What the carpenter has to do is the wooden handle of the grenade.

There is no mention of this item in the information on the simple production of a grenade with a wooden handle.

Because the "wooden handle" is a cylindrical piece of wood that has an eye drilled from the top to the bottom.

Is this thing difficult?

I'm afraid it's not difficult, and you can get out of the hole with a long enough awl.

But is this thing important?

It's also important.

The fuse was placed in this section of wood. How to burn, how many seconds to burn, will there be any mistakes?

In particular, there can be no gaps in the wooden handle, otherwise as soon as the string is pulled, the spark rubbed by the copper sheet flies to the middle of the fuse, and it will become a "grenade".

Yuan Chenming doesn't know much about carpentry, so it's hard to put forward any constructive suggestions. You can only point out the hidden dangers that are considered in advance, and don't let the carpenter take a detour when he does it.

But even so, in Wang Desheng's eyes, it is already very remarkable.

You can't expect one person to do everything, there is no such thing as a perfect person.

Being able to figure out all the parts and components and guide the production of qualified grenades is already an excellent military engineer.

Wang Desheng had a hunch when the first grenade was successfully exploded. It's time for college students to go, they have a new group of this small temple, and they can't leave this big Buddha.

The two of them walked all morning, settling everything that should be settled.

On the way back to the company headquarters at noon, I happened to meet Wang Maomao, the correspondent who came out to find them: "Instructor, little Yuan Xiucai, the soil you said is done." ”

"Done?" A stone in Wang Desheng's heart fell, and he was most worried about this matter before.

Now that I heard that I could still bear it, I called Yuan Chenming to pull out his legs and run back.

There was already a circle next to the cauldron in the courtyard of the company headquarters, and the soldiers who had returned from the drill were talking nonsense.

"This is what the instructor asked me to boil, and it is still tender and white."

"Bright, white, I thought it was salt!"

Lu Wenyuan pinched up a pinch of white powder that looked like salt, and his heart felt as if he had knocked over the spice jar, and the five flavors were mixed.

I really made this show come to be.

Soil nitrate is an important part of the configuration of black powder, and he used to follow the firecracker potionist in the village, so it is very clear.

It's just that the formula is all heirloom, and he can't learn it if he doesn't teach it.

Unexpectedly, Da Xiucai still understands this thing.

I used to look down on others, thinking that it was a burden and eating rice. Lu Wenyuan felt a little ashamed.

"Something made?" Wang Desheng, who ran back in spite of his image, asked as soon as he entered the door.

Lu Wenyuan looked up, the expression on his face was more complicated, and he said frankly: "It's done, it's better luck for you." ”

Wang Desheng didn't notice the stubbornness in his partner's words at all, he rushed to the cauldron, grabbed the soil nitrate that was placed on a piece of oiled paper, and wanted to jump up excitedly.

With the soil nitrate, it is not far from configurement of black powder.

He turned around and wanted to share this joy with Yuan Chenming, but saw Da Xiucai holding on to the door frame panting.

"Instructor, whew~whew~ allow me to take a breath."

Yuan Chenming can be regarded as understanding the difference between him and a serious warrior, he is running with his life, and he has not caught up yet.

If this is on the battlefield, I don't think he will be a burden.

Luckily, he has brains.

With a sigh of relief, he walked over to the cauldron and picked up a pinch of nitrate, observing it carefully.

Earth nitrate is a white crystal, like salt, but also like white sugar. Of course, it can also be doped with a certain amount of water glue to make crystals like rock sugar cubes.

In fact, he hadn't done it before, and he even said that he hadn't touched it with his own hands, but only saw it on the picture.

To be honest, he didn't know the bottom of his heart when he did it for the first time. If he fails, it's normal, even if he fails two or three times, he can bear it.

The first time it was successful, it was a good start. It also played a psychologically uplifting role for him.

Yuan Chenming smiled and gave a positive answer with confidence: "Instructor, it's soil nitrate, we succeeded." ”

Jumping up and singing and dancing, and in front of so many soldiers, that is not something that the emotionally restrained Yuan Chenming can do.

It's just that there is a joy in a louder voice than usual, and the joy of hard work is not in vain.

Wang Desheng was even more excited than him, and an old farmer's face was about to smile like a chrysanthemum.

Not only because he is the one who does it, but also because he understands how much of a difference it can make when it is done successfully.

A grenade, with a bit of luck, could kill a devil. If you build 10,000 grenades, how many will you kill?

It's exciting to think about.

Eliminating the strengths of one and the other, and making grenades in batches is definitely an important support for the anti-Japanese cause of the Eighth Route Army.

Lu Wenyuan saw the two of them laughing happily, but he felt like a cat scratching his heart: "These two people made gunpowder to do something, what kind of good thing?" ”

That's what he thinks, and he's desperate to know the answer. Stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Desheng's sleeve: "Lao Wang, let's go back to the house and talk." ”

Wang Desheng knew what his partner thought, but he couldn't reveal it casually if he promised to keep it secret.

Unless Yuan Chenming himself allows it.

The company commander and the instructor were gone, and Yuan Chenming didn't want to stay in the yard and be treated like a giant panda - although he had already enjoyed such treatment.

"Wang Maomao, take all this soil back to my house and put it on the table outside."

"Who, don't pour this pot of water, keep it and wait for the instructor to deal with it."

Yuan Chenming pointed out and walked to his house.

Unexpectedly, someone stopped him, it was Chen Li, who had the most outstanding training results in the past two days and was most regarded differently by company commander Lu Wenyuan.

"Da Xiucai, I heard that you are highly educated, can you tell you what is going on?"

Yuan Chenming stopped and looked back. Chen Li looked at him unpleasantly, he could feel it.

If he is the only one who is curious, then let him be curious.

But the other warriors all looked at him with blank eyes, like children in the mountain village, their eyes full of curiosity.

For them, everything is new.

Rushing to the curiosity of other soldiers, Yuan Chenming decided to talk about it without too much hesitation: "Earth nitrate, just those things that are the same as salty salt just now are actually not uncommon things.

This thing has been made for a long time, and it is used to make animal fur, or to make ice cubes, and it is also used to make black powder, which is very useful.

By the way, have you ever eaten tofu? ”

A soldier said excitedly: "I have eaten it, it is white and tender, but it is delicious." ”

Some fighters agreed, saying that they had also eaten Yunyun. Some of the fighters hadn't eaten it yet, and he was even more curious about it.

Yuan Chenming smiled and continued: "The soybeans are crushed and cooked, and they are soy milk. The pot of water that has been boiled is called brine.

Brine tofu, that is, add that water to soy milk according to a certain proportion, and you can get the white and tender tofu you want to eat.

In addition, the pot of water is used as fertilizer to water the soil, which greatly improves the fertility of the soil, which means that it can produce more crops. ”

After speaking, he went back to the house on his own. The warriors were left talking around the cauldron.