The loud sound of five hundred grams of hydrazine nitrate crystals exploding still seemed to be echoing in Catfish Village. This really made people panic. When people saw the rising mushroom cloud, they seemed to have seen something terrifying! They remembered the German army’s previous attacks.
During the air raid, the airport was blown up by bombs into a fish pond. But this mushroom cloud is very special. It is bigger, and the explosion is obviously more dangerous. For example, the deafening sound, if you are too close, your ears will be deafened!
After completing physical training, many people were assigned to plow the land or cut trees, and the violent explosions also reached their ears. This experiment became a new topic of conversation among the soldiers, and those who witnessed the scene even made it even more exciting.
, all the ground was burned, and some houses collapsed due to the earthquake.
Judging from the horrified expressions of their comrades, all those who returned believed that this was a boast. During these days, they had all heard that the deputy division commander had suddenly visited, and they had not done anything to inspect and review the troops. Instead, they were focused on staying with the chemist.
The rumors of the production of new weapons have become a reality, and people in the entire cafeteria are talking about these things.
The lunch was still simple. The people in white coats who participated in the experiment were also asked to go to a private room. More than 20 people were seated in the small room at one time. This made it not like a lunch together, but a meeting.
"Cheers!" Fuming stood up first and raised his glass, "celebrating the success of our experiment."
People's faces were full of joy, and Yang Mingzhi was grinning like a blooming flower.
Fuming witnessed the explosion of the bottle of compound, the strong noise, the shocking mushroom cloud, and the terrifying combustion range, which completely shocked his little heart.
At his suggestion, everyone shared a glass of wine.
After everyone sat down, Fuming continued: "I think this experiment can basically confirm the rationality of this kind of weapon. According to the old tradition, the theoretical basis has been established and the experiment has passed. We can mass-produce this kind of weapon in the future."
Weapons will be fielded soon."
Yang Mingzhi did not deny his idea, but if he took too many steps, he would tear his balls. He did not say anything, and Ivanov spoke first.
"Comrade Deputy Political Commissar, you must know that there is a process from formulating the theory to completing the weapon. Once the experiment was successful, we still need to conduct data analysis to find the shortcomings."
After all, Fomin is not a chemist. He is a political commissar, and he is more concerned about the soldiers' loyalty to the Bolsheviks. "In my opinion, weapons do not need to be tested a few more times. We are short of ammunition now, and the enemy's pressure is still huge. If we have new weapons, it will still be
Put it to use right away. Just like the home-produced picric acid we already use extensively.”
Yang Mingzhi was not happy to hear this. After all, he had authorized the production of hydrazine nitrate. Fomin, a Ukrainian Jew, knew almost nothing about chemistry. He said slowly: "Comrade Deputy Political Commissar, hydrazine nitrate is different from picric acid."
, Furthermore, I think it is too dangerous. If it is not operated properly, we will not be able to blow up the enemy, but we ourselves will be burned to death."
As soon as the experiment was over, Yang Mingzhi's mind began to spin rapidly. Since Ivanov could synthesize such a vicious compound, other compounds were not a problem, such as ammonium nitrate.
He turned to Ivanov and said: "Friend, I am very satisfied with this experiment, but it is not advisable to put your treasure on a compound. Here you also risk huge risks by storing hydrazine nitrate crystals in glass bottles.
It’s dangerous.”
"Yes, this stuff is very acidic, highly toxic, and extremely easy to absorb water."
"In that case, I will mix it with glycerin to make an emulsion explosive." Yang Mingzhi's words gave Ivanov a great inspiration. He made a paste and put it into the artillery shell, which greatly improved the safety. But comprehensively
In other words, this compound is still difficult to deal with and is much more dangerous than picric acid!
Ivanov drank some wine and became bolder. He gritted his teeth and said: "Sir, if possible, I don't think hydrazine nitrate is reliable. I would rather produce ammonium nitrate than produce it."
"Of course we have to produce ammonium nitrate!" Yang Mingzhi hurriedly answered: "I never said we only produce hydrazine nitrate. Weapons need to be updated. We need more powerful explosives and better rocket propellants. Ammonium nitrate is very suitable.
This can even be used as fertilizer for potato yields."
"As a fertilizer? It does seem to be useful as a nitrogen fertilizer." Ivanov's face glowed red.
Looking at the excited chemists, Yang Mingzhi also started thinking. "We want to make hydrazine nitrate hydrate, so we can use it as a liquid explosive. We can mix it with gasoline, put it into a container, and then embed it in a grenade. Such a small
A small grenade can turn into a powerful fireball!"
Ivanov seemed to have seen the situation after equipping the troops with this special grenade. He had to worry and said: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, you also saw today's experiment. I am very worried about the range of damage caused by the soldiers throwing this kind of grenade."
It will be greater than the investment distance.”
Yang Mingzhi burst into laughter. No matter how he thought about it, this thing couldn't be a weird emotional weapon like a nuclear RPG! He waved his hand: "Don't worry, just mix in a little bit to enhance the power. According to this idea, we can produce more
Safe ammonium nitrate. Mix it with tnt and picric acid to make a more powerful explosive!"
Ivanov was very excited and interjected: "So if ammonium nitrate is mixed with black powder as a rocket propeller, its thrust will be greatly increased."
"Of course, we can use a small amount of propellant to push the warhead out, so that the warhead can be loaded with more explosives. Or the volume of our rockets and rocket-propelled grenades can be greatly reduced, but the power does not decrease but increases."
Reducing the size of ammunition while maintaining the same power will undoubtedly enable soldiers to carry more ammunition. In the case of fierce wars, whoever carries more ammunition will have greater combat effectiveness.
Unconsciously, this lunch really turned into a meeting. The hydrazine nitrate deflagration experiment still needs further exploration at the site, but this compound seems to have fallen out of favor. It is more like a proof of the strength of the laboratory, Ivanov and his students
We can indeed prepare these complex compounds, and even the key storage mechanisms are being perfected.
Here Yang Mingzhi temporarily decided to put the production of ethylene oxide on hold for the time being. He did not want to take risks. According to Ivanov, this thing is quite easy to make, but the storage is too demanding. It must be a high-pressure cylinder to hold this kind of product.
Grumpy guy.
Two materials were selected for the combustion air weapon: ammonium nitrate and hydrazine nitrate.
The traditional explosives remain unchanged, they are still black powder and picric acid.
Since even the reproduction of ammonium nitrate consumes a large amount of nitric acid, the cost-effectiveness of weapons for making pure ammonium nitrate explosives is not high. In Yang Mingzhi's opinion, using a variety of explosives to mix is the most economical and practical, and this arrangement also quietly violates
his original intention.
"I originally wanted to develop a thermobaric bomb, but it turns out that the production capacity gap between the laboratory and the chemical plant is too big. I can only produce a small amount of thermobaric bombs as a trump card." After thinking about it, this is the only way for now. His mood is still the same.
Very good, Ivanov is an extremely reliable person. He cannot produce thermobaric bombs in large quantities for the time being, but there will be opportunities in the future! (To be continued...) u