Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 243 Farming Plan
The problem of guns has been basically solved. The next step is that Chen Jian plans to focus on bullets.

But of course, "bullets" serve "guns", and "producing bullets" is not strictly tied to "producing guns".

The reason why he took this step was that Chen Jian attached the most importance to the various chemical industries needed for bullet production.

The most critical raw materials in bullets are fulminate of mercury and smokeless gunpowder, and the chemical substance required for both is nitric acid.

If we can use bullets as a catalyst to establish a complete chemical industrial system of three acids and two alkalis, it will definitely be a great boost to the future industrial development of the Chinese military.

However, how to establish this system and along what path to develop it is not an easy decision.

According to the development path planned by Fuxi, the Huaxia Army should give priority to establishing a complete set of steel production equipment systems, including mining, transportation, steelmaking and various rolling mills, machine tools and other equipment, and then further use these equipment to gradually piece together the various equipment needed by the chemical industry.

This plan is sound and conservative, but obviously not necessarily safe.

The reason is simple, the Chinese army may not have enough time.

The beast tide is right before our eyes. The mastermind behind the scenes, including the secrets of the mountain city, have not yet surfaced. Chen Jian really doesn't want to waste too much time on an industrial module that is too complete but has limited utility.

Therefore, after introducing his own decision-making suggestions, Fuxi finally came up with a simplified development plan that seemed a bit hasty but could definitely produce the greatest effect in the shortest time.

".So, our next goal is to first give some advice on enamel manufacturing?"

“Is this thing difficult to make?”

Shen Yue asked.

"It's not difficult."

Lei Jie on the side shook his head and replied:
"The process is actually very simple, it consists of just three steps: glazing, drying and firing."

“But the ingredients of the glaze”

"We are going to make acid-resistant enamel, which is used to make reactors. The formula for this thing is quite complicated."

"Alumina, titanium dioxide, potassium carbonate, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, zirconium oxide"

"If we really follow the recipe strictly and restore it one by one, we don't know how long it will take to find these raw materials."

“So what I mean is, it’s fine as long as it’s roughly the same.”

"Nickel and cobalt are both available near Jinling. As for zirconium oxide, there is no need to go mining. If you dismantle the reactor cores of the planes that fell in Tongling, you can find zirconium metal used to wrap nuclear fuel."

"If you can find the rest, look for it. If you can't find it, forget it."

"Anyway, everything is kept simple. It doesn't matter if the performance is a little worse, as long as it works."

"Our philosophy is to make do with whatever we can get, first solving the problem of whether it exists, and then consider the pros and cons."

"agree."

Chen Jian nodded, and then said:

"What about lead? We need a lot of metallic lead to make lead chambers and various lead-lined equipment. Where can we get this stuff?"

"Buy it."

He Shuo's voice sounded in the headphones.

"The Mechanicus has a relatively clear concept of lead. They even made lead bullets. Currently, there is about one to two tons of metallic lead circulating in the Jinling City market every month."

"The reserves should be quite high. At least they should be enough for the initial equipment, right?"

"That is indeed enough."

Chen Jian nodded with satisfaction.

After the raw materials required for these two front-end equipment are solved, we can further consider whether to use synthetic ammonia to produce nitric acid first, or to use a roasting furnace to produce sulfuric acid first.

There is actually no fixed order between the two, but considering the productivity of 011's workshop, Chen Jian still prefers to make nitric acid first.

After all, as long as we have nitric acid, we can directly start trying to produce nitrocellulose using traditional methods.

Of course, more importantly, the technology tree for this route will be smoother.

Coking plants already exist. The second most produced gas in the coking process is methane, which can be collected and used to directly produce nitric acid using the ammonia-oxygen method.

If it really doesn't work, you can take one more step and use the normal pressure method with a catalytic bed to produce nitric acid.

Chen Jian planned to hand over the specific details directly to Fuxi. He only needed to make some slight adjustments based on the route set by Fuxi.

Thinking of this, Chen Jian let out a long sigh, and then said:
"The industrial sector has basically followed this route, but what about agriculture?"

“Agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry, how to develop?”

"Don't worry about anything else, just burn the wasteland and reclaim it first."

Shen Yue said:

"I mean, the entire Jinling ruins can be burned down."

"The large amount of fungal humus brought by the level 2 monster is also a good fertilizer. Now that the temperature has warmed up, we can burn it all and start planting directly after a simple reclamation."

"We are not considering any fine-grained management for now. We will just plant what we have."

"Potatoes, corn, peanuts, rice"

"Anyway, as long as we fill up this large piece of land, it shouldn't be a problem to feed a few thousand people."

“Potatoes don’t need to be detoxified?”

Lei Jie asked curiously.

"Strip off your hair."

Shen Yue shook his head and replied:

"The technology of detoxification was not invented until the 20s. Before the technology of detoxification was invented, did people not eat potatoes at that time?"

"In fact, the biggest problem is not the reduction in potato production, but the monoculture."

"If monoculture crops catch up with potato late blight, a wave of it can directly take away all the food for farmers who don't have food reserves."

"But we obviously don't need to worry about that."

"Too."

Lei Jie nodded thoughtfully, then said:

"I think we should take some time to visit the major breeding bases and dig out the seedlings they have stored."

"That will happen later."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said:
"The population hasn't even started to grow yet, so it's meaningless to think about high-yield varieties."

"Shen Yue's idea is right, let's plant it first."

“Instead of thinking about planting seedlings, we should solve the fertilizer problem first.”

"Once the synthetic ammonia industry is established, we will basically be self-sufficient in this stuff."

"clear."

Lei Jie nodded, stood up and said:
"That's basically it. Let Fuxi generate a detailed plan, and then split it up and distribute it."

"By the way, what should we do next? Continue to expand our reconnaissance? Continue to fight monsters?"

"Shen Yue will do this."

Chen Jian shook his head and said:
"Next, in addition to farming, what we have to do is divided into several parts."

"Shen Yue led the Chinese Army to conduct outward reconnaissance, and cooperated with the Holy Blood who were about to arrive, as well as a part of the Mechanicus's Guardians to clear out monsters, set up alerts, and take in refugees."

"He Shuo continues to strengthen his external influence, collects intelligence and outputs ideas through various methods, and is ready for subversion and infiltration."

"Lei Jie, in the near future you will be responsible for cooperating with Fuxi to assemble the DF-26 rocket, build the launch silo, and create the conditions for launch."

"clear."

"receive."

Several people answered one by one, and Lei Jie asked:

"What about you? Are you going out again?" "Not for now."

Chen Jian shook his head and said:
"I am responsible for the overall deployment and comprehensive management of the 011 base."

"It's not a good idea to continue to develop nomadic life. The beast tide is coming soon, and we must defend our base."

"We have to fight a positional war with them."

"Since we are going to fight a positional war, our position must be built well!"

Generally speaking, in modern warfare, towering walls, solid fortresses, and huge cities do not actually have much tactical significance.

After all, no matter how high your city walls are, they cannot stop airplanes, and no matter how strong your fortress is, it cannot withstand a bunker-buster.

But now, although the team led by Chen Jian has a large number of modern weapons, the battle they are going to fight is not a standard modern war.

Their enemies are not a team of humans with equal firepower, but a large number of monsters that are huge in size, have amazing lethality to living targets, but lack sufficient armor-piercing and attack capabilities.

So in this case, the fortress is of great significance.

Chen Jian led several Holy Bloods and drove a cat car along the G25 highway. While observing the terrain, he spoke:
"G25 Expressway is a very reliable line of defense. With this highway as the backbone, we have several paved roads with relatively good road conditions leading to the Jinling ruins."

"If we set up the first line of defense here, it will be very convenient for support, transportation, and retreat."

"The only problem is that this highway around the Jinling ruins is a bit too long."

"The total length is 65 kilometers, and we can't build enough permanent fortifications."

"Then the best way is to deploy 20 to 30 simple forts along this line."

