“1853！

For China, and indeed for the world, this is a clear dividing line. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 It was from this year, from the day the Yellowstone army was raised, that fundamental changes took place in the history of China and the world.

Since that day, the Chinese civilization, which has been in the country for 200 years, has once again been full of vitality, and China has once again opened its mind with the mentality of an open and big country, introduced modern scientific civilization from the West, and studied hard with an attitude of catching up...... Compared with Westerners, China at that time may have lagged behind the West, but for China, innovation and application are undoubtedly the reasons why China was able to lead the world as a student in the second half of the 19th century. ”

A Hundred Years of Empire

What is the greatest contribution that Chinese have made to the world?

From the compass to papermaking, from papermaking to gunpowder, from gunpowder to printing, and of course, to electric lamps that light up the world and dispel darkness, as well as the creation of modern medicine such as immunology and disease prevention, it can be said that almost everyone can list many items.

But there is one thing that has long been agreed upon, after the age of steam, the world has entered the age of electricity! And this era was created precisely by China.

In the 1850s, when Europeans were still working on more efficient steam engines, in China, the introduction of electric lights and hydroelectric power stations along rivers made it possible to popularize electric motors. It was also at that time that electric motors began to replace steam engines in factories, and China became the first and even the only country in the world to promote electrical equipment.

Of course, electricity should not only be electric lights, motors and other industrial equipment, electricity is also widely used in the chemical industry, thanks to the cheap electricity provided by the hydroelectric power stations built along the river and along the river, as early as the beginning of the empire, electricity was applied in the chemical industry.

And after the outbreak of the war, how to win this war, not only the question of military thinking, almost every Chinese are thinking about this problem, also including some chemical experts, and as a student of His Majesty, Xu Yibai, who graduated from Wenshan College, is the first batch of chemical experts sent abroad to study, after returning to China, he has been engaged in the research of chemical dyes, copying the aniline violet dye invented by Boqin, and invented dyes such as basic dye magenta and methyl green, and his invention directly contributed to the establishment of the Imperial Dye Company.

And as a chemist, after the outbreak of war, in addition to participating in the improvement of the factory's equipment to produce smokeless gunpowder and new explosives, he has been looking for another weapon, one that can never be seen before.

"China's well-developed chemical industry can supply the troops with sufficient quantities of asphyxiating gas, and there is no need to worry about retaliation from the British, because Britain does not have the ...... of the chemical industry comparable to ours"

At the end of last year, Xu Yibai, a military contractor, made this proposal to the army, and his proposal caused a debate in the general staff, and the result of the argument was very simple - you can try it!

You can try it!

This means that the army agreed to his suggestion and agreed with the suggestion to use asphyxiating gas, although at this time he did not know what kind of asphyxiating gas should be used, but it was on that day that he, as a chemist, went into the laboratory and began the gas test.

Although there was no large military base near the imperial capital, as the center of the empire, it naturally had garrisons and corresponding bases, and in Henan, which was less than 30 kilometers away from the imperial capital, there was a military base guarding the northern part of the national capital. And on this very ordinary starry night, Zhu Yifeng quietly came to this military base.

Although more than 2 million troops have been sent overseas in the past year, the barracks are overcrowded due to large-scale conscription, and this is no exception.

The reason why I came here this time was at the invitation of the General Staff and Xu Shushan.

"What's new? And you specially invited me to come over? ”

As the ruler of a country, Zhu Yifeng rarely cares about the development of weapons, in fact, he does not think that he can give much advice, after all, he is not an expert in weapons, and China's weapons are now far ahead of other countries.

"Your Majesty, as the country rises to survive, the minister believes that this weapon will enable the empire to win the war, and if this new weapon is mastered, any enemy will only submit to it."

Xu Shushan's face was full of pride, and Xu Yibai on the side was even more proud, it was he who combined science and war together. And this weapon, most likely, will change the way warfare is conducted,

"Oh, really?"

