Chapter 1074: The Triumphant
Return of the Divine Strategy Guards The current scale of the printing department is too small. It is not a good thing to always stay in the school. Now there are more and more books in the Han tribe, and the population is increasing. The number of schools will also grow rapidly in the future. All these situations have already shown one thing, that is, the current printing department can no longer meet the needs.
Industrial upgrading, organizational upgrading, tool upgrading, and scale upgrading are all urgent matters. Therefore, Luo Chong decided to get Bai Qi and his family to make a hand-held rock cylinder mimeograph and Chinese typewriter first, and then take them with him when he and his family move south. At that time, he will directly set up a national publishing house in the capital to publish and print various books and periodicals.
If the technology is mature, it will be no problem to set up a newspaper in the future. However, if you want to build a newspaper, not only the printing technology must be passed, but also the paper manufacturing technology must be industrialized. For example, the processes of manual papermaking, manual drying, and manual calendering will have to be replaced by industrialization in the future.
In addition, the copied paper can no longer be printed one by one, because such paper is not conducive to industrial printing. Only the kind that is in rolls can be produced continuously on the newspaper printing assembly line.
Luo Chong made plans for the migration to the south in his study at home, and recorded each item in his own memorandum. In addition to the papermaking and printing departments moving south together, Luo Chong also planned to bring the manpower and machinery needed for the southern industry. Therefore, he had to go to Dali and Lin Fei in Xingang County to urge them in the next two months. Under the condition that it would not affect their production, it was the most important thing to ask them for more talents.
Luo Chong had just returned for a while. In the afternoon, a letter suddenly came from the imperial guards. It said that the Shen Ce Guards led by Qu Bing had now passed the crystal mine upstream and were not far from Weishan County. They would arrive in a few days. Luo Chong was also happy after seeing this news.
However, the letter also mentioned one thing. Because the Han tribe did not station manpower in the crystal mine area, the mine could not be mined stably for a long time. The only evil was that whoever was more convenient and capable of mining could bring back some.
The Shen Ce Guards were returning to Hanyang County on the way, and they were also capable of mining, so Qu Bing applied for two days to mine some crystal mines here, and just happened to bring some back along the way, so he wrote to Luo Chong halfway.
Luo Chong did not refuse. The Han tribe did need crystal mines, not for making jewelry, but for industrial use.
Although the Han tribe now has a large-scale glass manufacturing plant, it is only ordinary glass. For example, the glass used in some precision instruments, or the glassware used in the laboratory on the lake island, are mostly special glass made of crystal.
Crystal glass has two characteristics, that is, it is very pure, so the light transmittance of the glass made is super high. Such glass is used to make precision instruments, such as camera lenses, multi-functional scopes of sniper rifles, and it is definitely not excessive to use it to make such things.
In addition, crystal glass also has the characteristics of heat resistance and corrosion resistance. The benefits of this point are naturally needless to say. Anyone who knows a little about chemistry knows how many bottles and jars in those experimental equipment need high light transmittance, convenient for observation, and super heat resistance, such as test tubes or beakers.
Especially test tubes and beakers, these two kinds of utensils often need to be roasted with alcohol lamps. If it is ordinary glass, it may start to melt at about 500 degrees. Ordinary household tableware is okay, because no matter how hot the food is, it will not exceed 100 degrees, and it will not have any effect on the glass.
But crystal glass is different. Such special glass not only has good light transmission performance, but also can withstand at least 800 degrees of high temperature in terms of heat resistance. With such data in hand, chemical experiments under normal circumstances can be dealt with.
Now the Han tribe is developing rapidly in all aspects and its scale is getting bigger and bigger, so there will definitely be more and more places that need special glass. So Qubing said that he would collect some crystals on the way back, and Luo Chong immediately agreed.
He wrote a reply to Qubing casually, mainly exchanging a few words. In addition, Zhan Ying also told him that Qubing's wife had given birth to a son, and the mother and son were safe. Luo Chong also wrote this matter in the letter to him and told him not to go down the mine himself, and he must pay attention to safety. After all, although he is a little young now, he has become a father early.
