Somewhere in the eastern mountains of Taihang Mountain. There is an experimental range for Republican artillery. There were no people within a radius of fifty miles, and two infantry regiments of the Republican Army were defending nearby, as the experiments here were extremely secret. Confidentiality is the number one priority.

"Li Gong. Still no, in terms of data, it can't meet the above requirements. A young man said worriedly, and he said anxiously with the data book.

"I know, and there are a lot of problems, and we're looking at other ways to figure out how to control the direction well. We just need to control it within a range of about three miles. Li Gong said. He is the head of the REA*** project. He was originally a carpenter, and later entered the military industry.

Most of the first generation of weapons researchers in the Republican Army were craftsmen, and as for the second generation, they only had a certain amount of scientific knowledge, but they still combined their experience with what they had learned in theory. But it's not mature enough. So, this project is the result of two generations of joint research. In fact, most of the research of the Republican Army in the military industry is like this, there are no special circumstances. In such a situation, many things are very different and the result is formed.

"Specifically, let's talk about the problem and solve one by one." Li Gong said.

"I don't think we should use wooden parts for our projectiles. The wooden part is easily cauterized when fired, which has a great interference with the flight. We should adopt iron. Iron sheets are used to fabricate such projectiles. The young man said.

"It's just that this weight will further increase the consumption of **." Li Gong said worriedly.

"But it can also increase power. Stability has definitely improved a lot. Let's give it a try. "Young people speak for themselves. The Republican Army's weapons research has not stopped the research work, most of the work is a little bit of experiments, from the early paper shell research, in fact, at that time, there was more of a kind of fireworks. But with further research, they found that it was not easy to store using paper shells. And it's not stable enough, so they use the wood that carpenters are familiar with for development, although it is much more advanced than the paper shell, but it still can't meet the needs of the Republican Army, especially compared with artillery, the advantage of wood is not very great, in addition to the spectacular launch, in other aspects, their situation is not very optimistic.

Power, distance, etc., will cause a greater degree of loss, such losses, will cause them to be unable to meet the other data indicators of the Republican Army, that is, they will not be able to meet some needs of this and that, which is a difficult situation to complete. It still makes them feel very uncomfortable.

"But processing, what I know is that in iron sheet processing, some of our technologies are still not mature enough, and most of them still rely on manual work." Li Gong said. The reason why the second generation of wood *** chooses wood is not only determined by experience, but also has an important factor constraint, that is, the material, wood is easy to obtain, and it can be easily processed. With hydropower, as well as a steam engine of a certain power to provide power. Their situation is still very strong. This has greatly increased the speed of their processing. Therefore, the use of wood has become the best choice for the second generation.

"Even so, we can think about the processing again, we should study the range of the new ***, and the problem of power." Young people say that young people always have bold ideas and innovative moves. This is a situation that absolutely no one else can think of.

"Well, I see. We can achieve such a result, we can give it a try. Li Gong nodded. When the second generation was developed, a large amount of iron was also used in infrastructure construction and roads. On the casting of the carriage. But with the Republican Army's more small iron works put into production, in Jinyang, a new iron plant was established again, and in the future, it would be ten times larger than the combined size of the two iron works in Handan and Luzhou, and the demand for iron could be greatly satisfied. Iron is no longer an extremely expensive material. An increase in the total amount of iron. The IRA can be allowed to use new materials for new projects, rather than choosing backward wood because of material problems, so that they can expand the results of new research again.

But there are still many problems, such as, *** agents. It's still used, and although it's progressive, it's basically not without much of a breakthrough. Second, they have not yet formed a complete theory, that is, early ballistics. The research is still very rudimentary. Rough, but with a certain amount of input, they can develop to a greater extent.

Luzhou. The Air Force's second weapons test site, which is set up in the hidden north. Luzhou Iron Works is responsible for related technical support.

"Second shot, ready." The weapons researchers in the bunker looked nervously at the airship in the sky. They're throwing a new style of **. The ** that was dropped by the first shot did not explode. This worries everyone.

"Whoosh." The whistle blew sharply. The second shot began a new experiment.

The airship flying in the air is not too high. That is, a height of about 1,000 feet, which can detonate an ordinary **. But there are also those that cannot be detonated. In order to increase the probability of detonation, researchers in the Republican Army used the impact fuze for the first time, in fact, it was a one-time use of the ** product. They use polished pieces of iron to make them, which require careful installation by the operator before use, which requires last-minute preparation before throwing, and then throwing it. The ** of the Republican Army is made in the shape of a cone. Because ** from the use of the shape of the shell. Of course, there are other products, such as jujube kernels. This is an invention made by a researcher when he ate dates, which can be regarded as a new invention.

"Boom." Bang. ** Entering the earth again, but alas, there is still no explosion, and the observers are eager to rush up and detonate it, but alas, it takes a lot of courage. The danger is too great.

"It looks like the experiment has failed." Another researcher said dejectedly.

"Wait and see, wait and see." Everyone else said prayingly. They hope for a miracle. But it's a pity that although the Republican Army has used the new impact fuze, their **aerodynamic shape has not changed very much,**When dropped, the **direction** can easily change, and the side with the fuse is sometimes facing up. There is a high probability that it will not be fired. You can imagine how big the problem is. The researchers even thought about the question of counterweights. They specialize in making one heavy and the other light, but this problem still cannot be solved.

The disadvantages of the ramming fuze are obvious, and most importantly, the pilots above are also under a lot of pressure, which, in their opinion, is simply deadly. If you collide, it will explode, and anyone who thinks about it will be extremely nervous. They were disgusted by the impact fuse. Due to their technical immaturity, they definitely don't have a good situation to deal with such a situation.

On the contrary, for another kind of timing fuse, many people are confident that it is a mechanical device that relies on the power of a clockwork and will fall from the sky. The explosion exploded. If there is no explosion, the clockwork will disarm when thrown, and it will automatically start the timer. If the explosion does not occur when it lands, the fuse explosion will naturally be triggered when a certain amount of time is reached.

"Boom." A ** finally exploded. It was such a fuse that exploded. A lot of people take it easy, after all, they still have successful experiments.

But there are many, too many problems with this fuse. First, there are too many parts that need to be machined for mechanical fuses, which is no less than the price of clocks, which will push up the price of **. Second, if the bombing is not timely, if it hits the target directly and does not cause an explosion, the enemy will still flee, and if the time is too long, the significance of the bombing will not be much understandable. So, this product is not the best choice for them. But at the moment it seems to be the best choice, because such a product, he is really stable, in a safe demand, and what they need is such a product, not other impact that they can bring.

The Republican Army needs new weapons products as their killer weapon, but this is not to achieve the goal all at once, there are many twists and turns in the middle, he may not produce results, and it may distort the Republican Army's technology tree, but it can meet the various needs of the Republican Army to the greatest extent, which is a great development for them, because they are increasing the experience they have accumulated in this area, and the next step may produce other aspects of research, But it can meet some of their other needs to the greatest extent.

When they look back one day, they will find that, in fact, they could have done better. That's what they're facing.

The IRA is further increasing their killer skills, but the exact amount of time left, and the time it will take, will be written in the report and sent to Shang Wu's desk. Then Shangwu decides what the situation of their development is based on how far the technology has developed, and how far the future events have developed, and only then can they have new developments. Otherwise everything will be in vain.