The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 415 Long-range launch of anti-tank grenades

Night falls.

Blackness spreads over the capital like a blanket.

The residents of the courtyard all went to bed early.

Those with wives hugged their wives, while those without wives slept alone.

Nanyi's house was very lively.

Nan Yi cooked several delicious dishes himself, then went to the tavern to buy a pot of old wine and entertained Li Aiguo and Chen Xueru.

The banquet always sent the children away. Da Mao and Er Mao had enough to eat and drink, and they all went back to the back room to sleep.

Liang Ladi poured a glass of wine, held it to Li Aiguo with both hands, and said gratefully:

"Patriotic brother, thank you very much this time."

Li Aiguo said: "You're welcome, anyone who sees the harmful things Director Xu does will not ignore them."

Having said that, Liang Ladi knew that not everyone had the courage to stand up and fight against people like Director Xu.

"Patriotic brother, don't worry, I will take you to find my master tomorrow. Ask him to take action himself."

As soon as they entered the machine repair shop, two or three male workers whistled at Liang Ladi.

They helped her so much, let alone ten steel pipes.

"Master Liang, what's wrong, Nan Yi can't satisfy you, and you've found a pretty boy. When will you consider being a buddy?"

"Okay, let's meet tomorrow afternoon!"

Li Aiguo understood what he meant, put away the cigarette, and handed over the drawings.

Li Aiguo put the bean sprouts on the table again, "I heard Xueru said that you are pregnant. No, we have gained several kilograms of bean sprouts in our section. These things are nutritious."

Liang Ladi had long been used to it, so she didn't care and chatted with the male workers.

Liang Ladi took the cannon barrel and studied it for a moment.

"Master Cao, please modify the steel pipe according to the drawings."

This neighbor can handle it!

Liang Ladi's master was an eighth-level mechanic named Cao Wenshan, a very honest middle-aged man. His face and hands were covered with black engine oil stains.

What is openness? This is it!

"This is for Nanyi's children."

Liang Ladi looked at Li Aiguo and sighed in her heart.

"Liu Daqianzi, if you dare to speak meanly again, be careful, I will castrate you!"

the next day.

Li Aiguo asked Chen Xueru to go home and bring the steel pipe and bean sprouts.

"Master Cao, is it difficult?" Li Aiguo said, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it over.

Li Aiguo was not surprised by this. The folk customs of this era were indeed conservative, but only for young girls.

Li Aiguo knew that Liang Ladi was not the kind of mother-in-law, so he explained the matter straight to the point.

"Is it just a gap?"

After listening to Liang Ladi's explanation, Cao Wenshan took the steel pipe, touched the cross section with his fingers, and praised: "This thing is a good thing, it is stronger than the tractor's transmission shaft."

"Oh, big brother, this can't be done," Liang Ladi said angrily, "You have helped me so much, aren't you just slapping me in the face?"

Liang Ladi patted her chest and said, "Brother Patriot, if you need any help in the future, just say it, I, Liang Ladi, am not the kind of ungrateful person."

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere in the room became lively.

"This thing is indeed quite strong, but our factory has a hydraulic cutting machine that is specially used to modify accessories. If you make gaps, there shouldn't be a big problem."

"Hey, young man, this is against the rules." Cao Wenshan waved his hand, looked at Li Aiguo and said, "If I accept your things, it will be like doing private work."

Also, in this era when there are no big two-person movies, many young people have completed their initial enlightenment by relying on this primitive, vulgar and wild language.

"No, Master Jiao doesn't understand this stuff. There is an eighth-level mechanic in our machine repair shop who often gives me technical advice."

Hearing this, Liang Ladi was immediately speechless.

Comrade women like Liang Ladi who are married are still very liberal.

The machine repair shop is relatively small in size, only half the size of the steel rolling mill, but it has a good reputation and is known for being rich in gangsters.

"Master, this is Comrade Li Aiguo, a neighbor of our compound. He wants you to help cut a round opening on the steel pipe."

"Don't tell me, something really happened."

After a few people chatted for a while, Li Aiguo took Chen Xueru back home.

Otherwise Director Xu wouldn't have been able to run rampant for so long.

After returning from the ride, Li Aiguo first went through the formalities with Director Zhang of the maintenance workshop, and then rode his bicycle to the machine repair shop.

"Your master? Jiao Min?" Li Aiguo frowned.

"Okay, then I'll thank you in advance."

But instead of taking credit for the work, they sent the labor fee in advance.

