Not only did he bring good news, but Strauschev also sent him a sponsorship of hundreds of rubles, and Yatzkin was not stingy, and he was willing to pay for it, so that Budyonny's armor problem could be solved.

He found an ironware shop that supplied the team with equipment (sabers, horseshoes, etc.), which served the team and had connections with the officers (otherwise it would not have been possible to do business).

There was a lot of equipment and steel, and when Budyonny saw it, he called his fellow and said, "I want some good steel and I'm ready to build armor!" ”

"Okay, for you!" The other party did not express surprise, and they took Budyonny's request as if he wanted to be a cuirassier.

In Russia, the cuirassier regiment still retains three regiments.

The so-called cuirassiers are cavalrymen equipped with cuirass, sabers and firearms, and the advantages of cuirass have a certain protection ability for rifle bullets, but they are also bulky.

At first, especially during the Napoleonic period, his cuirassiers were particularly powerful, defeating the armies of the great powers many times, and in the Battle of Eylau due to the onslaught of the cuirassiers led by Marshal Murat, Napoleon was saved from complete defeat.

Later, with the increase in the power of guns, especially the appearance of bullets and shells propelled by yellow gunpowder, the cuirassiers lost their glory, and by the end of the 18th century (now 03 of the 19th century), the cuirassiers were only used for ceremonial purposes and no longer fought in battle.

The man saw a lot of people, and his eyesight was great, and he saw that Budyonny was extraordinary, and found the best steel for Budyonny.

Budyonny expertly weighed the material, bouncing it around, finding a piece of steel, and telling the man to prepare the amount he needed.

It's a bit expensive, it costs sixty rubles!

He paid another thirty rubles to lease the space.

Having said that, the soldiers want to save their lives and add more protection to themselves, and it is not strange that the ironware shop is used to seeing it, but after this soldier bought the materials, it was a little special.

It's really rare for him to forge armor with his own hands!

……

In the forge room, sparks were scattered, and Budyonny, dressed in rented leather overalls, was hammering the steel with a hammer while Victor gave him a hand.

The well-developed body moved the hammer and smashed it down, splashing sparks everywhere.

He used a crucible to melt the steel, and after it was beaten into steel plates, the process was carburizing and quenching the hardened steel plates!

Carburizing is a very old process, in China, can be traced back to 2000 years ago, the use of steel carburizing medium for carburizing, and then quenching, repeatedly, in order to achieve high surface hardness through infiltration of carbon and other elements, used to improve the protection ability.

The principle has existed for a long time, and the mass production will not be until the Second World War, the armor plates of German tanks have been carburized, quenched and hardened, and the protection capacity of 80 mm treated steel plate is equal to the protection capacity of 140 mm untreated steel plate.

Quenching is the rapid cooling of steel (throwing it into water) to improve the hardness and wear resistance of steel.

In this way, the bulletproof ability of the steel plate that has been carburized and hardened is outstanding, and the key is its light weight!

He was skilled, and had already done a similar process in the blacksmith's shop, so soon, the first hardened armor plate with a size of 16 carats (20 cm * 27 cm), a thickness of 1 cm, and a weight of about 4 kg was successful!

Placed on the iron clip, looking at his work over and over, the steel plate was dark in color and uniform in texture, and Victor exclaimed next to him: "Beautiful! ”

Everything is so beautiful, why does Budyonny still have a wry smile on his face?

Backward Tsarist Russia!

The general homogeneous steel plate is either a high-toughness steel plate, but the hardness is not ideal; Either it is a high-hardness steel plate, but the toughness is not ideal. Armor requires a hard surface and tough back.

The better armor is alloy armor, that is, steel armor that has penetrated nickel-chromium-molybdenum, and has strong protection ability, which belongs to the height that the current smelting technology of Tsarist Russia cannot reach!

Tsarist Russia has nickel-chromium-molybdenum, but there is no technology to produce this alloy armor, Budyonny retreated to the next best thing, using carburizing quenching and hardening technology to improve the surface hardness and achieve the effect of external hardness and internal toughness.

But this has a flaw, that is, while the armor hardness is strengthened, its armor toughness ductility is greatly reduced, which is commonly said to become brittle!

Fortunately, Budyonny's craftsmanship is excellent, and the quality of the armor plates created is passable, there are no major problems, he has tried lower-grade materials, and the armor plates created are only shot at the position of bows and arrows and guns, and there is no large-scale cracking in other parts.

"Let's use it first!"

He was so busy that it took him three days to create six armor plates!

Even if he was as strong as a bear, he felt sore after swinging the hammer for three days, but he was happy, after all, with the armor plate on his body, he had more chances to save his life.

After installing the armor plate and leaving, saying goodbye to the store, nothing will happen, and there will be no bloody drama of the store trying to take away the customer's things.

In fact, as soon as the shop sees what Budyonny needs, they know what Budyonny is doing, and they have done similar processes.

When the process is carried out, it is easy to smash because the steel becomes brittle!

Even if it doesn't break, if you take a hit on the battlefield, it will break.

There is not much benefit, so it is not advisable!

……

Back in the barracks, Budyonny took out two vests he had made earlier, one in sheepskin and the other in canvas leather, which were beautifully made, tightly stitched, and very strong.

They have bags in front and back, put the armor plates in the bags, tie them and try them on, jump on them a few times, and only feel that they fit, and the movement is not affected.

Weighing eight kilograms on his body is not a problem at all, and his physical fitness is so good that he almost didn't go to learn Sun Wukong to practice the King of the World Fist (adding multiple forces to his body when practicing).

Similarly, Victor also had two vests, and he couldn't wait to put on the armor plates, put on the vests, and said proudly: "Even a non-commissioned officer is not as good as my protection!" ”

As a result, his head hit Budyonny, and said to him sternly: "Don't pretend to be 13, pretend to be 13 to be struck by lightning, this is just to prevent the chest and abdomen, and there are still many places that have not been prevented!" ”

It's really speechless to say, the Tsarist army lacks everything, the steel helmet has never been seen, it is about to go to the battlefield, and the rifle has not been issued, let alone training!

"Also, don't talk to others, don't wear it usually, and talk about it on the battlefield!" Budyonny instructed.

"Got it!" Victor pouted and said, "You're even more verbose than my mother!" ”

"I'm just as good to you as your mother!" Budyonny snorted coldly.

"Got it! Got it! ”

……

The armor plate was built in time, and the next day, they officially received an order, and the troops were dispatched to the east to fight the little devils!