In the old camp and the military factory, Chu Xiong saw Wei Zhenyu again. He could hardly believe his eyes. He was still a handsome young man before, but now he was unshaven like a "performance artist";
Thinking of this word, Chu Xiong smiled sheepishly. It seemed a little unnatural to use performance artists to describe the engineers he hired. They did it like this just to develop "Mulan".
"Hi, Mr. Wei, long time no see. Is there any progress on your "Mulan"?"
Chu Xiong took the initiative to say hello.
"Battal Commander, it should be your Hua Mulan. I am only responsible for making it according to the ideas you provided. All you have to do is draw me a drawing!"
Wei Zhenyu corrected Chu Xiong's statement. Experts like to be more truthful.
Chu Xiong shrugged and talked to an expert like Wei Zhenyu. As long as everything went with him, he would do whatever he said, as long as he could help him get the rocket launcher out.
"Gong Wei, this is not important. What is important is whether there is any progress?"
"Battal Commander, all you have to do is draw me a blueprint. If I still can't do it, am I worth the 30,000 silver dollars I spent on it?"
When Chu Xiong heard this, he suddenly felt a twinge of pain. In just a short time, he had earned 30,000 silver dollars, and his family in the base area only had a net worth of around 100,000. It was really a waste of money to engage in military industry. I guess Lao Gao was going to curse his mother.
Wei Zhenyu continued:
"Battal Commander, what's wrong? Are you feeling distressed? I didn't spend a penny of this money randomly. I used it all to buy machines and materials. I have always produced seamless steel pipes for gun barrels. The Japanese have strict control and are very expensive."
Of course, Chu Xiong knew that many raw materials had to be purchased at high prices from other places. If you could buy them, it was good. This was still black technology. If you buy equipment for producing rifles and artillery, you don't know how many times the price will be spent to get it.
Thinking of this, Chu Xiong said directly to Wei Zhenyu:
"The process is the business of you, the factory director and engineer. I'm only responsible for paying for it and seeing the results. What's the result?"
"Battal Commander, it's really boring to talk to you. You're asking me to show off my feelings. You always speak so directly, you know, it's easy to hurt my feelings, you know?"
After hearing this, Chu Xiong was speechless. He could only signal him to continue showing off, and he made various expressions of surprise to cooperate.
Wei Zhenyu directly took out a "fire torch", which was shaped like a fire torch used to blow air when setting fires in rural areas. It also contained several rockets. Chu Xiong saw that they looked similar, and he was so excited that he wanted to test them on the spot.
"Battalion Commander, I'll be the one to do the first shot. I just made it and haven't tested the effect yet."
Chu Xiong couldn't help but say "uh" when he heard it. This sounded weird. Do all men have this problem?
Wei Zhenyu made it clear that he would complete the first shot. Chu Xiong didn't have the nerve to argue anymore. He decided to be a spectator and watch Wei Gong's shot.
"Uh-huh, Mr. Wei, come on, I'll watch!"
Chu Xiong said with a slight embarrassment that Wei Zhenyu's thoughts were all on "Mulan" and he didn't pay attention to Chu Xiong's expression at all. It was a complete waste.
It’s not difficult to make a rocket launcher. The key lies in its armor-breaking ability. Just don’t make it look like a rocket launcher used by children during the New Year.
Strictly speaking, the soaring cannon played by our Chinese children is also a rocket. You can imagine how difficult it is, or else it is a black technology.
Chu Xiong and the two came to the testing ground. Wei Zhenyu first asked someone to set up a one-meter-square target on the shooting range, which was made of 30 mm steel plates;
Chu Xiong remembered that rocket launchers first appeared with the emergence of tanks in the late World War I. The armor-piercing thickness of early rockets exceeded 100 millimeters. Against those heavy tanks in Europe and the United States, without 100 millimeters of armor-piercing, they were ineffective.
But it is different on the Chinese battlefield. The Japanese Type 95 tank has only 17 mm of frontal armor and 30 mm of armor penetration, which is completely enough. This way the technical requirements for rockets will be much lower!
If the first test firing can achieve the effect of breaking 30 mm of armor, it will be quite good, and you can slowly correct it later.
The distance for the first test was set at 200 meters. This distance was a bit too short, but considering it was the first time, it was understandable.
Early rocket launchers required two people to operate. The main gunner was occupied by Wei Zhenyu, and Chu Xiong could only give him the assistant shooter.
He has used many types of rocket launchers such as the 40-barrel and RPG in his previous life. He even saw a real bazooka when he was teaching, so he is still very familiar with the operation of the rocket launcher.
After listening to Wei Zhenyu briefly introduce the operating procedures of "Mulan", he, the assistant gunner, was ready to take the field. Both of them were full of expectations for the first shot.
After everything was ready, Wei Zhenyu put the "Mulan" on his shoulders, knelt down on one knee, briefly took a look at the target with the mechanical sight on the gun barrel, and then signaled to Chu Xiong that he could reload.
Chu Xiong took out a rocket and inserted it into the rocket launcher, skillfully pulled out the safety pin, then used the tail end of the rocket launcher to connect the wires, and then loudly reported that the loading was complete;
After Wei Zhenyu received the "loading completed" message from the deputy gunner, he carefully aimed at the target with the sight and gently pulled the trigger. Hearing only a "chirp" sound, a rocket came out of the barrel. Drag out a long trace and go straight to the target...
boom!
The rocket penetrated the 30mm-thick steel plate and exploded, blowing a hole as big as a basin in the steel plate. The power exceeded Wei Zhenyu's knowledge.
Wei Zhenyu stood there for a while without reacting. He did not expect that this rocket launcher would be so powerful. As a researcher, it was theoretically possible, otherwise he would not have taken over.
But in scientific matters, theory is one thing and practice is another. These are two completely different categories. Otherwise, practice can lead to true knowledge!
As a scientific researcher, he knew very well what the success of the "Mulan" experiment meant to him. He would be written into history because of this achievement, and he would be a real scientist from now on.
With the development of rocket technology, Wei Zhenyu's name will be mentioned by countless latecomers. He has never been too optimistic about fame and fortune, but he is also excited because the fame and fortune are too great!
Chu Xiong was even more excited than Wei Zhenyu. With "Mulan", how many fewer soldiers would China have to sacrifice?
It costs the Japs more than hundreds of thousands of silver dollars to build a tank, and the cost of a rocket is almost negligible compared to a tank. This is a poor man's weapon!
Bombardment of artillery towers and bunkers was accurate. He was not afraid that this black technology would be imitated by the Japanese with much more developed industry after it was developed. This thing did not pose a big threat to China, especially the Eighth Route Army;
The Eighth Route Army did not have tanks, and it did not engage in positional warfare with the Japanese. It was not as effective as grenades against the Eighth Route Army, which was good at guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare.
As for being copied by the Japanese and used to deal with the armored groups of other countries, that is not something Chu Xiong should consider!
He only cares about China's interests!
"Gong Wei, if you test this a few more times, it will be powerful enough. The focus is to increase the range, preferably to 500 meters, and also to improve stability, reduce production costs, and achieve mass production as soon as possible!"
"In addition, please pay attention to confidentiality. I will send special confidentiality personnel to the arsenal to assist you."
Although the enemy would figure out the principle if he used it too much later, he had to hide it for as long as it could. He had already decided to send "ghosts" to the arsenal.
"Little devils, China's Hua Mulan is here, just wait and accept her wrath."
Chu Xiong couldn't help laughing when he thought of this!
"Battal Commander, don't be so quick to laugh, there are still good things!"
