In the office, Wang Ye nodded with a faint look of joy on his face and said:

"Okay, I see, I'll be right over."

Then Wang Ye hung up the phone, and after thinking for a few seconds, Wang Ye picked up the phone again and dialed the phone number of the Luqi Provincial Theater Base, after all, the current consortium is half military and half civilian, so it naturally has the authority to transfer and contact the theater base.

"Hello, I am the director of the Red Star Machinery Iron and Steel Union, Wang Ye."

After the transfer call was connected, Wang Ye took the lead in reporting to his door, and suddenly a smiling middle-aged male voice sounded on the other end, who seemed to be relatively familiar with Wang Ye, and said:

"Director Wang? This is the Theater Command Daily Affairs Duty Office, do you have something to do? ”

Hearing this voice, Wang Ye said seriously:

"Hello comrade on duty, I called the war zone, and there is indeed one thing that needs assistance and help."

"Tomorrow we will conduct experiments on the launch of new rockets"

Before Wang Ye's voice fell, a sudden "oh" sound sounded on the other end of the phone, after all, the accident that happened before was basically known to everyone at the level of officers in the theater base, and at the same time he said:

"Understood, you're reporting airspace, aren't you?"

"I'll arrange it for you!"

This time, without waiting for him to finish speaking, Wang Ye hurriedly explained:

"Comrade, you wait a minute."

"Although we do have to conduct rocket artillery experiments tomorrow, and we do need to report the airspace, this is not the purpose of my call."

"Because we don't have a suitable test site at present, I have to call to consult, hoping that the war zone can arrange a reasonable test area for us to prevent unnecessary impact."

Before Wang Ye's words were finished, the staff member who answered the phone on the other end was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously:

"Isn't it okay to do it in the mountains behind the Red Star Factory? Wasn't it there last time? ”

"As long as you make sure in advance that there are no other people nearby, can't I report the airspace here?"

When asked by the staff on the other end of the phone, Wang Ye hurriedly explained:

"What we tested this time is a new type of rocket artillery, which has a relatively large caliber and a relatively long range."

"The back mountain is not big enough, and I am afraid of causing accidental casualties, so I need the help of the war zone to coordinate a suitable area."

Suddenly, the staff member holding the phone was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but ask again:

"The caliber is relatively large? The range is relatively long? ”

"How big? How far away? ”

For this staff member who didn't let himself finish his words in one breath, Wang Ye was quite helpless, and hurriedly said:

"Three hundred millimeters caliber, designed range of eighty kilometers."

"I really can't put it down on the back mountain, so I asked the war zone to help coordinate the test site."

At that moment, the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly disappeared, only the current sound of "rustling" remained, and after at least ten seconds, the voice of the staff on the other end of the phone rang again, but this time it became solemn and serious, and said to Wang Ye:

"Director Wang, please wait a minute, I need to report and call you back within an hour."

Then he hung up the phone, Wang Ye put down the phone and couldn't help smacking his lips, in fact, on the test of new rockets, Wang Ye has long considered it, Luqi Province is a populous province in China, and the population is relatively dense, so the difficulty of testing is real.

And if you want to solve this difficulty, in fact, in Wang Ye's opinion, there are only two ways, either you can use a car to pull the rocket to the western provinces for testing, the disadvantage is that the distance is too far, the speed of the truck is too slow, and it is even more troublesome for the train to coordinate the route and train number.

After all, Luqi Province is by the sea, and there are no people on the sea, which is convenient and convenient, and the distance is relatively close, and the disadvantage is that the bomb body is difficult to recover, and the landing point is difficult to accurately grasp.

This may require the help of the Navy.

While Wang Ye was sitting there waiting, the Commander-in-Chief Office of the War Zone.

"What? New rocket artillery tests? ”

"The caliber is three hundred millimeters? The firing range is eighty km? ”

"Isn't this a missile? Can this be called rocket artillery? They're too big, isn't it? ”

In the office, after Commander Song heard the report of the staff, the whole person was directly stunned, after all, in this era, everyone's perception of rocket artillery is a rocket propulsion weapon with a caliber of about 100 millimeters, and a larger caliber is a missile!

"I'm very sure that what Director Wang said is definitely rocket artillery."

"He certainly didn't mention missiles!"

The staff member said this quite firmly, and Commander Song couldn't help but smile after thinking for two seconds, and said to the staff member:

"Okay, I know, I'll call him back directly, you go!"

Then the staff member left the office, and after thinking for a few seconds, Commander Song picked up the phone and dialed the phone of the office of the director of the Red Star Consortium, and after a while, the phone was connected, and Commander Song said directly:

"Am I Song Yi, Wang Ye?"

Hearing Commander Song's voice ringing on the other end of the phone, Wang Ye smiled and said:

"It's me, good morning Commander Song! Have you eaten it? ”

Regarding Wang Ye's greetings, Commander Song didn't care at all, and said with a smile:

"I heard that your kid made a big move again? Three hundred mm caliber, eighty km range rocket artillery? ”

"Whose rocket launcher is shooting so far? It's a missile, right? ”

Hearing Commander Song say this, Wang Ye immediately denied it and said:

"Of course not, spin stabilization, telescopic tail, no air rudder, no gas rudder, using a nest launch, it must be a rocket, definitely not a missile?"

