“Did I hear that right?”
“That’s the problem our army couldn’t solve, and now it’s done?”
Zhang Liang’s mouth hung open, completely dumbfounded.
A few seconds later, Zhang Liang’s voice trembled as he asked, “Did you just say you made smokeless gunpowder?”
“Did I hear that right?”
Su Yang nodded solemnly, “Yes!”
“You heard right. Just an hour ago, I loaded it into bullets and tested it. The power and accuracy are almost the same as the Japanese Type 38 rifle bullets.”
Confirmed by Su Yang’s answer, Zhang Liang was shocked and couldn’t recover for a long time.
When he finally regained his senses, he was so excited that he danced and talked incoherently.
Because he knew very well what this meant to our army.
“Comrade Su Yang, you can’t be joking. Are you sure you can make smokeless gunpowder?”
“You’re not pulling my leg?”
Su Yang stood straight, his face serious and earnest, “No jokes in the military!”
“The production line is currently being adjusted, personnel need training, and raw materials need to be collected, so it will take some time before we can mass produce it.”
Ssss~~~
They’re even preparing the production line? !
They’ve even thought about personnel training?
Su Yang’s execution speed is simply unmatched!
However, Zhang Liang quickly thought of a key problem.
That is, due to the Japanese blockade, it would be difficult to find the necessary raw materials, and both collection and transportation are problems.
The most difficult step has been solved, and any other difficulties can be overcome.
After confirming this, it seems that I’ll have to visit the logistics department.
On one hand, we can get support from the logistics department, and on the other hand, we can let them build a factory to produce it.
This will solve the big problem of smokeless gunpowder.
“Can we really achieve mass production?”
Su Yang said lightly, “We should be able to, but we need to see the final results in practice.”
“I think it shouldn’t be a problem.”
Zhang Liang looked at Su Yang with confidence in his eyes, and unknowingly, he believed that Su Yang would succeed.
“I believe in you!”
“If you need anything, just ask. If I can do it, I’ll do it with all my strength. If I can’t, I’ll find a way to solve it.”
“As long as we can mass produce smokeless gunpowder.”
Su Yang nodded gratefully and didn’t hesitate, then told him his needs one by one.
He asked him to help solve them.
For example, the collection of raw materials, the “equipment” needed for the production line, production personnel... and so on.
Zhang Liang took the list of missing materials and immediately went to discuss solutions with other county party committee staff.
Su Yang looked at Zhang Liang and the others who were so enthusiastic, and finally understood why our predecessors could overcome so many difficulties in such harsh conditions.
Thinking about this.
Su Yang didn’t delay any longer and personally went to guide the deployment of the gunpowder production line, as well as the training preparation... etc.
On the other hand.
Zhang Liang took the list and found relevant personnel to understand it. He was shocked by some of the items on the list.
Sulfur, pyrite, collecting nitre in saline-alkali land, cotton… etc.
There was nothing wrong with these.
Zhang Liang and many others knew about some of the basic raw materials for making gunpowder.
These are all raw materials for making gunpowder.
But, a millstone?
An old noodle cutter for making noodles?
A noodle press?
Graphite powder? Wooden barrels? Film negatives?
What are these for?
Using these things to make smokeless gunpowder?
This left them baffled.
However, Zhang Liang trusted Su Yang very much, so even though some people didn’t understand, they still resolutely carried out the task and collected the required materials.
What Zhang Liang and the others didn’t know was that the film negatives were for Su Yang to make gelatinized nitrocellulose for double-base smokeless powder.
Bullets use single-base smokeless powder, while mortar shells and howitzer shells use double-base smokeless powder.
Su Yang was preparing for the future.
So he wrote a note at the end saying that collection could be temporarily delayed.
After a brief discussion.
In the end, the minority obeyed the majority and fully supported Su Yang’s production plan, providing him with everything he needed.
After all, smokeless gunpowder is too important to our army.
With the support of the county party committee, many tasks were quickly launched, not to mention that the original team already had a good image among the people.
Just one week, all the necessary materials were gathered.
This made Su Yang sigh.
Unity is strength!
After a week of training, each post had its own workers, and there were people who understood military work in charge.
This made Su Yang’s arrangement much smoother.
At the same time, the ceramic vats that Su Yang had designed were also completed under his command.
These were different from the vats he used for experiments before. They were bigger and lined up in a row, able to extract more sulfuric acid, nitric acid… etc., which are necessary for making gunpowder.
This would allow them to produce more gunpowder.
With three simultaneous efforts, they finally completed the production line for smokeless gunpowder.
The next morning.
Everyone arrived at their posts early and waited.
Because today was the first day of producing smokeless gunpowder.
Su Yang personally confirmed that everything was correct, then resolutely gave the order, “Start!”
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