Chapter 799 Throw a Big One
Comrade Zhendong is still the best for our troops. The comrades from the Defense Working Committee took note of this and felt grateful that any good things should be kept for the troops to use first.

This was the norm during the Cold War. Any advanced technology was first used by the military and then selectively transferred to civilian use. The most typical example of this was the Internet, which was derived from ARPANET.

The next morning, in the office of the leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade.

The leader of the Ministry of Foreign Trade looked at the report submitted by the comrades below with appreciation.

"Is this the suggestion made by Comrade Gao Zhendong?"

The comrade who attended the meeting at the Third Factory yesterday smiled and said, "Yes, this was raised by Comrade Gao Zhendong at the meeting yesterday. We have also communicated with the comrades from the Seventeenth Machine Department and it is true. Now the meeting is scheduled to be held in two or three months."

It is definitely impossible to hold a meeting for this kind of thing if we notify you today. The speed of information, transportation and procedures is not fast enough. After all, it is an international affair. Both we and others need sufficient time to prepare.

The head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade was pacing back and forth in the office with some excitement: "Two or three months is enough, enough! The Seventeenth Ministry of Machinery has set the stage, and we are going to perform. Good! Good. You must handle this matter well. Even if we can't do a single business, it is a matter of great significance to be able to show our construction achievements in front of half the world!"

"We must do this well!" It means that we should actively participate in meetings. Look, we had a small meeting yesterday, and I never expected that we could bring back such an important task.

The leaders of the Ministry of Foreign Trade had more and deeper ideas than them: "You can contact various machinery departments in the name of the ministry to see what can be exhibited. High-tech products are definitely the highlight, but some ordinary products cannot be left unknown. For these products, technological advantages are not the main ones, 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 the northwest, a slender and huge aircraft was quietly parked at the end of the runway.

This is a modified Tu-16 bomber, which was imported from the Russians in CKD parts and assembled and improved domestically. There are very few modifications, the main one being that it can drop nuclear bombs.

After all, the weight and size of a nuclear bomb is too heavy for the original bomb rack to bear.

The six crew members are in the mission room, conducting the final pre-war mobilization.

"Comrades, we have dropped full-size and full-weight simulated bombs and cold-explosion bombs. Now is the most critical time. It's time for the organization and the people to test us." A comrade stood in front of the six crew members and said passionately.

"Make sure to complete the mission!" The crew members' voices were unified and powerful.

Cold explosion bomb, as soon as you hear this term, those who know the business will know what mission they are about to perform, the actual combat test of nuclear bombs. Originally, we completed the actual combat nuclear bomb drop of bombers about 7 months after the success of the first nuclear device. At this time, the speed was accelerated a bit, 5 months.

"In the previous two throwing tests, you have done a good job of dropping the bomb within 100 meters of the bull's eye. Do you have confidence this time?"

There is no doubt that it is impossible to throw a real bomb right away, so after modification and training, a simulated bomb with the same size and weight as the actual nuclear bomb was thrown first, and then a cold explosion bomb was thrown. The difference between nuclear weapons and ordinary bombs is that this thing does not explode when it falls to the ground, but explodes in mid-air.

The purpose of cold explosion bombs is to test whether the aircraft can drop them accurately and whether the weapons can detonate at a predetermined height.

It is also very interesting to say that the power of a nuclear bomb is far greater than that of an ordinary bomb. In terms of the accuracy of horizontal bombing, it is already excellent if an ordinary bomb is dropped within a range of 200 meters around the center of the target. Considering the power of a nuclear bomb, the range should be wider. 300 meters or 500 meters is not impossible to use, especially when facing surface targets such as cities.

However, the test required the bomb to be thrown within 100 meters of the target, which actually raised the requirement.

As for the reason, it is mainly for experimentation.

Once the various monitoring instruments and effect objects such as vehicles, houses, weapons, and animals are placed on the ground, they cannot follow the landing point of the bomb. If you want to achieve the best test effect, it is best to drop the bomb near the predetermined landing point.

"Yes!" The answer was still sonorous and powerful.

"Ding-ling-ling..." the phone rang.

There are not many people who can call this place at this time.

The comrade who was just mobilizing people walked over and answered the phone.

After listening to a few words, he stood at attention and replied "Yes!", then put the phone back on.

It is the voice of a leader.

"Comrades, this time, don't feel any psychological pressure. If you can drop the bomb and have it detonate normally within a certain range, you will win. Remember, your mission is to drop the bomb. Whether it explodes or not is not your responsibility. Do you understand?"

