Chapter 60 Test Rocket Delivery of Munitions

Hearing Prince Tori say that he was worried that they would fall behind in the future, Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "Hehe! Your fears are unreasonable. You are the only one in the whole grassland that has access to roads and railways, and your cattle and sheep, furs, and dairy products can be sold at a very good price, and the tea, salt, and sugar you buy are the cheapest on the grassland. Where else can I compare to you? It's just a little strange, some of you are obviously living better and better, but they still oppose us here, I don't know why? ”

"Zhang Dongjia, what you said is right, our life is getting better and better. In fact, the main thing for us is not to worry about anyone coming to bully us, and we can live a peaceful life. Most of us Tumuts are very satisfied. The people you are talking about are those who are not satisfied, who are afraid that you will take over our entire steppe, and are bastards who only care about themselves! I'm here to see you just to tell you about them. Prince Tori said.

"Good! I'd like to hear your thoughts too! ”

Zhang Zhimu knows Prince Tory very well, he seems to be a little reckless, but he is not confused at all, and today he must talk about solving the future of their Tumut people. Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He have studied this matter several times, and they all think that it is better to let Prince Tory take the initiative to come up with a solution. In fact, they are all under the governance of the kiln gang people, and they are unwilling to submit to us, which is not a big deal. It can be said that even if they make trouble, they can't make much of a storm.

"Now the whole grassland has been subordinated to your kiln. I know that we can't go on like this forever in a place like Tumut. If you want to use force, we have no power to resist. ”

"I said, Your Royal Highness the Prince, it's far away for you to say so, we are brothers in life and death, how can we talk about the use of force?"

"No, no! Don't get me wrong, I'm making an analogy! Prince Tori hurriedly waved his hand and explained, "But there are some people in our tribe, when they fight, they always come late, and when there is a benefit, they don't want to be less at all." I can see very clearly, we have to come together with you. I also went to Ordos to see that the same grassland, and the people there have lived far better than us. Many of the lads over there have started grazing on their bikes. If we continue like this, the gap between us and them will get farther and farther away! ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that he had to speak today, "For your side, we are also very conflicted. We are good friends, and we know that it is best for you people to be with us. We can not only send cadres to you to help you develop production, but also make some relatively large investments to you. Just like the milk powder factory, beef and mutton canning factory we built in Ordos, etc., will bring a great increase in your income there. However, without our cadres managing there, we would not have been able to invest a lot of money there. Also, there is no way to solve the problem of personal treatment that you are not satisfied with. You say that you have a very good relationship with us, but on the other hand, you are just a friend of the Yaogang people, and it is impossible for you to participate in our political organization, don't you say? ”

"Alas! What Zhang Dongjia said," said Prince Tori with a sigh, "you can always make people feel more comfortable. I just want to tell you this time, I discussed with a few heads of the family, and we also returned to the kiln. It's just that they all asked me to tell you if they can keep us from leaving their grasslands. We promise not to interfere in the work of the cadres you sent? ”

"It's all family, so what else do you say?" Zhang Zhimu happily agreed.

"Oops! That's great! Prince Tori said happily, "We were afraid that you would not agree to this. Because, the leaders of the Chahar and Horqin people have arrived at the kiln, and we are afraid that you will not be satisfied with them, and you will not be able to agree to this condition alone. ”

"Can they compare with you? We are friends of life and death, and our friendship is made of blood! Zhang Zhimu said.

"Yes, yes! Our friendship is made of blood, and I'll tell you all when I get back. "Prince Tori is very satisfied with Zhang Zhimu's description of their relationship.

"What do you do with those who don't obey?" Zhang Zhimu worries about those who are often looking for trouble.

"Humph! You don't have to worry about this, we will have a way to deal with them, and if we can't do it, we will destroy them! Prince Tori said decisively. It shows that they have already thought about it.

"When this is done, I will officially give you a letter of appointment and appoint you as the elder of our Senate!" Zhang Zhimu said.

