Chapter 799: Throw a big one
Comrade Zhendong is still the best for our troops. While writing this down, the comrades of the Defense Working Committee sighed in their hearts, keeping any good things for the troops to use first.
This was the norm during the Cold War. Any advanced technology was first used for military purposes, and then selectively decentralized for civilian use. The most typical example of this is the Internet, which was born out of ARPANET.
The next morning, the leadership office of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce.
The leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce looked at the reports submitted by the comrades below and showed appreciation.
"Is this a suggestion put forward by Comrade Gao Zhendong?"
The comrades who went to the third factory for a meeting yesterday smiled and said: "Yes, this was brought up by Comrade Gao Zhendong at yesterday's meeting. We have also communicated with the comrades of the 17th Machinery Department. This is indeed the case. Now we are scheduled to The meeting will be held in two or three months.”
It is certainly impossible to inform today and have a meeting tomorrow. The speed of information, transportation, and processes is not enough. After all, it is an international matter. Whether it is us or others, we need sufficient time to prepare.
The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce walked back and forth in the office with some excitement: "Two or three months, that's enough, that's enough! The 17th Ministry of Machinery will set up a stage and we will sing the opera, okay! Okay. You have to handle this matter well, even if Even if we can’t make a single business, being able to show our construction results in front of half the world is a very significant thing!”
"We must do this well!" Just say that if there is a meeting, you must actively participate. Look, there was a small meeting yesterday. I never expected that we could bring back such an important task.
The leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Commerce have more and deeper ideas than them: "In the name of the ministry, contact the various machinery departments to see what can be exhibited. High-tech products are definitely the highlight, but some ordinary products cannot be It is so unknown. Technical advantages are not the main thing for these things, but we may also have scale advantages, price advantages, feature advantages, quality advantages, and even service advantages. This matter must be done well.”
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In May, at an airport in northwest China, a slender and bulky aircraft was quietly parked at the end of the runway.
This is a modified Tu-16 bomber. Lao Maozi imported CKD parts and assembled and improved domestically. There are very few modifications. The main thing is that it can throw nuclear bombs.
After all, the weight and size of the nuclear bomb cannot be carried by the original bomb pylon.
Six crew members are in the mission room, conducting final pre-war mobilization.
"Comrades, we have dropped full-size and full-weight simulated bombs, and I have dropped cold-explosive bombs. Now is the most critical time. The time has come for the organization and the people to test us." A comrade stood at position 6 In front of the crew, he said impassionedly.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!" The crew's voice was uniform and full of power.
Cold explosive bombs, as soon as they hear this term, knowledgeable people will know what task they are about to perform, an actual combat delivery test of nuclear bombs. Originally, we completed the actual delivery of nuclear bombs by bombers about 7 months after the success of the first nuclear device. By this time line, the speed has been accelerated a bit, to 5 months.
"In the previous two throwing tests, you have successfully completed the requirement of dropping the bomb to a range of 100 meters around the target. This time, are you confident?"
There is no doubt that when it comes to throwing big bombs, it is impossible to throw them at the real thing. Therefore, after modification and training, we first threw a simulated bomb with the same size and weight as the actual nuclear bomb, and then threw a cold explosive bomb. Bombs, nuclear weapons are different from ordinary bombs in that this thing does not fall to the ground and explode, but explodes in mid-air.
The purpose of the cold explosive bomb is to test whether the aircraft can deliver accurately and whether the weapon can detonate at a predetermined height.
It is also interesting to say that the power of nuclear bombs is far greater than that of ordinary bombs. In terms of the accuracy of horizontal bombing, ordinary bombs are already excellent if they are dropped within a range of 200 meters around the target. In terms of the power of nuclear bombs, it should be wider. That's right, 300 meters and 500 meters are not unusable, especially when facing targets like cities.
However, the requirement of the test was to throw the bomb within 100 meters of the target, and the requirements were increased.
As for the reason, it is mainly for testing.
Once the various monitoring instruments on the ground and effect objects such as vehicles, houses, weapons, and animals are placed, they cannot follow the landing point of the bomb. To achieve the best test results, the bomb must be dropped at the predetermined location. Near the landing point is the best.
"Yes!" The answer was still sonorous and forceful.
"Ding ring ring ring...", the phone rang.
There are not many people who can call this place at this time.
The comrade who was mobilizing just now walked over and picked up the phone.
After listening to a few words, he stood at attention and said "Yes!" and then played the voice of the phone.
It is the voice of a leader.
"Comrades, this time, don't feel any psychological pressure. If you can drop the bomb and detonate it normally within a certain range, it is victory. Remember, your mission is to drop the bomb. As for whether it explodes or not, that is not yours. Responsibility, do you understand? ”
The leader is here to relieve stress. He knows how to grasp the main contradiction. Whether this thing can be thrown accurately is actually not the core purpose of today's test. The core purpose is whether this thing will explode? Did it explode as expected?
