Busy time always flies, and before you know it, it's December 1st.

The new laboratory in Huanghe was completed yesterday, and in order to provide a good working environment for the researchers, Director Li specially arranged for an engineering team to be stationed near Gaoqiao Town.

At present, the new buildings in this era do not need to scatter formaldehyde, and when various facilities and equipment are in place, comrades can directly move in and start scientific research work.

The laboratory covers an area of 17 acres and is located directly west of the border area.

In addition to a variety of machine tools and power supply systems, it also brings together all the state-of-the-art equipment in the border area.

As the director said, Huang He was transferred from the Military Industry Bureau by his superiors.

The name of the new department is the Border District Weapons Experimental Research Bureau, and there are three subordinate departments, and the position of director naturally falls to Huang.

Huang He, the first department, is in charge of the affairs of the first department, and the current subject is the study of rockets and individual anti-tank weapons.

The leader of the second section is Shan Wenbao, and all the design and experiments related to the aircraft are carried out here.

It is worth mentioning that the second-in-command of this department is a ruthless person. He came to the border area last month, and in just a few days, he impressed all the researchers with his rich theoretical knowledge and strong practical ability.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a degree in aeronautics, he worked at the Chicago Chercy Aircraft Factory, the Detroit Vo Agosy Aircraft Factory, and the Kansas American Eagle Aircraft Factory.

Because of his strong interest in flying machines since childhood, during the days when he worked in Chouguo, he used his salary and factory scrap to design and build a two-wing two-seat trainer aircraft.

At present, under the leadership of the two men, the department is mainly developing training aircraft for the primary, intermediate, and senior levels, so as to contribute to the future air force in the border region.

Most of the comrades of the Third Section are from the Military Industry Bureau, and their work is to develop new infantry weapons that are more in line with the habits and tactics of our army on the basis of French-style weapons.

On the first day of moving into the new department, the director rarely put down the work at hand to congratulate him. Looking at the energetic comrades, he tugged on Huang He's arm and said with a smile:

"Look, I'll just say that sooner or later, your kid will have to work alone, and he will be the leader directly after coming back for more than a month. I worked in the position of deputy director for three years before becoming a regular, and your speed is really outrageous. ”

"But then again, what's going on with your research topic? When will the results be available? The new department has been established, and you, as the director of the bureau, have to make a good start for the comrades. ”

In fact, the director is just a joke, and as a researcher, he certainly knows that every project is not easy.

In particular, it is a completely new weapon, which often requires a lot of theoretical deduction and experimentation before it can be finalized.

However, this matter is not difficult for the Yellow River, after all, he stands on the shoulders of giants, and has a lot of experience to refer to in later generations.

Perhaps the progress of research on the Katyusha rocket launcher and the V2 rocket is somewhat slow, but it is not difficult to develop an individual anti-tank weapon under the existing conditions.

Looking at the director who was eating melons on the side, Huang He showed his big white teeth and let out a Li Yunlong-style demonic smile.

"Hehe, or let's fall in love, this time the ideas coincide again. Give me five days, and then I'll hand in an answer that everyone is happy with. ”

"You just look at it, our Military Industry Bureau doesn't raise idlers."

"Good!"

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At 9 o'clock in the morning of 5 December, Huang He invited the director of the bureau to visit the test firing of the new weapon today.

After recording the last set of data, he and Wang Dexing carried a weapon box and set off from the office and went straight to the parking lot.

Taking into account security concerns, the Bureau of Weapons Experiments and Research is more than thirty kilometers away from the border area, and even if you drive there, it will take half an hour to get there.

The new weapon that Huang He came up with this time was a copy of the Type 56 40mm rocket launcher equipped by the PLA in later generations.

In the original plan, he wanted to develop a Type 69 40mm rocket launcher that could use a dual-base drug and can be propelled in two stages. After all, the materials and technologies in the bureau are barely up to standard, and they can be made theoretically.

In the future, with 107mm rocket artillery, it seems very reasonable to equip the world's most proficient guerrilla troops with guerrilla artifacts.

However, considering the man-hours, production difficulty and commemorative significance, the Yellow River still decided to develop the old version of the 40 fire first.

This is also to blame for the Awakening Tiger system, which originally included anti-tank rifles and anti-tank rocket launchers in the game.

