Chapter 258: Factory Twenty-Six
The stone gate barricads the city wall, and the chief of staff lies on the battlements. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Through the telescope, Sun Dingliao saw the small highland rising from the ground more than ten zhang high of dirt and gravel, and the people, horses, and flags on the highland were immediately submerged, and a faint white smoke spread out close to the ground, and the white smoke strangely stretched to the ground to form a low white lotus, and then quickly dispersed.
If you look for a person, a horse and a flag on the high ground, there is no trace of it.
Sun Dingliao couldn't help but sweat in fright.
When the mines were laid, both Sun Dingliao and Yang Liulang felt that a piece of explosives was not enough, and in the spirit of prudence, two or even three explosive packets were planted at each mine site.
How do they know that the reason why explosives are called explosives is because of the great power of explosives. The white medicine produced by electrolytic salts is mixed with oil and fat, and its power is equivalent to 60 percent of TNT. Back then, Tuba Road used such explosives to blow up the devil's train, and Dong Cunrui's little brother blew down a stone bunker with a bag of this explosive the size of a bag.
If Sun Yi knew that Sun Dingliao and Yang Liulang were wasting his precious explosives like this, he would have fainted in distress
After determining the production process of explosives, Sun Yi immediately set up an explosives workshop in Qingshanzui, which was named Factory No. 26 for secrecy.
The mysterious No. 26 factory is located in a mud house, managed by Ha Laocai himself, Sun Yi is the technical director, the little pomegranate is the title technician, and the workers are all reliable people in Qingshanzui Township.
Factory 26 had the only allied tram, hundreds of large clay pots that electrolyzed brine day and night, and only a few explosives a day.
It was precisely because of the limited number of explosives packages that Sun Dingliao ignored it at all when Emudui rushed to the high ground to pose at all. When the guards of Omdui waved the banner to the death, the chief of staff immediately issued an order to Yang Liulang in East Shimen Mountain to detonate it through the walkie-talkie.
Yang Liulang's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "These three pieces of explosives are too horizontal!" ”
Sun Dingliao replied: "It's a bit overdone!" It's still in this place, let's change it to bury two pieces of explosives! ”
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Sakhalian was baffled by the returning Mongol cavalry.
Some of the cavalry said that the Emdui was "dead", some said that the Emdui was "broken", and some said that the Emdui "ascended to heaven"; The reasons are varied, most say it was "thunder", others say it was an "earthquake", and the cavalry who claimed that Emdui "ascended to heaven" said that he saw a white lotus flower after a loud bang.
Twenty-eight-year-old Sakhalian could speak Manchu, Chinese, and Mongolian, so he would not believe in these evil things, but he knew very well that if he could not quickly pass through the Shimen waterway, the entire right-wing army would run out of food.
Sakhalian ordered the Mongol cavalry to advance with the red flag. The suspicious Mongol cavalry did not dare to rush ahead, so Sakhalian ordered the cavalry to follow behind the red flag.
When the red flag was crossing the river, the general cannon of the Dongshimen Fort sent grapeshot shells again.
Yang Liulang has an opinion about firing the cannon at such a long distance, because no matter how carefully the gunner aims, the landing point of each bullet is different. Sun Dingliao's answer to this was: "If the defender of the city injures the thief when the thief approaches, as long as it does not affect the follow-up cannon, he can shoot one more shot." ”
A piece of grape lead fell into the water, and an unlucky positive red flag fell.
Sakhalian looks at the mountain that served as a fort. The mountain is not high, the slope is relatively steep, and if you don't go right away, you can climb it, but you have to use both hands and feet.
Sakhalian immediately ordered Zhenghongqi to leave his horses behind and his soldiers to cross the river on foot. After crossing the river, a group of people with red flags and armor were assigned to attack the mountain, and the rest of the men and horses quickly approached the foot of the mountain and continued to approach Shimen.
As the Zhenghong infantry approached, the artillery on the mountain became more and more accurate. If the artillery falls into a dense formation, a single shot can take the lives of more than a dozen people. But judging by the frequency of the artillery, the number of artillery on the hill was not large.
As soon as the men and horses in front of the red flag reached the dead corner at the foot of the mountain, the Shimen Fort on the west side of the opposite side began to open fire.
At the foot of Shimen Mountain on the west side is the waterway. Sakhalian sighed helplessly, and could only continue to move forward in the face of artillery fire. After losing dozens of armorers, Sakhalian finally turned the stone gate, and the thieves' fortifications appeared in front of him. The Mongol cavalry leading the way pointed, "This is it!" That's where Sakhalian was struck by lightning! ”
Sakhalian asked the Mongol cavalryman to come forward and take a closer look, but the cavalry would rather die.
