Chapter 509 Doomsday Weapons
Chapter 509 Doomsday Weapons
Southern Anhui, Huizhou, She County, Ningtai Township, Shangfeng Village.
This is part of the Huangshan Scenic Area and has a magical name called Huaguo Mountain.
There are no magical monkeys in this Flower-Fruit Mountain, but there are quite a few in the mountains and forests. It is still an undeveloped scenic area.
A company of Huai Army suddenly arrived, blocked Huaguo Mountain, and announced that they would conduct an exercise.
These soldiers were all engineers. They kindly persuaded the villagers to go outside the barren mountain, dug thick shelters for themselves to hide in, and even temporarily pulled over telephone lines.
Originally, no one went to the barren mountain, but now more people were interested and looked at the barren mountain from afar. Could there be a fugitive there? We can all help catch him.
As a result, the soldiers lay in ambush for a long time, and there was no movement until it was dark.
The common people’s curiosity finally wore off, and they were about to go back to sleep when suddenly someone jumped up and asked, “What is that?”
Under the moonlight, a long cigar-shaped UFO with a flame on its tail flew over from the northeast.
This was probably the first time that the people of She County saw a "UFO". There was no little blue man sitting inside it. When it landed on a barren mountain, it immediately caused an earth-shattering explosion, the effect of a ton of TNT...
What a big shell! The crowd was satisfied. The Huai Army had such a big shell. Wouldn't it be invincible? Well, how about our Huai Army also be invincible?
The spectators don’t know that this thing is not called a cannonball, but a missile, the first ballistic missile…
The engineers immediately jumped out of the bunker and ran to the explosion point to measure it. Twenty minutes later, the company commander picked up the field phone and said, "Report! The impact point is 300 meters away from the target point. The explosion is normal."
Then, the company commander, still holding the phone in his hand, suddenly stood at attention, trembling with surprise, as he heard Marshal Shao’s personal praise and encouragement.
Three hundred and twenty kilometers away at the Hailing Good Fruit Company's testing field, Shao Quanzhong put down the phone, nodded with satisfaction, then immediately shook his head and sighed.
"I've never seen this thing before. It's over. My ability to calculate with my fingers is completely ruined. Who designed this? I want a big reward!"
Ren Jun pointed at Xu Shou and said, "This thing is from the Hailing Arsenal. Brother Shao, do you want to sell it? We can definitely sell it for a high price. We will make a lot of money. The technical content is too high and others can't imitate it even if they want to."
Shao Quanzhong smiled and said, "No, I can't sell this. This is our specialty. I won't sell it no matter how much money you pay."
"But - Liu Niang, arrange for someone to deliver the missiles to Waldersee for free as quickly as possible. Remember to keep it secret, and don't even let Evan pass through it."
Ren Jun was stunned. "Brother Shao, you are so kind to Germany."
"Of course, I'm a big German fan."
"Your Majesty, it's useless. Germany can't copy it."
The one who called "Your Majesty" was Xu Shou. He was more traditional and didn't like to call "Marshal".
Shao Quanzhong was a little skeptical. "Is there anything that Germany can't imitate? Are you, the chief designer, so confident?"
Xu Shou waved his hands repeatedly, "I was just a leader, and I also participated in the design of the chemical fuel part, such as finding the best method for making hydrogen peroxide. The real chief designer of this thing is that young man Tan Yaoxun."
"This missile looks similar to Katyusha, but it is actually completely different. The difference is huge. It borrows the idea of Katyusha, but it is not propelled by gunpowder, but by an engine."
"As soon as the project was launched, Xiao Tan and I realized that in order for the missile to be able to hit far and accurately, it would require a lot of high-tech ingredients to be added."
"For this purpose, I mobilized all the scientists in Xiaoxiangya to help and give advice. The liquid fuel oxygen and engine coolant liquid nitrogen here are made by the Scottish academician Dewar using his specially designed Dewar flask."
"The inertial guidance gyroscope was proposed by French scientist Foucault in 1850, but it took more than a dozen physicists to work together to put it into practice."
"Xiao Tan designed its aerodynamic shape and decided to use liquid oxygen and alcohol as fuel. But the one who perfected the shape was Ernst Mach, an expert from the Austro-Hungarian Empire who assisted us. The speed of this missile is 4.5 Mach, and the method of measuring speed was proposed by Mach."
