"Look at what you said, Comrade Captain." Regarding Yakov's statement, Kurk replied with a little embarrassment: "The superiors gave us this arduous task to our factory because of their trust in us. How could we
How can you betray this trust so easily?" After expressing his attitude, he turned his attention to Sokov again and said with a smile, "Comrade Major, please continue."
Sokov was thinking that the turbo-stabilized rocket was only invented in the 1950s. Whether it could be released in advance depends entirely on the engineer in front of him. Because of this, he tried to explain everything in his memory to him in detail.
Kurk listened: "...Turbo-stabilized rockets rely on the gyroscopic effect produced by the high-speed rotation of the projectile around the axis of the projectile to ensure flight stability. This is similar to ordinary artillery shells in flight. The difference is that the turbine-stabilized rockets make the projectile
The moment of body rotation is formed by the rocket engine gas ejecting from a nozzle that has a certain tangential angle to the projectile axis..."
Kurk did not interrupt Sokov this time, but carefully wrote down what he said in his notebook. After Sokov finished speaking, he humbly asked some detailed questions.
When Kurk asked Sokov, he knew everything and explained everything he knew. He poured all the knowledge he knew into Kurk.
When Yakov greeted Sokov back to the guest house, Sokov casually asked: "Yakov, are we waiting for the other officers?"
Unexpectedly, after Yakov heard this, he just said lightly: "They have other things, so we won't wait for them."
Sokov stood in the corridor, looking at the rooms with their doors open and the lights shining through, and said to Yakov: "Since we came together, we should leave together."
"Let's go!" Yakov put his hand on Sokov's shoulder, took him towards the stairwell, and said at the same time: "Although they are Nizhniynov brothers who came with us
Rhodes, but the tasks they need to perform are different from ours, so we better not disturb them."
Yakov's words surprised Sokov. He asked in surprise: "Yakov, do you mean that only the two of us are responsible for improving the rocket propulsion system, while those officers have other tasks?
"
"Yes, that's right." Yakov nodded and said, "Even though they and I are in the same department, they came here this time with other tasks. The specific tasks are absolutely
It’s confidential, even I don’t know.”
The two returned to the guest house and when they parted in the corridor, Sokov asked Yakov: "In addition to improving the rocket propulsion system, do we have other tasks?"
"Yes," Yakov nodded, and then said, "We will go to the machinery factory tomorrow afternoon."
"To the machine factory?" Sokov looked around, saw that he and Yakov were alone in the corridor, and asked in a low voice: "Yakov, can you tell me the purpose of going to the machine factory?"
"There is nothing to keep secret about this." Yakov shrugged and said, "Many senior commanders have reported to Comrade Ustinov that our army's light weapons on the battlefield are not as good as those of the German army, and they hope to have better weapons.
Let’s prepare our troops with rifles.” At this point, he raised his hand to look at his watch and said to Sokov, “Misha, it’s getting late, you should go back and rest early.”
Sokov returned to his room. Although the room was not big, it was filled with a lot of furniture. There was a writing desk and two chairs on one side of the window, and a single bed on the other side.
In the middle of the room, there is a round dining table covered with a light blue tablecloth.
When he thought of going to the machinery factory tomorrow to discuss the development of a new rifle with the factory director, Sokov couldn't help but have a new idea in his mind: "Maybe I can make the AK-47 debut earlier."
He came to the desk by the window and sat down, turned on the desk lamp on the table, took out a pen and paper from the briefcase he was carrying, and drew an exploded diagram of the AK-47 on it, and added various parts to it.
Below, the dimensions are marked in detail.
After lunch the next day, Yakov and Sokov took a jeep provided by the engine manufacturer and headed to a machinery factory more than ten kilometers away.
Although the machinery factory is also a national defense unit, their defensive measures are not strict. When they saw the jeep from the engine manufacturing factory approaching, the sentry on duty at the door did not even stop the vehicle for inspection, so they pulled up the guardrail and let it pass.
