In fact, Xiao Dong is not the only person who holds the intention of trying again at a distance of 1,000 meters, many of them have similar ideas, in any case, the distance of 1,500 meters cannot give full play to the maximum power of armor-piercing shells, therefore, at a closer distance, maybe the new anti-tank ammunition really has the possibility of turning the tables.

What's more, there are many people present who are very familiar with Zhao Rusong, and even old friends for many years, for this part of the people, they don't want to see this weathered old expert fail like this, so they also strongly advocate that the test be carried out, so as to be able to prove that the power of the new ammunition is not just written on paper, but is indeed real.

Of course, as far as Zhao Rusong is concerned, he is naturally happy to see it come true, although as an old expert who has been struggling in the military industry for decades, with many years of experience, it can be seen from the test results of 1,500 meters that have just ended, he said that the new anti-tank armor-piercing projectile that he has devoted himself to developing may not be able to penetrate the composite armor target plate even at a distance of 1,000 meters.

But even with this routine inference, Zhao Rusong still has a fluke mentality, after all, in this spear and shield duel, Zhao Rusong doesn't want to lose no matter what, not to mention that this duel has already been known to everyone in the huge test ground, and he patted his chest in front of many people, including the chief designer Lu Jiadong, to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

It's just that if he loses completely, then where will he put his old face, not to mention that he is an extremely strong and unyielding person, and he regards victory and defeat as more important than anything else, and because of this, a strong desire to win slowly defeats calm reason,

So much so that when Wu Tianming came to ask whether he would replace the ammunition from the next round of testing with the original ammunition made in the UK, when his deputy and assistant refused, he did not stand up to stop it. After Lu Jiadong agreed, Zhao Rusong's originally hesitant eyes became shrewd again.

However, such a shrewd look only stayed in his slightly cloudy pupils for a moment, and was shocked again after the 1,000-meter target test, and the reason was very simple, that is, the new armor-piercing projectile still did not penetrate the composite armor target plate at a distance of 1,000 meters.

In addition to this, the newly developed armor-piercing projectile was also kept out of the sandwich of the composite armor. Only the latest armor fragmentation bullet had a slight effect, after smashing the frontal back plate of the composite armor, several layers of interlayers were destroyed together, but the back plate as the last layer was still intact, in the face of such a result, the last trace of luck left in Zhao Rusong's heart was also ruthlessly broken, and the whole person sat directly on the chair behind him:

"Defeated, defeated, completely defeated"

At this moment, there are only such words in Zhao Rusong's mind, which are constantly tumbling. And his eyes, which had lost their former vigor at this time, were staring at the composite armor target in the distance that seemed to have been beaten beyond recognition, but was still immovable, as if he saw a majestic mountain peak.

I still remember the scene when he fought with Zhu Haifeng before, and the confident words of the personnel who developed the ammunition system during the test preparations this morning have not been forgotten. Not long ago, in front of the chief designer Lu Jiadong, the sentence "the judgment of winning the third shot" is still in my ears, but now it seems that it is still in my ears. These words were like a bigger stone, lifted high one by one by him, Zhao Rusong, and then smashed on his feet one after another.

Especially the "three-shot verdict", today's reality proves that his inference is not wrong, it is indeed not necessary to have three shots to completely break this spear and shield duel, but it was not Zhao Rusong, who was full of confidence at the time, who won. is an opponent with steel and iron bones, and because of this, this sentence is more like a resounding slap at this moment, beating Zhao Rusong's old face to the ground

"Professor Zhao, Professor Zhao. If it can't be a thousand meters, we still have 800 meters, and if it doesn't work at 800 meters, there will be 500 meters, so I don't believe that our ammunition will not be able to penetrate it!" Just when Zhao Rusong looked at the test site opposite, a series of extremely unwilling words suddenly came to his ears, and it took a long time for Zhao Rusong to come to his senses, raised his slightly tired eyes, looked at the assistant Xiao Dong beside him who was not admitting defeat, shook his head helplessly but resolutely, and said word by word in extremely lost words:

"There's no need to do it anymore, defeat is defeat"

"Professor Zhao, we still have a chance, a one-meter test won't say anything, and besides, our armor-piercing projectile has already penetrated nearly two-thirds of the thickness of the composite armor target plate, so I believe that in the next eight hundred meters, we will definitely be able to destroy it in one fell swoop!"

