Huang Ke is naturally familiar with this name, and later one of the two bomb fathers and one of the famous physicists of the three coins. It's just that he doesn't understand, why is this person here?

Huang Ke nodded: "Okay, your suggestion is very good." By the way, are you a member of the expert group? ”

After listening to Huang Ke's inquiry, Qian stood up and said, "Mr. Minister, I am not a member of the expert group. Today I'm here to learn with you. ”

At this time, a gray-haired old man sitting a little at the front of the seat said: "The top three are here with me, and we were supposed to report other things to the chief, but there is such a meeting today, so we will attend and study together." ”

"Well, I'm a layman in academia, and I don't dare to get involved blindly. However, there is nothing wrong with more exchanges*, and it is not easy to do it in any industry behind closed doors, so you see that Roosevelt and Stalin often exchanged experiences of being heads of state. ”

After Huang Ke said a few humorous words, everyone laughed.

The plan has been drawn up, and the implementation will begin. Half an hour later, two formations of six dive bombers loaded with bombs took off from the Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport and flew in a southeasterly direction.

An hour later, an order came from the front that the bombing had been completed and that all the set targets of the Japanese army had been destroyed.

An hour and a half later, the reconnaissance results from the front came that no poisonous gas was detected outside the five-kilometer radius.

At this time, there was a long-lasting applause in the command room in Nanjing. The members of the expert group also shook hands and hugged each other, and this data fully shows that the bombing completed the intended target and did not cause damage to people and objects around them.

Seeing such an achievement, Huang Ke also excitedly shook hands with everyone to congratulate, nothing can be better than such a result.

Huang Ke walked up to Qian Sanqiang and his gray-haired teacher, and when he shook hands with them, the gray-haired expert smiled and said, "Mr. Minister, I'm afraid it's more than this good news today. I and the top three people also brought you good news. ”

"Oh?" Huang Ke smiled and asked, "What kind of good news is it?" ”

The gray-haired expert smiled and said, "Mr. Minister, let's go to your office to report." ”

Because it involved the reporting of weapons, Huang Ke asked some senior officers of the War Department to come to his office.

More than a dozen people gathered in Huang Ke's office, and the gray-haired expert couldn't wait to open his briefcase, he took out a document from it and handed it to Huang Ke and said: "According to your opinion, and with the technical support of Jiangnan Heavy Industry, we have built a prototype of this weapon, and now we have carried out preliminary experiments, here are the technical parameters and reports." ”

Huang Ke took it and looked at it carefully, and it was a sketch of a vehicle-mounted rocket launcher.

"Bazooka?" Huang Ke asked.

"Yes!" The gray-haired expert said with a smile: "This is a multi-orbital self-propelled rocket launcher that can be carried on the Chevrolet G7100 assisted by the United States and the Yellow River III truck of our own production." This rocket launcher has a total of 8 launch slides, and a salvo can fire *16 rounds with a caliber of 132 mm, with a maximum range of 9 km. ”

Speaking of which, the old expert lit his pipe: "This rocket launcher moves fast, covers a wide area, and can be fired either in a single shot, in a partial burst, or in a one-time salvo. It takes only about 5 to 10 minutes to reload a salvo of ammunition, and a salvo takes only 10 seconds to complete. The speed of the carrier is 90 kilometers per hour. ”

The old expert smoked his pipe and said happily: "This cannon has powerful firing firepower and a large killing range, and it is an effective weapon for destroying the enemy's dense forces in a large area, suppressing the enemy's firepower and destroying the enemy's fortifications. The most important thing is that the cost of this weapon is much lower than that of other weapons, and mass production with our current technology is not a problem. Hey, if our army is equipped with this weapon on a large area, it will have an advantage in fire suppression. ”

After hearing this, several experts from the War Department couldn't help but feel excited in their hearts, and they all came to the sketch to look at it, if it was really as this expert said, then it would be a big killer on the battlefield.

"Is there a prototype? When will we be able to check it out? ”

"Yes, when can we go to the site?"

……

The officers of the War Department asked me word by word, and the old expert put down his pipe and said, "We have produced a total of five prototypes, and now they have passed the preliminary tests. I also brought one with me when I came to Nanjing, and it should be in the Weapons Center now. ”

The old expert said without modesty: "I and the top three researchers are all studying rocket power, and this time I returned to China to do this, which can be regarded as a small test." ”

The old experts are right about this, their group of experts are rocket power experts, and the study of rocket artillery is a small test for them.

