1890 King of Southeast Asia

October 10th, the weather was clear, the sun was high in the sky, and the wind was northwest.

Zhang You was busy contacting classmates and had no time to care about Liu Yiming.

"Brother Yiming, go out, go out, I'm writing a letter to my friend, you go out!" In the Liu family, in the yard where Zhang You lived, Zhang You was pushing Liu Yiming out of the door with all his strength.

"Okay, okay, I'll go, I'll go, be careful, don't fall!" Liu Yiming saw that Zhang You's feet were already tilted 70 degrees from the ground, and hurriedly supported Zhang You.

The result was that one pushed out, but couldn't push, and the other was worried that the other would fall, so he supported his hand. It didn't seem like he was chasing people away, but more like a young swallow throwing himself into his arms.

Murphy's Law, no matter how small the probability of things going wrong is, it will eventually happen.

Zhang You, who was pushing Liu Yiming, tilted his body too much, slipped and fell down. It was mentioned in the previous article that this was a Dutch manor. Later, the owner of the yard returned to China and sold it to the Liu family. The house was all marble floors. Once Zhang You fell down, knee injuries were inevitable.

After Liu Yiming traveled through time, he was quick-witted and just pulled Zhang You's hand, lifted it up, and reached down with his left hand. Well, he hugged her and didn't let her fall.

But this action requires strength. Now Liu Yiming's hand is around Zhang You's waist, and the two are tightly pressed together. Well, Zhang You's feet have left the ground and are dangling weakly.

Both of them were silent. Zhang You was flustered. She almost fell down and was hugged again. Her mind was frozen. Liu Yiming was thinking that it was a good thing that he didn't fall, but what to do next, but he was in a dilemma.

Let go. Liu Yiming felt the soft waist with his left hand. Their chests touched, and Zhang You could even feel the strong heartbeat through 32c.

Liu Yiming was ready to make the best of a bad situation and slowly moved his face closer.

Girls of this era don't understand this. Zhang You stared with big eyes, thinking, "What is Brother Yiming doing?"

Liu Yiming looked at the pure eyes and changed his way. He touched her forehead and was ready to say a few words to warm up the atmosphere.

"Cough cough cough! Cough! Cough!"

There was a cough outside the house, and Zhang Wentao and Liu Wanhua happened to pass by. Because they wanted to drive Liu Yiming away, Zhang You's small courtyard door was open...

Frightened by the cough, Zhang You came to his senses and hurriedly got off Liu Yiming.

"Ridiculous!" Liu Wanhua stared at Liu Yiming, "Humph!"

"Alas~, Brother Wentao, I'm really sorry! I'm a bad parent..." Liu Wanhua turned to Zhang Wentao and said.

"Dad, it's not like that. I almost fell just now. Brother Yiming was in a hurry..." Zhang You saw that he had misunderstood and wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to say it.

"How can you hug someone like this?" Zhang You didn't know how to explain, and blurted it out.

After this, Zhang Wentao believed it. He had seen many hugs, but it was indeed the first time he hugged like this.

Then he couldn't help laughing.

"Wanhua, it's all misunderstanding. Besides, they are an engaged couple and haven't seen each other for many years. Although it doesn't comply with the regulations, it's okay to improve their relationship." Zhang Wentao thought that his daughter would marry him in the future, so he made up the second half of the sentence.

The opportunity to tease his young fiancée was gone, and he was scolded. Liu Yiming left the Liu family in disgrace and returned to the headquarters.

Now most of the documents can be handed over to the staff department for processing. Liu Yiming was freed and wrote textbooks in the headquarters. This is the textbook for Chen Minghan of the training team. Now Chen Minghan is the second in command of the recruit training camp, responsible for life education, and the first in command is responsible for combat training.

The ideological textbooks must consider applicability, and they cannot be vague. Vagueness is philosophy, which is very important, but it is not what the army should learn.

After writing it twice, Liu Yiming was writing it for the third time, and then the office phone rang.

Liu Yiming's office has three phones, one for military, one for contacting the government affairs department, and one for industry. In addition to military, the other two are dedicated lines, directly contacting the government affairs department and the industrial bureau.

This time it was the call from the Industrial Bureau. This phone was usually the most idle, especially after the ship docked and unloaded. Because of the special period, military was the first choice and industry was the second choice. Xu Hui had great power. He could solve all the usual problems. If he couldn't solve them, he would directly find Liu Yiming or Chen Jiangtao. He rarely called.

"Hello, this is Liu Yiming." Liu Yiming answered the phone and said.

