CHAPTER XXXIX

Zhang Zhimu said: "I want to build the party, but I will do it after this big war. But we need to do some preparation in advance, and you can think about the first people to join the organization. I will put into writing our principles, beliefs, goals, and bylaws. However, we can organize the necessary personnel to hold a preparatory meeting to communicate with everyone, so that everyone has a number in their hearts.

Li Mao said: "It's okay, let's wait for us to pass this level!" ”

In order to hold this first preparatory meeting, Zhang Zhimu discussed with Chen Yufeng, and Chen Yufeng also agreed to hold a preparatory meeting first. However, Chen Yufeng said that Yan Xing should be invited over.

Zhang Zhimu immediately sent someone to invite Yan Xing and told Yan Xing to come over and discuss important matters.

Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, Li Mao, and Ouyang Hai analyzed the current situation together.

Ouyang He introduced: "After Sun Chuanting and the others returned to Xi'an, they had not yet recovered their vitality and organized the defense, and Li Zicheng's army arrived. They didn't resist for a few days, and Xi'an was breached. Sun Chuanting and some of his men did not know where to flee. Li Zicheng's army is sweeping through Shaanxi, and it is estimated that Li Zicheng will be able to solve all the problems in Shaanxi by the end of the year. Tongguan, the army left by Li Zicheng had no intention of attacking. Hiding far away from the range of our artillery fire, waiting for our warships to withdraw when the Yellow River freezes. ”

Zhang Zhimu interjected: "You should tell Lord Ning Dening in Tongguan that when we withdraw, he will also withdraw." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "I wrote him a letter with the same meaning, but he wrote back and said that he could not withdraw without a fight without receiving an order. Besides, he was afraid that if they withdrew, the people of Tongguan would suffer. There's no way to wait. ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded and did not speak.

Ouyang He continued: "Our own cavalry now has more than 8,000 people, and Liu Chenghuang is very strict in his selection, and he says that those who are not qualified will not be wanted. Mr. Yan was very generous this time, picked out a lot of good horses for Liu Chenghuang, and sent people to help train war horses. Li Wei and the others also selected more than 400 people to conduct their own training. Li Jing: There are 500 of them. However, half of the people Li Jing picked were sixteen or seventeen-year-olds. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Li Wei's artillery is all seeds, and these hundreds of people will be artillery officers of various units in the future, I don't think it's enough." All units should be sent out to Li Wei and them for training in advance. Li Jing's recruitment standards are very strict, and I know that he really can't pick out qualified people when he gets so many children. However, Li Jing is very brainy, and they have to cultivate people by themselves. In a few years, a lot of useful people will be raised. ”

Ouyang He said again: "There are already 9,000 infantry on Liu Yun's side, and there are many of them who are our old foundation as the backbone. The veterans who went south and north with us are now the backbone. They have all seen blood and experienced actual combat, especially now that they are all forced by Liu Yun to write, and they all know how to do ideological work, most of them have been trained by us. The quality of our junior officers is very good. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I don't worry about the soldiers. When Li Zicheng starts to attack, there will be a large number of scattered officers and troops. Let's just gather them. However, the officers must be trained by ourselves, because our army is different from other armies, and the army we train ourselves can be brought out of the ranks according to our requirements. Today's soldiers are trained as officers. But by the end of the year, there must be 10,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry. Without a certain number, we will not have enough troops. Soldiers recruited urgently will not have combat effectiveness, and must have a certain amount of training time. ”

