Chapter 790: A Great Leap Forward in Weapon Research and Development
Weapons research and development is a complex project, even if it is the production of a small pistol. What's more, the next task of the arsenal is to develop and mass-produce the most powerful weapons that the 284th Division can master.
Time was very precious, and Yang Mingzhi did not care about the long journey. After making sure that the dangerous high-energy fuels such as ethylene oxide cylinders were safely unloaded and transported to the special warehouse, he took Liguschkov directly to his office.
"Sir, you are so impatient! Do you want our production line to be replaced immediately to make new products?"
"I would love it if possible!" Yang Mingzhi shrugged and replied to Liguschkov's doubts. "Of course, if we just talk, the rocket launcher can be built, which would be great."
Liguschkov knew exactly what the deputy division commander wanted to do. He had designed and produced it himself a few months ago. It was a weapon that required a lot of materials, but its power had been tested in actual combat.
Sitting at his desk, Liguschkov fell into a small meeting: "At that time, I was privately working on large-caliber rocket launchers, and only built two of them, which were eventually used in the first attack on Homnich.
That time was a real air raid, and the actual combat proved that the weapons I developed had excellent performance."
"Of course!" Yang Mingzhi said with a smile: "To be honest, those two rocket launchers were loaded with a large amount of picric acid explosives at that time. Those were the days when we were most scarce in supplies, and your generosity was really inappropriate. But now, we
It’s necessary to do this!”
Today's 284th Division is no longer what it was six months ago. In the past six months, despite the increasing intensity of the war, the arsenal and chemical laboratories have been safe and sound. Long-term capital accumulation has not only trained a large number of military industry workers and chemical experts
, we also strive to improve the production and processing technology of weapons. The result of this is naturally the mass production of weapons and the improvement of overall quality.
Based on this situation, Yang Mingzhi believes that he is indeed capable of mass-producing rocket launchers.
"Liguschkov, our time is very precious. The people from my design bureau will be here soon. You should also quickly recruit the production backbone of the arsenal! Without further ado, I hope to hold a mobilization meeting immediately!"
This Chinese man has always been very popular, and Liguschkov did not dare to neglect him at all, so he rushed out of the door and went to various workshops in person to recruit people.
…
Everyone who should come has arrived. Yang Mingzhi took a look and found that these were the technical talents he could control.
Everyone was very excited when they learned that the commander was going to start developing new weapons.
If this enthusiasm can be fully invested in weapons manufacturing, Yang Mingzhi estimates that his rocket launcher plan can really be implemented early. Therefore, the venue of the meeting was also moved to the weapons design bureau's large office not far from the arsenal.
Yang Mingzhi is not too concerned about what his weapons design bureau is doing these days. As the director, he takes charge of the overall situation, and he has to rely on the deputy director Fu Fu to take charge of specific matters.
It can be seen that this man also has some things to report. Yang Mingzhi estimates that his achievements during this period are the improvement and perfection of various existing weapons and equipment. If these people have come up with novel weapons, he should have
Got it.
Knocking on the table, Yang Mingzhi roared, quieting down the chattering crowd.
"Okay, comrades, let's quickly find a stool and sit down. Although the conditions are a bit crude, we are going to have a kick-off meeting on the design and production of rocket launchers..."
Rocket launchers are already the strategic weapons of the current Soviet Union.
Many college students in the design bureau have known about this type of weapons equipped by the Soviet army for a long time.
Compared with ordinary large-mouth artillery and artillery shells, the cost of rocket launchers is bound to be much higher due to its design principle. But its biggest advantage is that it can inflict maximum damage to an area in a short period of time.
Therefore, Yang Mingzhi started to explain his plan in detail, starting from the Katyusha rocket launcher that the Soviet army had begun to use widely.
Everyone listened attentively and took notebooks to record key words.
Everyone has heard the deputy division commander's strange remarks: "In the past, the warheads of rocket launchers were loaded with TNT. Due to conditions, we couldn't waste the few TNT dropped from the air like this. But you don't have to worry about this weapon at all.