"I'm Xu Hui, Yiming, the rocket was successfully tested, and there is also a barreled gun. Come and see it!" Xu Hui said excitedly on the phone.

"When! Okay, I'll go now!" Liu Yiming was also very excited and hurried to the arsenal.

When he arrived at the arsenal, Xu Hui was already waiting for him at the door.

"You are here, hurry up." Xu Hui pulled him into the test site anxiously.

As soon as he entered the test site, he saw a cannon standing there. The gun carriage was very simple and the bolt was also old-fashioned. It looked like a replica of the German steel cannon, combined with some improvements made to the British sampan gun.

But none of this matters. Liu Yiming cares about the processing capability of the gun barrel. Although the mechanical conditions have been met, the processing conditions are obviously not good enough.

"Is this a three-inch gun?" Liu Yiming asked after comparing the caliber.

"Yes, we considered it for a long time, and finally thought that the three-inch gun can have universal shells and reduce the pressure on logistics!" Qian Jin, one of the first people to join Liu Yiming's gang, studied mechanics at the time, but then studied chemistry and worked on phosgene. Later, he entered the nitric acid factory. Finally, Xu Hui, who could not find any chemical talent, was arrested to be responsible for the production of picric acid. Only after Liu Yiming gained full power could he do his old business.

Later, he found that his old job was not fun, so he came to the arsenal to join the artillery research and development team.

This time, he was in charge of the 75 gun.

"Have you tested it?" Liu Yiming asked.

"We have fired a base number of guns. There is no problem with the barrel. The airtightness of the gun bolt is inherently insufficient. Our processing capacity is also limited, so we can only manufacture this type." Qian Jin said.

"What are the parameters of this gun?" Liu Yiming asked.

"Type: mountain gun, weight: 650 kg in deployment weight, can be disassembled into four parts during marching. Caliber: 2, maximum range 4250 meters, barrel length 1,670 mm (L22), elevation range -8 to +25 degrees, horizontal range 4 degrees, firing three-inch sampan gun shells, rate of fire 5 rounds/min, shell initial velocity 380m/s." Qian Jin answered proudly.

Indeed, in the field of 75 guns, before Miss France came on stage, this was also a good gun, except that the range was a little low, but this was a mountain gun, and the gun bolt still had problems.

But the problem is that the mountain cannons in hand will soon be outdated. The spring hydraulic recoil technology will soon be applied to cannons. The real rapid-fire cannon will soon appear, and Sishui has already made smokeless gunpowder, that is, type B propellant, using nitrocellulose, and is still trying to produce new propellants.

After the completion of the synthetic ammonia plant, the current way of charging picric acid will also change. The current passivated picric acid is extremely unsafe to produce and store due to its instability, which limits the output. Three years ago, Nobel had invented a cheap and stable explosive, the super strong dana explosive. Liu Yiming was going to use this as a filler to develop new artillery shells. The process of trinitrotoluene is relatively complicated and has high requirements. It is still relatively expensive now. Liu Yiming only makes technical reserves.

So, this cannon may be the only one, which has been completely outdated. Now that the sample gun has come out, it needs to be improved and finalized. This will take a year or so. If it is to be mass-produced, it will take some time, and then it will be outdated as soon as it is installed.

"Very good, we now have the ability to produce cannons, and we are one step closer to defeating the Dutch!" Liu Yiming still encouraged.

"But I don't plan to produce this gun for the time being."

"Why?" Qian Jin asked in confusion.

"What's wrong, Yiming?" Xu Hui also asked.

"You are all engaged in military industry. We have already produced smokeless propellant, you know?" Liu Yiming said.

Qian Jin and Xu Hui reacted immediately.

"Is that so? This gun was made in vain!" Qian Jin felt very uncomfortable.

"Not really, we are now making technical reserves! By the way, it is also training workers." Liu Yiming comforted.

"After that, you will jog in small steps and try to produce large-caliber guns and large-caliber shells at the same time, mainly testing production and processing technology." Liu Yiming said.

"In addition, Europe is already experimenting with hydraulic spring recoil technology. Once completed, this will be a revolution in artillery. Next, you will demonstrate and experiment with the possibility of tube recoil. I will give you some parameters and technical ideas, and you will try to make it." Liu Yiming was afraid that they would be stuck on the frame recoil gun. Sishui does not have as many laboratories as Europe, and can scientifically find success. Besides, if you have a golden finger, you are a fool not to use it?

