239 336 rocket launches
At half past four in the morning, it was still pitch black outside, and not far from the Eastern Front headquarters, the originally silent area gradually became lively.
There are more than a dozen huge cars, but instead of a truck compartment, there are several small boxes lined up side by side. At the sound of whistles, the lights in front of the heads of the cars lit up, and the cars behind them, which were covered with plastic sheeting, were lifted by the fighters.
Then, these neatly arranged car engines began to roar, and with the swing of the small red flag in the commander's hand, the vehicles moved with the roar of the engines, and in a few moments, they were lined up above the position.
Some fighters ran to the back of the car, opened the lids at the front of each box, and some pointed bullets suddenly came out of it, and after carefully checking the condition of these boxes, the fighters quickly left the car and waited in line at the back.
After the inspection, the four soldiers stood in the middle of the carriage in pairs, and with an order, they each held a square pillar more than one meter long and more than 20 centimeters long from the side of the chassis, and quickly pulled it away to both sides, and when the pillar was perpendicular to the body at 90 degrees, they reached out and inserted a pin the size of an arm into the place where the body and the pillar were connected, and a pillar inserted into it appeared in each of the four corners of the entire carriage.
"Woo woo ......" With a slight sound, the ports of the four square pillars began to protrude and a silver-white round pillar emerged, stretching out about fifty centimeters away. Then it began to turn towards the ground, directly at a ninety degree angle to the ground, and then there was a slight whining sound inside. The pillar thrust into the dirt on the ground, and the heavy, massive body of the car moved slightly, and soon calmed down.
These support columns are designed to prevent the launcher from overturning due to the movement of the heavy part behind!
"Prepare for firing Zhuyuan, car number one, target 603, car number two, target 604. At an elevation angle of 43 and a half °, car No. 3 ......" sounded with the commander's loud voice. Those boxes that were originally lying flat, under the operation of the gun commander in the cab, started from the front position of the car, supported by the hydraulic lifting rod near the tail place. Slowly rising.
After the boxes were raised to a certain position, the boxes began to rotate slowly, until the openings of the square launch tubes were aligned towards the target in Vietnam, and the whole car began to stop moving.
Time passed minute by minute.
This should be the most sleepy time for humanity, but it didn't doze off, and the people around the 336 rocket launcher launch site were full of nervousness.
Unlike other guns, they can't see the target at all, and can only adjust the firing of the shells according to various parameters. In addition, because of the warhead problem above, it is not possible to leave people near the impact point to observe the impact point and correct the trajectory.
This cannon has been tested, and the deviation of the firing distance may reach a circle of five hundred meters!
Rotong was more nervous than anyone about the experimental effects of this cannon. He also knew that this kind of cannon was related to the reputation of the entire Nine Courtyards, and when it was produced, there were some parts that he was tracking the quality of production, and the final assembly was also assembled by him with his own eyes.
These eight guns can be said to be the brainchild of the entire base, and they are even worried that there will be problems with this chassis. After all, although the discharge pressure of this rocket launcher is not as high as that of a heavy gun, it relies on the engine inside the rocket artillery and the propellant inside it to drive it to the target.
If only to fly on the power provided by the propellant. Not to mention that this launch tube is useless, it is estimated that it will be difficult to eject this heavy rocket.
There must be no surprises.
Luo Tong kept reading silently in his heart, and by the light of the headlights, he looked at the watch on his wrist, and Luo Tong said to the commander next to him, Zhao Yuming: "Deputy Zhao Ying, do you want to let the comrades check again to see if there are any problems?" ”
When Zhao Yuming heard his words, he couldn't help grinning: "*Matter, we have practiced this many times in the base, and there is no problem." Rest assured! ”
"It's not that I'm worried about this, but I'm worried about the effect of shooting. If the previous preparations are not done, the later effect will not meet our design goals, and in the end, it is estimated that we will not be able to find the reason. Luo Tong took a deep breath, looking at the rocket launcher tubes that were already pointing at the sky like a sharp sword, he was really a little relieved.
There must be no failure!
Otherwise, it will be difficult to find an experimental site for actual combat testing in the future.
Shooting experiments in China are only theoretical data, and the most direct performance data can only be obtained when they are put into actual combat.
"There are two minutes to go, and if you let the fighters check it again, it will make them all nervous." Zhao Yuming rejected Luo Tong's request.
In the first actual battle, the fighters are also nervous, if they are asked to check again, it will make them think that there is something in front of them that they have not done well, and what is originally normal, maybe they will feel that there may be mistakes, and eventually lead to real mistakes.
