In the next month, in addition to handling the official affairs of the theater headquarters, Claude spent most of his spare time on the development of the iron mine in the East Mosilaga Mountains. Although Mr. Veblen did not know that Claude
Why are you so concerned about the development of this iron mine? But Claude attaches so much importance to it also shows that the investment of two thousand gold crowns he invested has not been wasted. With his strong assistance, grassroots management personnel and mining personnel were quickly recruited.
The Nikancha people were young and strong, and it only took a month and a half to start producing iron ore.
The next step is to establish a foundry. It is a very simple task to turn iron ore into molten iron to cast molds. It only requires a refining furnace and a mold manufacturing workshop. These are things that Mr. Veblen is familiar with.
It was completed easily. But Claude also requested to set up a woodworking workshop, a black powder preparation workshop and an assembly workshop, which made Mr. Veblen start to worry. He didn't understand what Claude wanted to do...
It was only when Mr. Veblen went to find Claude that he discovered that Miss Anna, who rarely appeared in the Field family, was also present. He quickly saluted and then raised his question. Claude smiled and said, since Mr. Veblen
Now that you have signed a confidentiality agreement, you can take a look at the weapons you want to make.
Mr. Veblen saw the tall lieutenant next to Claude carrying two boxes. Each box was filled with cylinders with a diameter of ten centimeters. The top was made of black iron and the bottom was a wooden handle.
Then the big lieutenant took out two iron plates from another box. One thicker one was placed on the ground as the bottom plate, and the other thinner iron plate was inserted into the groove at one end of the thicker bottom plate.
It became an L shape.
Then the big lieutenant broke down the L-shaped upright iron plate, and the iron plate became arc-shaped. It had good elasticity... Only then did Mr. Veblen discover the iron plate.
It was an anti-shock spring iron plate under the carriage, but Claude didn't know what he was using this spring iron plate for.
The big lieutenant held the spring iron plate with one hand, took out one from the box full of black iron cylinders with the other hand, and placed it in a round hole at the end of the spring iron plate with the wooden handle facing down.
.Then the big lieutenant pulled off a thread exposed on the wooden handle with one hand, and loosened the spring iron plate with the other hand.
With a "bang" sound, the spring iron plate bounced back, and the black iron cylinder inserted into the round hole of the iron plate was thrown high.
Not bad, Mr. Veblen admired in his heart, isn't this the principle of the ancient trebuchet? Claude is so particular about smashing a pig iron egg. It seems that he can sell his so-called weapons for a higher price in the war zone.
price, which means greater profits...
But before Mr. Veblen could finish thinking about it, he heard a "bang" and an explosion in the distance. He turned around and saw that the cylinder made of black iron had fallen to the ground and exploded.
A small crater was blown out of the dirt hillside, and smoke was rising...
"This, this thing will explode?" Mr. Veblen asked in surprise.
"Of course, otherwise you think I opened the iron ore workshop just to throw iron lumps at the enemy?" Claude replied, then turned to his sister Anna and said: "Oh, this black powder is not very powerful, and it is far less safe.
If you throw an explosive, it will make a sound like the earth is shattering, and it can scare people into unconsciousness..."
Mr. Veblen didn't care whether Claude was talking about black powder or some kind of safety explosive. It was beyond his expectation that this thing could explode. Even though he had no military experience or experienced a war, he knew that Claude
This kind of throwing weapon designed by Germany will play a big role in the war. If one explodes, it may not be a threat, but if you throw dozens or hundreds of them and explode, think about it, it can only help the defense of the position.
The enemy observed a moment of silence...
What Mr. Veblen had seen most in the past was the local garrison armed forces in overseas territories suppressing indigenous riots. Basically, rows of guns were fired, and the vicious indigenous rioters fell down in the front row, and those behind them were everywhere like chickens and dogs.
They were running around. If you imagine the result of dozens of these explosive cylinders being thrown into the crowd and then exploding, Mr. Veblen believes that in the future, those Nikancha people who want to gather a crowd to launch a riot will have to think twice about whether it is worth it.
.
"Can I have a look?" Mr. Veblen asked the big lieutenant, pointing to the cylinders in the box. The lieutenant nodded and gave up his seat.
Picking up a cylinder, Mr. Veblen immediately understood why Claude used spring iron plates to set up a throwing structure. This thing was too heavy. Even though the wooden handle at the back was very comfortable to hold,
Mr. Veblen estimated that he could only throw it about ten meters.
"Can it be taken apart?" Mr. Veblen asked.
