Chapter 335 Gas Mask
Charles didn't take the "military uniform incident" too seriously.
He knew that this problem would be solved sooner or later, because it did not infringe too much on the interests of capitalists, but it would cause strong resistance from society, so why didn't they just go along with it?
It can also be predicted that the replacement of military uniforms will not only be approved, but will also be put on the "fast track". After all, members of parliament also need to win people's support to secure their positions.
Therefore, Charles always focused his energy on dealing with the "gas warfare".
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Tijani's headquarters is on the second floor of the office building.
This four-story office building did not exist originally. Before this, the office area was connected to the teaching building because police training did not require an independent, large command center with clear division of labor.
After Tijani arrived with the 105th Infantry Regiment, he immediately started building the building with his own funds.
“How can a training base be without a headquarters?” Tijani said, “especially my headquarters!”
The building was completed while the 105th Infantry Regiment was still fighting in Gallipoli.
Everything here is new and fully equipped: lounge, telecommunications room, operations department, logistics department... Each department is equipped with a telephone and radio.
A regimental headquarters was even more luxurious than Gallieni's city defense headquarters.
The command center was bright and clean, and the crackling sound of burning wood in the fireplace added a bit of warmth to the room.
Tijani made a cup of instant coffee for Charles and brought it to him. He also took a cup for himself. He frowned and took a sip. He complained, "I'm worried that I can't adapt to the taste on the battlefield."
Tijani was referring to instant coffee, which he considered a sacrifice, not knowing that many people during that period could not afford this processed instant coffee.
"We should make some preparations," said Charles.
"What?" Tijani looked up at Charles: "You mean changing military uniforms? This requires preparation?"
"No, Tijani," Charles answered. "I meant the war. I think it will be different."
Tijani said, "Oh," "You mean Gallipoli?"
If the Gallipoli battlefield had been won, the situation would indeed be somewhat different. Tijani unconsciously turned his eyes to the map on the wall.
But Charles shook his head: "No, I mean poison gas warfare."
"Gas warfare?" Tijani turned his head and looked at Charles, his face confused.
Charles explained the whole story to Tijani, and finally emphasized: "Although it is just a guess, if it comes true, there will be a huge gap in our defense line, and it may even collapse."
That wasn't what Charles was worried about.
In history, the Germans' gas warfare did cause heavy casualties to the Allies, and a huge gap of 10 kilometers long and 7 kilometers deep appeared in the defense line.
However, because the German army had to face both the eastern and western defense lines at the same time, it only had very limited forces to penetrate the gap and was eventually blocked by the French reinforcements.
What Charles was really worried about was that more than 70,000 Allied soldiers died in this battle. What would he do if one of them was the 105th Infantry Regiment and Charles was among them?
"I can't convince them." Charles took a sip of coffee and put it back on the tray, his tone somewhat helpless: "No one thinks this is true. They are even worried that my words will shake the morale of the army."
Tijani said with certainty: "They are wrong. If you think there is, there must be!"
Charles was a little surprised. He thought Tijani would at least ask a few questions, such as whether there was a more in-depth investigation or other intelligence evidence, but he asked nothing.
Tijani's only question was, "How are we going to prepare? I mean, if the enemy releases poison gas, we might not be able to do anything!"
They shouldn't doubt Charles, Tijani thought, because Charles never made a mistake, and everything Charles said and did was proved to be correct afterwards.
Those fools always think they are smarter than Ciel!
Charles was stunned. He had prepared some excuses, such as "We can take precautions before it happens" and "It's better to be prepared than not." He hoped to use these to convince Tijani, but none of them were useful now.
Charles shrugged, ignored all of this, turned sideways to take the briefcase, opened it, took out a gas mask and handed it to Tijani.
That was a sample produced by Charles Genstead. It was not complicated. To put it bluntly, it was a device that covered the face and allowed people to breathe air through a gas filter canister. It had no technological content at all.
Among them, Charles also avoided a problem:
The gas filter canister, first invented during World War I, contained cotton soaked in a sodium percarbonate solution, which would react with chlorine and absorb it, thus achieving the effect of filtering out the gas.
But if this method of filtering out poison is used, Charles needs to answer a question: it is only effective against chlorine gas, how can you know in advance that the poison gas used by the Germans is chlorine gas? And produce gas masks for it in advance?
Therefore, Charles uses more advanced activated carbon particles, which are effective against all toxic gases and can make breathing smoother.
"What is this?" Tijani asked puzzledly, playing with it in his hand for a while.
"Gas mask." Charles took it back and put it on his head, looking at Tijani through the two eye windows of the mask.
Tijani found it interesting for a moment, so he tried to put it on his head, and then suddenly realized something. When he took it off, he looked at Charles in shock:
"You mean, if I wear it, I don't have to worry about the enemy's poison gas?"
“Is this your new invention?”
Charles nodded in acknowledgment: "This is what I mean by preparation. If we can't convince them and make them prepare, the only one who can prepare is the 105th Infantry Regiment..."
However, Tijani was not interested in this, he was interested in the "art of war"
"Colonel!" Tijani interrupted Charles. "How did you come up with this idea? Does it really work?"
Ciel couldn't answer.
The gas mask was invented because after the Germans used poison gas, people found that a large number of wild animals, including birds in the woods and even frogs and insects lurking in the soil, were not spared, but wild boars were safe and sound.
Scientists have discovered through experiments that wild boars have a very sensitive sense of smell. When they smell a pungent odor, they habitually stick their noses into the soil and stay motionless. They use soil particles to filter out poisonous gases in the air.
The Germans had not yet used poison gas, so this experiment was of course impossible.
Charles could only perfunctorily say, "I just thought of it, I can't tell you why."
Tijani laughed. “That’s right. Who can tell me the reason?”
Then his eyes lit up:
"If it really works, the Germans will think we have been poisoned in our positions."
"Then they are the unlucky ones!"
(End of this chapter)
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