The driver of the jeep was an experienced driver. He was obviously very familiar with the environment here. After entering the factory gate, he drove the vehicle to the factory building in a familiar manner. After he parked the car, he turned around and sat in front of the factory building.
Sokov and Yakov in the back row said: "Two comrades, commanders, this is the headquarters building of the machinery factory. The office of the factory director Nikolayevich is on the third floor. You can go up and find out.
."
As soon as the two entered the building, a staff member came up to them and asked: "Comrade commanders, what do you want to do here?"
"We are from Moscow," Yakov said expressionlessly: "Where is your factory director?"
The staff were startled by Yakov's tone of voice and thought it was someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who came to arrest the factory director. But when they saw that both of them were wearing ordinary army uniforms, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
. He raised his hand and pointed upward, and said: "The factory director is in the conference room on the third floor, holding a weekly work meeting."
Yakov and Sokov came to the third floor again. This time they didn’t need to ask anyone, so they walked along the long corridor. According to the characteristics of the Soviet system, the end of the corridor is the conference room. This is absolutely
Can't go wrong.
Outside the two closed wooden doors, there was a young man dressed as a worker, sitting on a chair and dozing off. The footsteps of Yakov and his two men woke him up. He raised his head and looked at the man who interrupted his sleep.
The uninvited guest glanced at him, then stood up to greet him, and asked politely but vigilantly: "Two comrades, commanders, what do you do and what are you doing here?"
Yakov took out his ID, shook it at him, then put it in his pocket and said to him: "I am Captain Yakov from the Weapons and Equipment Department. We just came from Moscow. I have something important to see."
Director Nikolayevich."
Knowing that the two people were important figures from Moscow, the young man did not dare to neglect and said in a flattering tone: "Two comrades, I am the secretary to the factory director. The factory director is in a meeting and will be out in about ten minutes."
, please wait a moment." He invited the two of them to sit on a bench nearby, and then proactively poured two cups of hot tea and brought them over.
Before the two of them finished their tea, the door of the conference room opened, and a group of people in work clothes walked out, talking loudly as they walked. The male secretary quickly squeezed into the conference room against the crowd and walked toward
The director of the factory informed Yakov of their arrival.
When the people in the conference room were almost gone, a tall man with gray hair walked out of it followed by the male secretary. He came to Yakov, stretched out his hand and asked politely: "He's from Moscow."
Captain Yakov?"
"Yes, I am Yakov." Yakov nodded and asked: "Are you the factory director Nikolayevich?"
"I am Nikolayevich, and I have been waiting for your arrival." After shaking hands with Yakov, Nikolayevich stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "Please, please come to my office.
."
The group came to the factory director's office, and after the guests and hosts sat down, Nikolayevich noticed Sokov sitting next to Yakov, and asked curiously: "Captain Yakov, I wonder what this major should do?"
How to call it?"
"I am Major Sokov, the commander of the field force, not a military engineer." Before Yakov could answer, Sokov answered first: "Whatever you want to talk about, please feel free to do it. Don't pay attention to me."
Nikolayevich said to Yakov: "Comrade Captain, since we received the development task from our superiors in January, we have been working hard to design a new rifle, but unfortunately, so far, we still have not achieved any ideal results.
Achievements."
After Yakov waited for Nikolayevich to finish speaking, Ustinov, who also represented the weapons and equipment department, said some clichés to the other party, which was nothing more than asking the other party to continue working hard and develop capable equipment by a certain time.
The army's new rifle.
Sokov listened for a while, and when he saw that both of them were saying useless things, he couldn't help but interjected: "Comrade Factory Director, can I share my opinion?"
Nikolayevich saw that Sokov wanted to speak, so he stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation and said politely: "Comrade commander, if you have any ideas, just say it."
"Comrade Factory Director," Sokov said in order to make the other party accept his upcoming AK47 assault rifle, he first had to instill a new shooting concept into the other party: "I think that if new guns want to replace the existing equipment of our army, they must have
It has the characteristics of simple structure, strong and durable, few faults, low cost and huge power..."