Claude nodded, and the big lieutenant standing next to him came over, took the cylinder from Mr. Veblen's hand, and twisted it counterclockwise. The black iron cylinder separated from the wooden handle below, and the black gunpowder contained inside was separated.
All poured out.
In fact, the so-called grenade design is very simple. The black iron shell is filled with particles of black gunpowder. However, the design of the puller inside the wooden handle is very exquisite. When the thread exposed on the outside of the wooden handle is pulled, it will drive the inside of the hollow wooden handle.
The friction and heat of the flint ignited a short gunpowder twister inside. However, a large section of the gunpowder twister was exposed on it. It was obvious that this was the black gunpowder particles loaded in the black iron shell. As long as the hollow wooden handle
When the short gunpowder twist inside burns to the large section above, it will explode the granular gunpowder contained in the black iron shell...
This should be regarded as a very simple grenade design, only more advanced than the kind of gunpowder twister that is exposed and ignited directly with fire. But this is already Claude's limit. After all, he was engaged in computer management before time travel, but
You are not a science genius who can create anything.
However, this shocked Mr. Veblen very much. He said in admiration: "General, you are really a genius. You can design such a powerful weapon. What is its name?"
"The grenade." Claude sighed and shook his head and said, "It's not very powerful, and the effective damage range when it explodes is too small. As you can see, it would be too heavy if it was charged...
..."
This is true. Mr. Veblen just took one and already knew its weight. But Mr. Veblen said something: "General, since you have designed the throwing device, there is no need to design a wooden handle."
, anyway, if it is not thrown by hand, then it should all be made of cast iron and filled with gunpowder. Will that increase the power of the explosion?"
Things are always so wonderful, and perhaps it is often the words of a layman who can break through the confusion in front of the eyes and point directly to the truth of the thing itself. Claude and his sister Anna's eyes lit up almost at the same time, yes, anyway, the soldiers
Since it can't be thrown very far by hand, why not just cancel the wooden handle, enlarge the black iron shell, install more black powder, and improve the throwing device. I believe the explosive power of the thrown grenade will be greater.
"I'll go back right away to improve and test it." Sister Anna drove the carriage away in a hurry. Claude had no choice but to let the big man Germi lead someone to follow him to ensure her safety.
Only three days later, Mr. Veblen was invited by Claude to watch the new grenade throwing explosion test.
Mr. Veblen discovered that the grenade that was going to be thrown and exploded this time had completely changed its appearance. The wooden handle was removed and the black iron cylinder was lengthened. It looked like a black iron bottle. Moreover, the simple throwing device was also changed to
It has a fixed mode, and the spring iron plate on top has also been lengthened and thickened. It cannot be broken off by hand. There is a hook and a turntable next to it. Before throwing, you need to turn the turntable and use the hook to break the spring iron plate.
Come down, fix it according to the scale marks on the turntable, and then put the grenade on it.
The thread was also pulled, and green smoke came out from the back of the grenade, which meant that the gunpowder twist inside had been ignited. Then the hook line was disconnected, and the grenade was thrown up high and flew into the distance, followed by "Boom"
"There was a sound, an explosion sounded, and gunpowder smoke filled the air.
It was obvious that the explosion of the improved grenade this time was louder than the one Mr. Veblen heard before, which meant that the explosion was more powerful. Claude nodded, and he was impressed by the explosive power of the grenade tested this time.
I am also very satisfied with it. Of course, every gain must have a loss. The speed of the improved throwing structure is much slower than the one before the improvement. But in order to ensure the throwing distance and throwing accuracy, this loss in throwing speed is still possible.
tolerated.
"Now this grenade can't be thrown by hand, brother, you have to give it another name." said sister Anna.
Indeed, without the wooden handle, this kind of iron can-like grenade is really difficult to hold and throw with your hands. Claude thought for a long time and came up with a name for the grenade.
But Mr. Veblen frowned as he held the projectile that looked like an iron can.
"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Claude asked.
Mr. Veblen pointed to the ravines on the surface of the black iron shell of the projectile and asked: "General, why does this shell have such cracks?"
Claude laughed: "It's very simple. With these cracks, the black iron shell will break into more than thirty pieces when it explodes, causing great threats and damage to items within a five-meter radius.
.If there were not these cracks, the black iron shell might only be blown into two or three pieces during the explosion, and the threat and damage would be greatly reduced..."
Mr. Veblen smiled bitterly: "General, I understand. This requires us to process the black iron shell after casting it to create cracks on the surface, right?"