"What level is our Red Star Consortium, although it has been expanded and many scientists have been introduced, it is not capable of engaging in missiles!"

"I didn't even get the most basic mechanical gyroscope."

"You like to joke with me!"

The reason why Wang Ye denied it so quickly is very simple, because the new product is a rocket, and it is definitely not a missile!

Don't look at one is called a rocket and the other is called a missile, both of which work with rocket engines, and the back is pushing the flames to fly forward, but the treatment suffered by these two weapons in the international community is completely different.

Rocket artillery, then it must be a tactical weapon, and if it is a missile, then it is possible that it is a strategic weapon!

It's a completely different concept!

And this is why the rockets exported by China decades later, as well as a small number of tactical missiles, will not have a standard range of more than 300 kilometers, because in that era, 300 kilometers was a hurdle, and exceeding this range was prohibited by international rules and could never be exported!

Because it is more than 300 kilometers, it is theoretically a strategic weapon that can be attacked across borders.

Let's just say that in the desert, why did there break out many desert wars before the eighties, and when the big dog had two kicks, suddenly that small country was stable, and there was no longer the operation of many countries in the entire desert?

It's because of the second kick of the big dog, with a range of nearly 3,000 kilometers, it can completely raise that small country directly!

And this kind of weapon can be called a strategic-level weapon.

Of course.

Nowadays, in fact, the overall international rules are still relatively chaotic, coupled with the wrestling between the two hegemons, it is not as stable as in later generations, but on the whole, it is better to be cautious, and it is a while to be low-key, and it is a while to be obscene.

It is precisely because of this that when this kind of rocket is exported in the future, it will be a long-range rain-enhancing rocket or a long-range fire-fighting rocket, but in the end, it must be a rocket artillery, and it must definitely not be a missile!

"Good, good, rocket! Long-range rockets! ”

Obviously, Commander Song instantly read the meaning in Wang Ye's tone, said with a smile, and then continued to ask with interest:

"But, are you really here? Can the range really reach eighty km? ”

"Three hundred millimeter rocket artillery, I don't even dare to think of it!"

The reason why Commander Song is so enthusiastic is because the range of 80 kilometers is very attractive in this era!

To put it simply, the various rocket artillery and heavy artillery currently equipped by various countries, including the Huaxia troops, actually have the farthest range, which is about 30 kilometers, and there is almost no further range.

In other words, if on the battlefield, thirty kilometers is also the limit distance covered by the army's firepower.

And if you want to go farther, you need short-range tactical missiles, but in this era, tactical missiles are still relatively few, and the range starts at least 300 kilometers, and often 600 kilometers or 1,000 kilometers.

In this way, a problem will be discovered, that is, from the 30 kilometers of the army to the 300 kilometers of the Second Artillery Corps, there is a blank area in the middle, and even though it can be made up for by fighters, attack planes, bombers, and so on, the problem still exists.

But if the new product that Wang Ye said in his mouth is true, then there will be a lot of blank area that will be filled with color!

At this moment.

Regarding the question of Commander Song, Wang Ye said without thinking:

"It should be about the same, but we'll have to test to find out."

"By the way, I'll call you, I just want to apply for a test venue, and Song will arrange for you?"

Hearing Wang Ye say this, Commander Song touched his chin, to be honest, the distance of eighty kilometers is actually quite embarrassing, because it has a much longer range than ordinary heavy artillery, but it is not as far as a missile, and if it is used as a missile test, it is of course more appropriate to go to the western provinces for testing, it is spacious and secret, but it is indeed not a missile, and it does not seem to be so troublesome

"So, does Wang Yeling have any ideas?"

"Where do you want to test?"

In the end, Commander Song decided to throw the question back to Wang Ye, listen to his thoughts, and then the elimination method would be enough.

"I'm looking for you to solve the problem, why are you still asking me?"

"If it were me, I would go to Kotojima and launch at the sea in the southeast, and there would be nothing on the sea anyway."

Hearing Wang Ye say this, Commander Song, who was sitting there, frowned, muttered for two seconds and said:

"Theoretically, it's not a problem, I'll ask you about it."

"It may take an hour, or it may take an afternoon to respond, anyway, you wait for my news!"

Then the phone hung up, Wang Ye looked at his watch, it was already nine o'clock in the morning, decided not to continue waiting in the office, stood up and pushed the door open, came to the door of the office next door with the door open, and shouted:

"Tingyu, I'll go for a walk, you go to my office and sit."

"If there's a call, just ask what's going on, if it doesn't work, just let the other side wait, and then you call me."

Bai Tingyu quickly stood up and said:

"Hey!"

Then she came to Wang Ye's office and sat very calmly on the sofa for hospitality, while Wang Ye left the office building and walked to the rocket engine laboratory marked red on the sign after a while.

When Wang Ye arrived, he found that the workshop was busy.