Ouyang He said: "If the fight starts, we will shrink the defense, and the people who have cultivated the land on the side of Xishan Baozi will shrink back, and we can organize 40,000 reserve soldiers on the side of Yaogang, and we have arranged for Liu Yun's soldiers to start leading them in military training." 20,000 reserve soldiers can also be organized on the side of the smelting field, that is, there are fewer people on the Lingshui wharf, and there are 4,000 people on Fan Chengkun's side, including the officers and soldiers of the water, and the workers on the wharf who can be organized are also several thousand. Then we have to send people to support them. Otherwise, it would be difficult for their people to hold the Lingshui Wharf. At present, the trench barbed wire fence has begun to be built on the side of the Lingshui wharf and the smelting yard, and we have built them on both sides in the name of protecting production safety, so as not to cause a big panic. The necessary earthwork on our side of the kiln gang has also been completed, especially the fort similar to Tongguan Liancheng that we have built on the east side of the road, which is four miles away from Xiurong, has been basically built, and at least 200 soldiers can be stationed there, and with this support point, our contact with Xiurong will be guaranteed. ”

Zhang Zhimu came to the map hanging on the wall, pointed to the Lingshui Wharf and said, "Fan Chengkun, they must have at least 10,000 people here, and they must have enough muskets and ammunition." When the time comes, send troops to them. The area of defense on the smelter side is not small, but their terrain is favorable. There are mountain packs to use all around, but at least 30,000 people need to travel. We have enough troops on our side. What I'm most afraid of is that Li Zicheng will concentrate on attacking us in one place, and we will be divided into several defenses. ”

Chen Yufeng came over and said, "Our cavalry can deal with this situation quickly and excitedly. ”

Ouyang He said: "It is safe to say that Li Zicheng will definitely use this tactic against us. We looked at an approach. We can send out a detachment of cavalry in advance and ambush in an outside mountain, near the telegraph line to Niutou Mountain, and borrow a relay station to keep in touch with our kiln. If we find a situation, we can give them orders by telegram. This cavalry force could suddenly attack the rear of Li Zicheng's army on the periphery and disrupt their offensive operations. ”

"How many men are you going to send out to ambush?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Ouyang He said: "Less is not good, too much is not good." We are ready to send two thousand cavalry. I think the combat effectiveness of 2,000 musketeers is unstoppable by ordinary people. We also equipped them with mortars to accompany the team. ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded, our weapons should be enough.

Ouyang said: "Enough." Li Yunhe and his family can produce thousands of that kind of muskets a month, and now they have 70,000 guns. If it weren't for the production of new rifles, there would have been more. However, more than 600 rifles have already been produced. Rifle shooting training has already begun to be organized for the backbone of the troops. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Tell Li Yunhe to stop the musket production line first." Full production rifles. After the war, all muskets can be sold, and we can use our own rifles. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Li Yunhe said that at least 1,000 more rifles can be made by the end of the year. If the muskets were stopped and rifles were made, I think we could do more. Among the musketeers, it would be nice if a squad could have a rifle. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Calculate for us, how much is needed for one rifle per squad, and force Li Yunhe to produce it according to this number. It's a pity, if only the heavy machine gun came out. ”

"That's right. That Yangchang said that their phone was done well, and said that it could be a mile or two away. They say it can be used to command wars. I told them to wait until you came back. Ouyang He said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is great. With telephones, we can connect telephones to the front line and use telephones to direct operations. ”

Ouyang He said: "I have asked them to connect the telegraph line to the front-line command post. We can use telegraph command to fight a war this time, but how can we command by telephone? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "If I tell you what the phone is, you will know." For example, I'm in my office, you're in this command center, and I pick up the phone, and you pick up the phone. We can talk to each other, and the thing that can talk is the phone. Do you think this thing can command a war? ”

Ouyang He said, "Oh, look at it." Yangchang came to tell me about this, I was busy, and I sent them away with a word. This is a big delay, and if you can speak, it is not much better than a telegram. Of course, he can command the war. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "However, Mr. Ouyang has made the telegraph line still available, and the telephone can be used through the telegraph line. We're also going to have a kind of telephone exchange. Make it possible for phones everywhere to talk to each other. ”

Chen Yufeng was also interested and asked, "Can I talk anywhere I have a phone?" ”

"Yes, in the future, all our offices will have to be equipped with telephones. You don't have to run around for everything. Just pick up the phone and talk about the little things. If Uncle Chen wants to drink at night and wants Sister-in-law Xu to go home and get two more dishes, just give Sister-in-law Xu a call. Zhang Zhimu joked.

