New grenade fuse? Wang Chaohong was naturally very interested in this. The ultimate goal of his proposal to increase the number of artillery was to enhance the army's artillery firepower density. It would also be fine if there were new grenade fuses.
Of course, if there are new grenade fuses, more artillery can fire grenades, and more artillery must be equipped.
A hundred schools for a division is not too many, but two hundred or even more would be even better.
Wang Chaohong's idea is always that the more artillery the better, the more powerful the better, never too many.
Li Xuan and Wang Chaohong are not the only ones paying attention to the new grenade fuses. In fact, the ones who are more concerned about this matter are the relevant officers of the Ordnance Department of the Privy Council, especially He Haoyuan, the section chief of the Grenade Section under the Artillery Department of the Ordnance Department who is specifically responsible for this matter.
Colonel.
Although his grenade section is responsible for all howitzers, almost every officer in the grenade section knows that their hope for promotion and fortune lies in the new fuze.
Because many of the military's research and development projects are routine projects, only a few are key projects, and the new fuze project assigned to the Grenade Department is the only key project in their department.
If you succeed, everyone will be promoted and make a fortune; if you fail, if you continue to suffer, you may even lose your job.
The test of the new fuze two days later will be crucial to many people, including Colonel He Haoyuan, and it can even affect their life's destiny!
Although people from the Royal Institute of Technology are actually responsible for the research and development of many ordnance equipment, including new grenade fuzes, the military's Ordnance Department is the agency that issues many research and development tasks.
In the research and development process of ordnance products, the field troops generally put forward the requirements, the Ordnance Department is responsible for bidding, and the Operations Department is responsible for specific allocation.
When it comes to bidding, it is also divided into finished product bidding and sample bidding.
Sample bidding actually means that there are no ready-made products yet. The Ministry of Ordnance will issue a bidding contract to many R&D institutions and provide R&D funds. After the samples are developed and tested, some will be purchased for large-scale testing. If possible,
Then start purchasing in bulk.
Therefore, in fact, many of the funds for the research and development of ordnance products are provided by the military, and the Royal Institute of Technology is no exception.
Of course, if the Royal Institute of Technology comes up with something good, the military will purchase it directly.
Grenade fuses are no exception. The military has long been eager to develop grenades that are safer and can be used in long-barreled artillery. Therefore, both the army and the navy have invested a lot of money in research and development.
The ones specifically responsible for research and development tasks are mainly the Royal Institute of Technology. As for the three major weapons companies, although they also do research and development, to be honest, their technical strength is too poor. Today's three major weapons companies are basically manufacturers.
Characters and research and development are not their strengths.
Two days later, on the days when the new fuse was being tested for live ammunition, He Haoyuan got up early. With his wife waiting on him, he finished dressing, wore a straight military uniform, got on the carriage and went out. He first went to the office compound of the Ordnance Department and met with his subordinates.
After the subordinates had a morning meeting, they then began to deal with daily official duties, and then went to the weapons testing site of the Royal Institute of Technology in the afternoon.
It is not the testing ground of the three major weapons companies, but the weapons testing ground of the Royal Institute of Technology. The Royal Institute of Technology has many research and development tasks and often needs to conduct various live ammunition tests, so they also have a small weapons testing ground of their own, which is not large in scale.
, but there is no problem in conducting preliminary live-fire tests.
But He Haoyuan hadn't even started working yet when he received an emergency notification that not only he and several military generals were watching the live ammunition test of the new fuze today, but that His Majesty would also go to watch it in person.
This immediately disrupted his plan.
Not to mention him, even the bosses of the Ordnance Department were alarmed. They did not expect that this was just an early live ammunition test of the fuse, and that the Holy Emperor would also go to watch it.
You know, there are many various research and development tasks, and there are many early tests of various messy weapons. The Ordnance Department will arrange a live-fire test every three days.
However, Shengtianzi will go to see in person, usually new weapons that are ready to be finalized, and early tests are generally not carried out. After all, many early tests end in vain. Of the many new research and development projects, very few can be finalized and produced.
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Many of the military's research and development projects are operated by casting a net to catch fish. Not to mention others, there are at least a dozen research and development projects for various types of fuzes, and it would be great to be able to succeed in one of them.
Regardless of the reason, since the Holy Emperor is coming, this preliminary live-fire test of the new fuze is extraordinary. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the whole process needs to be arranged to be foolproof.
So, he originally planned to wait until the afternoon before heading to the test site, where he was still in the mood to deal with other official duties, so he took his people to the Royal Institute of Technology and started the preliminary preparations.