"Good! Deal! "It can be seen that Prince Tory cares very much about the title of the senator of the Senate. In fact, Tumut solved Zhang Zhimu more happily in his heart. Because there are a lot of rare earth resources in this area, there are no more worries about mining these resources here in the future.

Li Wei and the others built a large artillery test base on the grassland north of Baotou. The open terrain here is ideal for artillery firing trials. A long-range rocket designed according to a rocket artillery modification, tested here. Fifty kilometers is far enough for today's technology. After the technicians finished designing, they told Li Wei that this kind of rocket could be shot to a distance of 50 kilometers, and Li Wei was so shocked that he couldn't believe it. After repeated explanations by technicians, Li Wei could barely believe it. During the experiment, Li Wei repeatedly asked Zhang Zhimu to take a look.

When he came to the test site, Zhang Zhimu saw that the rocket Li Wei was going to test launched was a large rocket launcher. The whole gun carriage is a large launch tube, and the gun carriage has wheels on it, which is towed by a car.

Li Wei pointed to the rocket and said: "They said that this guy can shoot 50 kilometers, but I don't believe it yet." However, it stands to reason that our original small rocket artillery shells can shoot so far, and the larger ones should be able to shoot even farther! ”

"The first time you make a rocket, you can shoot 50 kilometers, it's really amazing. I just don't know how to shoot? Zhang Zhimu said.

"Isn't this always waiting for you to come?" Li Wei said.

"Then let's test it!" Zhang Zhimu said.

"That's it! But you have to stay away from me. If something happens to this guy, it's a big deal. Li Wei said, directing the driver to drive the car to a cement house in the distance. After getting out of the car, everyone went to the basement. Zhang Zhimu saw that there were several TV monitors in the basement, and the cameras could transmit the scene to the monitors.

"Huh! Li Wei, you can do it! It's pretty advanced! Zhang Zhimu exclaimed.

"That's right! If I don't get it done, I can't ask you to come over! Li Wei said proudly.

The environment in the basement is also very good, and the air is not very stuffy. After sitting down, Li Wei asked, "I let them start the launch?" ”

"Let's get started!" Zhang Zhimu said.

Li Wei waved his hand to start. An officer at the experimental site, picked up the phone and ordered directly: "Begin!" ”

The scene is much simpler than the rocket launch seen in the previous life.

At this time, the operator started to count, "10, 9, 8, 7...."

Zhang Zhimu suddenly had a feeling of returning to his previous life. When the count reaches zero, the operator presses the button, and the monitor screen is immediately enveloped in a puff of smoke. The rocket took off into the air, drawing a white arc of smoke in the sky, and rushed into the distance.

After a while, a distant voice came from the loudspeaker: "*** landed, let's rush to inspect it immediately!" ”

In the test command hall, everyone cheered! This means that the launch was successful. Li Wei wasn't too excited yet, he had to wait until the landing point was accurate.

As a result, the reported range was 55 km, but it was 6 km short of the target. Li Wei was very dissatisfied with this result, and he knew that this kind of rocket would not work in battle. However, Zhang Zhimu felt very satisfied. When meeting with the test site and rocket design and manufacturing personnel, Zhang Zhimu said: "I am very satisfied with today's rocket test. This is the first time you have designed such a rocket, the range is far exceeded, and the accuracy can be improved. Today we are solving the problem of whether there is such a range rocket, and in the future we will improve it and solve the problem of accuracy. In the future, we will also develop new rocket engines, using kerosene and liquid oxygen as fuel, and we can also develop others, such as liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engines. But this requires us to re-understand rockets, which are different from the solid-fuel rockets that you are testing now. At that time, the rocket range will be longer. However, at that time, we also needed to control the flight of the rocket, not let the rocket fly according to a fixed trajectory as it is now. Anyway, you're off to a great start today. In the future, I hope you can create more brilliant results. ”

