For many comrades, the name Tikhomirov is very unfamiliar, and according to the general practice, there will definitely be comrades who search for it on Baidu. Of course, it is possible to search for a Tikhomirov, but that Alexander . Tikhomirov is the number one terrorist, Russia's Osama bin Laden.

Li Xiaofeng is definitely not ready to carry out a terrorist attack, so this Tikhomirov is definitely not on his list. The next thing to talk about is this Tikhomirov, called Nikolai. Tikhomirov. Of course, this name is still unfamiliar to most people. There is another name that everyone should be familiar with - Katyusha!

Of course, this is not a Russian girl, as long as you are a comrade who is familiar with World War II, you will know that this Katyusha is a synonym for Russian rocket artillery. So what does Tikhomirov have to do with Katyusha? Quite simply, Tikhomirov is the father of Katyusha.

Nikolai. Tikhomirov, a Russian chemist, specializes in solid and liquid propellants. In Tsarist times, Tikhomirov received funding from the Russian authorities to conduct research on rockets. In 1905, he obtained a patent for "self-propelled bombs launched by rockets launched from the air and at sea" (very tongue-twisting).

It should be said that Russia was very advanced in rocket research back then, and the main reason was that Maozi attached great importance to rocket artillery, and the secondary reason was that other big rogue countries did not attach importance to this kind of weapon. Under the elimination of the other, the rare Maozi is also ahead.

So why would the polar bear pay so much attention to rocket artillery, and why were the other hooligans, including the Sunset Empire, not interested? It all started at the beginning, in the early years of the nineteenth century. That is, the era of Napoleon's most awesome. At one point, the sun had set, and the empire was also very interested in rockets.

In 1805. The sun has set on the Empire to instruct William. Colonel Congreve, a Hanoverian artillery officer who had worked in the laboratory of the Royal Arsenal in Ulwich, England (it seems that the Germans were really talented in rocket technology), went to study rockets.

This is what would later become the Kangreve rocket (actually a long-rod-shaped thing with a big head), which was launched by the brutal, cold-blooded, and inhumane British Royal Navy into the fairytale city of Copenhagen in 1807, nearly razing the beautiful city to the ground.

In 1812, the U.S. imperialists, who had inherited the evil tradition of the setting sun, were also attacked by Congreve rockets, causing heavy losses, and the American national anthem "Rockets Shine Red" was left behind for 10,000 years (referring to the scene when the British bombarded Fort McHenry with rockets).

After that in 1826. A small squad of Dutch soldiers relied on Congreve rockets to repel an attack of six thousand natives. It can be seen that the lethality of this thing is quite ideal, in the words of Congreve himself: "It is convenient to use very small, light equipment to fire a large number of warheads in a short period of time or in an instant." ”

Keep this in mind, because the whole reason why the Russians value rocket artillery is in it. In fact, after Congreve was introduced to Russia, Mao Zi was immediately ecstatic, and began to equip Congreve rockets in large quantities, and made certain improvements, such as adding spin stabilization devices.

No way, Congreve rockets are actually not much different from the monkeys we played as children, the accuracy is quite low, and the stability is not ordinarily poor. It can be said that it is almost impossible to hit the target for which it is aimed, and the destruction of the target is completely covered by luck and quantity. According to the accounts of eyewitnesses of the year. Once launched, the thing begins to fly along a fluctuating zigzag trajectory, and if the wind is slightly wrong, it may turn around and kill its own people. Anyway, it takes courage and luck to use this thing.

And as we all know, in the middle of the nineteenth century, with the development of metallurgical technology, artillery began to shift from breech guns to breech guns, and with the advent of rifling, the accuracy of barrel guns was greatly improved. In this case, the uncontrolled Sky Monkey is naturally unpleasant.

In addition to Russia, other extremely rogue countries quickly eliminated Congreve rockets, because Maozi's technical skills were low and metallurgical skills could not keep up with the situation. And Congreve rockets are simple and cheap to produce, and the hairymen have been using it.

Even during the Russo-Japanese War, when Maozi analyzed the reasons for the failure, he believed that the failure to equip the front-line troops with a large number of artillery rockets was an important factor in the failure. According to Maozi, rocket weapons are light in weight (compared with body-barreled artillery, the launcher does not need to bear much recoil, and is naturally light), has strong firepower, fast rate of fire, and is flexible, making it a good support weapon.

In fact, the reason why rocket artillery was able to shine in Russia in the first place is precisely because of the above reasons, and Maozi's "Cossack military tradition" has an insatiable thirst for mobility and firepower. In large-scale maneuver combat, any bulky artillery that cannot keep up with the ranks is frowned upon.

In particular, the Russian Civil War was quite different from the previous World War, which was a typical positional war and trench warfare, with almost no maneuvering. The Russian civil war moved thousands of kilometers, and the Red Army and the White Army went back and forth across the vast territory, killing the sky in the dark. Therefore, neither the Red Army nor the White Army had more love for cavalry and machine guns, and for bulky artillery, it was really not interested.

