Immediately afterwards, Wei @ Hong spoke again:

"Regarding the single-shot bolt-action rifle, Boss Luo, you old Mingjian, if we really only have bolt-action single-shot rifles, although it is not a big problem to deal with the infantry group charge of that era, but it is obviously very difficult to resist the group impact of the heavy armored cavalry of that era, right?"

"It's hard to be sure, but the lessons of the past are there, when the Anglo-French army fought Zeng Lingqin's Mongol cavalry, they still used flintlock pistols, didn't they still defeat the enemy?"

"That being said, the question is can we build an army like that?"

"For us, too many casualties are not worth it!"

At this time, a group of young people around ** also talked about it.

** didn't sit back in his seat, but just stood like this and waited for Boss Luo's reply.

"You young man is interesting, it seems that he only asks questions related to military affairs, I have to say, you often ask questions in place, you are a military enthusiast, right?"

"Wei @ Hong is the main force of the Ming Fan and the Electric Drill School!"

I don't know who shouted, causing a chuckle from everyone around.

At this time, Boss Luo still communicated with a few members of the mechanical group very seriously for a while, and then turned to face Wei @ Hong, and replied solemnly:

"Well, that's a pretty easy question to answer, and I can tell you with certainty that in the near future, we are completely sure that we will build a hand-cranked Gatling gun or even a Maxim machine gun, although the range and rate of fire are not yet easy to say, but it is indeed a machine gun! However, you must know how long this is not far in the future, we are not sure yet, because the technical bottleneck and key factors in this are not here in our machining, to be honest, the technical bottleneck to be broken through is first in the hands of Mr. Zhao and their chemical industry.

Because they must ensure the production of qualified ammunition, and then it also depends on the level of the metallurgical industry, especially the smelting of non-ferrous metals, which is an indispensable and critical link.

As for machining, we do need to improve our machining accuracy, but the key to machine guns is actually metal ammunition and barrels, not the seemingly complex firing structure you imagine. As for the manufacturing process, the drawings and parameters of these things are ready-made, so as long as the above conditions are met, it is not difficult to make a machine gun.

Specifically, I think the ultimate bottleneck may still be in the material, especially in metallurgy, the most difficult of which is probably some special materials in machine gun parts: for example, the steel used to make springs, such as the steel of the barrel and the heat treatment process conditions, etc., at the very least, the metallurgical team wants to provide us with qualified brass to make bullet cases, right?

Finally, Mr. Zhao must also provide us with thunder @mercury bottom** and custom**.

If that's all that happens, I'll be able to pat my chest and promise that we can build all the weapons you mentioned.

At that point, the soldiers will even be equipped with Lee Enfield rifles or Hanyang-made rifles! But in the near future, well, I think the single-shot bolt-action rifle should be able to be made in a year or two......"

Boss Luo's words made everyone understand that things here are quite complicated, especially the group of high school students.

"Oh...... That's right. ”

"Actually, it's okay, anyway, it's good to have a Gatling gun in the future."

"However, I suggest that the Montini machine gun be used in the early stage of the transition, after all, the sooner the machine gun is equipped, the more active it will be."

"The high-explosive ** package ejection tool can also be considered!"

"That thing you're talking about is called a mortar cannon, right?"

"Almost, projectile ** pack, a very powerful weapon, but the range is not too far......"

"That thing would be a melee weapon if it were put on a ship! The sound is like thunder and the lethality is huge, in that era, the person on the opposite side was scared to death if he was not killed, or he was shocked to death, he was amazing! ”

"Well, if it can really be loaded on the ship, why don't we go to sea as private pirates?!"

There are a few high school students who ignore the strange eyes of everyone around them, and take care of themselves.

"Students! Students! Would you like to ask Mr. Zhao to discuss the chemical industry after he has introduced it? ”

Sun Lao hurriedly smiled and came forward to speak, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Zhao, I interjected and made a mess of the building!"

But Luo Zhengyi reacted, and he was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's a collective discussion, that's what it is, and Boss Luo also picked out a lot of important issues for us, which is very good!"