It's just that it's not time for the army to manage the artillery yet. Let's give some technical ideas first, on the one hand, to train researchers and technicians, and on the other hand, to enable them to develop the ability of teamwork. It's really hard to point out, so Liu Yiming is giving him a design drawing.

Liu Yiming has already chosen a gun, the Krupp 1904 75mm mountain gun, which has the advantages of being light and can be transported by four horses. The weight of the gun is 421 kg, the effective range is 5,000 meters, and the maximum rate of fire is 6\\/min.

The gun is 1.8 meters long, 74 centimeters wide, 66 centimeters high, 12 times the caliber, small and light, very suitable for use in Southeast Asia. In addition, Liu Yiming is also considering the production of a small number of Type 92s. The production of Type 92s is not difficult, but the requirements for the process are not low. Of course, Liu Yiming can only talk about it. In terms of materials science, Liu Yiming stands on the shoulders of future generations. Surabaya has left the world far behind. Now the key issue is the process and industrial system.

The advantages and disadvantages of the Type 92 are very obvious. It is light and can even be disassembled into five parts and carried forward by five soldiers in special circumstances. It can be fired directly or indirectly, which is very suitable for jungle warfare. However, its range is short and the initial velocity of the shells is low. It is not used to fight the Dutch. They are all in the castle fortifications and can be used to fight the natives.

Both guns are not easy to imitate. Liu Yiming told them to take their time and not to rush. There is no need to be too serious about fighting the Dutch, and siege is not a matter of three-inch guns.

Next, Xu Hui took Liu Yiming to visit the highlight of the day, the test firing of the 102mm rocket launcher.

At the launch site, a group of laboratory researchers and factory technicians were doing the final test of a bunch of equipment and rockets. They did not notice Liu Yiming coming. Liu Yiming stood quietly beside them and listened to them.

"Take another look, check the fuse."

"Fuel, check if the engine fuel is damaged, if so, fix it immediately."

"Be careful, don't touch it. Although there is not much explosives, it can still make you look bad."

"Check the shell again. The last time it was bent, it would be strange if it didn't fly around after being fired."

"Okay! Everything is normal."

"No problem?"

"Everything is normal, you can launch it!"

At this time, the person in charge of the rocket, who was also one of the first batch of military engineering students, Liu Yong, found Liu Yiming and his group.

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief! Hello, Director Xu! Hello, Director Qian!" Seeing that others didn't notice, Liu Yong had to shout hello.

The group of people then noticed someone nearby and stopped talking.

"Liu Yong, how are you preparing?" Liu Yiming asked with a smile.

"Commander, we will be able to test fire soon. This is the last round of debugging. Everyone is nervous. We are still worried after debugging several times." Liu Yong said.

Liu Yong returned from studying in France. Except for his friend Yang Mian, who is now in charge of the artillery factory, the industrial zone is either British, German or American students. There are really few French students. Southeast Asian Chinese prefer to study in Germany, followed by the United States, then Britain, France and Italy. As for Spain and Portugal, there is no such thing.

Liu Yong and Yang Mian studied industry in France, and later studied weapon design. After returning, they were initially responsible for bullet reloading, then Liu Yong was responsible for the bullet production line, and Yang Mian was responsible for artillery shells. After the bullet production line was running normally, Liu Yong was asked to help in several other factories. Later, he was transferred back to make rockets.

"Take your time, failure doesn't matter, just don't be discouraged." Liu Yiming encouraged. Although it's better not to talk.

"Commander-in-chief, Director Xu, Director Qian, this way, go to the fortifications to watch, it's quite dangerous here." Liu Yong led everyone to a semi-underground fortification, each with a telescope, staring at the test site.

At the test site, the experimenters completed the final measurement and began to load the shells into the launch tube. It can be seen that the rocket shells are very heavy and unskilled, and it took a long time to load them successfully.

Then aim at the target, a target painted on a hillside 500 meters away. After aiming, all the personnel left and fired the target 100 meters away.

"Ready."

"Fire!"

There was a harsh hissing sound, accompanied by thick smoke and strong light, and the rocket shell flew out of the launch tube and hit the target accurately, although the target radius was ten meters.

Because it was a test firing, very little explosives were used, and after hitting it, a muffled sound was made, and it was too far away for anyone to hear.

"Hurry, hurry, go record the data!"

Led by Liu Yong, a large group of people rushed to the launch platform and the target to record and calculate various data, including flight speed, accuracy, corrosion capacity of the launch tube, etc.

This is the first test launch, and there will be three more test launches today. The data of 1000 live ammunition, 2000 live ammunition and 5000 live ammunition will be recorded respectively.