Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

The research on chemical weapons is not as simple as imagined. Even if there are hackers like Cheng Nuo joining in, they can only develop some relatively rudimentary chemical weapons. Not enough to watch.

In order to further develop, chemists, chemical industry technicians and military technicians must be combined to advance chemical weapons research.

After much deliberation, Cheng Nuo decided to transfer Jiang Baili and others by telegram before Jiang Jiangzuo returned to Beijing. Prepare for a rainy day.

No matter how good something is, someone has to know how to use it.

Of course, relying on Cheng Nuo and the Academy of Sciences alone is not enough, and the development of the chemical industry is also indispensable.

For this reason, chemical industry facilities must be cultivated as "invisible armaments" in normal times. Only in this way can they contribute to the production of poison gas during wartime, not to mention that there is still one round before 1930, and the time is still early.

"Look at Zhiyuan, this is the third consecutive issue of "Chongqing Daily" reporting on our synthetic ammonia plant. Seeing that our "Golden Land" is becoming more and more famous, even the streets are rumored about our "Golden Land" Congratulations." Fan Xudong suddenly rushed in happily, waving a newspaper in his hand.

Although Cheng Nuo's thoughts were interrupted, after hearing the news, he said with great interest: "Why, "Chongqing Daily" is still reporting, counting the articles that interviewed us before, there must be seven or eight articles in total. , I don’t know, I thought we contracted this newspaper, so what did you talk about this time?”

"This time, just like the previous two issues, we recorded the price and efficacy of our chemical fertilizers in the "Yucheng Price List" to publicize it to the readers. When I bought the newspaper, I took advantage of the newsboy to sell newspapers and secretly eavesdropped on it. A few words, let alone, the response is quite good." Fan Xudong spread out the newspaper and said happily.

Turning his head around, Cheng Nuo looked at it with great interest: "It is said that "Chongqing Daily" is one of the oldest in Sichuan, and its reputation is very good. We can take advantage of this opportunity to expand production capacity. We will also be able to do other things in the future. Chemical weapons are still too expensive, almost beyond our means."

But when the two were happily flipping through the newspaper, Cheng Nuo suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell.

Suddenly, Cheng Nuo asked suddenly, "Old Fan, how much is the circulation of "Chongqing Daily"?"

After hearing this, Fan Xudong's face immediately turned strange, he hesitated for a long time but couldn't explain why: "It's... pretty good, it's said in the whole Sichuan Province, and the scale is not too small."

Cheng Nuo was not fooled by these words, and said in a deep voice, "Old Fan, tell me how many there are, and give me an accurate number."

Seeing that he couldn't escape, Fan Xudong had no choice but to tell the answer, and said with a guilty conscience: "I asked in the last issue, and there were about 900 copies..."

Fan Xudong also knew that this number was ugly, and he was afraid that Cheng Nuo would not be able to accept it, so he quickly added: "Actually, this is already very good. The first issue of our newspaper was just in the early 500s. Now that it has increased so much, it is said that we have contributed a lot. big."

Having been fooled once, Cheng Nuo was not willing to suffer a second time. He kept staring at Fan Xudong, trying to find some clues from his face.

Sure enough, Fan Xudong was so guilty that he didn't have the confidence to look at him at all. He had no choice but to turn his face straight up, as if a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water: "It's really good. Other newspapers must usually burn 500. It smells good, "Chongqing Daily" is all about 1000, and the general is selected among the short ones, but he is also a general, isn't he?"

During the ensuing questioning, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but gasped.

It turns out that among the hundreds of copies of "Chongqing Daily", a large part is still a free subscription, similar to the kind of leaflets given to you in later generations, giving you a small fan.

Just relying on this method, many readers have been added.

It is even more difficult to inquire about the "National" magazine of the Academy of Sciences later.

Although there are reasons for the high reading threshold of popular science magazines, more importantly, the local illiteracy rate in Sichuan is too high, which is too fatal.

If Cheng Nuo did not solve this problem, then the establishment of the local industrial base would be impossible, and the shortage of talents would be too fatal.

Even ordinary industrial workers must at least be literate.

