Arc of Gunfire

After driving away Duke Rorschach, Wang Zhong met several groups of guests one after another, all passers-by whom he had no impression of.

Well, he's not such a passer-by. After all, the lowest rank is baron. Most of the barons in Ante these days are either dead or in the prisoner-of-war camp of Prosen. Barons cannot really be considered passers-by.

But Wang Zhong had no interest in this group of people at all, so he just finished the job casually.

When he finally had no guests to see, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. He hurried back to the delivery room - which was probably converted into a nursery now.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Olga sitting beside Lyudmila's bed, whispering something unknown.

Wang Zhong was confused: "When did you become such good sisters?"

"On the seventh day after you left for the expedition?" Olga looked at the ceiling and tried to remember.

"The sixth day," Lyudmila said.

Olga slapped her thigh: "Yes, on the sixth day, that day I thought to myself that my brother had gone to the front line, and I should take good care of my pregnant sister-in-law. Moreover, the palace manager said that as the due date approaches, mothers will have greater mood swings, so I came here. ”

Lyudmila smiled and said: "Actually, we had a lot of fun chatting at the tea party before, didn't we?"

Olga: "Yes!"

Wang Zhong: "Since you two sisters have such a good relationship, I will go and attend to official duties..."

Olga's face immediately changed: "Your son has just been born, and you are busy with official duties?"

Before Wang Zhong could speak, Lyudmila said: "He was able to come back to see his son born only because of the help of Chief of Staff Pavlov. The war is still going on. If you insist, this is not a suitable time to have a child. It was all caused by the passion of that day.”

Wang Zhong: "I think that giving birth to a new life at this time represents confidence in the future. With my current reputation, if I fail to defeat Prosen in the future, what kind of hell will be waiting for this child? ah."

Olga was overjoyed: "Okay, let's follow this caliber for publicity! Alyosha, you are so smart."

Lyudmila also smiled: "If you think about it carefully, it is indeed the case."

"Then, I'm leaving." Wang Zhong waved his hand and turned to leave, but immediately turned back to the baby's basket and glanced at the sleeping child who had made enough noise.

Lyudmila: "Okay, go, dad, go save the world."

Wang Zhong also smiled and left the nursery with a full sense of responsibility and happiness.

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After a while, Wang Zhong pushed the door open and entered the study room. At a glance, he saw a pile of documents on the table.

Wang Zhong: "As expected, I sent it here. Aunt Gabriel really won't let me idle for a day."

He sat down at the table and flipped through the first document.

At this time, Nelly opened the side door of the study and came in with a trolley filled with late night snacks.

Wang Zhong didn't even look up, and said while reading the document: "You are so tired today, so there is no need to prepare a midnight snack."

Nellie: "I'm not very busy today. Mainly the midwives and other maids are working."

Wang Zhong: "I've seen it all, the way you were running up and down the corridor holding things. I saw that the top of the maid's uniform was soaked with sweat, and there were large dark stains on the apron - it must have been sweat. ”

Nellie frowned: "When your son was born, did you see the maid's maid uniform soaked with sweat?"

"I'm concerned about you." Wang Zhong stopped reading the document, looked up at Nellie, and said seriously, "You are also my family."

Nelly stared at Wang Zhong for a second, then opened the lid of the cart and began to introduce today's late-night snack: "Tonight there are waffles, yogurt, and pickled cucumbers."

Wang Zhong: “Isn’t today a day to eat fish?”

"It's almost past midnight. I don't think His Majesty the Patriarch will mind." Neli said, picking up the plate with waffles, cheese and cucumbers, placing it on the edge of Wang Zhong's desk, then folding it back and pouring it over. A cup of coffee, placed within easy reach of him.

Wang Zhong directly picked up the coffee and took a sip: "Hey, is it so sweet this time?"

Nellie: "I saw a doctor and said that sugar can activate the mind."

"Why does it sound like you are teasing me for my low IQ?" Wang Zhong joked.

Nelly: "If you really think so, you should really add more sugar."

Wang Zhong laughed loudly, wrote his name on the back of the document he had read, then picked up the seal and pressed it hard on the ink pad, then lifted it up and knocked it hard on the signature.

He put the signed document aside and opened the next one. His brows immediately knitted into knots and he muttered, "What the hell? It's impossible to achieve such an outrageous target!"

As he spoke, he began to write furiously on the side of the document, and the revision comments became longer and longer.

Nelly watched for a while, then turned around and opened the window wider to let the night breeze blow into the room. Then she took a fan and fanned it gently next to Wang Zhong.

The rest of August 10th, and the first two hours of August 11th, passed like this.

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On August 13, the fifth design plan review meeting of the Equipment Review Committee was held.

Although there was still a three-day-old son at home, Wang Zhong still came to attend the meeting.

He had to come. For the sake of the lives of the frontline soldiers, he had to put those rubbish designs full of designers' selfish desires to death in the drawing stage.

However, the things this time were unexpectedly normal. There were eight out of a total of 10 designs that made Wang Zhong think they could be produced and given a try.

