It's better to conquer them than to command the steel torrent

Chapter 22｜Current Status of Industrial Technology

Half an hour later, Shang, who had been wandering downstairs for a long time, finally saw a familiar figure.

Jian Keqiu put on a thick cotton jacket this time. If she still wore a windbreaker like before, Shang Ke would really be afraid that she would freeze to death.

Although she was quite unhappy to be woken up so early in the morning, she still said politely, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I slept late last night."

Shang Ke didn't mind, he waved his hand and smiled: "Wrong, this is called a pleasant surprise."

"What you want." Jian Keqiu handed over a file bag. "We haven't found all the information related to the electronics industry yet, but the rest is ready."

Shang Ke opened the file bag with great interest, which contained dozens of large-size photos.

In this era, before the advent of electrostatic copiers, people generally copied engineering documents by printing blueprints or simply copying them by hand.

Jian Keqiu, who was bothered by the hassle, naturally didn't have the time to do that, so she simply took pictures with a camera and then spent money to develop the film, which was not cheap.

Imagining her taking pictures of the documents spread out on the table page by page with her camera, Shang Ke couldn't help but want to laugh - to be honest, it was a bit like an agent secretly taking pictures of confidential information with a miniature camera.

He pulled out a photo and looked at it carefully. The scale of the country's metallurgical industry was quite large. The growth rate had slowed down due to the impact of the Great Depression in recent years, but the potential for ordinary steel production capacity was still sufficient.

He is more concerned about the proportion of electric furnace steelmaking than conventional open-hearth and converter furnaces, as this directly affects the production capacity of high-quality alloy steel. He is also particularly pleased to see that Republic Steel Group has begun to use electroslag remelting technology.

Considering that the working chamber pressures of the famous 17-pound gun and KwK42 tank gun are 324 MPa and 298 MPa respectively, this level of tank gun is not a big deal for the Grand Unification Federation.

In addition, there is no need to worry about armor steel, just refer to the standard answer - it is generally recognized by later generations that the Soviet-made 53C chromium-nickel-molybdenum rolled alloy steel is one of the armor steels with the best overall performance. Using it as a reference, you can develop a high-toughness rolled steel with a Brinell hardness of 250~260.

In fact, Shang Ke is not very keen on armor-piercing and armor-piercing confrontation, but walking is the basis of running. In any case, it is definitely a good idea to prepare for the ultimate armor-piercing and armor-piercing confrontation first.

As long as the technical integration capabilities are qualified, it is theoretically feasible to advance the development of main battle tanks.

Shang Ke unconsciously revealed an evil smile.

He immersed himself in thought for a moment, quickly forming a rough outline, until a gust of north wind blew him back to reality.

Jian Keqiu in front of him was staring at him with a strange look, as if he was looking at a statue.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked curiously.

"guess?"

"Hmm...I can't guess."

"How should I tell you?" Shang Ke thought about his words and explained vaguely, "The situation is not good. I need to make long-term and comprehensive preparations for national defense."

Hearing this, Jian Keqiu said "Oh" and nodded slightly, but couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Isn't this your responsibility?"

"This is my country, of course I have a responsibility. Anyway, thank you for troubling you, Miss Jane, I will treat you to dinner later." Shang Ke didn't want to talk to her about big principles such as the world situation for the time being, so he simply changed the subject.

Jian Keqiu hesitated for a moment and agreed, "Okay."

The logic is wrong. If he was a technical officer, it would make sense for him to pay attention to such broad industrial issues, but the military police don't seem to have anything to do with weapons and equipment issues, right?
Especially the look on his face when he was distracted and thinking before, it always felt like he was planning something big and secret.

Jian Keqiu thought so, unaware that her curiosity had already brought her into a whirlpool.

Since Shang was dressed neatly in casual clothes, leather boots and a wide-brimmed hat, she realized it was inappropriate for her to go out like that, so she prepared to go upstairs and change into something more formal.

"I need to change my clothes. It's very windy outside. Please go to the library and wait. My study table is on the fourth floor, seat 57."

"Okay, I'll go over there then." After watching her turn around and go upstairs, Shang Ke went to the library.

Weiyang University covers a large area, but fortunately the library is not far away, just a few hundred meters away and across a small bridge.

Although the decoration style is very different from that of later generations, the strong learning atmosphere is the same.

The sound of pencils writing, the rustling of pages turning, the slurping of drinking water...

Shang Ke couldn't help but recall the past. In his previous life, he was definitely not a good student. He was usually obsessed with the two evil games, Russian Genshin Impact and Swedish Genshin Impact, and would only go to the library to cram when the end of the semester was approaching.

To be honest, he was still worried about "Artillery Ballistics" the night before he traveled through time.

Because of this, when he walked into this place, he felt a sense of oppression coming at him as if by reflex.

"Calm down! There are no exams now..."

He comforted himself, but his pace involuntarily quickened a bit.

The entire fourth floor was a spacious study area. After wandering around for five minutes, Shang Ke finally found Jian Keqiu's study seat.

Her position was completely consistent with her personality - there were more than ten books piled up haphazardly, and the handwriting on the draft paper was quite beautiful.

Unlike later generations, which established industries and related education systems with foreign aid, the current Grand Federation has differences due to independent development. For example, the induction formula of trigonometric functions is called the reduction formula, and some symbols are also different.

Shang Ke flipped through Jian Keqiu's draft paper with great interest, but did not touch the other books.

I remember that she once mentioned that the main direction of her research project was ceramics. Shang Ke felt that he could suggest that she adjust the research object, such as alumina ceramics and barium titanate ceramics, both of which are very beneficial.

The first five minutes.

The second five minutes.

The third five minutes.

This long wait even made Shang suspect that he was being stood up. Nowadays, there are no real-time communication tools like mobile phones, so he can only rely on patience to persevere.

He looked at his watch for the twenty-fourth time, and it was almost eleven o'clock in the morning.

It was not until this moment that Jian Keqiu's voice gently floated from the front.

"It's been a long time, let's go."

It was obvious that she was used to being careless, and this time she took it seriously for once, so it must have taken her a lot of effort.

Scarf, skirt, leather shoes, cotton socks.

At first glance, her clothes looked quite modern, but Shang Ke immediately realized that they were still traditional in nature - a cross-collar inside, a cream-colored cashmere-chenille blended double-breasted jacket outside, and a crimson pleated long skirt.

grace!

But it still seems a bit thin?
He couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Are you...really not cold?"

"It's not cold. The sun is out today." Jian Keqiu stopped and waited for him to follow her, then said, "Let's go to the post office. I need to send a telegram later."

(End of this chapter)