After writing a reply to Qubing, news came from She Xin in Liuyang County that the brewery in Liuyang County had already determined the site and started the architectural design. They wanted to ask Luo Chong to take a look at the specific matters. After all, it was the first time for the Han tribe to build a brewery and they had no experience in this area. Luo Chong
readily agreed and then set off for Liuyang County.
The brewery had been discussed and analyzed by Luo Chong and She Xin last time, and a preliminary plan had been made, such as how many work areas to divide it into. The most important thing was the problem of clean water sources and sewage discharge, and it was necessary to ensure that there would be no leakage and cross contamination.
However, this was not a difficult problem for the Han tribe, which already had gas welding technology and cement. The important thing was to design the direction of the pipeline.
Luo Chong did not intervene directly. He asked the people below to design first, and then he reviewed their plans. In fact, it was mainly to let the natives of the Han tribe exercise more, and he could not do everything as the leader.
It is true that Luo Chong is more concerned about these projects, but he is also quite clear about his identity. It is not that he is a leader, but as a time traveler, if he wants to change this world, he must give more opportunities for the natives of this world to learn. Otherwise, when Luo Chong dies, the Han tribe will regress in all aspects.
Finally, the brewery's water supply and drainage system adopts a composite solution of copper-plated steel pipe welding and concrete water diversion and drainage channels. The entire project is built according to the height difference of the local terrain. The design is quite good. Luo Chong only made some minor suggestions and did not make any changes.
As for the above-ground part, it is simple. Since the construction method of reinforced concrete pouring has appeared in the Han tribe for three years, various large buildings are now increasingly advocating the use of this building structure.
Especially for buildings such as factories, which have a large area, are relatively tall and spacious. If wood is used as a building material, a large number of wooden beams and columns are needed. Not to mention whether it is easy to find giant logs that meet the requirements, it takes two or three years to cut them down and dry them in the shade.
Moreover, wooden buildings are prone to fire, and there are too many columns in the internal space. In this case, of course, reinforced concrete structures with faster construction speed and simpler construction are adopted.
It just so happened that Xingang County had recently built several new engineering vehicles, so Luo Chong had them transported over and put them on the construction site. In
addition, the cement in the Han tribe was all produced in Xingang County, and after being produced in Xingang County, it had to be transported to the dock in Weishan County by rail, but there was no railroad to Liuyang County, so transporting steel bars and cement was also a big problem. For this reason, Luo Chong ordered 20 tractors to be transferred from the farms in Liuyang County for land transportation.
The specific method is to first transport these building materials to the Liuyang County wharf by rail, and then use tractors to directly transport them from the wharf to the construction site. In addition to steel and cement, there are also a lot of river sand and gravel, which also need to be transported back and forth. Fortunately, it is not the busy farming season, otherwise there would not be so many idle tractors.
However, it can also be seen from this that the Han tribe has a great demand for tractors, which are more flexible and can cope with more complex road conditions and directly reach the construction site.
These engineering vehicles must be produced more vigorously!
However, the task of developing special trucks must also be put on the agenda. After all, tractors are just agricultural machinery, not special freight trucks. Luo Chong had thought about promoting the "Sentinel Steam Truck" developed by the British in his previous life in the Han tribe. There was no mature opportunity before, but now it is finally possible. Today's Xingang County has no shortage of various steel materials, no shortage of R&D teams, and no shortage of car manufacturing technology.
The engineering vehicles sent by Xingang County quickly entered the site and started the foundation leveling work, and then started to do the underground part of the project, including digging and burying drainage pipes, factory foundations, etc.
Luo Chong usually lives in Liuyang County and supervises the construction remotely. He rides over with his guards every now and then. On this day, there happened to be another shipload of steel bars to be delivered to the construction site. At the same time, the person in charge of escorting the steel bars also brought Luo Chong good news.
"Chief, I am from the Xingang County Power Research Institute. Our Director Lin asked me to tell the chief that the production of sample ammunition for the four new types of firearms and ammunition you want has been completed. Now tens of thousands of rounds have been produced for our experiments. In addition, ten samples of the new bolt-action rifle have been produced and can be tested with live ammunition at any time. Chief, do you have anything to arrange? Our director's main intention is to ask if the chief wants to participate?"