After hearing this, Huang Ke said, "Can I try it now?" ”

The old expert said: "At this time? I don't have a problem, but I don't know if it's okay with the Weapons Department? Because the test needs to find a venue, otherwise it will not be good if you are injured by mistake. ”

After hearing this, a major general of the Ordnance Department said: "I will now order the personnel to arrange the test site, and the test can be carried out at noon tomorrow." ”

Huang Ke waved his hand and said, "You don't need to find a venue." Since you don't have a lot of rockets and shells, let's give them to the Japanese. ”

"This ......" the old expert hesitated.

"Commander, the range of this artillery is only 9 kilometers, it is too close to the enemy, and it is ...... in terms of safety" Fourteen Tsai stepped forward to try to stop Huang Ke, he had to consider safety.

Huang Ke didn't think so, he said, "Isn't there still eighteen miles away?" Besides, isn't the front line still our troops? ”

"Chief, why don't we conduct the test tomorrow morning after we have chosen a location." The major general of the Weapons Department suggested.

"Needless to say, your Ordnance Department will send someone to pull this rocket artillery vehicle to the front line now. Let's go, if you want to go, follow us to have a look. Old experts, please come with us to see it too. ”

The old expert shrugged: "That's natural, I also want to witness the first actual combat effect of this weapon." ”

"Alright, let's go over together. Go to the secretary desk and arrange a vehicle. Don't arrange a car, just arrange a few jeeps. After Huang Ke finished speaking, he went out with the old expert.

Nanjing was exceptionally silent at night, and the convoy of the Ministry of Defense began to march towards the front line of the Eastern Front. Prior to this, the secretary of the Ministry of National Defense had already informed Cui Wu of the matter, and Cui Wu immediately made arrangements and mobilized a lot of troops from Dongshan, the test site.

Originally, Cui Wu wanted to go to the scene, but thinking that Huang Ke didn't like to swagger, Chen Liewen reminded him that it was best not to go to the scene, because Huang Ke didn't like to be too swaggering and delay the front-line officers and soldiers, so he dispelled this idea.

By the time the convoy went to the test site outside the Dodong Mountain, the prototype of the rocket launcher C had already arrived. The experts and officers in charge of the test were removing the canvas that had been covered.

The canvas is removed, and the rocket launcher is revealed. The rocket launcher truck is a U.S.-aided Chevrolet truck, with a large letter C painted on the front of the front to represent the model of the prototype. In the back compartment, 16 embrasures were pointed diagonally at the sky, and the army-green gun barrels were neatly arranged in two rows, and several test groups around them were loading ammunition.

Huang Ke and the others didn't bother, and the major general of the Ordnance Department introduced to Huang Ke: "Commander, now they are loaded with No. 1 ammunition, and we will transfer the target to a forward position of the Japanese army 8 kilometers away. Now, if you go to the lookout post, you can see it through a telescope. ”

Huang Ke nodded and did not speak. The wind was whistling, the night was dark, and there was only the sound of various metal clashes of weapon loading, and the sound of commands from the loaders.

"Report to the chief, the test team is ready, Zhuyuan has finished debugging, and I request to launch!" An officer ran over to report to Huang Ke.

Huang Ke raised his hand to look at the watch, and it only took eight minutes to reload before and after, which was within the allowable range. What's more, it's still night, and if it's daytime, this time must be earlier.

"Launch!" Huang Ke gave an order, and the officer on the opposite side immediately ran back to convey the password.

The officers and men began to get busy, and at this time, under the dark night sky, a string of firelight shot out of the barrel of the rocket artillery, and the night sky was like a shining meteor, and after crossing an arc in the air, it began to fall towards the Japanese position opposite.

Whoosh! * Constantly falling towards the opposite position, like a rain of bullets, at this time, through the high-powered telescope, you can see that the Japanese position 8 kilometers away is in flames.

The old expert shook his head and sighed: "This kind of shell explosion can produce a high temperature of more than three degrees, and the armor of the tank will be turned into molten iron in an instant, and it seems that the Japanese army on the opposite side has no chance of survival." ”

Huang Ke knows that in the final analysis, these experts still have some women's kindness, but in the final analysis, these are human nature. At this point, Huang Ke didn't want to argue with him.

After the test launch, everyone spontaneously applauded.

"Great! That's great! "Everyone hugged each other excitedly, knowing that once this weapon is used intensively, then the strength of our army will be greatly enhanced, no wonder everyone is so excited.

Huang Ke was naturally very happy, he held the hands of the old expert and Qian Sanqiang and said, "Thank you!" ”

The old expert came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Minister, our rocket artillery is still in the stage of secrecy, and we haven't taken any code name for the time being, so let's take a code name and keep it secret." ”

Huang Ke walked to the side of the rocket artillery truck full of heat, looked at the huge letter C in front of him and said, "I think, it's better to be codenamed 'Cuihua'!" ”