When Nikolayevich learned that Sokov was not a military engineer, he always regarded him as a transparent person. When he heard the design concept he mentioned, his eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Comrade Major, can you
Can you be more specific?"
Sokov took out the drawing he drew last night from his pocket, handed it to Nikolayevich, and said politely: "Comrade director, this is a new type of rifle I shoot, please take a look at it.
"After that, he held it in both hands and handed it to Nikolayevich.
Nikolayevich took the drawing and only glanced at it for a few times before an expression of surprise appeared on his face. He looked up at Sokov and asked: "Comrade Major, I don't know who drew this drawing of the firearm."
?”
Sokov raised his thumb and pointed towards his nose, and said: "Far away in the horizon and close in front of you, I designed it."
As soon as Sokov's words came out, not to mention Nikolayevich was stunned, even the expression on Yakov's face was extraordinary. Yakov was secretly thinking: My God, Sokov
Not long ago, a new type of rocket launcher was designed, and the engineers were applauded after seeing it. Just a short time later, a new type of rifle was designed, which is simply incredible.
Nikolayevich looked at the simple drawings and said in surprise: "Comrade Major, I really didn't expect that you actually know how to draw mechanical drawings. You know, such detailed drawings cannot be drawn without seven or eight years of experience."
It won’t come out.”
Sokov continued minding his own business: "According to my design, this new rifle should be an automatic rifle. Compared with the rifles equipped by various countries today, the gun body is short, the range is short, and the shooting distance remains at 100%.
300 meters, which is suitable for relatively close assault operations.
...It adopts the principle of gas-operated automatic. The gas tube is located above the barrel, and the bolt is pushed by the piston, and the bolt is locked in a rotary manner."
After hearing Sokov's words, Nikolayevich's breathing became rapid. He grabbed the phone and said into the receiver: "Secretary, please notify the chief engineer to come to my place immediately."
The chief engineer's office was not far from the factory director's office. Less than a minute later, a man with round-rimmed glasses and a wrinkled face walked into the office. As soon as he entered the door, he said to Nikolayevvi
Qi said: "Comrade Factory Director, I was researching a new rifle. I just had some ideas, but you interrupted me. Is there anything urgent? Tell me quickly. After that, I have to go back to work."
Sokov couldn't help laughing when he heard that the chief engineer was so rude to the factory director. After Nikolayevich waited for the other party to finish speaking, he immediately handed over several drawings in his hand and said: "Comrade chief engineer
, take a look at this drawing of the new rifle, and then tell me what you think."
The chief engineer took the drawing and did not look at it immediately. Instead, he asked Nikolayevich: "Comrade director, I wonder who drew the drawing of this rifle?"
"This is Major Sokov." Nikolayevich pointed to Sokov who was sitting in his seat and introduced to the chief engineer: "He is a major from the field army. He not only designed this rifle, but also
I even drew the drawings myself.”
After listening to Nikolayevich's words, the chief engineer glanced at Sokov who was sitting beside him and said with an indifferent expression: "Comrade director, I think we should let a commander who is not a military engineer design the possible future plans."
It is very hasty to install a new rifle into the army." After saying that, he handed the drawing in his hand back to Nikolayevich.
Seeing the chief engineer handing back the drawing in his hand, Nikolayevich was really in a dilemma. It was neither acceptable nor unacceptable. At this moment, Sokov, who felt that he was being despised, stood up from his seat and said,
He said to the chief engineer: "Comrade chief engineer, you haven't even seen the drawings. How do you know that the rifle I designed is not suitable for use in the army?"
The chief engineer shook the drawing in his hand and said with disdain: "Comrade commander, maybe I can't compete with you in fighting; but when it comes to making weapons, you are a complete amateur. With my nearly thirty years of experience,
Judging from your experience, the weapon you designed has no merit at all. I think it would be more appropriate for you to return to the front line and command the troops to fight the Germans."