Soon, under the guidance of Lu Xiaoyu, the first armored combat vehicle in Nanchu was completed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The so-called Luches armored fighting vehicle had four wheels, one side of which was equipped with a very high and thick baffle. When necessary, it can be used to block enemy bow shots. Several armoured combat vehicles, linked to each other, can form a relatively strong barrier. Ordinary bows and arrows are definitely impenetrable.

And on the cast iron baffle, there are shooting holes, and the marksman standing behind the baffle can shoot outside. The armored fighting vehicle uses a large number of gears, which only need to be pulled by animal power, and the operation is very convenient. War horses or cattle are fine. Even, a mule or a donkey. If you don't even have animal power, you can pull it with manpower. Although Wuyue is located in the southeast of Nanchu, it is humid and rainy, and the soil is relatively soft, which is not suitable for the driving of large vehicles. But the point is that this armored vehicle can really come in handy when it is a front-line combat vehicle.

And this chariot does have the function of a car, which can pull a large amount of supplies. Lu Xiaoyu's first chariot supervised the construction of 500 catties of materials, and there was no problem at all. A hundred such chariots can transport five hundred catties of supplies. The chariot that could transport and fight was already surpassing the simple chariots of the same period in Southern Chu at that time in terms of function alone.

Lu Xiaoyu specially selected some soldiers who were interested in machinery in the barracks to serve as the first batch of chariot drivers.

It took three full days to complete the construction of the first batch of armored combat vehicles, and Lu Xiaoyu remembered that the three most important trucks of sulfur saltpeter and charcoal were left out in the cold, and if the development of gunpowder was not carried out, it would be troublesome in case of dampness in rainy days.

At this time, Han Xin also settled the two ladies and rushed back to the army non-stop, Lu Xiaoyu had Han Xin as an assistant, and he felt even more secure in his heart. First, he sent someone to take out a few carts of things from the warehouse that he had brought back from Guangling last time, but after a while, the soldiers pulled out four carts.

"Didn't you ask you to bring the three cartloads of things I brought back? How can this be an extra car? Lu Xiaoyu clearly remembered that Zheng Ze said that he would send three carts of sulfur saltpeter and charcoal, how could there be one more car.

"General, this extra box was sent to you by someone sent to Guangling later, and the person who sent it said that the general's eldest brother forgot to give it to the general before, so he specially sent it to make up. He also explained that these things are particularly easy to use for lighting, so they were sent to the general. ”

That must be Brother Zheng's correctness, won't it be another box of raw materials, this Brother Zheng is really righteous, I said the more, the better, he won't give me everything. Lu Xiaoyu thought as he walked towards the other car, and just a few steps into it, he smelled a pungent smell of gasoline. Lu Xiaoyu was faintly excited, could this be true!

Lu Xiaoyu lifted the lid and looked, yes, it's oil! Hahaha, God help me, I was able to find oil more than a thousand years ago. That's right, according to the earliest Zhou Dynasty "I Ching. The Hexagram records that "like the sun, there is fire in Ze". China discovered oil very early. Since Zheng Ze was brought back from the Western Regions, according to historical records, it should be the oil found in Shaanxi, but unfortunately he didn't take it out at that time, and it is not clear where the oil came from and how it was obtained.

Han Xin saw General Lu smiling so happily, and asked curiously: "General, what are these things, oil is not like oil, water is not like water, can it be used for anything?" ”

"Ashin, this time is really the right time, place, and people, with it, plus these things we got in Guangling before, I believe that the industrial age of Nanchu is coming soon."

Han Xin was confused, there was no concept of industry at that time, and he didn't know what the industrial age was. Lu Xiaoyu didn't know how to explain it, so he had to talk to him about the wide range of uses of oil, "These things that look like water is not water, and oil is not oil called oil, and its uses are for lighting; used as a lubricant; used in medicine; for military use; It is used for ink making, etc. How's that, isn't it a fetish? ”

Han Xin looked at the black oil in the barrel, as if looking at gold and silver, "Big brother, this thing is so magical, let me see how to use it." ”

This is difficult for Lu Xiaoyu, the function of oil lighting and ink making is easy to say, it can be ignited, but other functions are complicated. It is said that oil can be refined to make fuel, but there are no machines that need it to make fuel. That's right, armored combat vehicles! Lu Xiaoyu participated in the electrical machinery competition when he was a student, and he has a soft spot for these electricians, and now he is deeply influenced by Lu Banshu, and has a deeper understanding of mechanical operation, so why not get the motor yourself, so that these large armored combat vehicles do not need oxen or horses, and can drive freely with just one engine.

Regarding the extraction of this as fuel, Lu Xiaoyu probably saw something from the encyclopedia, as long as the oil is constantly heated and circulated, the heated oil will be removed from the heaviest fraction, and the others will evaporate into steam. By removing heavy fuel oil or bitumen residues, various products such as lubricating oil, heating oil, kerosene, gasoline and uncondensated gases can be extracted. However, this project is extremely complicated and cannot be completed for a while and a half, so Lu Xiaoyu first made the earliest fierce fire oil used in the military.

Lu Xiaoyu first started with black powder, and according to the modern standard, 75 percent saltpeter, 10 percent sulfur, and 15 percent charcoal of black powder were proportioned. Han Xin fetched a few mortars and scales for him to pound medicine, but Lu Xiaoyu tried a few times, although it could be ignited, the flame was very small, and it could not reach the expected power at all.

"It's strange, it stands to reason that this pound of saltpeter is only a little less, and it can be combined with two taels of sulfur and three taels of charcoal, why does saltpeter look so much?" Lu Xiaoyu was so anxious that his head was big, and Han Xin next to him kept looking at him intently, this time he was embarrassed, the gunpowder that he had talked about before had become dumb powder, and he was going to be laughed at by Han Xin.

I didn't expect Han Xin to really speak, "Big brother, do you need to put so much sixteen taels of saltpeter?" ”

"What sixteen taels? It's obviously a pound. That's right! Lu Xiaoyu suddenly realized, isn't this sixteen taels? In ancient times, one catty was sixteen taels, so sulfur and charcoal should be increased in the same proportion.

Soon the second ratio was completed, and Lu Xiaoyu also made a simple explosive package, waiting for the test release. When some high-ranking generals in the army heard that the explosives had been successfully developed, they all wanted to see the explosives that Lu Xiaoyu said could move the entire mountain. Even the old Zhaozhan Governor put down the business at hand to find out.

"Taigong, why are you here, a small fight, it is not a climate, maybe it will not be successful." After the last failure, Lu Xiaoyu inevitably felt a little weak in his heart.

Some generals who are known for their military strength, hearing that the explosives invented are so powerful, are naturally a little jealous, if they can really succeed, then what use is it for those of them who charge into battle, just throw explosives. So they all looked forward to the failure of Lu Xiaoyu's invention. Now everyone stared at the explosive bag that was about to be ignited in front of Lu Xiaoyu.