Early the next morning, Scrooge and his family went to the McDonald Branch, the most important and crucial institution of the McDonald family, in Scrooge's words.

"What was the most expensive in the nineteenth century? Talent! "Alaska's gold will run out one day, but this intelligent gold mine, if properly maintained, will never run out." It's beautiful to be here to see some of the best scientists in the United States, and indeed in the world, working here for the MacDonald family. ”

"Where's the electric light?" Dorothea said.

"Ah, follow me." Scrooge took on a makeshift role as a tour guide, and he led Dorothea through the aisles, through a small garden, to a black wrought iron gate.

The area inside this gate is the most secret area of the entire Dashi yàn room. The entire area is enclosed by a three-meter-high, painted green fence, and along the fence, there are quite a few security guards patrolling the wall.

"This is the Green Zone, the core area of the engineering part of the entire Dashi Yàn room, where many of the most important confidential projects are studied." Scrooge said to Dorothea as he led her through the door.

Anyone entering the Green Zone will need a special pass, which is a long-term special pass for staff and a one-time pass for temporary entry. As a participant in many research projects, Scrooge himself has a long-term pass, while Dorothea only has a temporary pass.

The two men showed their passes to the security guards and entered the Green Zone.

The area of the Green Zone is actually quite large, but the main part of it is still the six-story real Yàn building. Led Dorothea into the building, turned directly to the right, crossed a hallway, and arrived at the first room of the electrical field.

"Hello, Mr. MacDonald." A researcher named Helt was about to add himself a cup of coffee when he saw Scrooge come in, and greeted him with a smile, "Is this beautiful lady your wife?" ”

In contrast to the physical workers, Scrooge was more affectionate and accommodating on the surface for his so-called "intellectual workers." Never put on a boss stand in front of them, so these people are also more casual than Scrooge. Generally speaking, the profession of creating a sex requires a relatively relaxed environment. Moreover, in a sense, it is easier for big bosses who are not responsible for specific affairs to maintain a good relationship with front-line workers. As the old saying goes, Hades is good at seeing little ghosts, but in fact, the reason why there is such a phenomenon is that there are several management levels between Hades and ordinary ghosts, so it is easy for him to be gracious and complain to the little officials. Moreover, in fact, when it comes to exploiting these mental laborers, Scrooge will not spare his hands at all. In ordinary life, only about 20% of the computing power is available, in fact, most of the time, as long as it does not involve their major, they are easier to deceive than ordinary people. For example, the meaning of life is not about how much you get, but about how much you create and so on. Of course, Edison's kid is an exception, this guy's brain is too powerful, and there is still a lot of spare computing power, and recently he has been making a fuss about splitting shares. It's really not worry-free.

"Yes, Helt, this is my wife, Dorothea." Scrooge said kindly, "Drinking so much coffee early in the morning is not good for your health." ”

"Ah, boss, it's okay, I'm used to it." "Mr. Edison was next door," Helt said...... Well, he's not in a good mood today. ”

At this time, Edison came out of the next room, his face full of frustration.

"Thomas, in trouble again?" Scrooge said.

"Oh, boss, you're here. Is this Madame? Edison was more respectful to Scrooge than Heilt.

"Well, this is my wife, Dorothea." Scrooge introduced Dorothea to Edison, and then to Dorothea, Edison, "This is Mr. Edison, the head of the electrical laboratory, the best scientist in the United States. ”

"Whereever, the best scientist in America is you, Mr. MacDonald." Edison said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, beautiful lady. ”

"Thomas, I heard you're having trouble again? Or is it a question about the extractor? Scrooge asked.

"It's still an air extractor, and now we still can't get enough vacuum, and the stability of the guide sample product is very poor." Edison shook his head.

"Then rest for a while," Scrooge said, "and give Dorothea an explanation." ”

……

In the afternoon, Scrooge and Dorothea left the Dashi yàn room and got into a carriage to go home.