"Yes, yes, slow down! Slow down! ”

"Align it and insert it again, okay! Start pushing! ”

"Get in! It's in! ”

In a slightly noisy sound, Wang Ye walked into the workshop, only to see that everyone was busy, using a crane to insert the rockets that had been produced and placed on special supports into the launch nest installed above the Type 59 chassis.

This Type 59 chassis is different from the fire support vehicle tested before, the most obvious thing is that there are stationary hoes around the chassis of this 59 tank, that is, the thing that the gun is used to stabilize.

Secondly, it is its "weapon station", but it is no longer accurate to say that it is a weapon station, to be precise, it should be a rocket nest.

The length of the entire rocket nest has exceeded the length of the hull, after all, the length of the hull of the 59 tank is only six meters, and the length of the rocket has reached about six meters and five, the whole adopts the vacant nest structure in the center of the turret, two tubes on the left and right of the lowest layer, two tubes on the left and right of the middle layer, six tubes in the middle of the upper layer, a total of fourteen tubes, and the vacant position, that is, at the steering wheel of the turret, is equipped with a hydraulic support system, which can adjust the pitching angle of the nest.

The entry of the occupants requires them to enter from the front on their stomachs, which is actually relatively inconvenient, but it can be overcome.

And the whole plan is also the plan that Wang Ye and the two teams have decided at the meeting before.

The weight of a single rocket is about 700 kilograms, the payload is 200 kilograms, and the 14 consecutive rounds are nearly 10 tons.

It is about two tons heavier than the normal 59 tank, which causes it to move at a speed of only fifty kilometers per hour and have a range of four hundred and fifty kilometers.

"Factory director? The factory director is here! ”

After loading a rocket, everyone finally saw Wang Ye, and there was a voice of greeting.

"Yes, it looks majestic!"

"Sure enough, caliber is the truth!"

Looking at the 59-P multiple rocket launcher system in front of him, Wang Ye couldn't help but nod and praise, and there were nearly sixty or seventy people present, belonging to the rocket research team and the tank combat vehicle research team, there were old people, middle-aged and young people, looking at the behemoth in front of him, they also looked longing.

"I have already reported for the test, and I propose to go to Qindao for testing, which is also what we have discussed."

"As for whether it will work or not, we have to wait for the approval of the Ministry of Defense, but anyway, everyone has done a good job, and we have been fortunate during this time!"

"Let's load all the remaining rounds into it first, and when the news comes from there, we can quickly load the car and set off directly!"

In the end, Wang Ye praised the two teams, and it was a very sincere compliment, and when they heard Wang Ye's voice, there was a hearty and laughing response voice on the scene, and at the same time, it could be heard from everyone's voices, and they were also looking forward to the next test!

After all, this product is actually very different from those similar products they used to engage in the research, and the key is that it is too thick!

And looking at the people who were busy again, Wang Ye was quite pleased.

All in all, this is actually the benefit of the integration of production, education and research, reasonable design and ideas, you can start to verify at the fastest speed, and then produce finished samples in the shortest time, carry out relevant testing and improvement, if it is a university theory or laboratory level research, it will be slow.

At eleven o'clock, the war zone replied to the message.

It was agreed to go to the Qindao seaside base for testing, and the corresponding ships will be dispatched to cooperate with the salvage work.

Then the 59-P multiple rocket launcher system loaded and set off, escorted by two trucks and two jeeps, and set off for Qindao, because the base was not within the urban limits of Qindao, but between Qindao and Rushan, so at five o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy arrived at the base.

Maybe it was impatience, or maybe it was because with the above tasks, Commander Song and Director Liang actually came by transport plane, and they had already arrived before Wang Ye and the convoy arrived.

When the convoy rumbled into the port base, accompanied by the staff removing the tarpaulin covering it, Commander Song and Director Liang, who were standing next to the onlookers, as well as other officers and soldiers from the military port base, were directly dumbfounded!

Because they have never seen such outrageous weapons and equipment in the past!

"Shhh Wang Ye, you're too big this time! ”

"Here's the chassis of the fifty-nine? Even the stationing hoe is installed? ”

"One, two, thirty-four-tube rocket artillery? Caliber of three hundred mm? Eighty km range? ”

"This round of salvo shots, even if the spread is a little less, I can't see it!"

"Kind of interesting! It's kind of interesting! I'm starting to regret it now, this thing has to be pulled to the Gobi Desert to assess the dispersion and power! ”

Hearing the data read out by Commander Song, when he finally sighed with emotion, the other officers present looked at each other, and Director Liang had an unbelievable expression, after all, a few months ago, the Red Star Machinery Factory was still a third-line factory, and it relied on the wild road of gas canisters to turn over.

But after a round of expansion, more than 20 million US dollars of foreign exchange, plus subsidies equivalent to nearly 300 million yuan, such a luxurious spill out, resulting in this level now?

"Eighty km range? Can this be called a rocket? Isn't this a missile? ”

"That's too exaggerated, isn't it? How can a rocket have such a large caliber! ”

"It's so scary, I feel like I can fit it on a ship"

For a while, the scene sounded a wave of amazement, incredulity and excitement.