At the garrison arsenal, looking at the drawings sent back by Xiao Yuan overnight, the director of the factory, Jiang Wenyu, looked excited.
He is a veritable military expert, and he can see at a glance the huge role of this weapon on the battlefield.
"Captain Xiao, tell me the truth, is this blueprint really made by the captain?" Jiang Wenyu asked in shock.
Xiao Yuan is the most loyal supporter of the group leader Li Hao, and he hates others to doubt the group leader.
He answered with absolute certainty: "That's still false, I've seen it with my own eyes."
"I prepared the tools for drawing with my own hands. The leader locked himself in the ward for a day and a night and drew more than a dozen scrap drawings before he came up with this one."
"I have burned all those scrapped drawings according to the regimental leader's order, otherwise I will definitely bring them back to you."
"That's enough, as long as this drawing is enough!" The shocked expression on Jiang Wenyu's face became even stronger.
He replied with emotion on his face: "I didn't expect the regiment leader to be so powerful. Not only can he fight, but he can do economics, and he can also develop weapons."
"It really surprised me."
"Captain Xiao, it's not that I doubt the captain's ability. This weapon is really good."
"The firing method is completely different from the weapons and equipment popular in the world now, and it almost subverts tradition."
"When I saw this weapon, I thought of the cluster rockets from the Ming Dynasty, which were propelled by gunpowder and shot out arrows."
"The difference is that the regiment leader replaced the arrows with armor-piercing bullets and ordinary artillery shells, the propellant with more powerful propellant, and the launch tube was also changed."
"As a result, the weapon will have a longer range and greater power."
"If all armor-piercing bullets are used, this weapon will definitely become the nemesis of tanks."
"On the battlefield, the armored vehicles equipped by the little devils will no longer be as competitive as before, but will turn into iron coffins, and we will destroy each one as soon as it comes out."
Although the drawings were escorted back by him, Xiao Yuan did not know the specific power of this weapon, or even what it looked like.
Now after listening to Jiang Wenyu's introduction to this weapon, I was instantly frightened.
Staring with a pair of big eyes, dumbfounded.
It took a long time to realize: "Director Jiang, did you read that correctly? Is this weapon really so powerful?"
"According to what you just introduced, when this weapon is produced, don't we no longer have to be afraid of the Japs' tanks?"
"Also, this weapon can hit tanks, and it can definitely hit bunkers and bunkers. It will definitely be the nemesis of bunkers and bunkers. Then we will have another offensive weapon that can defeat the enemy in the future."
Jiang Wenyu nodded and affirmed: "You can say that?"
"But there is a problem: the drawings of this weapon don't look difficult, and the existing equipment in our arsenal can definitely produce it. However, the lack of raw materials, especially the lack of composite steel, means that we can only produce it on a small scale at best.
.Unable to be mass-produced.”
"However, there are too many departments that need to cooperate with this weapon. I don't have the final say alone. It also requires the directors of each branch factory and technical experts to study and discuss together before we can come up with the final result."
"Guard, please immediately notify the directors and technical experts of each branch factory to have a meeting in the conference room within half an hour. No one can be late."
At the weapons testing site of the arsenal located deep in the mountains, political commissar Wang Hong, chief of staff Hong Linfeng, and Xiao Yuan all had serious faces, staring at the two soldiers not far away!
A soldier carries a gun barrel on his shoulder, with a handle and sight attached to it.
A soldier half-crouched next to him, stuffing a half-meter-long cannonball that looked like a rocket into the barrel.
"Director Jiang, how come this kind of cannon has two sections open to each other? Can the shells be fired?" Wang Hong asked, frowning.
"There is also recoil. The gunner directly carries the barrel on his shoulder. When firing, will the powerful recoil knock the gunner over?"
Jiang Wenyu was very confident: "Political commissar, don't worry, the firing method of this artillery is completely different from ordinary artillery, so the recoil is very small."
"It's about to start. The first target we will test is a 30mm thick steel plate."
Wang Hong immediately raised his telescope, not wanting to miss the scene of the new weapon firing.
"Chichi..."
The sound of the rocket launcher is very small, almost insignificant.
The moment the sound reached Wang Hong's ears, a ball of flame spurted out directly from the rear of the barrel.
Then I saw the cannonball flying out of the barrel at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Unlike ordinary cannonballs that rely on inertial flight when they fly out of the barrel, the tail of this cannonball is always spraying fire backwards.
If it weren't for an iron plate welded to the barrel, which tightly blocked the upper body of the gunner, the flames ejected from the tail of the shell would have burned the gunner instantly.
A large amount of flames and gases generated by the burning of gunpowder in the projectile spurt out from the tail, which in turn propels the projectile to fly forward at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The shooting distance of one hundred meters goes by in the blink of an eye.
"boom……"
Before Wang Hong could recover from this novel launch method, the explosion had already occurred.
A ball of white light exploded instantly, and the thick smoke also came to life from the point of impact.
"The first shot hit the target, but now it's less powerful!" Jiang Wenyu was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground and shouted loudly.
Then I saw a soldier participating in the test firing rushing over, breathing heavily, with excitement on his face.
"Chief, factory director, the rocket successfully hit the target!"
"How's the power?" Jiang Wenyu asked anxiously.
"The steel plate was blown through, and a hole the size of a bowl was blown directly." The soldier replied excitedly.
Jiang Wenyu immediately looked at Wang Hong: "Political Commissar, it worked. Our rocket launcher succeeded."
Wang Hong was stunned for several seconds before he realized what he was doing. He stared at Jiang Wenyu and asked, "You said this rocket launcher has a range of more than 100 meters and can directly penetrate 30 mm thick steel plates."
"Does this mean that with it, we can beat the Japs' tanks and armored vehicles on the battlefield, and easily destroy the turrets, bunkers, and bunkers built by the Japs from a distance of one hundred meters?"
"Almost!" Jiang Wenyu affirmed.
"The artillery shell tested today cannot be called a real armor-piercing projectile because there is no raw material, especially alloy steel. If we can get alloy steel and make a real armor-piercing projectile, it probably won't be a problem to penetrate fifty millimeters of armor.
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Wang Hong smiled, very happy.
He immediately ordered: "Then why are you still stunned!"
"The arsenal will immediately organize manpower and material resources to mass-produce rocket launchers. I want each infantry company to be equipped with two rocket launchers. In this way, fighting Japanese chariots will be like playing with them. One shot will blow them into scrap metal!"
"Unlike now, we can only use tactics to lure them into pocket formations prepared in advance, blow them up with explosives, and use mountain cannons to shoot directly at close range."
A wry smile flashed across Jiang Wenyu's face: "Political commissar, I think about it too, but it's basically impossible."
"We have discussed that although rocket launchers and rocket bombs are not difficult to produce, there are several raw materials in them that are too difficult to produce."
"We have concentrated all the material and manpower in the entire base area, and the arsenal has given full support. We can produce up to six guns a month and up to 30 rounds of rockets, and they are not real armor-piercing bombs."
"If you want to develop armor-piercing bullets, you must either research alloy steel yourself or buy it."
"No matter which method is used, it is difficult, especially if you do your own research, it will take less than half a year to produce results."