When he found out that there was a chrome-plating process in the barrel, Lao Yang naturally wanted to use this process on his anti-aircraft gun. After he told the request to the personnel in charge of production and R&D at Huangyadong Arsenal, the other party immediately supported him. This moved him very much, and working here is indeed the most comfortable. In the Fengtian Arsenal, they worked under the strict supervision of the little devil. If you're unlucky, you might even get whipped by the little devil. Here they experienced the feeling of being truly in charge of their own affairs. No matter what requirements they have, they will try their best to meet them here. At the same time, what moved him even more was that the food provided to them was also of the highest standard, and the wages paid were all in full. When they saw the food eaten by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who provided them with security tasks, their hearts were moved.
Amid this emotion, they worked day and night to finally produce this antiaircraft gun.
And they are very confident that the quality of this antiaircraft gun must be higher than that produced by Fengtian Arsenal.
"Since it has been manufactured, let's try the cannon." Qin Baoshan said.
Hearing Qin Baoshan's words, Lao Yang was a little embarrassed again: "Director Qin, if we want to test fire a fixed target, then there must be no problem. But we are antiaircraft artillery, if we want to test fire antiaircraft artillery Test firing, we lack targets."
All large-scale military factories, in order to test the quality of the products they produce, of course have special targets. Ordinary weapons only need to have a target on the ground. But this kind of weaponry for shooting down aircraft requires special targets that fly in the air. Naturally, this is not a problem in developed countries, as long as a plane takes off and a target is dragged behind, it will be fine. Of course, this is also very dangerous for the aircraft. If there is a problem with the aiming, it may hit the target aircraft in front. But this risk is worth taking, and countries have always done so.
But now it's different here. The Eighth Route Army lacks everything here. Even if the Eighth Route Army really had planes, it would never dare to take such a risk. In the unlikely event of an accident, valuable aircraft and pilots will be lost.
Qin Baoshan nodded: "Yes, high-level shooting is not good, well, let's conduct a ground test first."
This weapon. It has always been used for both high and flat purposes. It can be used to shoot aircraft when it is propped up, and it can be used to fight tanks when it is set flat. The 20 mm caliber has stronger armor-piercing ability. If the little devil's tanks come up, they will definitely be blown up.
Hearing Qin Baoshan's arrangement, other personnel rushed to prepare. Soon, the anti-aircraft gun was pushed to the shooting range, and a special target was set up in front of the shooting range.
Although this gun was very successful, the supporting shells also took a lot of effort. Guns of this caliber use a wide variety of shells. There are mainly two kinds of them, one is explosive, that is, grenade. Another type that cannot explode is mainly used to penetrate enemy armor, that is, armor-piercing projectiles. The grenade needs a special fuze to detonate, and the armor-piercing projectile needs a hard alloy core.
Due to the lack of special alloy materials, the armor-piercing projectiles used by this anti-aircraft gun are mainly made of high-carbon steel from the lower hook iron field. It may be okay in strength, but it is relatively brittle. Therefore, in the process of armor piercing, there may be broken situations. The grenade is a problem with the fuze, and it may not necessarily explode when hit. So it's also possible to just test its shooting for now.
Seeing that the anti-aircraft gun was placed properly, Qin Baoshan sat in the shooting position without hesitation, aimed skillfully at the target in front, and then pressed the firing switch.
"Tom tom tom!" The cannon sounded. The 20mm caliber cannon was really loud enough to make ears buzz. At the same time, the recoil was so strong that Qin Baoshan's entire body was constantly shaking with the recoil of the cannon. Flames burst out from the muzzle, and shells flew forward one after another. Then it slammed into the target in front of it with a bang.
That's no ordinary target, it's a steel plate. After the cannon sounded, three shells had already been fired. Qin Baoshan was not willing to continue to consume the precious shells. He got down from the gun position and waved to the people around him: "Come on, let's go and have a look."
Three shells, two of which are armor-piercing shells. Only one was a grenade. After a few people passed by, they clearly saw that there were two big holes left in the steel plate, and they immediately smiled.
"We were afraid that our high-carbon steel used as the core of the armor-piercing projectile was unqualified. Unexpectedly, the armor-piercing ability is also good! This is a 20mm thick steel plate, and it was shot through at a distance of 1,000 meters. , if the distance is 100 meters, it will definitely be able to shoot through a 50mm thick steel plate. This kind of penetration ability is really terrifying!" Lao Yang said.
He is still afraidThe core strength of the armor-piercing projectile is not strong enough. Unexpectedly, it is so easy to use. The propellant loaded in the projectile here is also of good quality.
Arrived on the battlefield. If you encounter enemy fortifications, don't worry about anything, just shoot at them. Even if the opponent has piled up five layers of sandbags, they can still penetrate them!
As for the grenade, although it did not smash through the steel plate, it still left a bulge on the steel plate, which was blackened by smoke. It seems that the power of the explosion is not small.
"That's right! Machine guns of this caliber have quite ferocious firepower. After we produce them here, they can be equipped with our main force. In the future, when they face little devils, they will also have stronger firepower to deal with them." Qin Baoshan also expressed satisfaction at the side.
Qin Baoshan said so. Lao Yang was very happy. But soon his face was a little lonely again: "It's a pity! It would be great if we could shoot in the air."
After all, this is an anti-aircraft gun, so he really wants to show the excellent performance of this anti-aircraft gun by shooting in the air.
Hearing Lao Yang's words, Qin Baoshan pondered for a while. It is definitely impossible to transfer a plane from Yan'an. As for paragliders, that doesn't work either. Because the flying speed of the gliding parachute is too slow, there is no way to compare it with the plane, and it is more dangerous. Qin Baoshan can't take this kind of risk.
So if you want to test the air-to-air shooting capability of this anti-aircraft gun, you have to ask someone to help. Looking at the somewhat disappointed Lao Yang, Qin Baoshan said: "Don't worry, we will find a suitable target soon, and now send our anti-aircraft artillery to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to surprise them, the big guys continue to produce .After the next batch of products are produced, our target may be found." (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com