The power of the future, because we will not use explosives at all, but high-energy fuel..."
Regarding the dangerous experiment in Catfish Village, everyone here has read the report document.
"Is it really possible to use high-energy fuel as a filler for the warhead? Maybe we can find a way to turn it into a propellant!" The husband's question was also everyone's question. For a while, only Yang Mingzhi was wondering.
The venue became noisy.
"Everyone, be quiet!" Yang Mingzhi waved his hands. Because the next words were very important, he paused for an extra breath: "Comrades, we cannot use conventional thinking to look at this weapon because of its mode of killing enemies.
Don't consider shrapnel at all, or even think too much about shock waves! This is a weapon that creates a new field, and its mode of killing enemies is ultra-high temperature. Therefore, the rocket launcher we are going to develop can be said to be a huge flying fuel
box!"
Throughout the history of the rocket launcher, its original method of killing was to tie flammable objects and let the hit target ignite a raging fire. Based on this idea, the gunman couldn't help but joked: "It seems that the commander is planning to return to his original roots and restore the rocket launcher."
Junior high school?”
"What you said is very good!" Yang Mingzhi didn't expect him to say that. He couldn't help but pat his thigh and praised: "Mr. **, you didn't disappoint me. I know you still have documents you want me to see. This
I will take a good look at it. But now, we must solve the problem of our special rocket launcher in the shortest possible time."
Yang Mingzhi issued this fatal order in front of everyone: "The propellant of the rocket launcher must be black powder mixed with ammonium nitrate. Its powerful propulsion capability has been fully implemented, and the rest is mass production. There are two types of warheads.
, one is filled with hydrazine nitrate, and the other is directly encapsulated in a cylinder of ethylene oxide.
Therefore, we will have two types of rocket launchers, the ordinary model with a warhead of hydrazine nitrate, and the special model with an ethylene oxide warhead.
The former has moderate power and can be mass-produced, while the latter has limited power and terrifying equipment.
The flight distance of the two types of rocket launchers must be no less than eight kilometers, and the impact point must be within a radius of 500 meters.”
Yang Mingzhi did not expect that many people in the meeting would understand such an order. Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, he knew that not many people understood this order at all.
"Comrades? Do you all understand? These are the targets we must complete. If any of them goes wrong, it means failure!"
After saying this, Yang Mingzhi only heard a low response.
"Comrades! Did you hear clearly? Do you have the confidence to complete it?!"
Even if I say it again, everyone's confidence is even less.
"Alas! It seems that we are going to develop a weapon that has not appeared in history, and no one has much confidence." Yang Mingzhi shook his head helplessly.
Liguschkov quickly said: "Sir! It's not that we don't have confidence, but the various parameters and design principles you requested are very difficult. You have already said that after the research and development is successful, this will be an unprecedented achievement.
.Since we have no data at all and we are manufacturing brand new weapons, this research and development road must be full of crises!"
"So you can't fight alone! Comrade Liguschkov!" Yang Mingzhi raised his right fist and faced everyone: "I have already explained the principle of this special rocket launcher and the design indicators that must be achieved.
Next is the time for us all to fight side by side. I will explain to the division headquarters and the Stalin Commissioner Salinchkin that I will stay in the design department in the next few days and focus on building this rocket launcher! Let’s do it once
Great Leap Forward in Weapons Research and Development!”
As everyone can see, today's deputy division commander behaved like a political commissar. He was so confident, as if this new rocket launcher that created history could be transformed from a blueprint to a finished product delivered to the troops in a very short time.
Liguschkov was also moved by his enthusiasm and couldn't help but ask: "Sir! Let me take the liberty of asking, how long do you estimate it will take to build this weapon?"
"Probably only a few days! After all, the various technical parameters and drawings of the large-caliber rocket launcher you made before are ready!" This is one of the reasons why Yang Mingzhi is confident. He breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Li
Gushkov, if you hadn't made those two rocket launchers without your permission, we would have spent a lot of time researching and designing them from scratch. Now we don't have to worry about these things. Basically, we only need to significantly modify your previous research and development results.