Kazakhstan, Baikonur Rocket Launch Center. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A huge rocket has been erected and placed on the launch pad, this is Korolev's brainchild R7 intercontinental missile (NATO code SS-6), and after several years of testing, the R7 has finally begun a full launch test, targeting the Novaya Zemlya range.

As the countdown ended, smoke billed out of the nozzle, followed by brilliant flames, loud noise meant huge thrust. The monster, which was close to three hundred tons, slowly left the launch pad, and soared faster and faster into the sky, and then disappeared.

Of course, being invisible is only for the naked eye. Dozens of aerospace survey radars are staring at it, feeding its trajectory back to the command center, and every piece of data is carefully checked, and as one data after another is checked, the mood of the staff is becoming more and more relaxed.

"Success?" Sverdlov, who was sitting in the back row, asked a little anxiously.

Li Xiaofeng is much calmer than him, although R7 appeared almost ten years earlier than in history, but he feels that the current R7 is comparable to the maturity in history, and success should be inevitable.

Li Xiaofeng's idea is not wrong at all, the current R7 maturity level is indeed not lower than the historical level of 1957. There are even some aspects that are far beyond that, such as in the inertial guidance element, the current R7 accuracy is much higher. Historically, the accuracy of the R7 was about five kilometers, but now it is only one kilometer. Don't underestimate the difference of four kilometers, in fact this is an order of magnitude difference. The accuracy of five kilometers can only deal with large cities, and one kilometer can hit small and medium-sized cities. Moreover, Li Xiaofeng also knew that after breaking through the problems in the manufacture of laser devices, the Soviet Union's laser technology was advancing by leaps and bounds, and soon laser gyroscopes with higher accuracy could be applied, and the accuracy of guidance would be higher at that time.

Dozens of minutes later, the good news that the missile had accurately hit the target came from the Novaya Zemlya shooting range. The bigwigs of the governance bureau are even more satisfied with this. Because according to the data that Korolev told them, the R7 missile now has a range of up to 9,000 kilometers and can drop a five-ton nuclear warhead. This means that the R7 can completely cross the Arctic to attack targets in the depths of the United States, which means that the unilateral nuclear threat of the United States against the Soviet Union by deploying heavy bombers and medium-course missiles in Europe is a thing of the past. Soviet ICBMs can now also keep Americans awake at night.

This good news makes the government. The administrative situation was extremely excited, and the committee members immediately decided to announce to the world the "full-course flight test of a long-range rocket." In fact, to put it bluntly, it is for the Americans, so that the Americans also know that they cannot rest easy.

The Americans were indeed stunned, how could it be that the Soviet Union, according to their estimates, would develop ballistic missiles capable of threatening the US mainland in the mid-to-late fifties, and now it has only been a few years? Although the R7 thing is so simple and problematic no matter how you look at it, there are two completely different things to have this flower shelf and not to have this flower shelf. For the Americans, it is crazy to think that a Soviet nuclear warhead can fall on their own territory!

Soon, several major companies in the United States that were able to develop rockets felt the joy of the arrival of spring, and the Senate had never been so generous, and they really gave as much as they wanted. As long as the US ICBM can be developed as soon as possible, the Senate will not hesitate to do so!

It's just that at this time, it is not that more money can solve the problem, because the United States does not have the big cheater von Braun. At the end of World War II, von Braun refused the invitation of the Soviet Union to join the United States, but he had just caught up with the Americans and died inexplicably, British and American hospital experts dissected von Braun's body in detail, trying to find the real cause of his death, because the Americans were highly suspicious of the Soviet Union's black hand at that time, but no matter how he checked, von Braun did not show any signs of poisoning, but no matter how he looked at it, he died suddenly due to cardiac arrest.

In desperation, the Americans could only admit that their luck was too bad, and they easily got a rocket expert, who died suddenly when they thought of it. What's more interesting is that it was not only von Braun who died suddenly, the most important core tasks of the rocket genius team died unexplained in the next year or two, some died of food poisoning, some were electrocuted while bathing, and even choked to death after eating dates. All in all, this group of German rocket specialists hiccups before they could make a difference. Previously, the United States' technical reserves in related fields were not so sufficient, and without von Braun's genius, its progress was inevitably affected.

According to KGB's estimates, even if the Senate spends money openly, regardless of the cost of investment, it will be difficult for the United States to develop and produce ICBMs before 1955. In fact, the Americans' investment cannot be unlimited, because the Soviet Union did not just put pressure on the United States on the issue of intercontinental missiles. Including atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, including nuclear power plants, including air defense and anti-missile, and even other conventional military fields, the Soviet Union exerted enormous pressure on the United States.

For example, in the field of air defense and anti-missile, the first generation of the Soviet S-25 Golden Eagle anti-aircraft missile, the well-known Sam-1 missile, was put into production in 1947. Despite the large size and cumbersome preparation for launch, the S-25 system was, after all, a successful anti-aircraft missile that posed a great threat to American strategic bombers.

