Steel Dynasty - Chapter 931

[Chapter 926 Metal Bullet]

The faint smell of incense filled the imperial study room.

The map of Guandong in the imperial study room hung quietly on the wall, but at this time, the red dots marked by Xiao Ming seemed to be getting bigger and bigger in the eyes of Niu Ben and Luo Quan.

There is no doubt that this place will become the powder keg of the next war, and this time they have to deal with a European power and a grassland tribe that will not die.

After agreeing on the matter, the three discussed the details of the war in front of the map.

In the opinion of the three of them, it is not difficult to deal with Tsarist Russia, because the current Chongqing army not only has better firearms than Tsarist Russia, but also fights on the doorstep, which has a very obvious advantage.

The only variable is the Golden Horde, which is shrinking in the grasslands and waiting for opportunities. These cavalry are still the real threat to the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and the main force of Tsarist Russia’s eastward expansion is also the advance team mainly composed of Cossats. They and the Golden Horde Khan The country is a nomadic people living on the grasslands.

After ten years of development, the Great Yu Kingdom has developed to its current situation. He is very confident in the Great Yu Kingdom, but this confidence is not blind. In terms of cavalry, he admits that it is not as good as the Golden Horde and the Cossats.

But since cavalry is not his advantage, he must crush the enemy’s advantage, and the weapon that crushes the enemy’s advantage is the machine gun that killed countless people during World War I.

In the past, he could only think about this kind of weapon of war, but now that electricity is applied in Qingzhou, Qingzhou’s industry can completely improve, which makes him see hope.

This industrial upgrade will give him the ability to manufacture more sophisticated weapons.

After deciding on the basic strategy, Xiao Ming asked Niu Ben and Luo Quan to go back, while he concentrated on sorting out the scientific and technological data of the 19th century. Now that there is electricity, he can unlock more technologies.

At the same time, as the level of science and technology improves, the technical knowledge required becomes more and more complex. After the emergence of electricity, he needs to be more deeply involved in industrial construction.

After ten years of hard work, Dayu’s industry has grown from scratch and now has a complete foundation. Now it is time to show the real advantages of technology crystals. After all, even if he wanted to realize the technology in the past, he had no foundation, and Now this is no longer a problem.

After a busy morning, Xiao Ming went to Qingzhou University in the afternoon.

During the two years of the war, he never stopped lecturing at Qingzhou University. Under his example, Qingzhou University produced many scientific and technological talents in the past two years. After graduation, these talents entered various industries in the Great Chongqing and became Technical backbone.

Among them, the elites entered various research laboratories to complete the scientific and technological tasks they delivered one by one. Generally speaking, what they are now involved in is generally the conquering of the most cutting-edge technologies, and there is no need to spend energy on ordinary technologies, because Of course someone will do it.

When he arrived at the school, Xiao Ming glanced at the people sitting below, including Lin Wentao, Lu Tong, Song Changping, Chen Qi, Zhang Liu, etc. Basically, everyone from the industrial core of Great Chongqing was there.

Glancing at the crowd, he said straight to the point: “What I want to talk to you about today is the manufacturing of metal bullets. Generally speaking, the process of manufacturing metal bullets is very complicated. It requires at least more than a hundred steps. Just one cartridge case requires With twenty to thirty procedures, it is much more difficult to build a metal bullet production line than a firearms production line, so the development of metal bullets in the military factory requires everyone’s joint efforts. “

“Song Changping’s eyes lit up. Xiao Ming had already mentioned this concept to him, but it was limited by the fact that it couldn’t be completed without the corresponding machinery.

Now that the emperor mentioned it, he saw hope.

Like Song Changping, others also looked excited, because they knew very well that the production of metal bullets involved too many things, and their participation was also required.

Xiao Ming noticed everyone’s expressions. He was very satisfied with the tireless pursuit of knowledge by Lin Wentao and others. In recent years, the role of technological crystals may have had a huge impact on them, but their own attitudes were also extremely important.

It was because of the combination of the two that they were able to surpass the talents of any scientist in Europe.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming turned on the technology crystal. This was something he had to do before every lecture. This would allow them to remember what he said in more detail and see a machine as if they were there. production process and construction.

In just ten years, he developed the country of Chongqing from a country without any industrial foundation to a level equivalent to that of the mid-to-late eighteenth century. Science and technology crystals were crucial.

Now the emergence of electricity will make it easier for Xiao Ming to realize the technology in technology crystals, and this is why he was so excited after generating electricity.

“In general, the structure of metal fixed-loading bullets is the same as that of paper-cased bullets. It is divided into four parts: warhead, propellant, cartridge case, and primer. Naturally, the production of bullets also needs to start from four aspects. Now I will introduce it to you. The punch needed to produce metal bullets,” Xiao Ming said slowly.

Because of the existence of technological crystals, Xiao Ming has detailed necessary machinery and processes for bullet production in his mind. It can be said that the production of metal bullets is a difficult task.

If you want to produce metal bullets, the most basic thing is a mechanical punch, also called a stamping machine. This must be used for the punch bowl required in the production of metal bullets.

Because the function of a mechanical punch is for plates. Through the mold, the punch can make blanking, punching, forming, deep drawing, trimming, fine blanking, shaping, riveting and extrusion parts. The primer part of the bullet needs to be on the copper plate. Stamping production on materials.

When Xiao Ming was talking, a clear picture appeared in everyone’s mind. This is a flywheel driven by an electric motor, which drives the crank link mechanism through the clutch and transmission gear to move the slider up and down.

During the movement, each copper plate was punched and completed. Then the scene turned and they saw some precision molds. These molds were installed on complex lathes. The different structures of the bullets were continuously shaped by these complex lathes. forming.

In one afternoon, Xiao Ming systematically introduced the entire bullet production process and assigned different tasks to different people.

Among them, Lu Tong is naturally responsible for the primer and propellant, Lin Wentao is responsible for the production of punches and other machinery, and Zhang Liu is responsible for the manufacturing of molds. Song Changping and Chen Qi cooperate with Lin Wentao to check the caliber of the current Dayu firearms and verify the bullets and rifling of fit.

“Your Majesty, are you sure the metal bullets will use steel casings this time?”

After generally mastering the knowledge of metal bullets, Song Changping raised a question. Based on his knowledge, copper casings have much greater advantages.

“Yes, it’s a steel shell. After all, the copper in the Great Chongqing Kingdom is not rich.” Xiao Ming regretted that the copper in the Great Chongqing Kingdom is indeed not rich, and he now needs to use the copper for electricity.

(End of chapter)