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

After hearing this result, many people became dejected, even Kong Hao.

He originally thought that based on his experience, he should be able to produce concentrated sulfuric acid with a concentration of more than 80% this time, but the result was completely different from what he expected.

Minister Zhang was extremely satisfied. Seeing that everyone was not in a good mood, he quickly stood up and encouraged everyone:

"This kind of verification experiment is never smooth sailing. To be honest, I was very surprised that we could produce dilute sulfuric acid in such a short time."

"We can produce dilute sulfuric acid today. As long as we improve the process, we will be able to produce qualified concentrated sulfuric acid in the future and make outstanding contributions to our military industry."

"As the saying goes, failure is the mother of success. As long as we fail a few more times and find ways to improve, we will succeed one day. I believe everyone can do it."

Encouraged by this, the arsenal technicians made further improvements to the sulfuric acid refining equipment, and after another week of intensive experiments, they finally produced sulfuric acid with a concentration of over 80%, and even reached a level of 83%.

When the leaders of the headquarters heard the news of victory, they were greatly excited. The successful development of concentrated sulfuric acid also represented that the Eighth Route Army had taken a solid step towards producing high-performance gunpowder.

Once their troops have enough ammunition in the future, with so many sharpshooters trained by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese's good days will be over.

The Arsenal made great contributions by developing sulfuric acid, especially Chief Consultant Kong Hao. It can be said that he was the one who made this happen.

However, precisely because Kong Hao's identity is too special, he cannot be commended openly, otherwise he will be targeted by the Japanese and will face great trouble in conducting special operations in the future.

Next, in accordance with the instructions of the head of the headquarters, the arsenal quickly expanded the scale of sulfuric acid production, trained qualified workers, and produced large quantities of concentrated sulfuric acid as quickly as possible.

This concentrated sulfuric acid is a basic chemical raw material. It can not only be used to produce explosives, but also in many other industries.

In the past, because concentrated sulfuric acid was too scarce, it could only be provided to the most important arsenals for the production of various explosives.

But now we can produce concentrated sulfuric acid ourselves. Once the output increases, in addition to being used in synthesizing explosives, it can also be used to synthesize ammonium sulfate, which we commonly call fertilizer powder.

In fact, the Eighth Route Army also understood very well that this fertilizer powder could greatly increase grain production.

But compared to food, it is more important to produce ammunition to destroy the enemy. In addition, the cost of sulfuric acid is too high, so it was not vigorously promoted. Instead, the limited fertilizer powder was collected from the people to produce explosives.

Things are different now. The arsenal has now straightened out the process of refining sulfuric acid using traditional methods. Once the scale is reached, producing fertilizer powder to increase people's grain yield per mu will also be put on the agenda.

If the people have more food, it will be a good thing for the army. At least it can allow the soldiers to have enough food and improve everyone's physical fitness.

The current arsenal is constantly training technical personnel drawn from various places, allowing them to learn this cylinder-tower method of refining sulfuric acid. After they have learned it, they can produce sulfuric acid on a large scale.

Brigade Commander Chen was also very happy when he received the news that the headquarters arsenal had developed concentrated sulfuric acid.

"Political Commissar, it's not easy. Our Eighth Route Army finally has some modern industrial features. With a large amount of concentrated sulfuric acid, we can not only save a lot of money for the troops, but also avoid being controlled by the enemy."

"Now, even if the Japanese want to tightly block our channels for concentrated sulfuric acid, we are not afraid. After all, the ones we produce ourselves are more fragrant than the ones we buy."

Political Commissar Wang also smiled and agreed, "That's true. In the past, our logistics department paid an extremely painful price to get some concentrated sulfuric acid. Many comrades died in the process."

"Now, with our own sulfuric acid, we no longer have to rely on others."

"By the way, Lao Chen, I think we should also apply to get a set of concentrated sulfuric acid production equipment in our military region, so that we can produce high-performance explosives ourselves in the future."

"The conscienceless cannon used by the independent regiment before is also good for defense. If the Japanese want to launch their special pig-like sudden attack again, we will use the conscienceless cannon to teach them a lesson."

"It is this type of artillery that consumes a large amount of explosives. We must plan ahead."

Brigade Commander Chen thought about it and nodded in agreement.

"From the telegram from headquarters, this production equipment is extremely simple, with only a few large water tanks. As long as there are enough raw materials, it is completely possible to continuously produce concentrated sulfuric acid, a chemical product."

"In addition to our own use, if there is any excess, we can sell it to others and earn a lot of money to develop our base economy."

Ever since Li Yunlong's independent regiment built a match factory last time, everyone's horizons have been broadened, and many people in the 386th Brigade have also shown great enthusiasm for opening various factories.

Take the Taiyue Military Region for example. Before the match factory was built, the matches used by the troops and civilians were all shipped in from outside.

In addition to the cost of matches, there are also various transportation and checkpoint fees. Once you arrive at the base, you can sell them for about 5 cents a box, which is quite expensive.

But matches are the most basic consumables and are closely related to people's three meals a day, and they are indispensable in all cases.

In fact, the cost of the match factory, apart from manpower, is not a penny. This is why Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang have been cursing the match-producing businessmen for being evil-hearted since they found out about this.

The Taiyue base now has an additional 50,000 boxes per month. In addition to self-use, a portion of the money can be invested in the market to raise funds.

The demand for matches in the base suddenly decreased, and competitors appeared. The original matches would definitely find ways to lower the price.

This has also led to a slight reduction in the price of matches in the Taiyue Military Region base, to nine cents for two boxes.

Although the price has not dropped much, the people have really benefited from it and their living burdens have been reduced.

Zhao Gang, who was in charge of the specific work of the match factory, discovered through the operation of the match factory over this period that the factory's output could be increased.

As long as we recruit enough employees and have enough raw materials to produce matches, we can increase the production of matches by 50%.

Moreover, many of the equipment in the match factory were very simple, and they could be copied while producing. They could use some manual machines to replace the power equipment and rely on the human wave tactics to increase the output of matches.

What the Eighth Route Army base lacks the least at present is people, and what is the least valuable is time.

This is just a match factory. If more factories can be opened, the economy of the base will be completely revitalized.

Political Commissar Qin also thought this was a good idea, but he still said with a hint of meaning:

"This Xiao Kong is really a talent. He has only been at the Arsenal for a few days, and he has solved such a big problem for us. He is really a rare talent."

The brigade commander also understood the meaning of the political commissar's words, and his heart began to be troubled again.

The better Kong Hao performs, the less likely the logistics department will want to let him go in the future.

However, their special forces team is still in its infancy and cannot do without Kong Hao, the soul figure.