In the office, Wang Ye had a faint smile on his face, nodded and said:
"Okay, I understand, I'll be there right away."
Then Wang Ye hung up the phone. After thinking for a few seconds, Wang Ye picked up the phone again and dialed the number of the Luqi Provincial Theater Base. After all, the current coalition is half military and half civilian, so it naturally has a transfer contact. War zone base authority.
"Hello, I am Wang Ye, the director of the Red Star Machinery and Steel Union."
After the transfer call was connected, Wang Ye took the lead in calling his door. Suddenly, a smiling middle-aged male voice sounded on the other end. He seemed to be relatively familiar with Wang Ye and said:
"Director Wang? This is the daily affairs duty office of the theater headquarters. Do you have anything to do?"
Hearing this voice, Wang Ye said seriously:
"Hello, comrade on duty, I'm calling the war zone. There is indeed something that requires assistance and assistance."
"Tomorrow we will conduct a launch experiment of a new type of rocket."
Before Wang Ye finished speaking, there was a sudden "Oh" sound on the other end of the phone. After all, the previous accident was basically known to everyone at the war zone base officer level. At the same time, he said:
"I understand, you want to report the airspace, right?"
"I'll make arrangements for you right now!"
This time, before he could finish speaking, Wang Ye quickly explained:
"Comrade, please wait a moment."
"Although we do need to conduct a rocket launcher experiment tomorrow, and we do need to report airspace, this is not the purpose of my call."
"Because we currently don't have a suitable experimental site, that's why I have to call for consultation. I hope the theater can arrange a reasonable testing area for us to prevent unnecessary impacts."
Before Wang Ye finished speaking, the staff member who answered the phone 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 that where it was last time?"
"As long as you make sure in advance that there are no other people nearby, can't I just report the airspace here?"
When the staff member on the other end of the phone asked a question, Wang Ye quickly explained:
"What we are testing this time is a new type of rocket launcher with a larger caliber and a longer range."
"The back mountain area is not big enough and we are afraid of causing accidental casualties, so we need help from the war zone to coordinate a suitable area."
The staff member holding the phone was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but asked again:
"The caliber is larger? The range is longer?"
"How big is it? How far is it?"
Wang Ye was quite helpless to this staff member who refused to let him finish his sentence in one breath, and said quickly:
"Three hundred millimeter caliber, designed range of eighty kilometers."
"I really can't put it in the back mountain, so I'm asking the war zone to help coordinate the test site."
At that moment, the voice on the other end of the phone suddenly disappeared, leaving only the sound of "rustling" electricity. After at least ten seconds, the voice of the staff member on the other end of the phone rang again, but this time He became dignified and serious, and said to Wang Ye:
"Director Wang, please wait a moment. I need to report something. I will call you back within an hour."
Then he hung up the phone. Wang Ye couldn't help but smack his lips when he put down the phone. In fact, Wang Ye had already considered the issue of testing new rockets. Luqi Province is the most populous province in China and has a relatively dense population, so the test The difficulties are real.
In Wang Ye's opinion, there are only two ways to solve this difficulty. Either use a vehicle to pull the rocket to the western province for testing. The disadvantages are that the distance is too far, the truck speed is too slow, and the train coordinates the route. And train times are even more troublesome.
Another way is to shoot directly into the sea. After all, Luqi Province is close to the sea, and there are few people on the sea. It is convenient and convenient, and the distance is relatively close. The disadvantage is that the missile body is difficult to recover and the landing point is difficult to accurately grasp.
This may require help from the Navy.
While Wang Ye was sitting there waiting, the theater commander's office.
"What? Testing a new rocket launcher?"
"The caliber is three hundred millimeters? The range is eighty kilometers?"
"Isn't this a missile? Can this be called a rocket launcher? Isn't this too big?"
In the office, Commander Song was dumbfounded after hearing the staff's report. After all, in today's era, everyone's understanding of rocket launchers is rocket-propelled weapons with a caliber of about one hundred millimeters, and larger calibers are Missile!
"I'm very sure that what Director Wang is talking about is definitely a rocket launcher."
"He certainly didn't mention missiles!"
The staff member said this very confidently, and after thinking for two seconds, Commander Song couldn't help but laugh, and said to the staff member:
"Okay, I know, I'll call him back directly, you go ahead!"
Then the staff member left the office. After thinking for a few seconds, Commander Song picked up the phone and dialed the phone number of the director of the Red Star Consortium. After a while, the call was connected. Commander Song said directly:
"I'm Song Yi, Wang Ye?"
Hearing Commander Song's voice on the other end of the phone, Wang Ye smiled and said:
"It's me, good morning, Commander Song! Have you eaten?"
Commander Song didn't pay attention to Wang Ye's greetings at all, and joked with a smile:
"I heard that your boy has made a big move again? A three-hundred-millimeter-caliber, eighty-kilometer-range rocket launcher?"
"Whose rocket launcher shoots so far? Is it a missile?"