"It's better to invite Mr. Tao Xingzhi here quickly, build some schools, lay a good foundation, and then combine with the Chinese Vocational Education Association to train as many industrial workers as possible. Only with a rich talent reserve can we talk about poetry and distant places. and cannon."

"As for the faculty resources among them, just taking advantage of World War I to open up the chemical weapons market, let's see if we can find some talents from Europe to come back..."

Looking at the goldfish in the water tank, Fan Xudong suddenly said: "Zhiyuan, you said that when we learned scientific knowledge, shouldn't we all have the purpose of exploring the truth, but now we are going further and further into practical industry, and even research Did chemical weapons go astray?"

Cheng Nuo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed at himself: "I believe that scientists should focus on seeking the truth after all, but are there any happy and gratifying memories in the life of concentrating on learning? If these memories can also contribute to the motherland , or have anything to do with the expectations of fellow citizens, it is a great honor for scientists.

Especially when the country is in crisis, our value should be reflected in the cause of national defense. As the saying goes, science has no national boundaries, but scientists have national boundaries. "

Fan Xudong suddenly said inexplicably: "So this is the reason why you gave up mathematics research and turned to chemistry?"

Cheng Nuo's face darkened in an instant: "Which pot doesn't turn on and which pot to lift, right? Besides, who told you that I'm going to give up mathematics, but mathematics exploration is not so easy. I want to do some chemistry in the middle to change my mind." , it's not what you said."

Fan Xudong quietly turned his head away, curled his lips and muttered in a low voice: "Just blow it."

Although the voice was relatively quiet, it was better because the distance was relatively short. Cheng Nuo still heard what he said. He took two steps to Fan Xudong and said calmly: "We have indeed created chemical weapons now, but protective equipment such as Gas masks, our research is still in the blank. Right now we have a lot of experience in our School of Chemistry, so I will leave this matter to you.

Manpower, material and financial resources are easy to talk about, but you have to come up with a result as soon as possible, and it is best to have a general idea before going to Europe. "

Seeing that it hadn't been easy for two days, another job was arranged, and Fan Xudong bluntly said that he wanted to cry but had no tears.

But I still want to do this in my heart. After all, chemical weapons can be used by myself and the enemy. If the protective equipment is too poor, it will still suffer on the actual battlefield.

After thinking about it, Cheng Nuo decided to take the initiative to share the pressure for Fan Xudong: "Well, after a while, I will invite Dean Wu Liande from the medical school. He is a leading expert in respiratory prevention and control in the world. You can help each other. Get in touch, then you can study gas masks, and he can also improve medical masks, in a sense, it is also a kind of complement.”

Fan Xudong said happily: "I almost forgot that there is such an expert. Where is Dean Wu now? If the distance is not too far, I will pick him up personally."

Cheng Nuo smiled brightly: "Let's not talk about the distance, just the time. I'm afraid Dean Wu Liande is too busy these days."

Fan Xudong asked curiously: "I know that he is the main contributor to the solution to the Northeast plague. Could it be that he is still far away in the Northeast?"

Cheng Nuo shook his head, sighed and said, "Of course not, but the distance is not very close. Recently, there have been inexplicable epidemics in several places in Shanghai, and I am currently helping compatriots in Shanghai. I will wait until the time is over. Only when you have time to come over, you can do it first."

Fan Xudong also said with emotion: "Great doctors treat the country, Chinese medicine treats people, and small doctors treat diseases. Dean Wu is indeed a hero."

After the "spear" and "shield" were arranged, Cheng Nuo officially started preparations for going to Europe and America.

One is to sell the chemical weapons researched by the School of Chemistry. The money is secondary, as long as it can cover the research and development costs.

The important thing is to accumulate some experimental data, so as to see which chemical weapons are more suitable for the needs of the battlefield, and further develop on this basis. Education about chemical weapons in the future.

Combat planning, training, weapon development, etc., all need to be prepared in advance.

The second is to see if we can hire (guai) please (mai) some more professional chemical talents from Germany.

Whether it was before World War I or after World War I, Germany's chemical technology was in a leading position in the world, and the research and development of chemical weapons was even more unique in the world.

