Sokov worked hard to digest the information he had just heard: Yakov was a member of the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 14th Tank Division of the 16th Army before he was captured. However, he was not a tank soldier, but an anti-tank gunner.
Company commander.
"Misha," Yakov said proactively when he saw Sokov sitting on the sofa in a daze, "I'll tell you an inside story. Due to your battalion's performance in the battle, sooner or later your battalion will be expanded into a regiment. It will become a regiment.
After you become a regiment, you will be assigned one or two artillery batteries."
Having said this, Yakov raised his body back and said a little proudly: "What kind of artillery do you need then, just tell me, and I will definitely find a way to meet your needs." He picked up his bag from his shoulder bag.
He took out a pen and paper, looked at Sokov and asked with a smile: "Tell me, Misha, what kind of artillery do you need? I will write it down first, and I will equip your artillery company immediately after you expand it from a battalion to a regiment.
These artillery pieces."
Yakov's words opened up a new idea for Sokov. He remembered that the other party worked in the Weapons and Equipment Committee and was responsible for the development and manufacturing of new artillery. With his care, there should be no problem in getting new artillery.
. However, Sokov had no interest in these current artillery pieces. He thought of a kind of artillery that was called a "guerrilla artifact", which could not only provide sufficient artillery support for the attacking troops in battle;
It will also shine in the Battle of Stalingrad a few months later. However, the top priority now is to get Yakov's help to make this weapon available in advance.
Thinking of this, he took the pen and paper in Yakov's hand and quickly sketched it in his notebook. Not long after, the gun he remembered appeared in Yakov's notebook.
Yakov took his own notebook and saw a strange artillery drawn on it: the artillery had a total of twelve barrels, no four in a row, divided into three rows, upper, middle and lower, fixed on a towable two-barrel
On the wheel chassis, he frowned and said: "Misha, what kind of gun is this you drew? Why have I never seen it before?"
It would take more than ten years for the 107 rocket launcher to appear. If you have seen it, what a ghost? Sokov sneered twice in his heart, and then explained to Yakov: "Yakov, this is my design
A new type of rocket launcher. What do you think?"
Yakov did not express his position immediately, but asked: "What are the advantages of the rocket launcher you designed?"
"The rocket launcher I designed flies by the thrust of its own engine and does not require a complicated anti-recoil device, so the launcher structure is simple and lightweight." Sokov, who plagiarized the achievements of later generations of Chinese military industry personnel, was shameless.
Said: "According to my imagination, most parts can be disassembled and combined without tools, and operation and maintenance are very easy. Under special circumstances, single tubes, two tubes, four tubes or eight tubes can be used for launch."
Due to its small size, light weight and good maneuverability, in addition to being towed by jeeps or mules and horses, it can also be broken down and transported by manpower, making it very suitable for our army's combat needs in forests, mountains, lakes and swamp areas."
Although Sokov spoke in a dazzling way, Yakov looked nonchalant. After Sokov finished speaking, he asked: "Misha, can I ask why you like rocket launchers? You know this
The accuracy of this weapon is not very good, is it?"
"Yes, you are right." Sokov nodded and said, "According to my experience on the battlefield, although rockets have poor accuracy, they have powerful firepower that artillery cannot match. The rockets hit the target at once.
The firepower is equivalent to eight to ten times the number of artillery units, making it a very excellent suppressive and anti-personnel artillery."
Yakov stared at the drawing for a while, and then asked: "Since you designed it, why didn't you mark the dimensions of each component?"
"According to my idea, the total weight of this kind of rocket launcher should be light, and it should also have the characteristics of rapid disassembly and assembly. The weight of a single component after disassembly should not exceed 30 kilograms." Sokov asked for the notebook again, while writing on the paper
Fill in the dimensions while reciting a rhyme: "In order to meet the requirements of people's backs, the decomposed parts have the following characteristics in terms of structural dimensions: no more than the neck (for lifting the head), no more than the hips (for stepping), and no wider than the shoulders (for passing by)
), the center of gravity is close to the body (to prevent twisting of the waist).”
When Yakov took the notebook again, the expression on his face became solemn. After carefully checking the rocket launcher data, he looked up at Sokov and asked: "This new rocket launcher can use our existing rocket launchers."
Rockets?”
"No." Sokov shook his head and said: "According to my idea, in order to ensure the stable flight of this rocket, the turbine rotation method should be used. The center line of the rocket is deflected at a small angle. After the rocket is ignited, the gas side
Push the rocket forward and at the same time push the rocket to rotate like an ordinary rifled gun shell, thereby ensuring the stability of the rocket in flight."
After listening to this, Yakov chuckled and said: "Misha, the rocket launcher you designed seems quite complicated. Even if we set up a special research and development team, we wouldn't be able to produce it in just a few months."
."
"Yakov, just produce it within half a year." Sokov was afraid that Yakov would directly reject his request, so he quickly added: "I just said, according to my design concept, under special circumstances
You can also use a single tube, two tubes, four tubes or eight tubes to launch. If necessary, you can even put it directly on the ground without a launching device. After aiming, you can launch with a few ordinary batteries and two ordinary iron wires or wires.
."
"Misha, you are getting more and more mysterious as you talk." If the person sitting across from him had not been his childhood playmate and his friend who had saved his life not long ago, Yakov would have walked away long ago. How could he be so good?
Xianxin chatted with him: "There are no rockets that can be launched directly without a launching device. Anyway, I have never heard of them."
"If you haven't heard of it, it doesn't mean you don't have it." Sokov struck while the iron was hot and said: "Yakov, think about it, if our army has such a rocket launcher, and wants to attack the German airport or logistics warehouse, it only needs to be at a distance from the target.
Just fire rockets one or two kilometers away. By the time the enemy's search troops arrive, our sneak attack troops will have already moved. In this way, we can inflict great damage to the Germans with minimal casualties.
casualties."
"Okay, Misha." Yakov was moved by Sokov's words. He nodded and said: "I will give your design to Comrade Ustinov, the People's Commissar, and let him see
Are you willing to adopt it?"
"Yakov, then I'll leave it to you." Seeing that Yakov agreed to help him, Sokov said gratefully: "Maybe in the future, this new rocket launcher will allow you and me to be loaded into the rocket launcher."