Iron Cross Fire

After finishing his work, Kuster returned to the blacksmith shop, dug up the pit where the sword was buried before, and gave it to the old blacksmith to have a look.

The blacksmith touched the knife on the stone and made a low muffled sound.

"It's not hardened yet, maybe we have to wait a few days."

"How do you know?"

"After hardening, the sound of sharpening the knife is as creepy as a sword being unsheathed; yours is still far from hardening, wait!"

Kuster was surprised to hear him say this. Not only did he not feel disappointed, but he was relieved and continued to devote himself to his work.

These days, the German government often sent people to hope to abolish the patent fees for those military uniforms by compensating for the delayed scientific research funds.

Kuster naturally refused, but he couldn't resist the determination of that group of people. They came every day, from nine to nine, and there were people knocking on his door at any time.

So he set up some prank traps in his backyard, such as mines without explosives, pits behind the threshold, and buckets filled with animal urine.

Although these things are not lethal, they can put the harasser at risk of death at the social level. The doorstep of Kuster's house finally quieted down for a while.

The next day, several rockets from Franz were transported over, and Kuster immediately took them to the outskirts of Berlin for experiments.

Because he had money this time, he didn't need to dismantle the explosive device of the warhead at all, and even the Berlin police begged him to blow it up so that they could extort a maintenance fee.

The rocket was ignited, erupted, and exploded on the ground, all in one go. The result was perfect, and the orbit of the rocket was very stable, completely different from what the Germans presented to him. The explosion radius was also quite wide, and several trees around were blown down.

In order to make the conclusion more accurate and credible, he fired two rockets again, and the result was just as smooth, without any problems in the process.

With this experiment, Kuster was more certain that there was something wrong with the German side.

But he didn't know at which level the problem was. The rigor of science did not allow him to pick on it blindly, and he had to find a precise problem before criticizing it.

Of course, if he was bold, he could go to the German officials and ask them to directly import high-quality rockets produced in Austria-Hungary. The premise is that he has to be lucky.

Kuster had to do his own research. He dismantled the rocket shipped from Austria-Hungary and carefully observed the internal structure and main components.

The structure of the rocket was exactly the same as the drawing he designed a year ago. There was no flaw at all, but it was a bit ugly.

He found a German rocket and disassembled it. He found that the structure was not much different. Only a few small parts were replaced with German ones, which did not affect the use.

The only thing that could be seen with the naked eye was the engine, but there was no big problem either. Basically, Germany copied Kuster's. Many places were not modified. They just changed the label and regarded it as produced in Germany.

The rest of the problems have been ruled out, but the only possible problem should be this.

Kuster glanced at the shell of the rocket. Although he couldn't believe it, the rigor in his blood still supported him to continue his research.

He thought there might be a problem with the insulation, but to his surprise, the heat insulation board was also copied without any changes.

There may also be problems with the connection method of each part. After all, military production during World War I was very conservative. It is likely that the workers did not work hard and forgot a few holes when tightening the screws.

After a careful inspection, there was nothing wrong with the structure. After testing it, I turned it over and over horizontally and vertically, wishing to disassemble the tiny screws into a pile of fragments to observe the molecular composition inside.

However, the fact is that there is no problem with these screws. What is more surprising is that the screws produced by Austria-Hungary have a higher defect rate.

These screws have been determined to be flawless and are not the culprit for the rocket oil leak.

Kuster can only focus on the place he is least likely to believe - the steel plate.

After a look at the appearance, there is no difference between the two.

But after a deeper observation, Kuster finally found the problem.

The steel used by Austria-Hungary is very advanced. It is produced from the Bled Steel Plant in Slovenia. It is extremely high-quality "Kust Steel". It contains a lot of elements: carbon, nickel, silicon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, zinc, aluminum...

Germany may be too confident in its leading position in the field of scientific research. The steel used is very ordinary. At most, it is a rifle steel that has been strengthened a little.

What's more fatal is that in key places, especially ventilation places, most of them are made of high-carbon steel, which is very strong but fragile and will be shattered by a hammer.

As for whether the Germans will not find this, they should also reflect on it, but for foreigners like Kuster, the real problem is that there is no problem with the product of research and development.

Everything is sorted out. Kuster pulled the rocket made of this steel and went to the suburbs for experiment again.

He was wealthy and invited nearly a hundred reporters, not for anything else, but to let them see clearly what happened to the rocket during the launch on the ground.

With a rumble, Kuster, who covered his ears tightly, looked at the flying rocket calmly. This time he came with a relaxed look, but in the eyes of reporters, only the thick smoke on the battlefield could make this general so calm.

About ten seconds later, the rocket landed, the explosion range was very large, and the thick fire burned the surroundings clean.

Another Austro-Hungarian rocket was launched, and it took nearly half a minute for it to land, but it flew so far that the sparks from the explosion were almost invisible.

The journalists had advanced equipment, and dozens of cameras could record the precious whole process of rocket launch in all aspects without blind spots.

After editing, the rocket was clearly engraved on the film from the launch to the explosion on the ground, and was included in some cinemas.

This kind of oddity not only did not affect the reputation, but also became a hot seller. The reason is that this is the first time that the world military has publicly released a big killer. It's like seeing the face of a human for a long time, and suddenly seeing the face of an ancient god, it would be strange if the blood is not boiling.

As the film turned, the image on the screen became clearer and clearer:

That was the Turkish marshal standing on the high ground, and there was a thing like a wasp's nest standing next to him.

The wasp's nest was emitting flames, and a big black rat-like thing took off into the air, and the picture immediately followed the thing up.

Immediately after the picture turned, the shooting point dropped in height, and the belly of the rocket was observed from below.

Although the picture quality was very poor, it was still obvious that there was fluid dripping.

After that, the picture was rotated several times, and this scene could still be seen.

Until the end, the shooting point was almost parallel to the rocket, so that the last second before the rocket exploded could be captured.

It can be clearly seen that the tail of the rocket was broken, and the structure that reduced wind resistance was completely destroyed. The warhead was swaying and erratic until it fell, the speed increased suddenly, and the surrounding atmosphere flattened its trajectory, and then it hit the ground straight.

Kuster used this as evidence to criticize the poor German industry and the irresponsibility of the military industry and senior officials.

However, no matter which country, even the emerging empire of Germany, the senior officials there have precocious performances - shamelessness.

They are shameless and use propaganda to instigate the public to resist criticism.

A strange phenomenon appeared. Even with the ironclad video, the German people still insisted that there was no problem with the company, but criticized Kuster for finding fault.

The reporters hired by Kuster were not to be outdone, and used the media to frantically output Zaun in the newspaper.

Faced with this situation, the people seemed to be squeezed by two completely different walls.

Soon the matter was brought to the Kaiser. In just a few days, Kuster has caused two big problems. He is indeed a rare talent like the German Emperor.

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