Chapter 198: Summarizing the Battle of Qinshui

When Chen Yufeng and others led the team back, they were warmly greeted by the kiln gang people, and almost all the kiln gang people who could come out came out. Although it was kept secret when they set off, now the people of Yaogang already know that Chen Yufeng is on their way. The cavalry soldiers of the brigade returned directly to the camp in the cave, where Liu Chenghuang had already arranged a banquet for killing pigs and sheep, and Lu Chengxiang also sent a lot of good wine. This time, several giants of Yaogang came to the camp together to rejoice with the soldiers.

felt that it was not enough, and the people of Yaogang specially performed a "Tang Guifei" to cheer up the triumphant soldiers.

This performance filled the aisles of the Cultural Palace with seats, because there were only more than 1,500 official seats in the Cultural Palace, and the 2,000 soldiers who went out on the expedition were not enough. A guest like Princess Anping is a must-see show. So the Palace of Culture is still packed.

Princess Anping followed Yang Yulin into the Cultural Palace, her eyes were not enough, she had never seen such a magnificent building. Yang Yulin also deliberately led the princess around. This is a pain for the princess's entourage, because the female entourage is fine, but when they enter the women's bathroom, those male bodyguards can't go in, which makes them very embarrassed.

As soon as the lights breathed and the stage lights came on, the princess quickly entered the plot like everyone else.

Some of the leaders of the kiln gang have watched this play several times, but they still will not miss the opportunity to see this performance.

Looking at this play, Zhang Zhimu felt that Xiao Hongyu on the stage was getting better and better, she had forgotten the audience under the stage, forgot that she was performing, and entered the play wholeheartedly, and at the same time she also brought the audience into the bitter and sour. It is estimated that no one will not shed tears after watching this play. Even Yan Boju, a person who feels that he has seen through the bitterness and sweetness of the world, said after reading it: "I didn't expect that I would shed tears with the people in the play when I was old." "Not to mention the others. Princess Anping and Yang Yulin held hands and cried in a mess.

After rewarding the soldiers who went out on the expedition, Chen Yufeng, Zhang Zhimu and others held a meeting to seriously study the operation.

Two main issues are discussed:

The first is a summary of this military operation

Zhang Zhimu held that this operation was a very successful military operation, which tested our weapons and equipment, tested the tactical quality of our army, and still more tested our tactics of long-range assault operations. The only regrettable thing is that our opponents are all some Zhuang Ding who are driven by others, and most of them are ordinary farmers and workers in ordinary times. It was their leaders who should be damned, but it was these innocent Zhuang Ding who sent them to their deaths. In the future, when encountering such a situation, it is necessary to minimize the deaths and injuries of the villagers.

Zhang Zhimu's view was not endorsed by Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He and others. Chen Yufeng said: "You must not be merciful on the battlefield, because if you are merciful, the other party will regard your kindness as weakness, and it will be us who will be hurt." ”

Zhang Zhimu further explained: "I know that the battlefield is not a child's play, but everyone must also think about what kind of scene will be in the homes of those dead Zhuang Ding. ”

Ouyang He also expressed his dissatisfaction with Zhang Zhimu's statement, saying: "If you go to the battlefield, you are all enemies, and the dead people should be blamed for the people who let them go to the battlefield." If we don't kill them, he will kill us. When we both come together, we both want to kill each other. This is all a matter of course. There isn't even a question about who is right and who is wrong. ”

Regarding this issue, Zhang Zhimu did not say any more, he felt that now was not the time to argue about this, and said: "This matter will be talked about later." After you left, Li Yunhe and the others have successfully tested several kinds of fuses, including tripping and triggering mines, which are already very reliable and can be used. I think that if we have a long-range raid mission in the future, we may encounter a large group of chasing soldiers, we can bring ** and face ** while retreating. In this way, the pursuers will be very scrupulous. ”

Obviously, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He were very interested in the matter of **, and after asking some specific information in detail, they said that they should actually give it a try.

Zhang Zhimu felt that he should remind them, saying, "Our mortars and ** will be sharp weapons in our hands in the future." However, with our current production capacity, the conditions for large-scale application of firearms are not yet available. Because this requires our entire industrial production system to be complete, to form a large-scale production capacity to meet the consumption of large-scale use of these weapons. ”

Ouyang He asked: "Mr. Zhang, when will our large-scale firearms production begin?" ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that they attached great importance to these weapons, and he also used sweetness, saying: "Small-scale production is estimated to start in the second half of the year, and larger-scale production will have to wait until the end of the year." ”

Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He both nodded, and Chen Yufeng said: "Let's train now, if we don't go out in a short time, there will be no large-scale battles." Besides, we still have an advantage in fighting with knives and guns and firearms. ”

Ouyang He also said: "We can write down the experience of this battle in our textbooks, and artillery will be a very important branch of the armed forces in the future." ”

The second issue discussed at the meeting was what the future holds for the Qinshui route.

Chen Yufeng said: "Through this battle, we have found out the bottom of those people in Qinshui, and they have also understood our combat effectiveness. I think next time we'll send another caravan and see what will happen to them? ”

Ouyang He seemed to be confident and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't be busy with this matter yet." We don't want to be our enemies with these people in Qinshui, and I think they don't want to be our enemies. This time they have offended us, and they know how good we are, and they will definitely think about how to get along with us. Because they pass by us on their way north to kill Hukou, they will prevent us from going south from them, and they will also worry that we will prevent them from going north. There should be someone in them who understands, and if nothing else, they will send someone to contact us and explain. Because we have no conflict of interest, and we have two interests. After a while, if they don't come, I'd like to visit them myself. ”

Zhang Zhimu admired Ouyang He's insight and said, "What Mr. Ouyang He said is, let's not worry, wait and see." In any case, we cannot give up the road of Qinshui River. The best strategy is to open this passage by force. ”

Ouyang He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, let's not worry. Offended us, it was they who were anxious. ”

All the projects carried out in Yaogang, except for Lu Qi and their textile machines, are progressing very smoothly. Zhang Zhimu knew that Lu Qi's textile machine was very difficult, and because he was afraid of putting too much pressure on them, Zhang Zhimu never asked them about it. At this time, Zhang Zhimu suddenly felt that he should tell Lu Qi that the motor was now very mature to be applied to their equipment. Just as he found that Li Di had come back from the smelter, Zhang Zhimu called him and came to Lu Qi's development workshop together.