Probably because the Gallic chickens did not develop this weapon during World War II, their fighters mostly used the bazooka aided by the ugly country in North Africa.

As a result, the Yellow River can only research and produce by itself, and even 40 fires cannot be fed back to the system, and cannot be mass-produced through military factories in the system, so it has to contribute more in vain.

After coming to the shooting range, the two saw the somewhat tired director at a glance, and there were several backbone members of the Military Industry Bureau waiting for today's test launch by his side.

Comrades have more or less heard of the research field of the Yellow River, but unfortunately, due to the limitations of the times, everyone only has a general idea of rockets.

After all, the first tube to appear during World War II was Bazooka, which made its debut in North Africa a year later.

Seeing that today's protagonist had already entered, the director trotted over and took the weapon box in Huang He's hand with his own hands, and then carefully took out a hollow cylinder of about one meter from it.

Although it is a completely new weapon, it is not difficult to tell that this part is a firing device by the grip and trigger in the first half.

Since the advent of all kinds of new weapons in the border areas, the comrades' views and demands on weapons have long since changed.

In the past, the requirements for infantry light weapons were very simple, as long as they could spray bullets and hit devils. Now that life is getting better, everyone is beginning to pursue the suppressive force against the enemy.

The view of artillery is similar, and the people in the Military Industry Bureau prefer large-caliber weapons. Although the transportation problem is not solved yet, who doesn't want to be a happy bomber.

After groping for half a minute, the director looked at the Yellow River with suspicious eyes, and as soon as he opened his mouth, it was an interrogation that hit the heart.

"Is this the new weapon you've developed? Why are you getting smaller? ”

"I estimate that the caliber is 40 millimeters at most. From the outside, it looks a bit like an extended version of the grenadier, so let's introduce it quickly, I can't see any doorways. ”

In fact, there is nothing wrong with saying that the new weapon is like a grenadier, after all, the Type 56 40mm rocket launcher is copied from Maozi's RPG-2.

The RPG-2 is an improved version of the Iron Fist PzT 250, which relies on gunpowder combustion to push out the warhead, and the warhead has no power from the time it is launched until it hits the target.

In principle, it is indeed the same as mortars and grenadiers, and it is fundamentally different from the Type 69 40mm bazooka that used rocket propulsion in subsequent versions.

However, this does not hinder its power, and this weapon is definitely the best solution for infantry anti-armor at the moment.

Hearing the word smaller and smaller, Huang He shook his head helplessly. He ignored the ridicule of the other party and directly began to introduce weapons to the comrades present.

"You have to call it a grenadier, but I still think bazookas are more domineering. This weapon is not complete for the time being, and there will be an upgraded version in the future. ”

"The principle of the weapon is very simple, that is, to use the reaction impulse of the jet gas after the gunpowder is burned to provide flight energy for the warhead."

At this point, he took out the warhead from another box.

"This thing fires 82mm super-caliber rockets, so don't say I'm small. Its armor-piercing effect reaches a full 200 mm at a distance of 100-150 meters. ”

"After the front-line troops are equipped with 40 fires, even if a lone infantry encounters the devil's armored vehicles and tanks, there is a way to deal with it."

"Even in the face of an armored train, you can fire a few shots at the front of the car, and the effect is excellent."

Although most of the comrades present had never been on the battlefield, their years of experience in developing weapons made them very aware of what the soldiers wanted.

After a short period of research, they decided that this weapon was a good fit for the current style of play of the troops.

The concealment of the lying position is extremely high, whether it is in guerrilla warfare or in a tough battle, it can bring great surprises to the devil.

The length of the rocket launcher with a warhead is just over one meter, and the weight is not more than five kilograms, and this powerful mobility can be completely delegated to the squad.

The two shooters can run with each other, and it's not easy to hit a turret or something.

Everyone even saw the beautiful scenery of soldiers riding bicycles and carrying bazookas, pulling out a piece of pillboxes and artillery towers in one night.

Thinking of this, the director was excited, and he dragged Huang He's arm to the shooting position.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense! Let's open our eyes to the specific power of the new weapon. ”

Huang He nodded, he opened the ammunition box and took out an 82mm rocket from it. Then he took the 40 fire handed over from the rear and went directly to his shoulder.

Because it is a rushed product, this bazooka uses a simple folding mechanical sight consisting of a front sight and a gauge ruler.