Moreover, the Soviet Union continued to improve the S-25 system, and in 1948 its improved model, the S-75, was tested at the national range and officially declared into service. At this time, the "three T" missiles of the United States were all on the drawing board, and from this point of view, the Americans lost for a while.

Even on projects on which the Americans had a great advantage, the USSR was actively catching up. After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union began to decommission the first generation of aircraft carriers, the oldest Leningrad and Moscow in 1947, and replaced them with two improved versions of the Type 1942 aircraft carrier. And the USSR was not completely satisfied with the 1942 improved aircraft carrier, and from 1945 began to demonstrate various technical indicators of the future aircraft carrier. It took two years to develop the Type 1947 aircraft carrier.

The tonnage of the Type 1947 aircraft carrier was further enlarged, and the standard displacement was raised to sixty thousand tons. It can carry larger jet fighters, has a wider flight deck, and more importantly, its steam catapult is more powerful and reliable.

According to the plans of the Red Navy, two aircraft carriers of the 1947 project were to be produced for the use of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Red Navy. Yes, you read that right, the Red Navy also had the Mediterranean Fleet. In fact, it was developed on the original Black Sea Fleet. The main base is in Greece, and although the two aircraft carrier battle groups are not strong, they can be regarded as being able to watch the town.

Moreover, in 1947 aircraft carriers were not the ultimate goal of the Soviet Union. Venezuela plans to develop a larger new generation of conventionally powered aircraft carriers around 1950. The standard displacement of the aircraft carrier should be increased to about 80,000 tons, and it should be able to carry more and larger aircraft, and it will also have stronger self-sustaining power. This generation of aircraft carriers will be built for the Soviet Taiping Fleet, and in the future, the Soviet Taiping Fleet will have no less than four large aircraft carriers in order to be able to safeguard the rights and interests of the Soviet Union and its allies in the Asia-Pacific region.

In accordance with the Army. According to Venezuela's plan, the future Red Navy will have 10 large aircraft carriers, four of which will be attached to the Atlantic Fleet, four to the Pacific Fleet, and two to the Mediterranean Fleet. To tell the truth, such a configuration is already very perfect, even compared to the future US imperialism. Of course, in order to achieve such a configuration, a certain immortal must use a knife against the economy of the Soviet Union, and with the original method, it is simply a dead end to go on such a scale.

The Red Navy's development focus is not only on aircraft carriers, but also on nuclear-powered submarines, and the research currently under its management, especially the first-generation submarine nuclear reactor, has begun land tests, and if the results are still good, there is hope that it will be launched into the sea within five years.

With the success of the MiG-15, piston-powered fighters will be eliminated by the Red Air Force in the next three to five years, and tens of thousands of La series and Yak series will either be returned to the furnace or sold to other countries at low prices. For example, Israel and T have ordered thousands of La series and Jacques. Among them Jews love the La series, especially the La-7 is their favorite. East Prussia purchased more than 1,500 La-7s throughout World War II, and placed large orders for the La-9, the development of the La-7.

The Israelis like to pull the series, and the reason is very simple, the air-cooled engine is more suitable for the water-scarce environment in the Middle East, and Israel's maintenance capacity is relatively low, and the liquid-cooled engine is really not easy to serve. What's more, in Israel's environment of fighting more with less, the anti-beating and hard-standing La series is indeed more suitable for them.

As for the T Gongla series and the Jacques series, some of them have been purchased, and the response is not bad. It's just that after all, the Communist Party of China has the foundation of a big country, and its demand for national defense is not comparable to that of a small country like Israel. If it weren't for the fact that the MiG-15 could not be exported for the time being because it wanted to meet the needs of the Soviet Red Army, the T would probably not buy a La series and the Yak series, and would directly go to the MiG-15 to fight the world.

Of course, the Red Air Force did not have only one MiG-15, and the interceptors needed by the territorial air defense were not met by the MiG-15. As for the attack aircraft, Sukhoi finally defeated the old rival Ilyushin, the jet-powered Su-7 went on the production line, if nothing else, the Soviet Union's new generation of fighter-bombers slipped down Sukhoi's house, as for the bomber, Tupolev is not an ordinary busy, after getting the Tu-4, in order to counter the new generation of American strategic bombers, the Tu-95 project is on the horse, not only the Tu-95, the Soviet Union also needs a new medium bomber, the Tu-16 is also on the horse, and even the old Tu is also distracted by the transport aircraft and passenger aircraft project, It's a busy mess anyway.

As for the army, which had a certain advantage before, the Red Army did not stop the pace of development, especially the torrent of ironclads, which developed rapidly, first with the transition of the enhanced version of the T-62 medium tank, during which the T-64 project was also launched. For the USSR, the T-64 would be an epoch-making tank that would usher in a new era.