Claude nodded: "Yes, this should be a very simple process. Is there any difficulty?"
"Yes, General, we have no problem casting this black iron shell at all." Mr. Veblen said: "But to machine such cracks on this black iron shell, we need cutting machine tools and planing machine tools.
There are also threading machine tools. These are all processing machines that are easily available. The problem is that we don’t have the power..."
Power? Claude felt a little baffled. He had never heard of it. Simple machine tools had already appeared in this world. When he got Master Randers's diary and magic notes, he saw the design diagrams in them. Rand
When Master Si designed the initial musket, he designed a series of alchemical synthesis furnaces and mechanical supporting machine tools for making gun barrels. Not to mention the four major gun-making workshops in the Kingdom of Ovelas, and even the three major gun-making workshops in the southern part of the newly occupied territory.
The county's military workshops all have a large number of mechanical manufacturing machine tools.
Now Mr. Veblen says there is no motivation. What's going on?
However, with the popularization of science by Mr. Veblen, Claude finally understood that he had thought of everything too simply. Although there are mechanical machine tools in this world, they are still in their infancy. The biggest problem is the power limit.
The promotion of those mechanical machine tools. Generally speaking, there are only three types of power that can be used in this world at present, the most important of which is water power, followed by animal power, and the third is the legendary magic power.
The four original gun-making workshops of the Kingdom of Overas are all located in the valley. This is not to keep it secret, but because there is a large waterfall in the valley that continues all year round. A large waterfall like this needs to have a high drop.
Only with sufficient water volume and other characteristics can it be used as the power of various hydraulic mechanical machine tools, so that these simple-performance machine tools can be started to make various exquisite objects on various metals and alloys, such as cutting, planing, drilling, and drilling.
Holes, threads, etc...
The second kind of animal power is even simpler. Basically, it uses a turntable to pull the connecting piece in a circle, so that the simple machine tool device can perform a certain reciprocating motion, so that the machine can replace human power. However, such simple machine tools are mostly used in small businesses.
In workshops and carpentry workshops, it is difficult to handle items that are too hard. And the biggest disadvantage is that the instability of animal power will cause errors and waste in the items made.
As for the third type of legendary magic, I have never heard of it before. It uses the magic stones consumed in the magic talisman as energy to drive the stable operation of huge mechanical devices. It is said that the only one in the entire kingdom that uses magic as power
One place is the artillery manufacturing workshop located in the royal capital. All barrel production is powered by machines powered by magic, so that standard artillery with uniform specifications and no errors can be produced.
In addition, there are some human-powered machines and wind-powered machines, but they cannot be mounted on the table. Human power is not durable and wind power is unreliable. Except for those windmills and mills, there is very little wind power that can be truly utilized. The reason is that wind power depends on God.
Suddenly big and sometimes small, turning east and west, the changes are very fast. Sometimes the wind direction changes just after turning the sail, which is troublesome and labor-intensive...
Mr. Veblen told Claude very bluntly that the mountainous area where the iron ore is located does not have many waterfalls and water power that can be utilized, so it is difficult to install simple processing machinery and machine tools in the iron ore workshop. Unless otherwise
Find a place with a waterfall as a processing site, then transport the projectile shells cast from the iron ore workshop there for processing, and then assemble them.
Claude asked: "Have you ever heard of steam power?"
Mr. Veblen frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head and said he had never heard of it.
The sister Anna next to her was very interested in the magic power Mr. Veblen just mentioned, but Mr. Veblen had only heard it from others. He was not a magician and did not understand how to use magic stones to consume energy and convert it into power.
. He did remember what the magic stone was. It was the accompanying stone shell of the magic crystal mines excavated during the ancient magical civilization. Because it was born with the magic crystal, it also had a little magic power.
In the Age of Ending Law, magic crystals are becoming more and more rare and precious. So when the magician discovered that the discarded stone shells in the magic crystal mine also had a little magic power, these magic stones immediately became precious magic material resources. Olvera
There is only one magic stone mine in the Kingdom of Stirling, which is still in the kingdom itself. All the magic stones produced there belong to the Sterling royal family.
Claude was a little irritated. He had never thought about the power problems involved in making grenades. He asked Mr. Veblen if he had ever heard of steam power, but that didn't mean he could make a steam engine. There is a big difference between knowing the principle and making the actual object.
He couldn't and couldn't draw a structural diagram of a steam engine. He could only ask Mr. Veblen in frustration to send someone to search the mountainous area near the iron mine to see if there was available water power to install a mechanical processing workshop.