Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 208 Military and Civilian

After finalizing the subsequent development plan, preparations related to poison gas warfare began to advance steadily.

Finding a remote place deep in the mountains, Cheng Nuo decided to set up a chemical weapons research institute there, and officially changed the name of the project to the "Qiong Qi" project.

The area of ​​this place is not too big, but it is not too small either. It is located in a small valley, and the transportation is inconvenient. If there is no local guide to guide the way, outsiders can't get in at all.

There used to be several families living in the area, and they usually made a living by hunting.

Later, after Cheng Nuo fell in love with this place, he bought it with money. To be on the safe side, he even asked these villagers to move out of the valley.

On the one hand, the place is relatively remote. After all the villagers are moved out, even if an accident occurs at the poison gas research institute, only the internal staff of the School of Chemistry and the "Qingqi" project will suffer, and it will not spread to innocent people.

On the other hand, it is also based on the principle of confidentiality. After all, if one more person knows, there is an additional risk of leakage.Moreover, secrecy also has a cost. The lower the cost, the higher the possibility that the enemy will know.

What's more, the little devil's intelligence agency is too powerful. Although there are no obvious traces of activities in the southwest direction, now that the Academy of Sciences has settled in, and Cheng Nuo himself is the focus of the other party's attention, maybe one day in the future, this area will become The area that the little devils spies will focus on investigation.

After completing all the work arrangements, Cheng Nuo felt uneasy, and directly shouted to the survey team: "Lifu, Lifu, come over here, I have something to tell you."

It's a pity that after shouting for a long time, the entire terrain exploration team didn't reply.

Still, Fan Xudong couldn't stand it anymore, and walked over with a trekking pole, panting heavily: "Zhiyuan, have you forgotten that Lifu was sent to Beijing by you, and I guess he just arrived there after calculating the time, so I have to wait for him to come back." a period of time."

In fact, as soon as he finished saying this, Cheng Nuo realized it, but it was too late to take it back.

It's not that he has a bad memory, but that with the passage of time, the time nodes of major events in history are getting closer and closer. It was overwhelming, but no one could tell.

I'm afraid that because of his small attempt, even worse consequences will occur.

He couldn't afford it, and the dilapidated homeland under his feet couldn't stand this more severe devastation.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot." Cheng Nuo took a deep breath, and the color on his face barely recovered: "So, Lao Fan, have you been busy lately? I want to ask you to do something for me, you Can you see it?"

"It's our duty to help or not. It's you, don't try too hard." Fan Xudong waved his hands again and again, sighed and said: "Although man is born free, he is in chains everywhere, but obviously you The self-imposed shackles are too heavy, and I am almost out of breath, so it is not a long-term solution!"

Cheng Nuo didn't answer directly, and turned his head to another place, overlooking the whole valley from the mountainside, with a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery: "It is said that Chongqing does not have the 'scented spring breeze' of 'Sanli Jinxiu', which cannot attract flowers. Even Du Fu didn't come here to build a thatched cottage because of the chants of "cutting flowers and leaves" by the poet,
Compared with Chengdu, it is a pity that it is "slightly inferior in literary talent". If I have the opportunity, I really want to go to Chengdu and see the scenery of the imperial city. "

Although Fan Xudong didn't quite understand why Cheng Nuo suddenly said that, but thinking that the dean had his own considerations, he gestured to the comrades behind to let him rest where he was.

Pinching his waist, he also followed Cheng Nuo and looked into the distance: "Actually, I didn't understand at the beginning. The climate in Chongqing is so hot that you can't see the sky all the year round, but Chengdu has a refreshing and pleasant sky with high clouds and light clouds. From the perspective of terrain , Chongqing is full of mountain roads, although the winding paths lead to secluded places, it is difficult to walk, while Chengdu is a flat river.

If you are dealing with the locals, how can you put it, that is, "Chongqing babies are hard, Chengdu babies have cunning mouths", especially the bitter and astringent Tuocha, what's the point of drinking it!

But looking at it right now, Chengdu is not comparable to the fact that Chongqing has only opened a port. The materials from Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other provinces have been transported by land and water, and it is much more convenient to buy foreign goods. Although I don’t want to admit it, there are foreigners. Where there is no place, those warlords who are strong on the outside and doing nothing in the middle dare not do anything. "

Withdrawing his gaze from a distance and looking at Cheng Nuo's face, Fan Xudong said solemnly: "Maybe we can't understand why you did this right now, but I believe you must have a reason for doing this. Time will test all the truth. We comrades, don't have too much psychological burden..."

