War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 346 Rapid development across the ages!
Peking Military Branch.

He Yingqin was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed, and at this moment, someone knocked on the door and said, "Chief He, Tianjin's No. 2 is back."

"Hmm~" He Yingqin finally opened his eyes and responded, "Let him in."

At that time, a man dressed in a short-collared shirt came in from the door. From the outside, if someone said he was not a street vendor, you would not believe it. He always had a smiling expression on his face and held the towel in his hand all the time. Even if there was nothing on his hand, he would wipe it habitually with great skill and throw it directly on his shoulder after wiping.

"Commander He."

"Tell me what's going on with Xu Chaoyang."

He didn't take his notebook, but stood in front of He Yingqin and said, "There's nothing wrong with the Dagu Shipyard. They are still suspending work under the pretext of 'repairing fortifications' and pulling up an electric grid. But the laboratory that Captain Xu is tinkering with at the Dagu Shipyard is a little confusing to my subordinates." While he was speaking, he took the towel off his shoulder and continued to wipe his hands, as if his hands could never be wiped clean.

"They made a lot of chemical products and bought rubber from the 'Foreign Affairs Company' in the concession area near the Haihe River. In addition, I heard that Captain Xu bought a lot of bones from the slaughterhouse..."

"What could this be for?"

He Yingqin snorted: "What a strange and clever trick!"

In his opinion, these are not the right path, and only the imperial mentality is the way to the top.

"By the way, Commander He, Commander Xu has also contacted Peking University and asked their mechanical scholars to help tinker with guns. Not only has he modified the German G98 into a shorter version, but he is also currently researching a semi-automatic rifle."

"In addition, they also developed smoke bombs and conducted experiments, causing smoke to fill the mountains and plains outside Tianjin. I went to see it and it choked my nose."

He Yingqin stopped listening and stretched out his index and middle fingers slightly, stopping the description of the "number two" in front of him, and asked formally: "Besides that, does he have any ideas about Tianjin?"

"No!" Number Two said solemnly, "Since the incident with the director of the thermal power plant ended, Commander Xu has ignored County Chief Shi and just wandered around in his own little corner. He doesn't seem to have any desire for power."

"but……"

"explain."

"The Dagu Shipyard, which has not yet started production, has begun recruiting workers in large numbers. These workers have to undergo a series of military training. Commander Xu may be trying to increase the number of troops."

He Yingqin smiled.

It doesn’t matter if your favorite general likes guns, soldiers and money. As long as he doesn’t intend to touch power, he is just a military man in the final analysis!
"Have the people from the Song family gone?"

In response to He Yingqin's question, No. 2 spoke again: "I have already met with Captain Xu, and the two of them didn't seem to be very happy talking."

"Oh?"

Number Two continued, "Young Master Song said that he hopes that Commander Xu will go to Jinling to take charge of the Tax Police Corps..."

"You're really willing to invest in this!"

Number Two: "But Captain Xu..." He almost laughed out loud: "Captain Xu said that in Jinling, even a single blow would require eight reports. He couldn't stand it. He angered Young Master Song..."

He Yingqin also smiled and stood up from the sofa: "This kid never learns what etiquette is."

"By the way, Commander He, Commander Xu is also selling a drug in the Pingjin area. It's nitroglycerin for treating angina pectoris. I've inquired about it. After it's made into medicine, it can be taken under the tongue to relieve the condition. It's run by Yuan Keqin, the son of the Yuan family. So far, it has made a profit of tens of thousands of yuan..."

"Oh, I see."

understood?
Number Two hesitated for a moment and continued, "Then Mr. Yuan contacted the four major banks in Tianjin and planned to lend money to Headmaster Xu..."

"I said I know!" "Yes."

Number Two stepped out. He couldn't understand how He Yingqin could tolerate such a subordinate's reckless behavior. But since He Yingqin had already made his attitude clear, he couldn't say anything.

"Remember, as long as Xu Chaoyang doesn't touch power, he can do whatever he wants in Tianjin."

