Chapter 1624: Is it possible to artificially rain with anti-aircraft guns?
When Li Yu was discussing with his second uncle and third uncle whether to continue to increase the population limit for entering the trading market, the food issue was mentioned.
At this time, in the northern border, Lao Xie, Xie Weishan and others were also worried about a bumper grain harvest.
The night is dark.
Because the accumulated clouds in the sky were too thick, they blocked the moonlight.
Above the earth, it was dark, without a trace of moonlight.
I can't see my fingers.
.......
Northern Territory.
Inner city underground warehouse.
Xie Weishan looked at the mountains of food and felt a little anxious.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and wheat are mainly grown here in the north. Half of them have been harvested these days, and nearly 10,000 tons of grain are stored here.
The warehouse is already mostly full.
"Captain Xie, when will the transportation brigade come to the north? It's not a problem that the food has been kept here. Half of the crops will be harvested later!"
"It is not easy to preserve such a large amount of food. If it cannot be eaten temporarily, then it must be processed and processed quickly."
Lao Xie rubbed his eyebrows and said:
"I'm already urging you. The transportation brigade is on its way from the headquarters base to Oil City. It is expected that we will arrive in Oil City tomorrow."
"Xiao Hu and the others will bring oil to us after they rest for a while. It will take about two or three days."
"Four days, they will be able to reach us in four days."
"Four days?"
Xie Weishan nodded, "How much can they transport?"
After thinking for a while, Lao Xie replied: "At least a few thousand tons will be no problem. We should be able to transport half of the grain in this warehouse."
Xie Weishan curled his lips, "It's only a few thousand tons. In a few days, there will be thousands more tons of grain harvested in the greenhouse."
"Relying on vehicle transportation alone is too inefficient. It would be great if train traffic could be restored."
"train?"
Lao Xie raised his eyebrows, feeling that Xie Weishan's suggestion was somewhat interesting.
Although many train tracks have been damaged by natural disasters, they should still be usable if they are repaired.
If the trains could be restored, their transportation capacity would be tremendous.
but......
He also thought that on the way from the northern border to the trading bazaar and the Da Zhangshu base, he would definitely pass through some tunnels. There were often many zombies gathering in such places, which was not very safe.
After thinking for a while, he couldn't think of a solution to facing the zombies through the tunnel.
"The suggestion you made is good. I will mention it to the headquarters when the time comes."
"good."
"Let's go, I really didn't expect that in this last year of drought, we would actually be troubled by too much food."
Xie Weishan was amused, "As the saying goes, drought will kill you, and waterlogging will kill you."
"Let's go and drink some of the wine that Mr. Yuan Zhi has collected on the hour. I've been having trouble sleeping lately. Drinking something will make it easier for me to fall asleep." Lao Xie patted Xie Weishan's shoulder.
The two of them put their arms around each other and walked toward the bar on the eighth floor of the city's main building.
The city lord is not in the north, and the bars are open.
They don't have that much pressure.
Lao Xie single-handedly leads the military forces in the northern border here, and Xie Weishan manages the grain cultivation.
Lao Xie's real name is Xie Shangzhou, and he joined the Da Zhangshu Base later than Xie Weishan.
Xie Weishan was an out-and-out farmer before the end of his life. Later, he went to work on construction sites to make a living and worked in the construction team contracted by Ding Jiu.
After the apocalypse broke out, he followed Ding Jiu to the Dazhangshu Base, where he specialized in construction work.
After working for three or four years, he was assigned to work in a greenhouse due to a shortage of people for greenhouse cultivation.
He is considered a compound talent.
It can be used to build greenhouses and grow crops.
In the northern border, he also had several agricultural students who helped manage the crops. Even after several months of thunderstorms and natural disasters, he built greenhouses and planted crops at the same time without any problems.
........
Wu City Military Base.
Ah cut!
Xiao Hu rubbed his nose, raised his head and cursed suspiciously:
"Which bastard is scolding me again?"
He sat on the bed and licked his toes, then his nostrils, and finally his anus, then put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed.
It wasn't until he smelled the strong smell that he lay down with satisfaction.
A whole set of combos made the team members sleeping on the opposite side feel a little sick.
"Captain, do we have a vacation this month?" Chang Ze, who was sleeping diagonally opposite, asked.
"On vacation? What, you want to take a vacation!" Xiao Hu asked while lying down.
Chang Ze said with some embarrassment: "I guess my wife will give birth at the end of this month."
"Hey? You're about to give birth? Okay, congratulations, Chang Ze is going to be a father!" Xiao Hu sat up and looked at Chang Ze in surprise.
Wang Chunqi, who slept in the same row as Chang Ze, also smiled and said:
"Okay, Lao Chang, you will be the father, and I will be your son's adoptive father when the time comes!"
