Ming Zuo

Chapter 394 like a duck in water
The rebel camp is gradually growing, and the number of people joining is also increasing, and at the same time, they are beginning to adapt.

Sun Yuanhua is not very suitable for the fast pace here.

Today, he has appeared in Liangshanji.

Because he is an artillery expert, Zuo Menggeng arranged to enter the artillery factory.

Sun Yuanhua has already understood the power structure here. He is still a little depressed about his dignified governor, but he has not entered the decision-making level.

However, being able to engage in research on his favorite firearms made Sun Yuanhua feel better.

His original plan was to show his hands well when he arrived, to calm down the scene, so as not to be looked down upon.

Unfortunately, after arriving, he was stunned first.

Completely different from the workshop in his impression, the military factory here covers a very large area, and it is impossible to see the end at a glance.

Countless large chimneys rose from the ground, spitting out various colors of smoke and dust strongly towards the sky.

In this era, Zuo Menggeng pays great attention to environmental protection, but there is no way to pay too much attention to environmental protection.

As a result, factories have become major polluters.

Accompanying Sun Yuanhua was Zuo Dai, who was in charge of the party.

"Mr. Chu Yang, all the weapons and ammunition of our new army are produced from here. In order to meet the needs of the entire army, the scale of the factory is very large. The artillery factory you are going to is only part of it."

Sun Yuanhua was a little surprised.

"Fire gun and artillery casting, aren't they in the same place?"

Zuo Dai shook his head and gave him pointers.

"Look, there is a gun factory in the very distance. This is a gun factory, and if you walk more than ten miles there, there is a gunpowder factory."

Sun Yuanhua remembered something and asked, "Where is Duke Dongjiao?"

Zuo Dai smiled and said, "Dongjiao Gong is currently in the Musket Laboratory and is still worrying about the spring."

Sun Yuanhua didn't know what spring was, and was more concerned about a new term.

"What is a laboratory?"

Zuo Dai made a general introduction.

"The laboratory is where new things are researched and tested, and the artillery factory has a laboratory. Your future work will be there."

Sun Yuanhua was quite surprised.

"Don't you need the old man to supervise the construction of artillery?"

Zuo Dai has led him to a quiet place.

"Industrial production has entered the orbit, and professional management personnel can be responsible. Experts like you, of course, must invest in the improvement of artillery."

Sun Yuanhua stepped into the courtyard with Zuo Dai, only to find that there was a cave inside.

If it wasn't for the signboard at the door, you would get lost in a while.

Zuo Dai stood at the door to introduce him.

"This side used to be the materials laboratory, this side used to be the ballistics laboratory, this side was the auxiliary equipment laboratory, this side was the craft laboratory..."

Introduced one by one, it is divided into as many as ten kinds.

Sun Yuanhua was dizzy, and he really couldn't understand why there were so many categories for making artillery.

He followed Zuo Dai into the material laboratory, but it was very lively inside.

Dozens of young people, all wearing peculiar white lab coats and even masks, gathered around arguing about something.

"Iron is absolutely not good, it can't be polished at all"

Sun Yuanhua listened quietly for a while with Zuo Dai standing beside him, and finally understood what these people were arguing about.

It turned out that these people were working on improving the material for the bullets' warheads, but many metals were envisaged, all of which turned out to have significant drawbacks.

Sun Yuanhua had already seen the Zuoying guns of the new army and knew that the barrels had rifling inside.

The reason why these people think about changing the material of the warhead is mainly because no matter how polished the iron warhead currently used is, it is still too rough, and the rotational propulsion effect inside the barrel is not ideal.

"Steel warheads are absolutely not good, the rifling and barrel are also steel. If it is a steel warhead, the rifling will be smoothed out after a few shots."

A group of people sighed, and some people straightened their hair worriedly, and embarked on the road of becoming stronger.

Sun Yuanhua listened to it for a long time beside him, and couldn't help but say a word.

"Why not copper?"

A group of people turned their heads and saw that it was a stranger, and they couldn't help but get nervous.After seeing Zuo Dai beside him, he felt a little relieved.

Zuo Dai took the opportunity to say: "Come on, everyone, let me introduce you. This is Dean Sun Yuanhua Sun. From now on, he is the person in charge of your laboratory."

