The research of chemical weapons is not as simple as imagined, even if there are plug-in people like Cheng Nuo to join, it is only to develop some relatively rudimentary chemical weapons, if you put it in the current European battlefield where chemical warfare is gradually heating up, it is really not enough.

For further development, chemical weapons research must be carried out by a combination of chemists, chemical industry technicians, and military technologists.

After thinking about it, Cheng Nuo decided to take advantage of Jiang Jiang Zuo's return to Beijing and not yet come back, and transfer Jiang Baili and others by telegram, and when these people came, he would inevitably start a chemical weapons training course for "school workers" in the future, in case of emergency.

No matter how good something is, someone has to be able to use it.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on Cheng Nuo and the Academy of Sciences themselves, and the development of the chemical industry is also indispensable.

For this reason, it is necessary to cultivate chemical industry facilities as "invisible armaments" in peacetime, so that they can contribute to the manufacture of poison gas in wartime, not to mention that there is still one round before 1930, which is still early.

"Zhiyuan, look, this is the third consecutive issue of "Chongqing Daily" to report on our synthetic ammonia plant, seeing that the fame of our 'golden land' is getting bigger and bigger, and even nursery rhymes about our 'golden land' are coming from the street, which is gratifying." Fan Xudong suddenly danced a newspaper in his hand and rushed in happily.

Although Cheng Nuo's thoughts were interrupted, after hearing the news, he still said with great interest: "Why, "Yu Bao" is still reporting, counting the articles that interviewed us before, there must be seven or eight articles in total, I don't know if I thought we were contracting this newspaper, what did we talk about this time?" ”

"This time, like the previous two issues, the price and efficacy of our chemical fertilizers are recorded in the "Yucheng Price List"? When I just bought the newspaper, I took advantage of the newsboy to sell the newspaper and quietly overheard two sentences, not to mention, the response was quite good. Fan Xudong spread out the newspaper and said happily.

Turning his head around, Cheng Nuo looked at it with relish: "It is said that "Yu Bao" is one of the oldest in Sichuan, and its reputation is very good, so we can take advantage of this opportunity to expand production capacity, and we will also have the ability to do something else in the future, chemical weapons are still too expensive, and we almost have to make ends meet." ”

However, when the two were happily flipping through the newspaper, Cheng Nuo suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.

Cheng Nuo suddenly asked, "Old Fan, how much is the circulation of "Yu Bao"? ”

After hearing this, Fan Xudong's face immediately became wrong, and he couldn't say a reason for a long time: "It's ...... It's good, and it's said in the whole of Sichuan Province, and the scale is not small. ”

Cheng Nuo was not stopped by these words, and said in a deep voice: "Old Fan, you are honest, how many there are, give me an accurate number." ”

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Fan Xudong had no choice but to say the answer, and said in a humble heart: "I asked in the last issue, and there are about 900 ......."

Fan Xudong also knew that this number was ugly, and he was afraid that Cheng Nuo would not be able to accept it, so he hurriedly added: "Actually, this is already very good, the first issue of our newspaper is just in the early 500s, and now it has increased so much, it is said that we have made a great contribution." ”

was fooled once, where was Cheng Nuo willing to suffer a second loss, staring at Fan Xudong tightly, trying to find some clues from his face.

Sure enough, Fan Xudong's heart was extremely weak, and he had no confidence to look at him at all, so he was helpless, and his face was directly horizontal, quite a bit of a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water: "It's really good, other newspapers must usually burn high incense when they break 500, "Chongqing Daily" is all going for 1000, and the short man picks the general, but he is also a general, isn't he?" ”

In the following questioning, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but gasp.

It turns out that among the hundreds of copies of "Chongqing Daily", a large part of them are gifts, similar to the kind of later generations that send a leaflet and give you a small fan.

In this way, a lot of readers have been added.

Later, if you inquire about the "National" magazine of the Academy of Sciences, it will be even more difficult to break through the hundred.

Although there are reasons for the high reading threshold of popular science magazines, more importantly, the illiteracy rate in Sichuan is too high, which is too fatal.