"Is it possible?"
Chang Ze smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, but I don't know whether it's a boy or a girl yet."
Xiao Hu asked: "The medical conditions at the headquarters base are very good. Why don't you test both men and women?"
Chang Ze shook his head and said: "Although the base has conditions for testing, there are regulations that prohibit testing."
"Oh." Xiao Hu thought for a while and thought that maybe the headquarters base was worried about whether everyone wanted boys or girls, so they didn't allow testing.
"You can take a vacation, and I will help you adjust your shifts when the time comes." Xiao Hu said to Chang Ze.
"Thank you, captain." Chang Ze thanked him excitedly.
Asked again.
"Captain, is our trip the same as before? First we go to Oil City, then to the North, then back to Oil City, and then to the headquarters base."
"yes......"
Xiao Hu said helplessly: "Captain Xie over there in the north has urged me many times. They have a big harvest over there, and we have to transport the food to Oil City... I seem to have heard that Oil City has also come recently.
Many survivors.”
...
As he talked, Xiao Hu yawned and felt sleepy.
"Get some rest early, we have to go on the road early tomorrow morning!"
Wang Chun turned off the lights, and the whole bedroom instantly became dark.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! There is an underground dormitory opposite.
In the girls' dormitory.
Zuo Ruxue, Guifei, Li Qi and Cugu lived in one room.
"Aqi, I brought you 2 tons of food from the headquarters base this time, which should be enough for you for half a year. Are you in short supply of water here?" Zuo Ruxue sat cross-legged on the bed and asked Li Qi.
Li Qi shook her head, "There is no problem with water resources. There is abundant groundwater here. There are only a few dozen of us, so it is completely sufficient."
She looked at the imperial concubine and Zuo Ruxue and sighed with emotion:
"Sometimes I envy you. You can travel everywhere. You can see the northern border, Da Zhangshu Base, and the Oil City Trading Market. I heard that the business district of the Trading Market is very lively."
"It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see..."
"Standing in this dark military base every day is boring to death."
Zuo Ruxue smiled and shook her head and said:
"You still say this...Xiao Hu and I stayed here during the months of thunderstorms and natural disasters!"
"It's been half a year, and you've only been here for more than four months. What's more, you have set up sentinel patrols outside now. You can go out frequently, which is much luckier than we were back then."
"During the previous thunderstorm disaster, we didn't even dare to open the door. Water was rising everywhere outside, and water was seeping through the walls of this underground base. We were frightened when we saw this situation."
"Besides, you have so many books and entertainment facilities here now. It's much more comfortable than we were back then."
When Li Qi heard this, she didn't know what to say for a moment.
Before she and Song Qi came to the Wu City military base, Xiao Hu and Zuo Ruxue were stationed here.
Li Qi estimates that in two months, a new group of people will be stationed here.
The imperial concubine was lying on the bed, listening to the two people talking without saying a word, and staring blankly at the ceiling.
Cugu looked at the concubine's beautiful face and said coldly: "Sister Concubine, you are so beautiful."
The imperial concubine woke up from her daze and said with some embarrassment: "Um...I also envy your great mind."
"This is a burden, and the center of gravity is unstable when shooting."
"Sister Guifei, what were you thinking about just now?"
The imperial concubine hesitated and said:
"I was thinking, it's so unscientific that there is such a thick accumulation of clouds in the sky, but it doesn't rain. What exactly happened to cause this situation..."
Cuckoo scratched his head and said with a puzzled face:
"I don't know either. Anyway, I listen to Sister Li. Why do you think so much? If there is any situation, the headquarters base will definitely notify us."
The imperial concubine looked at Cugu's breasts and then her head.
He smiled and said, "Very good."
The lights were turned off and people fell asleep.
While they were sleeping, Song Qi was still leading the night shift.
Although the Wu City Military Base is relatively hidden, it is far away from the headquarters base and Oil City after all, so the duty work that needs to be done still needs to be done.
........
The next day.
The sky was slightly bright, although there was light, it was overcast.
Little cloudy day.
The sun is blocked by thick clouds.
Big camphor tree base.
Song Zhihong, who was in charge of the natural disaster department, found his second uncle excitedly.
"President, about the artificial rainfall I told you before, the person in charge of the arsenal has made rain bombs!"
"We can now test using rain bombs to solve the current cloud squeeze problem."
"Oh? So fast?" The second uncle was a little surprised.
Song Zhihong explained:
"The production of rain bombs is not that complicated. They are just filled with silver iodide powder."
"The whole principle is: use anti-aircraft guns to shoot shells containing silver iodide powder to a high altitude and explode. The silver iodide powder becomes ice nuclei, absorbs water vapor in the clouds, and after a series of reactions, raindrops fall."
"Of course, if the rain bombs are ineffective, we can also use another method, which is to spray dry ice."