Of course, there are also considerable problems with this mode of operation, according to Clausewitz's theory, the core of the army is firepower, and whoever has strong firepower will have an advantage. And for the sake of maneuver and flexibility, the firepower of the Red Army was not ordinarily thin. Later, in addition to the discord between Tukhachevsky and Voroshilov, the lack of sufficient artillery support was also an important reason.

In order to avoid the Red Army from lacking artillery support again, it is very necessary to develop a weapon that is simple to produce, light in weight, and fierce in firepower.

As the father of Katyusha, Tikhomirov is undoubtedly a very good candidate, and this duke is the authoritative titan of the rocket artillery industry in this year. In fact, in 1919 he personally sent a letter to Vladimir, Chief of Staff of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. Bunche-Brujevich, demanded the development of rocket weapons.

At that time, Tikhomirov's request received great attention from Trotsky. And with the lesson of the defeat of Warsaw. The Red Army military also began to reflect. Even in 1921, when the economy was tight. Tikhomirov was also equipped with a well-equipped laboratory and a machining workshop with 17 lathes.

Li Xiaofeng felt that the well-equipped laboratory and the small processing workshop were not a problem for him at all. As long as he wants, he can immediately prepare all this for Tikhomirov at NORINCO.

Moreover, Li Xiaofeng naturally thinks that Professor Tikhomirov's service to him can avoid many problems, such as fewer detours, such as less political influence. Historically, these factors have greatly hindered the birth of Katyusha.

For example, avoid detours. Although the top brass of the Red Army, headed by Tukhachevsky, attached great importance to rocket artillery, in the minds of these genius technical officers, rocket artillery was not an army weapon!

Surprised? Don't you think it's ruined? Hehe, this is definitely not a joke, in Tukhachevsky's head, the perfect match for rocket artillery is aircraft, and he advocates the development of "air-based artillery".

It is undeniable that this idea was very fashionable in those days, and in Tu Shuai's view, the highly mobile weapon of the aircraft and rocket artillery were "married". It means that a battlefield killer with high mobility and powerful firepower is born.

The problem is that the Soviet Air Force will never buy this kind of manoeuvre. Because according to Tukhachevsky's plan, the Air Force will be completed to become a vassal of the Army. Tukhachevsky took it for granted that his army was the big brother and had a dominant position, and as for the air force, it was flying artillery, and in addition, it was only necessary to catch out the "mosquitoes" for the army brothers.

So, in Tukhachevsky's planning, the Katyusha was originally an air-based rocket launcher, the production and design of which revolved around the platform of the aircraft. It should be said that this was indeed a detour, and it also made the relationship between the Soviet Army and the Air Force very bad for a time.

In fact, Tukhachevsky's genius is a genius, but he is not perfect, in interfering with the armament construction of the Soviet Red Army, this genius commander did not do bad things with good intentions, what flying artillery, what multi-turret tanks, are all masterpieces of this one.

Of course, this is only a detour in the pioneering period of this technique, and Tukhachevsky's biggest problem with Katyusha is political. As Voroshilov's sworn enemies, the relationship between the two can be said to be incompatible.

The reason why Katyusha is difficult to stereotype, Voroshilov definitely did not play a good role in it. As Tukhachevsky's sworn enemy, Voroshilov was naturally antipathetic to everything Tukhachevsky supported.

From tanks to artillery, it can be said that as long as Tukhachevsky is supported, Voroshilov will be in the opposite tone, and in his opinion, Tukhachevsky is nothing more than a bombastic son, where can he be compared with the proletarian commander who is being tempered from the revolutionary war.

To put it bluntly, there are two fundamental reasons for the contradiction between Tukhachevsky and Voroshilov: First, the side effect of Trotsky's appointment of the old officers, and the irreconcilable conflict between the old clique headed by Tukhachevsky, Egorov, and Triandafilov and the grassroots clique headed by Voroshilov and Budyonny.

Because in the eyes of Tukhachevsky and others, Voroshilov's gang is rude, stupid, and lacks the most basic military qualities, and this group of grassroots commanders has no long-term vision at all, does not care about the changes that take place in the military field at all, and cannot understand anything other than the experience they have gained from the battlefield.

This reason is the most fundamental, and it is the natural gap between the real technical officers and the big bosses.

In addition, another important reason is that the theory of mechanized warfare advocated by Tukhachevsky and Egorov threatens the basis of the survival of Voroshilov and Budyonny and the like in the army - cavalry!

