Jagged Warlord

Coming out of the pharmaceutical factory, Fan Xudong and Hou Debang stood at the door with awkward expressions on their faces. Their expressions were a bit complicated, neither walking nor standing there.

"What's the matter?" Li Mohan motioned for the two to get into the car with him.The driver tactfully drove the car to the suburbs and circled around Shangqiu City.

Fan Xudong took out two small paper bags from his bag. When he opened them, there were two balls of caustic soda with very different colors. He pointed to the brownish-yellow ball of caustic soda and sighed: "This is made by the chemical plant that was newly put into operation last month."

Coal chemical industry, petrochemical industry and three acids and two alkalis together are called one foot of a powerful country in the [-]th century, and the other foot is a large-scale metal heavy industry with steel as raw material. For a real world-class power.

As the first chemical industry base in China, Shangqiu has built a soda plant, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid plants, and coal chemical equipment is still being purchased. As for oil, Shangqiu has not yet developed an oil field.Fortunately, the soda plant, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid plants have no shortage of domestic raw materials, and the old Hanyang plant produces persulfuric acid. Therefore, after the completion of the construction, not only many old workers were recruited to guide them, but also a group of chemical engineers who had studied abroad were recruited from China. Engineers recharge their strength, but caustic soda is a problem.

The "Solvay Alkali Method" was invented by the Belgian Solvay. While Britain, France and the United States began large-scale industrialization one after another, they also organized the Solvay Association to keep the blockade of other countries in the world secret. I also shook my head on this item, and there is no soda-making equipment and process formula available in the market.Compared with foreign caustic soda with pure white color and quality, this scorched yellow mass is really dazzling.Therefore, Fan Xudong and Hou Debang feel sorry for their high salary and Li Mohan's trust.

"Haste makes waste, this matter can't be rushed for a while." Li Mohan turned to comfort Fan Xudong and Hou Debang, "Anyway, caustic soda is still available for the time being, so you can just calm down and do research."

Li Mohan does still have time and opportunities. When Germany is defeated in 1918, various industrial and mining enterprises will start their tearful sales. As long as the country can be unified, there is definitely hope that ten or even dozens of large factories will be able to purchase the equipment needed by then. .If you wait until the Great Depression in 1920, you can even buy what you want at the price of cabbage from Britain and the United States.

The problem is that seeing nearly four years of precious time wasted in vain, this makes Li Mohan very unwilling.Therefore, it is necessary to purchase several sets of equipment to test and explore first, and to train workers, so that the preliminary and complete industrial capabilities can be quickly established when the goods are returned.

Fan Xudong and Hou Debang looked grateful, and Fan Xudong said: "Since the commander-in-chief trusts us so much, we must devote ourselves to death."

"No, no, no~" Li Mohan joked, "It's okay to do your best, but don't say such unlucky words as 'death'." After the car circled around, it sent Fan Xudong and Hou Debang back to the pharmaceutical factory.

The car made a big circle and happened to pass by the locomotive factory. As soon as the soldiers standing guard at the gate of the factory saw Li Mohan's special car, they immediately stepped forward to stop the car.

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After a sudden brake, Li Mohan staggered in the car.

"Things with no eyes." The driver got out of the car cursing, "Do you dare to stop the handsome car?"

The little soldier who stopped the car hurriedly begged for mercy, "The commander made atonement, and I was in a hurry. It was Officer Shen who said that if you see the commander's car, you must invite the commander to come to the locomotive factory for inspection."

Li Mohan stepped out of the car and asked in his usual tone: "What's the matter? Is there anything urgent for you, Mr. Shen?"

Xiao Bing said: "I don't know the specifics. Officer Shen just said that a new type of armored chariot has been built, and he would like to invite the commander in chief to have a look."

"Then just call the official residence, why stop the car halfway? How dangerous would it be if it hit you?" Li Mohan walked straight towards the locomotive factory, and when he walked past the soldier, he patted him on the shoulder.

