Chapter 425: Earthen Platform

"Neko, are you ready?" Director Xu came to Liu Gen's side and asked.

Director Xu and the others have been here for almost twenty minutes, and during the twenty minutes, Kong Jue and the others have been checking the condition of the rocket launcher to ensure that there will be no problems in the next test firing.

In the face of Director Xu's inquiry, Liu Gen did not answer directly, and he could only give a definite answer after asking Kong Jue and others. The work of inspecting the rocket artillery has always been done by Kong Jue with the workers, even if this rocket artillery was made by Liu Gen himself, he could not guarantee that there was nothing wrong with this rocket artillery.

"No problem, start the test launch right away." Soon, Liu Gen said to Director Xu.

Director Xu nodded with satisfaction, he admired Liu Gen's steadiness, in this kind of thing, Liu Gen did not give a direct answer, this is undoubtedly a steady performance. For Director Xu, what he hopes most is stability, and there can be problems with the test launch of rocket artillery, but there can be no safety problems.

After confirming that there was no problem with the rocket artillery, Kong Jue left with the workers, and in the distance, the soldiers had already checked the area where the rocket artillery was ready to be tested several times to ensure that no one existed in the test launch area.

Liu Gen took a deep breath and walked to a place twenty meters away from the rocket artillery, which was a simple trench. Originally, he was not going to conduct a test launch with his own hands, but because Kong Jue and the others felt that this rocket launcher was made by Liu Gen himself, they felt that it was better to hand over the first test launch to Liu Gen.

Because the rocket artillery is too rudimentary, if Liu Gen is really asked to press the launch button next to the rocket artillery, then he will easily be injured. Be aware that when a rocket launches a rocket, exhaust fumes will be emitted from the tail of the rocket, producing smoke that can burn people.

Liu Gen didn't want to experience the feeling of being burned by smoke, so choosing to launch rocket artillery at a certain distance was undoubtedly the best choice.

"Launch!" Liu Gen opened his mouth and shouted.

During the shouting, after Liu Gen pressed a rudimentary button, the rockets flew out quickly, and seven seconds later, all the twelve rocket launchers flew towards the test launch area. Under the watchful eyes of Liu Gen and others, one rocket after another flew quickly towards the test launch area. More than ten seconds later, the rocket landed in the test launch area, and bursts of explosions sounded.

Director Xu and others are holding a telescope in their hands, through which they can clearly see the smoke and flames rising in the test launch area. Just the test firing of a rocket launcher made Director Xu realize the powerful firepower of rocket artillery, once the scale is formed, then it is very simple to suppress the firepower of the devil.

It's just that when Director Xu and the others put down the binoculars and looked at Liu Gen, they found that Liu Gen did not have the slightest joy on his face, but had obvious solemnity.

"Roots, when designing rocket artillery, isn't it possible to fire rockets alone? Can you show us that? Foreman Qi didn't understand Liu Gen's state a little, but thinking of Liu Gen's gaze at the rocket artillery, he still smiled and said.

Director Xu and the others were stunned for a moment, and after being promoted by Foreman Qi, they recalled this, and when Liu Gen designed the rocket artillery, he did mention this. It's just that the power of the rocket artillery shocked them too much, so that Director Xu and they ignored this, and now Engineer Qi mentioned this, which made Director Xu and them look forward to it a little more.

"Okay, I'll show you right away." Liu Gen regrouped his emotions and replied directly.

In the test firing of the rocket artillery just now, Liu Gen noticed some problems, but now he has no time for Liu Gen to solve them, and some of the problems found by Liu Gen are also impossible for Liu Gen to solve in a short time.

Bring a prepared rocket with a white line on the shell of the rocket that matches the direction of the rocket's flight, and use it for aiming when it is easy to fire. Of course, the choice of reference for aiming with a white line is also due to the limited conditions of the arsenal, and even if Liu Gen wants to produce a standard caliper sight, it is very difficult.

According to the information obtained by Liu Gen, the Type 63 107mm rocket launcher is equipped with an extremely light caliper-type sight, with a distance and azimuth scale on it, and when preparing to attack, the sight is directly stuck on the rocket and aligned with the white performance, and the 'three-point-one-line' precise aiming can ensure a certain accuracy in the simple launch.

It's just that due to the conditions of the arsenal, even if Liu Gen wants to produce such a sight, it is quite difficult. With Liu Gen's ability, it is still possible to make such a caliper-style sight, but this kind of sight will become a disposable product when used on rockets, which is also too extravagant.

Director Xu and others gathered around Liu Gen, watching Liu Gen's operation, they could see that Liu Gen had dug up some soil on the ground, and after slapping the soil hard, a simple launch platform was formed. The choice to do this is also to improve the accuracy of the rocket again, and on the launch platform, the requirements of the rocket are not high, only need to ensure that the length of the platform exceeds the rocket, and then ensure the stability of the rocket when it is launched.

Looking at the launch platform that Liu Gen made, the eyes of Director Xu and the others lit up, if the rocket is really so easy to launch, then it can be used more flexibly! There is no need for Liu Gen to explain, Director Xu and they can all think of how suitable such a flexible launch method is for the guerrilla warfare of all units of the Eighth Route Army, and the range of 5,000 meters can completely make the devil invincible.

The firing range of 5,000 meters made Director Xu and others quite satisfied, and they knew that Liu Gen's design drawings for rocket artillery had an estimated range of 8,000 meters. However, due to the conditions of the arsenal, even the rockets made by Liu Gen himself could not make the range of the rockets reach the predetermined range of 8,000 meters.

However, for all units of the Eighth Route Army, a range of 5,000 meters was sufficient.

"Director Xu, please take everyone back a bit, there will still be some danger when launching." Liu Gen opened his mouth to explain.

Director Xu nodded, and directly took Foreman Qi and the others back for a distance, but when he retreated, he still stared at Liu Gen, unwilling to miss Liu Gen's every move. Under the watchful eyes of Director Xu and others, Liu Gen pried open the back cover of the rocket, took out a match, lit the propellant and quickly left a certain distance. Avoid being burned by the tail flames.

With a whoosh, the rocket flew out of the simple earthen platform and turned into a small black dot in the air.