The original blueprint for the rocket developed by the Pripyat Weapons Design Bureau was provided by the director of the arsenal, Rygushkov.

The "R&D campaign" that began on the night of May 7 was of limited help.

He already admired Berekov, the commander of the group army, and this time the crazy improvement of rocket artillery refreshed his cognition.

For the process changes to some parts of the projectile body, the researcher must get his approval, and what else can Rygushkov do, he can only fully agree. Many of these researchers in overcoats are infiltrated college students, and their majors are these, and even if there is no war, they may eventually enter the Academy of Sciences.

What about yourself? Professional knowledge is limited, with long-term accumulated experience and acquired learning, it has come to this day. However, the lack of knowledge still made him exhausted, for fear of being stopped by this group of juniors who asked a question with drawings.

Regarding the mentality of this factory director, Yang Mingzhi did not decisively figure it out. He was very relieved about his early research and development, and stayed until half past one in the morning, when the work finally came to an end.

All the drawings drawn by the researcher were handed over to Yang Mingzhi, and after a brief review, he found no obvious problems.

Then it was announced, "All right! This is the end of today's work, everyone have a good rest and wait for my reply tomorrow. ”

As soon as these words came out, the highly nervous people were like deflated balls, they were not very confident about their drawings, but fortunately, the director seemed to have no problem after reviewing them. Everyone sat on the chairs one by one, or stretched out, or directly on the empty table, yawning fiercely.

Few of these researchers were so busy, they left the design bureau one after another by order, and the deputy director Popov remained here.

Rigushkov and Ivanov also did not leave, and the two were still waiting for the "final order" of the commander of the army group.

The four people present were all very tired, and with Yang Mingzhi's uncontrollable yawn, everyone yawned.

"Alas! It was so late, I never expected to work until now. There's an important meeting tomorrow afternoon, and I've got to keep my spirits up and listen to Sarinchkin! ”

"It's this afternoon!" Popov smiled and pointed to the point.

"Yes! I think we're going to have to change the time, and for those of us who design weapons, staying up late will be commonplace. In my opinion, 6 o'clock in the morning is the right time to start the day! A joke that caused everyone to laugh.

Yang Mingzhi clapped his hands hard to stabilize the lack of it, and he continued to say with a heavy face: "Let's continue to talk about rocket artillery!" To be honest, I didn't expect the R&D to be over in just a few hours! It's a huge time saver. ”

Ryguskov was stunned: "What? So fast?! R&D is over, doesn't that mean ......"

Yang Mingzhi squinted his eyes and looked at him, intriguing: "Yes! That means it's time for us to start production! Now that you're both here, let's talk about it, are there any problems in the production process? Anyway, you've already seen the drawings! ”

"No, not at all!" Rigushkov didn't even think about the response.

"Sure enough?"

"Of course not! Even if you make a wing, you don't have a problem! Rygushkov replied a little reluctantly, he deeply understood that he would take over the manufacturing, but the Soviet Union still had new weapons that existed, and this pressure can be imagined.

Yang Mingzhi continued to squint his eyes, and said with a harsh attitude: "Since there is no me, I am relieved!" I'm also worried that the rolling mill can't make very thin steel plates! ”

Speaking of this, Rygushkov had changed his anxiety more than ten seconds ago, and he replied with his own incomparable: "Don't worry, sir, this is a blacksmith village, and beating steel ingots into thin flakes is our basic skill!" ”

"Excellent! It's just handmade, and the masters have to work harder. ”

"It's okay to work hard, it's best to be able to hit the enemy well! However, the chief should also provide more food, after all, this is heavy physical work! ”

Yang Mingzhi happily agreed: "No problem!" The shells of the existing rocket launchers are also hammered out by hand, and their craftsmanship is superior to that of machines, and I can't afford to disgrace these heroic blacksmiths. ”

Yang Mingzhi said this, but he didn't feel good in his heart. Novgomel was so poor that when the arsenals in the interior of the Soviet Union were fully equipped with electric machine tools to efficiently produce weapons, large-tonnage hydraulic presses were put into production, and large steel rolling workshops were completely steam-powered with high horsepower, a small factory with this production efficiency would be able to completely blow up Novgomel.

Rygushkov could only use the soil method, that is, to use human and material resources. Yang Mingzhi knew that a steel rolling workshop in the arsenal was driven by the animal power of four oxen, and the mechanical structure caused the ingots to fall frequently, a medieval method that is still useful today.

There was no problem with the arsenal, and Yang Mingzhi turned his attention to Ivanov again.

"How? You shouldn't have a problem, the explosives and propellants are still supplied the old way. ”

Ivanov really had no problems, and on the contrary, he stated a pleasant thing: "Comrade commander, I don't know if you have heard of Amato. ”

"Amato, what is this? An explosive? Yang Mingzhi hurriedly asked.

"That's right! This is what our chemists know very well......" At this moment, Ivanov did not hesitate to show his erudition, and also seemed to explain to Yang Mingzhi that "you also don't understand".

Yang Mingzhi just didn't understand the name of this explosive, and when Ivanov explained, it was a mixture of fertilizer and TNT.

"Oops! Aren't we already mixing these two explosives? The combat effect is really good! ”

Ivanov shook his finger: "But not yet to the optimal!" Comrade commander, during the days when you led the troops into battle, our laboratory never stopped experimenting with this explosive. To be honest, I only know that this is a high-energy explosive mixed with two explosives, and I really don't know anything about the correct ratio of it. Fortunately, we had time to experiment, and my students went through hundreds of experiments and finally came up with the best ratio! ”

"And the result? I just wonder how powerful this will increase the power of the explosives! ”

"That's about 10% more"

"That's it?!" Yang Mingzhi was a little lost, but Ivanov immediately pointed out that the benefits of this explosive are not this!

"We usually use a four-to-one ratio to maximize the power. 80% of it is fertilizer, 20% of which we cannot produce, but fertilizer is mass-produced. In other words, the higher authorities airdropped us one ton of TNT, and to some extent, we were able to make five tons of equivalent!! ”

"It's true?!"

Yang Mingzhi couldn't believe it, but Ivanov's answer was very resolute - this is true.

Just mixing dried wood chips with chemical fertilizer is much more powerful than traditional black powder. Mix chemical fertilizer with black powder, and the power will keep up with the next level. It's just that in this kind of explosive loading shell, the power is incorporated into the power of TNT, so a large number of metal debris is often added to the ammunition chamber of this explosive to achieve greater damage with "shotguns".

Now, with the right ratio of TNT and chemical fertilizer, another cost-effective explosive can be widely used! It's right at this critical juncture!

Yang Mingzhi was extremely excited: "This matter! Why didn't you announce this in public at yesterday's meeting? ”

"You're asking me to announce this in public?" Ivanov shook his head helplessly: "Yesterday was completely your stage, everyone was talking about a new large-scale battle, and I had no chance at all!" ”

"That's today!" Yang Mingzhi took Ivanov's hand and squeezed it hard.