Tomorrow is 515, the anniversary of the starting point, and the day with the most benefits. In addition to the gift bag and school bag, this time's "515 Red Envelope Flip" must be seen, how can there be a reason not to grab the red envelope, set the alarm clock high~

Star fruit didn't know how long she should pedal until she was picked up by Yevlov.

"Bethica, you've had enough, the soldiers will do the rest."

Carambola was taken away by Yelenkina, and as a member of the NKVD, a professional habit, she decided to "interrogate" the Chinese girl well.

About Yang Mingzhi and his person, star fruit doesn't know much.

"You don't even know where he came from? You're going to marry him in a daze? Yerentina was astonished.

Carambola didn't think much about it, she just thought her husband was very good. I found him by the river and treated him as a comrade sincerely, and as for his past, it doesn't mean to know or not know. "He's not a spy, he's not a bad guy. Even if you ask me, I really can't answer. In short, he is just an honest Chinese like me. ”

Asking is equivalent to asking in vain, Yerentina shrugged her shoulders and left by herself.

Yang Mingzhi woke up in the afternoon, and Yevlov told him the exciting news that the radio light was on. This means that troops can theoretically communicate with friendly forces in distant places.

Before Kuznetsov made a large antenna, this is understandable, the old blacksmith Ivan can easily re-make a huge antenna, but to really contact friendly forces far away, the radio must increase the power.

The Chenobi was about fifty kilometers southeast of the village of Catfish, where Soviet troops were stationed, and to get there, the radio had to increase its power. If that happens, the battery's energy will be quickly depleted.

Kuznetsov had been gone for a short time, but the Soviets seemed to have forgotten about the remaining troops in the swamps.

Yang Mingzhi estimated: "We can indeed increase the power, so that the power will be quickly exhausted, the best way is to send a reconnaissance force to the southeast to report our situation." ”

"Okay, you just have to be sure we can make radio contact. When the battery runs out, just let the soldiers recharge more. ”

Compared with this, Yang Mingzhi felt that there was another thing that had to be put on the agenda - that is, to establish Catfish Village's own arsenal.

Manufacture of munitions was originally Yang Mingzhi's old business, and there was no modern equipment here, only some rudimentary tools, and some professionals with knowledge and skills. Yevlov did not object to anything, if it was really possible to make weapons on its own, then the troops would be better off.

Yang Mingzhi is a doer, and he mobilized the women in the village to pick up tools one by one and run to the toilets of each house.

The people in the village have the habit of making farm fertilizer, which is the manure of people and animals, and nitrifying bacteria are also present. On the walls of the toilet and at the bottom of the manure pit, there are a lot of crystals, which is what Yang Mingzhi wants.

To make nitrate, the chemist Ivanov from Minsk, whose knowledge was put to good use in this chemical industry, made potassium nitrate, which he claimed was fine.

The soil method made nitrate, and the Arsenal of the Eighth Road could not make smokeless gunpowder, and there was no problem in making black powder. Mobilize the masses to make nitrate charts, and use the existing nitrifying bacteria to make nitrate in large quantities. This process requires a large amount of nitrate, and the village aunts are very patriotic, and they just issued a call for action.

Ivanov patted his chest and said: "The matter of making gunpowder is on me, you can rest assured." Even if you have to be mentally prepared, replacing smokeless gunpowder with black powder, the performance of the bullet will be greatly affected. ”

These Yang Mingzhi understand that everything is a helpless move under special circumstances. There are many residues of black powder, and the temperature in the chamber is also a problem, and the barrel can easily overheat. Reloading bullets with black powder has a low chamber pressure, and the long-range killing effect on the enemy is not good.

But bullets are stronger than nothing, this Ivanov not only claims that he can use existing resources to make black powder, including the **** of primer, and even picric acid.

When he heard that there was still picric acid, Yang Mingzhi was very surprised: "You can make sulfuric acid, nitric acid and phenol?" ”

Ivanov has no more guarantees, picric acid is a little more troublesome to make, but it is not impossible to make, and there is still enough time to make it slowly, and it just adds up. To this end, he strongly demanded that his students be pulled back from the militia units, "My children have learned a lot around me. They should not pick up steel guns and fight on the front line, which is a kind of urging for intellectuals. My students are my best assistants more than anyone else, and you can't do without them for the bullet reload you want. ”

Yang Mingzhi understood, and the next day, those young people who did not die in the catastrophe were separated from the "Minsk militia battalion". At the request of Yang Mingzhi, the army urgently set up an "arsenal", and before the bullet reloading began, the repair and maintenance of firearms was the work of the arsenal. Ivanov was the director of this section, and he selected a few boys in the youth camp to teach them personally, trying to train them to be reliable workers.

