Traveler Major League

Chapter 122 Flash Hack Gun

For the first time since the move a few months ago, the pier at the mouth of the river welcomed a large number of people.

A few days later, next to the small bastion, another workshop of a simple courtyard wall watchtower was erected. Afterwards, various pottery pots, pottery pipes and other equipment arrived with the ship, followed by Liu Ze and others.

This is the place where Liu Ze plans to produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Because the soil method produces great pollution, it is placed in the downstream of the gathering area. Needless to say, the importance of the three-acid and two-alkali industry is the core of the chemical industry. The foundation is also one of the most important links in climbing technology.

And what Liu Ze wants to mass-produce is Thunder Mercury, because no flint deposits have been found, and the musket, which is the most important individual weapon, still uses matchlocks, which makes the current military industrial production of mixed cold and hot weapons too cumbersome, so Thunder Mercury Needs are born.

Now is the time to tackle this problem.

However, because no nitrate ore has been found, the People's Army can only use nitrate fields to extract nitrate. After several months of waiting, it has accumulated enough nitrate to start this nitric acid production work.

But the only pity is that after several months of searching, no green vitriol deposits have been found. The only comfort is that there are still a large amount of pyrite on the volcanic island that we crossed before.

"Start!" Liu Ze ordered, Tao Dayuan was on the side to translate, and the six old Hongmaoman, led by two young Hongmaoman, walked to the house in the middle of the courtyard.

Because this place is too important, Liu Ze mobilized two squads of soldiers to guard it again. Five gunners and five archers were also placed on the walls around the courtyard to prevent emergencies inside and outside the courtyard at any time.

Under strict surveillance, these red-haired mans are fairly honest. The young red-haired man is only directing and supervising from the sidelines, and does not participate in the work. After receiving the signal to start, the old red-haired man Work started.

This is the lesson of the failure of the production experiment in the past few days. Without the supervision and command of the young red-haired man, the production of the old red-haired man has always failed or the efficiency has always been extremely low.

Adult red-haired man and several people worked together to put the selected pyrite and coal into the sulfur furnace in layers, ignited it with firewood from the bottom of the furnace, waited for a while after burning, sealed the ignition hole at the bottom of the furnace, and left a wind Eyes let it enter the wind naturally.

When the water in the furnace is almost evaporated, the furnace mouth is sealed, and the furnace gas enters the cooling chamber, where the sulfur in the furnace gas is condensed.

After a cycle, the furnace is shut down, the slag is removed from the bottom of the furnace, the cooling chamber is opened to take out the sulfur, and the sulfur is melted and precipitated to remove impurities, and the finished sulfur is obtained after molding.

This is just the first step in all processes.

"Hurry up, hurry up." The guard on the wall urged.

The red-haired man in the yard was so anxious that he was sweating coldly, and his hands suddenly speeded up. He put sulfur on a pottery plate, put some saltpeter on it, and put the pottery plate in a large water tank of [-] liters. , and added some water to the bottom of the tank.

"ignition!"

Hearing the order, an old red-haired man immediately picked up the sulfur on the pottery plate with a pair of pliers, lit it near the oil lamp, and then put it back on the plate, while another person pressed the pottery cover tightly.

The principle is that adding some saltpeter when burning sulfur can increase the yield of sulfuric acid.The mechanism of this reaction is that saltpeter generates nitrogen oxides during combustion, and nitrogen oxides can oxidize sulfur dioxide that occurs during sulfur combustion, and finally generate sulfur trioxide.

The method is very simple and rude, but it is a model of miracles. The British who invented this process opened a factory. The main production equipment is more than 100 such large glass bottles, and then hired a large number of workers to repeat day and night. Feed, ignite, and cover.

The disadvantage is that the amount of feeding each time should not be too large, otherwise the gas generated will burst the bottle. During the Anti-Japanese War, our army also used a similar method, and the container used was the large water tank used by Liu Ze.

The final result was very smooth. Although the amount of sulfuric acid successfully produced for the first time was very small, there was finally a method.

Another important material for making flash caps is alcohol, because there is very little medical alcohol carried with the army this time, so we can only think of other methods in this era.

To make alcohol, you must first make wine, and to make wine, you must first make koji. The raw materials are also very simple, just some weeds on the side of the road, and you can make koji when you collect them. It's not very good, but if you do it a few times and repeat it, the yeast content will increase, and the quality will be much better. It should be noted that temperature is the key. The most intuitive result is that if the surface is not white, it is not very good.

