Bright Sword: Follow Kong's fun and build the strongest military industry

The factory director's job is to visit various factories at night and urge those who do not abide by the rules and regulations to get a good rest, as it is not worth it to exhaust themselves.

After the meeting was over, Kong Hao returned to the big office to sort out his recent thoughts, and asked the system to draw a layout of the grenade launcher and mortar production lines based on the terrain of the arsenal. He did not return to his dormitory to rest until twelve o'clock in the evening.

The next morning, he got up at six o'clock, had breakfast in the cafeteria, and then took his secretary to inspect other factories in the arsenal.

Forget about the bullet production line and the rifle production line. Kong Hao basically won't pay too much attention to things like these that are already on track. If something urgent happens, his secretary will come to notify him.

Today he went to the Chemical Engineering Department of the Arsenal. Ever since the Arsenal was able to produce sulfuric acid and nitric acid in large quantities, and with the production equipment for hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate that Kong Hao brought back, Director Ren set up a separate Chemical Engineering Department to specialize in the production of this basic chemical raw material.

After he arrived, the head of the Chemical Engineering Department received him and gave him a detailed introduction to the current production situation of three acids and two alkalis in the Chemical Engineering Department.

"Chief Consultant, our Chemical Engineering Department is now able to produce three acids and two alkalis in large quantities. The monthly output of concentrated sulfuric acid is about 2 tons, and concentrated nitric acid is 3 tons. As the production line for hydrochloric acid has just been built, we only produce three tons. There are four tons of caustic soda (NaOH) and five tons of soda (NaCO)."

"Most of the current output cannot be consumed by our arsenal. Some of the excess will be provided to other bases, and some will be handed over to the headquarters to be used to distribute to the public to recover some funds."

After hearing this, Kong Hao was very happy. Although the output of these things was not high for the time being and was far behind that of foreign countries, it was still a good start.

As long as we can mass-produce three acids and two bases, with these most basic chemical raw materials, we can slowly start researching a series of chemical synthesis products, and many things that we never dared to think about before can now be put on the right track.

"Very good, Chief Xiang, but I suggest that the Chemical Engineering Department can first conduct various chemical experiments to develop some practical things for ordinary people. This is much more cost-effective than directly selling raw materials."

"Besides, it is very troublesome to transport various solutions, and it is easy to encounter various dangers along the way. It is better to transport finished products."

"Let's go to the conference room first. Gather all the technicians and engineers from the Chemical Engineering Department. We'll have a meeting in the conference room in half an hour."

After everyone arrived, Kong Hao first wrote down a series of formulas on the blackboard in the conference room, and then introduced them to the twenty or so people present:

"This is the chemical reaction formula of baking soda, which is commonly used by ordinary people. I'm sure everyone is familiar with it, so I won't say more."

"What I want to say is that we can already mass-produce three acids and two alkalis, so we need to find a way to use the capacity. In addition to providing raw materials to the logistics department, we must also actively produce some civilian products."

"The scientific name of baking soda is NaHCO?. It is an inorganic compound. It is a fine crystal with no obvious odor and is easily soluble in water. It is a chemical synthetic product with a very wide range of uses."

"It is widely used in medicine, agriculture, industry and laboratories abroad. For example, it can be used to promote livestock production, make various medicines, and can also be used in rubber production."

"Of course, in our country, there is no research in this area for the time being, but there is one place where it is particularly useful, and that is for kneading dough. This is the most commonly used thing among the people."

Having said this, he felt a little thirsty. He took a sip of tea from the cup in his hand and continued:

"In many major cities in China, this type of baking soda is monopolized by the Japanese, and the price is very high."

"We can completely produce it ourselves. In addition to providing it to the troops, we can also provide it to the people in the base at a low price to reduce their living burden."

"Of course, the most important thing is that we can also use special channels to transport the finished baking soda to large cities in Kuomintang-controlled areas and enemy-occupied areas for sale. As long as the price is low enough, most people will accept it even if the quality is a little worse."

"In this way, we can obtain a large amount of funds to support us in expanding production capacity, developing more new products and forming a healthy development."

As soon as he finished speaking, thunderous applause broke out in the conference room.

What Kong Hao said was something they had not thought of before. This was the first time that everyone had mass-produced this kind of chemical raw material. Basically, they did it to complete the task assigned by their superiors, and they had not thought of anything else.

Hearing the chief consultant say this, a new world suddenly opened up for everyone. There were several chemical experts present, so they started to have a heated discussion on some chemical products that might be used.

For example, sodium hydroxide and oil can be made into soap in a certain proportion, or even perfumed soap. The consumption of this kind of thing is relatively large, especially in big cities, and it should be able to be sold at a good price.

There are also dyes for producing cloth, various reagents for glass factories, and even some simple medicines can be synthesized.

Kong Hao did not directly participate in these discussions, but asked someone to record them all. He also specifically instructed that due to current limited production capacity, the Chemical Engineering Department should set up an evaluation team to maximize the use of limited resources and give priority to producing products that are easy to sell and profitable.

After the meeting, Kong Hao asked Section Chief Xiang to stay and explained some issues:

"Although we have synthesized sulfuric acid using the most rudimentary equipment, this is not a long-term solution. It is best to have people study the industrial production model of foreign countries. In the future, the demand will increase, and workshop-style production will definitely not be able to meet the demand."

After hearing this from the section chief, he quickly nodded and agreed. In fact, the Chemical Engineering Department has always had a plan for this matter, but it has been too busy recently and cannot take care of it for the time being.

After today, they will definitely have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to research various chemical products, and at the same time maximize the production capacity of hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide and sodium carbonate.

After finishing his work here, Kong Hao returned to the arsenal office and began planning and researching new explosives.

In order to produce high-performance explosives, it is necessary to produce two substances: nitroglycerin and gelled nitrocellulose. Given the current conditions in the arsenal, it is very difficult to do so.

With no other options, Kong Hao decided to use some traditional methods to overcome these difficulties step by step.

The first is nitroglycerin, which is the basic raw material for making high-performance explosives and is also something that can be produced in large quantities in arsenals.

However, nitroglycerin is a liquid high explosive with extremely high sensitivity. If you are not careful during the production process, it will cause an explosion. This is also the biggest difficulty encountered in current research and development.