Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 38 I Can Solve This
"I'm already thinking of a way to make the warhead. I'll use copper coins to stamp it when the time comes."

"If there is lead in the bullet core, use lead. If there is no lead, use steel core. Use black powder to push the propellant first." Chen Chengxing said.

Although the steel core is difficult to assemble and will cause unnecessary deformation of the armor, it will ultimately result in less accurate shooting at a long distance.

But now that all propellants are black powder, what's the point of long-range accuracy?
It can ensure that it can be fired out, and the dispersion should not be too large at a distance of 100 meters.

As for those soldiers who are good at shooting, they can use the captured original bullets.

"Okay." Wen Ying nodded. Since the team leader's requirements were not high, it would be easy.

"Director Zhang, do you have any questions about the production of propellants and explosives?" Chen Chengxing looked at Zhang Xu beside him.

Black powder is only a temporary emergency measure. When the time comes to produce our own bullets, propellant must be available.

At the very least, it should use single-base propellant like the Japanese Type 38 rifle's fully loaded bullets.

"There is a problem, and it's a big one." Zhang Xu said seriously.

If we only produce black powder, then once the number of people in the explosives factory increases, we can make as much as we want.

But if you want to produce high explosives and propellants for bullets, it is not determined by the number of people.

"What's the problem?" Chen Chengxing asked.

Chen Chengxing had never been here since the arsenal moved here, and they hadn't told him about it when they were wandering around in the mountains before, so Chen Chengxing really didn't know about the various problems they had encountered.

Although Chen Chengxing is not a professional, as a hardcore military blogger, he is familiar with the traditional production methods of some things, and he also has various magical books in his hands.

Moreover, according to the books, Chen Chengxing has produced many things, and for this reason he has been under the surveillance of Uncle Hat for a long time.

Although he ended up in the world of Bright Sword because of this, Chen Chengxing never thought that there was anything wrong with his methods. If there was any problem, it was just that the raw materials were impure.

"Without a lead room, sulfuric acid cannot be produced," said Zhang Xu.

As the mother of chemical industry, without sulfuric acid, nothing would exist.

With sulfuric acid, we can use sulfuric acid to prepare nitric acid, and then use nitric acid to produce nitrocellulose and nitroglycerin.

Although the Hanyang Arsenal began to use the contact method to produce sulfuric acid 20 years ago, given the conditions of the New Second Regiment, the lead chamber method was the only option.

Moreover, before in Taiyuan, Yan Xishan also spent a high price to build a large lead room for the production of sulfuric acid.

When Chen Chengxing heard this, he realized that this was walking into trouble. His book covered the production of improvised explosives and clearly described alternative methods.

"I can handle this." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

"Can the captain solve it?" Zhang Xu was confused.

Just now I mentioned that there was not enough lead when reloading bullets. How come I can solve the problem here? The lead chamber needs a lot of lead.

"It's a small matter." Chen Chengxing said confidently: "The solution is in this room."

Hearing this, everyone was even more confused. How could this room, where even mice would run away crying if they came, be used to prepare sulfuric acid?

Chen Chengxing looked at the puzzled eyes of the crowd, walked to the water tank and patted it: "That's it! The glaze of the water tank can replace the role of lead. Put two water tanks together and it will be a small lead room."

"This..." Zhang Xu didn't know what expression he should have now. Such a powerful lead chamber was solved with just this water tank?

Although the size of the water tank is much smaller than the lead room, it doesn’t matter. The small size can be made up by quantity. Anyway, this thing is not valuable.

"You can try it first. If it works, use an ordinary water tank to try it out. Then find a workshop that makes water tanks to customize it according to the shape you need." Chen Chengxing said confidently.

For more than a hundred years, the West has been using the lead chamber method to prepare sulfuric acid.

It was because they didn't know the glaze firing technology, and there was more lead in Europe, so they finally invented the lead chamber method.

"Then I'll give it a try." Zhang Xu nodded. It's okay to give it a try, just a few water tanks, even if it fails, it doesn't matter.

"Okay, I believe you will have new discoveries." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

If the book didn’t explain in detail the reasons and effects of using a water tank to prepare sulfuric acid, no one would have believed it.

All the hard work of the West over the years was replaced by a water tank?

Seeing Chen Chengxing so confident, Zhang Xu couldn't help but cheer up a little. It seemed like he might be able to succeed.

"Is there anything else I can do as the team leader? Whether it's work or life, you can tell me if you have any problems," said Chen Chengxing.

Wen Ying, Zhang Xu and Xu Tao did not have any other problems.

Although life in Taohua Village is not as good as in Taiyuan, this is already the result of the full efforts of the New Second Regiment.

Apart from anything else, just talking about food, they eat better than the group leader Chen Chengxing.

If there are any problems in normal times, the independent security company specially established by Chen Chengxing will help them solve them.

The independent security company established by Chen Chengxing is not small in size and is a reinforced company.

To complete the establishment, there will be a total of 5 infantry platoons and 25 infantry squads, with 15 people in each squad, for a total of nearly 400 people.

This is not much different from a small battalion, except that it is slightly lacking in weapons and equipment.

You know, even after the guard platoon was upgraded to a special agent company by Chen Chengxing, there were still many platoons that didn't have so many people.

However, it is not time to relocate yet, so the independent guard company is still a little short of people. As for how many people are short, we can only say that there are 5th and 4th squads in 5th platoon.

After returning to Hongni Bay, Chen Chengxing finally had the chance to sit down and take a breath.

From going into the mountains to find the arsenal’s base, to attacking the Zhang Family Association and then publicly trying Liang Shang, and finally taking a trip to Taohua Village.

This lasted for almost 10 days. During this time, Chen Chengxing didn't eat well, didn't sleep well, and looked much more haggard.

Chen Chengxing poured himself a glass of water, took two sips, and then opened the panel.

[Side quest: Public trial. Completed! ]

【Rewards are waiting to be claimed! 】

[Rewards are being distributed]

[Skill points gained: 1]

There is nothing much to say about the skill points. As usual, they are put into tactical command, which is the capital for Chen Chengxing to make a living.

However, after clicking on the skills this time, there were different changes.

[Tactical Command: LV5 (Mastery)]

[Tactical Command has reached LV5, bonus skill: Insight]

[Insight: You can more easily discover the target's purpose, current level: LV0]

The purpose of the target? In other words, it is not necessarily the enemy's combat purpose?

However, the insight is now at level 0. Even if I want to try it, it is useless. After all, level 0 is basically nothing.

Just as Chen Chengxing was studying his newly upgraded tactical command and acquired insight skills, the Japanese in Taiyuan took action.

(End of this chapter)