It's not about preparing for the emperor's trip. Those things will naturally be handled by the Guards and the Imperial Academy. It's not his turn as a small army colonel to intervene. What he has to prepare for is the actual test when the time comes.
Originally, he didn't have much hope for this live fuse test, because he had already conducted similar tests several times, but failed every time.
However, this time, he urgently hopes that the live-fire test can be successful. Even if it cannot be put into mass production in the end, there must be at least progress. Otherwise, when the time comes, the Holy Emperor will say: You have been doing this for so long, and you have not achieved any results at all.
No?
In this case, it is estimated that his future in the army will be completely over. Without the Holy Emperor saying anything, the big bosses in the Ordnance Department will kick him out and replace him with someone to take charge of the work of the Grenade Department.
With an uneasy and nervous mood, he ran to the Royal Institute of Technology and met several key members of the project team for this new fuse.
Although most of the four or five people in front of them are around 20 years old, and one is even a little kid who is only 15 years old, He Haoyuan, who is already in his thirties, does not dare to act like an elder or elder in front of them.
It's the boss's signature.
This is not to say that He Haoyuan humbled himself because of today's special circumstances, but he usually didn't dare to show off. These students from the Royal Institute of Technology are all monsters. It's okay to say that they are freshmen, but above the sophomore year, he is a small boy.
The young army colonel can't afford to offend him.
And strictly speaking, in terms of official position, he is not as good as the project team leader who leads this small project team.
The leader of this project team, Bi Zifei, is a junior at the Royal Institute of Technology. His status as a junior is enough to make him awesome, and he is also a fierce person in his junior year at the Royal Institute of Technology.
Ranked fourth in the junior year examination, it is very likely that I will be promoted to senior year this year.
This person is not only the leader of this small project team, but also the section chief of the Mechanical Department of the Royal Institute of Technology. Within the Royal Institute of Technology, the only people who can stabilize his head are the dozen or so senior students.
Bi Zifei's official position was not low. He was specially awarded a third-grade official status. The Holy Emperor personally gave him a house and more than a dozen bodyguards just to protect his personal safety.
Even the big shots in the cabinet would laugh and say "Section Chief Bi" when they saw this person.
Well, even though he is only twenty years old!
Although He Haoyuan didn't dare to offend anyone, he still asked a lot of indirect questions. He asked again and again, such as whether the test could be successful and how confident he was. These many questions made Bi Zifei annoyed and threw him away.
Next sentence: "How do we know whether we can succeed without live-fire testing?"
Then he kicked He Haoyuan out. Bi Zifei was busy. This fuze research and development was just one of his many research and development projects. He was so busy every day that he had no time to play Tai Chi with He Haoyuan.
He Haoyuan was not angry after being kicked out. As a civilian officer in the Ordnance Department, he dealt with the Royal Institute of Technology every day. He knew that the students at the Royal Institute of Technology were basically a bunch of lunatics, and there was no need to be angry with them.
No, if you are not a genius, how can you be in a blank space? You can learn so many things by yourself just by relying on a few thin books given by Li Xuan. Genius and madman are synonymous most of the time.
Although he was still a little worried, there was no other way. He could only deal with the specific preparations for the live-fire test first, and prayed that the final test would be successful.
In the afternoon, He Haoyuan was at the test site with a group of military colleagues, dozens of students and administrative officials from the Royal Institute of Technology, and several principals from the three major weapons companies who rushed over after hearing the news.
Waiting for the Holy Driver to arrive outside!
At this time, the test site had been completely taken over by the Guards, and the test personnel originally prepared were all replaced by Guards soldiers.
The surrounding area is also monitored by the Guards to ensure that there are no accidents!
No one dares to ignore the safety of the Holy Emperor. Even the students of the Royal Institute of Technology, who usually have their nostrils turned upward, now all obey the arrangements of the Guards.
As time passed, and after waiting for about half an hour, He Haoyuan and others finally saw the arrival of the Holy Driver!
First came a group of Guards soldiers, then a large group of cavalry, then the Emperor's chariot, followed by a group of civil servants in carriages and military generals on horses.
Emperor Sheng suddenly decided to come over to watch the test in person. No matter the cabinet or the military, they did not dare to neglect it, and they all had to make a lot of preparations.
A moment later, amid the respectful voices welcoming the emperor, Li Xuan, who was dressed in casual clothes, stepped out of the carriage, then nodded slightly and raised his hand slightly: "Everyone loves me!"