Chapter 122: Cotton Explosives
Supreme Treasure pointed out that the production of explosives was dangerous and secret, so no one should be allowed to watch. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Therefore, Han Xin was the only one who took him to the warehouse where the three raw materials of gunpowder were stored and let him make them to his heart's content, "Uncle, I believe that Brother Xiaoyu must have handed over the talisman to you with his own hands." This time you have to show everyone the power of this explosive again, or they won't compromise easily. However, I agree with your self-sufficient approach to self-sufficiency, and I will always be on your side. ”
"Xiaoyu really didn't mess with you, a good brother, I thanked you for him first."
"I wish you success!" Han Xin encouraged the Supreme Treasure to exit the warehouse as well, leaving the Supreme Treasure alone inside.
Supreme Treasure lifted the lid of the three large barrels where saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal were stored, because since the last time Lu Xiaoyu was equipped with some explosives, these raw materials have been stored in this cold warehouse, no one has opened it, although sulfur is insoluble in water, not easy to get wet, charcoal is not easy to get wet, but nitrate is absorbent, and now it is still slightly wet to the touch. The Supreme Treasure has no bottom in his heart, after all, the drier the gunpowder, the better, in order to accelerate the reaction and achieve an instant explosion.
He is also under a lot of pressure, and tomorrow the officers and men of the Flying Tiger Army will come to watch his explosives test detonate, and if he does not succeed, it will be a big mess. Now the raw materials need to be ventilated and dried immediately, and of course, they can't be exploded in the sun to avoid direct reactions, so all these Supreme Treasures are very careful. All kinds of explosions warned him that there were too many unstable factors in gunpowder, and if it was not well controlled, spontaneous combustion would occur.
The Supreme Treasure took out the solar e-book hidden on his body and found the classification of the weapon, which accurately recorded the most accurate ratio of gunpowder. According to the above practice, Supreme Treasure takes an appropriate amount of raw materials for grinding and then mixing them together.
While there was still plenty of time, the Supreme Treasure was afraid that his black powder would not succeed, so he also took the leftover cotton used to make cloth armor. Encyclopedias describe the practice of cotton wool, which is an important raw material for the manufacture of explosives, first processed, then nitrated, then fused with ether to form a dough, then cut into square slices and added with lead powder, etc. Ether is homemade. A furnace is built with bricks, wood is put into it, and a pipe is used to connect it to the furnace, so that the ether tube that is heated and distilled is called "crude sulfuric acid". Acetone is also homemade in this way. In these ways, the different explosives needed to make grenades, artillery shells, and bullets are not a problem.
Supreme Treasure didn't sleep all night, and when the cotton wool was finished, the east had already revealed the white of the fish belly. Fortunately, the hard work paid off, although these chemical refining techniques have not been involved in a little rusty since the university, but fortunately, the Supreme Treasure has a good foundation, and finally let him succeed in making it. In this way, he is not afraid of double insurance.
When the Supreme Treasure walked out of the warehouse to stretch and breathe in the fresh negative oxygen ion air of the Nanchu Morning Valley, he found that there were already many soldiers guarding the door waiting for him to ignite the explosives. For them, the power of Lu Xiaoyu's just a simple black powder explosive bag last time was enough to shock them, not to mention that someone said that the technology of this Lu Xiaoyu's explosives was still learned from his uncle, so the power of the Supreme Treasure explosives was even more amazing. So after the morning exercise, the generals did not stop it, automatically put down the training, and brought the soldiers over to see the explosives of the Supreme Treasure. Soon the Supreme Treasure was surrounded by onlookers.
"Why, don't you have to train? Spread out the training for me. "At this time, the Governor of Zhaodu personally came to check the results of the Supreme Treasure in making explosives.
When the soldiers saw that Zhaodu Governor drove them away, it was not easy for them to stay there any longer, and some of them looked back from time to time unwillingly, hoping that the Supreme Treasure would be detonated quickly and let them have a good time.
"Supreme Treasure, I don't know if you have a day, has this explosive been made?" Seeing that the Supreme Treasure was empty-handed, Zhaodu Governor said with a slight sneer.
"It's already done, isn't this there?" The Supreme Treasure pointed to a bag of explosives placed at the door of the warehouse
"Then please start proving your masterpiece to everyone." Zhaodu said impatiently. Some of the generals next to him, including Han Xin and Kaifeng Wuyi, were also among the onlookers.
"Okay, you can stay away, I don't think I need to tell you why, this explosive won't have long eyes when it explodes." The Supreme Treasure spoke so arrogantly, Zhaodu Du turned his head to show that he didn't care, but his body involuntarily took a few steps back.
After confirming that everyone was at a safe distance, the Supreme Treasure lit the fuse and waited for the explosives to explode. The soldiers who were training were also uninterested in drilling, and their eyes glanced at the place where the Supreme Treasure had detonated the explosives from time to time. Just when everyone was expecting the explosive to explode, the explosive fuse burned out but did not explode for a long time.
If it's broken, it must be that the saltpeter is damp and the lead is extinguished inside, which is terrible. Seeing that the explosives were dumb, Zhaodu couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed to the Supreme Treasure, "You are so bold, you have flouted military law three times and twice, and you want to fool us with fake explosives, this time I will definitely not spare you, come on, give him to me......"
"Zhaodudu, why are you in a hurry, I just made a wrong demonstration just now. I want to tell you that the secret recipe of the explosives that Lu Xiaoyu learned from me is limited by the weather, and when it gets wet, the explosives become a pile of useless powder. But what? In addition to teaching him how to make this black powder, I also made another kind of cotton last night that is twice as powerful. Everyone, please take a look. The Supreme Treasure took out a white mass and showed it to everyone.
"I know him, this is the cotton that General Lu used to make cloth armor for us, it turns out that it can still have so much power. Wouldn't it be dangerous for us to wear it on our bodies? Tao Kan, who has always thought of being a child, saw the Supreme Treasure holding the cotton that they could see every day in the cotton factory, how could he not know it. In addition, the clothes he wore were said to be made of cotton, so he was so anxious that he immediately took off his cloth armor. Some of the soldiers were also frightened by his words, and hesitated to take off their cloth armor. It's not easy to untie this cloth armor, Tao Kan is stuck there halfway through, and it's not going in or out.
Supreme Treasure couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh when he saw this, and finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, "I said Tao Kan, what are you afraid of, you are wearing cotton and I am also made of cotton, but the results are different if the process is different." Everyone is optimistic, the time has come to witness the miracle. ”
Before everyone could react, the Supreme Treasure had already ignited the second cotton dynamite.
There was a loud bang in the valley, and the sound echoed in it for a long time. Unlike Lu Xiaoyu's explosives last time, this time a large pit was directly blown out of the ground, and mud and rocks were splashed out. Several of the soldiers who got close were wounded. Seeing the scene in front of him, even the Zhaodu Governor was convinced, and all the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army saluted the Supreme Treasure together.
Fortunately, I have an encyclopedia and prepared two copies of explosives, which were lucky, and the Supreme Treasure secretly rejoiced in his heart. The position of the new general of the Flying Tiger Army can be regarded as finally sitting in the stumble.