Zhu Yifeng looked at the shooting range illuminated by searchlights.

"What kind of new weapon is so bad?"

Zhu Yifeng's understanding of world wars made Zhu Yifeng not believe in such weapons at all, unless it was an atomic bomb...... The ore is demanded by "it", it is impossible for it to supply that kind of weapon, and now the technical conditions cannot be met.

Just when he was puzzled, Zhu Yifeng saw a few soldiers driving a group of sheep slowly to the shooting range. Soon the two soldiers ran away from the range, leaving the sheep grazing slowly.

"Experiments with sheep?"

Looking at the flocks of sheep foraging under the light in the distance from the telescope, Zhu Yifeng's brows furrowed slightly, and he only felt a little surprised that under normal circumstances, the power test of cannonballs is made of wooden dummies, how can creatures be used today,

What kind of test is this?

"Your Majesty, pay attention!"

Nodding at Xu Yibai, Xu Shushan looked at the generals again, the last display was in the laboratory, and now it is in the field.

"Poof......

With a slight explosion sound between the shooting range hundreds of meters away, a cloud of smoke emerged from the grass of the shooting range.

The moment those pale yellow smoke came out, a term immediately appeared in Zhu Yifeng's mind.

"It's a gas bomb!"

Through the telescope, Zhu Yifeng saw that the smoke drifted towards the location of the sheep in the direction of the wind, and soon the dense pale yellow smoke soon covered most of the shooting range, and the entire sheep were also shrouded in this smoke.

Looking at the smoke, Zhu Yifeng immediately realized what he was seeing now - it was a poison gas bomb!

"Yes! Your Majesty is a poison gas bomb, to be precise, a gas tank, we have always used the method of electrolysis of brine to produce caustic soda, and the by-product of the preparation process, chlorine, often can only be used to make bleach or for tap water disinfection, and this gas is fatal to the human body at a certain density, now our factories can produce hundreds of tons of this poison gas every month, if we should use it on the battlefield, then we will win the war without much effort. ”

Seeing that His Majesty only glanced at it, he shouted the name of the poison gas bomb, which only made Xu Shushan surprised, and the reason for the surprise was very simple - not everyone would see that it was poison gas at the first time.

Although the domestic production of chlorine gas is very early, but for a long time, no one has ever thought of applying it to the military, the reason why it has not been used in the military is very simple, the main reason is that the opponent encountered is too weak, it is not worth using other ideas, but now it is different from the past, after all, China is now facing the United Kingdom, is such a big country!

"This ...... Your Majesty, this ...... It's just amazing! With it, we can defeat the enemy without a single soldier......"

After the pale yellow smoke cleared, the generals on the side couldn't wait to look at the target area in the distance with their binoculars, only to see that the center of it was full of twitching sheep, so they immediately shouted excitedly.

"Can solve all problems......"

Almost all the generals would be in the same mood, and they were shocked by the frenzy of the military for weapons of mass destruction, even shouting that they would kill everyone.

Looking at those dead sheep, Zhu Yifeng's heart swelled with questions.

"Do you really want to use poison gas?"

Standing in the target area and looking at the hundred and ten sheep on the ground that were either twitching or dead, Zhu Yifeng silently thought in his heart, looking at those goats struggling in pain, he could imagine the tragic situation of those British people after being hit by poison gas bombs, for people in this era, they don't know how to prevent poison gas at all, even British chemists, I'm afraid there is nothing they can do about it. Even the British could not launch the same counteroffensive - because they could not produce chlorine cheaply!

It can be said that poison gas can become China's killer weapon, and if poison gas is used, it can easily win and deter the enemy! But is it really necessary?

"What is necessary and unnecessary? Decades later, when they gassed them, they didn't see any psychological barriers, you are not the Virgin, they are not your compatriots, what is not useful! ”

Just when Zhu Yifeng felt that he was in a moral dilemma, another voice emerged from the depths of his heart, and that voice told him that the use of poison gas was not a big deal, and it was a normal thing at all.

