Seeing that Tonya agreed to go home with him, Sokov couldn't help but be overjoyed. He took Tonya's hand and walked towards the other side of the road. Unexpectedly, just halfway through, I suddenly heard someone shouting from behind: "Hey, Tonya!"
Hearing the shout, Sokov and Tonya stopped at the same time, turned their heads and looked behind. I saw a short, fat male doctor wearing a white coat and a pair of round glasses running out of the hospital door. Tonya quickly freed her hand from Sokov's grasp, pretending to be nonchalant and asked: "Telekin, what's the matter?"
"A group of wounded people have just been sent, two of them need surgery." The fat doctor known as Telekin replied: "The surgery department is not enough manpower. The director is looking for you everywhere, but you didn't know you came here. .”
"I know, I'll go right away."
Telekin glanced at Sokov, who was standing next to Tonya, and said with some displeasure: "Hurry up, everyone is still waiting for you." After that, he turned and walked back to the hospital.
After Telekin left, Tonya turned to face Sokov and said apologetically: "Misha, it seems that I can't go to your house today. Let's make an appointment another day."
Sokov, who was looking forward to a little romantic story next, felt a little disappointed when he learned that Tonya was going back to the hospital to treat the wounded. But when he reached out and held Dongnia's hand, he still pretended to be generous and said: "It doesn't matter, work is important. You go back to work first. I will find you tomorrow."
When Tonya heard what Sokov said, she nodded vigorously and told him: "I'm in Clinic 107. Don't forget, you must come to me when you have time?"
"Don't worry, Tonya, I'll never forget it." Sokov nodded and replied, "I will definitely look for you tomorrow."
After receiving Sokov's assurance, a sweet smile appeared on Tonya's face. She freed her hand from Sokov's hand again, took a few steps back, waved to Sokov, turned around and walked quickly He ran into the hospital.
Early the next morning, Sokov was surprised by a rapid knock on the door while he was still sleeping. He opened his eyes drowsily and looked towards the door, thinking: Who is knocking on the door so early?
You must be ignoring him intentionally, the knocking on the door is getting louder and louder. A thought suddenly came to his mind: Could it be that Tonya came to see me? Thinking of this, he sat up suddenly, lifted the quilt, didn't even bother to put on his boots, and rushed towards the door.
The moment Sokov opened the door, he shouted excitedly: "Donia, you are here!..." Unexpectedly, before he finished shouting, he discovered that the person standing at the door was not Tonya. But Yakov disappeared for a few days.
"Who is Tonya?" Yakov, who was standing at the door, looked at Sokov, who looked disappointed, and asked teasingly: "I didn't expect that you have found a girlfriend in Moscow after not seeing each other for a few days."
"It's not a girlfriend, just a friend I just met." Sokov said, stepping aside so that Yakov could enter.
As Yakov walked inside, he continued: "As a common friend, I know that you live here? It seems that you are quite sincere to your friends."
Yakov came to the kitchen table and sat down. He looked at the disheveled Sokov and said to him: "I will give you ten minutes to wash up, change clothes and clean up the house. When the time is up, we will set off immediately. "
"Let's go?!" Responding to Yakov's clueless words, Sokov asked in confusion: "Where are we going next?"
"Go to the test range in the suburbs." Although he knew that he and Sokov were the only ones in the room, Yakov still lowered his voice and said: "The sample of the new rocket launcher you designed has been produced, and today is the day of the official test. .”
"The sample has been produced?" Yakov's words surprised Sokov. According to his understanding of Lao Maozi, it would be impossible to produce such a sample in less than three months to half a year. But now, it has only been produced in three or four days. It is simply incredible: "Isn't this too fast?"
"The data you provided is so detailed, the speed of making samples is naturally faster than expected." Yakov said this, raised his wrist, looked at his watch, and said to Sokov: "There are only nine minutes left."