First go to the wild to collect various weeds, and after bringing these weeds back to the workshop, wash them with clean water, and then dry them thoroughly.

In addition, some grains such as barley and peas are also raw materials that can be made into koji.

For example: 50 jins of rice, 3 jins of Polygonum japonica, 100 grams each of lentil leaves, bamboo leaves, Tanabe grass, orange tree leaves, and osmanthus leaves.

Chop up all the weeds, dry them and mix them with the rice, then put the powder into the big pot.Add warm water at about 37-40 degrees to the powder, and stir while adding water until it can be kneaded into a ball without dripping water.

Knead these powders into small balls one by one, first put the balls into the bamboo basket, and spread them layer by layer with the straw, then put the bamboo basket under a cool and ventilated corner, first spread the straw, and then Put the bamboo basket on it, cover it with a layer of straw, and ferment for about 3 days.

If water droplets are found on the straw, they should be opened to cool down and ventilate, so as not to overheat the koji and burn the koji. After the koji cools down naturally, take it out to dry. After drying, It is the finished wine koji we are going to use.

Then start to make wine, step by step according to the order, as long as you master the fermentation temperature and try a few more times, the wine yield will gradually increase.

The first step is to choose the grain for fermentation.Sorghum, corn, rice, etc. are widely used.In addition, some auxiliary materials can be added, such as barley, wheat, peas, millet and so on.

What needs to be explained is that the wines produced by different grains have their own different flavors.So when there is enough grain and he is proficient in brewing wine, Liu Ze plans to sell it as a commodity, try different grain combinations in detail, and see which grains taste best when put together.

The first step is proper crushing.The starch in this seed is more easily fermented and eventually converted into alcohol.

After crushing, soak it to make the grain fully moist and let it stand for a while.

Next, the crushed grain is steamed.

After steaming, take it out and let it cool to room temperature.

Stir the yeast and grains evenly.Put in an airtight container and start fermentation.The fermentation process is relatively long, depending on the yeast used, (total time-consuming) about 1-2 months (some 10-20 days, depending on the situation).

Next, the fermented grain is distilled to get the liquor we want.

After the liquor is brewed, it is best to store it for a period of time before drinking it.In this way, various alcohols and lipids in liquor can be fully integrated and reacted, and the taste is better.

Finally, alcohol purification, this is the purpose of winemaking under the current food shortage.

As long as the wine is heated and the condensation is drained out, it is a strong wine.

After about 3 distillations, you can get alcohol with a purity of 95%.

For further purification, quicklime can be added and then filtered.You get almost 100% pure alcohol.

While Wei Jiahui was trying his best to experiment with the casting method of the gun barrel, Sun Mo and Tao Dayuan led five young red-haired mans to move to the laboratory step by step. The so-called laboratory is A brick house with windows and doors on all sides.

Because inside the small bastion, there is no worry about the wind disturbing the medicine in the room, so the whole house is bright. From a distance, the house built in the center of the bastion is a bit strange, because the ground around the house is completely It's earth walls and ditches, like a cage imprisoning the house.

This is the final stage of the synthesis. Sun Mo is the necessary personnel. He has the most experience. For the follow-up production, he needs to bring the young red-haired man. Tao Dayuan was not required to come, but Tao Dayuan volunteered to bring his students as translators. He really couldn't bear to hide in a safe place and let the boy who called him master undertake such dangerous work.

From a closer look, the ground inside and outside the house is covered with fine sand dug from the seashore tens of miles away. This is designed to prevent chemical accidents. Several piles of sand are scattered around and within easy reach. place, each with two wooden shovels.

Wang Shanbao hid behind the explosion-proof earth wall, and through the observation port opened through it, he shouted to Sun Mo who was still dawdling: "Don't be afraid, brother Dao, you have Sanqing body protection, and if you can't do anything, jump into the ditch if you can't blow it up!" your."

Ever since he knew that Sun Mo had been a Taoist priest before, Wang Shanbao had been yelling to him, although Sun Mo repeatedly refused, saying that he had returned to vulgarity, but he still couldn't stop Wang Shanbao. Started calling him Daoist.

Some people in the team came to ask him for fortune-telling. At the beginning, Sun Mo, as a newcomer to the team, dealt with it enthusiastically, but unexpectedly, more and more people came to ask him for fortune-telling. Afterwards, the number of people who came to look for him reached a peak, so that Liu Ze specifically ordered not to ask Sun Mo for fortune-telling before giving up.

