my scientific age

Chapter 251 Difficulties in the Military Industry Bureau!
look forward to.

Heartfelt anticipation.

The transport team in front of us, which stretches for several miles, carries the hope of the military production system of light weapons in the base area.

With sulfuric acid, there is nitric acid.

These two key chemical raw materials mean that the established explosives factory can start to produce single-base propellant, double-base propellant and TNT explosive, providing the most important weapons and ammunition for bullets, shells, grenades, mines, etc. energy source.

"It's really hard to imagine how Mr. Yu Hua created the equipment like Yu's Seven Pagodas. I heard that Yu Hua is not only responsible for the R&D and design work, but also participates in the actual manufacturing process. of."

Chen Lazi, who has been in charge of the Military Industry Bureau of the base, looked at the transport team gradually entering Yancheng, and couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart: "This equipment allows me to see the factory I saw when I was studying in the Soviet Union. I didn't expect us to be so Soon to have it."

The words are full of respect.

Although he knew very well that the top scientific research talents hired by this organization were only young, he still maintained respect in his words.

This is respect for knowledge and respect for talents.

As the director, his identity and position are far higher than the top scientific research talents hired by this organization, but in terms of importance...

It is far inferior to Yu Hua, who developed Yu's seven-tower technology and electric arc furnace technology.

"There will be, everything will be there. We already have an explosives factory, a small steel factory, and soon a sulfuric acid factory. Compared with the previous nothing, it is really much better." The elegant man smiled, his eyes Exudes a touch of yearning for a better future.

Now, with the guidance of the article "Technical Advice on Establishing the Sulfuric Acid Industry" written by Yu Hua, there is no problem technically establishing the base sulfuric acid plant based on the Yu's Seven Towers prototype unit.

As long as the sulfuric acid plant is completed and put into operation, the industrial level and strength of the base area will lead to a qualitative change, and there will be earth-shaking changes, which will lay a solid foundation for the goal of establishing a light weapons military production system.

Since the implementation of the pre-war production plan, with the directional guidance provided by Yu Hua, the base area has achieved remarkable results in mineral exploration and industry.

The achievements in mineral exploration are outstanding. After a relatively large-scale geological exploration activity, several large open-pit coal mines were successfully discovered in the northwest of Shenmu County. Coal mines, pyrite, phosphorite, quartz ore and limestone were discovered in the Sunjiacha area. Mine, northeast of Yulin—Zhengbei—northwest sector, open-pit coal mines and pyrites that are easy to exploit have been explored. The estimated reserves of coal mines are as high as hundreds of billion tons, and the reserves of pyrite are about 400 million tons.

To the east of Yulin, abundant non-metallic mineral resources such as trona, mirabilite and limestone were found. In addition, a small copper mine with a reserve of 90 tons was found in the Jingbian area.

Fifty kilometers south of Ikezhao League, a crystalline graphite mine with a reserve of about 20 tons was discovered.

It has to be said that this pre-war large-scale production geological exploration operation for more than a month has achieved unprecedented results, laying an unparalleled solid foundation for the industrial development of the base area.

If you want to develop an industry, you cannot do without the supply of raw materials.

As the center of the base area, Yancheng has pitifully low types and reserves of mineral resources, abundant oil and gas reservoir resources, and very low coal and iron resources, making it impossible to undertake the industrial development plan of the base area.

This geological exploration has established a raw material supply base with Yulin and Ikezhao League as the core.

In terms of the base industry, under the leadership of Director Chen, a small explosives factory with a designed daily output of 300 kilograms has been built in the Yancheng Pagoda area. About 30 tons, the prototype of the explosives industry was initially established.

In the iron and steel industry, a small steel plant based on electric arc furnace technology has been built. The core equipment is a 1 kg graphite electric furnace. The single melting time is about 15 hours. The designed daily output reaches 1.5 kg of electric furnace steel, and the annual output is 240 tons. At present, the raw materials mainly come from scrap steel. In the future, when the blast furnace is completed, molten iron and scrap steel will be used to increase production.

The scale and output of the base steel industry is extremely low, but it is a good start.

In terms of mining industry, Shenmu Coal Mine and Shenmu Iron Mine are in the early stage of planning and infrastructure construction. Due to the abundant coal and iron ore resources, all of which are open-pit types, the two mines only need to build the most basic ore dressing and washing equipment, which is expected to be three months. can be used inside.

In fact, for Shenmu Coal and Iron Mine, the biggest problem is not mining, but transportation.

There is about [-] miles between Shenmu and Yancheng. In the pre-war production plan, after weighing and considering the preciousness and scarcity of iron and steel industry equipment, the final choice was Yancheng, the safest place.

The serious problem faced by Shenmu Coal and Iron Mine is how to send a steady stream of industrial raw materials to Yancheng.

Once the industrial machine is in operation, it will consume a huge amount of industrial raw materials every moment. This is a big problem that cannot be ignored for the base areas with extremely backward traffic roads and tools.

