The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 420 Target T34 tank, Li Yunlong is here

From the 1950s to the 1970s.

In order to ensure the technological R&D and manufacturing capabilities of the Republic's national defense industry system, the Ministry of Machinery Industry, an agency of the Ministry of Ministries and Commissions, has systematically established eight Machinery Industry Departments.

However, the layout of the industrial system is like a piece of fabric that does not know the size of the customer.

The sewn gowns always don't fit. If they are too big, they are cut to make them smaller. If they are too small, fabric is added to make them bigger.

In the process of development, the eight ministries of machinery industry have gone through several divisions and mergers, and the entire national defense industry including maritime, land, air, navigation, and electricity has become independent.

Civil machinery, telecommunications, shipbuilding industry (First Machinery Department), weapons, tanks, aviation (Second Machinery Department), aviation (Third Machinery Department), electronics (Fourth Machinery Department), weapons (Fifth Machinery Department), ships (Sixth Machinery Department) ), Aerospace (Seventh Machinery Department).

Plus the later short-lived Eighth Machinery Department (Agricultural Machinery) (later merged into the Seventh Machinery Department).

At this point, the domestic military industry system has basically taken shape.

At that time, the environment at home and abroad was complicated. In order to keep the confidentiality of the development of the national defense industry, the eight military industrial enterprises affiliated to the Ministry of Machinery Industry, in addition to the factory names that could be disclosed to the outside world, generally disclosed their official documents with 3-4 digit code names or mailbox numbers. Some specific addresses are secret or top secret.

There is such a factory near the West Peak of Zhoukoudian, more than a hundred miles away from the capital.

After the two left, Li Aiguo was taken into an office.

As soon as Li Aiguo got out of the car, two men in gray tunic suits walked behind the jeep and carefully took down the rocket launcher.

The number 5411 is written on the mailbox.

After bringing Zhou Que back to the Armed Forces Department of the locomotive depot, several gray tunic suits suddenly came to the locomotive depot and loaded Li Aiguo and the rocket launcher into the jeep.

This is a small world independent of the outside world, where countless people with lofty ideals use their youth to contribute to the cause of national defense.

They walked along the path, talking with different accents, as if they were doing morning exercises.

The number of people in the "exercise" team gradually decreased, the soldiers entered the production workshop, and the researchers returned to the research room.

It was said to be an office, which should be similar to a house under house arrest. There were heavily armed guards guarding the door, and the windows were welded with steel bars.

The jeep's black curtains were closed all the way.

They have only one identity, military researchers and production workers.

In the early morning at the state-owned 5411 Factory, there are only two colors in the factory yard.

Graduated from the Ordnance Manufacturing Department of Jinling Ordnance Technical College. In 1947, he went to Laos for a technical inspection. He returned to China in 1949 and served as chief engineer at the No. Arsenal in Shancheng.

Facilities such as auditorium, canteen, hospital, kindergarten and bathhouse are all available.

The jeep stopped steadily in front of an office.

It is under the management of the Second Aircraft Department and is located in a remote wilderness, surrounded by a large yard. There is no sign and only a lonely mailbox.

After the fight with the United States in the north, Wang Xianke responded to the call of his superiors, gave up his well-paid chief engineer position, and came to the state-owned 5411 Factory to develop a new generation of anti-aircraft guns.

There was a click.

The Type 55 37mm anti-aircraft gun it produces is the first domestically produced anti-aircraft gun equipped by our army.

Li Aiguo leaned in front of the car window and looked at the scene outside, with infinite passion pouring out of his heart.

Later self-driving tourists often think that this factory is a third-tier factory. This is actually a fallacy.

A comrade in uniform came over, opened the door, and said with a smile: "Comrade driver, please wait here for a moment."

Wang Xianke is nearly fifty years old this year.

In the back seat of the jeep.

They came from all corners of the country and gathered here without anyone's request, just for the same goal, which was to research and produce the most advanced anti-aircraft guns.

The battle with Laos and the United States also made us understand that in the absence of fighter jets and the inability to have air superiority, the best way to gain the initiative in the war is to develop air defense firepower.

Therefore, the state-owned 5411 Factory became a key factory within the Second Ministry, and together with the "Suixi Survey Team" located in Baotou, it shouldered the task of developing the Type 59 100mm anti-aircraft gun.