The technicians were all enthusiastic about Zhang Zhimu's words. On the train back, Zhang Zhimu said to Li Wei: "From now on, you have to spend more effort on the rocket." However, the existence of this team is to be kept strictly secret. This is a top-secret project. ”

Li Wei said: "Don't worry about this. Also, this time, I talked to Yoo Sung-huang once before he left, and when he comes back, I will hand over the matter of the flight team to him. ”

"The formation of the Air Force is still up to you, and Liu Chenghuang is in charge of the specific matters! In the future, if the Air Force wants to set up an independent branch of the armed forces, it must have a competent person in charge of it. You can't get caught up in concrete things. If you and Li Jing want to assist Liu Yun in their work in the General Staff Headquarters, you must have a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the whole army. Uncle Chen and Mr. Ouyang, there will always be a time when we are old, and we must have the ability to take over. Liu Yun has been exercising well in recent years. You and Li Jing also have to calm down and think about more things. ”

"Don't worry! I'm not that stingy. When my uncle told me, I agreed that Liu Chenghuang would be in charge of the formation of the Air Force. "Li Wei is very generous.

"That's good! However, I don't think Liu Chenghuang will be able to withdraw in a short time. You still have to take care of the flying team. This year is a very critical year, Li Yunhe and their new plane, this is the second year, and it should be able to fly as planned. ”

"I don't understand, it turns out that the plane we built didn't cost much! How to build a new plane, but it is more troublesome? ”

"Huh! The current airplane is very different from the original airplane. Let me tell you, the new aircraft can reach a range of up to a thousand kilometers, you say, can the original aircraft be compared? ”

"Oh my God! I've been busy with rockets with them for a while, and I haven't had time to take care of their plane. I'll have to look at the plane when I get back. Li Wei said in surprise.

"Huh! I think the most important thing is that Li Yunhe's people can build airplanes now. The wind tunnel they built, as well as the lift calculation and material strength test, are all great breakthroughs. Moreover, they use almost all of our electronic devices on the plane. ”

Of course, Mr. Lo Bingyi pushed his students out to participate in aircraft design. Their group of people is the strongest technical force in our kiln gang. ”

By March, before the Irtysh River had fully bloomed, Ningde sent troops to escort a long caravan of camels to the Ural Mountains with musket ammunition and some supplies that Jiang was going to sell to the Russians.

Liu Chenghuang and Fan Chengkun also set off for the south of the sea to solve the fleet.

Count Petrov rushed back to Moscow in the snow with the draft contract he had drawn up with Jiang Zhuang, as well as the border agreement between the two countries.

This time, Count Petrov was generous and went to see the Tsar with his head held high.

As soon as the Tsar saw Count Petrov's expression, he knew that it had happened, "Oops! Dear Count Petrov, seeing the way you look like a spring breeze, you will surely bring back good news. ”

After giving the salute, Count Petrov said: "Thanks to Your Majesty, I have brought back good news that I did not expect. The Ming Dynasty agreed to sell us arms. Moreover, that Ming Army General Jiang also through his friends in the imperial court, not only lowered the price for us, but also sent out the musket! And I was afraid that we would not have enough for us, so we shipped out 2,000 muskets at once. ”

"Oops! Count Petrov: This is great news. Sit down quickly, and say, How much silver do they want for each musket? And bullets? "The tsar is in a hurry.

After Count Petrov sat down with a grin, he took off his gloves and looked at the Tsar, and said, "Your Majesty, they only cost us two thousand five hundred taels of silver for each musket. The bullets were two rounds of one tael of silver. For each musket, three hundred were sold to us. When we run out of bullets, we can also reload them with ** and black **. How about Your Majesty? ”

"Oops! Count Petrov, you have made a great contribution to our great Russia! The Tsar rubbed his hands and said.

They also promised that they could use some of the food to pay for the money. It was also said that it was entirely possible to pay in gold instead of silver. They say that gold transportation saves effort, haha! ”

"Great! The gold is kept in our treasury, and it is difficult to go out and circulate, so give them as much gold as possible. We need silver to circulate. The Tsar said happily.