There are three square frames on the gauge for observation, which are used to aim at targets at 50 m, 100 m and 150 m.

After adjusting the angle slightly, Huang He loaded from the front, then opened the trigger safety, depressed the hammer and adjusted the 40 fire to a ready state.

"I'm going to fight, you guys stay a little farther away, don't stick too close."

After the crowd dispersed, he adjusted his breathing and aimed the weapon in his hand at the humanoid target and sandbag more than 130 meters away. As soon as you finish aiming, pull the trigger.

The flange on the trigger lifts up the blocking iron to release the hammer, and the hammer strikes the firing pin under the action of the hammer spring, and the firing pin hits the primer fire cap.

The propellant ignites, and the armor-piercing projectile is fired smoothly.

I saw a flash of fire coming out of the tail of the bazooka, and the cannonballs at the front end burst out. Drawing a visible trajectory in the air, the armor-piercing projectile flew towards a humanoid target and sandbag in the distance.

Rumble!

A deafening explosion rang out, and distant target positions and sandbags were blown up in the air.

With such a big movement, even if the comrades of the Military Industry Bureau were mentally prepared, they were still taken aback.

The theorem that smoke does not hurt does not apply to modern weapons, and by the time the smoke and dust have cleared, the target position is already a mess.

Now, after taking a closer look at the power of the new weapon, everyone agrees. Even the reinforced concrete bunkers and turrets should not be able to withstand the successive attacks of bazookas.

Huang He was very satisfied with the reaction of the crowd, he was very confident in the new weapon he had developed, and after pulling the trigger, a real man never looked back at the explosion.

"How's it going, old Zeng? The power of this bazooka is okay, right? Can you get into the eyes of your old man? ”

The corners of the director's mouth twitched, and when he heard the word over-caliber, he expected that someone was going to pretend to be forced.

Judging by his experience, the role of this armor-piercing shell is definitely no less than that of an 82-mm mortar.

"What kind of charge did you kid use, why is it so powerful. And the accuracy of this bazooka is too high, and the trajectory just now is almost straight. ”

"Ah, of course it's a mixture of black sorkin and TNT, with 420 grams in one warhead."

The chemical capacity of the border area is much stronger than that of the logistics department of the Eighth Route Army, and the grenades in Jin Province are still using nitrostarch and nitroglycerin.

But by October of this year, the border area already had the capacity to produce black sookin and TNT. Although the production is not high, it will definitely be enough to make a bazooka.

As for the accuracy, it is not bad, because the tail of the rocket is welded with six elastic steel tails.

They are usually wound around the tailpipe, and the tail hoops slip off when loaded from the front of the barrel. After firing, it flies away from the barrel mouth, and the tail flicks off to ensure the stable flight of the projectile.

Theoretically, an experienced fighter with 40 fires has a standard deviation of only 0.5 × 0.4m at a range of 100m.

Just as everyone was about to test the second shot, a middle-aged man walked into the shooting range. Originally, he was just walking around the neighborhood and was attracted by the unfamiliar sound of cannonballs.

"Haha, why are there so many people today? It's experimenting with some new weapon, it's not a small movement just now, I can hear it from hundreds of meters away. ”

"A new type of cannon? Goods for Gallic chickens? Let me see. ”

After hearing the voice, everyone turned around in unison, and the person who came was the army morale master. Huang He first saluted a military salute, and then handed the bazooka in his hand to the boss.

When he was young, he often led a platoon of guards to charge with flower traps. On weekdays, I like to study new weapons the most, but today I have the urge to shoot a few rounds when I see 40 fires.

After three test shots in a row, the Army Morale Master clapped his hands contentedly.

"This weapon is very suitable for our grassroots fighters, if we can ensure the output, the success rate of our operation in Jin Province next year will definitely be one percent more."

"You guys study it to see when it can be mass-produced, and submit a report to me in a few days."

After the boss left, the director's face immediately deteriorated, and he complained to the Yellow River with a sad face:

"Hey, it's really getting more and more work. Originally, the people from the Military Industry Bureau were divided by you, and now there is another big job! Send me the drawings early and send a few more researchers! ”

"Is there still a 50mm mortar at the end of this month? I'm really going to be exhausted by you sooner or later! ”

(End of chapter)