In times of war, chemical experts themselves are a kind of weapon. In Yang Mingzhi's view, if Ivanov really died on the battlefield in Badijinskaya village on the outskirts of Minsk, it would certainly be because the troops fled to the swamp.
I'm afraid I can only arm myself with black powder.
According to his confession, the explosive speed of Amato explosive is similar to that of TNT and slightly lower than picric acid. Other guerrilla sabotage groups use a certain amount of TNT to blow up railways. If Amato explosive is used, one portion becomes five portions.
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Currently, guerrillas everywhere rely almost entirely on Soviet airdrops from the rear for their explosives. They rely on this to harass railways under German control. If they could all use Amato explosives, wouldn't the frequency of bombing railways increase five times?
This kind of beautiful imagination was too unrealistic. Yang Mingzhi pulled his thoughts back and decided to build an improved rocket launcher as soon as possible.
Let’s talk about this rocket launcher. It has five huge changes:
First, it increases the swept wing, allowing it to obtain a certain amount of lift.
Second, three of its four tail wings have been turned into horizontal rear wings and rudders with a certain amount of lift.
Third, the missile body has grown as a whole, the warhead capacity remains unchanged, and the propulsion part has doubled to increase the range.
Fourth, because the wings provide lift, the tail nozzle shrinks and reduces the gas injection volume, obtaining more sustained propulsion time and increasing the range.
Fifth, due to the huge changes in the overall layout of the rocket launcher, the launch mode was changed to slide launch.
Yang Mingzhi concluded: "I did not plan for such a large-scale modification at the beginning. The 30-kilometer range target I set at the meeting must not be reduced. These changes are all to enable the rocket launcher to fly farther. It is a pity that we
At present, there are only theories and drawings, and the finished product still needs to pass experiments!”
Liguschkov listened carefully. He fully understood what the commander meant and said with great confidence: "Please rest assured, comrade commander, as long as you give the order, my workers will produce according to this drawing! No matter how difficult it is,
I decisively placed the production of new rocket launchers at the top of all production tasks!"
"However, we can't just waste all our manpower and material resources on production." Yang Mingzhi remembered that this old guy had multiple jobs, so he asked: "By the way, how is the railway construction going now? And what's more?
The locomotives and carriages we need?”
"The front of the locomotive has been completed, and many sections of carriages have been completed. The problem is the railway. As you know, we have encountered road problems! This is certainly a problem, and we always have a way to solve it. The worst is to pour some cement in places where the soil is too soft.
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Yang Mingzhi patted his shoulder with satisfaction: "Thank you very much! Since you are so confident, I think the production of the new rocket launcher will start at dawn! According to the normal process, this drawing will need to be studied carefully.
It's a pity that we don't have more time, so this project has to be launched in a hurry!
Whether this rocket launcher can finally fly over thirty kilometers depends on our subsequent experiments! Subsequent improvements will be determined by the experimental results."
This command was mainly given by Liguschkov and also by Ivanov. He was thought to be responsible for the production of missiles and the agent.
But when Liguschkov picked up this folded drawing that was both meaningful and practical, a question arose spontaneously. He turned his old face and asked: "Comrade Commander, I think we have to give future rocket launchers
Pick a name!”
"name?!"
"Yes! The specific weapon number of the rocket launchers currently used by our Red Army is БМ-8, which is far less resounding than Katyusha's nickname! I don't know how you want to number the rocket launchers, but we are going to have two types of rocket launchers soon, and we must be able to distinguish them.
Two kinds!”
Yang Mingzhi has never thought about this problem. He has always been called by the Russian word for rocket launcher. This person's question is very good. In the future, soldiers will carry two types of rocket launchers into battle. If they don't give a good name to distinguish them, the logistics personnel will also
I named it myself.
Even though it’s already two o’clock in the morning, this problem must be completed before dawn!
Yang Mingzhi put his hands in his pockets and said casually: "Katyusha Rocket Launcher, this name is very beautiful. How about we call her Natasha? Our fighting hero?"
"This is a good name!" Liguschkov decisively agreed, but Ivanov objected.
His objection may seem funny, but it does make sense: "Comrades, Natasha is a real girl. For example, Ivan, give me a Natasha! Or, Sergey, Natasha installed
Okay? I think when the soldiers were operating this rocket launcher, they were talking about Natasha, not only thinking about the rocket launcher, but also thinking about the child! We don’t want to make such a joke, I think we
It’s better to change the name.”
Yang Mingzhi couldn't bear this explanation. Maybe some bored soldiers would make fun of Natasha and call Natasha Spiroskina a rocket launcher, which made the girl unhappy.
"Okay! I take back what I just said, do you have any other suggestions?"
"Let's just do this!" Liguschkov suddenly said: "I wonder if you know this kind of fish. Its fins are like wings and can glide out of the water. I see our new rocket launcher, its overall appearance is similar to
It’s like a fish, and since we’ve given it wings, we might as well call it a flying fish!”
"This name is very good!" Ivanov said excitedly.
The "Flying Fish" rocket launcher, at least its final appearance does look like a fish. Is there a better name? Considering the current situation of the guerrilla republic, the diet of the military and civilians already has a lot of fish, so the weapon is named after a fish, which is really down to earth.
gas.
Yang Mingzhi nodded deeply: "Very good, the new rocket launcher is called Feiyu, but what about the one we equipped before? I think we will call it Catfish, firstly for image, and secondly to commemorate our Catfish Village!"
The rocket launcher problem has obviously come to a satisfactory conclusion, and the research and development work can now be said to have come to an end.
Liguschkov stuffed the drawings into his briefcase and happily went straight to the arsenal where the oil lamp was still on, planning to organize production immediately.
Ivanov walked towards his dormitory with his hands behind his back and yawning. Regarding weapons production, he knew that he only needed to manage the students well and prepare the medicines needed by the arsenal. This work was not onerous.
It's just very dangerous.
They all left, and only Yang Mingzhi and his wife remained in the large office of the institute for the time being.
"Let's go too, bastard! Blow out the oil lamp and leave the work until after dawn!" After saying that, Yang Mingzhi put his hands behind his back and was about to walk out of the house.
"I'm not leaving! Put the bench together, put a blanket on it and this will be the bed."
Yang Mingzhi was stunned: "Don't you think this is very crude? It would be great to go back to the dormitory!"
The husband smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Forget it! Forget it! I'm going back alone, so I might as well stay here! Besides, our design department can't just rely on the guards at the gate! A lot of research
Let me take care of the files!"
Yang Mingzhi nodded and then said: "Maybe you should find a woman to take care of you! We have a lot of young women here!"
"No need! My wife is probably still alive in the world, just like I am miraculously alive. Unless I receive news of her death, or she betrays me, I will not look for another woman before that
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After being told this, Yang Mingzhi felt deeply that he had said the wrong thing. He had good intentions, but this husband had a high ideological consciousness.
"Sorry! I believe your wife is still alive. She must have retreated to the rear."
"Of course!" The husband raised his head, his eyes twinkling under the dim light of the oil lamp.
Yang Mingzhi could understand the husband's current mood, so he said no more. After saying goodbye, he picked up the document bag and went out...