When Commander Song said this, Wang Ye immediately denied it and said:
"Of course not. Spin stabilization, retractable tail, no air rudder, no gas rudder, and launch from a bomb nest. It must be a rocket, definitely not a missile?"
"What is the level of our Red Star Federation? Although it has been expanded and many scientists have been introduced, it still does not have the ability to develop missiles!"
"We haven't even figured out the most basic mechanical gyroscope."
"You just like to joke with me!"
The reason why Wang Ye denied it so quickly was very simple, because the new product was a rocket, definitely not a missile!
Although one is called a rocket and the other is a missile, both are powered by rocket engines and are propelled forward by spitting fire. However, these two weapons are treated completely differently in the international community.
Rocket launchers must be tactical weapons, and if they are missiles, they may be strategic weapons!
This is a completely different concept!
And this is why the rockets and a small number of tactical missiles exported by China decades later will not have a standard range of more than 300 kilometers, because in that era, 300 kilometers was a hurdle. Beyond this range, It is prohibited by international rules and must not be exported!
Because it is more than 300 kilometers away, it is theoretically considered a strategic weapon capable of transnational attacks.
Let’s talk about the desert. Why did so many desert wars break out before the 1980s, but when the big players had two kicks, suddenly that small country became stable and no longer had the ability to defeat many countries in the entire desert?
It's because of the big dog's second kick, with a range of nearly 3,000 kilometers, that it can completely overwhelm that small country!
Only this kind of weapon can be called a strategic weapon.
Of course.
Nowadays, the overall international rules are actually quite chaotic. In addition, the struggle between the two overlords is not as stable as in later generations. However, in general, it is better to be cautious. It can be low-key for a while, and it can be obscene for a while.
It is precisely because of this that when this kind of rocket is exported in the future, whether it will be a long-range rain-increasing rocket launcher or a long-range fire-fighting rocket launcher, it must be a rocket launcher after all, and it absolutely cannot be a missile!
"Okay, okay, rockets! Long-range rockets!"
Obviously, Commander Song instantly read the meaning of Wang Ye's tone, said with a smile, and then continued to ask with great interest:
"But are you serious? Can the range really reach 80 kilometers?"
"I can't even think about a three-hundred-millimeter rocket launcher!"
The reason why Commander Song is so excited is because the range of eighty kilometers is very attractive in this era!
To put it simply, the various rocket launchers and heavy artillery currently equipped by various countries, including the Chinese troops, actually have the farthest range, which is probably just over thirty kilometers, and there are almost none further.
In other words, if it is 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. However, there are still relatively few tactical missiles in this era, and the range starts at least 300 kilometers, and can easily reach 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, there is a blank area in the middle. Even if fighters, attack aircraft, bombers, etc. can make up for it, the problem still exists.
But if the new product Wang Ye said is true, then a large portion of this blank area will be filled with color!
At this moment.
Regarding the question of Commander Song, Wang Ye said without hesitation:
"It should be almost the same, but we still need to test it to know for sure."
"By the way, I'm calling you to apply for a test venue. Commander Song, can you arrange it?"
Hearing what Wang Ye said, 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 regarded as For missile testing, of course it would be more appropriate to go to the western provinces for testing. It is spacious and confidential, but it is indeed not a missile, so it doesn’t seem to be that troublesome.
"So, does Wang Yeqian have any ideas?"
"Where do you want to test?"
Finally, Commander Song decided to throw the problem back to Wang Ye, listen to his thoughts, and then eliminate it.
"I came to you to solve a problem, why did you ask me?"
"If it were me, I would go to Qindao and launch towards the sea to the southeast. There is nothing on the sea anyway."
Hearing what Wang Ye said, Commander Song who was sitting there frowned, pondered for two seconds and said:
"Theoretically speaking, there's nothing wrong with the problem. I'll ask you about it."
"It may take an hour, or it may take the afternoon to respond. Anyway, just wait for my news!"
Then the call was hung up. Wang Ye looked at his watch and saw that it was already nine o'clock in the morning. He decided not to wait in the office anymore. He stood up and opened the door. He came to the open door of the office next door and shouted:
"Tingyu, I'm going to take a walk. You go sit in my office."
"If you get a call, just ask what's going on. If it doesn't work, just ask the person on the other side to wait, and then you go call me."
Bai Tingyu quickly stood up and said:
"Why!"
Then she came to Wang Ye's office and sat calmly on the sofa waiting for guests. Wang Ye left the office building and walked to the rocket engine laboratory marked in red after a while.
When Wang Ye arrived, he found that the workshop was busy.
"Yes, yes, slow down! Slow down!"
"Get it right and then insert it, okay! Start pushing!"
"Going in! Going in!"
Amidst the slightly noisy sound, Wang Ye walked into the workshop and saw everyone busy, using a crane to insert the rockets that had been produced and placed on special brackets into the launch nest installed above the Type 59 chassis. Inside.
