Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Chapter 671 Success, we succeeded!

"It's mainly because this is our first test, so we're being conservative and trying to verify the missile's design, so we've shortened the range. Also, solid fuel is somewhat difficult to manufacture, so if we want to increase the range, we need to increase the amount of fuel. But adding more fuel doubles the risk, so..."

Li Yunlong understood Korolev's intentions. This was the first test, so he erred on the side of conservative. Furthermore, a range of 1 kilometers was already ahead of its time. Even after the V's improvements, its range was only a little over kilometers. During its first test launch, it only reached a little over kilometers, even inferior to the missile developed by Heiyunshan.

Moreover, this missile uses solid fuel, which has more development prospects than liquid fuel.

"Are you ready?"

"It's ready."

Jia Ji was a little excited. He had participated in the entire process, from the initial rocket launcher to the 107 rocket and now the Experimental No. missile. He had already gradually turned some of the things in the notebook that Li Yunlong had given him from drawings into real objects.

Jia Ji believed that as long as he could manufacture all the weapons drawn by the commander, the country would surely rise and no longer suffer from invasion.

"Get ready for the experiment!"

"Commander, please follow me. It's still a bit dangerous here. I'll take you to the observation post!"

Soon, Li Yunlong followed Jia Ji and others to a high observation post, about three kilometers away from the launch area. Even if the launch failed, they would not be in danger.

The observation post is equipped with more than 20 periscopes. A group of staff members use periscopes to observe the situation of the missiles. There are also walkie-talkies next to them to facilitate their communication with the front.

"This is Experiment One, this is Experiment One, Command Center, the Experiment One missile is ready and can be launched at any time!"

"The command center received it!"

Jia Ji handed the walkie-talkie to Li Yunlong: "Commander, you give the order!"

Li Yunlong took a deep breath, calmed his excitement, and slowly said: "I am Li Yunlong, the test launch of Experiment No. 1 missile has begun!"

"Experiment One received!"

"Prepare for launch! Experimenters evacuate the site!"

At the launch site three kilometers away, the staff responsible for pre-launch preparations completed the final preparations and began to evacuate the launch site.

In the center of the valley, on a launch pad about ten meters long, the Experiment No. 1 missile, painted entirely black, lay quietly on the launch pad. The pitch-black warhead was aimed at the distant sky at a forty-five-degree angle, like a sword ready to pierce the sky at any time.

"The experimenters have left!"

"Ignition device ready!"

"Countdown to launch!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"emission!"

As the operator pressed the launch button, the ignition device was energized, and flames burst out from the tail of the Experiment No. 1 missile. With a loud noise, the missile took off from the ground and pierced straight into the sky.

Li Yunlong watched the Experiment No. 1 missile piercing into the sky with a telescope, and he was shaking with excitement.

Excited. No words can describe Li Yunlong's current mood except excitement.

"We made it!"

After seeing the missile flying out, Jia Ji excitedly took off his hat and rushed out of the observation post.

Jia Xiaohou, who was standing beside him, saw this and grabbed his son, saying, "Don't get excited yet. Wait for the news!"

At this time, Jia Ji quickly calmed down, nodded and said, "Okay!"

The rest of the staff also suppressed their excitement and continued to report the situation.

"The flight attitude is stable!"

"No abnormalities found!"

"Contact the observation post immediately and have them report any missile traces they find!"

"Roger that!"

Considerable preparation was made for this experiment, including the placement of observation posts every five kilometers to monitor the missile's flight trajectory and attitude. Numerous observation posts were also deployed within a ten-kilometer radius of the projected impact point to ensure firsthand information.

"Did we hit the target?" Li Yunlong asked Korolev beside him anxiously just one minute after the shot was fired.

Li Yunlong grabbed Korolev's arm. He glanced at the excited Li Yunlong and said, "General Li, I know you're very excited, but don't get excited. Our missiles fly at about Mach 5. It may take about seven minutes to fly 200 kilometers away!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong patted his head and said, "Yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot, it's only Mach 5, not Mach 10!"

When Korolev heard Li Yunlong say Mach 10 or more, his eyes widened: "General Li Yunlong, Mach 10 or more? That's too exaggerated. I think it's impossible!"

"Korolev, believe me, in the future you will definitely be able to invent a missile that can fly at speeds of over ten Mach. Believe me!"

Korolev looked at Li Yunlong with a confident look on his face, and didn't understand why Li Yunlong was so sure that he could do it, and he didn't even believe in himself.

"Observation Post No. 1 and No. 2 reporting in: A missile passed over them, and everything appears normal!"

"Received, notify the follow-up observation posts and prepare for observation!"

"Roger that!"

"..."

"Observation Post No. 5 reporting, the missiles are all functioning normally!"