Cao Wenshan spread the drawings on the workbench. After just looking at them for a moment, his expression became serious.

The dimensions on the drawings are marked very rigorously, and even geometric errors, machining errors, positioning errors, and even internal stress are taken into consideration.

"Driver Li, are you trying to make a gun barrel?" Cao Wenshan asked with a frown.

"Master, can you see this?" Li Aiguo was curious.

Liang Ladi whispered: "Driver Li, Master Cao once participated in weapons research and development."

Cao Wenshan waved his hand: "La Di, it's not R&D. I'm just a mechanic, helping those researchers improve the production process."

After speaking, Cao Wenshan turned to look at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo understood what he meant and handed over the letter of introduction to the maintenance workshop of the locomotive depot.

Seeing the red stamp on the letter of introduction, Cao Wenshan nodded.

"It turns out they are train accessories, Driver Li. Don't blame me for being meddlesome. This kind of thing cannot be made casually."

Look, this is a big tree with its back to enjoy the shade. If Li Aiguo didn't have a letter of introduction from the maintenance section, he would have been sent to the security department by Cao Wenshan.

With official endorsement, Cao Wenshan took the steel pipe into the processing workshop.

"We happen to have a 100-ton hydraulic lathe in our workshop, which is accurate enough."

Liang Ladi followed closely. Halfway through, she looked back at Li Aiguo and said apologetically: "The hydraulic lathe is the treasure of the workshop. The master is not willing to operate it in front of outsiders. Please wait outside for a while."

Li Aiguo could understand, so he sat in the workshop and chatted with a group of mechanics.

After half an hour, Cao Wenshan came out with the steel pipe.

"This thing is really hard, stronger than a gun barrel. Driver Li, please measure it and see if it fits?"

Li Aiguo didn't refuse and checked it again with a vernier caliper.

I have to say that the craftsmanship of the eighth-level mechanic is different, and the size is perfect.

"Master Cao, thank you very much this time."

Master Cao Shan waved his hand: "No need, Ladi just told me what happened yesterday. You have helped our workers out, and I should help you with this small favor."

"Director Xu, as the leader of the grain station, has often made things difficult for our machine repair shop. Last month, my old lady went to the grain station to buy grain, and he used old grain to trick her into harming her."

After listening to Master Cao's explanation, Li Aiguo burst into laughter.

It seems that we did the right thing by drawing out our swords when there was some injustice and meddling in a nosy matter.

It was already time to get off work.

Carrying the steel pipe, Li Aiguo took Liang Ladi on his bicycle and prepared to return to the courtyard.

Walking to the factory gate, I met Nan Yi and Feng Chunliu.

"Driver Li, Ladi, have you finished your work?" Nan Yi greeted.

Liang Ladi said: "Nanyi, why are you coming to our factory?"

Nan Yi pointed to Feng Chunliu beside him and said, "I used to have an apprentice in our factory canteen. Miss Chunliu is here for a blind date."

"Apprentice?" Liang Ladi thought for a moment, "Xu Ming! That kid is an honest kid, very suitable for Miss Chunliu."

Xu Ming? Li Aiguo's eyes widened.

In the original work, after Feng Chunliu realized Director Xu's true identity, he decided to cuckold Director Xu, and the person he chose was Xu Ming.

Now the plot has changed.

Unexpectedly, after going around and around, Feng Chunliu and Xu Ming still walked together.

Is this God's will?

Return to the courtyard.

As soon as they entered the middle courtyard, they saw Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu arguing in front of Jia's construction site.

"Mom, I beg you, please don't run into our factory if it's okay. Today, Deputy Factory Director Li criticized me, saying that I brought my family members to the factory to cause trouble."

It seems that what happened yesterday, Deputy Director Li is also a petty person. He was surrounded by people in the office and almost lost face. He will definitely be blamed for it.

And Mrs. Jia Zhang was the one who screamed the loudest, so naturally she had to be operated on.

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes: "Yi Zhonghai was the one behind this matter. It has nothing to do with me."

"Forget about my master, he is still writing a letter of apology in the workshop!" Jia Dongxu was a little depressed.

Yi Zhonghai originally wanted to harm Nan Yi, but he didn't expect to get in the eyes of Deputy Factory Director Li. The "heart-to-heart talks" he had done recently were in vain.

What does it mean to harm others and yourself? This is it.

Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu saw Li Aiguo and Liang Ladi, both of whom looked a little ugly, but there was nothing they could do.

