"The leader of Yubeichuan has received news!" Qi Ruiyuan's team members returned to S City. The first thing they did was to inform Shi Qing that the weapons, food and accommodation arrangements for the 12,000 people were no small matter.
After receiving the news from Yubeichuan and others, in the Commercial Building, the members of Hanjialou were extremely nervous. They needed to prepare weapons for 12,000 people. The difficulty was not ordinary.
"Immediately expand logistical equipment support and increase the collection of various weapons." Shi Qing immediately gave the order.
In the trade building, the troops were divided into several groups. One group made weapons, another group went out to collect supplies and weapons, and another group prepared arrangements for food and accommodation. The members of the logistics brigade were all busy.
After Shi Qing's coordination, no less than 200 people participated in the creation of weapons. Many of the people rescued from the underground parking lot had some professional knowledge.
The progress of building ordinary weapons has suddenly improved a lot.
Normally, the crafting of weapons requires master craftsmen with many years of experience to make weapons of high quality. However, Shi Qing had no choice but to find something that could be used for the time being. At least weapons like iron rods were the simplest.
Almost everyone else can make ordinary iron weapons by following the same method. Blacksmithing is a primitive forging process. Although this process is primitive, it is very practical.
Although the blacksmithing craft seems simple, it is not easy to learn. No matter what, Shi Qing still found a dozen masters who were skilled in blacksmithing among thousands of people who were rescued. Now, the manufacture of ordinary weapons is no longer a problem.
"Alas, it still doesn't work." Now that ordinary weapons have been found, Han Jialou is still frowning. No matter how many methods he has tried, he still has no clue about the smelting technology of black iron ore.
The key issue now is the creation of black iron weapons. Of course, the conversion of the initial black iron ore into black iron is the top priority.
For this reason, Shi Qing has put down what he was doing and brought five or six newly recruited so-called experts to think of a solution. After repeated experiments, the biggest problem now is that the temperature is not enough and the fuel with high fuel value is not available.
, nothing can be done.
Everyone knows how powerful black iron weapons are. The black iron ore has been recovered, and there is still a lot of it. However, it cannot be refined, so it is piled there, which makes people anxious.
"Think again, is there any other way?" Shi Qing anxiously asked a group of experts.
"It's difficult. We're not in the industrial age now. Without equipment, it's difficult to make fuel with high fuel value." Those present shook their heads.
"Commander Shi, we have tried our best." Several experts shook their heads, looking uncomfortable. Shi Qing summoned them here because he had given them enough benefits. Now that nothing has been accomplished, they feel uncomfortable.
"We have equipment, why do we need you here?" Shi Qing cursed secretly in his heart, but said nothing on his face.
For blacksmithing, the better fuel before the apocalypse is coking coal. Coking coal is heated and dried, pyrolyzed and solidified, shrunk and finally made into coke under air-isolated conditions.
This high-temperature coking coal, the high calorific value fuel produced after purification during the coking process, is the most important raw material for blast furnace smelting and casting.
Shi Qing and the others found a lot of coking coal in City S. However, after adding the carbon powder used as a catalyst, the temperature was still slightly insufficient and the black iron ore could not be melted. This was a big problem in front of them.
"Should the substances produced after the apocalypse be made of things that appear after the apocalypse?" Shi Qing's heart moved, and he suddenly had an idea, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Just like in the deep mountains and old forests, you can often find good antidote to the poisonous snakes near their lairs. Anyway, no one can explain this situation.
"Zombie crystals!" Shi Qing shouted. After the end of the world, the most common thing that appears is zombie crystals.
"Use zombie crystals?" Han Jialou was stunned. Can this thing be used? Han Jialou couldn't wrap his head around it.
"Oh, won't you know if you try it?" Shi Qing himself had a feeling that using zombie crystals as a catalyst might be their only feasible way.
"Okay, let's give it a try." Han Jialou was also desperate. He had tried all the methods he could think of, but the result was still so little.
For the furnace to melt the black iron ore, Han Jialou and the others did not have the conditions, so they could only use the traditional steel-making method to make a small blast furnace. Although the method was old-fashioned, it was still very practical.
Under the current circumstances, the blast furnace coal injection technology adopted by Hanjialou has become relatively proficient after repeated experiments. Improving the combustion efficiency of pulverized coal and raising the temperature are major technical difficulties.
After the pulverized coal is injected into the blast furnace, the pulverized coal burns in the furnace, so increasing the combustion speed and temperature is what Hanjialou focuses on.
Adding zombie crystals as a combustion accelerant may be a better way.
"Commander Shi, let's give it a try first." Han Jialou decided to experiment with a small dose first, so that the results can be easily seen and it will not be too wasteful.
"Okay, let's give it a try." Shi Qing agreed with his opinion. The results of the experiment were unexpectedly good.
Baskets of black iron ore arrived, and pieces of zombie crystals were crushed into powder and mixed with carbon powder, then poured down, and the blast furnace smelting of black iron officially began.
"Haha, it's really possible!" Han Jialou was overjoyed. This time, with the addition of a large amount of powdered zombie crystals and carbon powder, Han Jialou and the others successfully refined pure black iron.
As for the next steps, how to continue to increase the temperature, analyze the proportions and delivery times of various fuel materials, and improve the iron formation rate of black iron ore, that is what a group of experts have to study. The biggest problem at present has been easily solved.
"Great," Han Jialou cheered. With this method of forging black iron, making black iron weapons is no longer a problem. This is really a big breakthrough for the Ant Alliance.
The black iron ore they discovered in Yubeichuan was actually not one vein but not a large number. There, the team members sent by Shi Qing finally found a large piece of black iron ore. They didn't know where it came from. No one could explain it anyway.
Not sure.
The change in the earth's crust was due to the change in the original ore after the end of the world. Shi Qing asked Huo Jinhang, but he couldn't figure it out, so he just used it.
In this way, a huge piece of black iron ore does not have a single vein. From the total amount, it is estimated that it is about two hundred tons. After smelting black iron and removing impurities, it is enough to get 150 tons of black iron.
It's amazing.
Judging from the existing dark iron weapons in the Ant Alliance, most of the weapons weigh about seven to eighty kilograms. The number of made dark iron weapons will probably be more than 3,000. If they are all made into daggers, the number will certainly be high.
There will be much more.
Based on the revelation of black iron ore, Shi Qing sent a large number of search teams to search everywhere. After several days of searching, several black iron ores were discovered around S City.
Of course, the numbers are relatively small, which at least proves that there are such things on the planet.
No matter what, there is finally hope. As time goes by and enough black iron ore is found, it will take less time to replace the weapons of the entire Ant Alliance.