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Chapter 1731 Mauser and Solid Explosives
In the Imperial Arsenal, three muskets were displayed in front of Chu Yun. They were the same type of musket, but divided into standard barrel type, short barrel type, and cavalry carbine type.

"This rifle uses custom-packed black powder metal-cased bullets, which have stronger penetrating power than the previous paper-cased bullets. The empty gun weighs 4.6 kg. The standard model has a total length of 1.34 meters and has 4 right-handed rifling. .”

Two firearms experts in the arsenal introduced to Chu Yun the new muskets they made in this world.

These two firearms experts were none other than the Mauser brothers of Germany. What was placed in front of Chu Yun was the Mauser 71 rifle they produced.

Chu Yun held a standard infantry Mauser Type 71 rifle in his hand, which was quite heavy. Carrying such a heavy weapon in combat required a lot of physical fitness for the soldiers.

This musket is like a work of art, but it is only used to kill enemies, not a plaything for people to appreciate.

The Mauser brothers are very famous people. Chu Yun is full of confidence in the new rifle they manufactured. The Mauser rifle must be more advanced than the current Dreiser rifle because it appeared later.

"The effective range is more than 270 meters, and the farthest can exceed 1500 meters." The Mauser brothers spoke with data.

This distance is enough to suppress the artillery of this era...

Chu Yun secretly broke into a cold sweat for the European countries that were against him.

If European countries understand how terrifying the technology equipped by their opponents is, they probably won't have the courage to resist.

After entering the age of firearms, they competed for range, firepower and armor, and the long-range strike capability became stronger and stronger. Compared with the firearms of the 17th century, the firearms of the 19th century are very different.This is a completely uneven confrontation.

"We already have the production capacity of new muskets, and we can start to mass-produce new muskets and completely replace the old Dreiser rifles." The Mauser brothers wanted to make their own war crafts replace their predecessors who seemed outdated.

"Temporarily produce 3000 Mauser rifles to equip the Imperial Guards Brigade, and wait until a more advanced new musket is developed before fully installing this model." Chu Yun said.

"Why not fully equip the infantry now?" Brother Mauser asked puzzledly.

"Good things cannot be displayed all at once. We must always keep some technologies as secrets, and the cost of a full-scale replacement is extremely high. We only need to have the production capacity, and we can continue to produce them when the real war needs them. That's it."

Chu Yun believes that in the next ten years, even if it is 20 years, there will be no need to install new guns with full horsepower.

The firearms of this era are too weak. The clumsy arquebus and flintlock guns that have not yet matured are like fire sticks in front of the Mauser 71 rifle.

Chu Yun estimated that there would be no need to send many soldiers for future battles, a few thousand would suffice, and it was impossible to bring another group of Indian native soldiers as cannon fodder.

Chu Yun must always ensure that there is a generation of the most advanced military technology in the laboratory, and that Huaxia has superficial force, which is not needed at ordinary times, and can frantically produce new muskets and artillery in times of crisis.

Now that the Mauser brothers have been summoned by Chu Yun, their remaining value must be squeezed to allow them to continue to develop more advanced rifles, and the Mauser 71 rifle is used as a temporary secret weapon and only equipped with a small number of troops.

The appearance of the Mauser 71 rifle is only an achievement of the Imperial Arsenal, which is still working on larger naval guns and new types of gunpowder.

If the rifles made by the Mauser brothers strengthened the infantry's combat capabilities, then the invention of new gunpowder is not only used in warfare, but has a wide range of applications in mining, road building, tunneling and other constructions.

"This is a solid explosive made of porous diatomaceous earth mixed with nitroglycerin. Diatomaceous earth is used as a passivation agent to make the explosive more stable and weaken the explosive power of nitroglycerin, but it is safer."

A bearded chemist took Chu Yun to check out the new explosives.

When Chu Yun saw the new type of explosives, he was terrified in his heart.

The second type of explosive appeared!
Previously, Chu Yun used less powerful black powder, and the first strong explosive was picric acid.

Picric acid played an irreplaceable role when the Kyushu army attacked the city, especially some difficult fortresses. The impact and flames generated by the explosion of a large amount of picric acid explosives can often make the fortress yield.

However, picric acid gunpowder has never been used on a large scale, because picric acid is not stable enough, and serious explosions are prone to occur during production and transportation.

Later, a group of chemists under Chu Yun invented nitroglycerin used as explosives.

Nitroglycerin is also unstable, and mass production of nitroglycerin is fraught with risk.

"I have successfully produced nitroglycerin using the cooling method of cold water pipes to dissipate heat. This production process is safer. Next, we only need to design corresponding machines to produce nitroglycerin in large quantities. Then use diatomaceous earth and nitroglycerin to make it Solid explosives, so as to avoid the danger of long-distance transportation. The disadvantage is that when the explosives are damp or under pressure, the nitroglycerin is still in danger of oozing out.” The bearded chemist introduced to him how to stabilize the nitroglycerin .

He didn't invent nitroglycerin, but he made it controllable and practical.

"We will try to use this explosive in production fields such as mining and tunneling, and we also need to develop smokeless gunpowder to produce shells." Chu Yun was at a loss for a while in the face of the new explosive.

It is undoubtedly a good thing for human civilization that nitroglycerin has become controllable. Explosives can greatly reduce the cost of mining, oil extraction, and tunneling, nitroglycerin.

However, the use of explosives in warfare has made warfare more efficient, and it also means that wars have greater casualties.

Although Chu Yun is not very willing to face the advent of explosives or even the atomic energy age, this is the trend of technological development.

Even if Chu Yun didn't order people to research new gunpowder, it would be invented sooner or later, and it would be better to keep it in his own hands.

"I want to study a gunpowder that burns quickly and without residue for use as a propellant charge for guns," said the bearded chemist.

"Just do your research and don't worry about funding, Mr. Nobel," Chu Yun said.

The bearded chemist in front of him is none other than Nobel, a chemist who was called a "death dealer" by people of his time.

When Mauser and Nobel came to this world, the destructive power of war rose to another level. Chu Yun felt more and more that his order was heavy, and his hand was a double-edged sword.

(End of this chapter)