In this regard, the Japanese devils even later hired Dr. Metzner from Germany, who played a major role in the poison gas warfare in World War I, to go to Japan, making Japan's chemical warfare equipment into a German style.

The arrival of Metzner can be said to have lit a bright light for Japan's chemical weapons research, which was groping in the dark and struggling, enabling the Japanese army to master the basic techniques and methods of poison gas weapons and gas warfare.

It can also be said that by employing German experts, a large number of destructive weapons spread from Germany to Japan.

Of course, the ability to develop chemical weapons does not equate to gas warfare capabilities.

In addition to poison agent development, poison gas warfare capabilities also include poison gas production capabilities, poison gas delivery methods and attack capabilities, poison gas defense capabilities, and detection systems. Must be tested on the battlefield.

The third reason is that Cheng Nuo wants to gain more advanced experience in the use of poisons and anti-viruses. Although Japan's chemical weapons have caused us a lot of hardships, if they are put on the European battlefield, whether it is the quality or quantity of chemical weapons, the development will be difficult. Ten years of Japan is nothing but the average level of countries in World War I.

Even its gas masks are similar to those used in Europe at the end of World War I.It is effective against irritating poisons, but it can only protect against erosive poisons for a short time or under limited conditions, and its ability to protect against comprehensive poisoning poisons and nerve agents is very poor.

Of course, in addition to this, Cheng Nuo also wanted to introduce a chemical weapons detection system.Once the poisonous gas is released on the battlefield, the detection system can quickly detect the type of poisonous gas used, thereby reducing the number of victims.

In other words, the poison gas weapons of the Japanese devils can bring serious threats and heavy blows to our army on the battlefield, not because of the high level of poison gas warfare of the Japanese devils, but because of the weak chemical defense capabilities of our army.

Just like the iron tanks of the Japanese devils, if they show off their power here, they may not necessarily be put on the European battlefield.

All in all, Cheng Nuo went to Europe not only to make money and search for talents, but more importantly to learn from it.

Only with the scriptures can we reduce the dimensionality of the Japanese devils in the later anti-Japanese battlefield.

When he heard the news that Cheng Nuo was going to Europe, Liang Qichao rushed to the door first and excitedly said, "Zhiyuan, I heard that you are going to Europe?"

Although Cheng Nuo didn't understand why Liang Qichao was so happy, he couldn't hide his travel from the comrades in the Academy of Sciences, so he simply admitted generously: "Yes, the situation of the European War is becoming more and more clear now, and it probably won't be long before it ends. I'm not Thinking about going over to see if there is any chance for us to miss it."

Liang Qichao smiled happily: "Then have you decided where to go?"

Cheng Nuo didn't want to reveal his true intentions, so he hid half of what he said, and said truthfully, "Isn't our first study abroad class in France coming to an end soon? It's time to contact the school. As the dean, I will I want to go there first to check on these juniors and visit a few schools, not limited to the one-third of an acre of land in France.

By the way, let's see if there are any suitable conditions for setting up a factory. The domestic land alone cannot satisfy so many mouths in our Academy of Sciences. "

Liang Qichao asked: "That is to say, you have visited schools in the past? Is there a specific school?"

Cheng Nuo thought for a moment, then replied, "Oxford and Cambridge in the UK, and the University of Paris in France, let's learn from them. Maybe when I return to China again, we will set up a Western Modernization University by ourselves."

The school was real, and so was the study visit, but Cheng Nuo didn't say the whole thing.

World War I was the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in human history. Germany’s chemical weapons were researched by Fritz Haber, a professor at the University of Berlin, the creator of synthetic ammonia, and successfully put on the battlefield.

Naturally, the Allied Powers would not let it go. The British government entrusted research tasks on chemical weapons and their protective technologies to major universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Imperial College London, and University College London. France organized 16 research institutes headed by the University of Paris. Universities and medical schools conduct research on chemical weapons.

Even in the United States at this time, scientists from major universities under the guidance of the National Research Council began "research on military poison gas and its production and protection."

So Cheng Nuo naturally wouldn't let go of this "Academic Exchange" conference.

Liang Qichao nodded after listening, excitedly with a hint of anticipation: "Then wait for me to take a ride?"