Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 207 The So-Called International Convention

"Zhiyuan, you may have forgotten one thing."

After the meeting, Fan Xudong suddenly pulled Cheng Nuo aside, looked around for no one's attention, and said cautiously: "Zhiyuan, what you just said is right, the treaty during the war is a piece of waste paper, but unfortunately you ignored one point, the above Only applies to strong countries, for us in weak countries, a treaty is a treaty!"

Cheng Nuo frowned: "What do you say?"

Fan Xudong pulled Cheng Nuo to the corner again, and said in a low voice: "China joined the "Convention on the Laws and Customs of Land Warfare" in 1907, which is commonly known as the "Hague Treaty on Land Warfare", which explicitly prohibited the use of chemical weapons. arms.

And there are more than 30 countries that have signed the treaty. If we let the big powers know about it during the use, wouldn’t we personally give them an excuse to fight us? "

Cheng Nuo was thoughtful: "Yes, this kind of behavior is undoubtedly a knife in his own hand, stabbing himself in turn."

Fan Xudong slammed his hand violently: "That's what I meant. The country is powerful, so we can use it as we like, but we are different. We are suppressed everywhere, not to mention exaggerated things like launching wars. An economic blockade of our Academy of Sciences is enough for us to drink a pot."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "You're right, I agree with your point of view."

Fan Xudong said happily: "So, are you going to postpone this matter? Of course, I am not against the development of this project, but I just want to say that we are not in time yet. We will be strong in the future, and we have accumulated enough technology. Late.

I didn’t refute at the meeting just now, because I didn’t want everyone to see that the two of us have differences, and let the comrades lose their temper..."

"Who said I'm going to postpone it? On the contrary, I'm going to start right away when I go back." Cheng Nuo waved his hand with a serious face.

"But what you meant just now... Could it be that my understanding is wrong?" Fan Xudong said in astonishment.

"Old Fan, you are right. The convention does have certain restrictions on our weak country, and extreme situations are not impossible." Cheng Nuo paused, and continued: "But it will only be triggered when we use it. And if there is a convention, there will naturally be loopholes.”

"Loophole?" Fan Xudong was puzzled.

Cheng Nuo smiled, and walked from the shadows to the light again: "Actually, I knew what was going on when you mentioned the word "agreement" just now. If I remember correctly, there are two loopholes in this agreement. If one of the two parties has not joined the 'Convention', the 'Convention' will not be binding."

"But our country has already joined in, and it was joined by the Manchu Qing government in the last century, and it already has legal effect." Fan Xudong followed behind, a little anxious: "Can't we withdraw now? It's obviously not realistic Bar?"

Cheng Nuo shook his head, calmly: "One, isn't there another, that is, the convention stipulates that poisonous gas cannot be used in projectiles such as shells and bombs."

Fan Xudong didn't quite understand: "Is there any other way to use it?"

Cheng Nuo said with a smile: "Of course, when it comes to convention hooligans, whether they are Anglo-Saxons or Germans, they are better than us. For example, Germany, the current leader in chemical warfare in the European War, is taking advantage of this loophole. Chlorine gas was released in liquefied gas cylinders and started a full-scale poison gas war."

Before the use of poison gas, tear gas bombs were the first to be put into the battlefield, which opened the prelude to the use of poison gas in World War I.

It's just that on the western front where chemical weapons were used for the first time, Germany was the victim and France was the perpetrator.

Later, Germany learned from the painful experience. The following year, the German army released a large amount of chlorine gas at the French army position in Yibaer in western Belgium.A gap about 6 kilometers wide was quickly opened, and the German army easily obtained an area 4 kilometers deep without firing a single shot.

Germany, which tasted the sweetness of chemical weapons, has been out of control since then, and Fritz Haber, who invented the synthetic ammonia technology behind him, continued to study chemical weapons, and successively used phosgene, which is 18 times more poisonous than chlorine, As well as mustard gas, known as the "king of poisons", etc., the results are fruitful.

After the end of World War I, the League of Nations convened the "Conference on the Control of International Trade in Weapons, Ammunition and Instruments of War" in Geneva, and the meeting passed the "Protocol Prohibiting the Use of Asphyxiating, Toxic or Other Gases and Bacterial Methods of Warfare" .