Whether it is Budyonny or Voroshilov, the fundamental thing that has established themselves in the army is the cavalry they started, and under the mechanized war theory of Tukhachevsky and Egorov, the traditional cavalry has no room for survival (this is the trend of history, but Voroshilov's straw bale is best at doing is to move against the tide, in this masterpiece, "Twenty Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and Navy", this product still insists and advocates: "The red cavalry is still an invincible annihilating armed force!"). Able to carry out all major missions on all battlefields. But the thing soon hit himself in the mouth, and the Winter War he commanded was a mess. Only the good brother Timoshenko can save the day. ）

Not beat around the bush. Li Xiaofeng is quite speechless about all this that happened in history. Fools took the lead, which made a big detour in the development of the Red Army's military theory and military technology. Historically, if it had not been for Zhukov's strong support for the development of rocket artillery (Zhukov was actually Voroshilov's old subordinate, also a cavalry officer, and his daughter was married to Voroshilov's grandson), and later Stalin's appreciation, this vital weapon for the Red Army would have been abolished by Voroshilov and Kulik together.

"Nikolai. Professor Tikhomirov, I took the liberty of inviting you here, for the unpleasantness of the journey. On behalf of the Cheka, I sincerely apologize to you! ”

When Li Xiaofeng handed over the list to Makvi, Professor Tikhomirov was soon invited to Peter and Paul Prison. But I'm afraid the process is very unpleasant, at least judging from the professor's expression, it is very unpleasant!

"It's kidnapping! This is Chiguo's kidnapping! ”

The old professor shook his fist angrily. Two days ago, in his studio in Moscow, he was immersed in research, checking the propellant formula, when he was frightened by the Cheka staff who suddenly broke through the door.

At that time, the Cheka staff put a black hood on him without saying a word and loaded him into a stuffy tanker. He packed up all his research results, as well as his assistants and staff.

When he was taken off his hood, when he saw the golden dome of Peter and Paul Prison. The old professor almost peeed out of the way. And now, after so much humiliation and fright, an excessively young kid actually told him that it was just a misunderstanding, how could he accept it?

"Mr. Professor, please be calm. Because we're bringing you in for a reason...... First of all, I have a message for you! Mark Wei said with a pleasant face.

Tikhomirov still didn't get angry, twisted his head, and said angrily: "If there is a fart, let it go!" ”

Mark Wei smiled and took out a document and handed it to him, "This is an arrest warrant for you!" According to the trial of you in absentia by the Cheka Special Court, you are considered to be seriously suspected of counter-revolution. Enforcement measures must be taken......"

Makvi's words were not finished, but Tikhomirov was already half frightened to death, he had heard about the seriousness of the counter-revolutionary crimes, anyway, the counter-revolutionaries arrested by the Cheka were either shot or served hard labor. He neither wanted to die, nor did he want to spend the rest of his life in a bitter kiln.

Immediately he was excited: "This is slander! This is slander! This is Chiguoguo's frame-up! ”

Makvi was noncommittal, and when Tikhomirov's mood calmed down a little, he asked slowly: "So, in other words, you didn't receive a special call order from the Cheka, did you?" ”

Tikhomirov was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What is that?" ”

As soon as Makvi stretched out his hand, a cheka behind him immediately took out a document and handed it over.

"This is the Call-up Order!" Mark Vi unfolded the document for Tikhomirov to understand, "You see, according to the requirements of the call-up order, you must arrive at the specified place at the specified time. Speaking of this, he paused and said with a smile: "However, when the meeting opened, we found that you were not there. That is, you ignored this call-up order! ”

Tikhomirov looked stupidly at the call-up order in front of him, and he finally remembered that a few days ago, a copy of this thing did appear in his mailbox, inviting him to a special meeting of some shit. At that time, he was obsessed with research, and directly ignored the call-up order.

Tikhomirov was speechless, but Makvi had a lot to say, he flicked the call-up order, and said sternly: "Mr. Professor, do you know the meaning of this call-up order? ”

Tikhomirov shook his head, he really didn't know what the point of this was.

"Let me tell you!" Makvi laughed wickedly, "The NKVD has called you to its meetings for the purpose of resolving the urgent technical problems facing the Soviet Government at the moment...... Anyone who ignores the call-up order, or deliberately delays it, is considered an enemy of the Soviets! What will we do with the enemy, do you understand? Professor. ”

Tikhomirov's cold sweat suddenly fell, and he did not mean to ignore the Soviets at all, although he really did not have a good impression of them. But this does not mean that he will choose to touch the egg with the stone, and immediately he panics, and he is anxious to explain his motives, to explain that he is not a counter-revolutionary.

And this is what Mark Wei wanted, and he smiled: "Mr. Professor, I personally would like to believe that you did not deliberately ignore the call-up order, and I would like to understand that you were just a momentary negligence. However, a mistake is a mistake, and since you have made a mistake, you must pay for it, right? ”

Tikhomirov was frightened, he exclaimed excitedly: "No, I'm really not a counter-revolutionary. Don't shoot me, please......"

Mark Vee patted him on the shoulder and said kindly, "Take it easy, Mr. Professor!" Although you have counter-revolutionary behavior, the Cheka believes that your circumstances are not serious and that you are only a first offense. In a situation like yours, we are still willing to save it as much as possible, so we can consider giving you a chance to make meritorious contributions......" (to be continued......