Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 60 Inspection of Steel Plant

Boom boom boom boom.

Another burst of artillery sounded, and a dozen shells flew towards the target ship 200 meters away in turn.

At such a short distance, the gunner does not need to consider any parabola at all, and only needs to aim directly.

On the hillside, Cao Cao held a single-lens telescope and could clearly see the shelling in the distance.

In this round of shelling, at least five shells hit the target ship 200 meters away.

No matter where it is, as long as it is hit by a shell, a big hole will be punched out.

Ships made of wood have wood grain, and after being hit, it will also form a tearing effect.The holes made are not very regular circles, but have various shapes.

Boom boom boom boom!
Soon, the second round of shelling began.

More than a dozen shells flew towards the target ship again.

"Look, the target boat has entered the water and is about to sink."

Suddenly, someone shouted in surprise.

Under everyone's gaze, the target boat in the Baihe River began to tilt after being hit by two rounds of shells, and then slowly sank into the water.

Seeing this scene, Cao Cao only felt emotional.

At this moment, he thought of the battle of Chibi two years ago, the scene where his soldiers were not good at water warfare and were beaten by the Sun Liu coalition army and ran away with their heads in their hands.

In order to cross the river, he had to order the boats to be chained together, but in the end he was defeated and nearly wiped out.

If there were such gunboats at that time, as long as there were ten, he would be able to beat the navy of the Sun Liu coalition army from appearing in his field of vision.

"Haha, good, good ship, good ship, good, good cannon, good cannon!" Cao Cao clapped his hands and laughed, but there were already crystal tears in the corners of his eyes.

by his side.Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun's eyes were also red, perhaps they also thought of the defeat at Chibi.

Under everyone's gaze, after a few minutes, the target boat finally completely sank to the bottom of the river.

Then, a horn sounded, and the gunboat that had just sunk the target ship rowed down the hillside with its oars, and finally docked on the river bank.

"Come on, let's go to the boat and have a look." Cao Cao said to the crowd.

Then he took the lead and rode towards the position where the gunboat was docked.

At this time, all the sailors and soldiers on the gunboat had disembarked and formed two straight rows on the river bank and in the open space.

"Prime Minister."

"Prime Minister."

Sailor Gate was very excited to see Cao Cao.

"You guys are doing well." Cao Cao patted Ding Ruchang, the captain of the gunboat, on the shoulder and said, "Take me up to have a look."

"Yes." Ding Ruchang quickly agreed.

Soon, Cao Cao and a group of people came to the gun boat.

After boarding the boat, Cao Cao first saw the thirty cannons neatly arranged on both sides of the boat.

"Not bad, really good." Cao Cao stroked the body of the cannon, as if he was stroking his new wife.

"Ding Ruchang, right? Come on, fire two cannons and let me see." Cao Cao said to Ding Ruchang beside him.

"This..." Ding Ruchang was a little hesitant. He looked at Li Bai aside. Seeing Li Bai secretly nodding, he agreed and said, "Okay, I'll let the gunner fire the cannon."

After a while, Ding Ruchang called a few gunners.

In the cabin, everyone just watched, watching the gunner clean the barrel, then fill the gunpowder, load the shells, push the cannon to the gun window, and finally Ding Ruchang pulled a flintlock ignition rope.

boom!
There was only a bang, and in an instant, a puff of white smoke rushed out from the tail of the gun, and then quickly filled the cabin.

Everyone's focus is not here. Many people are looking at the front of the muzzle, watching a shell fly quickly over a long distance, and finally disappear from sight.

"Not bad, very good, Ding Ruchang, right? Would you like to serve the court?" Cao Cao asked Ding Ruchang.

Although Ding Ruchang was the captain of the gunboat, he did not have any official position.

"Well, of course I would." Ding Ruchang said hastily.

"Okay, from now on, you will be the general of my Han navy battalion." Cao Cao laughed.

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Hearing Cao Cao's words, Ding Ruchang quickly thanked him.

"It's getting late, let's go back to have lunch." Cao Cao said to the crowd, and then took the lead to get off the boat.

In the afternoon, Cao Cao visited Zhang Qingfeng again and thanked him for his invention of the gun boat and artillery.

The next day, accompanied by Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou, and Yang Shen, the prefect of Yuyang, Cao Cao and his party headed for Junping.

Luping Steelworks, once again ushered in the inspection of Cao Cao.

"It's different, very different."

Looking at the appearance of the steel factory, Cao Cao couldn't help sighing.

"When I came here a few years ago, the steelmaking workshop was only a little big, with just a dozen rooms and a small steelmaking furnace."

Cao Cao said: "And now everyone looks over there, it turns out that there are all steelworks sites over there, and look at those furnaces, they are taller than houses."

"And it is said that there are tens of thousands of people working around this steel factory, which is really scary."

Afterwards, surrounded by a group of people, Cao Cao and his party marched into the steelworks area.

First of all, everyone came to the gravel area. The group stopped and walked, watching countless workers crush the iron ore with machines, and then loaded it into a truck and transported it to the blast furnace for standby.

After that, workers will prepare coke, iron ore, limestone and other materials according to a certain proportion, and they can be put into the blast furnace at any time.

"Prime Minister, the No. [-] blast furnace is about to produce iron, shall we go and have a look?" Liu Ping, the person in charge of the steelworks, asked Cao Cao.

"Let's go and have a look." Cao Cao nodded.

Soon, a group of people headed towards No. [-] blast furnace.

At this time, beside the No. [-] blast furnace, countless workers are ready to be released.

"Open the furnace."

Not long after Cao Cao and his party arrived, following an order from the supervisor of the No. [-] blast furnace, the workers opened the valve for the molten iron.

Immediately, countless fiery hot molten irons flowed out from under the blast furnace, and the molten iron suddenly became cold, sparking a series of sparks.

Then, the molten iron flowed along a trench into several large factories.

In several large workshops, countless workers have prepared the molds, and after the molten iron flows into the molds, the rails can be poured one by one.

The rail mold uses two separate molds, which can be reused and the efficiency can be guaranteed.

Unlike the rails forged by large machinery in later generations, the quality of the poured rails is very poor, but it is enough for steam locomotives that are not fast.

If it is a high-speed railway rail, the rail made by this pouring method will not work.

Half an hour later, more than half of the molten iron in the blast furnace was released, and then the workers closed the valve for tapping the molten iron.

Next, the workers began to feed materials into the blast furnace, mainly coke, iron ore and limestone and so on.

The workers feed materials according to a certain ratio, and the molten iron left in the blast furnace can quickly release a large amount of heat from the coke and melt the iron ore into molten iron.

After a furnace of molten iron is formed, more than half of it can be released again, and then the materials can be added to melt the molten iron before being released.

Such repeated non-stop, a blast furnace can run continuously day and night for decades.

"This furnace can produce so much iron. No wonder it is said that the Luping Steel Plant can smelt 4000 million catties of iron a year."

Seeing the process of tapping iron from the blast furnace, Cao Cao said in shock.

Not only Cao Cao, but everyone was shocked by the amount of iron produced in one blast furnace.

"Prime Minister, the No. [-] open hearth furnace will be out of molten steel in an hour, would you like to see it?"

Not long after the molten iron came out of the No. [-] blast furnace, Liu Ping reported to Cao Cao again.

"Of course." Cao Cao said.

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