Five minutes later, Sokov, who had packed everything, said to Yakov, who was sitting at the kitchen table: "Yakov, I'm ready, let's go now."
On the way, Sokov smiled bitterly and said to Yakov: "No wonder I can't find your people these days. Is it because they are busy with new weapons?"
Yakov nodded and said affirmatively: "Yes, I lived and ate at the test site during this period. Based on the drawings and parameters you provided, we produced the sample the next day. But the modification of the rocket It was relatively troublesome, and I was busy until last night before it was completed. After I reported the matter to the People's Commissar, he said it would be best to call you during the test today, so I came to find you."
When Sokov heard what Yakov said, he really couldn't laugh or cry in his heart. He secretly said that if Ustinov hadn't spoken, you probably wouldn't have shown up today, and would have left me here to fend for myself. However, he could just think about this kind of complaint in his mind, but he couldn't say it out loud. He organized the words in his mind, and then asked: "Yakov, I want to ask, how do my superiors plan to arrange for me? I can't be allowed to stay forever. Staying in Moscow with nothing to do like this?"
Unexpectedly, Yakov's next answer surprised him: "You are not idle now. Since Comrade People's Comrade decided to establish the new weapons project, he has contacted the Commander of the Western Front Zhukov, hoping that he will temporarily second you to Our weapons and equipment department will work until the new weapons are successfully developed."
"It turns out that Ustinov has reached an agreement with Zhukov, allowing me to stay in Moscow temporarily and help develop this new rocket launcher." At this time, Sokov finally understood why his superiors did not order him to return to the front line immediately. It turned out that At this moment, he has been seconded to the weapons and equipment department. Suddenly curiously asked: "So after the new weapon research is completed, can I return to the front line immediately?"
"General Zhukov did not agree to the request of Comrade People's Commissar, but he did not object either." Yakov stretched out a finger and said to Sokov: "General Zhukov said that he can only let you stay in the Weapons and Equipment Department for one month. As soon as you arrive, you are to return to the front lines immediately.”
After listening to Yakov's explanation, Sokov finally understood what was going on. Ustinov wanted to stay in the weapons and equipment department to help develop new rocket launchers; but Zhukov only agreed to let himself stay here for a month. Perhaps it is precisely because of Zhukov's decision that he has been left out in the cold these days. Ustinov would never let an officer who could only stay for a month enter and exit those important departments of weapons research and development and production at will. Therefore, it was inevitable that he would be left out. If the weapon being tested today was not a weapon of his own design, it is estimated that Yakov would not show up yet.
The test site was in a forest in the eastern suburbs. After the car drove a short distance along the simple road, a checkpoint appeared on the road. A soldier wearing a red armband stood in the middle of the road, waving a small red and green flag in his hand, signaling them to stop.
After the car stopped, a lieutenant officer walked out of the guard box at the checkpoint. He went straight to the car, looked down at the car, smiled and said to Yakov: "It's you, Captain Yakov. Again Do you want to go to the testing site?”
"Yes, we are preparing to go to the test site." Yakov replied with a smile, taking out his ID and special pass from his pocket and preparing to hand it to the officer.
But the lieutenant officer waved his hand, turned around and shouted to the soldiers at the checkpoint: "Get rid of the roadblocks!" After saying that, he turned around to face Yakov, raised his hand to his forehead and saluted, "Congratulations!" Good luck to you!"
As the vehicle passed through the checkpoint and continued to drive inside, Sokov asked worriedly: "Yakov, why are the inspections here so lax? They let you go without even looking at your ID?" In his impression, when he went to see Ustinov a few days ago, the officer outside the door clearly knew Yakov and still carefully checked his ID, but the officer on duty today simply let him go.
"Don't worry, Misha." Regarding Sokov's worries, Yakov said carelessly: "The security of the test site is loose on the outside and tight on the inside. If someone wants to sneak into the test site, they will be trapped. .”