The main responsibility for this problem naturally does not lie with the bomber crew, so he made it very clear that you just throw this thing in accordance with the regulations, and you don't care whether it explodes or not.
"If the bomb can be dropped within 100 meters of the target as planned, that's great. But if it's not within 100 meters, or even beyond 200 meters, it doesn't matter. At worst, the test effect will be worse. That's nothing. It’s not a big deal. But as long as there is no problem with the explosion type, the test is a complete success.” The leader’s words came through the microphone, making the crew members feel warm in their hearts.
Are you saying that the leaders at the top really don’t care whether the shots are accurate or not? That's probably not the case. But in order to relieve the pressure on their comrades, they even called directly to tell them that as long as they can explode, there is no pressure. The call was hung up, and the time was approaching the planned departure time. The six crew members grabbed their helmets, mission boards and other equipment, filed out, and walked towards the aircraft at the end of the runway.
At this time, the aircraft, power supply, air conditioning, refueling, gas supply and other ground support vehicles have all been evacuated, leaving only some necessary ground staff and security guards with live ammunition still guarding the area around the aircraft.
At this time, the time was close to 8 o'clock in the morning, but the airport was located in the northwest and was not fully open yet. Comrade forecasters from the meteorological department said that it would be a sunny and cloudless day in the target area today, which was very suitable for bomb dropping.
The crew got on the plane from various places on the belly and took their places. The captain slowly pushed the throttle, and the huge War Eagle slowly started on the runway and taxied forward.
The official takeoff order came from the tower. The captain turned the wings to the takeoff configuration, opened the throttle valve fully, and made a huge roar. In the morning light, the flames of the engine were vaguely visible. The Tu-16 bomber was carrying a A big treasure, holding its head high, soaring into the sky.
Tens of minutes later, the plane flew over the target area. At this time, the sky was already bright. At an altitude of about 10 kilometers, various effects were vaguely visible on the yellow-brown ground. The most obvious one was the one with a diameter of 200 meters. The white circles are painted with lime and look very earthy.
The captain picked up the microphone: "Get ready to enter for the first time!"
"Understood!"
"Understood!"
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Comrades from all fighting positions responded one after another, the most important of which was undoubtedly the bombardier position.
The captain controlled the aircraft and entered for the first time. In order to ensure the bombing effect, the crew used a three-entry bombing method. The first time they entered was to search for the target and roughly aim, while the bombardier grasped the relative position between the aircraft and the bullseye. The rules of movement strive to maximize the accuracy of bomb delivery.
The bombardier pressed his eyes firmly on the eyepiece of the bombsight, observing the target, and the aircraft slowly flew over the bullseye.
"How is the situation?" the captain asked the bombardier after the first entry of the aircraft was completed.
"Everything is normal!" The bombardier was very confident.
"Prepare for the second entry!" The aircraft drew a circle in the air and re-entered the target area from the position where it last entered the target area.
"Second entry to normal!" the bombardier reported again.
The captain picked up the phone.
"Report, enter normal twice, apply for bomb drop."
A clear voice from the command base came from the radio: "Approval for bombing, detonation time, 10 a.m. sharp!"
"Understood!" The captain put the microphone back with a little excitement.
"The third entry, the bombardier is preparing to drop the bomb, the detonation time is 10 o'clock in the morning!"
The aircraft once again entered the target area from the previous two directions. The aircraft seemed to be flying slowly but quickly in the air. The bombardier controlled the sight and set the bombing angle.
At this time, the belly bomb bay had already been opened, and the damaged aerodynamic shape made it difficult to control the aircraft. However, in the hands of the captain, the Tu-16 was still controlled to move forward steadily.
As the plane flew, the moment the actual observation angle coincided with the bomb release angle, the bomb release circuit was connected, and a chubby big guy detached himself from the bomb hook and plunged headfirst downwards.
The time at this time pointed to around 9:59 in the morning. The detonation was at 10 o'clock. The bomb still needed to fall for a while. This was the perfect time to drop the bomb.
Almost at the same time, the bombardier saw the falling little fat man in the sight. Looking from the sight, the little fat man was at the middle cross line of the sight, and at the same time, he was pressed firmly against the target area, without any trace of it. Deviation.
After observing for a few seconds, he saw that the bomb was falling normally. The bombardier reported: "Everything is normal!"
Upon hearing this, the captain issued an order to all combat positions: "Pull up the hood!"
At the same time, the captain turned the engine to maximum, and the huge Tu-16 flew forward at the fastest speed.
(End of chapter)