Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 114 Chapter 113, Busy
The next day, the women and children of Liangjia Village discovered something strange: the guerrillas who used to run around the village every day did not run today, but instead divided into many groups and left the village, holding various tools in their hands.

This scene surprised some children who were wearing small military uniforms and holding small red tasseled spears. They all ran to the Liang family compound to look at the situation.

Soon, the people who had been out came back, bringing with them a lot of wood and large bamboos, which they brought into the Liang family compound.

"This gunpowder is made of one part nitrate, two parts sulfur, and three parts charcoal, plus a little white sugar, Big Ivan... ahem, white sugar is too expensive in this era and we can't afford it. Sulfur is also hard to get, but potassium nitrate and charcoal can be prepared in advance!" In the west wing, Li Yuexuan was rummaging through the information on how to extract potassium nitrate using traditional methods on his mobile phone, but his mind was full of thoughts.

"It says here that the charcoal must be willow charcoal. I don't know why. But we still have to follow the prescribed process! Well, sulfur can be found in the crater, of course, it can also be found in steel mills, and there are also in coal mines. These need to be solved by the organization. With the raw materials and high-quality standard black powder, and then granulated, we have the main materials for making bombs..."

"Comrade Youshun, we have found the materials you asked for. What should we do now?" a comrade from the kitchen team asked outside the door.

"Come out right away!" Li Yuexuan dismissed the words in front of him, then took out a bullet from his body and strode out of the house. At the door, two new recruits stood straight, watching the ammunition in the house diligently.

"Okay, everyone, make way. Let me take a look at these bamboos." Li Yuexuan came to the green bamboos, slashed a section with his knife, and then looked at the inner diameter of the bamboos. Very good, Luo Wei and his team worked very hard and selected bamboos of suitable thickness, which could be used to make bullet mines.

"Well, Zhang Lu, Yang Gongxun, you two brothers will be responsible for sawing wood and making boards! I need two boards of different sizes, the length and width of the boards are..." Li Yuexuan assigned tasks to the Yang Gongxun brothers.

Then, he arranged for the new soldiers to saw the bamboo into certain lengths and divide them into sections. Then, the wire mesh cut when crossing the railway came into use. Zou Ming would lead people to beat the wire into nails. These nails would be pressed against the wooden board and then against the bamboo joints, with the nail heads exposed in the bamboo tube for about 1 cm.

Drill two small holes horizontally 1 cm above the nail and insert two bamboo sticks or hardwood sticks as thick as matchsticks as crossbars. Then put the bullet into the bamboo tube and let the two crossbars block the bottom of the bullet. At this time, it should be noted that the bullet head is exposed outside the bamboo tube. The distance should be controlled well, at least 2 cm.

A very simple bamboo tube bullet mine is completed in this way. When needed, the bamboo tube with nails is buried in the ground, and even part of it can be covered with soil to keep it stable. Then, a cover plate is needed next to the bullet head, which is a pedal for the enemy to step on. The pedal can be placed directly on the mine pit, or it can be supported by some wood, but it must be ensured that the load-bearing capacity does not exceed 50 kilograms.

Without Zhao Danian, Xing Weiguo still needed to lead the team to guard the surrounding villages. The soldiers from the general class, the cooking class, and the transportation class were the ones doing the work. Of course, Zou Ming, who was a blacksmith, could not escape the fate of working. After he finished hammering the nails, he also had to make various hooks for the Bai brothers to use for climbing the cliff.

The Bai brothers did not follow the work. They found a cliff and practiced climbing. Why? They had been guerrillas for a while and needed to refresh their skills.

While Liangjia Village was busy, Zhao Danian led a group of soldiers all the way west and arrived at the Qinlai Detachment this morning. The Qinlai Detachment had only been established for a year, and the team was not strong yet, but it was guarding the mountain pass leading into the mountains of Yuci County, protecting the people in this area. Now, it was heard that a group of "very fat" bandits were active around Ping'an County, and Captain Qin sent out his most elite company without saying a word. It was heard that some explosives, detonators, wires, iron sand, etc. were needed, so he simply gave these supplies to Zhao Danian to take away. Not only that, he also sent several soldiers who were miners to this action team.

When Zhao Danian led more than 200 people back to the base and appeared in Liangjia Village, Li Yuexuan had already made more than parts for bullet mines. Well, it was a combination of bamboo tubes, iron nails, and a pedal. These parts were nothing when there were no bullets, but they became bullet mines when there were bullets.

"Peregrine, is this bamboo tube the bullet mine you mentioned?" Zhao Danian didn't even have time to eat a bite of dinner before he hurried to check what Li Yuexuan and the others had accomplished today.

"Yes, captain. Just stuff the bullet in, bury it in the soil, and cover it with the pedal. It will be a bullet mine specifically designed to hit feet." Li Yuexuan said as he held up a finished bullet mine.

"This thing is very good, but it consumes a lot of bullets." Zhao Danian said.

"But captain, when we are fighting, we cannot guarantee that one bullet can kill one enemy! And this, if we bury it, as long as someone steps on it, we will injure one person and take one with us, which is cost-effective. Besides, even if no one steps on it, we can just take it back. At most, it will waste some wood, bamboo and manpower." Li Yuexuan said.

"Haha, that makes sense! Well, I only found a bottle of the red phosphorus you wanted, and I found a big bag of matches for you. What do you want this for?" Zhao Danian asked.

"The mountain people have their own magical uses! You go and finish your meal first, I will work overtime tonight and make you a simple gadget tomorrow." Li Yuexuan said with a laugh.

"Okay, you do it! The things are here, just tell Captain Guo what you want!" Zhao Danian didn't bother to ask further questions and turned around to eat.

It was late at night, and Li Yuexuan locked himself in the main room of a dilapidated, uninhabited house at the entrance of the village. There was a table there, and he sat on a stool, carefully working with his hands. First, he peeled off the match heads, and then he carefully ground the red medicine blocks into powder with a wooden stick.

Then he added red phosphorus, fine sand that had been dried during the day, and alcohol and stirred slowly. Under the light of seven lanterns far from the table, he spent an hour to get a small basin of finished product. Then, he divided the things that were about to evaporate into small packages with small pieces of paper...

PS: This operation process is simplified. Children and adults should not try it. If something goes wrong, we will not be responsible.

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