"Through these fortresses, we can deploy all the artillery captured from Huadu to the front line."

"When monsters enter the direct range of artillery fire, no matter where they are, they will face direct bombardment from at least three artillery pieces at the same time."

"In theory, no matter how strong the monsters in the beast tide are, they can't withstand such firepower."

"Even if this line of defense is breached, our people can quickly retreat to the second line of defense along the highway."

"How about it, do you think this idea is feasible?"

Chen Jian turned to Ji Xing and others beside him. After a brief silence, Xie Liu answered:

"there is a question."

"This place is too far from the base. It's also on the front line, and each fort is far away from each other."

“Then how can we ensure that the soldiers deployed here will not run away out of fear?”

"The beast tide is different from ordinary monsters. Our people are able to deal with ordinary monsters calmly."

"But what if there are thousands of monsters appearing before them?"

"We can't use ant colony robots, right? Because the beast tide may cause communication interruption and electronic equipment failure."

"That's really a problem."

Chen Jian nodded, sighed and said:

“Human beings are the most reliable, yet also the most unreliable ‘tools’.”

"We can't predict when they will collapse. In fact, no commander in history can predict when his troops will collapse."

"Unless he knew from the beginning that his team members were determined to die on the battlefield."

"So, we can only follow this idea."

"We must tell the people stationed here that they will die if they come."

"Only those who have passed such screening and are still willing to follow orders are qualified to enter the fortress."

"Of course, we will also have backup plans, such as the ant colony robots you just mentioned."

"Or, we can use wired remote control to control the turrets here."

"A distance of more than ten kilometers is not far. We have the cable reserves and can actually cover it."

"Understood"

Xie Liu nodded thoughtfully, and at this moment, Ji Xing suddenly spoke:
"So we need to start a screening in advance."

"We need to artificially create a death scenario to test our team."

"Yes."

Chen Jian eased off the accelerator slightly, and then said:

"Shen Yue is already making a plan, and it is expected to be implemented in the next two days."

"How about it? Do you want to try it out and see if you can handle the pressure?"

After saying this, Xie Liu and Ji Xing both laughed.

Then, Ji Xing coughed and said:

"Captain, you should stay in the imperial capital for a while longer."

"If you had seen how the Holy Bloods were trained since childhood, you would have known that for us at that time, death was actually more painful than life."

"No one with holy blood is afraid of death, unless he has reached a higher position."

"so."

Chen Jian did not continue speaking, but turned the steering wheel and drove the car onto the S87 highway.

Then, he spoke:
"From here, approaching the ruins, is our second line of defense, which is also our minefield."

"We will place about 10 30-ton nuclear weapons here and detonate them one by one if necessary."

"Why are they not deployed outward? Because the number of nuclear weapons is limited, and if the range is too large, the damage they can cause will also be limited."

"We have to wait until the monsters are crowded together before detonating them to achieve the greatest effect."

"But in this case, our own living space is actually quite narrow."

"This is a one-time deal. We will try not to use nuclear bombs unless necessary."

“Is this the only minefield?”

Xie Liu suddenly asked.

“This is the only densely mined area.”

Chen Jian nodded and continued:

"But we will also deploy several mobile nuclear bombs carried by trucks 20 kilometers outside the first line of defense to carry out decapitation operations against high-threat targets."

"If we discover level one and level two monsters in advance, these self-destruct trucks, which have been proven to be effective, will send them back home at the appropriate time."

"understood."

Ji Xing thought for a moment and said:
“It’s a very complete line of defense.”

"Even if there were a beast tide of thousands of monsters, it would be difficult to break through such a defense."

“Although there is no indestructible wall, every line of defense is a dead line for them.”

"but."

Having said that, Ji Xing was silent for a moment.

Chen Jian continued speaking along with what she said.

"However, if these three lines of defense are breached, we will be the only ones left at the last line of defense."

"By then, we will be forced to fight those monsters in close combat."

“Who will survive?”

"It all depends on who dares to risk their lives more."

(End of this chapter)