'The ammunition has been made? ! '
"The sample gun of the new bolt-action rifle has also been made?!"
Why is Luo Chong not surprised at all?
Well, there is really nothing to be surprised about. As far as the current industrial technology level of the Han tribe is concerned, isn't it a piece of cake to make these things?
First of all, ammunition is very simple. After all, the Han tribe already has experience in this area. In addition, the R&D team is not blindly trying a few times, but developing it according to Luo Chong's clear requirements. There is no difficulty at all. In fact, it is equivalent to applying a formula to an application problem.
For example, Luo Chong wants a full-power rifle jacketed pointed bullet with a diameter of 7.62 mm. Then, according to this diameter, a copper jacket of a bullet is stamped out first, and then a lead core is cast inside to fill the bullet. Finally, a micro-balance is used to weigh the bullet to get the mass of the bullet.
Full-power ammunition means that the weight of the propellant is twice that of the bullet. It is used in bolt-action snipers or high-power machine guns. The bullet with a bullet of 1.5 times the weight is an intermediate-power bullet, which is applicable to various continuous-fire rifles, such as the AK, including the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle that the Han tribe will soon be equipped with; the propellant is only one times heavier than the bullet, which is a pistol bullet. There is nothing much to say about this, of course, except for revolvers. Revolvers have many special ammunition, and the bullet charge is between pistol bullets and intermediate ammunition, which is not a regular type.
Knowing the required charge, and the double-shot propellant still uses the previous formula and has not changed, then directly calculate the required cartridge volume according to the volume, then stamp out the corresponding cartridge, load it with medicine, press on the bullet, apply sealant, and place it in a seamless steel pipe of the same caliber for firing test. If it can be fired without misfire, it means that the bullet is fine.
As for the new bolt-action rifle, it is just a 0.3mm reduction in caliber. Such a small difference cannot be seen with the naked eye without caliper measurement!
Not to mention making a new gun, even if it is to use the old 8mm caliber gun produced before to shoot 7.62 bullets, it is actually not a big problem. Just slightly modify the magazine and it can be used. How big a deal is this?
In addition, shortening the barrel length by 15cm, isn’t it just a matter of brains?
Finally, changing the bolt handle to a downward curved type, these are all small impacts.
So Luo Chong proposed so many new weapons, and the first one to come out was the bolt-action rifle. Luo Chong was not surprised at all. It is called a new gun, but it is actually a modification on the old gun.
After hearing the news, Luo Chong thought for a moment and did not answer the question of testing the gun. Instead, he asked, "You just said that all four types of ammunition have been made? Including the two calibers of pistol bullets?"
"Yes, the new full-power rifle bullets, intermediate-power rifle bullets, and two calibers of pistol bullets have all been made. At present, there are more than 20,000 sample bullets for each type, and they are still being produced. They have been shipped to the research institute in Xingang County for experiments." The visitor explained in detail again.
"Yes." Luo Chong nodded. This time Luo Chong proposed to develop two types of pistols, one for the police pistol that pursues high power, and the other for the military pistol that pursues fierce firepower, so there are two types of pistol bullets. Thinking of this, he asked again.
"Has the pistol been made?"
"Reporting to the leader, the 9mm caliber military pistol is currently in the fastest development progress. It is estimated that the sample gun will be produced in about a week. The high-powered one for police use is more complicated, so the progress will be slower." The visitor answered again.
"Okay, I understand. Let's wait until the military pistol comes out before testing it together. The Shen Ce Guard will be back in the next few days, so we can take it to the shooting range in the military camp to test the new gun." After listening to the progress of the pistol's development, Luo Chong made a decision on the spot.
"Okay, I understand. I will tell Director Lin when I get back.
I'll take my leave." The messenger left, and Luo Chong continued to stay in Liuyang County. As Luo Chong said, things turned out to be just as Luo Chong said. Three days later, Qu Bing's fleet sent another letter saying that the Shen Ce Guard was less than a day's sail away from the Weishan County dock.
After receiving the letter, Luo Chong immediately set off for Weishan County, ready to personally welcome this triumphant army.
(End of this chapter)
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