In the field of military industry, Liushugou Arsenal, which was born soon, has entered a state of rapid development. With the efforts of a group of skilled workers, the production equipment has been upgraded from hand tools such as hammers, pliers, files, etc. to modern wrenches, screwdrivers, picks, grenade steel molds, etc. Tools to achieve the military level of grenade shell manufacturing, firearm repair and bullet reloading.

The designed daily output of wooden handle grenades reaches 200 pieces, and the actual daily output is 0.

Yes, the actual daily output is zero.

Aside from the explosives that plague grenade production, who produces precious high-strength electric furnace steel for grenades?

The industry in the base area is not rich enough to allow Liushugou Arsenal to squander the high-strength electric furnace steel smelted at a huge cost and cost.

240 kilograms per day must be used sharply. All of these electric furnace steels are planned to be used on rifles and mortars.

As the only weapons production unit of the army, the comprehensive level of Liushugou Arsenal seems to be not good, but in fact...

Not really.

Compared with the situation when I first arrived in northern Shaanxi with nothing, it is much better, but there is still a long way to go to realize the military production system of light weapons such as grenades, rifles, mortars and ammunition formulated in the pre-war mass production plan.

For now, the Liushugou Arsenal can only produce grenade casings, which are not loaded with gunpowder.

In addition to the simplest weapon such as grenades, the remaining options such as rifles, mortars, bullets, etc., I'm sorry, all of them can't be dealt with.

In the same sentence, his family understands his own affairs. As the head of the military industry bureau in the base area, the biggest situation Chen Lazi is facing now is the lack of mechanical equipment to process gun barrels and mortar barrels.

The barrel drilling and rifling marking are the two stumbling blocks that plagued the Liushugou Arsenal.

Although the mortar barrel does not need rifling, the inner wall of the barrel must be smooth and clean.

If the barrels and mortar barrels cannot be processed, the rifles and mortars cannot be made, and Chen Lai Zi must solve these obstacles.

As for the bullets...

The complexity and difficulty of this thing is much higher than the above two, and it can only be listed as a long-term goal, focusing on limited forces to deal with rifles and mortars first.

"Chen Lame, what's going on with the Military Industry Bureau you're in charge of recently?" At this moment, a loud and energetic voice came, and the head of the headquarters came over and asked with a kind smile.

"Hello, boss." The elegant soldier on the side reacted and saluted.

Director Chen had a serious face and raised his hand to salute: "Hello, boss, the Military Industry Bureau now has the production capacity of wooden handle grenades. The designed output is 200 pieces per day. In the future, the scale will be gradually expanded and the output will be increased to 1000 pieces per day."

"Designed output? What is the actual output now?" The chief heard the meaning of these words, and asked carefully.

"Boss, the actual output is... zero." Director Chen responded.

The boss was a little puzzled: "Why is this?"

"To make a grenade, all you need is pig iron. The shell is cast, and there are grooves for prefabricated fragments inside. At present, the Yancheng Electric Furnace Steel Plant smelts all high-strength steel. I can't use these precious high-strength steels to make grenades. ." Director Chen explained.

The boss nodded: "This is indeed a problem, have you thought of a solution?"

"Yes, we are currently organizing the construction of an experimental blast furnace with a daily output of 2 tons. After the furnace is started to make iron, it will be able to meet the needs of grenade shells. However, this involves another problem. We lack metallurgical talents and technologies. Workers mostly rely on experience to make iron, and often white pig iron occurs. This type of pig iron will shatter when touched and cannot be easily processed." Chen Lazi responded: "Of course, it is no problem to use it for grenade casings."

The grenade kills the enemy through fragments. The more brittle the shell is, the more fragments will be generated after the explosion, thereby improving the effective killing range and efficiency. From this demand, white pig iron is no problem, but the production of weapons is too much. The defects of pig iron must be solved.

The daily production of 2-ton experimental blast furnace is 2 tons of pig iron per day. Calculated according to the grenade warhead of 0.2 kg, the theoretical value is tens of thousands of grenades per day.

"Yes, that's right, it seems that the superiors chose you to be the director of the Military Industry Bureau. I will tell the superiors about metallurgical talents and technologies. If there are any difficulties, you can say them all. Let's think about it together. Solution." The boss praised with a smile.

The elegant soldier standing next to him smiled and said, "Chen Laizi said he couldn't do military industry, but now I think he can do it better than anyone else."

"Don't praise me, it's really difficult to engage in military industry, boss, we have many problems at present, I'm afraid you won't be happy when you hear it." Chen Lame said helplessly.

The boss waved his hand, glared at Chen Cripple, and gestured, "What are you unhappy about, speak slowly."

"Then I'll talk about the technical problems first. First, as I just mentioned, the metallurgical technology problems derived from white pig iron, we are in urgent need of talents and technologies in metallurgical engineering."

"Second, seamless steel pipe technology, mortar barrels can be used as low-pressure artillery, seamless steel pipes can be used as gun barrels, and rifles can also use seamless steel pipes that meet the strength requirements, but we lack the technology to make seamless steel pipes. ."

"third……"

(End of this chapter)