"Haha!" Everyone in the room laughed.

Chen Yufeng asked, "Can you talk to Lingshui Wharf?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I'm afraid this is enough to choke, but you can try." In the future, I will have no problem getting the tube out. ”

Ouyang He said: "Mr. Zhang, just hurry up and get an electron tube!" It would be great if I could talk to Lingshui Wharf and Metallurgical Yard on the phone. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There are tubes. We can telegraph directly with Li Mao's Yangzhou. All our ships can be telegraphed, telephoned. ”

Li Mao, who had not spoken, said: "Mr. Zhang, you just put down everything else and get the electron tube out." It would be great if we could get in touch directly at home when we got there. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "There are two things I want to catch now, one is an electron tube, and the other is a direct-aim artillery. The usefulness of the tube is not to be mentioned. Direct-aim artillery is simply like a rifle. As you know, the mortars on our ships now have a low hit rate. They were all projectiles, and it would be very difficult to use them to hit the city gates. If there is a direct-aim artillery, it will be much simpler for us. In the future, our warships will have to be equipped with direct-aim guns, and with direct-aim guns, it will be much more accurate to hit the enemy's ships. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Lu Qi's sewing machine is really good, Yukun and they have prepared 100,000 sets of military uniforms, both in winter and summer." The garment was sturdy and good-looking. Especially the breeches you designed, made of thin canvas. At first, the cavalry thought it was ugly, but now they see the look of riding on their horses and putting on breeches. They all know it this time. It's comfortable, good-looking, and sturdy. The people who came to Yulin for training said that when they left, they must bring more with them. Their brethren in Yulin also wore it. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, when they go back, bring them more." Sun Chuanting's rout, they can also take in more. They should have been allowed to go back early after their training. ”

Zhang Zhimu wanted to ask Yangchang about their phone first, but as soon as he returned to the office, he was blocked in the room by Lu Bingyi and Li Yunhe.

Lu Bingyi said: "Regarding the railway, there are some things that must be determined. Xiurong Zhixian is very capable of doing things, and after he does the work, the railway line from the smelting field to the kiln gang passes through other people's land, and the people have agreed to sell it to the kiln gang, and sign the pledge, just wait for the silver to be paid. My workers are already working from both ends in the smelting yard and the kiln. I'm going to fix the roadbed first. The problem now is that we need a shunting yard with a locomotive turning around in our kiln and smelting yard, and the location of this shunting yard needs to be determined. ”

Lu Bingyi spread out the map of Yaogang, Zhang Zhimu pointed to the Yaogang wharf and said: "The freight station of the train is here at a wharf, and the passenger station can be used with our Yangjing passenger station." I think the location is just right, too. It's just that when the train turns to Yaogang, there will be a fork to the north, and it will lead to Niutou Mountain and Datong in the future. The shunting yard can be far to the west and not afraid, otherwise it will occupy this side of the kiln gang, and the shunting yard can also be a place for coal and water maintenance. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "That's what the smelting field will do." ”

Li Yunhe said: "Don't forget to leave a fork in the road for the locomotive factory, otherwise, the locomotive will not be able to drive out, and you will have no use for any railway." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yunhe is right. Yunhe: How's your locomotive? ”

Li Yunhe said: "The ignition experiment has already begun. However, we chose the wrong place for the locomotive factory, leaving too little space, and only a short track could be used to experiment with the locomotive. Now it's no problem to walk back and forth. Just wait for Mr. Lu's railway to be repaired and then tested. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Mr. Lu, the kind of ballast I said must not be big or small, and the hardness must also be guaranteed; In addition, the sleepers of the railway must be soaked with zinc sulfate and then coated with asphalt. This not only kills the parasites in the wood, but also prevents any more insects from biting the sleepers. In the future, we will also treat the poles in this way, so that the treated wood can be used for a long time. ”