The leader is here to relieve the pressure. He knows how to grasp the main contradiction. Whether this thing is accurate or not is not the core purpose of today's test. The core purpose is whether this thing will explode or not? Whether it explodes in the expected way.

The main responsibility for this problem naturally does not lie with the bomber crew, so he said very clearly that you just need to drop this thing according to regulations and don't worry about whether it explodes or not.

"If the bomb can be dropped within 100 meters of the target as planned, that would be great. But if it's not within 100 meters, or even exceeds 200 meters, that doesn't matter. The worst that can happen is that the test result will be worse. That's not a big deal. But as long as the explosion type is correct, the test is a complete success." The leader's words came from the microphone, making the crew members feel warm in their hearts.

Do the leaders above really not care about whether the bomb is accurate or not? I'm afraid that's not the case. But in order to relieve the pressure on the comrades, they even called to make it clear that as long as it can be bombed, there is no pressure. The phone 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 plane at the end of the runway.

At this time, all ground support vehicles such as power supply, air conditioning, refueling, and gas supply had been withdrawn from the aircraft, leaving only some necessary ground staff and armed guards guarding the aircraft.

At this time, it was almost 8 o'clock in the morning, but the airport was located in the northwest and it was not yet fully lit. Comrades from the meteorological department predicted that the target area would be sunny and cloudless today, which was very suitable for dropping bombs.

The crew members boarded the plane from various places on the belly of the plane and took their positions. The captain slowly pushed the throttle, and the huge warhawk slowly started on the runway and rolled forward.

The official take-off order came from the tower. The captain turned the wings to the take-off configuration and opened the throttle to full throttle. With a huge roar, the flames of the engine were faintly visible in the morning light. The Tu-16 bomber, carrying a big treasure, raised its head and soared into the sky.

Dozens of minutes later, the plane flew over the target area. It was already bright in the sky. At an altitude of 10 kilometers, various effect objects were vaguely visible on the yellow-brown ground. The most conspicuous of them was the white circle with a diameter of 200 meters, which was drawn with lime and looked very earthy.

The captain picked up the microphone: "Prepare for the first entry!"

"understand!"

"understand!"

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Comrades from various combat positions answered one after another, the most important of which was undoubtedly the grenadier position.

The captain controlled the plane and began the first entry. In order to ensure the bombing effect, the crew adopted a three-entry bombing method. The first entry was to search for the target and roughly aim. At the same time, the bombardier mastered the relative motion between the aircraft and the center of the target, striving to maximize the accuracy of the bombing.

The bombardier pressed his eyes hard against the eyepiece of the bombsight, observing the target as the plane slowly flew over the bull's eye.

"How's the situation?" the captain asked the bombardier after the plane completed its first entry.

"Everything is fine!" The bombardier was very confident.

"Prepare for a second entry!" The plane drew a circle in the air and re-entered the target area from the direction from which it last entered the target area.

"Second entry is normal!" the bombardier reported again.

The captain picked up the phone.

"Report, two entries are normal, apply for bombing."

A clear voice from the command base came over the radio: "Bombing approved, detonation time, 10 a.m. sharp!"

"Understood!" The captain put the microphone back with a little excitement.

"Third entry, bombardier prepares to drop bomb, detonation time 10 a.m."

The plane entered the target area again from the same position as the previous two times. It seemed to be flying slowly but was actually very fast. The bombardier operated 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 somewhat difficult to control the aircraft, but in the hands of the captain, the Tu-16 was still controlled to move forward steadily.

As the plane flew, at the moment when the actual observation angle coincided with the bombing angle, the bombing circuit was connected, and a fat big guy broke away from the bomb hook and dived downward.

The time at this time was a little after 9:59 in the morning. The bomb would still need some time to fall if it was detonated at o'clock, so this was the perfect time to drop the bomb.

Almost at the same time, the bombardier saw the falling fat man in the sight. Looking through the sight, the fat man was right in the middle of the crosshairs of the sight, and at the same time, he was firmly pressed on the target area without any deviation.

After observing for a few seconds and seeing that the bomb was falling normally, the bombardier reported: "Everything is normal!"

Upon hearing this, the captain issued an order to each combat position: "Pull up the sunshade!"

At the same time, the captain turned the engine to maximum, and the huge Tu-16 flew forward at the fastest speed.

(End of this chapter)