At this time, they are no longer the leaders and researchers of the academic department, scientific research department, political department, military affairs department, equipment department, and intelligence office of their original units;

They are no longer soldiers of the Northwest Field Army, the Second Field Army, the Third Field Army, the Northeast Field Army, and the Guangdong and Guangxi Columns.

The third-line factory was established in 1964 under the instructions of "imperialism will never die in destroying itself", "we are not the chief of staff of imperialism and we don't know when it will go to war", "we must prepare for war" and so on. Factories were built under a vigorous construction boom all over the country.

It looked like it was going to be taken for a test. Li Aiguo took out the documents he had prepared long ago from the canvas bag and handed them over.

The sun gradually rises.

When using radar for command, cluster shooting has a higher killing efficiency, shooting down a large number of old American aircraft, and making great contributions to the victory of the war.

In the state-owned 5411 factory, leaders at all levels and many technical personnel came in and out of the "I-shaped building", "grey building", "octagonal building" and "large workshop";

There are garrison sentries standing guard in front of office buildings, residential buildings and production workshops.

There were also young female soldiers in the telephone switchboard, outpatient department and club, and I don’t know which gay man was given the advantage.

Li Aiguo was not in a hurry. He picked up the enamel jar and drank tea comfortably.

"Thank you!" The two men in gray tunic suits thought of Li Aiguo's thoughtful consideration. After being stunned for a moment, they reached out to take it.

Every weekend, "internal reference films" and other open-air movies are often screened in the auditorium and square.

It wasn't until he entered the factory that Li Aiguo was allowed to open the curtain.

The state-owned 5411 Factory has been completed in the past four years and shoulders the sacred mission of producing anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft gun shells for the country.

One is the blue color of the Type 50 military uniform worn by soldiers, and the other is the gray color of the Mao suit worn by researchers.

The Type 55 37mm anti-aircraft gun is used on the northern battlefield to mainly attack enemy aircraft at low altitudes, and has the ability to attack aircraft flying at high altitudes.

"Here are the specific instructions for use."

He is one of the few artillery experts in the country these days.

Enter the office.

There were various drawings on the table. Wang Xianke gathered the drawings. Before he could sit down, his assistant pushed the door open and came in.

"Mr. Wang, we have a new gadget in our factory. It's in the testing room now. The leader invites you to take a look."

"New stuff? Not going!"

Wang Xianke frowned and waved his hand.

Now, Lao Wu, the first chief engineer of the Second Machinery Factory and the founder of the ordnance industry known as the "Domestic Paul", has led 107 engineering and technical personnel to Lao Maozi's counterpart ordnance industry enterprise for study.

After Lao Wu and others return from their studies, the research and development of a new generation of anti-aircraft guns will begin.

Comrades like Wang Xianke who remain in China must make preparations to meet the upcoming challenges.

The assistant had long been accustomed to Wang Xianke's temper and explained calmly: "That thing is a rocket launcher similar to RPG-2."

Wang Xianke once participated in the work of dismantling RPG-2 rocket launchers and imitating domestically produced Type 56 rocket launchers. He is the expert on rocket launchers who knows the most about rocket launchers in the state-owned 5411 Factory.

I have always admired rocket launchers and believed that rocket launchers would have great potential in future wars.

really.

Wang Xianke frowned: "RPG-2 rocket launcher? The disassembly of that thing has been completed, and we don't need it anymore."

"It's not that RPG-2 seems to be more advanced than RPG-2. It's just Wang Gong. You'll understand when you see it for yourself." The assistant didn't know how to describe the weird weapon.

Wang Xianke suddenly became interested.

The most advanced rocket launcher in the world now is the RPG-2.

Even the Type 56 rocket launcher, which has not yet been copied, is not much more powerful than the RPG-2 rocket launcher.

Another rocket launcher appeared somewhere.

Following the assistant to the research room on the first floor, Wang Xianke frowned subconsciously when he saw the strange artillery on the table.

It doesn't matter that this thing is dark, but who used red paint to draw a crooked five-pointed star on it?

"The designer gave it a name, called Red Star RPG." The assistant explained promptly.