"..."

"Observation Post No. 8 reports: The missile's flight attitude has adjusted and it has begun to descend. Everything else is normal!"

"..."

"Observation Post No. 9 reporting, missile flight posture..."

"..."

A few minutes later, the observation post continued to send telegrams back to the headquarters. Li Yunlong stood aside and listened to the staff loudly report the progress. After hearing that everything was normal, Li Yunlong waved his fist vigorously.

After the report from Observation Post No. 9 was completed, Li Yunlong waited for half a minute, but still received no follow-up news. He immediately asked:

"What about Observation Post No. 10? What's the news about Observation Post No. 10?"

"Ah? Commander, no news yet!"

"Hurry me up immediately and ask about the situation!"

"Yes!"

The communicator quickly prepared to contact Observation Post No. 10.

At this moment, a communicator stood up excitedly: "Report, Observation Post No. 10 reporting, the missile was successful, successfully hit the target area!"

"Report, Observation Post No. 1, the missile has successfully hit the target area!"

"Report, No. 2 landing point observation post reporting, the missile has successfully hit the target area!"

"Report……"

Good news continued to flow into the command center.

Jia Ji glanced at his father at this time: "Dad, we can celebrate now..."

Before he could even utter the word "me", Jia Xiaohou suddenly jumped up and shouted, "We succeeded, we succeeded, we succeeded, hahahaha, we succeeded, we succeeded!"

As Jia Xiaohou spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Son, we succeeded, we succeeded, our artillery can now fire 200 kilometers, we succeeded!"

Jia Xiaohou suddenly hugged Jia Ji and roared excitedly.

Chapter 672 Offering an Olive Branch

"We succeeded, we succeeded, Commander, we succeeded!"

"Woooooooo..."

"..."

Cheers, cries, and roars rang out in the command center. These people were all involved in the research of the first experimental missile.

Before they participated in missile research, many of them didn't even know what a missile was.

They only knew that this was something more powerful and had a longer range than the 107 rocket. When they learned that the missile's range was more than kilometers, everyone thought it was impossible.

But as the work officially started, everyone put these "impossibilities" in their hearts and began to study hard.

We followed the experts around us to learn various kinds of knowledge, including materials science, physics, aerodynamics... Everyone studied day and night, and after nearly a year of hard work, we finally succeeded.

One year may sound short, but it was based on the rough design drawings that Li Yunlong had, Korolev's certain experience, a team of hundreds of people working together on the research, and thousands of workers working together to rush the project.

Many people have other jobs, so in order not to slow down their progress, they study until one or two in the morning and get up at five or six the next morning.

In the crowd, Korolev had a wry smile on his face and looked at those who were celebrating with a confused look in his eyes.

Li Yunlong keenly noticed Korolev's strange behavior and walked over to him: "Missing Mao Xiong?"

Korolev nodded and said, "I hope to see the successful missile test of the Russian bear one day."

"Don't worry, as long as the Russians are willing to buy this technology, I will sell it to them and will never impose any technological blockade!"

The first generation of missiles did not have too many technical difficulties. The main issues were aerodynamic design and engine design. Although the Russians have not mastered these technologies yet, they are relatively easy to overcome. Not to mention that the Russians later invaded Germany and seized a large amount of information. It was not difficult for the Russians to manufacture them.

Therefore, Li Yunlong would not hide this technology. He planned to sell it at a high price before the Russians figured it out, and then invest the funds in the research and development of long-range ballistic missiles with higher technical difficulty.

This also applies to the Americans. After Li Yunlong develops his missile, he will definitely put it into actual combat. Then he will let the Americans know about it and sell the technology to them, making a fortune.

This kind of operation is actually the most commonly used routine by European and American capital in later generations. For example, a rumor that was widely circulated in later generations was that Merck gave up hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue and transferred the technology of hepatitis B vaccine to us at a low price, so that we can have hepatitis B vaccine available.

In fact, China had already mastered the technology of hepatitis B vaccine at that time and was able to produce it independently, but it was not yet possible to produce it on a large scale. Merck transferred the patent for US$6 million before China could carry out large-scale production.

The routine is the same as Li Yunlong's current one. Take advantage of the fact that the Americans and the Russians do not have missile technology and sell this missile technology at a good price. Otherwise, once the Americans and the Russians have mastered it, it will not be able to be sold at a good price.

After hearing what Li Yunlong said, Korolev showed a wry smile on his face. Korolev made great contributions to the successful development of the missile. He was a Russian, but the Russians had to spend money to buy this technology.

After comforting Korolev, Li Yunlong looked at Principal Mei and the others and asked, "Professors, are you interested in going to the scene to take a look?"

"it is good!"

"go!"