The car drove forward for a few minutes and encountered a checkpoint again. This checkpoint is about the same size as the previous one. The only difference is that there is a T-34 tank parked on the roadside, with its black muzzle pointed directly at the middle of the road.
After the officer at the checkpoint waited for the car to stop, he walked to the car, opened the door next to Sokov, and said coldly: "Everyone gets out of the car and gets checked!"
Seeing that Sokov was a little dazed, Yakov nodded slightly to him and said: "Misha, listen to him, let's get out of the car first!"
After everyone in the car got out, the officer waved to the soldiers standing next to him and said, "Start checking!" Following his order, several soldiers rushed to the open door and leaned into the car. , conduct a careful inspection.
"What are they doing?" Sokov couldn't help but curiously asked Yakov when he saw this scene.
"Check if there are any contraband." Yakov replied quietly: "Don't worry, this is just a formality."
After a few minutes of inspection, the officer made a gesture of invitation to Yakov and Sokov, and then said: "Comrade commanders, please get in the car."
After passing two more checkpoints, we finally came to an open area among the woods. Sokov had stayed in Moscow for a long time, so he naturally knew that fires broke out in the forests on the outskirts every year, and then a piece of the forest was killed. The open land in front of me should be a masterpiece after the forest fire. You can also see the fallen dark tree trunks in the distance.
When the car arrived at the testing site, Sokov found that there were already twenty or thirty people waiting here. Seeing the car that Yakov was riding in appeared at the testing site, a tall and thin man in casual clothes immediately came up to him. Yakov got out of the car, shook hands with him, and then asked: "Are you all ready?"
"Yes, Captain Yakov." The tall and thin man replied respectfully: "As soon as you arrive, we can start the experiment."
Perhaps for reasons of confidentiality, Yakov did not introduce Sokov to who the lanky man was, and similarly, he did not tell the lanky man Sokov's identity. As he walked forward with the lanky man, Sokov, who was following behind, heard him asking: "How far is the target from here?"
"Eight hundred meters." The tall and thin man replied: "Although according to the design standards, it should reach eight kilometers. But you also know that it is just a test at present, so it cannot be used for such a long distance."
Sokov saw an ugly twelve-barrel rocket launcher parked not far away. There were also several short barrels on the ground, arranged in groups of four, two in a group, and one in a group. to display. Sokov speculated that in today's test, in addition to complete rocket launches, separate group launch tests will be conducted.
There is a wooden house fifty or sixty meters away from the rocket launcher, which should be the observation point on the test site. The tall and thin man brought Yakov and Sokov into the room, handed two telescopes to them respectively, and said to them: "Comrade commanders, in today's test, the rocket The warhead will not be equipped with a fuze. We will only test the hit error of this rocket launcher." He pointed to several mounds in the distance and continued: "After the test is over, we will analyze the location of the impact point. The shooting accuracy of this rocket launcher.”
Sokov raised his telescope and looked into the distance. He saw several large mounds of dirt at the edge of the forest. These should be the targets of the rocket launchers. To be honest, he had only heard about the new 107 rocket launcher, but had never seen it. Now that it has been transformed by the Soviet army, he still doesn't know how effective it will be on the battlefield. Therefore, when he saw the tall and thin man giving orders to the artillerymen on the phone, his heart could not help but rise to his throat.
Following the lanky man's order, the complete rocket launcher opened fire first, and twelve rockets trailed long flame tails and flew towards the mound in the distance. After just a few seconds, most of the rockets landed around the mound on the far right. Only one hit the mound directly, and the huge impact caused a cloud of soil to rise into the sky.
"Yes, the hit rate is quite high." Yakov couldn't help but cheered when he saw a rocket hitting the mound. As an artilleryman, he naturally knows that to destroy the enemy, artillery relies on fire coverage. Although the Katyusha rocket launchers equipped by the troops are very lethal, the error in the impact point is very large. Seeing that this kind of rocket can actually hit the target directly, how could Yakov not be happy?