"Red Star RPG has such a strong tone." Wang Xianke said, picking up Red Star PRG and observing.

I just took a look and made a comment.

"There are only a few sticks tied on the outside as protection. It's just nonsense. Don't the people who made this thing know that the temperature of the gun barrel can reach 3,000 degrees Celsius?"

"Besides, the craftsmanship is just nonsense. With the welding skills, I guess this thing will fall apart without even firing a few shots."

"besides."

Wang Xianke picked up the RPG and was about to continue speaking when the rest of his voice was choked in his throat and his expression became solemn.

As an expert in imitating RPGs, Wang Xianke has dismantled the "Iron Fist" anti-tank rocket launcher, anti-tank RPG-2 rocket launcher and the more powerful heavy-duty anti-tank SG-2 rocket launcher. He found that this Red Star PRG had various shortcomings.

But whether it was design or structure, it was different from any RPG he had ever seen.

In particular, its tail pipe adopts a particularly weird design.

Although the craftsmanship is very rough, Wang Xianke, as an expert who can write down RPG-2 drawings, can see at a glance that if this tail nozzle is feasible, it will provide additional thrust to the grenade at the moment it leaves the launch tube, thus Provides rocket launcher range.

For artillery weapons, the emphasis is on being farther and stronger.

The ultra-long distance means that you can fire before the enemy, thereby achieving the final victory.

The more Wang Xianke looked at it, the more amazed he became. The Red Star PRG was much more advanced than the RPG-2 in every aspect.

The assistant saw Wang Xianke hugging Red Star PRG tightly, and carefully took out a suspected grenade from a wooden box.

"According to the designer, the tail of the grenade adopts a two-stage gunpowder structure, and the range can reach 400 meters. If rocket range extension technology is used, the range is expected to reach 600 meters."

"Rocket Extended Range Technology."

Hearing this term, Wang Xianke's expression gradually became serious. The designer of this thing knew that this kind of technology was definitely not a civilian technology.

Is there a new genius in weapons design in the country?

He took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, and asked, "Who designed this thing?"

"The specific name is unknown. It only gave a code name, driver. Comrade driver is in our factory now." As the assistant spoke, he took out a drawing and handed it to Wang Xianke: "This is the weapon instruction manual."

"Instruction Manual" Wang Xianke looked at the document and twitched his mouth twice: "This driver thought very carefully. He didn't have any aiming equipment and actually came up with two points and one line."

He put down the document, looked at his assistant and said: "Since people have put the food in our mouths, it would be shameful if we didn't eat it. We will know after we taste it, whether it is a delicacy from the mountains and the sea or a pile of food." That’s bullshit!”

"You go to the weapons testing site immediately and arrange the experiments!"

"Yes!" The assistant saluted.

Just as the assistant was about to leave, Wang Xianke hesitated for a moment and called to him again.

"In this test firing, let the comrade driver also participate."

".yes!"

The assistant was surprised.

The weapons testing site is a top-secret site within the factory, and generally speaking, outsiders are not eligible to enter.

It seems that this RPG is really an amazing thing.

"Comrade driver, please remember that no matter what you see at the weapons testing site, you are absolutely not allowed to leak it to the outside world!"

"Don't worry, I am also an old comrade in the organization, and I understand the confidentiality regulations."

Li Aiguo followed two uniformed comrades towards the weapons testing site, and his heart was full of curiosity.

What exactly is in the testing ground deserves their repeated warnings. It’s hard to believe that our family has come up with some big killer weapon.

When he entered the steel gate of the test site, Li Aiguo suddenly laughed in surprise.

I saw a rusty medium tank parked in the northeast corner of the test site, with bullet marks all over the tank's armor.

From the vaguely visible Russian letters on the tank and the design of the sloped armor, Li Aiguo determined that it was a Soviet-made T-34 tank.

It seems that they should be the group who retired from the northern battlefield.

The reason why this tank is placed here as a target is that it is obvious that the superiors have long felt the threat of the Lao Maozi tank and are preparing to develop targeted weapons.

This is also the reason why comrades in uniform have repeatedly warned us.

After all, there are still many old experts in the country. If word spreads, it may cause unnecessary trouble.

"This is the king engineer in charge of artillery development in our factory." The uniformed comrade helped Li Aiguo make the introduction.