"Luo, are you missiles or rocket artillery? Can this rocket artillery really shoot 120 kilometers? Wynne, who had been observing from the side, was a little surprised that the Chinese had sadly made such a huge rocket launcher.
With a range of 120 kilometers, there is no accuracy, and this is not like the V2 rocket that the Germans made sadly at the end of World War II?
"Can you just wait until the previous results are reported?" Luo Tong said with a painful face, he didn't have the heart to pay attention to the dog-day Americans at this time.
Wynne touched his nose and immediately shut up, he finally got the opportunity to watch the situation of China's 336 rocket artillery at close range here, if he said anything here, Luo Tong estimated that he would drive him away directly.
Zhao Yuming didn't feel anything in his heart, they couldn't see the final experimental results of these shells at all, just like seeing the enemy's position on the battlefield and forcing his eyes to shoot, this is even worse than that, because he can feel the enemy when he shoots, and he can't feel it.
Just firing these rockets into an unknown area, their task is to get this as accurate as possible!
"When the time comes, all units are ready!" Seeing that the watch second hand on his wrist was about to coincide with the minute hand and the hour hand in one minute, Zhao Yuming picked up the new walkie-talkie in his hand and whispered according to the speech button.
Upon hearing this, the red signal light above the rocket launcher began to flash, which soon turned green. Red is to inform the surrounding fighters to evacuate and change the shells of the unit to get ready. At this time when it is ready to be launched, it will start to light up, and although there are no spare rockets now, it is necessary to strictly follow the operating regulations.
Seeing that all the green signal lights had been lit up and flashing non-stop, Zhao Yuming stared intently at the watch on his wrist.
When the three needles coincided, he suddenly shouted into the walkie-talkie: "Three volleys!" ”
"Boom!" The engine inside the rocket, under the action of the ignition mechanism, began to roar, and white smoke came out of the bottom of the transmitter tube.
As the roar grew louder and louder, three rockets came out of the row of launch tubes above the launch box at almost the same speed, and then gradually began to speed up, until finally all the two layers of fins came out, and suddenly spewed blazing white flames towards the night sky far away.
"Three volleys!" Here's the command from above.
"Whew!" "Whew!" "Whew!"
The sound of the behemoth piercing the night sky at a super-high speed was accompanied by the roar of the engine, which was visible at first with its long tail, but soon only a small white dot remained, and finally disappeared.
In the position on the first line of the beam, when I heard this voice in the sky, I immediately became chaotic.
The rabbits have started massive shelling again! This is a sign of a general offensive.
On the Eastern Front, the Western Front, and above the two occupied lines, thousands of heavy artillery pieces began to roar, but the sound of the shells on the Eastern Front when they exploded was like thunder, while the shells on the Western Front were very gentle, and there was no loud sound at all......
In a valley on the outskirts of the ancient city, there were a lot of armored vehicles, liberation cars and three-wheeled motorcycles parked in a row.
It's not that the monkey's troops want to be stationed in the valley, after all, although this side is much flatter, but there are still some primeval jungles around, this valley is just the only way to advance, and the 302nd Division received an order from General Secretary Li Duan when it just arrived here, and stood by in place......
They are not afraid of the PLA shelling them, if the PLA really has heavy artillery capable of hitting 70 or 80 kilometers, what kind of strength will they have?
Surrendered a long time ago.
On top of the highest mountain in the far reaches of the valley, several thin, middle-aged men wearing pointed straw hats, AK47s, and common clothes are looking northeast with binoculars.
From time to time I looked at my watch.
"Ten seconds left, nine seconds ......" the middle-aged man looking at his watch kept counting.
"It's coming!" When a row of small bright spots appeared in the northeast sky, and then gradually enlarged, there was a faint sharp sound of breaking the sky.
These tiny dots grow larger and larger, eventually turning into a long tail.
When it reached the sky above the valley where the 302nd Division was stationed, it fell directly.
"This power is not good, such a big thing, the explosion sound is not loud!" Seeing the falling rocket shells in the valley in the distance, exploding when they were about to reach the bottom of the valley, the flames were very good, and there was no loud sound at all, and then there was another relatively large explosion, and there was still not much sound, these soldiers who were sent here to observe the situation were suddenly dumbfounded.
For them, the most concise way to judge the power of a cannonball is to listen to the sound.
The more powerful it is, the more dynamic it is! (To be continued)