It is a pity that this agreement is the same as its "predecessors". Although the use of chemical weapons is clearly prohibited, the development, production and storage of chemical weapons are not expressly stipulated. The right to retaliate with chemical weapons.

So strictly speaking, Cheng Nuo's research on chemical weapons was also focused on defense, which was not considered a violation of the convention.

It is very interesting to say that during the signing of the treaty, Japan actively participated in the drafting and formulation of the treaty, and stood at the front line of international drug control.Later, Japan excused that the United States had not ratified the treaty for a long time, so they were not going to ratify the treaty.

So it was not until 25, 1970 years after the end of World War II, that Japan officially joined the treaty.

Of course, if we look at the facts, Japan was also secretly researching chemical weapons. The time happened to be 1917, the year Cheng Nuo returned to China.

Finding a gazebo, Cheng Nuo wanted to sit in and rest.

Unexpectedly, some students had already entered in the gazebo ahead of time, and they were reading passionately.

"Here I solemnly suggest that we establish the Sichuan branch of the Xinmin Society to innovate academics, improve conduct, and improve people's customs."

"Should the discipline of members be the same as that of those comrades in Changsha, Hunan?"

"Of course." The leader waved his right hand in the gazebo, sonorously: "No hypocrisy, no laziness, no waste, no gambling, no prostitution. Strive to be serious in life, bright in personality, upward in thinking, and able to do things for the nation. Young people with lofty aspirations!"

"Okay, that's right, we new youths should be like this!" The youth leader had just finished speaking, and Cheng Nuo, who was listening quietly behind him, immediately stood up and said while applauding: "Such an interesting study, can I also Can you join in?"

Everyone was too involved before, and they didn't notice Cheng Nuo and the two coming.

He was startled immediately after hearing the applause, especially the young leader's face changed suddenly.

"Dean? When did you come here?"

Cheng Nuo raised his eyebrows and said kindly, "Why, don't you welcome me? In fact, I'm not much older than you, and I'm barely a young man. If you think I don't meet your requirements, you can list me as a Outsiders."

"No, no, no... no, we definitely don't mean that." The young leader waved his hands again and again, and couldn't finish his words under the tension: "Really... To be honest, you are more suitable than any of us. "

"That's right, Brother Zhang is right. You are satisfied with the above items, and you are also our role model."

"That's right. For example, if you don't have sex with prostitutes, you not only don't go to romantic places, but you don't even find a lover for your career. You are alone, and you are really a role model for my generation..."

Cheng Nuo still felt a little proud of the previous sentence, but when it came to the last sentence, his face became darker and darker as he heard it.

He doesn't want to be single or anything, okay?

This is not an advantage at all, and there is no need to learn it at all.

Seeing that the direction of the wind behind him was starting to turn a little bit wrong, Cheng Nuo hurriedly stopped it: "Okay, okay, don't say anything about flattery, I support what you have learned on behalf of the Academy of Sciences, but the premise is that I will join .”

Unexpectedly, Cheng Nuo not only did not object, but also wanted to support it. The students immediately jumped up when they heard this.

If the dean was not still here, the students would all cheer loudly. Even so, the joy and excitement in their eyes couldn't be hidden.

It has to be a young leader. After taking a deep breath, he said seriously: "Thank you, Dean. On behalf of our Xinmin Society Sichuan Branch, I formally invite you to join us, Dean!"

But the dean is the dean after all, no matter how much Cheng Nuo emphasized, the students of these societies would not list Cheng Nuo as an ordinary member.

But Cheng Nuo had too many things to do, so he couldn't devote his energy to being the president of the society.

There was a stalemate, and finally Fan Xudong, who was playing soy sauce, said that he could make Cheng Nuo the honorary chairman. Although he had no real power, he had a higher status.

In this way, both parties are very satisfied.

It could be seen that Cheng Nuo and Fan Xudong still had important matters to discuss, and these students vacated the gazebo with great interest.

Before parting, Cheng Nuo suddenly stopped them again: "The 'Cat' students from the Xinmin Society are traveling on foot in the countryside of Yiyang, Yuanjiang, Yueyang and other counties. Go to the countryside and see how the people at the bottom live.

In this way, I believe that you will have a deeper understanding of these theories, and you will also understand why we choose such a path. "

Today's great man has gradually begun to shine. Although Cheng Nuo can't get in touch with him directly, he is very happy to keep getting closer to him.