The little soldier was inexplicably moved

Li Mohan walked into the locomotive factory, the concierge quickly called Shen Liankai, Shen Liankai was testing the new armored chariot at the test track, and the adjutant Zheng Guangquan answered the phone.Putting down the phone, Zheng Guangquan hurried to the test track to find Shen Liankai.

The armored vehicle slowly moved forward and backward on the test track, turning left and right, and the noise it made was terrifying.

Adjutant Zheng hurriedly ran to the armored vehicle, waving his hands repeatedly to signal the armored vehicle to stop. After the armored vehicle stopped, he climbed onto the vehicle with great difficulty, knocked on the armor several times with his fist, and shouted: "Mr. Shen, the commander is here!" gone."

An armored cover in the middle of the armored vehicle was pushed open, and Shen Liankai crawled out of it with a frustrated expression, "Why stop?" Shen Liankai spoke loudly.

"The commander-in-chief is here." Adjutant Zheng shouted

"What?" Shen Liankai's ears were affected by the noise, and his hearing loss has not recovered.

Adjutant Zheng stepped forward and shouted in Shen Liankai's ear: "The commander is here."

Now Shen Liankai heard clearly, "Quick, hurry up and meet him."

As soon as Shen Liankai jumped off the armored vehicle, he saw Li Mohan already wearing a windbreaker, walking unhurriedly to the side of the test track.

Shen Liankai straightened his clothes, trotted to Li Mohan, stood at attention and saluted, "Salute."

Shen Liankai saluted very loudly, Li Mohan frowned slightly, and saluted Shen Liankai back.Then he asked: "Lian Kai, if you have something urgent to report to me, just make a phone call, don't let the soldiers stop the car so dangerous."

Li Mohan's voice was not very loud, and Shen Liankai, who had just come out of the loud noise environment, couldn't hear clearly at all. He didn't dare to answer indiscriminately, and could only look at Adjutant Zheng.

Adjutant Zheng hurriedly explained to Li Mohan, "Officer Shen was testing the car just now, and the engine in the car was very loud, so you might not be able to hear clearly for a while."

"Oh, that's right. Pay attention to protecting your hearing." Li Mohan said: "People who test the car in the future must wear earmuffs to protect their hearing."

Shen Liankai was still in a daze. In desperation, Zheng Guangquan could only write it on paper for him to read.

"Thank you, Marshal, for your concern." Shen Liankai replied after reading Li Mohan's instructions asking them to protect their hearing

"Okay, is this what you want to show me?" Li Mohan pointed to the armored vehicle. Since Adjutant Zheng participated in the whole process of the project, he was the one to report to Li Mohan instead.

From the appearance point of view, this chariot is basically the American-made Dodge truck currently used by the SS. A steel plate riveted shell is added to the outside of the body, and there is a square turret on the top. The first turret is equipped with a 1mm cannon. Rotate 37 degrees left and right.A machine gun is installed on each side of the second-tier turret, equipped with a T-shaped design hole slot.The power unit is a 45-cylinder water-cooled gasoline engine with 4 horsepower, the thickness of the armor plate is 50 mm, the thickness of the machine gun turret part and the engine part is 3 mm, and the maximum speed reaches 4 km/h.Due to the riveted armor, the weight of the whole vehicle is nearly 40 tons.

Subsequently, Zheng Guangquan commanded the soldiers to demonstrate the chariot moving forward and backward, shooting while moving and shooting while stopping.Under the fierce firepower of the 37mm machine gun, the temporary piles of sandbags and wood were beaten like tofu.

After watching the demonstration, Li Mohan put forward two suggestions for modification. One is to install a shovel in front of the car to push over barricades such as wire and antlers, or to push a large pile of soil into the trench to pave the way for the infantry. The second is to switch to an engine with less noise, so that the armored vehicle drivers who have finally been trained in the future will not be deaf.

Zheng Guangquan said: "The engine we use is the engine produced by the machinery factory in the industrial park. If we want to replace it, we can only buy it from foreigners."

"What? Self-produced?" Li Mohan was furious, "I invested so much money and gave engineers and workers such good treatment, did I create such a thunderbolt?" Li Mohan angrily pulled On Zheng Guangquan, "Come on, follow me to the machinery factory."