Xiao Dong still has a look of perseverance, but Zhao Rusong doesn't want to continue, after all, the test at a distance of one thousand meters is enough to explain the problem, and the face that should be lost has already been lost, if it weren't for the estimation of the entire ammunition system, he Zhao Rusong would have already had the heart to find a crack to drill into.

It is precisely because of this that there is no need to carry out the next 800 meters and the next 500 meters test, not that Zhao Rusong does not want a fig leaf to save the last face, but the 800 meters and 500 meters test can certainly bring out the power of the new anti-tank ammunition.

But it will also make his Zhao Rusong's face and the honor of the entire ammunition system completely lost, although Zhao Rusong at this time became a little trance because of everything that had just passed, and the person suddenly seemed to be a few years older, but his thinking was still very sober, so after listening to the words of the assistant Xiao Dong, he angrily reprimanded:

"In actual combat, not to mention 500 meters and 800 meters, it is difficult to rush through the combat distance of 1,000 meters, and our failure in the 1,000-meter test is a failure, there is no need to continue for the sake of temporary likes and dislikes, otherwise it will only be us who will lose face at that time!"

Xiao Dong listened to Zhao Rusong's words, and couldn't help but be stunned, but immediately reacted, Zhao Rusong was right, in actual combat, the distance of a thousand meters in actual combat, not to mention in the eighties when technology was advancing by leaps and bounds, even in World War II, it was not a very long distance, and no such distance could penetrate the composite armor. Apparently no way!

Therefore, just a thousand meters of the test is basically the battlefield of the final showdown between the spear and the shield, after all, as a weapon and equipment, the root of it is still to pay attention to the actual combat effect, if blindly in order to obtain psychological comfort ~ a sense of convenience, and regardless of the actual combat principle of weapons and equipment, in the end can only become a laughing stock that no one will spurn here, after all, the people standing here are experts in the military industry, and anyone understands the truth.

Thinking of this, although Xiao Dong was still unwilling, he had to give up his previous thoughts, and finally could only retreat to the back in a huff, but his resentful eyes were staring at Zhu Haifeng and Qin Jingbin, who were talking to people not far away, in fact, not only Xiao Dong, the development personnel of the entire ammunition system all stared at the two people who made them so miserable now, Zhao Rusong was the same, but his eyes lacked the previous self-confidence and persistence, replaced by helplessness and indifference, and finally could only turn into a soft sigh:

"Alas, I'm really old!"

After speaking, he took his black briefcase from the assistant Xiao Dong behind him, and then got up and walked slowly towards the seat of the chief designer Lu Jiadong, who was not far away

Just as Zhao Rusong left the table with his briefcase, Zhu Haifeng and Qin Jingbin on the other side were chatting eagerly with the people who came to congratulate, and the people present at this moment almost forgot all about Zhao Rusong and other people in the ammunition system, as for Zhu Haifeng and Qin Jingbin, after all, they are the winners, since they are the victors At this moment, only celebration is the most important thing, how can they care about the loser.

What's more, Zhu Haifeng can use this to fulfill his wish to be glorious, and Qin Jingbin can also take this opportunity to win the title of academician of the Academy of Sciences, the most worrying thing before the two came to the test site was to pass the test just now, so the joy in the hearts of the two was several times more enthusiastic than the simple victory.

"It seems that we are going better than imagined this time!" After dealing with several waves of scientific researchers who came to congratulate, Qin Jingbin said to Zhu Haifeng with an excited smile, and Zhu Haifeng couldn't help but nod happily: "Yes, it is indeed smoother than expected, so yes, it is still the old saying is good!"

Zhu Haifeng couldn't help pausing as he spoke, and then a smug smile appeared on his face, picked up the water glass next to him, took a sip and moistened his throat, and continued:

"Iron still needs its own hardness, our composite armor can have the current results, in the final analysis, this is the truth!"

"That's right, Lao Zhu, you're so right."

"No! Professor Zhao, you can't resign!" Qin Jingbin was replying to Zhu Haifeng's words with his eyebrows fluttering, when an extremely firm voice suddenly came from the center of the back of the main console, interrupting Qin Jingbin's words at the same time, it also made the discussion on the scene stop abruptly, but as soon as this sudden voice fell, Zhao Rusong's voice full of vicissitudes and exhaustion sounded heavily in the main console:

"The current failure of the new anti-tank ammunition is my responsibility, and I must resign in order for the new anti-tank ammunition to continue smoothly!" )