Li Aiguo didn't care about them, but Liang Ladi was furious when she thought of what happened yesterday.

"Jia Zhang, if you dare to spread rumors again, I will tear your mouth apart." "You" Jia Zhang was about to talk back, but Qin Huairu stopped her.

Just kidding, Liang Ladi is a shrew.

If the two of them really get into trouble, Jia and Zhang may not be able to take advantage.

The most important thing is that there is Li Aiguo who is good at hating him next to him.

Mrs. Jia Zhang was so angry that her lips trembled, her vision went dark, and she almost fainted.

With the gun barrel, the next step is to manufacture the firing mechanism, firing mechanism, safety device and other accessories.

The requirements for these gadgets are not high, as long as they can be used.

Li Aiguo invited fitters from the maintenance workshop to manufacture accessories according to the drawings.

Hearing that Li Aiguo wanted to mobilize workers, Director Zhang agreed in one fell swoop.

"Master Liu, Master Wang, Master Zhou, please cooperate fully with Driver Li."

As long as this bandit doesn't steal his lathe, everything is easy to discuss.

The accessories are very simple, and the locomotive depot is well-equipped with various equipment. It only took less than two hours to build it.

Night falls.

Inside the studio.

Li Aiguo took a deep breath and put the accessories together.

Soon a weapon with flashing black light appeared on the workbench.

The cold light flashes and is majestic.

Looking at the black round tube, Li Aiguo felt a little strange.

After looking at it for a long time, Li Aiguo suddenly scratched his head and said, "Yes, where are the handle, grip, and guard plate?!"

There are no strict technical requirements for these gadgets. Li Aiguo adheres to the principle of just using enough and picks up an ax and leaves the studio.

After a while.

When he came back again, he carried two jujube trees as thick as his arms.

Saws and chisels are working together, and there is constant noise in the studio.

Li Aiguo turned into a carpenter and spent half an hour making the handle, grip, and guard.

Hmm. Maybe it should be said that it looks like a handle, grip, and guard.

The parts are crooked, and when others see it, they just think it is a wooden stick, and it is a bad-looking one.

It's not that Li Aiguo's carpentry skills are poor, but that the wood is not suitable.

The wood used in carpentry is all dry wood, but there is still water running in this thing!

Ahem. After Li Aiguo found a good reason for himself, he installed the accessories on the barrel with clamps with peace of mind.

I shook it with my hand and it seemed a little loose.

But it doesn't matter, he just needs to fire one shot and verify the effect.

To fire a cannon, you also need cannonballs.

It stands to reason that even if Li Aiguo is extremely capable, he cannot find ammunition suitable for PRG rocket launchers.

Just kidding, rockets are something only the military industry department has.

But

RPG is a bit strange, it is not a rocket launcher in the strict sense.

The bazooka launches rocket projectiles, while the RPG launches rocket-propelled projectiles.

The biggest difference between the two lies in the working mechanism.

The rocket can be launched directly using the thrust of its own rocket engine, without the need for other external forces.

The launch tube does not need to withstand bore pressure and only provides directional guidance. In fact, the rocket can still be launched even without a launch tube.

For example, our country's 107mm rocket launcher has a unique skill, which is to dig a small slope on the ground and place the rocket on it to launch it. It does not require a launch tube.

A rocket-propelled cannonball is first and foremost an artillery shell.

Since it is a cannonball, it must be launched using the external force of gunpowder and gas. The principle is similar to that of a cannon.

In other words, RPGs are not picky. Li Aiguo only needs to build a cannonball and does not need a rocket engine.

At noon the next day.

Inside the ordnance warehouse of the Armed Forces Department of the Locomotive Depot.

Minister Niu was shocked when he saw Li Aiguo pull out a black thing from the corner.

"Patriot, that thing is for dealing with tanks, not a toy, put it down quickly!"

That's right, Li Aiguo spent nearly a long time rummaging through the entire warehouse, and the big treasure he found was the Soviet-made RPG-43 anti-tank grenade.

When you hear this name, do you think of anything?

That's right, the grenade rocket used on RPGs is officially modified from this grenade.

At the very beginning, RPG appeared to launch anti-tank grenades remotely, so that soldiers did not have to risk their lives to get close to tanks.

You know, tanks are very fast, and it often takes the lives of more than a dozen soldiers to get close to the tank and throw a grenade.

Because they are of the same origin, the thickness of the 43 anti-tank grenade is just right for the RPG barrel.