Lu Bingyi said: "This one can always rest assured." Needless to say, it is much more convenient for us to have our own sawmill. All the sleepers are sawn with a chainsaw, and the size is exactly the same. On both sides of the railway, we can also carry fast-growing poplars farther away, and willow strips closer to you. This ensures that soil erosion is reduced on both sides of the railway. ”

"When will this section of the roadbed be completed?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Lu Bingyi said: "If it goes well, it should be finished in the spring of next year." Some of the parts of the mountain, I asked Li Wei to solve them with **, and there are not many difficulties. All that's left is to add a few bridges, and I let them do it in advance. There is no need to wait for the progress of the roadbed on both sides, and the cement bridge is very fast. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This shows that if we do a good job in the spring of next year, we will be able to lay tracks." ”

Lu Bingyi said: "Yes. I thought so, the telegraph lines along our line were laid together when the tracks were laid, because I was afraid that Li Zicheng would come next year and destroy them, and we would have to rebuild them. ”

Lo Bingyi designed that all turnout locations should be equipped with telegraphs to ensure driving safety.

Zhang Zhimu nodded and said, "Mr. Lu has thought it through. ”

Lu Bingyi originally had something to say, but when he saw Li Yunhe here, he knew that there must be something else. After talking about the railway, Lu Bingyi left.

Zhang Zhimu said to Li Yunhe: "Yunhe, you have to stop your musket production line now and go all out to produce rifles." By the end of the year, you're going to have a rifle for each of our musketeer squads. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Okay, but I still have to ask the smelter to stop producing matching castings." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You still have to produce more, you don't need to use our own hands, just old-fashioned ignition." Because I decided to help defend Xiurong City. The walls of Xiurong are tall and strong. There's that old-fashioned ** that just throws it from the top of the city to the bottom of the city. That thing blew up the people in the city, and it worked. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Okay, this thing is easy, just use cast iron to make a shell." ”

"Have you made any progress on your heavy machine guns?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Li Yunhe said: "What kind of heavy machine gun did you get? It doesn't work well all the time. We're working on it right there, so you might as well use our rifle gas recoil method. Now this structure is very difficult to get around, and it has not been possible to shoot continuously. Let's change that way. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In the future, you can also make your own machine guns with air conduction and recoil, and it is best to make them air-cooled." The kind that can quickly change the barrel when the barrel is warmed up. ”

Li Yunhe said, "Okay. As he spoke, he took out two pistols and handed them to Zhang Zhimu.

"Oops! Why is the pistol good? Zhang Zhimu took the pistol and asked. Li Yunhe said: "Yes. Take a look. ”

Holding the pistol in his hand, Zhang Zhimu felt that there was a difference in weight, and after a closer look, it turned out that the caliber was different. It seems that Li Yunhe got out the guns of both calibers.

"Both calibers came out? Which works better? Zhang Zhimu asked.

Li Yunhe said: "I don't think it's ideal. The recoil of the pistol is too great, and the large-caliber one is even larger, and some can't hold it. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Let's go, go try your pistol." ”

Li Yunhe agreed, and he and Zhang Zhimu went straight to Li Yunhe's shooting range in a carriage. When Yang Yulin heard about the test gun, she had to follow.

When he arrived at the shooting range, Li Yunhe took out a nine-millimeter caliber pistol, held the gun in both hands, fired a few shots at the target, and then handed the gun to Zhang Zhimu. Zhang Zhimu took the pistol, and also learned from Li Yunhe to hold the gun with both hands, pull the trigger, and shoot a few shots. I think the rear force is a bit too big, and it's hard to aim.

