After the subsequent development plan was set, preparations related to gas warfare began to advance steadily.

Finding a remote place deep in the mountains, Cheng Nuo decided to set up a chemical weapons research institute there, and officially renamed the program "Qiqi" program.

The area is not large, but it is not small, in a small valley, it is located in the middle of nowhere and the traffic is inconvenient, without a local guide to guide the way, outsiders can not touch it at all.

Originally, there were several families living in the area, and they usually lived by hunting.

Later, after Cheng Nuoxiang fell in love with this place, he paid for it, and for the sake of insurance, he asked these villagers to move out of the valley.

On the one hand, the area is relatively remote, and after the villagers are relocated, even if there is an accident in the poison gas research institute, only the insiders of the chemical college and the "Qiqi" project will suffer, and it will not spread to innocent people.

On the other hand, it is also based on the principle of confidentiality, after all, the more people know, the more risk of leakage. And secrecy also has a cost, and the lower the cost, the higher the probability that the enemy will know.

What's more, the little devil's intelligence agency is too powerful, although the traces of activities in the southwest direction are not obvious, but now with the entry of the Academy of Sciences, Cheng Nuo himself is the object of the other party's attention, maybe one day in the future, this area will become the focus of the little devil's spy investigators.

Cheng Nuo, who had done all this work arrangement, felt still not at ease, and shouted directly to the exploration team: "Lifu, Lifu, come here, I have something to explain to you." ”

It's a pity that after shouting for a long time, no one from the entire team exploring the terrain replied.

Fan Xudong still couldn't stand it anymore, and walked over with trekking poles, panting: "Zhiyuan, have you forgotten, Lifu was sent to Beijing by you, and it is estimated that he has just arrived in the place after calculating the time, and it will take a while for him to come back." ”

In fact, as soon as he finished saying this, Cheng Nuo reacted, but it was too late to take it back.

It's not that he has a bad memory, but now with the passage of time, the time nodes of major events in history are getting closer and closer, and the breath of the times is blowing in his face, and the pressure on him is getting bigger and bigger, almost overwhelming him, but there is no one to narrate.

I am afraid that because of his small attempt, it will lead to even worse consequences.

He couldn't afford it, and neither could the ruined home under his feet withstand the more intense devastation.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I almost forgot." Cheng Nuo took a deep breath, and barely recovered a trace of blood on his face: "In this way, Lao Fan, have you been busy lately?" I'd like to ask you to do something for me, do you think? ”

"Whatever you can't help, it's all within our share, but it's you, don't work too hard." Fan Xudong waved his hand again and again, sighed and said: "Although people are born free, they are everywhere in shackles, but obviously the shackles you have imposed on yourself are too heavy, and you are about to run out of breath, which is not a long-term solution!" ”

Cheng Nuo didn't answer positively, turned his head away, and overlooked the entire valley on the mountainside, with a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery: "It is said that Chongqing does not have the 'fragrant path and spring breeze' of 'forty miles of splendor', and it can't attract the chant of 'cutting flowers and cutting leaves' among the flowers, and even Du Fu does not come here to build a thatched cottage.

Compared with Chengdu, it can be said that 'slightly lost the literary style'? It is a pity, I really want to go to Chengdu to visit and see the scenery of the imperial city. ”

Although Fan Xudong didn't quite understand why Cheng Nuo suddenly said this, thinking that the dean had his own considerations, he made a gesture to the comrades behind him and let him rest in place.

pinching his waist, he also followed Cheng Nuo to look into the distance: "Actually, I didn't understand at the beginning, Chongqing's climate is unbearable, and you can't see the sky all year round, but Chengdu is refreshing and pleasant. From a topography point of view, Chongqing is full of mountain roads, although the winding paths are difficult to walk, while Chengdu is a flat river.

If you are dealing with the locals, what can you say, that is, 'Chongqing cubs are hard, Chengdu babies have cunning mouths', especially if you still like the bitter and astringent Tuo tea, what is there to drink!

But now, Chongqing just opened the port, Chengdu can not compare, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and other provinces of materials by land and water, want to buy foreign goods is much more convenient, although I don't want to admit it, but where there are foreigners, those foreign warlords do not dare to do anything. ”

Retracting his gaze from a distance and shifting it to Cheng Nuo's face, Fan Xudong said solemnly: "Maybe we can't understand why you are doing this right now, but I believe that you must have a reason to do this, time will test all the truth, there are us comrades behind you, you don't have too much psychological burden......"

