I came back because of the long-distance battle, and considering that everyone was too tired, there was no training mission in the last two days.

On the contrary, the news that the detachment was to be expanded and that two platoons of troops would be selected from among the militia and other activists immediately spread throughout the base area.

Therefore, early in the morning, there were sturdy men who had been carefully selected by the village party secretaries to report to the base area.

Zhang Ran was woken up by the voices of Kang Ting's real training recruits.

Kang Ting, wearing a straight Eighth Route Army uniform, was majestically directing the recruits to line up, turning left and right.

Zhang Ran, who was washing, saw Kang Ting's dress, and with a pop, he almost made the toothbrush squirt out of his nostrils......

The uniforms of the Eighth Route Army are unified from commanders and fighters to soldiers, and it is difficult to distinguish the specific positions between them directly from the military uniforms.

But generally speaking, in addition to low-level platoon commanders and deputy platoon commanders, officers at the company level are equipped with guns - this is also the reason why Zhang Ran, in order to show his identity, did not have a gun to make a wooden fake gun, and the whole holster was hung on his waist to serve as a façade.

At this moment, Kang Ting didn't know where to get a holster on his waist, Zhang Ran was sure that there might be a wooden fake gun there!

"It's the wooden gun you used before, captain, I was going to help you keep it, but I was forced to go by Deputy Company Commander Kang early in the morning......"

The thin monkey, who was watching the lively training of recruits with a group of soldiers, noticed Zhang Ran's face and hurriedly explained.

"Who gave him his garment? Isn't there not much of a detachment's uniform? Zhang Ran asked.

The thin monkey pointed to Wang Wenping.

Wang Wenping has now put back on the people's clothes, and when he heard this, he said with an expression of taking advantage of a big advantage: "Deputy Company Commander Kang said that my clothes were lent to him to wear first, and when the new uniform came down, I would directly use the new ......."

Zhang Ran saw that Kang Ting was organizing training, and at the same time secretly sent Qiu Bo to Deng Ying, who was watching the excitement because he hadn't gone to class yet, he didn't know how many MMPs should not be said in his heart, so he glared at Wang Wenping, a guy who had no position, and changed his clothes and went to Wang Changtian to see if he could arrange some people to collect some wild castor beans and come back.

Now the castor beans are almost ripe, and they have to be dried after being collected, and only after they are fried can they be used to squeeze the oil, so that they can be used as gun oil to maintain firearms.

Next, there is the combat mission of Cangshui, and Zhang Ran, who has realized the benefits of proper maintenance of firearms, of course hopes that the purchase should be neatly organized, but he does not want the combat attrition caused by improper maintenance of guns.

After explaining this, Zhang Ran was in the mood to go and see the situation of those recruits.

"The recruits have a good physical foundation, much stronger than when our Sichuan army just came out of Sichuan......

Seeing Zhang Ran coming, Kang Ting, who had been majestic all morning, straightened his shoulders and sucked his stomach to greet Zhang Ran.

"The military uniform fits well, right?"

Zhang Ran looked at Kang Ting teasingly and asked.

"Hehe, it's okay, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles!"

Kang Ting glanced at Deng Ying, who was looking at this side, and whispered to Zhang Ran: "Anyway, I think Miss Deng seems to mean something to me, and I'm ready to work harder......"

"Deng Yingcai is eighteen - the old cow eats tender grass, you can do it!" Zhang Ran was speechless.

"Love is regardless of age, status or even borders, and the most important thing is the mutual attraction of two hearts!"

Kang Ting didn't care about the ridicule in Zhang Ran's words, he was extremely sure, so he turned around and yelled at the recruits: "Lizheng, now I would like to invite Captain Zhang of our detachment to say a few words to you, everyone is welcome......

Zhang Ran said some words about the program of the Eighth Route Army, and encouraged everyone to train hard and strive to eliminate a few more devils and others on the battlefield.

"Now, run and walk—twenty laps around the branch!"

Kang Ting asked the soldiers to run, and he leaned in front of Zhang Ran and said, "Captain, can you lend me some money?" ”

"What do you want money for?" Zhang Ran wondered.

Kang Ting said with a smile: "Didn't I want to give Miss Deng a little gift to deepen the relationship between us......

"Still deepening? You've only known each other for a long time, and you haven't even spoken to each other, have you? Where do feelings come from? ”

Zhang Ran was really convinced, and said in his heart that he had been a single for thirty years, a sow and a sable cicada, and he could understand the mood of the single, but are you too anxious?

"Captain, although we are in competition now, you can't use such despicable means to card me, right?"

Kang Ting couldn't imagine that you were this kind of person, and said angrily: "If you don't borrow it, I'll think of another way to go - captain, although I am now your subordinate, but it is related to the inheritance of my Kang family's incense, don't you want me to let you in this kind of thing!" ”

“……”

Zhang Ran looked at Kang Ting's back, speechless, and said in his heart that this guy's performance on the battlefield is obviously normal, why did he become so virtuous when he saw a beautiful girl?

Could it be that this bachelor has been fighting for a long time, and he is still going crazy?

But Wang Laogui has been beating the bachelor for a longer time than him, why is Wang Laogui not so nervous?

A few miles away from the branch, a column of smoke rose up.

It was the smoke column of the pottery kiln, and the smoke column of the copper smelter was not visible at all.

That's because the copper smelter hasn't started yet.