Yang Yulin also came over and fired a few shots, saying, "The first shot is okay, but the second shot is not daring." ”

Li Yunhe picked up another 11.43 mm pistol, fired a few shots in the same way, and handed it to Zhang Zhimu. Zhang Zhimu took the large-caliber pistol. Although he was prepared in his heart, the recoil of this shot would be very large, but when he "dang" fired a shot, the recoil was too great. made Zhang Zhimu almost get rid of it. Zhang Zhimu gritted his teeth and reluctantly shot twice.

Yang Yulin had to fight, Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't fight this kind of gun, the recoil is too big." You can't hold it. ”

The more Zhang Zhimu said this, the more Yang Yulin wanted to fight, and as a result, the stubborn Yang Yulin really shot a few shots. After the fight, Yang Yulin said: "This kind of gun is not good. I didn't hit anyone, I scared myself to death first. ”

Li Yunhe said: "We haven't come up with any ways to improve, what do you say?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You have learned physics in vain. To reduce recoil, you can increase the mass of the recoil mechanism, and make the recoil spring softer. ”

Li Yunhe patted his head and said, "That's right." ”

Zhang Zhimu said again: "There is another problem with your gun, that is, the flame of the muzzle is too long. The barrel of the rifle is long, and I hope that the *** burns slower, increases the action time of the ** pressure, and can reduce the chamber pressure. The pistol is not good, the pistol barrel is short, and the area of ** particles should be increased and the detonation rate should be increased. To transfer energy to the warhead in the shortest possible time. ”

Li Yunhe patted his head and said, "Great, I'll let them improve as soon as I go back." ”

On the car back, Yang Yulin asked: "Can this kind of hand not shake after the end of the hand?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's impossible not to be shocked at all, but it should be better." ”

Yang Yulin said: "If only it could be used." Give one to all my female soldiers. ”

"Alright, didn't you say that you should equip all your female soldiers with rifles?" Zhang Zhimu said.

Yang Yulin said: "If you fight in the future, Li Jing may not always be by your side, and your safety may depend on my female soldiers to protect you." Shouldn't they be equipped with pistols and rifles? ”

Zhang Zhimu grabbed Yang Yulin's waist and said: "What you said makes sense, but you can't be too greedy, the soldiers on the front line are not enough to grab now." I'll talk about it when I have enough of it. ”

Yang Yulin was dissatisfied and said, "I want to borrow some light from you, it's too hard." ”

When he got off the car when he returned to the post of Yaogang, Zhang Zhimu asked Yang Yulin to call Yangchang.

Yangchang almost ran over, entered Zhang Zhimu's office, and said without breathing: "Mr. Zhang, you are back." Our lights have been made, our telephones have been made. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't be in a hurry to sit down and speak slowly. Zhang Zhimu poured a glass of water for Yangchang and handed it over.

Yang Chang took the water and drank it in a big gulp, put down the cup, and said, "Mr. Zhang, the lights in our laboratory have been lit for more than two months, and they are still lit. We put a lot of lights on in several large classrooms in our kiln gang college. It's been more than a month now, and two-thirds of the lights are still on, and we've only replaced one-third of them. Now our students at Yaogang College no longer need to light oil lamps to study. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is great, I want to congratulate you. But do you know why the third of them can't keep the lights on? ”

"We looked at it, but in the process of our production, the quality control was not good. It is impossible to do it all by hand. Our next task is to solve the problem of using machines for production, and we need Li Yunhe's help in this matter. Yang Chang said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay! You have done something great to usher humanity into a new era. I will let the "Yaogang Weekly" promote you well, and I will also reward you heavily. But this matter must be discussed until you can officially mass produce light bulbs. You're also going to make bulbs of different wattages and use them in different places. ”

"Okay, we're ready to make fifteen, twenty-five, fifty, hundred, two hundred watt bulbs. No matter how big the bulb is, the heat is not well solved. Yang Chang said.

Zhang Zhimu said: "It's enough to produce these now, and I'm studying something else in the future." I'd like to hear about your phone call now. ”

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Mechanics of Materials, Theoretical Mechanics, Elastic Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".