Chapter 431: Fuel
José simply distilled the crude oil in the lab, and while he didn't expect it to be of much use, it was a very good thermal weapon for warfare. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although these crude oils burn violently, they are certainly not as effective as distillation and purification. So José used some simple tools to distill a small amount of crude oil. The principle here is not complicated, simply put, it is to use the different boiling points of various substances in crude oil to evaporate different liquids by changing the heating temperature, such as gasoline, diesel and so on.
Using the science knowledge he had learned, José had the craftsmen in the workshop build a small glassy distillation unit for himself. After a simple experiment, it took him almost three days to barely refine some of the oil. The freshly distilled oil is no longer as viscous, but instead has a grease color and smells of diesel.
Because of the lack of technical level, Jose, a liberal arts student, can only barely distill this crude oil to this point. It's not clear whether it's gasoline or diesel, but it's obviously much lighter than the dark, thick crude oil. The volume of these oils is also much less than that of crude oil, probably less than one-third.
Although Chaucer knew that he would not be able to make full use of the crude oil, he was more satisfied with the simple purification. The so-called "gasoline" (which José suspected was a mixture of gasoline and diesel) was also very powerful, and Josse took only a little of the liquid, and then used a little fire, and immediately burst into a violent flame, accompanied by a popping sound of insufficient combustion due to insufficient purity of the distillation.
This result made José very satisfied, after distillation, it not only reduced the weight of the crude oil, but also increased the burning intensity of the oil, which was too wasteful to be used for lighting, and it was better to use it against the enemy. Quite here, José then began to develop such a powerful incendiary bomb. The county keeper quickly ordered his men to fetch him a large number of clay pots, and then José began his thermal weapons research and blasting works!
In the following days, from the backyard of the county guard's mansion from time to time there were bursts of terrifying explosions, and at first the guards saw an unknown explosion in the backyard, and they were the first to rush to check, but they were surprised to find that the Viscount of Sadland crawled out of the smoke with a disgraced face. Everyone knows that magicians are sometimes weird, but it's rare to see a magician with a personality who blows himself up like the county keeper!
José quickly dispersed the guards, then told them that he was conducting a magical experiment and that he shouldn't worry too much about it in the future. Under the surprised looks of the guards, José patted the dust on his body and turned headlong into the laboratory. In the following days, as Jose said, explosions were heard from time to time in the backyard of the county guard's mansion, and many guards would subconsciously go to the backyard to check the viscount's safety, but later, everyone became accustomed to it. Even the little Maoton who accompanied Jose, sometimes after being woken up by an explosion in the middle of the night, just covered his head with a pillow, and then calmly changed directions and continued to sleep.
Finally, in the night a few days later, with a loud popping sound, the night guard saw the Viscount Sadland rushing out of the backyard with an excited face, and shouted excitedly as he ran: "Lao Tzu has succeeded! Haha, I am simply a genius, what a steppe man of the Northwest Army, you scumbags, prepare to feel Uncle Joseph's great invention!"
Although the appearance of this viscount was a little scary, but when he made such a fuss, many people were woken up by him, except for some servants, even Alok and Sophia, who lived in the garrison mansion, were attracted by Joseph's shout. However, when Sophia, the staff lady, saw Jose's appearance, not only did she not feel happy, but she also screamed, and ran over with her face covered in fright.
Alok couldn't help but laugh when he saw José like this: the self-proclaimed "genius" viscount had apparently just undergone a blasting experiment, and his robe was in tatters, like a beggar. What made him even more speechless was that José was so excited that he forgot that he was still disheveled, especially the lower half of his robe, which was almost at the level of restriction.
As soon as the night breeze of Sadland blew like this, the work under José's crotch seemed to loom over, and with the night breeze, he was unwilling to be lonely and swayed...... It's no wonder that Sophia's girl doesn't scream when she sees such a scene!
Fortunately, Little Maudun sent a new dress to Jose in time, so that the county keeper Jose would not be so embarrassed. However, looking at his appearance, he didn't seem to care about these details, and the excitement on his face did not diminish at all, and it was only when he saw Sophia covering her face and running away that he showed some doubts: "Hey, why is this little girl Sophia so afraid of me?" It's the first time I've seen this chick with such a panicked look on her face......
In any case, thanks to José's unremitting efforts, he not only distilled large quantities of gasoline and diesel, but also used crockpots as containers to add several magical potions unique to the continent of Ceylon. However, according to Joseph's temperament, it is not enough to make such a bomb, and he also added a lot of nails and iron pieces to the crockpot, so that this kind of burning crockpot greatly enhances the power and lethality of the explosion at the same time.
Of course, this kind of bomb is not without its shortcomings, the biggest problem is that the security is very poor, if you want to use these bombs in war, you must pay special attention to safety issues. Especially later, when Chaucé prepared to mass-produce such incendiary bombs, safety became an extremely important issue. So Joser can now come up with the recipe for these powerful fuel oils, but it will probably take some time to prepare for large-scale production.
But the problem now is that more than 20,000 people of the Northwest Army have already deployed troops outside the city of Sadland, so even if this kind of incendiary bomb can be used, it can only be used as a defensive weapon. And what Jose is interested in is another weapon, to be precise, the creation of this kind of thing is completely a by-product of his own development of incendiary bombs.
While the powerful fuel provided José's power, José gathered dozens of cowhides from the storeroom, and then gathered a few tailors to cut an extra-large piece of cowhide cloth according to the drawings he had set up. Then he had a large rattan basket made, and then he collected a lot of fuel and put it in a special container, and then connected it with an explanation rope, and it became a huge hot air balloon!