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Chapter 421 Heartless Cannon and Penicillin
As Li Mu returned home with a large amount of supplies, Nanyang became even busier.Build power plants, set up telephone and telegraph lines covering the entire Nanyang area, and various infrastructure projects, such as [-] primary schools.

In addition, Li Mu started a new project and chose a relatively hidden place to build a military airport.

In addition, relocating the school buildings of several universities is the most important among them. At most, Li Mu hired tens of thousands of migrant workers to do this.

There is also good news that several universities have agreed to migrate here.At present, the relocation work has started. For this reason, Li Mu sent all the ten heavy trucks and [-] light trucks he just bought to help these universities transfer.

After all, it is not only the teachers and students who need to be transferred, but all kinds of materials, supplies, laboratory equipment, and books are too difficult to transport by manpower alone, and it is more convenient to use a car.

As for the driver, it is not a problem, it is easy to recruit.Roads are not a problem either. Nowadays, all provinces are actually connected by roads, and basically all regions in the province are also connected by roads.

Taking Shanxi as an example, in 1919, Yan Laoxi promulgated the "Shanxi Road Construction Program Outline". In 1920, with the provincial capital Taiyuan as the center, the 213-kilometer trunk road from Pingyao to Xin County was officially started. It was completed and opened to traffic at the end of that year, becoming the first road in Shanxi.

Then in 1921, the "Yellow River Highway" from Pingyao to Liulin Jundu was also completed and opened to traffic.By the time Yan Laoxi participated in the Central Plains War in 1930, more than 2000 kilometers of roads had been opened to traffic in Shanxi.

Moreover, since the first road in Shanxi was built in 1920, some businessmen have purchased cars to transport passengers on the road from Taiyuan to Taigu.

With the continuous increase of roads, shrewd Shanxi businessmen have also participated.By 1926, there were seven private automobile companies in Shanxi: Taijun, Jiaotong, Taian, Taiji, Taifeng, Taitong, and Taijin.

You can see the whole picture at a glance. This is the case in Shanxi, and the development of coastal economically developed areas is even stronger.

So these days, there is no shortage of drivers, and the road conditions between the provinces are also adequate.

However, this is also the reason why domestic oil prices are so high today. After all, so many cars require too much oil.The main import channels were blocked again, and those that were only shipped through other channels were given priority by the Guofu to supply the army, and not many could be supplied to the civilian population.

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The school's relocation plan is in full swing, and the security team's reorganization plan has also begun.

On the basis of the original, five new departments were established, the Joint Staff Department, the Logistics Support Department, the Industrial Equipment Development Department, the Reserve and Recruit Training Department, and the Disciplinary Inspection Department.

In addition to these five major departments, there is also an "office office" directly under Li Mu, which mainly serves him, responsible for uploading and downloading documents, processing documents and issuing various orders.

In terms of talents, more and more coastal areas and big cities have fallen, and many talents have fled to the interior.Especially some military talents who stayed in the enemy-occupied areas, if they didn't take refuge in Xiaobenzi, they would end up dead.Even Wu Peifu, a direct lineal boss who had already resigned, was poisoned and killed because he refused to take refuge in Xiaobenzi, let alone other people.

This has also led to the influx of many military talents into the central and western regions. There is a radish and a hole in Guofu, and the headmaster is looking at the direct descendants who graduated from the Central Military Academy. access, let alone reuse.

In this way, Li Mu recruited a large number of military talents with high salaries through some channels such as Muwu Commercial Bank, and the various departments quickly completed the formation work.

With so many talents and specific departments in charge of various businesses, the reorganization and expansion of the security regiment is also in full swing.

The original guard company became a guard regiment, and the engineering company and cavalry company were also upgraded to regiments.

The original health company was abolished this time. Under the logistics support department, a medical support system specifically for the army was established, including several field hospitals.The communications company was assigned to the Joint Staff.

The investigation company was reorganized into a special brigade by Li Mu.Next, they will purchase some more professional ordnance for them, such as sniper guns, semi-automatic rifles, submachine guns... and then train them according to the training methods of later generations of special forces.

The artillery regiment has also been set up, and a lot of corresponding instructors have been recruited. Although there are only six cannons at present, the training can start.

The rest, all form infantry regiments.

In addition, Li Mu organized a crash course for military officers to train grassroots military officers.

Taking some time in the middle, he directed the newly recruited technicians to make a legendary weapon "Flying Thunder Cannon", or Heartless Cannon.

The principle of "unconscionable cannon" is similar to the common two-shot cannon, which uses the reaction force to project a certain weight of explosives.

This kind of gun is simple and easy to learn, and the main material is the air oil barrel.

Bury the gasoline barrel half in the soil, fill it with propellant, and then separate it with wooden boards or other things, put the explosive pack bundled into a disc shape, and then ignite the propellant charge, and the ten kilogram explosive pack can be ignited. Throw to a distance of 150-200 meters.