The current Xinmin Society is a good window to use the strength of its students to help these people whom Cheng Nuo admires the most.

Seeing the students in high spirits and looking forward to the future, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but sigh, "Youth is so good!"

"What, youth is so good? Zhiyuan, I remember that you are not too old. Why do you suddenly feel sad for spring and autumn? This is not like the you I know." Fan Xudong walked around in front of Cheng Nuo and looked him up and down from head to toe. After a while, it's a little unbelievable.

Cheng Nuo shook his head and said, "Youth is fleeting, so we should cherish it more. Now that the surroundings are clean, let's focus on business."

Fan Xudong put away the teasing look on his face: "You tell me, I will remember."

Cheng Nuo nodded and said seriously: "As far as I know, our neighbor Japan has already started preparations for poison gas weapons in order not to lag behind European and American countries. The battlefield was comprehensively studied.

And simultaneously carry out military gas mask research, do you know what this means? "

Before Fan Xudong could answer, Cheng Nuo directly asked and answered: "It means that Japan's stance on chemical weapons has undergone a fundamental change, and as far as I know, the Japanese army has made breakthroughs in the research of chemical weapons. How do we defend against the sudden outbreak of war?"

In view of the fact that the Russian army had a history of poison gas warfare in World War I, the Japanese army made a decision to prepare to use poison gas and equip them with gas masks.

In 1917, the Japanese Army ordered the Army Technical Review Department responsible for weapons research to conduct poison gas research, and set up a chemical weapons research room in the military hygiene classroom of the Army Medical School.

On this basis, in 1918, which is the current time period of Cheng Nuo, Japan established a "temporary poisonous gas investigation committee/member", and successively produced liquid chlorine, phenyl bromide (tear gas) and chloropicrin (tear gas) asphyxiating gas), etc.

Successfully synthesized mustard gas, an erosive poisonous gas, and carried out trial production and field tests of gas bombs, and sent them to the Siberian battlefield to let Maozi have a taste.

Later, the Japanese army's chemical weapons absorbed German technology and began to develop continuously, and established the 731 Unit, which is as notorious as the 516 Unit, and was eventually used on the battlefield of aggression against our country.

Although Fan Xudong didn't know as much as Cheng Nuo, he also understood the little devil's wolf ambition, so he simply gritted his teeth: "Okay, let's do whatever you want."

Unexpectedly, Cheng Nuo suddenly chuckled, patted Fan Xudong on the shoulder and said, "Don't be so nervous, Lao Fan. We don't necessarily make money by researching chemical weapons. Many raw materials can be used directly from our alkali and ammonia production. When the finished product is properly used, it can also be converted to civilian use.”

Fan Xudong looked like you were teasing me, obviously he didn't believe this sentence: "Zhiyuan, I'm already an expert, so there's no need to lie to me."

Cheng Nuo was a little helpless: "You may have never been in contact with this kind of thing, so you understand it this way. Let's put it this way, you can see that hydrochloric acid, glycine, and sulfuric acid are used in mustard gas. These are all produced after our successful acid production. essential product.

Calcium carbide and subacid in Lu's gas are also the most indispensable things in our chemical plant. As for the ammonium nitrate and ammonium chloride in the fuming agent, these can be obtained by adjusting the process after our ammonia synthesis technology matures.

As for the conversion to civilian use, it is better understood that hydrocyanic acid is used as a necessary synthetic material for the manufacture of resins, lactic acid, and fluorescent dyes; phosgene is also an indispensable raw material for the manufacture of various dyes, paints, herbicides, and medicines.

The process of researching chemical weapons is also the process of accumulating our chemical synthesis agent production technology. The development of military weapons does not mean the separation from civilian use. "

It is not without reason that chemical weapons are "poor man's atomic bombs".

As far as its essence is concerned, as long as you have a certain chemical industry foundation, you can easily own it with the intention of research and manufacturing without much cost.

In this way, the top and bottom of the School of Chemistry performed their duties according to Cheng Nuo's assignment, and the research progress was steadily moving forward. In the process of developing chemical weapons, the research on protective equipment was also carried out simultaneously.

Be the sharpest spear and the thickest shield.

(End of this chapter)