"Besides, there is no international convention to prohibit the use of poison gas now, it's a big deal to wait until the British are defeated, and then ban the big guys from using poison gas. If you want to be a great good, you should not be bound to a small evil...... That's right, that's the truth! ”

After some self-persuasion, Zhu Yifeng turned to Xu Shushan and asked.

"This, when can it be put into battle?"

If you want to become a great good, you should not be bound to a small evil!

Again, this sentence came to mind in Zhu Yixi's mind. Sometimes it's easy to make a preliminary decision, but it's very difficult to make a real decision!

Although as early as two months ago, Zhu Yifeng had decided to put the poison gas bomb into the battlefield in the face of its power, but now, in the face of the situation in front of him, he seemed a little hesitant.

Now in the face of the information handed over by Zhang Sen, Zhu Yifeng's whole person fell into silence, he stood up silently, walked to the window, looked out the window at the royal garden covered with a layer of snow, and could vaguely see some birds foraging in the snow.

Now the British are planning a counter-offensive, and they are constantly strengthening the Dublin defenders.

From 100,000 to 200,000!

This means that in a month's time, the British army in Ireland will have a staggering 260,000 troops, and once the British army in Dublin counterattacks the attack, then the British troops in other areas will also launch a counteroffensive, and they may even surround the main force of the Sino-Irish coalition army and fight a beautiful "war of annihilation" in Dublin.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the war in Dublin continues to drag on, in fact, it is not the army willing to drag on, in the era of a large number of machine guns and siege artillery, attacking a line with a good trench defense system is simply a disaster, and the Irish have proved this with their blood, and it is for this reason that the Chinese army has been on a tentative offensive for some time in order to find the weak points of the British defense.

However, right now, time is not on China's side, and if it continues to drag on, everything will change!

In silence, Zhu Yifeng repeated the sentence silently again.

"If you want to be a great good, you don't limit yourself to a small evil!"

Now, he can't remember where he saw this sentence, but it is certain that defeating Britain is the greatest "good" for China!

If you want to become a great good, you should not be bound to a small evil!

If poison gas is used in Dublin, the British defense line is likely to be easily torn apart, after all, in this era, Britain and the whole world are ignorant of poison gas, in the face of poison gas, they have no countermeasures at all, they can only passively "enjoy poison gas", can only passively die or give up in poison gas.

War, from the time it was decided to send poison gas to Ireland, the way of war had changed.

"Your Majesty, now, every minute, the situation on the front line may change!"

In the face of the silent Majesty, Zhang Sen once again reminded that he was no stranger to poison gas, in fact, it was the Intelligence Bureau that was responsible for sending the poison gas safely to Ireland, and even if necessary, the intelligence officers on the ship would blow up and sink the transport ship to avoid the poison gas from being obtained by the British, he knew that those poison gases would change the course of the war, but the decision to use poison gas was not made by the front, but by His Majesty!

If you want to be a great good, you should not be bound to a small evil...... When this sentence flashed, Zhu Yifeng did not speak, as an emperor, he was not willing to be responsible for some things...... In particular, he clearly knows how people will judge things in a hundred years.

And His Majesty's silence made Zhang Sen realize what His Majesty was hesitating, so he said euphemistically.

"Your Majesty, since the minister, the affairs of the front line should be in charge of the commander of the front line, and Your Majesty does not need to think about other ......"

Gas...... With chemical weapons, is it psychologically burdensome...... There really isn't, but, as the protagonist, you always have to consider the name behind you, after all, no one wants to be behind for a hundred years, and the biography writes a sentence "At the request of Emperor Kaihong, the Sino-Irish coalition army carried out the first chemical warfare ...... in the history of mankind against the British army", chemical weapons are very good, but this reputation is really pitted, or that sentence, this pot is still handed over to the courtiers to carry it! Isn't this what the courtiers do?