On the one hand, the copper smelting furnace of the copper smelter is still in the drying stage, and on the other hand, it is also because the coke has not yet been smelted.

Coal coking is also required to build coke ovens.

The process of coking is the process of high-temperature dry distillation of high-quality coking coal under the condition of air isolation, so as to form chemical by-products such as coke, gas and coal tar under the action of thermal decomposition.

In the more than a month or nearly two months that Zhang Ran led the detachment to carry out combat missions around the Lingjiang Fortress, Wang Changtian spent money to buy a large amount of coal outside, and then used manual or mule and horse tools to move the ants back little by little.

That's a huge expense.

Otherwise, there would not have been 10,000 oceans left in the account when he left, and only 2,000 or 3,000 oceans would have been left when he came back.

Fortunately, there is a lot of coal bought, and it is piled up like a mountain in the open field, and it seems that there must be dozens of tons.

"After taking Cangshui and starting to mine the coal mine in Longwanggou, the money spent on this area should be much less!"

Thinking about spending money for these coals like flowing water, Zhang Ran felt a pain in his flesh before moving on.

Not far in front of the coal pile is where the coke oven is located.

Xu Jiunian was also responsible for the construction of the coke oven, and Deng Fang also put forward some guiding opinions based on his own knowledge.

"Lao Deng, what you said is based on the script, I used to build a furnace in the big copper smelter, and summarized it based on actual experience, which is really feasible after practice......

From afar, Zhang Ran heard Xu Jiunian shouting in dissatisfaction.

"Master Xu, if you have something to say, let's discuss and solve it, don't make noise......" Zhang Ran walked two steps quickly.

"I want to say it well, too, but with these nerds, I can't tell!"

Xu Jiunian obviously endured Deng Fang for a long time, and complained dissatisfiedly when he saw Zhang Ran coming: "Before building the copper smelting furnace, he was pointing fingers on the side all day long, pretending to change this and that, but now he is pointing fingers at the coke oven here - if he really understands everything, Captain Zhang, why don't you just let him do it, what are you asking me to come over?" ”

Seeing Xu Jiunian's arrogant appearance for a year, Zhang Ran was suddenly angry in his heart, and said in his heart, Lao Tzu gave you more than 20 yuan a month's salary, can you give Lao Tzu a better attitude? Why don't you threaten me with pickers at every turn?

Although he was not angry in his heart, Zhang Ran was still very polite on his face, and appeased Xu Jiunian, saying that he would talk to Deng Fang, but in his heart, he made up his mind that after a few apprentices learned Xu Jiunian's craft, he would let this guy get out of Lao Tzu as soon as possible!

With a lot of wages, why don't you do things well every day, and you add blockages to yourself, this kind of person, no matter how exquisite the craftsmanship is, Zhang Ran is not welcome.

"Now it is extremely difficult to buy all kinds of chemical elements, I don't want to collect more coal tar, which can purify diesel fuel from coal tar, as well as phenylnaphthalene, and then I can try to make picric acid, if it is successful, it will be used in our grenades and bombs, can't it also be used as a supplement to nitrifying explosives......"

Deng Fang was obviously fed up with Xu Jiunian's stinky temper, and said with an indignant face: "But this old man, he is experienced when he opens his mouth and keeps his mouth shut, I really don't have any way to deal with him - experience and experience, relying on experience alone does not pay attention to scientific argumentation, so experience is useless?" Treating a little bit of broken experience as a treasure and being complacent and not wanting to make progress is the fundamental reason why our country has become like this......"

"Deng Gong, you extinguish the fire......"

Zhang Ran wiped a handful of cold sweat, and said in his heart that this guy's ability to buckle his hat is better than his own, and he actually deducted the country's downfall on the head of a craftsman!

"Deng Gong, do you also know the method of extracting phenylnaphthalene and other chemical elements from coking to synthesize picric acid?"

When Deng Fang's anger subsided a little, Zhang Ran pretended to be excited and asked.

"When you study chemical engineering, are you studying in vain?"

Deng Fang gave Zhang Ran a big roll of his eyes, and said that although he doesn't know as much about the preparation of sulfuric acid as you kid, the synthesis method of picric acid has been discovered for more than 100 years.

"It seems that I did not hesitate to violate the principles of the organization this time and risk being shot by the organization to invite Deng Gong to come over, this risk is really worth the risk - Deng Gong, you are really too important to the development of our detachment......" Zhang Ran exaggeratedly said.

"Is that please? You're kidnapping, kidnapping! ”

Deng Fangdao glared at Zhang Ran angrily, but he felt inexplicably that he was indeed very important - after all, if he was not important, could someone risk being shot and tie him up?

Zhang Ran knew that his method of reverse sycophancy had worked again, and while apologizing with a hippie smile, he persuaded Deng Fang not to be like Xu Jiunian's self-righteous guy, and lost his identity.

Although he didn't like Xu Jiunian very much, Zhang Ran knew that he couldn't do without this guy at present, and Deng Fang was a key figure in the development of the chemical industry, so he must not be offended.

Therefore, Zhang Ran could only neutralize the mud, and he was too lazy to waste his saliva on Xu Jiunian, a guy who would be driven away sooner or later, and decided to start from Deng Fang's side, treat him with great righteousness, and let him know how important he is.

As long as he is willing to take a step back, Xu Jiunian's side will be much easier to do - a guy who is self-righteous when he sees money, it is not easy to settle him?