Chapter 1806 Rocket Artillery
But this Dodge truck has obviously been modified.
The biggest difference between it and an ordinary Dodge truck is its length. The body of this Dodge truck has been significantly lengthened, which is at least three meters longer than an ordinary Dodge truck, and has a pair of tires.
Also, the entire car body is not covered with tarpaulin, it looks like a large fully enclosed iron box.
Zhu Jiaren immediately explained: "Because of the length of the rocket shell, the body must be lengthened, and then a hydraulic lifting device was added, and the load load was also increased. In order to ensure safety, a pair of wheels was added, but the overall weight increase was not large, so there was no problem with road maneuvering."
The design drawings of the rocket launcher were provided by Zhong Yi, but the specific production was handled by Zhu Jiaren. Zhu Jiaren was afraid that Zhong Yi would be dissatisfied with the prototype car he built, so he was anxious to explain.
"There is no problem with these, Director Zhu, let's start."
After Zhong Yi finished speaking, he raised his telescope at the same time as Stilwell.
Through the telescope's field of view, it can be clearly seen that the "car" of the Dodge truck in front suddenly lifted upwards with the winch wheel at the rear as a fulcrum.
After the carriage was lifted up, Stilwell discovered that the entire carriage was suddenly composed of gun barrels.
Stilwell counted roughly and found that there were four rows in the upper and lower rows, each with 12, which looked like a huge honeycomb, and the visual effect was still very scary.
Zhong Yi asked: "Director Zhu, what is the caliber of this rocket launcher?"
"The caliber is 150mm." Zhu Jiaren replied, "but the shells are much longer than the 155mm caliber grenade, and the weight is more than twice the weight. The warheads are loaded much more, and the lethality after the explosion is much stronger. The most important thing is that this rocket launcher has surface killing, unlike the 155mm caliber howitzer that can only kill at the point."
"Then start firing." Stilwell couldn't wait to see what the effect of face-killing is? One shell exploded?
"Yes." Zhu Jiaren nodded and waved his hand.
On the shooting range, an officer carrying the rank of major immediately waved the small red flag in his hand.
The next moment, one of the 48-barrel-like cannons, which looked like a honeycomb, showed a red light, and then a red light shot out of the cannon barrel like lightning.
Then the huge sound of breaking through the air came.
Even though Zhong Yi and the others put on their headphones in advance, their eardrums were still hurt by the huge sound.
Looking at the Dodge truck again, the entire honeycomb followed by fire, and red lights appeared.
In a blink of an eye, the entire Dodge truck was covered by rolling smoke, and the rocket launcher itself was invisible. Only the red light bursting from the smoke was still faintly visible.
Zhong Yi and Stilwell's attention was no longer on the Dodge truck, but turned to the target in the distance.
The target for this test launch was a small hill, about five kilometers away from the launch site, and the hillside was marked.
Through the telescope's field of view, you can clearly see a large square frame drawn with lime on the hillside, and there is a large fork in the middle of this large square.
The rockets are not flying very fast.
It took more than a minute before the first rocket finally landed on the hillside.
However, as the first rocket fell, the subsequent more than 20 rockets immediately fell down like rain. In a blink of an eye, the entire frame on the hillside was completely obscured by the thick smoke generated by the explosion.
After seeing it, Stilwell couldn't help but feel slightly moved. Such a range of killing and such explosion intensity, once it is put on a large scale on the battlefield, the effect can be imagined!
This can be called an epoch-making weapon!
Stilwell asked: "Director Zhu, is this rocket launcher named?"
Zhu Jiaren glanced at Zhong Yi and replied: "We plan to name it Ziren Pao!"
"Nonsense!" Zhong Yi refused decisively, "What's the point of naming a weapon with my word? Are you trying to see my joke? Really."
Zhu Jiaren's expression was a little embarrassed.
This flattery was slapped on the horse's legs.
Zhong Yi said again: "If you don't do that, you'll call it a rocket launcher!"
Stilwell said again: "Has this rocket launcher been patented?"
"No application has been applied yet," Zhong Yi shook his head, "but I have asked Winchester Arms Company to apply."
"Apply quickly." Stilwell said, "Our patent application can only be authorized and then mass-produced by our American arms companies. I can guarantee that this weapon will shine on the world's anti-*** battlefield, and it will definitely be!"
Zhong Yixin said you still need to say that? This weapon was the main combat weapon of the army until the mid-21st century!
However, Zhong Yi naturally would not say this and slapped Stilwell in the face. Instead, he asked Zhu Jiaren: "Director Zhu, how long will it take for the rocket launcher production line to be built? How much output can there be?"
Zhu Jiaren immediately showed a look of embarrassment on his face and said, "Chief Zhong, now the entire northern Myanmar has almost become a large construction site. Construction is being carried out everywhere and people are being used everywhere, so we really can't draw too much manpower, so the construction progress of this rocket launcher production line is difficult to guarantee."
Zhong Yi frowned and said, "Just talk about the approximate time."
Zhu Jiaren estimated for a moment and said, "It's about three months."
"It will take three months?" Zhong Yi's face immediately collapsed. In this case, he would not be able to catch up with the upcoming second Battle of Mandalay.
Zhong Yi originally planned to form a rocket launcher regiment to participate in this battle.
Now it seems that this plan has been ruined and it is too late to go.
"Sir Zhong, this is the fastest speed." Zhu Jiaren smiled bitterly, "because there is too much work in all aspects, it can no longer be faster."
Zhong Yi also knew that this speed could no longer be sought, so he asked again: "Where is the output?"
Zhu Jiaren estimated it in his mind and replied: "It's about 50 units per month."
"Too few!" Zhong Yi flatly rejected, "This kind of output will definitely not meet the demand, and at least 100 units per month will be produced!"
"If you want to produce 100 cars per month, you have to go on another production line." Zhu Jiaren said, "If this is the case, the construction cycle will be longer, which will take four months."
"Four months are four months." Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "Be sure to go on another production line."
"Okay." Zhu Jiaren quickly took out his notebook and wrote it down, and asked again, "Do you have any other instructions?"
"It's gone." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "There is only one requirement for you. Build the aircraft manufacturing plant, arsenal and rocket launcher production line as soon as possible and put it into production as soon as possible."
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