The air was filled with a pungent smell, and the feeling was difficult to describe in words. Yevlov couldn't help pinching his nose and looking around. He immediately understood what the old man said just now.
It was a huge wooden factory building, with tables arranged in a matrix, and bottles and cans were placed on most of the tables.
There are various shapes of glass bottles here. Because glassware is easy to bake, the people in the laboratory made a batch of them. This was not a strange thing at first, but it shocked Yevlov.
There are novel things placed on all the tables. Various powders or liquids are placed in bottles and connected to each other by glass pipes. Some liquids show mottled colors and look very beautiful. Instinct told Yevlov,
These are very dangerous!
Yang Mingzhi was fully aware of what was being produced here, but Yevlov knew almost nothing about it. He only knew that a few people outside were chipping the sulfur ore into powder, and some were already grinding charcoal.
This is making black powder.
The yellow powder in many glass bottles indoors should be yellow gunpowder!
It was not up to Yevlov to ask questions. Koshkaev was very curious when he saw the teacher, so he took the initiative to introduce him.
This one is producing picric acid, this one is producing ammonia, this one is preparing dangerous hydrazine hydrate...
"That's it! That's it!" Yevlov nodded as if he understood.
Only Yang Mingzhi was secretly enjoying himself. Ivanov was now in the blacksmith village. The interim head of the laboratory just gave a scripted report. He did not explain the dangers of these chemicals at all, because the contents of the bottles and jars were
Regardless, most of these people in white coats are young people. Most of them are college students majoring in chemistry. These elites know the dangers of preparing medicines and will not commit suicide.
Seeing that Koshkaf's introduction had been completed, Yang Mingzhi said: "Comrade, it may be too advanced for you to explain this to our division commander. Let's talk about reality. Now please tell me, is the rainfall that just ended and the humidity correct?
The finished production of black powder made a huge impression."
After asking this question, Koshkaf, who had been smiling all the time, changed his color. The man raised his head and said helplessly: "I won't lie, the officers' questions are on point. Some of the black powder is indeed affected by moisture. As we all know, these
Powder medicines get wet too easily! Even if we try hard to keep them dry, some of them still get so wet that they can’t be used.”
Of course Yang Mingzhi does not want this to happen, but it is a pity that it would be unthinkable if it does not happen. What we need to do now is not to criticize these people, but to encourage them!
"Even if it rains, I know you have not interrupted production. Originally, rain will cause harm to all items that need to be dried and preserved, such as food, clothing, and gunpowder production..."
There was no trace of anger on Yang Mingzhi's face, which made Koshkaev very relieved. For this reason, he criticized himself: "The natural reason why the medicine is wet and cannot be used is largely due to our poor management."
"This is one aspect! Now you should tell me how many medicines can no longer be used due to the rain! The weather is fine now, the roads will soon dry out in large areas, and the medicines that can still be used will be sent to the arsenal!"
In this way, Koshkaf quickly gave Yang Mingzhi an accurate amount.
About 80% of the black powder is well preserved, about 60% of the picric acid is well preserved, and ammonium nitrate and hydrazine hydrate are tightly sealed and preserved, so they are all intact.
This result somewhat surprised Yang Mingzhi. He did not expect that chemical fertilizers and hydrazine hydrate, which should be the most difficult to preserve, were actually the best preserved. The only explanation was that they were overkill!
"It's really funny. A lot of our most commonly used medicines are wet, but the less commonly used ones are well preserved! It seems that you and your colleagues only focus on the most powerful weapons, and you really lose sight of one thing."
Koshkaf also has his own explanation. The reason for this result is actually very simple. "Because black powder and yellow gunpowder are frequently used, the warehouses where they are placed are relatively simple. They do not need to be sealed and stored, so they are affected by humid air and return to moisture. But
Ammonium nitrate and hydrazine hydrate are stored in another warehouse because they are too susceptible to moisture and very dangerous."
These words suddenly reminded Yang Mingzhi of the first time he did the experiment. At that time, he faced the same group of people. Koshkaf was one of the people who participated in the experiment. Another super bold Lebraski is still working in the laboratory.
With.
Yang Mingzhi called the young man to face him and talked with him about old times.
At that time, the battle had just ended, and the work of developing thermobaric bombs had been launched, not to mention the power of deflagration. The high pressure generated after the deflagration of 500 grams of hydrazine nitrate caused the humid earth to evaporate water vapor crazily, resulting in a spectacular mushroom cloud.
Soaring straight into the sky. At the same time, there were strong winds and violent sounds. Everyone who participated in the experiment still remembers it vividly, but unfortunately Yevlov was not present at the time.
Yang Mingzhi noticed that the teacher was full of curiosity, and it was indeed necessary to recall the situation at that time.
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Today, Lebraski and others are full of confidence. The young man said unceremoniously: "Comrade Deputy Division Commander, we have been producing hydrazine-based substances for a long time, and the final product of hydrazine nitrate is packed in glass bottles.
, each bottle is filled with one kilogram, and now we have a total of fifty bottles!”
He said it so lightly that Yang Mingzhi's jaw dropped in shock. "You... tell me, how many have you configured?!"
"Fifty kilograms in total, my deputy commander! According to your regulations, the warehouse storing these dangerous goods is not inside Catfish Village. It is still one mile away from the nearest military camp or settlement! Because we are also worried about a sudden explosion.
, will hurt us all."
Fifty bottles of hydrazine nitrate, a total of fifty kilograms, have five times the energy of TNT after deflagration! With a violent burst of energy, the gas will expand at a speed of Mach 20, and the strong shock wave caused by the compressed air may be able to destroy the Catfish Village.
Many buildings were blown down.
Listening to Koshkaf's detailed description again, it turns out that in order to store these dangerous objects, Fomin specially approved the use of some rare cement, and a cement-reinforced cellar was completed. In order to further maintain dryness, the cellar was also stored
Burning charcoal.
Koshkaf said: "I don't think hydrazine nitrate will deflagrate inexplicably. Unless we deliberately light it, no one will die! The cellar is relatively large. I think the commander must have the idea of visiting it, because there
Not only were fifty kilograms of hydrazine nitrate stored, but some of the cylinders dropped this time were discovered by our soldiers and eventually sent to the chemical laboratory. Judging from the codes on the cylinders, these are dangerous disinfectants."
"It must be ethylene oxide!" Yang Mingzhi exclaimed.
"This is it! We know that although it is a disinfectant, it is actually very dangerous!" Koshkaf knew the chemical properties of this substance.
Because it was put together with hydrazine nitrate, this approach received strong support from Yang Mingzhi.
This incident was completely beyond Yang Mingzhi's medical attention. There were fifty ethylene oxide cylinders on the airdrop list that landed, but because the wind was blowing them everywhere, searching for them was not a simple task.
The Blacksmith Village also collected cylinders, but he hadn't had time to check them yet. Now that Catfish Village had found a few more bottles, the chemical experts were all in front of him, so he naturally had one more task to do in the afternoon.