But Sun Mo's nickname was also called, and he got used to it in the end. No, Wang Shanbao started teasing him again when he saw his awkward appearance.

"Bah, Master Dao is being cautious!" Sun Mo cursed back, and then sped up by two points.

This time, Sun Mo couldn't help but not be afraid. What he was going to do was to make the fire cap with his bare hands.

As the leader of the whole army, Liu Ze certainly couldn't take the risk by himself, so he could only tell Sun Mo the principle and technical process, and then let him do it, and in order to prevent him from being careless, he specifically described the power of Thunder Mercury .

It is extremely sensitive to vibration, impact and friction, and is easily ignited and detonated by sparks. It is much more dangerous than black powder. As an expert in black powder, Sun Mo couldn't help being afraid when he heard this.

Especially after experiencing those red-haired youths refining highly poisonous mercury, the fear was even higher. After all, these materials are highly poisonous, so the finished product can still be good?

Taking a few deep breaths, Sun Mo finally controlled his fear, and strode into the studio that had been prepared.

There were various bottles and jars on a long table, Sun Mo said to Tao Dayuan: "This production process is very dangerous, Dayuan, you still have time to go out now."

"No, I want to be with my students." Although Tao Dayuan's face was terribly pale, he still resolutely rejected Sun Mo's kindness.

Sun Mo turned his head and said to the five red-haired barbaric students: "Everyone, watch carefully, and remember carefully, I only do this once, and I will depend on you in the future. This is very dangerous, but there must always be someone in our team." do it."

There is no need for Tao Dayuan to translate these words, the five people understand the meaning.

The students all nodded and said: "Don't worry, teacher, we will dedicate our lives to the cause of the public association. Our goal is to liberate all human beings."

"Although we look slightly different, we are all human beings with a common ancestor. Teacher, I am proud of you." Tao Dayuan repeated the content of the program of the public meeting written by Liu Ze, and said with encouragement, potential danger Repeatedly reminded many times, the consciousness of the young red-haired man is much higher than that of adults, this is also one of the wishes of the team to gradually accept these red-haired boys.

First of all, a few people put on masks and aprons made of multi-layer cotton cloth, which were transformed from cotton quilts, because there is no cotton production here, so they can only respond in this way.

Everyone broke into a cold sweat, and the young man with red hair on the side quickly fanned the wind. This process lasted for more than an hour.

At this time, the thunderbolt precipitate finally began to precipitate, and the temperature in the bottle began to drop, which also represented the end of the reaction. (Please don't try it lightly, because of review reasons, this process obscures key catalysts and steps).

During this process, Sun Mo was extremely careful, and the filtration at this time was also the most dangerous time, and then the thunder mercury was dried.

The long day finally came to an end. The next day, Sun Mo and the others put the dried thunder mercury into the flash cap shell, and then sealed it with paint. This is a simple thunder mercury flash cap.

The shell of the flash cap here is made of copper stamping. This copper is also one of the few associated mines that the People's Army can find. Fortunately, it is enough to make a flash cap.

When a red-haired man hit the flash cap with a hammer and made a harsh bang, everyone was a little dazed, only Liu Ze heaved a sigh of relief, and finally succeeded, and the gun was next.

The most important thing about guns is the barrel. Regardless of the East or the West, and even until the early nineteenth century, the barrels were forged by gunsmiths with one hammer and one hammer.

The specific method is to burn a one-meter-long and ten-centimeter-wide iron bar until it is red hot, beat it repeatedly, and roll it onto a round iron bar bit by bit until the entire gun barrel is formed, and then weld the seam Pull out the iron rod.

With the barrel, everything else is much simpler. Although everything from the trigger, copper fasteners to the wooden buttstock is handmade, it takes a lot of man-hours of skilled labor, but it is still relatively easy.

Ever since he got the flash cap, Liu Ze really wanted to make a single-shot needle rifle similar to the Chasepo rifle. In fact, the difficulty of making this kind of rifle is not as high as imagined. The only missing material is the rubber ring, but The lost range and power can be fully compensated by the rate of fire.

The barrel can also be driven by water conservancy to drive a solid iron rod, and the barrel can be drilled out with a steel drill bit, so that only ordinary people can operate it.

"Theoretically, there is no difficulty, that is, experimentation and action. In Pakistan, a few people can form a gun-making workshop to imitate all kinds of modern guns with simple tools. There is no reason why they can't do it by themselves." Liu Ze got into Wei Jiahui's house with the blueprint. Steel Plant.

(End of this chapter)