The caliber of this weapon is absolutely astonishing. It is said that as thick as the barrel is, the caliber will be as large.The strong explosive impact produced by the huge explosive package will blow up wherever it passes, bunkers, and people and horses.Many of the enemies who were blown down often couldn't find any wounds on their bodies, but they were bleeding from seven holes, and they were shocked to death.

It's a pity that it was invented a bit late. When the east gate of Shanzhou was attacked in 1947, the "Flying Thunder Cannon" made its debut.

However, when he made his first appearance, he left a deep impression on the enemy. A few "flying thunder cannons" passed by and collapsed the bunker guarded by the enemy. From then on, the seemingly simple explosive projectile began his legendary battle career.

In the Battle of Huaihai in 1948, the "Flying Thunder Cannon" once again showed its prowess in the battle to wipe out the Huangwei Corps.

At that time, Huang Wei's No.12 Corps was surrounded by seven columns in Shuangduiji, Anhui.Relying on the terrain, Huang Wei began to organize his troops to build a large number of bunkers and trenches. He also surrounded hundreds of cars in a circle, and then piled up a circle with sand to build a three-story fortification inside and outside. He believed that our army did not have heavy artillery. , you can wait here for the arrival of reinforcements.

But he didn't know that our army dug out the position where the "Flying Thunder Cannon" was buried in front of his position. On December 12, our army took the lead in blowing the horn of battle. More than 6 "Flying Thunder Cannons" alternated in three rounds. It was fired, and more than 180 kilograms of explosives were projected onto the position in an instant.

The impenetrable position that Huang Wei painstakingly built was turned into scorched earth by the "Flying Thunder Cannon" in just 20 minutes.Under the fierce artillery fire of our army, Huang Wei's army persisted for 90 minutes before surrendering one after another. Many people lost their fighting spirit after being bombarded by the shells, and muttered in their mouths: "It was so miserable, the fight was so miserable".

At that time, the prisoner said: "I have never seen such a powerful cannon. It is too powerful. No shelter is enough. It is more powerful than our cannons."

Because the killing effect of the "Flying Thunder Cannon" was so shocking, many soldiers called the "Flying Thunder Cannon" a "heartless cannon" with lingering fear.Because the people who died under this kind of gun could not find any wounds on their bodies, and their internal organs had already been shattered.After this battle, the "Unconscionable Cannon" replaced the "Flying Thunder Cannon" and became more well-known.

Since then, in order to deal with tanks, armored vehicles and dense arrays, our army has continuously improved its technology, throwing stones and sending cluster grenades.There are more and more tricks, and the power is getting bigger and bigger, and they are gradually used by various field armies in battle.

The last time Feilei Cannon showed its edge was in North Korea.The large troops retreated, and a remnant regiment was responsible for breaking the rear.

Then, unscrupulous cannons were made with gasoline barrels and explosives, and they were fired in two rounds, producing violent explosive and destructive power. Except for the soldiers who were directly killed by the bomb, there were some soldiers who were not hit by the bomb, and many of them were also killed by the bomb. Was shocked to death!
According to the later memories of the British army, they originally planned to launch a violent attack, but they were terribly blown up by an unknown shell, so they could not organize an effective attack for a long time.

After our army was broken, the troops took the opportunity to break away from the encirclement.

It's a pity that the gun without conscience was just a last resort when our army was short of guns and guns. Later, various weapons and equipment were gradually improved, and they were also eliminated by history.

Today, the Anti-Japanese War has just begun. Compared with the small book, our army lacks heavy firepower. Although the unconscionable artillery has many shortcomings, it can also make up for some lack of firepower to a certain extent.

According to Li Mu's description, in half a day, the technicians made a legendary heartless cannon.However, the effect was not good at the beginning, the farthest was only 100 meters, and the soil barrel had to be dug in advance, and the preparation time was too long.

The most important thing is that a gasoline can is scrapped after two or three uses.

For these problems, Li Mu has nothing to do. He has only read it on the Internet and knows some simple principles, but he has never seen the real thing.As for how to do it, it depends on the efforts of technicians.

Next, the technicians experimented many times, and finally several university professors of related majors also participated. After repeated experiments, they finally found a solution.

The method is also very simple. Iron hoops are reinforced on the periphery of the gasoline barrel, and the inside of the barrel is separated by thick jujube wood.In fact, there is a corresponding proportion and attention to the amount of propellant loaded in the second half of the barrel and the weight of explosives placed in the front half.

After many tests, finally developed a flying thunder cannon that can stably launch explosives weighing 12-16 kg to 100-150 meters, and can launch more than 300 meters as far as possible.

Within a radius of 10 meters of the explosion point, any obstacle can be destroyed, and enemies within 20 meters will lose their combat effectiveness.

