Seeing the two of them coming over, Ma Guoliang nodded and said, "Are you all ready?"
"Well, everything is ready!" Cao Dejiang said.
Ma Guoliang turned around and whispered a few words to Dong Jixiang, then said, "Okay, let's get started!"
Seeing this, Cao Dejiang said, "Yes!" Then he turned to Liu Hong and said, "Old Liu, you stay here with the commanders. I'll go over!"
"Okay, be careful!" Liu Hong said.
"Don't worry, this is not the first time!" Cao Dejiang said, and after that he said something to Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang, then turned and left, ignoring Xu Jianguo who was standing beside him.
Xu Jianguo did not take the initiative to step forward and greet Cao Dejiang, but squinted his eyes and looked at his departing back.
When Cao Dejiang arrived near the test area of the shooting range, he reached out and picked up a loudspeaker made of iron sheets on the table and said, "The fragmentation grenade test will begin now. Bomb throwers, please prepare! This test will be four samples, and the test will be carried out in two rounds!"
Xu Jianguo made a total of six fragmentation grenades at that time, but there was a system task ahead, so when he handed over, he only handed over four. He planned to put the remaining two in the space for emergency use.
"The first round, fixed detonation test, begins!" After Cao Dejiang finished speaking, he saw two engineers from the Weapon Research Institute taking two fragmentation grenades from the ordnance department staff.
Then he walked quickly to the fixed detonation area in the center of the shooting range with the grenade. The entire detonation area had been surrounded by sandbags by the staff of the Military Research Institute.
The sandbag wall is about ten meters long and wide and about one and a half meters high. There is a device for fixing grenades in the central area. The engineer in charge of the test needs to fix the grenade first, then tie a rope to the pull ring of the grenade, then retreat to the safe area outside the sandbag, and finally pull the rope to pull out the pull ring to detonate it.
Around the fixed grenade device in the central area are twelve dummies used to test the explosive power. The dummies are made of straw and restored in a 1:1 ratio. The purpose is to test the explosive power of the new grenade to the greatest extent.
Four of the dummies were placed in front, behind, left and right of the explosion center, four meters away from the explosion center.
The other four dummies were placed six meters away, in the blank areas at the upper left and lower left and upper right and lower right respectively.
The last four dummies were placed eight meters away, interspersed with standing positions.
Xu Jianguo stood in the observation area and watched everything in front of him without saying a word. Judging from the current situation, he had not found any problems.
The two engineers from the Military Research Institute who were responsible for the detonation had already arrived at the outside of the sandbags. One of them walked in first, while the other waited outside.
A moment later, the engineer walked out of the detonation area with a rope as thick as his little finger in his hand.
The man handed the rope to another person, then picked up the sandbags and rebuilt the gap he had just made. He then turned to look at Cao Dejiang in the distance and said loudly, "Report to Engineer Cao, we are ready. Request instructions!"
Seeing this, Cao Dejiang raised the metal megaphone in his hand and said, "The test is about to begin. All departments, please prepare yourself. The countdown begins!"
"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one, detonate!"
As he began to count down, the engineer took the rope from another person and wrapped it around his hand in circles until the entire rope was straight.
The moment Cao Dejiang gave the command "detonate", the engineer pulled the rope in his hand hard, and then he heard a crisp metal collision sound, which was the sound of the grenade grip popping off.
As the grip opens, the delay fuse in the stored bullet is ignited, and four seconds pass in a flash.
"Boom!" A loud noise was heard, and a yellow light shot up into the sky and burst out from the detonation area.
At this time, Ma Guoliang and Dong Jixiang were standing in the observation area a hundred meters away from the sandbag wall with binoculars in their hands, looking carefully at the explosion area. The moment the fire flashed, the twelve dummies surrounding the center of the explosion fell backwards at the same time.
The two could even see that the clothes of the four dummies closest to the center of the explosion were shattered by shrapnel the moment the grenade exploded, and the entire test area was filled with flying straw.
The clothes of the dummy six meters away were already in tatters, and it had all fallen to the ground.
Finally, there were the dummies eight meters away. Although there were other dummies in front of them to help them withstand most of the impact of the shrapnel, some shrapnel still penetrated the bodies of the other dummies in front of them and directly pierced into their bodies.
Ma Guoliang's breathing became a little rapid. He put down the telescope in his hand, turned to look at Dong Jixiang beside him, and found that his old friend was in a similar condition as himself.
After the two looked at each other, they saw a look of joy in each other's eyes.
"Old Ma, Jianguo is an incredible kid!" Dong Jixiang said.
"Hahaha, you would say I have good vision. If that old guy Wu Dajiang knew about this, he would definitely regret it!" Ma Guoliang said with a big laugh.
However, Xu Jianguo, who was standing behind the two of them, did not show any excitement on his face, because he already knew all the results in front of him.
But Liu Hong, who was standing next to him, had already widened his eyes at this time. He swallowed his saliva involuntarily, turned his head slightly and glanced at Xu Jianguo beside him. He felt a little regretful for what happened a few days ago.
In the distance, Li Delong and several others stood with the soldiers of the guard company. When they saw that the weapons they made were so powerful, they immediately danced with excitement.
Liu Yong even pulled a guard soldier beside him and said, "Hey, buddy, did you see that grenade was made by us? Isn't it awesome?"
The guard soldier was not unhappy that Liu Yong pulled him. Instead, he smiled and gave him a thumbs up, saying, "Great!"
Liu Yong and the others were stunned at first when they saw this, then their backs straightened instantly, and a feeling of pride surged in their hearts.
As the saying goes, gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the soldiers. This is the first time they have been praised by the front-line soldiers since they became apprentices at the 523 Institute. It is precisely because of this praise that they understand where the pride and honor of scientific researchers come from.
It was also because of this that for the first time, several people felt that Xu Jianguo was willing to die for his friend, because all of this was brought to them by the young engineer Xu.
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