Zhao Xihe shook his hand with a smile, and then continued to speak to everyone:

"Colleagues, students, now back to the topic of chemical industry, in addition to the hydraulic coal washing jig and coal coke dry distillation production line just introduced, we have also obtained a set of micro coal-to-gas synthesis ammonia/methanol and dimethyl ether production equipment, by the way, we can also produce calcium carbide. The principle of these devices is very simple, but when it comes to chemical reactions, it is more complicated, so I will not go into details.

Although the production capacity is smaller, there are two points that can be guaranteed, one is the practical process, and the other is that the product quality can pass. ”

Zhao Xihe looked at everyone who had become quiet, and added with a frown:

"However, although we can replicate these devices on this basis, there is a big problem: we are not sure to build many detection instruments, such as thermocouples, thermometers, pressure gauges, flow meters and simple liquid level gauges, which are very common in the original time and space. Whether these things can be produced by themselves soon in that new world, at least I am not sure now, but these are indispensable and important components of all industrial systems, and some are even related to the success or failure of the entire industrial system.

Regarding these instruments, I put forward a lot of requirements in the supplementary report to Anna, hoping that he can find us more ready-made products, of course, these tools ultimately have to be made by ourselves, so we need to engage in collective technical research with teachers and classmates in other groups in the future. ”

"Mr. Zhao, we are engaged in power stations, there are some local methods for the detection of strong electricity, which can solve some problems, as for other commonly used physical data detection, there are usually many local methods, of course, the accuracy may be a little reduced, and the product quality may be affected by some factors, which is inevitable, but it is still controllable."

Kangda, a hydropower professional in the crowd, responded.

"For these problems, the mechanical group is also trying to find a way, well, it's a big deal that we use the elimination method, the experimental method, and the experience value."

Luo Zhengyi responded.

"In terms of building materials, from a professional point of view, we can make some contributions to glass products"

It was Hou Xianglin who said this.

"Yes, things like instrument glassware, I hope Brother Hou can get them for us in the future! These are all necessary ...... for industry."

"Brother Hou! We need telescopes, artillery scopes! ”

As soon as Hou Xianglin and the others said this, they heard Peng Qiang in the crowd shouting.

"Peng Qiang, we still want a camera! We all know that these things are very important, another bottleneck in the glass industry is the purity of raw materials, let's talk about our soda ash, what level of purity can be improved? ”

Hou Xianglin turned to Mr. Zhao and asked a question.

"Well, don't dare to say anything else, limestone chemical should be okay, right? The limestone of this island is of high quality, and the quartz sand is also industrially pure, so there is no reason why you can't make high-quality glass products......"

At this time, Cao Limei, who was sitting on the ladies' side, interjected.

"That's right, the supplies in the supermarket! If there are broken glass bottles, broken glass from glass windows, you can return to the furnace, right? ”

"It's okay to recycle, we're talking about sustainability now......"

"Also, who can polish and blow the glass by hand?"

"Learn now!"

"Okay, let's talk about these specific professional issues later, okay? Please continue to introduce Mr. Zhao."

Sun Lao finally stood up again to speak to avoid possible digressions.

"Okay, we also got two sets of micro liquefied coal-to-liquid equipment, one is the German direct process, the old process, and the other is the iron catalyst indirect process, I feel that this set of equipment is very suitable for our production conditions after crossing.

If these devices can be put in place, we can directly produce a small amount of gasoline and diesel, which is great, and I think the key is how we can get a stable supply of synthetic waxes, ammonia, ethylene, propylene and olefins through the coal chemical industry, which can hopefully allow us to produce plastic products and synthetic rubber. Of course, the consumption of coal is definitely relatively large.

As for product quality and production efficiency...... Let's talk about it when the production conditions are ripe, I can't say for a moment now......"

Zhao Xihe said this, and then turned around and whispered to a few people in the chemical group, and after a few people exchanged the information in their hands, the spokesperson below was replaced by Gui Xianning.