The problem of bullet reloading, the problem of sulfur and saltpeter were solved, and the production of charcoal was mostly self-taught.

The problem of gunpowder can be solved, and the next thing is to check the condition of the bullet.

Not all bullets can be reloaded, and Yang Mingzhi has to be the person in charge of the reloading bullet project. The soldiers joked that their commander could once again be qualified for the nickname "factory director".

In fact, it is true that all the female soldiers of the junior soldiers have been placed in new jobs, even the star fruit.

On the new day, the women of the village are making nitrate, which Ivanov supervises. As for the girls, Yang Mingzhi gathered them at the door of his house, and the ten girls sat cross-legged on the grass one by one, and in front of them were several sacks of bullet casings.

"These are Mosin Nagant's bullets, which you used the day before yesterday, and now I want you to distinguish these shells, and pick out all the defective and broken shells."

These rifle cartridges are all copper cartridge shells, and there is no shortage of copper on the Soviet side, so there is no problem with the reloading of bullets. Copper is very malleable, and separating the broken shells and removing the fire caps of the good ones is the job of the girls.

Female workers are often thoughtful, and Yang Mingzhi is really worried about the tall soldiers, who may not be able to do the delicate work.

Before the work, Yerentina also carried out some mobilization for them. "You're not just dealing with bullet casings, you're supporting troops in the war. Our fighters need a lot of ammunition, and soon, the reloading bullets you participated in making will be put into battle, and your job now is to fight the invaders. “

Things were not as lofty as she thought, Yang Mingzhi shrugged his shoulders and promised: "You work hard, I will personally cook and entertain you at noon." ”

While speaking, Yang Mingzhi noticed the girl Natasha, who seemed to be quite calm. This girl did look pleasing to the eye and teachable, so she was placed in a group with star fruit. "You two Orion daughters must have some common language." Yang Mingzhi estimated that the girls' work also began quickly.

Although the arsenal is dirty, there is really no problem in making weapons. Yang Mingzhi thought of a good home for the completely useless shells, which could be used to make some native grenades, or to be stained on existing weapons and become a large number of fragments to kill the enemy.

At the same time, the old Ivan's earthen blast furnace fired, he was boiling molten iron, after which some farm implements would be cast, and some bullet warheads.

Due to the limited conditions, he could not produce steel-shelled warheads of beryllium copper, and could only produce some round-tipped cast iron bullets. Before 1905, the soldiers of the tsarist army used round-nosed bullets in large quantities, and perhaps because of the lessons learned from the disastrous defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, the Imperial War Department began to develop pointed bullets, and the results continue to this day.

Cast iron bullets with round heads have very poor penetration and can only be used to shoot infantry, but they can also cause very special effects. Such a bullet hit the Germans, and the bullet deformed and rolled in the body, creating a permanent cavity that would cause wounds that would be difficult to heal.

The catfish village is in full swing, and the ordinary soldiers are like the "production and construction corps", their daily work is nothing more than cutting down forests to build houses, digging some trenches, and instinctively building some defensive positions.

The militia conducts a lot of military training, and the training mainly revolves around physical training.

Yang Mingzhi was very satisfied with the girls who sorted the bullet casings, their foreheads were wet with sweat, and it was really hard, so they should really be treated.

The soldiers collected a lot of edible mushrooms in the forest, and some villagers collected mushrooms and even began to cultivate them artificially.

The lunch meal is very rich, fried shredded potatoes, fried mushrooms, fried fish pieces, and eaten with Da Liba. The girls were shocked by the unique cooking method of stir-frying, and they did not know how to use chopsticks, so they had to use wooden forks made of star fruit.

The girls ate with relish, and seemed to have forgotten all the morning's work.

"You guys do a good job, keep working hard in the afternoon, and there is still food waiting for you."

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