Saharan had the heart to go and see it himself, so it was better to be cautious and send a guard to check it out.
When the escort had not been there for long, he came back with a bloody horse's hoof, "Taiji, it looks like he was torn by a beast." "The horse's hooves were blurred with flesh and blood, and there were scorched marks, and the signs of the beast's teeth being broken were not obvious. It smelled faintly gunpowder, but gunpowder would never have been so powerful. In addition to being struck by lightning, Sakhalian could not think of a reasonable explanation.
Sakhalian said: "Since it is a fierce beast, it must have gone far now, everyone don't have to be afraid, just concentrate on fighting!" ”
Sakhalian thought about it, and the red flag infantry on the eastern slope had climbed halfway, and the artillery on the western peak was firing unhurriedly, and in front of it were the horses, the deer, the river, and the barrier.
The barrier city is built on a mountain, and the strong attack will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the most important thing is that the right flank cannot afford to delay here.
The flat land on the east side of the barrier city is half a mile wide, and several watchtowers are built here and there, and several ditches are dug horizontally in front of the watchtowers to introduce river water.
If you want to get through here quickly, the best way is to clear a path from the stone gate to reach the watchtower.
If you can put the red-coated cannon at the stone gate, it is best to bombard the watchtower directly.
However, the stone gate is only 100 zhang wide, and half of it is a waterway, so the army cannot be used here, and it is also exposed to the artillery of the thieves.
For today's plan, the only way to attack the east side of the Shimen Fort is to attack first, and at the same time send people to patiently clear the passage and then attack the watchtower. The red flag climbing the mountain on the east side suddenly cried and howled.
I saw bucket-sized stones rolling down from the mountain peaks, jumping and falling into the dense crowd of Zhenghong.
The armor and shield of the Red Banner soldier did not work at all, and the stone would be crippled as long as it was rubbed against it.
Sakhalian frowned, "Why are the soldiers who attack the mountain crowded together?" ”
The general beside him replied: "The thieves have placed a four-foot square plank in the middle of the mountain that is driven into the ground, and it is covered with sharp iron nails, and there are only a few ways up the mountain. ”
"Boom", ...... "Boom", "Boom", ...... "Boom"......
More than a dozen bold Red Banner soldiers were talking to each other around the place where Emudui was "killed", and suddenly it seemed that they were kicked out from the center by a martial arts master.
Sakhalian, who was more than ten feet away, only felt a hot wind pass across his face.
I watched the earth and gravel roll up from the ground, crackling and falling to the ground with the hot wind.
An eerie white lotus smoke appeared on the ground.
The dozen or so Zhenghongqi were already missing arms and legs, and their faces were covered with blood and kept rolling on the ground.
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References (skip if you are not interested)
The only professional factory of military explosives in modern China
Black powder exploded at a speed of about 300 meters per second, while potassium chlorate mixed explosives exploded at speeds of up to 2,000 meters per second when detonated with a detonator.
The only professional military explosives factory in modern China, the 26th Factory of the Ordnance Industry Administration of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Republic of China, the product is potassium chlorate.
The 26th plant is now a Changshou chemical plant near Chongqing.
Regarding the establishment of the 26th Factory, the "Chronicles of Changshou Chemical Factory" (1939-1988) has the following record:
"In view of the rise of the Anti-Japanese War, the Ordnance Industry Department has a great need for explosives. In order to use domestic raw materials to manufacture high-grade military explosives, potassium chlorate explosives are powerful and easy to manufacture; The required raw materials can be used in domestic production, and the use is inexhaustible, and it is particularly significant that it was decided to prepare for it."
On October 2, 1939, with the approval of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the National Government, the Preparatory Office of the 26th Factory was established, which was located at No. 36, Dexingli, Chongqing.
In January 1940, the address survey was completed, and in February, the preparatory office was moved from Chongqing to Changshou Office.
In December 1941, a potassium chlorate manufacturing room was established, with a monthly output of 5 tons for sale, to subsidize the expenses of the preparatory department.
At the end of 1943, most of the machines ordered from the United States arrived. The installation was completed in July 1944, the test run was completed in September, and in January 1945, it was officially put into production.
In February 1945, after approval, the "26th Factory of the Ordnance Industry Administration of the Ministry of Military Affairs" was formally established.
From January 1945 to August of the same year, the plant produced a total of 170 tons of potassium chlorate.