After reviewing the ninth design case, Wang Zhong raised his hand: "Let the next one come in later, let's drink water first."

"Yes, General." The clerk opened the door and went out.

Wang Zhong turned to ask the Air Force representative next to him: "Do you feel that the design plan this time is much more reasonable? There is no such thing as unrealistic and unreasonable?"

The Air Force representative stared at Wang Zhong for a few seconds and said, "Probably the designers don't want to be dragged into the factory to work as ordinary technicians. Everyone is aware of the matter of the former Ordnance Director's son-in-law."

The representative of the Navy next to him interjected: "It may be that everyone has figured out your preferences, or it may be that the design specifications you have approved are more reasonable."

Wang Zhong: "So you all think it has something to do with me?"

The others all had the same expression, looking at Wang Zhong without saying a word. That look sums it up: "Don't you know?"

Wang Zhong shook his head and patted the bell on the table, then the guard who had just left came in again: "General?"

"Let the designer of the last design project come in."

"yes."

A moment later, Ke Jing, the designer of the vortex, came in with his head held high, followed by an assistant holding a drawing.

The assistant came in and immediately posted the drawings on the blackboard in the room.

Wang Zhong: "Kejing Dawalixi, you are more impressive this time than last time. I still prefer the chief engineer who takes the drawings by himself."

Ke Jing: "Huh? Oh! Go quickly, walk quickly..."

Ke Jing turned around and kicked the assistant out, unfolded the drawing himself, and fixed the four corners with magnets.

Wang Zhong carefully observed the three views on the drawing and asked, "Does it look like an improved version of the vortex?"

Ke Jing nodded: "You are right. I saw the design specifications of the urban combat assault gun released by the committee, and immediately modified a plan based on the vortex.

"The advantage of this solution is that it is easy to manufacture. Basically, the current production line of Eddy Current can be modified to start mass production. It is based on Eddy Current, with enhanced side armor to face the complex environment of street fighting.

"The mobility performance in the design requirements is easily met, and as long as the weight gain is controlled, reliability will not be a big problem. It can ensure that the assault gun can drive from the frontline train station to the battle location on its own."

Wang Zhong raised his hand: "Wait a minute, its side armor has been strengthened?"

Ke Jing: "Yes, we have increased the side armor to 80 mm, which can resist the attack of Prosen's light anti-tank firepower. Such as PAK38 or various 20 mm machine guns.

"Of course, the defense capabilities against PAK40 and 88 guns are worrying, but we believe that defending against these heavy firepower will inevitably greatly reduce reliability, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Wang Zhong nodded: "Okay, these heavy firepower are not easy to move in the city, infantry can handle them. What about firepower? I don't remember that we have rocket launchers that meet the requirements."

"We don't have it. But you also know that rocket launchers don't have high requirements for launchers. The Katyusha rocket launcher is just a series of tracks. Our Guards Rocket Launcher Brigade also invented the idea of ​​temporarily digging out rocket launchers The soil method is launched into the trench.

"So the key is to develop rockets with a caliber of 380 mm or even a caliber of 400 mm. I think this is not difficult, after all, the required range is only 500 meters. Considering that the practical scenario is street fighting, it is estimated that a range of 200 meters will be enough."

Wang Zhong nodded: "You are right."

On Earth, Santoku has developed a series of large-caliber rockets, and the launchers are very simple. For example, there is a self-propelled rocket launcher called Land Stuka. It is actually a Type 251 half-track armored vehicle with six gas tanks hanging next to it. The launching mechanism is a rectangular iron frame.

Ke Jing continued: "So for the main weapon part of this thing, we designed a 400mm launch track, which is installed outside the main armor of the fighting room. In this way, the main armor of the fighting room becomes a complete piece, and the gun mantlet is also cancelled. Therefore, the trimming of the entire vehicle is even better than that of the Eddy Current, and we believe that its off-road capabilities can even exceed that of the Eddy Current..."

Wang Zhong: "No, no, you are too limited to placing the weapon in the front of the combat room. You think, this thing is a rocket launcher, the flying speed is very slow, even if it can only hit 200 meters, it still needs to raise the firing range to hit A deflection."

Wang Zhong has used the engineering Churchill and its twin brother the engineering Centurion in "War Thunder", and was deeply impressed by the "trash can launcher" (the nickname of this main gun) that has to be raised to fire. .

He stood up, came to the drawing, and added a few strokes on the back of the drawing: "You can put the launcher on the back and determine the shooting angle by adjusting the height of the tail of the launcher. In this way, the combat room can protect the launcher from the front Destroyed by fire.”

Ke Jing's mouth opened wide: "This... looks a bit weird!"

Wang Zhong: "What's wrong with the monster? It just works. And this way you can balance it better. The frontal defense capability is also stronger."

Ke Jing: "This is true..."

Wang Zhong: "Just follow this idea. Don't worry, design the rockets first. I will go on an expedition soon to deal with some small problems. Just wait until I come back to fix it. That's it, this time The review meeting ends here!”