"Spraying dry ice from a helicopter can lower the temperature of the clouds and encourage water vapor to condense into water droplets or ice crystals, thereby achieving the purpose of artificial rainfall."
.......
"Hmm." Faced with his long speech, the second uncle only replied with a "hmm".
Then he said: "Okay, just tell Zhou Ran and I'll get someone to prepare the anti-aircraft cannon."
"Okay."
The second uncle contacted Dongtai, the captain on duty who was in charge of wall protection at this time, and asked him to prepare the anti-aircraft guns.
At the same time, I contacted Li Yu, my uncle, and others to come together to observe this rain-inducing experiment.
.......
Half an hour later.
Li Haoran's voice sounded from the broadcast loudspeaker at Da Zhangshu Base.
"An announcement is being broadcast. In ten minutes, rain bombs will be tested for artificial rainfall over the headquarters base. Please remember to take shelter from the rain later and be prepared..."
And on the outer wall of the city, there was a row of people standing.
Li Yu, Song Min, He Chao, second uncle, uncle, second uncle, Xiao Jun, Lao Bi, Zhongshi Yang, Bai Jie, Ma Di, Song Zhihong, Zong Jing, Lao Dong...and so on.
Hundreds of people were present.
Song Zhihong from the Natural Disaster Research Institute sent people to place some graduated vessels and testing equipment on the wall.
Specifically check the effect of artificial rainfall this time.
Experiment with how many milliliters of precipitation per unit area the rain bomb can drop.
Song Zhihong jogged all the way to Li Yu and reported:
"City Lord, this rain bomb has four steps in total."
“The first step is to launch artillery shells: we use anti-aircraft guns to launch specially made rain bombs into high altitudes.
In the second step, the explosion releases silver iodide.
In the third step, water vapor condenses into raindrops: water vapor condenses around the ice core to form raindrops that are heavy enough to reduce weight.
The fourth step is the raindrops falling: ultimately forming rainfall.”
Li Yu was a little speechless. Every time he said what he wanted to do in such detail, he only looked at the results and everything was result-oriented.
"Let's start quickly."
As the commander of artificial rain this time, Song Zhihong was doing such a large-scale work for the first time.
His face looked a little excited.
He picked up the walkie-talkie and contacted Dongtai, "The anti-aircraft artillery is ready to launch rain bombs."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! These rain bombs are all made in the arsenal of the Da Zhangshu Base.
Currently, the arsenal at Da Zhangshu Base already has four bullet production lines and one small-caliber artillery production line.
The production line for making firearms is still under preparation, but repairing firearms can be done.
After receiving the news from Song Zhihong, Dongtai immediately issued the order.
"Fill the rain bombs."
"5 salvos!"
"emission!"
Boom boom boom boom!
40 anti-aircraft guns fired rain-inducing bombs into the sky.
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo——
The firing height of the anti-aircraft guns can reach several thousand meters. The rain bombs started from the wall of the Da Zhangshu base and cut through the layers of clouds. After reaching a certain height, they exploded.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The special rain bomb explodes, releasing silver iodide powder at the moment of explosion.
Silver iodide powder becomes ice nuclei in the clouds and absorbs water vapor in the clouds. The water vapor condenses around the ice nuclei, and the raindrops gradually become larger and heavier.
After the rain bomb is launched, it takes time for it to take effect.
After watching the anti-aircraft guns firing rain bombs, Li Yu on the ground asked: "How long will it take for it to rain?"
Song Zhihong answered: "Generally speaking, one hour."
"An hour?"
"Damn it, I told you earlier."
After hearing this number, Li Yu took a stool out of the duty room and sat down to wait for the rain to fall.
People on the construction sites in the outer city stopped what they were doing.
I ran under the eaves to hide from the rain, but the clouds in the sky had not moved since the loud noise heard when the anti-aircraft guns were fired.
"What's going on? It's been ten minutes, why hasn't it rained yet?"
"Yes, it won't be useless."
"I think so. If artificial rainfall was that simple, we would still need to build a water plant..."
Master Luo looked at the sky and said:
"Stop chirping. It will take at least an hour for the anti-aircraft guns to fire rain bombs. Why are you so anxious... And artificial rainfall also has shortcomings. When it rains, zombies will..."
"I don't believe it. The clouds are so thick and it doesn't rain. I can't measure it with common sense." Le Ziqing curled his lips and said.
"Then just wait and see. What will happen if you lose?" Master Luo looked at Le Ziqing.
"Ten push-ups?" Le Ziqing replied.
Master Luo said with some disdain: "Chuxi, if it rains, you can massage my shoulders and feet."
"Forget it, let's not bet. Your feet are so sore and smelly. I don't want to die." When Le Ziqing heard the bet, he rejected it with disgust.