This Type 59 chassis is different from the fire support vehicle tested before. The most obvious thing is that there are hoes all around the chassis of this Type 59 tank, which are used for stabilizing the artillery. thing.
Secondly, it is its "weapon station", but it is not 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 vehicle body. After all, the length of the 59 tank's vehicle body is only six meters, and the length of the rocket has reached about six and a half meters. The entire rocket nest structure adopts the empty nest structure in the center of the turret. There are two tubes on the left and right of the lower layer, two tubes on the left and right of the middle layer, and six symmetrical tubes in the middle of the upper layer, for a total of fourteen tubes. The empty position, which is the turret steering wheel, is equipped with a hydraulic support system to adjust the pitch angle of the bomb nest. .
To enter, the occupants need to lie down and enter from the front, which is actually quite inconvenient, but it can be overcome.
The entire plan was also decided upon by Wang Ye and the two teams at a previous meeting.
The weight of a single rocket is about 700 kilograms, and the payload is 200 kilograms. Fourteen consecutive rockets are nearly ten tons. Together with the bomb nest and hydraulic system, all kinds of useless equipment inside the vehicle body are removed, and the total quality is controlled at About thirty-eight tons.
It is about two tons heavier than the normal naked tank 59, causing its moving speed to be only fifty kilometers per hour and its range to be 450 kilometers.
"Director? The director is here!"
After loading a rocket, everyone finally saw Wang Ye, and there were voices saying hello.
"Yes, he already looks majestic!"
"Sure enough, the caliber is the truth!"
Looking at the 59-p multiple rocket launcher system in front of him, Wang Ye couldn't help but nodded and praised. There were nearly sixty or seventy people present, belonging to the rocket research team and the tank and combat vehicle research team, including old people and others. There were young people in the middle age, looking at the behemoth in front of them, their faces were also filled with longing.
"I have already reported the test, and I proposed to go to Qindao for testing. This is what we have agreed upon."
"As for whether it will work or not, we still have to wait for the approval of the Ministry of Defense, but no matter what, everyone is doing a good job. This period of time is a blessing!"
"Let's put all the remaining rounds in first. After we get the news from there, we can quickly load the car and set off!"
In the end, Wang Ye praised the two teams, and it was a very sincere compliment. When Wang Ye's voice was heard, the audience responded cheerfully and with laughter. At the same time, it could be heard from everyone's voices that they were also looking forward to what happens next. Test!
After all, this product is actually very different from the similar products they used to develop in the research institute. The key is that it is too thick!
Looking at everyone who was busy again, Wang Ye was quite pleased.
All in all, this is actually the benefit of integrating industry, academia and research. Reasonable designs and ideas can be verified as quickly as possible, and then finished samples can be produced in the shortest time for relevant testing and improvement. If it is a university theory or laboratory It would be too slow to conduct research on a horizontal level.
At eleven o'clock, the war zone responded to the message.
It was agreed to go to Qindao seaside base for testing, and corresponding ships will be dispatched to cooperate with the salvage work.
Then the 59-p multiple rocket launcher system was loaded and set off. Escorted by two trucks and two jeeps, it set off from Qindao because the base was not within the urban area of Qindao, but between Qindao and Rushan. location, so at five o'clock in the afternoon, the convoy arrived at the base.
Perhaps out of impatience, or perhaps because of the mission above, Commander Song and Director Liang actually came over on a transport plane and arrived before Wang Ye and the convoy arrived.
When the convoy rumbled into the port base, and as the staff removed the tarpaulin covering it, Commander Song and Director Liang, as well as other officers and soldiers at the military port base, who were standing nearby and watched, were dumbfounded!
Because they have never seen such outrageous weapons and equipment in the past!
"Hiss! Wang Ye, you did it too much this time!"
"Is this the chassis of a 59? It even has a hoe installed on it?"
"One, two, thirty-four-barreled rocket launcher? Three-hundred-millimeter caliber? Eighty-kilometer range?"
"If this round of volley fire continues, even if the dispersion is slightly less, I will see that it is incredible!"
"It's interesting! It's interesting! I'm starting to regret it now. This thing must be taken to the Gobi Desert to evaluate its dispersion and power!"
When Commander Song recited the data and sighed with emotion at the end, the other officers present looked at each other, and Director Liang even had an expression of disbelief. After all, a few months ago, the Red Star Machinery Factory was still a third-tier factory. You can get over with a wild thing like a gas tank.
But after a round of expansion, more than 20 million US dollars in foreign exchange, plus subsidies, are equivalent to nearly 300 million yuan. Has it been so lavishly splashed out that it has reached this level now?
"A range of eighty kilometers? Can this be called a rocket? Isn't this a missile?"
"Isn't this caliber too exaggerated? How can a rocket have such a large caliber!"
"It's so scary, I feel like I could put it on a ship."
For a moment, the scene was filled with comments of amazement, disbelief and excitement.