On this day, the research and development of Heartless Cannon was completed, and Li Mu brought people over to check and accept the results.Among them was Fang Representative from the north, who came to purchase supplies and was specially invited by Li Mu.

With an order, the fuze was ignited, and with a bang, the [-]-kilogram explosive package was quickly thrown away like a shell, leaving only a black spot in an instant.

150 meters away, there was a dilapidated cottage. There was a loud bang, bricks and stones flew horizontally, the ground shook, and the wall of the village was blown away.

Then seven or eight flying thunder cannons smashed in, and the whole village was completely destroyed. Not only did all the walls of the village disappear, but the ground seemed to have been plowed, and it was full of big holes that had been blown up.

Representative Fang looked at the unconscionable cannon in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more he admired it, the more he liked it, such a simple structure, so easy to make, isn't it tailor-made for them?They are the ones that lack the most weapons, especially heavy weapons.

After being shocked for a while, he said: "This weapon is very suitable for the country, and it is of great help to the current situation. What is the name of this new weapon?"

Li Mu said: "Flying Thunder Cannon!"

Representative Fang said excitedly, "Fei Lei Pao, what a name."

After saying a few more words, Li Mu ordered: "Adjutant Xu, ask the technicians to sort out the techniques and detailed steps of making the Thunder Cannon, and give a copy to Representative Fang."

Representative Fang said excitedly, "Thank you, thank you..."

Li Mu smiled: "It's nothing, it's all for fighting devils. In addition, the gasoline barrels used to make the Thunder Cannon are quite rich here. If there is any shortage, I will give you a batch when I leave."

Representative Fang was even more excited, he didn't expect to meet such a friendly force.

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After finishing this matter, several universities moved here one after another.

Shandong University was the first to complete the relocation. They had just moved to Anqing, and they had nothing to miss.Moreover, from Anqing to Nanyang, you can go by water, from the Yangtze River to the Hanshui River, and then to the Baihe River, all the way directly, and quickly moved teachers and students, various books, equipment, and laboratory equipment.

The second one to complete the relocation was the Faculty of Science and Engineering of Beiyang University. Four heavy trucks and thirty light trucks ran back and forth three or four times. Finally, all the teachers, students, books, equipment, and laboratories were moved here. .

Then there is Peking University. Due to the large number of teachers and students, there are more items that need to be transferred. Six heavy trucks and fifty light trucks have traveled three or four times, but they have not finished.

After the completion of the transfer of students from the Faculty of Science and Industry of Beiyang University.A total of ten heavy trucks and eighty light trucks made several trips before all the people and items were transferred.

Finally, there was Henan University. It seemed that it was difficult to leave the school because the little devil hadn’t been caught yet, so they kept procrastinating, and only started to move when they heard that several other colleges and universities had gathered in Nanyang.

Due to the large number of teachers and students, there are also a lot of materials, equipment, equipment, and books that need to be transferred.Ten heavy trucks, eighty trucks, ran back and forth seven or eight times before completing the transfer.

So far, four well-known universities in China have completed the migration work.

Naturally, the Nanyang side has already prepared the school building, which can accommodate all the students and is rich.However, it is obviously not as good as the original conditions of the school, but compared with the schools that moved to other places, the conditions are much better.

When the teachers and students of these universities had just settled down, a plan that Li Mu had been brewing for a long time began to be implemented.

Through selection, Li Mu selected a group of professors and students from the chemistry and biology departments of these universities.After asking their opinions, those willing to sign a non-disclosure agreement were dragged into a very secret base deep in the mountains.

This place has obviously just been built, but the size is not small. There are laboratories and factories, but it is currently empty and empty.

Although it was empty, this place was obviously not an ordinary place, and the guards were extremely tight, with at least one regiment of soldiers stationed around.Coupled with the surrounding high mountains and dense forests, it is simply difficult to fly.

Soon, another group of biological and chemical related technicians and experts were sent here, all of whom were recruited by Muwu Trading Company with high salaries after screening them one by one in major cities during this period.

Only then did they know the next task, which was to extract, cultivate, and produce an antibiotic.

In this era, basically no one in China knew about penicillin, and even in foreign countries, not many people knew about it. Only a very small number of people began to try to do experiments on extracting penicillin.

This is what Li Mu would like to see. The best way to keep it secret is that these experimenters don't know what they extract and what they are using it for.

There are very big interests involved in this in the future, and in terms of confidentiality, nothing can be overstated.

However, although I don't know what it is.The specific process of how to extract, how to cultivate, and how to produce has been told.

Their task is to realize the process on paper in reality.If you need any equipment, you can ask for it, and someone will help you purchase it.

Although a group of people are dizzy, but with such a high salary, the accommodation conditions and living standards here are excellent. In this war-torn era, it is already very rare, so what more can you expect.

Whatever people ask for, they will do as they please.

(End of this chapter)