Chapter 690 Their interest lies in this direction!
The minister smiled and said, "My dear Davari, if they want to import our latest tanks, then I will be highly alert. The latest tanks are of no use to them except against us. But the seaplane, a very special equipment, indicates a fact, or they are showing us some kind of attitude."

Under Linochka's curious gaze, the minister walked to the world map and pointed to the blue area to the south of the rooster's chicken feet.

“I think their interest lies in this direction!”

Linochka expressed clear doubts about the minister's judgment: "Comrade Minister, you should know their naval strength. This area is obviously not the direction they should consider now."

Linochka's judgment is not without basis. From the perspective of actual progress, we have not even completed the construction of the "Air-Submarine Fast Ship". It is undoubtedly too early to turn our attention to this area at this time.

The minister smiled and said, "Comrade Linochka, lack of ability and lack of preparation are two different things. If you don't prepare early, you will never have the strength. Isn't strength accumulated step by step? For example, the batch of seaplanes they want is part of their strength?"

"Comrade Minister, I don't quite understand."

"Comrade Linochka, you have never been to the battlefield?"

"Yes, Comrade Minister. I have been working on the economic front, much to my regret."

"Well, it's nothing. You don't have to feel uneasy about it, my comrade. Every bit of your effort on the economic front has turned into bullets fired at the Hans. From a combat perspective, before every battle, we hope to understand the situation on the battlefield as clearly as possible."

After saying this, the Minister pointed his finger at the performance data of the Be-6.

"You have had many dealings with the southern comrades. You should know that under normal circumstances, even if they want to buy a seaplane, which model would they prefer?"

Linochka answered without hesitation: "Be-12! We are studying Be-12!"

"That's right, my Davari. They have an eternal pursuit of advanced technology. Compared with the Be-6, the Be-12 is newer and uses more new technologies. It is superior in terms of usage, maintenance, and most performance indicators."

"Perhaps they think the Be-6 is more mature, reliable, and can quickly form combat effectiveness?"

The Minister nodded and said, "Well, Comrade Linochka, you have seen an urgent need for them. Compared with the Be-12, the Be-6 is readily available, and they also have considerable experience in using it. They can use it as quickly as possible. But this is only one aspect."

Linochka shrugged. "What else, comrade Minister?"

"Range and payload! Maybe they don't have to use the Be-6 in combat, but a larger payload gives them better mission flexibility. You know, payload can be converted into range."

The Be-6 has a range of about 5000 kilometers, while the Be-12 has only 3500 kilometers.

In terms of maximum load capacity, the former is 4 tons and the latter is 3 tons.

After saying this, the Minister drew a circle in the blue area he had just pointed out.

"Only this area needs such a huge range and load capacity. Only considering the special characteristics of this area, do we need to buy such a large number of seaplanes. And only this sea area has so many islands that are not large enough, which is more suitable for the characteristics of seaplanes. Otherwise, in any other sea area, Be-12 is more suitable than Be-6."

"You see, taking off from their island to the southernmost tip of this sea area is about 1700 kilometers. This is too extreme for the Be-12, but for the Be-6, its range is enough to do many things."

At this point, the minister even speculated on the purpose of these aircraft.

"I think these aircraft are not even for combat, but for ocean exploration, hydrological surveys, island and reef mapping, and other functions. They are just the executors of the southern comrades' preparatory work before the formal action."

"Comrade Minister, if it is this area, they lack the ability to escort the Be-6 in this area. Their opponents are still entrenched on these islands, and they are not short of air power." Linochka was very clear about the current situation of both sides.

As a sea patrol aircraft, the Be-6 is very bulky compared to fighter jets.

"Comrade Linochka, you have to look at the problem from a systematic perspective. Their purchase of Be-6 from us does not mean that they only have Be-6 as a direction for strengthening. I don't know what our southern comrades will do specifically, but I think they have ideas and methods. Maybe these ideas and methods may not succeed, but it's better to have them than not, right? If they take action, their enemies must respond, and their enemies and our enemies are the same."

At this point, the minister took the document and signed his name on it: "No matter what others think, I think this deal is worth it. Linochka, as long as they don't go north, I am willing to see them go in any direction."

