Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Chapter 2184 Beggar's Steel Torrent
Although the number of people brought back by the major tribes was small, and there were not enough field engineers, but in fact, for their existing resources, the controversy brought by more field engineers also had a great marginal effect. At present, three or four were actually enough.

During these few days, several major tribes gathered around the canyon and began to work busily.

Large livestock domesticated by various families pulled huge carts across the grasslands, bringing back cartloads of minerals. This world's uniquely large beasts solved the transportation problem to a considerable extent in the early days of industrialization.

The minerals are fed into the blast furnace, and then react rapidly with the assistance of mimetic catalysis. After purification, they flow out from below in the form of molten steel.

Various types of mimetic catalysis are standard capabilities for battlefield engineers. In the case of a simple battlefield environment, this trick can be used to simulate different catalysts or lower the threshold of the reaction, thereby completing a series of chemical steps. For example, at this moment, a huge rock reactor is built near the steelmaking furnace. The waste heat generated by steelmaking is directed to this area, and the cooling water from other industrial areas will also be heated through metal pipes around this huge reactor.

In the large pit with a diameter of more than ten meters and a depth of more than ten meters, various human and animal feces are piled up. Under the high temperature environment, a small bottle of bacteria is poured into it. However, the underground base has undergone many improvements and purifications, and the bacteria can quickly ferment the feces.

These household wastes, which were originally quite difficult to handle, have now become an important source of energy for the factory. Under the influence of mimetic catalysis, these wastes are being decomposed rapidly, while producing biogas and other gases that can be used in the subsequent chemical processes.

A large amount of gas was transported to a low-temperature environment for compression, and at the same time, someone was responsible for reducing the electromagnetic force between molecules, allowing the substance to easily turn into liquid. The Gu Masters in the tribe who were good at ice properties were responsible for cooling down the huge reaction tank. This was a process similar to distillation, except that the gas was liquefied and separated. Different gases have different boiling points, so the order of natural liquefaction is different, so different gases can be separated and liquefied into tanks.

Among them, combustible gases such as methane will be collected and stored as the power source for the tanks produced in the factory next.

The current chemical level and the surrounding resource distribution determine that it is impossible to exploit oil resources and manufacture internal combustion engines in the short term, so they simply chose a simpler technical route and used liquefied gas tanks to store methane as a power source for internal combustion locomotives.

It can also be used as fuel for flamethrowers during melee combat.

A large amount of weeds are collected and thrown into the reactor, which continuously converts nature's organic matter into fuel. The remaining gas enters other chemical reaction processes, each with its own use.

The priests of each tribe tried hard to remember these complicated ways of use, but they could only remember the appearance and memorize certain parameters by rote. If the specifications were slightly changed, the things they remembered would not work. It was just like industrial production must strictly control every industrial process.

During the oxygen blowing steelmaking process, the oxygen supply rate needs to be flexibly adjusted according to the amount of molten steel. If it is more or less, the steel produced will be scrap.

The tribesmen were only able to learn superficial content at present. They definitely could not learn some detailed formulas and chemical principles in such a short time. The field engineers would explain some things to them but not much. In addition, they were very busy, so they could learn even less.

It's not that the field engineers don't have time to teach the smart people in the tribe, but their mission this time is not to spread knowledge. Even when facing these tribal leaders, they need to conceal their core technology to a certain extent.

The reason is very simple. These tribes with slightly larger size cannot be considered allies of the underground base. At present, the two sides can only be said to be in a mutually beneficial relationship. Strictly speaking, the leaders of these tribes would have been hanged in the era of abolishing slavery. If they are taught too much knowledge now, they may form a new interest group in the future, which may be more troublesome than the Golden Family.

The industrial capacity they are currently improving will still collapse after a period of operation without the assistance of knowledgeable people in the future, and it will be difficult for them to rebuild on their own.

However, the underground base did not expect to be able to prevent the spread of technology with this little trick. In fact, they knew very well that the spread of technology was almost inevitable. Soldiers were not made of special materials. They would be corrupted when faced with interests. When faced with the beauty sent by the family elders, they might not be able to keep their bottom line. One person might be able to resist the temptation, but there would always be someone who could not.

Therefore, the underground base has put more energy into the updating and iteration of technology. Low-level technology will spread out sooner or later. But there are some things that people outside cannot learn even if they know the principles. The scale of industrialization will become larger and larger as the level increases. The number of workers required will also increase. Without a concept that can unite people and a goal worth fighting for together, it is difficult to gather so many people and let them work hard in their positions.

In this regard, the underground base currently has no competitors on the prairie. Once exchanges and trade become common in the future, the advantages of industrialization will bring about a scissors fork that will make subsequent challenges more likely. It will be found that it is better to buy than to make, and it is better to rent than to buy, and it will gradually become unprofitable, so there will be no motivation to catch up.

The tribes that have been funded so far have not thought too much about it, they just want to steal some technology from them. But even if the battlefield engineers did not specifically prevent them from learning, the technical details here are not so easy to learn. The mathematical calculations involved alone are enough to give them a headache.

Under the organization of the field engineers, a large number of standardized parts were produced in batches. The slaves in the tribe who were originally only able to herd livestock and were not even qualified to be cannon fodder now entered the factory. On the assembly line, everyone was only proficient in one process. With continuous proficiency, the craftsmanship gradually improved. The various machines mastered by the field engineers were also modularly designed. Just like the assembly between aluminum profiles, all kinds of equipment were spliced ​​together like building blocks. Only when it was really necessary to improve the structural strength, welding technology would be used to reinforce the gaps.