As long as the wooden handle at the tail is modified into a nozzle and then partially modified, it can be used.

Li Aiguo hugged the grenade and said with a smile: "Brother Niu, this thing is useless if you keep it here. If you keep it for a few more years, it may expire."

"Can grenades also expire?" Minister Niu's eyes widened.

"Of course, think about it. Over time, will the gunpowder inside get damp? Is it possible that the safety cover and cloth tail spring will age?"

Li Aiguo stroked the black thing and said, "If this thing is sent to the battlefield, if it misfires or explodes in our own hands, wouldn't it be a big mistake?"

"Hey, what you said makes sense. This thing itself was eliminated from the northern battlefield and was used for training for our comrades in the Armed Forces Department. It is impossible to send it over again." Minister Niu scratched his head.

"However, we don't need this thing in daily training. After all, we can't really drive a tank to participate in training."

Li Aiguo pointed to the two mortars next to him and said, "Look, these weapons are rusty here. Why don't you lend them to me and I'll give you the whole thing."

Upon hearing this, Minister Niu's face suddenly became serious.

"Patriot, these things are different from guns and bullets. They are controlled items. If you want to borrow them, you need to get approval from your superiors."

"If you don't apply, how do you know your superiors won't approve it?" Li Aiguo said.

"you"

Minister Niu seemed to understand something, nodded and said: "Just wait, I will call the superior unit now."

After a while.

Minister Niu returned to the weapons arsenal with a look of disbelief on his face.

In the phone call just now, after the superior in charge learned that Li Aiguo wanted to borrow grenades, he made it clear that he wanted the full cooperation of the Armed Forces Department of the Maintenance Section.

This is strange. The last time Minister Niu tried to use an ordinary grenade and led the gang of boys to fry fish in Haizi, he was reprimanded by his superiors.

"How's it going? Is it approved?"

Minister Niu suddenly understood: "Boy, are you tinkering with something good again?"

"What would happen if we modified this grenade and put it in a gun barrel and fired it?" Li Aiguo did not answer, but put forward a hypothesis.

Minister Niu's eyes suddenly lit up.

He is a veteran of the war.

At that time, the United States brought 12 infantry division tank battalions, 1 amphibious tank battalion, and 23 regiment tank companies, with a total of 1464 tanks, and hit the riverside.

Among them are the M4A3 "Sherman" medium tank, the M26 "Pershing" heavy tank and the M46 "Patton" medium tank.

In contrast, our side only had 3 tank regiments at the beginning, with a total of more than 100 tanks and self-propelled artillery.

Relying on the bravery of the soldiers and holding anti-tank grenades, they withstood the enemy's attack and achieved united front value.

Only in the later stages did Lao Maozi come to help and increase weapons assistance. Our total number on the battlefield reached 11 tank regiments, with a total of more than 1000 tanks and self-propelled artillery, capable of wrestling with the opponent.

In order to snipe those tanks, countless seniors paid the price with their lives.

If anti-tank grenades could be launched remotely, casualties would be greatly reduced.

After experiencing the cruel battlefield, Minister Niu understood the importance of weapons better, and his blood suddenly boiled.

"Patriot, count me in!"

He didn't know whether Li Aiguo's plan would succeed, but as long as there was a one in ten thousand chance, he would be willing to help.

What's more, this is something that is tacitly approved by the superiors.

With the participation of Minister Niu, Li Aiguo came to the maintenance workshop again with anti-tank grenades.

In the workshop director's office.

Director Zhang is calculating this month's material consumption in the office.

Suddenly, the office door was pushed open from the outside, and Master Zhang, the fitter, ran in in a hurry.

"Director, something serious has happened! Driver Li, Driver Li, he"

"Old Zhang, why are you panicking? I've already made an agreement with Driver Li. He won't take advantage of your lathe." Director Zhang felt that the old fitter was frightened by Li Aiguo.

Master Zhang took a few deep breaths and finally recovered. He pointed in the direction of the workshop and said anxiously: "Driver Li brought a grenade. He even took it apart and asked us to help weld it."

boom!

The news was like a thunderbolt, ringing in Director Zhang's ears, making his head buzz.

"Good boy, he wants to blow up our maintenance workshop!"

The hero pen worth two yuan fell to the ground. Director Zhang didn't bother to pick it up and ran to the workshop in a panic.

Master Zhang, the fitter, looked at his back and scratched his head.

"Director, aren't you panicking?"

(End of this chapter)