Cheng Nuo, a strong man, was a little moved by his sincere feelings, and opened his mouth to tell these people everything he knew.

But he opened his mouth, and finally shook his head, and said with a soft smile: "It's okay, I'm not busy with work recently, I didn't sleep well at night.

Let's get back to the topic now. I called you here just now because I thought our preliminary work was not good enough.In this way, I know that you have some friends on the public side. Later, you can discuss with Mr. Ren Gong and find a way to erase this valley from the map, so that it will be less likely to attract attention. "

Fan Xudong hesitated to speak, but after seeing that Cheng Nuo was still unwilling to tell the truth, he could only sigh: "Oh, don't worry, this matter is on our shoulders. It just so happens that the government of this county wants to ask me for a drink. I'll contact him."

Cheng Nuo nodded and patted Fan Xudong on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work."

After saying this, Cheng Nuo immediately had a smile on his face, preventing the rest of the comrades from worrying about him.

As he walked towards the comrades who were resting in place, Cheng Nuo distributed the food he had brought.

"Come on, this is a pastry sent to me from Beijing. I heard that it is a century-old brand. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still alive, it was specially provided for the imperial palace. It is a pity that it died, or we don't have the appetite. Le."

"Thank you, Dean. When I was in Beijing, I thought this stuff was so sweet that it would hit my throat, but now I can't eat it for such a long time, so I miss it." Comrade A wiped the corners of his mouth and said The non-existent saliva, a very excited look.

"It's so good, then I have to try it out, thank you, Dean." Comrade Yi is a native of Sichuan and Chongqing. He has never eaten Beijing-style pastries, and he was also curious about these things under the influence of the surrounding atmosphere.

But while they were eating, they suddenly found Cheng Nuo giggling while holding a small box of pastries.

Quietly looking at the past, it is quite different from their style.

But it wasn't better, but worse, so that people could tell at a glance that what they ate was made by the master, while what Cheng Nuo was holding was the work of the apprentice.

The impatient comrades saw it, and immediately asked to exchange their cakes with Cheng Nuo.

It's a pity that before he took two steps forward, he was stopped by a careful comrade, who pointed at Cheng Nuo's actions, and was at a loss as he was holding an envelope.

Several people looked at each other with curiosity on their faces, exchanged glances, and then tiptoed to Cheng Nuo to find out.

Cheng Nuo on the other side hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help opening the envelope.

He never expected that what was poured out first was not a letter, but a photo of a beautiful woman with shawl and long hair, and it was the moment when she looked back and smiled.

Even though he wasn't a real person right now, Cheng Nuo's heart still jumped when he saw the photo.

"The last word is to add a meal, and the next word is to remember each other

——Wen Yin"

Before Cheng Nuo had time to take a closer look, the comrades who were watching the fun immediately started booing:
"Oh, dean, this is the dean's wife, the food is delicious, please thank the dean's wife for us..."

"Dean, my heart hurts so much. Didn't you say that you can't establish a good career and have a family? Dean, you betrayed our team..."

"Dean, Dean, may I ask when the Dean's wife will come to Chongqing, do you want us to welcome you..."

"..."

Cheng Nuoye couldn't help but blush under the rush of tongues.

I hurriedly wanted to stuff the photo back into the envelope, but I didn't expect it to be too hasty, so I couldn't get it in after several times.

And there were more and more people watching the fun, Cheng Nuo stuffed the envelopes and photos into his arms in a hurry.

This time it's good, the booing sound is louder.

"President, don't blush, everyone is from experience, rough guys don't need to be shy."

"That's right, isn't the dean the first time you're talking to someone?"

"Dean..."

Still thick-skinned, Cheng Nuo hid the letter and photos, and said directly: "My fair lady, a gentleman is a good man, as long as everyone knows it, I don't need to go around spreading rumors that I have a long-yang habit. You can prove it for me in time.

But having said that, everyone can't just be busy with their own careers, and those who should start a family, I have set an example for you..."

In fact, Cheng Nuo knew from the beginning that Wen Yin had sent this pastry from Beijing, so he came out to explore this time because he wanted to share this good mood.