Hearing that it was the immediate leader, everyone stepped forward to greet them and looked at them curiously.

The people here are all very young, and the oldest is only in his twenties.When I suddenly saw an old man in his fifties, he didn't know how to deal with it.

Sun Yuanhua didn't have such a sense of difference. Instead, he liked the things that these young people were actively arguing about.

"Why don't you use copper to make warheads? Copper has good elasticity and toughness, and you are not afraid of the situation you describe."

As soon as the new leader arrived, he entered the topic discussion. The tension and discomfort of the young people dissipated in an instant, and they quickly entered the state.

"President, copper is very good, but copper is too little."

Someone mentioned the limitations of copper.

That is, the output of copper is too low, not only in Shandong, but in the whole of Daming.

The limited amount of copper is absolutely unable to cope with the large-scale application of the army.

Sun Yuanhua was also embarrassed by this answer, and found that he was too arbitrary.

But he has an advantage that these young people absolutely do not have, and that is experience.

He has been engaged in firearms all his life, what kind of situation has he never seen?

"The copper material is insufficient, but copper-clad steel can be used."

With just one sentence, everyone present was stunned.After a while, everyone went crazy.

"Oh, why didn't I think of that?"

"The elm head, the elm head!"

"As expected of the dean, one sentence awakens the dreamer."

"Samsung repeatedly told us to pay attention to the role of alloys, but we still left them behind, damn it."

Seeing these young people laughing and screaming, Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but swept away his sullen state, as if his whole body was full of energy.

"This place is nice."

Zuodai has been paying attention to his appearance all the time, and it was only then that he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Samsung has already said that you will like it here. Now it seems that he is indeed wise and wise."

Sun Yuanhua sighed.

"That little monkey is used to being ticklish. The old man has been pinched by him all his life."

He clearly knew what was going on, but seeing the pure and enthusiastic scene in front of him, Sun Yuanhua immediately jumped into it.

On the first day he served as the head of the artillery laboratory, he devoted himself to specific work.

With the scientific research team, the copper-plated warhead was developed.

Copper-plated bullets are also common in later generations.But in the Ming Dynasty, it belongs to the first.

Sun Yuanhua could think of it, because when casting guns in Dengzhou, in order to solve the problem of insufficient toughness of wrought iron, the copper-clad casting method was mostly used.

By inference, he was associated with the casting of the artillery warheads of the new army.

His idea really solved a major problem for the new army.

Compared with all-copper warheads, copper-plated warheads can save a lot of copper.With the current production capacity of the new army, it is also enough to accept.

Sun Yuanhua did not expect that he would play a role as soon as he arrived at the artillery laboratory.

In this place, people are very pure, all their minds are on research, and there is absolutely no intrigue and intrigue in the officialdom.

This kind of feeling made Sun Yuanhua very comfortable, but he forgot his common affairs and devoted himself to the development of copper-plated warheads with the young people wholeheartedly.

On the ninth day of June, the imperial court decided to dispatch Guan Ning's army to suppress the rebellion.It also means that the Wuqiao Mutiny has entered a new stage.

The new army moved by the wind, and Zuo Menggeng immediately made a deployment.

"Zhang Yan, your logistics department must deliver the relevant materials to the designated location at the beginning of August. Don't tell me about the difficulty, I won't listen, you must do it."

To coordinate the logistics of tens of thousands of people, this is definitely a very difficult job.

But Zhang Yan came from a poor peasant background, and the more difficult it was, the stronger his character became.

"If I can't complete the task, I will take the blame and resign."

After explaining the logistics, Zuo Menggeng ordered again.All the troops reorganized in various places began to be rebuilt and returned to the organizational system of each division.

The next battle will be divided into divisions.

And this is also the first time that the new army has been put into the battlefield at the division level since its establishment.

"Order, the first division assembles in Yizhou, trains for a month, and waits for the order to act."

"Order, the second division will return to Linqing immediately, and also train for a month, waiting for the order to act."

"Order, the third division will stay in the dark, step up training and wait for the order."

Following his order, tens of thousands of troops immediately began to mobilize nervously and covertly.

The Denglai war was full of fire, and no one had noticed that there was a fierce tiger just around the corner from the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)