This was also a helpless move. The Tanggu Agreement prevented the Kuomintang's army from stationing in Tianjin, but Xu Chaoyang was still the commander of the 29th Army on the surface. Therefore, according to the agreement, it was reasonable for him to be stationed in Tianjin. Otherwise, He Yingqin could not have directly given the answer of letting Xu Chaoyang be stationed in Dagu Shipyard.

And it was precisely because of this that true history gave Song Zheyuan of the 29th Army the opportunity to rule North China and earn the title of King of North China.

How could He Yingqin possibly make things difficult for Xu Chaoyang, who only likes guns and soldiers but has no desire for power, because of such a small matter?

The question is, does Xu Chaoyang have no desire for power?
He put all his attention on military industry!

Today, Dagu Factory is different from the past. In late autumn, Dagu Factory hired a large number of graduates from the Department of Mathematics, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Department of Physics of Nankai University, and expanded the laboratory to a scale of 100 people.

Xu Chaoyang also ordered a large amount of rubber from the "Foreign Affairs Company" in the concession, and the first payment was as high as 150,000!
He is feeling painful from spending this money, so is there any way he can avoid taking out a loan from the bank?

As for purchasing large quantities of bones from slaughterhouses, it is for the purpose of extracting white phosphorus!
He had sesame oil from the coking plant, white phosphorus extracted from bones, and rubber purchased from the concessions...

All this originated from Mr. Xiong’s reminder!

"Captain Xu, according to your firing method, after the gasoline bomb is blown up, it will be ignited by the high temperature generated by the explosion, and there will definitely be splashing flames. This is also the reason why the gasoline bombs you saw at Xifengkou could not burn for a long time."

"If you want to use large areas of flames to kill Japanese invaders on a large scale on the battlefield, you need to improve not only the launch method, but also the ignition method."

When Mr. Xiong from the Dagu Shipyard Laboratory explained the unreasonable aspects based on the concept of "petrol bomb", Xu Chaoyang suddenly remembered another way to use petrol bomb, which is to ignite it through white phosphorus!

"No, absolutely not. White phosphorus will evaporate directly in the air. It is impossible to preserve it with current technology."

Just when Xu Chaoyang was about to get worried, he remembered something that had nothing to do with "military industry", which was the "shaman dance" in Northeast China.

This thing is very magical. Although those people who perform shaman dances usually make a lot of noise and jump around, they are really good at fooling people. When they perform shaman dances, they can make candles burn by themselves and firecrackers burn by themselves and then explode. At that time, it left a psychological trauma on Xu Chaoyang when he was a child. It was not until he grew up and watched the decryption program that he understood the truth.

"Mr. Xiong, soak the white phosphorus in carbon disulfide..."

This is why the shaman can make the candles natural!

Carbon disulfide can evaporate quickly in the air. After evaporation, white phosphorus will be exposed to the air and will spontaneously combust. Therefore, the shaman can make the candles spontaneously combust, and the trick looks quite realistic.

Mr. Xiong understood. Not only did he understand, he looked at Xu Chaoyang in surprise and asked, "Captain Xu, you really don't understand chemistry?"

He doesn't believe it. Even if you beat him to death, he still won't believe it!
By volatilizing carbon disulfide and using white phosphorus as an igniter, the gasoline bomb composed of gelatinous perilla and rubber can be ignited. This was a great invention in 1933!

How could such a reckless man like Xu Chaoyang say such things?
This is much stronger than the smoke bomb Mr. Xiong made with sugar and potassium nitrate. Carbon disulfide, that's called carbon disulfide!

At this time, Xu Chaoyang was standing at the door of the laboratory looking at Mr. Xiong. He suddenly wanted to show off, so he deliberately turned around and said, "Not worth mentioning, ah, hahaha... not worth mentioning." He left!

But according to the previous assumption, even if this petrol bomb is fired with a bow, it can achieve the effect of "Chaoyang BBQ". Thinking of this, Xu Chaoyang's mouth corners are harder to suppress than a box gun.

Japs, just wait.

(End of this chapter)