If Cheng Nuo does not solve this problem, then the creation of the local industrial base will be impossible, and the shortage of talents will be too deadly.

Even ordinary industrial workers must at least be literate.

"It's better to invite Mr. Tao Xingzhi over quickly, build some schools, lay a good foundation, and then combine with the China Vocational Education Association to train as many industrial workers as possible.

"As for the faculty resources, just take advantage of the First World War to open up the chemical weapons market at the same time, and see if we can find some talents from Europe to come back......"

Looking at the goldfish in the water tank, Fan Xudong suddenly said: "Zhiyuan, you said that when we learned scientific knowledge, shouldn't we all have the purpose of exploring the truth, but now we are going farther and farther into practical industry, and even researching chemical weapons, are we going astray?" ”

Cheng Nuo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed at himself: "I believe that scientists should still devote themselves to exploring the truth after all, but are there any happy and gratifying memories in the career of concentrating on learning?" It would be a great honor for scientists if these memories could contribute to their homeland or be related to the expectations of their compatriots.

Especially in the face of national crisis, our value should be reflected in the cause of national defense, as the saying goes, science has no borders, but scientists have national boundaries. ”

Fan Xudong suddenly said inexplicably: "So is this the reason why you gave up mathematical research and switched to chemistry?" ”

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Cheng Nuo's face instantly darkened: "Which pot doesn't open and which pot is mentioned, right?" Besides, who told you that I was going to give up mathematics, but mathematical exploration is not so easy, and I want to do some chemistry in the middle to change my brain, but it is not what you say. ”

Fan Xudong quietly turned his head away, pursed his lips and whispered, "You just blow it." ”

Although the voice was relatively small, but the distance was relatively close, Cheng Nuo still heard the words, took two steps in front of Fan Xudong, and said quietly: "We have indeed created chemical weapons at the moment, but protective equipment such as gas masks, our research is still in a blank, and at the moment, our School of Chemistry has more experience in you, so I will leave this matter to you."

It's easy to say that you have human, material and financial resources, but you need to come up with a result as soon as possible, preferably before you go to Europe. ”

Seeing that it was not easy for two days, this would arrange another job, Fan Xudong bluntly said that he wanted to cry without tears.

But I still want to do this in my heart, after all, chemical weapons can be used by themselves, and the enemy can also use them, and if the protective equipment is too poor, it will still suffer on the actual battlefield.

After thinking about it, Cheng Nuo still decided to take the initiative to share the pressure for Fan Xudong: "In this way, after a while, I will invite Dean Wu Liande of the School of Medicine, he is the world's leading expert in respiratory prevention and control, you can get in touch with each other, then you can study gas masks, and he can also improve medical masks, in a sense, it is also a complement." ”

Fan Xudong said happily: "I almost forgot that there is such an expert, where is Dean Wu now?" If it's not too far, I'll pick him up myself. ”

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Not to mention the distance, just in terms of time, I'm afraid Dean Wu Liande won't be busy these days." ”

Fan Xudong said curiously: "I know that he is the primary contributor to the solution of the plague in the Northeast, isn't he still far away in the Northeast?" ”

Cheng Nuo shook his head, sighed and said: "Of course not, it's just that the distance is not very close, there have been inexplicable epidemics in several places in Shanghai recently, and I am now helping my compatriots in Shanghai. ”

Fan Xudong also sighed: "Great medicine governs the country, Chinese medicine treats people, and small doctors cure diseases." Dean Wu is really heroic. ”

After the "spear" and "shield" were arranged, Cheng Nuo officially began preparations to go to Europe and the United States.

The first is to peddle the chemical weapons researched by the School of Chemistry, and the money from selling them is secondary, as long as it can cover the cost of research and development.

It is important to accumulate some experimental data in order to see which chemical weapons are better adapted to the needs of the battlefield, and to build on this foundation and, if possible, to compile what is seen on the battlefields in Europe into a textbook for future chemical weapons education.

Combat planning, training, weapon development, and so on, all need to be prepared in advance.

The second is to see if we can hire some more professional chemical talents from Germany.

Whether before or after World War I, Germany's chemical technology was a world leader, and the research and development of chemical weapons was unique in the world.

