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Chapter 176 Weather Modification Devices

"You still say this isn't equipment from my war zone?"

The university's sports field.

Wu Changjiang led his group down from the stands, pointing at the military green anti-aircraft gun, his anger rising.

This thing has two cannon barrels pointing upwards at a 30-degree angle.

There is a pair of tires at the front and a pair at the back.

The paint job is olive green.

Even with his eyes closed, Wu Changjiang could recognize this thing.

Due to the characteristics of its caliber and number of tubes, it is generally referred to as double 35.

"I can't find a single twin-turreted A35mm anti-aircraft gun in my 17th Brigade's air defense battalion. So they're all with you?"

Qin Ze pretended not to understand: "This equipment isn't called Double 35."

"Nonsense, this thing's official name is the PG-99 twin-barreled 35mm towed anti-aircraft gun!"

"No, no, that's not it!"

Qin Ze waved his hand.

"This is called a towed weather modifier."

Wu Changjiang: "????"

No!

Listen to this!

Listen to this, is this even human language?

What is a weather modification device?

Did you come up with this name on the spot?

It's hard to pronounce.

"Do you even think this is believable?" Wu Changjiang said speechlessly. "Don't you get tongue-tied when you pronounce that name yourself?"

It doesn't matter if your tongue gets tied up or not.

Qin Ze was very serious.

That's the point we're making.

"Our school was commissioned by the provincial meteorological department to develop meteorological equipment for them."

"This towed weather modification device is our main achievement."

As they were talking.

Two people suddenly emerged from the crowd.

One is Huang Changyuan from the provincial department, and the other is Gao Zhun from the artificial weather modification office.

Actually, from the very beginning.

They were both puzzled.

Why did Northwestern Polytechnical University invite them to its military training program?

However, after Qin Ze explained, they understood that this was also considered a project delivery, so they gladly accepted the invitation.

"Commander, let me introduce myself. I am Huang Changyuan from the Provincial Department, in charge of the department's daily operations."

After all, he is the top leader in his position.

Huang Changyuan speaks slowly and deliberately, and he is very articulate.

"What Professor Qin said is all true."

"We did indeed commission a project from the university."

"Although the equipment in front of us may look similar to that used by the military, this may have led to some misunderstandings."

"But we do use similar artillery equipment in our meteorological work."

"Anti-aircraft guns are our main equipment."

Listening to Huang Changyuan's explanation.

Wu Changjiang began to doubt himself.

Am I just overthinking things?

So he turned around and tortured Qin Ze again.

"Since you say this is an artificial weather modification device."

"Then tell me about this parameter."

"Let me hear it."

Qin Ze stepped forward and said confidently and generously.

"The cannon's caliber is 35mm! A single-barreled cannon has a theoretical rate of fire of 550 rounds per minute, so a double-barreled cannon would be 1100 rounds per minute..."

"That's it! You still say it's not PG_99!"

Wu Changjiang broke through the defenses directly.

As the commander of the war zone.

He knows the parameters of all the main equipment of our army by heart.

"Your caliber and rate of fire are exactly the same as the twin .35mm guns. Are you trying to fool me?"

"To deceive me, you even got two people from the Japan Meteorological Agency to smooth things over."

"You've really gone to great lengths!"

Qin Ze said helplessly, "Commander, why are you so cynical? I only said half of what you said, and you already gave me a cool rebuke."

"Fine! Go ahead and say it! Let's see what you have to say!" Wu Changjiang was ready to unleash his tirade, crossing his arms and saying slyly.

Qin Ze continued to explain calmly.

"Our effective slant range is 8 kilometers, and the maximum firing altitude is 1.7 kilometers. Are they the same as yours?"

"..."

The words fell.

Wu Changjiang remained silent, somewhat at a loss for words.

There is no other reason.

The effective slant range of this gun is frighteningly large.

The so-called effective slant range refers to the distance between the target and the target.

The greater the effective slant range, the greater the range of the artillery.

To know!

The slant range of our army's main anti-aircraft guns, the twin 35mm guns, is only about 4 kilometers!

This means that the anti-aircraft gun can only cover enemies within this range.

But Qin Ze's cannon suddenly increased its effective slant range to eight kilometers!

"Are you serious? This thing is practically a rocket!"

Qin Ze: "My client is right here. I would never lie to my client. If you don't believe me, you can try."

"Let's give it a try!" Wu Changjiang shouted. "Two soldiers, get ready!"

This statement came out.

Huang Changyuan and Gao Zhun's eyes lit up.

They didn't have much hope for this project to begin with.

After all, this project has been shelved for several years, and the university doesn't seem to care about it at all.

After the project was restarted, no highly respected senior experts were sent to oversee it.

Instead, they sent Qin Ze, that hothead.

Therefore, they concluded that the project was definitely a failure.

But what I never expected was...

Qin Ze immediately produced a very desirable piece of equipment!

To know!

Currently, the mainstream weather-impacting equipment used by meteorological bureaus is anti-aircraft guns.

However, they were using outdated equipment like the Type 59 and Type 87 rifles.

Many of the pieces of equipment were older than Gao Zhun and Huang Changyuan, who were both middle-aged.

Regardless of whether the weapon Qin Ze brought out was a twin 35mm gun, judging from its appearance, it was a relatively new weapon, a huge improvement over the Type 59 and Type 87.

Not to mention!

This thing has an effective slope range of eight kilometers.

"Commander, you are unaware of this."

Gao Zhun, director of the Artificial Weather Modification Office, stepped forward and carefully explained the scientific facts.

"What we call weather modification is launching rain bombs into cumulonimbus clouds."

"However, the height difference of cumulonimbus clouds is very large, and some super cloud bodies can even cover a range of 8-10 kilometers."

"Therefore, if we want to improve the efficiency of artificial weather modification, we need to place great demands on the effective slant range of the transmitter."

"Our best equipment used to be the Type 87, which had an effective slant range of just over three thousand meters."

"Professor Qin has helped us increase the effective slope distance to eight thousand meters, which has solved our urgent problem..."

Gao Zhun didn't finish speaking.

Wu Changjiang was getting impatient: "Don't be too happy yet."

What can solve your immediate problem?

Use your brain!

My dear director!

As the commander of the First War Zone, the best anti-aircraft gun I had was only four thousand meters long.

How come Qin Ze has already reached 8,000 meters?

Are you kidding me?

This is an anti-aircraft gun; these things have their limits.

"Director Gao, I know a little more about artillery than you do."