, first inserted the warhead, then the powder package, and finally closed the wedge-shaped breech block.
"Xiao Tao, look at their actions. Now that the shell is ready, when it fires, a large amount of gunpowder gas will be ejected from the two nozzles next to the breech block. This way, with the force in the opposite direction, the recoil force will be offset a lot.
." Yang Tao accidentally understood what Yang Mingzhi said. If she had studied basic physics, it might be easy to understand, but it's a pity that she didn't.
Yang Tao nodded in understanding. At this moment, the artillery announced that it was ready to fire. The shooter was ready to pull the trigger at any time, and the radiant hand was half-kneeling next to him, holding spare ammunition in his hand and reloading.
Yelentina almost became the person who ordered the firing. She wisely stayed away from the gunpowder gas nozzle and waited for the opportunity to give the order. The target was a dozen logs in the distance, which were erected into a plank shape. The artillery and target targets were about 200
rice.
This arrangement is indeed the general combat range of this weapon. Due to the current combat method of the 284th Division, forest combat is a normal state, and the combat distance is often very close. Even the recoilless rifles equipped by the Soviet army have an effective range of more than
Two kilometers! And if this product made in the swamp can destroy the enemy's armored vehicles or tanks within 200 meters, it is qualified.
Jelentina had already stretched out her right arm and dropped it suddenly. "Fire!"
The shooter pulled the trigger, the firing pin detonated the gun, the black powder package exploded, and a huge amount of gunpowder gas spurted out from two directions. At the rear of the artillery, a large amount of bluish-white gunpowder gas spurted out, and the same was true for the muzzle. This
The spectacular scene seemed to say that the artillery was powerful. The onlookers cheered and cheered. Yang Mingzhi was very knowledgeable. The smoke was really annoying.
Almost at the same time, the target 200 meters away was directly hit. Many people saw that the target not far away had been shattered, and a large amount of yellow smoke was rising into the sky.
That was due to the picric acid explosive in the projectile, and its powerful power had blown the target into a large amount of sawdust. This first shot confirmed that this kind of artillery had actual combat value.
It fired three shots in a row, and the artillery moved very quickly, which also proved that it had reached the level of a rapid-fire cannon. However, there were still problems. First, there was too much gunpowder. After three shots, the artillery position was completely destroyed.
Exposed. Second, the heat dissipation problem of the artillery is difficult to solve, which will affect its combat rate of fire.
Apart from that, it was quite successful. Seeing everyone cheering and cheering, Yang Mingzhi was relieved. After all, something is better than nothing. Compared with the Chinese militiamen in China's Anti-Japanese War in this era, those people had a variety of weapons.
Very unreliable weapons such as elm cannons and rifles can be used to fight against Japan, so isn't it a huge breakthrough for the militiamen in the Pripet Swamp to develop recoilless rifles with pyrotechnics?
"Alas! The road to military industry is long and arduous, and today we have finally taken the road to success." While talking to himself, Yang Mingzhi also joined the celebrating crowd. (To be continued.) u