With some sincere feelings, Rao is Cheng Nuo, an iron man, was a little moved, and opened his mouth to tell these people everything he knew.

But his mouth opened, and finally he shook his head and laughed softly: "It's okay, I'm not busy lately, and I haven't slept well at night."

Let's get back to business now, I just called you here because I thought our preliminary work was not good enough. In this way, I know that you have some friends on the Gong's side, and you can discuss it with Mr. Ren Gong and think of a way to erase this valley from the map, so that it will not be easy to attract attention. ”

Fan Xudong wanted to speak and stopped, but after seeing that Cheng Nuo was still unwilling to tell the truth, he had no choice but to sigh: "Alas, don't worry, this matter is on us, it just so happens that the public in this county wants to find me for a drink, and I will contact him when I go back." ”

Cheng Nuo nodded and patted Fan Xudong on the shoulder: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

After saying this, Cheng Nuo's face immediately filled with a smile, so as to prevent the remaining comrades from worrying about him again.

While walking towards the comrades who were resting in place, Cheng Nuo distributed the food he carried.

"Come on, come on, this is a pastry sent to me from Beijing, I heard that it is a century-old brand, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty was still there, it was specially for the palace, thanks to it to die, or we don't have this appetite."

"Thank you, Dean, when I was in Beijing, I thought this thing was sweet and sweet, and it could reach my throat and eyes when I ate it, but I can't eat it for so long now, and I miss it." Comrade A wiped the saliva that did not exist at the corner of his mouth, and looked very excited.

"That's good, then I have to try it, thank you, Dean." Comrade B is a native of Sichuan and Chongqing, and he has never eaten Beijing-style pastries, so he is surrounded by the surrounding atmosphere, and he is also curious about these things.

But as they ate, they suddenly found that Cheng Nuo was holding a small box of pastries and giggling.

Quietly probing to look over, it is very different from their style.

But it's not better, it's worse, people can know at a glance that what they eat is made by the master, and what Cheng Nuo is holding is an apprentice's practice.

When a comrade who was anxious saw it, he immediately asked out loud and exchanged his pastries with Cheng Nuo.

It's a pity that before he took two steps forward, he was stopped by a careful comrade, pointing to Cheng Nuo's movements, and he was holding an envelope a little overwhelmed.

Several people looked at each other, their faces were full of curiosity, and they looked at each other, and then they tiptoed behind Cheng Nuo to find out.

Cheng Nuo on the other side hesitated slightly, but couldn't help but open the envelope.

Unexpectedly, it was not a letter that came out first, but a photo of a beautiful woman with long hair in a shawl, which was taken at the moment when she looked back and smiled.

Even if he is not a real person at the moment, but in the photo, Cheng Nuo's heart still bursts.

"The above words add meals, and the next words look like memories

- Wen Yin"

Before Cheng Nuo had time to take a closer look, the comrades who were watching the excitement in the back immediately began to coax:

"Oh, dean, this is the dean's wife, the food is delicious, please thank the dean's wife for us......"

"Dean, my heart hurts so much, didn't I say that I can't have a good career and don't have a family, but you betrayed our team...... Dean"

"Dean, dean, when will the dean's wife come to Chongqing, do you want our big guys to help you greet ......?"

“……”

Under the gossip, Cheng Nuoye couldn't help blushing.

I hurriedly wanted to stuff the photo back into the envelope, but I didn't expect it to be too hasty, and I didn't stuff it in a few times.

There were more and more people watching the excitement on the sidelines, and in a hurry, Cheng Nuo directly stuffed the envelope with photos into his arms.

It's good now, the heckling is louder.

"Dean, don't blush, everyone is from here, rough men don't need to be shy."

"That is, the dean should not be the first time to talk to someone, right?"

"Dean'......"

Still thick-skinned enough, after Cheng Nuo hid the letters and photos, he said directly: "My Fair Lady, the gentleman is good, everyone knows it, there is no need to spread the word that I have a Longyang fetish outside in the future, and if there are rumors, you can prove it for me in time."

But then again, you can't just be busy with your own business, you should start a family, and I'm setting an example for you......"

In fact, Cheng Nuo knew that this pastry was sent by Wen Yin from Beijing at the beginning, and he came out to explore this time to share this good mood.