"In short, although the pre-production technology for this missile is already available, it is only because Xiaoxiangya has gathered more than half of the world's outstanding scientists that it would be impossible to integrate and design it." "If you send the missile to the Germans, they will take it apart and have no idea how the fuel is made."
Shao Quanzhong didn't care. "Then give the secret of making fuel to Waldersee as well."
Ren Jun was a little reluctant, "Brother Shao, this is also a great weapon of a great country."
Shao Quanzhong chuckled, "The great power's most powerful weapon must be used when necessary. Let me tell you, Ren Jun, if the madman only has a stick in his hand, he will be arrested by the brigade. If he has a missile, he will really go crazy."
"If there were no crazy people in this world, where would I go to be a yellow bird? Hong Kong is still in the hands of the British. We have been friendly for so many years. Do I have the nerve to fight against the British big brother?"
Ren Junxue shrugged, "What a pity! We invested millions of silver to make this thing, but we can't make a penny."
Xu Shou tilted his head and thought for a while, "It's still possible to make some money. For example, the Dewar flask designed by Dewar to make liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen was taken by Wen's company and changed into a thermos. It's expected to sell well."
Shao Quanzhong slapped his forehead and said, "So this is how the thermos came about. I used to use it every day and thought it was a very simple design."
"In fact, this design is the second version, which we call the V2 missile, and it still has major flaws."
"The missile's range is now 320 kilometers, and its hit range is 8 kilometers, which is still quite inaccurate. To attack enemy cities, we can only bomb them randomly or cover them like Katyusha did. This is the conclusion we drew from the previous tests into the sea. The 300-meter difference in the land-based test this time was just luck."
"Tesla is designing a radio terminal navigation system. When the time comes, we will send spies to build a transmission tower close to the target, so that the accuracy can be controlled within 1 kilometer. Should we wait until the design is completed before sending it to the Germans?"
Shao Quanzhong touched his chin and said, "It's nice of us to give them this one, but we'll keep the radio-guided one for ourselves."
"I need the Germans to cause trouble, but I don't need them to bomb so accurately..."
"By the way, don't test-fire in Hailing again. If it goes off target, wouldn't it kill civilians? The production and testing of the V2 missiles are handed over to the Lanzhou Arms Company. There are many barren mountains over there, so we can bomb them at will."
Shao Quanzhong didn't understand missile design, but he understood its application. "I think this thing, no matter how advanced it is, is about the same as the Hale rocket. It's useless without it."
"After the design is finalized, make as many as you can. Make tens of thousands of them. If you can't hit me, I'll cover the area with fire and destroy a city at a time. Let's see who dares to mess with us again."
The Marshal is really ruthless. Xu Shou imagined the scenario of tens of thousands of tons of TNT covering a city at once. Well, it's definitely a doomsday weapon.
……
The next day, Shao Quanzhong held a commendation meeting at Xiaoxiangya, and all scientists involved in the "V2 Project" were rewarded.
Because Xu Shou presided over both the gas turbine and V2 projects, he was awarded the seventh-class Jiahe Medal - this was progressive from the ninth class. As long as Xu Shou lived long enough and presided over enough projects, he would get the first-class medal sooner or later.
Dr. Tan Yaoxun, who designed the Katyusha and V2 missiles and was awarded the eighth-class Jiahe Medal, quietly approached Shao Quanzhong after winning the award. "Marshal, I have an idea that is very tempting and will make our technology far ahead, but it requires a large investment."
Shao Quanzhong chuckled, "Little guy, have you ever seen such a big sum of money? I just invested 20 million taels of silver in the electromagnetics project team. Just tell me, if it really works, I won't mind that little bit of money."
Tan Yaoxun's eyes were filled with madness. "Our V2 can already rise to an altitude of 9 meters and can fire at a range of 7 kilometers. It is not too difficult to increase the range and altitude, so I have further ambitions."
Tan Yaoxun suddenly became hesitant. "My plan is divided into three steps, and it requires the cooperation of all scientists that can be mobilized in Xiaoxiang Cliff and even Daxia. The first step should be successful within a few years. I made a preliminary estimate and it will cost about 30 million taels of silver."
"The second step may take twenty years and may cost more than 300 million taels of silver."
"The third step, I will spend the rest of my life to complete, or it will need to be passed on to the next generation, and it will require all our national strength."
I call these three steps the "Feitian Plan", the "Wanhu Plan" and the "Chang'e Plan"...
(End of this chapter)