"Scrooge, I can understand now, why do you say that the Dashi yàn room is the biggest gold mine. It's a ...... thing in there. It's like a dream. Well, are all of our research projects here? Dorothea asked.

"Of course not." Scrooge replied, "Some of the dangerous research projects are not here. For example, MacDonald's infantry weapons and some of the chemical and pharmaceutical companies were carried out in places that were farther away from the crowds and safer. ”

"Alaska, for example?" Dorothea said.

"Haha, Alaska is far enough away from the crowds, but it's too inconvenient. We bought a desert in New Mexico, where some of the more dangerous projects were studied. ”

"What are the real projects, are they really dangerous?"

"Some new medicines, some new weapons." Scrooge said simply.

……

In a desert in New Mexico, a series of the latest weapons are being tested.

"Cole! Is the shooting range set up? An officer-like man shouted.

"Sir, there's no signal back from there." Blackwater's mercenary Cole replied.

"Hell! These guys are always grinding like this! Tell them to hurry up, if you don't hurry, we'll open fire!" The officer said.

"Ah, Chief Max, you can't scare them. They know you wouldn't dare. Cole didn't immediately ask the messenger on the high platform to wave the flag, but said this to his company commander.

"When will I have to shoot them in the head!" Max said.

"Sir, there's a signal over there, they're ready!" Schneider, the lookout on the high platform, shouted.

"Alright! Get ready, now the real yàn begins...... Well, Mr. Sisfeldt, please step back and get into a safe area...... Well, let's start with the real yàn of high-explosive shells. ”

A soldier loads a high-explosive shell into the chamber of a strangely shaped cannon. It was a 75 mm cannon with the most advanced hydraulic pipe retreat design and a long retreat plough behind the gun. This makes this kind of artillery not appear when the gun is fired, the entire gun body will not fall backwards, and each time the cannon is fired, the cannon needs to be reset again. In previous tests, this gun even reached nearly 20 anti-aircraft shots per minute, which even surpassed most rifles.

Corresponding to the high shot is the range. The gun, with its special incendiary charge, was capable of firing a 12-pound shell at a distance of 6 miles at a 45-degree angle. Such a strike distance and degree of blow are far beyond the artillery that is now in use, and even in the just-concluded Austro-Prussian War, the guns that the Prussians possessed were far from this gun in terms of performance. Strictly speaking, there is a gap of one era between them.

With the artillery of the Yue era, there must also be artillery shells of the Yue era, and high-explosive shells are such sharp weapons. In the past, the shells used by artillery were not completely a solid large iron ball (smoothbore gun) or a large bullet (rifled gun), (according to the First Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Naval Division mainly used such solid shells, the so-called shells are loaded with sand and will not explode or anything, it is estimated that it has something to do with this) is an iron canister (howitzer) filled with small iron beads to kill and injure living targets by throwing these small iron balls in mid-air. But solid shells have limited power unless they hit directly, and what about shrapnels? It's okay to hit exposed targets, but with a little fortification with a cover, it has no power at all.

The high-explosive bomb is completely different, it is equipped with ** and a contact fuse, which will explode after hitting the target, and the shock wave of the explosion and the flying shrapnel will cause huge damage to other targets. Even in the 21st century, this shell is still the most common and versatile shell in the world.

With a cannon shot, a shell was fired. The degree of the shells fired by this cannon was much faster than that of the shells fired by the Napoleonic cannon, and the muzzle of the cannon was initially as high as 6oo meters per second, so it was impossible to expect to be able to see the shells with the naked eye as one could watch the Napoleonic cannon firing. The shells were so fast that they were out of sight with the naked eye.

The target of this shot was not at the maximum range, so a few seconds later, Max observed the fire and smoke after the shell hit the target and exploded. The shell was filled with picric acid** and produced a large amount of toxic smoke when it exploded. In a sense, this also strengthens the power of this shell.

"Hit the bullseye directly and hit it well." Max said. At this time, the sound of explosions came from afar.

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