"Hello, Mr. Wang!" Li Aiguo has always respected comrades who work on the front line of military industry research and development, and extended his hand enthusiastically.

"Little comrade, the Red Star RPG you created this time is really something amazing!"

Wang Gong marveled at Li Aiguo's youth, grabbed Li Aiguo's right hand, and shook it enthusiastically.

"I heard that you have already conducted a test launch and it was a great success?"

"That's true. The target was a shack, more than 300 meters away. All the shacks were blown up and one enemy was killed," Li Aiguo said.

"Kill the enemy?" Wang Gong was surprised.

"The situation is like this. Our locomotive depot was preparing to hold a banquet, and some bad elements were hiding in the shack to engage in cold shooting."

Because this case was not a confidential one, Li Aiguo briefly introduced the situation at the time.

After hearing the whole process, Wang Gong was so shocked that he couldn't even close his mouth.

"It turns out you even conducted actual combat exercises!"

He was a little envious. Even though this testing ground had various goals, if he needed it, the factory could build a building for him right away.

But after all, we can't find a few prisoners for him to test the power of the artillery. That would be inhumane after all.

"It's just a coincidence."

Li Aiguo exchanged RPG design issues with Engineer Wang for a while, then suddenly laughed and said: "Engineer Wang, is our target this time the T34 tank?"

"That's right." Wang Gong pointed at the tank and said, "Since you can build this Red Star RPG rocket launcher, you must know something about the RPG series.

To be honest, the Type 2 RPG we designed based on the RPG-56 is far from able to penetrate the armor of this tank.

If your rocket launcher can complete its mission, I promise to ask for credit from above! "

Li Aiguo squinted and saw a few traces of grenade explosions on the tank's armor, but the armor was still intact.

Although the T34 is just a medium-sized tank, the frontal protective armor is only 45 mm thick. Because of the unique sloped armor design, the protection is comparable to that of a shield with 70 mm protective armor.

Sometimes, I really have to admire the designers at Lao Maozi. They always come up with some wild but practical methods.

The RPG-2 is a younger brother in dealing with tanks and vehicles, so naturally it cannot penetrate them.

The RPG-7 is different. It uses parabolic projection, which can greatly increase the kinetic energy of the artillery shell. The penetration thickness of the rolled homogeneous armor is 350mm and 400mm respectively.

The 45 mm thick armor plate is not enough to look at in front of it.

In later generations, he set a record of destroying a T62 tank with one shot.

Although Li Aiguo failed to obtain a real anti-tank howitzer, it was enough.

Li Aiguo straightened his chest and said loudly: "General Manager Wang, I am confident in my design!"

"Okay, okay! It's a mule or a horse, let's pull it out now!" Mr. Wang liked Li Aiguo more and more.

General Engineer Wang was preparing to set up experiments when a loud noise came from outside, and then the big iron door slowly opened.

The factory director walked in from outside, followed by two middle-aged comrades.

Although the two comrades were wearing casual clothes, they had a unique military temperament that could not be concealed.

The two of them were quarreling as they walked, not paying attention to the factory director at all.

"Old Zhao, please don't stop me this time. My superiors want me to make my own weapons. OK, you can't restrict my freedom. You have to have autonomy. You want me to be a good boy and I want to be myself." Trying to find ways to get weapons while limiting my autonomy is unreasonable!"

"Old Li, this is the capital. You are here to learn. Don't mess around. Just check out the new stuff and open your eyes. Don't make any mistakes."

"Hey, Old Zhao, you still know me. I heard that a cannon carried on the shoulder was brought here. One shot can destroy a house. If we were to attack Ping'an County back then, we would have such a cannon. Damn it, maybe Xiuqin won’t have to die.”

Li Aiguo's eyes widened suddenly when he saw the two people breathing heavily.

Aren't these Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang?

Zhao Gang did stay in the capital after liberation, but wasn't Li Yunlong in Fu Jian?

Li Aiguo suddenly slapped his forehead when he thought of this.

In the original work, Li Yunlong was sent to BJ to study in 1956, and Tian Yu was also on vacation at this time.

Therefore, the two people came to the capital to visit Zhao Gang and Feng Nan.

(End of this chapter)