Even under such crude production conditions, diesel locomotives can still be driven off the production line.

However, these cars are problematic and can only be driven by soldiers who have undergone special training and are equipped with special poisonous insects.

The field engineers were responsible for personally training these soldiers and distributing them with poisonous insects that had specific mimicry catalysis.

These battlefield engineers are responsible for maintaining the engines of various types of tanks. Normally they must be present when these tanks are driving, and use the specific poisonous insects in their bodies to construct killing moves to solve various engine problems caused by insufficient processing precision.

For example, if there is a problem with the cylinder seal, it is necessary to use a Gu that can change the viscosity of the fluid, so that the viscosity of the gas at the cylinder seal ring is increased to the level of lubricant, thereby ensuring that the gas will not leak out. In addition, during the combustion process, the engine may have carbon deposits, and they are also needed to catalyze the reaction to make the reaction more complete. The running-in between the gears and the chain also requires a specific killer move as lubrication.

The intensity of different killer moves needs to be determined according to the condition of the car. These details need to be experienced in person before they can be solved skillfully. However, once you are proficient, handling these problems will be as easy as instinct. It is similar to how you can control your balance instinctively after learning to ride a bicycle.

With these people in charge of driving the vehicles, these chariots will be like the machine soul is in great joy, exerting 200% of their performance, and if necessary, they can even operate at more than twice the rated power at the cost of damaging the body.

Due to the simple conditions, there are actually many specific killer moves that cannot be taught to these people. For example, battlefield engineers can actually temporarily mount explosive reactive armor on vehicles. They only need to use poisonous insects to absorb the black smoke emitted by the engine, and then let this layer of carbon black cover the front armor of the tank. After accumulating to a certain thickness, it can be detonated by mimic catalysis when it is subjected to a violent collision, and the shock wave of the explosion can be used to offset the kinetic energy of the enemy's attack. At the same time, vector deflection can be performed on the armor. Slightly deflecting the direction of the kinetic energy received by the armor can increase the possibility of ricocheting of enemy shells or other flying props. In addition, there are a series of artillery range extension and turret stabilization killer moves, which are all very powerful skills. If the battlefield engineer is personally in the tank, even without modern electronic equipment, the tank can move at high speed in a bumpy environment while keeping the turret stable and aiming and shooting. This kind of A-walking skill is enough to make the performance of the tank leap forward by an era.

However, even without these exaggerated performance features, the performance demonstrated by these newly produced chariots also made the tribal leaders extremely excited. As long as a crew cooperates well, the combat power they can burst out before the car is damaged due to a malfunction is not inferior to that of a third-turn strongman. If the advantages in range and defense are taken into account, they are top-notch among the three-turn ones.

In the past two weeks, the tribes have produced more than ten chariots, which is almost the strength of a tank division. They have also produced a lot of towed artillery and heavy sniper equipment, as well as rockets and mortars that can be carried by individual soldiers. It is more than enough for the next assault they are preparing.

At this moment, the Zhuangjia base camp, which was continuously sending new soldiers to the front line, had not yet realized that danger was quietly approaching. As a branch of the Golden Family, although it was called a tribe, it had actually long ceased to be nomadic. The family occupied a very fertile grassland. Unless there was a heavy snowstorm once every 10 years, they could graze in all seasons. The population directly under the family alone reached million. As for the small tribes around their territory that were similar to feudal nobles, they were at least ten times the population of their main family. Without such a large scale, how could they support a Golden Family on the grassland?
The grassland they occupied was densely populated with hundreds of small towns and a giant town in the center, covering an area of ​​about 80,000 square kilometers. Here was buried the huge wealth they had accumulated over thousands of years. Many of them would not be taken away and sent to the Royal Court even after the end of the Royal Court War, but buried in a maze deep underground as the family's heritage.

For thousands of years, no family in a remote tribe has dared to launch any sneak attack on the banker. The name of the Golden Family alone is enough to intimidate the entire grassland, so that even with all the elite troops out now, they have no intention of worrying about their hometown being robbed. The total population of the largest tribe around is only about 500,000 or 600,000, and the maximum force they can muster is 10,000 troops. If this number of people dares to rob the Golden Family, even the old, weak, women and children who stay in the family will be drowned by a mouthful of spit.

But this time, taking advantage of the cover of night and pulling by the giant beast, the troops that attacked them were a steel torrent that had never appeared in history.

Hundreds of tanks on wooden flatbed trucks, pulled by huge terrain beasts, took advantage of the night and quickly headed towards the core territory of the Golden Family. Following behind were hundreds of towed artillery pieces and young gunners who had just undergone training and were still immature.

Although the others did not wear power armor, they were all equipped with various individual thermal weapons. Even in close combat, each of them was equipped with several grenades, which were enough to kill a second-level master in close combat.

Because of the addition of these weapons, the battlefield is no longer only accessible to Gu Masters, ordinary people can also join the battle, so that a total of six tribes have mobilized nearly 200,000 troops. If they were not limited by the production capacity of various weapons, they could have mobilized even more troops.

Now, after about five days of trekking, hiding during the day and moving at night, they finally arrived at a distance of fifteen kilometers from the fortress on the edge of the Zhuangjia town group. Here, tanks began to drive down from the flatbed trucks, and the infantry also boarded half-track vehicles. The troops began to deploy offensive formations and prepare to launch an attack.

At this moment in the castle, the guards of the Zhuang family had already noticed the attacking force, but so far he couldn't believe that someone would dare to take this opportunity to attack the Golden Family.

[To be continued]

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