In the era of war, chemical experts themselves are a weapon, and in Yang Mingzhi's opinion, if Ivanov really died on the battlefield in the village of Batikinskaya on the outskirts of Minsk, although the troops fled to the swamp, I am afraid that they could only arm themselves with black powder.

According to his confession, the detonation rate of Amato explosives is comparable to TNT, and is less than picric acid. Other guerrilla sabotage teams used a certain amount of TNT to blow up the railway, and in the case of Amato, one was made into five.

At present, the partisans everywhere relied almost entirely on Soviet airdrops from the rear, relying on this to harass the German-controlled railways. If they could all use Amato explosives, wouldn't they be able to blow up the railroad five times more often!

This kind of beautiful imagination is too unrealistic, Yang Mingzhi pulled his mind back, and now he still wants to get the improved rocket artillery out as soon as possible.

Speaking of this rocket launcher, it has five major changes:

First, it adds a swept wing, which gives it a certain amount of lift.

Second, three of its four tail wings have become horizontal rear wings and rudder with a certain amount of lift.

Thirdly, the overall body of the projectile has been increased, the capacity of the warhead has not changed, and the propulsion part has been doubled to increase the firing range.

Fourth, because the wing provides lift, the tail nozzle is reduced to reduce the amount of gas jet, and the propulsion time is longer to increase the range.

Fifth, due to the huge change in the overall layout of rocket artillery, the firing mode was changed to a slipway launch.

Yang Mingzhi concluded: "I didn't plan for such a large-scale revision at the beginning, and the 30-kilometer range target I set at the meeting must not be reduced. These changes are all for the rocket launcher to fly farther, but unfortunately we only have theories and drawings at the moment, and how the finished product will have to pass the experiment! ”

Rygushkov listened carefully, he fully understood what the commander meant, and said with great confidence: "Please rest assured, Comrade Commander, as long as you give an order, my workers will produce according to this drawing!" No matter how difficult it is, I decisively arranged the production of new rocket artillery at the top of all production tasks! ”

"However, you can't lose sight of one or the other because you spend all your manpower and material resources on production!" Yang Mingzhi remembered that this old guy wore many hats, so he asked, "By the way, how is the railway being repaired now?" And the locomotives and carriages we need? ”

"The front of the car has been completed, and the carriage has been completed for many sections. It's the problem with the railway, you know, we have a problem with the road conditions! This is of course a problem, we always have a way to solve it, the big deal is to pour some cement in a place where the soil is too soft! ”

Yang Mingzhi patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction: "It's really hard for you!" Since you are so confident, the production of new rocket artillery, I think it will start at dawn! According to the normal process, this drawing needs to be studied more carefully, but unfortunately we have no more time, and this project has to be rushed to launch!

Whether this rocket launcher can finally fly over 30 kilometers depends on our follow-up experiments! Subsequent improvements are determined by the experimental results. ”

This order was mainly for Rygushkov, but also for Ivanov. I thought I was responsible for the manufacture of the projectile, and I thought I was responsible for the medicine.

But when Rygushkov picked up this folded drawing, which was very heavy in meaning and practicality, a question arose, and he turned this old face and asked: "Comrade commander, I think we have to give a name to the future rocket artillery!" ”

"Name?!"

"That's right! The specific weapon number of the rocket artillery currently used by our Red Army is БМ-8, which is far less loud than the Katyusha nickname! I don't know how you're going to number the rocket launchers, but we're going to have two kinds of rocket launchers, and we have to be able to distinguish between them! ”

Yang Mingzhi never thought about this question, he has always used the Russian word for rocket artillery. This person's problem is very good, in the future, the fighters will carry two kinds of rocket artillery into battle, it is not good to choose a name to distinguish it, and the logistics personnel will also give their own names.

Even if it's two o'clock in the morning, it is necessary to complete this problem before dawn!

Yang Mingzhi put his hands in his pockets and said casually: "Katyusha rocket artillery, this name is very beautiful, or we call it Natasha?" Our battle heroes? ”

"That's a good name!" Rygushkov decisively agreed, while Ivanov objected.

His objection seems comical and does have some truth: "Comrades, Natasha is a real girl. For example, Ivan, give me a Natasha! Or, Sergey, is Natasha installed? I think that when the fighters were operating this rocket artillery, they were talking about Natasha, not only thinking about the rocket artillery, but also thinking about the child! Let's not make jokes like that, I think we'll have to change the name. ”

With such an explanation, Yang Mingzhi couldn't bear it. Maybe there will be a very bored soldier who makes a joke about Natasha, calling Natasha Spiroskina a rocket launcher, which makes the girl unhappy.

"Okay! I retract what I just said, what other suggestions do you have? ”

"That's it!" Rigushkov was in a flash of inspiration, and simply said: "I don't know if you know about this fish." Its fins resemble wings and can glide over the water. I look at our new rocket launcher, its overall appearance is very similar to a fish, since we put wings on it, let's just call it the flying fish! ”

"That's a great name!" Ivanov said excitedly.

The Exocet, at least in its final appearance, resembles a fish. Could there be a better name? Considering the current situation of the guerrilla republic, there are already a large number of fish caught in the recipes of the military and civilians, and the weapons are named after fish, which is really down-to-earth.

Yang Mingzhi nodded deeply: "Very good, the new rocket launcher is called Exocet, so what about the one we equipped before?" I think we call it catfish, one is the image, and the other is to commemorate our catfish village! ”

Obviously, the problem of rocket artillery has a happy result, and the research and development work can be said to be over.

Rigushkov stuffed the drawings into his briefcase and happily went straight to the arsenal, which was still lit with oil lamps, planning to organize production immediately.

Ivanov, on the other hand, walked to his dormitory with his hands behind his back and yawned, knowing that he only needed to manage the students and prepare the potions needed for the arsenal. It's not a lot of work, it's just dangerous.

They all left, and in the large office of the institute, only Yang Mingzhi and Popov stayed for the time being.

"Let's go too! Popov! Blow out the oil lamp and leave the work until after dawn! With that, Yang Mingzhi put his hands behind his back and was about to go outside the house.

"I'm not leaving! Piece together the benches, spread the blankets, and that's the bed. ”

Yang Mingzhi was stunned: "Don't you think this is very simple?" How nice it is to go back to the dormitory! ”

Popov smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Forget it! Never mind! I'm the only one to go back, so I might as well stay here! Besides, our design department can't just rely on the guards at the gate! A large number of research documents, I will take care of them! ”

Yang Mingzhi nodded, and then said, "Maybe you should find a woman to take care of you!" We have a lot of young women here! ”

"No need! It is likely that my wife is still alive, just as miraculously I am alive. Unless I hear of her death, or if she betrays me, I won't be looking for a woman again! ”

Being said by this, Yang Mingzhi felt that he had said the wrong thing. His own kindness is good-hearted, or this Popov's ideological consciousness is high.

"Sorry! I'm sure your wife is still alive, and she must have withdrawn to the rear. ”

"Of course!" Popov looked up, his eyes flickering in the dim light of the oil lamp.

Yang Mingzhi could understand Popov's current mood, so he didn't say more, and after saying goodbye, he picked up his document bag and went out......