Linochka seemed to understand the minister's words: "For a common goal?"

The minister nodded heavily: "Yes, my Davari, for a common goal!"
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When the comrades working on the 180mm rocket launcher received a notice from the Defense Working Committee and were rushing to the capital without stopping, the comrades working on the 107 rocket launcher first received a confidential email from the Defense Working Committee.

The content is not complicated. There was no interference or intervention in the development of 107. It just provided two new technologies.

"… Taking these two latest technologies into consideration, the range of the 107mm rocket launcher can be greatly increased without making any size changes…"

"…Therefore, we are transferring these two new technologies to your factory. If possible, we hope that your factory can do its best to increase the range of the 107mm rocket launcher by 25% or more without affecting other designs…"

"…From an economic perspective, the unit cost of the rocket per kilometer of range is required to be no more than 8.5% of the unit cost of the existing 110-kilometer rocket…" It is difficult to ensure that the cost increase does not exceed 10%, but it is much easier to ensure that the unit cost increase does not exceed 10% under the premise of an increase in range.

It seems that the comrades in the Army Equipment Bureau are still obsessed with the range. It should be said that the entire army is like this. The charm of statistics is fully utilized here, and the actual cost increase control line of more than 35% has been beautified to 10%.

35% might scare a lot of people, but 10% is much easier to accept.

The comrades working on 107 looked at this email with some difficulty in believing it, or felt that the Defense Work Committee and the Land Equipment Bureau were asking for too much again.

The size of the 107 rocket cannot be changed in any way. This is due to technical and tactical indicators as well as the limitations of the turbo rocket's spin-stabilization technology. Although we don't know where the problem lies, it is almost certain that the rocket will lose accuracy if the size is further lengthened.

Under this limitation, asking for a 25% increase in range? This is simply a joke.

However, when they saw that two new technologies were provided, they felt relieved a little. After all, the Defense Work Committee and the Land Equipment Bureau did not go too far and made such a request on the premise of providing technical assistance.

I just don't know if these two techniques work.

They opened the attachments in the email and the name of the first one was very impressive.

《High Energy Modified Double-Base Propellant for Rockets》

Double-base propellants are not uncommon, but modified and high-energy ones are interesting.

The confidence of the comrades working on 107 suddenly increased. Improving the performance of the propellant is the best way to increase the range without changing the size of the projectile.

This technology is so targeted, it seems that the Defense Work Committee and the Land Equipment Bureau are not just making decisions on impulse.

When they saw the performance of the modified double-base propellant, they looked at each other and laughed with joy.

"The specific impulse has increased so much? It seems that 30% is even possible."

"Yes, yes, it's just that the combustion temperature is a bit high..."

"It's okay. It won't cost much to make the insulation thicker. Even if the insulation is thicker, 25% should be fine, right?"

"Well, this propellant is good, let's change it!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? We haven't tested it formally yet, so don't jump to conclusions too early."

"Boss, stop pretending. I think you're smiling happier than me."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Come on, let's see the next one."

After reading the second technology titled "Star-Circular Dual-Thrust Solid Rocket Engine", everyone looked at each other.

This thing looks simple, but theoretically speaking, it is really useful. The only problem is that it will increase manufacturing costs.

At the same time, they also have to redesign the propellant. The length of the propellant in the take-off and flight stages is different for different rockets, so they need to be designed specifically.

As costs increase, it is easy to break through the control line.

Several core staff members were thinking about it. One of them stared at the previous one for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Comrades, have you noticed something? Although this modified double-base propellant is more expensive than what we use now, in terms of unit cost per kilometer of range, preliminary estimates show that it is actually cheaper than our current propellant."

Everyone calculated carefully and found that it was true.

"Haha, what does the Land Construction Bureau mean? They must know about this situation."

"What do you mean? You don't understand. Their 10% is actually for the increased cost of the second technology!"

"Ah? There's such a method?"

"I guess someone has set a limit on the cost of our rocket. After all, we started with the idea of ​​guerrilla warfare, so we wanted a low price and easy production. The comrades from the Land Equipment Bureau couldn't object, but they also felt it would be a pity not to use the new technology, so they played a word game."

(End of this chapter)