It is conceivable that the progress of so many projects will inevitably be a great stimulus to the United States, and in order to gain a comprehensive strategic advantage over the Soviet Union, the Americans must increase investment, such as intercontinental missiles, atomic bombs, and nuclear energy. Add to this, for example, the development of more powerful navies, air forces, and land forces, and the amount of money to be invested is even more astronomical. What's more, according to Li Xiaofeng's strategy, is it necessary to put one or two satellites to stimulate the Americans, for example, the first artificial earth satellite of the Soviet Union was also put on the agenda immediately after the maturity of the R-7 missile. With the maturity of R7, it can be used until the 21st century with a slight change.

In fact, it is not only the Americans who will feel the tremendous pressure, but the British will find it difficult to even catch their breath. After all, the economic strength of the Americans is still there, and Britain is really broken now, and if he grits his teeth and follows the projects of intercontinental missiles, nuclear weapons, nuclear power, aerospace science and technology, jet power, and the big navy, bankruptcy will be a matter of minutes. And France, he is even worse than England, and if you really want to bite these projects, the ending will not be much better.

There may be comrades who want to say that NATO can divide labor and cooperate! In this regard, Li Xiaofeng can only say that it is true that NATO has a large division of labor and cooperation, but this kind of division of labor and cooperation is very shoddy, and when it comes to national interests, NATO is absolutely not monolithic. For example, in the selection of North Vietnamese rifle calibers, the Americans toughly pitted NATO, and insisted that their 7.62mm full-power rifle cartridge became the NATO standard.

In fact, this is still a trivial matter, and when it comes to higher-level projects, NATO is definitely a personal mess, after all, the foundation of the big hooligan's life is not here. Look at the so-called cooperation projects in the history of NATO, most of them are anticlimactic or even have heads and tails, such as the famous MBT-70 project, such as the later Eurofighter and the Horizon project, which one is not full of contradictions and finally parted ways.

What's more, NATO here is much weaker than in history, and it does not have so much ability to cooperate, not to mention that the Soviet Union at this time is not as aggressive as it was in history, and the pressure on countries such as France is not so great, so naturally their enthusiasm in the field of defense is not so sufficient. All of these factors determine that the United States will have to pay a greater price for more responsibility than it has historically shouldered, and this is what Li Xiaofeng wants to see.

Of course, this can only say that the Soviet Union was better than the historical external environment, but it cannot be said to sit back and relax. After all, the economic strength of the Americans is too strong, and if the Soviet Union cannot catch up, it will still be dragged down by the United States with its strong economic ability in the end.

Therefore, in order to win this struggle for hegemony, the Soviet Union must hurry up to cultivate its internal strength and bring the economy to one or two higher levels. It's just that it's too hard to do that. The resistance is not ordinarily large, and the old revolutionaries of the older generation may not like the reforms carried out by Li Xiaofeng very much, and Sverdlov will definitely not let go of this opportunity to turn the tables.

Li Xiaofeng knows that he can't be too anxious now, because the older generation is already old, and the winter in the Soviet Union is not an ordinary cold, for the elderly, every winter is fatal, coupled with Russia's greasy and high-sugar diet, all kinds of cardiovascular diseases will also emerge, to put it presumptuously, the old revolutionaries may be difficult to survive the 744-year-old threshold According to this time point, around 1950 is the most dangerous time for the old revolution in 1870 and 1880. In other words, after this, the old revolutionaries will disappear explosively, and the more they disappear, the greater the pressure on Li Xiaofeng.

So Li Xiaofeng knows very well that he must be patient and wait now, he still has 15 years to go from 1950, and he can afford to wait. And in order to carry out reform, in addition to removing those headache obstacles, we must also make some mental preparations. Although the reforms carried out by the T Communist Party in later generations mentioned both spiritual and material grasping, in the actual action later, they only grasped the fact that no matter whether the white cat or the black cat catches the mouse is a good cat. Spiritually, it can be said that it has completely collapsed, and the endless corruption that has emerged one after another has been repeatedly prohibited, and it is dangerous to the point of destroying the party. This must be a cause for vigilance.

Corruption and bureaucracy were serious before the Soviet Union was reformed, and if this was opened up all at once, it would not be a direct end. Therefore, we must intensify our work in this area and check unhealthy tendencies before opening up.

Of course, anti-corruption like cutting leeks can't solve practical problems, and Zhu Yuanzhang's anti-corruption efforts in history are not large? But has the problem been solved at the root of the problem? Lao Zhu is not dead, corruption still exists, and Lao Zhu is dead, and it is even more revived.

Speaking of which, it is still necessary to form a long-term anti-corruption system, and the Soviet Union lacks this now. Therefore, Li Xiaofeng believes that in the next three to four years, the focus of his work should be on this, anyway, economic reform cannot be started, it is better to lay a solid foundation first, not to say that the problem will be completely avoided in the future, but also to limit the problem to a small scope.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaofeng was a little regretful, Dzerzhinsky still left too early, if the man in the iron mask was here, it would be much easier to deal with those old fritters with old qualifications! (To be continued.) )