When he was assigned the "apprentice" pastry, he had a vague suspicion in his heart, so he left the things in advance.

But I didn't expect that there was a letter inside, and there was a photo of the other party in the letter, so that's why the scene just now happened.

"Hey, there are more and more things owed to others now, let's finish this time first, and take her and Lao Li over with me when I have time."

After this small episode passed, the "Qongqi" plan officially advanced steadily.

First, the staff of the Academy of Sciences were invited to plan the valley, design architectural drawings, and quickly construct according to the drawings.

Out of the need for air defense in the future, Cheng Nuo even specially recruited a group of workers, called mining, to excavate the interior of the mountain. In fact, relying on the mountain to build an air defense factory, when an air raid really comes, they can quickly hide in the facility .

At the same time, Cheng Nuo is also leading the team in the development of chemical weapons.

In order to deceive people, different chemical weapons are named Red [-], Orange [-], Yellow [-], etc., and those that are further researched are called Red [-], and so on.

Because of the accumulation of alkali-making and ammonia-synthesizing technologies, some simple chemical weapons were manufactured, such as phenyl bromide, dicyanarsine, diphenylchloroarsine and other chemical weapons.

As for the famous mustard gas, although it was also within the scope of Cheng Nuo's plan, it was not a good priority. On the battlefield, diphenylcyanarsine was more effective.

Diphenylcyanarsine can not only quickly incapacitate unprotected soldiers, but also dissipate quickly, usually within a few minutes, which is very conducive to attack.

The use of mustard gas, which is highly toxic and has a long duration of action, will instead limit our own actions and miss opportunities for combat.

But everything has pros and cons. If the battle is unfavorable, mustard gas is a good weapon to stop the rear, especially when defending and retreating, it can effectively block the enemy.

Of course, the best defense is offense, especially chemical warfare. The offensive side has sufficient initiative to choose the appropriate conditions for the use of chemical weapons, especially the wind force and direction, while the defensive side often chooses passively, forcing chemical weapons when the geographical conditions are unfavorable. Weapons, on the contrary, may injure the enemy eight hundred and self-damage one thousand.

Considering that it is difficult for our army to defeat the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield, and large-scale chemical warfare has higher requirements for preparation, natural conditions, and coordinated actions, under various factors, the optimal solution for the use of chemical weapons is to focus on small and medium-sized .

Therefore, poison bomb (barrel) is then the main mode of these chemical weapons.

But after careful calculation, there is still some time before the anti-Japanese battlefield, and it is obviously not a good way to fill it into a poison gas weapon on the spot.

After careful consideration, Cheng Nuo decided to put it into a large container and bury it deep underground as a strategic reserve.

But in this way, although Cheng Nuo successfully completed the standard storage of chemical weapons, the production costs he paid continued to rise, and he could not make ends meet, so he needed other ways to apportion these costs.

Combining with civilian use is a relatively good way he envisioned.

Considering that chlorine gas is an indispensable raw material for the production of poisonous gas, [-]% of all kinds of poisonous gas are compounds based on chlorine gas.

So Cheng Nuo decided to transfer part of the chlorine gas technology to civilian use, and obtain chlorine gas by electrolyzing saturated salt water.

Chlorine gas is widely used for disinfection of drinking water and preparation of bleaching powder, hydrochloric acid, hydrochloride, pesticides, plastics, organic solvents, dyes, chemical reagents, bleached pulp and cloth, rare metals and extraction of pure silicon.

At present, the ammonia fertilizer developed by the chemical industry has achieved small results in agriculture. The next step is to develop the pesticide industry, which can further help people increase production and income, and let more working people enjoy the fruits of industrial development.

Moreover, it can be widely used in the paper industry. Inviting Tao Xingzhi to set up schools in the future will also facilitate the dissemination of knowledge, exempt tuition and miscellaneous fees, and make it more affordable for more children to go to school.

In a sense, it can be regarded as the decentralization of military technology, and then feed back the military industry.

"However, am I too small in size, too narrow in my vision, staying in the country all the time, and earning such a small amount of money is not worth it at all.

Moreover, if chemical weapons are not brought to the battlefield and tested by themselves, how will we know whether the effect is good or not?

I think it's better to find a way to sell it to the European battlefield, earn some extra money, and share the experience of using chemical warfare with each other by the way?
Of course, it would be even better to kidnap a few more talents. "

(End of this chapter)