In this regard, the Japanese devils even hired Dr. Matzner, who played a major role in the poison gas warfare of World War I, to Japan, thus turning Japan's chemical warfare equipment into a German-style.

The arrival of Metzner? It can be said that it has lit a bright light for Japan's chemical weapons research, which has been groping in the dark and struggling with its steps, and has enabled the Japanese army to master the basic techniques and methods of poison gas weapons and poison gas warfare.

It can also be said that by hiring German specialists, a large number of weapons of destruction spread from Germany to Japan.

Of course, the ability to develop chemical weapons is not the same as the ability to gas warfare.

In addition to the development of poisons? The ability of poison gas warfare also includes poison gas production capacity, poison gas delivery means and attack capabilities, poison gas defense capabilities, detection systems, etc., Cheng Nuo knew that these things could not be made behind closed doors, and if they wanted to develop, they must be tested on the battlefield.

Although Japan's chemical weapons have made us suffer a lot, if we put it on the battlefield in Europe, whether it is the quality or quantity of chemical weapons, Japan, which has been developed for several decades, is only the average level of all countries in World War I.

Even its gas masks are not much different from those used in Europe at the end of World War I. It is effective against irritant agents, but it can only protect against erosive agents for a short time or under limited conditions, and the ability to protect against all-round toxic agents and nerve agents is very poor.

Of course, in addition, Cheng Nuo also wants to introduce a chemical weapons detection system. Once poison gas is cast on the battlefield? The detection system makes it possible to quickly detect the type of poison gas used, which may reduce the number of victims.

In other words, the poison gas weapons of the Japanese devils can bring a serious threat and a heavy blow to our army on the battlefield, not because of the high level of poison gas warfare of the Japanese devils, but because of the weak anti-chemical capability of our army.

Just like the iron tank of the Japanese devils, it is not necessary to show off its might here in us, but it is not necessary to put it on the European battlefield.

All in all, Cheng Nuo went to Europe, in addition to making money and collecting talents, more importantly, learning from experience.

With the true scriptures, we can carry out dimensionality reduction strikes against the Japanese devils on the battlefield of resistance against Japan in the future.

When he learned the news that Cheng Nuo was going to Europe, Liang Qichao first rushed to the door and said excitedly: "Zhiyuan, I heard that you are going to Europe?" ”

Although Cheng Nuo didn't understand why Liang Qichao was so happy, he couldn't hide it from the comrades inside the Academy of Sciences about his long trip, so he simply admitted generously: "Yes, the current situation in the European war is becoming clearer, and it is estimated that it will not take long to end. ”

Liang Qichao smiled happily: "Then have you figured out where to go?" ”

Cheng Nuo didn't want to explain his true intentions, so he hid half of what he said, true and false: "Isn't our first class of studying in France about to end, and it's time to contact the school soon, I, as the dean, want to go over to check for these younger students first, and visit a few schools, not limited to the one acre and three points of land in France."

By the way, let's see if there are suitable conditions for setting up a factory, just this piece of land in China can't meet so many mouths in our Academy of Sciences. ”

Liang Qichao asked: "That is to say, visiting students in the past?" Is there a specific school? ”

Cheng Nuo thought for a moment and replied: "Oxford and Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and the University of Paris in France, learn from the experience, maybe I will return to China again, and we will set up a modern university in the West." ”

The school is real, and the visiting school is also true, but Cheng Nuo didn't tell the whole story.

The First World War was the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in human history, and Germany was successfully put into battle by Fritz Haber, a professor at the University of Berlin and the creator of synthetic ammonia.

The British government entrusted the research of chemical weapons and their protective technologies to major universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, Birmingham, Imperial College London, and University College London, while France organized 16 universities and medical schools led by the University of Paris to conduct research on chemical weapons.

Even in the United States at this time, scientists from major universities began "research on military poison gas, its production and protection" under the guidance of the National Research Council.

Therefore, Cheng Nuo will naturally not let go of this "academic exchange" conference.

Liang Qichao nodded after hearing this, with a hint of anticipation in his excitement: "Then wait for me to give me a ride?" ”