"However, they put forward two conditions, one is that they cannot sell us muskets in the name of the Ming court, but can only do so privately in the name of General Jiang personally. Because none of their court members wanted to be enemies of the Ottoman Empire for no reason! Count Petrov lowered his voice again and whispered, "They demand, together with the border agreement." ”

The Tsar listened to Count Petrov's words, thought for a moment, smiled, and said: "It is understandable that a clever Oriental is not willing to pay the price of offending the Ottoman Empire for such a small business. However, it depends on how we deal with the Ottoman Turks after we get the muskets? Well! I signed the agreement right away and stamped it with my big seal. Secretly organize a team and work with them to draw borders! In fact, the boundaries are divided according to strength, so reasonable! The contract for the muskets, the total amount and what we paid for with the food, we have determined. The difference is the ratio of gold and silver. So I signed all the contracts, you go back, try to pay more gold and less silver. ”

"Okay, Your Majesty, I will go home and rest for a day, and I will rush back to the Ural Mountains to wait for the arms, and you will be ready to pay gold and silver at any time, and we can also prepare the amount of food we have determined. Those people in the Ming army are very efficient in doing things, and we also show them that we are also very efficient. Count Petrov was a little excited.

"Good!" The Tsar thought for a moment and asked: "You mean, they brought two thousand muskets at once?" ”

"Yes, it was transported to Hami, and their train went to Hami!" Count Petrov said.

"Wait!" The Tsar asked, "What kind of train are you talking about?" ”

"I heard from them that you can move on rails, propelled by steam, and that's a very powerful and very fast car!" Count Petrov couldn't explain much either.

"These Orientals are very small, but they are very magical, we should pay more attention to them!" The Tsar said, "By the way, what are they doing with the extra muskets, and they can't bring them back." Do you see if it's possible that they will sell it to us at a cheaper price? ”

"This?" Count Petrov was a little embarrassed, "I see Your Majesty like this, when we get the first batch of muskets, I will find an opportunity to ask General Jiang about this." They brought in more muskets so we could get them sooner, so let's not embarrass them too much! ”

"Even! My honest Count Petrov, you are not yet a qualified businessman. Do as you say! "The Tsar knew that Count Petrov was not willing to do anything to depress the price.

Count Petrov really stayed at home for a day, and then rushed back to sign a border demarcation agreement and an arms sales contract with Jiang Yan. In the end, Jiang Ji only needed 200,000 taels of silver, and the rest were gold. He knew that his family wanted as much gold as possible. This made both sides happy.

Jiang Ji entertained Count Petrov with delicious food and drink, until the long caravan came, and Count Petrov immediately sent someone to report to the Tsar, asking him to send someone to bring gold, silver, and grain.

The Russian officer who escorted the gold and silver, fearing that the gold and silver had arrived, would not be able to get a musket, consulted Count Petrov. Count Petrov told Jiang Pingyi that Jiang Jianyi was very generous, and asked them to come and inspect the loot, count the ammunition, and then transport it, and then send the gold, silver and grain over. The Russian officer was very embarrassed when he sent the gold and silver, and Jiang Ji said to him: "It's right to do this for the first time!" ”

When Count Petrov followed the munitions, he took with him twenty officers sent to them at the same time. These people were given to the Russians as instructors.

More than 20 of these people are all highly educated and have high military skills, and Jiang Ji gave them a task to learn as much as possible about the Russian army and learn as much Russian as possible.

Count Petrov said to Jiang Ping: "I will explain the matter of weapons to His Majesty the Tsar, and I will come back at once and survey the border with you." However, the border agreement, your emperor's great seal is also stamped as soon as possible. ”

"Don't worry! The rest is trifling! Jiang Ji said. Jiang Jian knew that the demarcation in the mountains and deep forests was too boring. When the time comes, let's see whose level is higher!

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