In the field of artillery, there is an expert, or a genius, a madman who must be mentioned, and that is Dr. Boole!

Dr. Bull has always been associated with supercannons.

During World War II, there was a super cannon in Germany, the kind of super cannon with an incomparably huge barrel, which is simply a super weapon that human beings can make, and after World War II, Dr. Buhl is still obsessed with super cannons, he welded the navy's two 420 mm caliber naval guns, expanded the chamber into a 424 mm, and the barrel is 36 meters long, the initial experiment, will throw a 90-kilogram shell into space at a height of 180 kilometers. According to the test site, this cannon was called the "Barbados" cannon.

This is just the initial development, for this super cannon, Dr. Boole also developed a series of extended-range rockets, according to the design data, it can launch a 214-kilogram rocket extended-range warhead to a distance of 2,570 kilometers. Even after weight reduction, it is possible to launch to a vertical altitude of more than 250 kilometers.

What Dr. Bull, an artillery genius, really wants to do is to use super cannons to launch satellites and achieve a major breakthrough in using cannons to engage in space flight.

It's just that, due to this person's somewhat eccentric temper, genius, temperament is generally eccentric, coupled with the transfer of interest from the U.S. military, Dr. Bull lost the opportunity to continue research and development, and in order to raise enough funds, Dr. Bull also began to improve the existing artillery.

The initial range of the GC45 155 mm cannon designed and developed by him has reached 40 kilometers, and this huge performance improvement immediately triggered a 45-fold revolution in 155 mm caliber guns, which is the biggest progress in half a century. After all, most of the 155-mm howitzers of that time had a caliber of only 30 times, and the firing range could not reach thirty kilometers.

Dr. Boole's new 155 mm howitzer immediately became a favorite in the international market, and what is more advantageous is that all the technology of this howitzer belongs to Dr. Boole himself, and he can authorize others to use it at will and will not be affected by various factors.

Dr. Boole licensed this technology to the Austrian United Iron and Steel Company, and at that time, it happened to be the time of the second machine factory to inspect the past, and Xie Huimin also met Dr. Boole.

Although the technology of this gun is advanced, but the structure is too complicated, Austria's United Iron and Steel Company, began to improve, in this process, the second machine factory also sent a part of the designers to participate in the company's GC-45 type 155 mm howitzer simplified design work in the name of learning and exchange.

The project was carried out for several years, until 1982 when the simplified design work was completed, the new howitzer was named GHN-45, and in the same year, a full set of GC-45 45 times 155 mm howitzer technical data was introduced, and according to the experience of simplifying the work, the country also began the development of a new 155 mm howitzer.

This work was kept secret a few years ago, so even the brother unit No. 1 Machine Factory did not know about it, and it was only now that it was about to be used as a military parade project, and it was only now that it was taken out.

"This cannon, the strongest is the bottom gas exhaust technology, using this technology, the cannonball can hit forty kilometers away, that Dr. Boole is really powerful." Xie Huimin said.

"Such an artillery expert, I really hope to meet him." Qin Zhenhua also sighed a little, tanks, firepower is king, and he naturally has a deep nature for artillery.

"There is a chance for this, we sent an invitation to Dr. Bull, and he agreed, and when it is convenient in the future, he will come to us for a lecture and exchange activity." Xie Huimin said.

"Really? That's great! Speaking of this, Qin Zhenhua suddenly became interested, and when the time comes, he must participate.

"This artillery, it should be appropriate for us to participate in the parade, the tractor has not been selected yet, and when the time comes, you will have to refuel at the first machine factory." Xie Huimin said.

There are also a lot of domestic military tractors, not to mention anything else, the new style, the introduction of Steyr heavy trucks, is this ability, and a machine factory Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks, I don't know if you can catch up?

"Absolutely." Qin Zhenhua said: "When the time comes to use our tractor, let's say that when we bid for this project, our two factories will be tied together." ”

Xie Huimin shook his head again and again: "No, no, this is not good!" ”

Although the relationship between the big guys is good, but on this kind of issue, you can't just say yes, after all, although the truck project of a machine factory has already begun to prepare, but it will not be mass-produced until the end of this year at the earliest, and who knows if there are any problems with the products assembled in the early stage?

I don't know if their heavy trucks can participate in the parade, but when the time comes, don't drag down your own 155mm howitzers have also lost this qualification, and resolutely do not tie up with you!

Looking at Xie Huimin's resolute attitude, Qin Zhenhua could only smile, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred in his mind, and something came to mind.

"Uncle Xie, you say, how about moving this 155mm howitzer to our truck?" Qin Zhenhua asked Xie Huimin.

For Xie Huimin, Qin Zhenhua has different names, officially, he is called Director Xie, it is said that he is about to become the factory director, then he is called Director Xie, when he hurts others, he is called Lao Xie, and when he begs him, he is called Uncle Xie, which can be described as exquisite, and now he is called Uncle Xie again, so he is playing with something.

Xie Huimin scratched his head a little: "Move this howitzer to the truck?" ”

He obviously didn't understand what the use of this was, towing the artillery, just doing the thing of towing the artillery, and what was the difference between getting to the truck like this, and dragging it in the back?

"Yes, this way you can make a simple truck gun, flexible, low cost, it's simply the best choice for the troops, how about it, do you have any ideas, let's try it together?" Qin Zhenhua said to Xie Huimin.

Truck guns? Flexible and inexpensive? These words turned around in Xie Huimin's mind a few times before he reacted: "You mean, self-propelled guns with truck chassis?" ”

"It's barely enough, but to withstand the recoil of this cannon, the tires will definitely not work, and it is estimated that it will have to be equipped with a hydraulic roof, but it is better than towing artillery, right? After all, on the battlefield of the future, you can't do it without a self-propelled ability! ”

When Qin Zhenhua said this, he was solemn, although towed artillery is still heavily equipped in the troops, in fact, this kind of artillery has become outdated, and in the modern battlefield, the survivability is very low.