When he was assigned the "apprentice" pastry, he had a vague suspicion in his heart, so he left it in advance.

didn't expect that there was a letter inside, and there was a photo of the other party in the letter, so this was the scene just now.

"Alas, there are more and more things that I owe to others now, let's finish this time first, and take the time to take her and Lao Li together."

After this episode passed, the "Poor Qi" project officially and steadily advanced.

First of all, the internal staff of the Academy of Sciences was asked to plan the valley, design the architectural drawings, and quickly construct according to the drawings.

Out of the need for air defense in the future, Cheng Nuo even specially recruited a group of workers, called mining, to dig the inside of the mountain, but in fact, relying on the mountain to build an air defense factory, when an air raid really came, you could quickly hide in the facility.

At the same time, Cheng Nuo is also leading the team to develop chemical weapons.

In order to hide people's eyes, different chemical weapons were named Red I, Orange I, Yellow I, etc., and those that were further studied were called Red II, and so on.

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Because of the accumulation of alkali production and ammonia synthesis technology, some simple chemical weapons have been manufactured, such as stinky phenyl, diphenylcyanoarsine, diphenylchlorosine arsine and other chemical weapons.

As for the famous mustard gas, although it is also within the scope of Cheng Nuo's plan, the priority is not good, and when it comes to the battlefield, it is still diphenylcyanidyne that has a better effect.

Diphenylcyanidyne can not only quickly incapacitate unprotected soldiers, but also quickly dissipate, usually within a few tens of minutes, which is very conducive to attack.

The use of mustard gas, which is highly toxic and has a long effect, will limit our own actions and miss out on the war.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and if the battle is unfavorable, mustard gas is a good weapon to break the back, especially when defending and retreating, it can effectively stop the enemy.

Of course, the best defense is to attack, especially chemical warfare, the attacking side has full initiative and chooses the appropriate conditions for the use of chemical weapons, especially the wind force and wind direction, while the defending side is often a passive choice, and when the geographical conditions are unfavorable, it may injure the enemy 800 and lose 1,000 itself.

Considering that it is difficult for our army to defeat the Japanese army on a frontal battlefield, and that large-scale chemical warfare requires higher preparations, natural conditions, and coordinated actions, the optimal solution for the use of chemical weapons is mainly on a small and medium-sized scale.

Therefore, poison shells (barrels) are the main means of these chemical weapons.

But after careful calculation, there is still a period of time before the anti-Japanese battlefield, and it is obviously not a good way to fill it into a poison gas weapon on the spot.

After careful consideration, Cheng Nuo decided to put it in a large container for now, bury it deep underground, and use it as a strategic reserve.

However, in this way, although Cheng Nuo succeeded in completing the standard stockpiling of chemical weapons, the production costs paid continued to rise, and he could not make ends meet, and other ways were needed to amortize these costs.

Combining with civilian use is a relatively good way for him to envision.

Considering that chlorine is an indispensable raw material for the production of toxic gases, ninety percent of all toxic gases are chlorine-based compounds.

Therefore, Cheng Nuo decided to transfer part of the chlorine technology to the civilian side, and obtained chlorine gas through the electrolysis of saturated salt water.

Chlorine is widely used in drinking water disinfection and the preparation of bleaching powder, hydrochloric acid, hydrochloride, pesticides, plastics, organic solvents, dyes, chemical reagents, and is also used for bleaching pulp and cloth, rare metals and pure silicon refining.

At present, the ammonia fertilizer developed by the chemical industry has been effective in agriculture, and the next step can be to develop the pesticide industry, which can further help the people increase production and income, so that the fruits of industrial development can be enjoyed by more working people.

Moreover, it can be widely used in the paper industry, and in the future, Tao Xingzhi will be invited to run a school, which can also facilitate the dissemination of knowledge, exempt from tuition and miscellaneous fees, and allow more children to afford to go to school.

In a sense, it can be regarded as the decentralization of military technology, and then feed back to the military industry.

"However, is it that my pattern is too small, my vision is too narrow, I have been staying in the country, earning this little bit of melons and dates, it is not a matter at all.

And if chemical weapons are not brought to the battlefield, how can you know if the effect is good or bad?

I think it's better to find a way to sell it to the European theater of war, earn some extra money, and exchange experience in the use of chemical warfare between each other by the way?

Of course, it would be better to abduct a few more talents. ”