Lu Qi saw Zhang Zhimu coming, and hurriedly got up to greet him. Zhang Zhimu smiled and asked, "How is it, your business is not difficult, right?" ”

Lu Qi's face was obviously tired, and he said: "The difficulty is even more difficult than we thought at the beginning, but after many failures during this period of time, we can be regarded as having a little way." Mr. Zhang still wants to give us a little time. ”

Zhang Zhimu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not here to urge you, I know that everyone is working hard, and I know that you haven't stayed up late since you looked at your face." I would like to remind you to pay attention to rest, your affairs are not something that can be done well in a short period of time, and you must be prepared for the long term. The other one is that I'm here to support you. After speaking, Zhang Zhimu turned around and pointed at Li Di and said: "You all know him, but during the time when you were bored with the textile machine, they also made electricity very good." I brought him here to tell you that the power of your machine in many places can be solved by electric motors, and now the structure of your machine will be much simpler, because in the past you could only take power from a steam power source and use mechanical methods to transmit it. Now with an electric motor, the powertrain is much simpler. If you are willing to turn forward, you will pass the truth, and if you are willing to reverse, you will reverse. The speed can also be controlled by yourself. ”

Although Lu Qi and the others did not understand the full use of the motor at once, Zhang Zhimu's brief introduction had already made Lu Qi feel the convenience that the motor would bring to them.

Lu Qi said eagerly: "Mr. Zhang, tell us about the motor." If we had what you said, a lot of things would be much easier. ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and pointed at Li Di and said, "Let's let him talk about the motor." I told Li Di that the textile machine is our top priority. Let him send men to cooperate with you. Existing motors can be used as much as possible, and dedicated motors can be made if necessary. I think Li Di will take a moment to tell you about the motor, and then you will introduce the problems encountered in the development of the textile machine, and see if the motor can be used to solve it. After Li Di understands the situation, he will send two people to cooperate with you, because Li Di still has a lot of work in the chemical plant, and I saw it today, so I brought it to you. ”

Lu Qi, of course, they applauded. Leaving Li Di to give a lecture to Lu Qi and them, Zhang Zhimu left. Because there are still things to discuss with Li Yunhe.

When I came to Li Yunhe's office, I saw that there were many people in Li Yunhe's office, and Li Yunhe was also busy dealing with this matter and that matter. After finally sending everyone away, Li Yunhe nodded at Zhang Zhimu, cleaned up the table, came to Zhang Zhimu, and said, "See, it's like this every day." Today is a small matter. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You can't do everything yourself, you have to learn to use your people well." They need to have the opportunity to work out, and you also need to have your hands free to think about the big things. ”

Li Yunhe scratched his head and said, "I've been dividing tasks all the time, but in the end they all come back to me." ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that the management level of the kiln gang was still very low, and the next step was to consider the division of labor and management, and said: "You get all the eggs under yourself like an old hen, and other chickens can't hatch eggs if they want to." In the future, you should think more about management, which is a university question. ”

"Okay, tell me what good stuff you want to get today?" Only Li Yunhe dared to talk to Zhang Zhimu like this.

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "You guy! I ask you, what is the speed of your lathe and steam engine spindle, do you know? ”

Li Yunhe replied: "I don't know the specifics, I just know which ones are fast and which ones are slow." If it's slow, I'll go and speed it up; I'm going to slow down when I'm going to get faster. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Okay, those methods will not work in the future." I'm coming to you today to solve the standard problem of speed. The criterion for solving this problem is to solve the problem of measuring time. ”

Li Yunhe seemed to understand a little, and said: "Mr. Lu Bingyi helped those who made the big clock, and the time has been adjusted very accurately. It's not bad for ten minutes a day, and I'm still tuning. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew what Li Yunhe said, because the big bell had been made, but the standard of time could not be determined, so Lu Bingyi used the method of sun shadow to determine the time. For example, at noon today, the shadow of the tree on a bamboo pole in the yard is determined at 12 o'clock at noon, and the shortest time for the shadow of the next day is 12 o'clock the next day. The interval between the two points is twenty-four hours. If it's slow, turn it up a little faster. It's going to be faster, it's slowing down a little. Now the error of the clock can be controlled within 10 minutes per day. It's still slowly adjusting. However, the second hand of this clock is already very accurate. The time error of this clock is 10 minutes, and the time of the whole day is 24x60 = 1440 minutes, and the error rate is within 7 thousandths. If you use his second hand as a standard stopwatch, the accuracy is completely sufficient for now.

After listening to Zhang Zhimu's analysis, Li Yunhe asked: "Then how is the stopwatch made and what is it like?" ”

Zhang Zhimu thinks that he should first come up with a kind of timekeeping, and then make a stopwatch, because the stopwatch is a little more complicated. The production of clocks powered by clockwork can not only be used for timekeeping, but also allow the clockmakers in the kiln to master the principle of clockwork as power clocks. In this way, there will not be many technical obstacles in making stopwatches or even pocket watches and watches in the future. So Zhang Zhimu said to Li Yunhe: "Let's go to our watch expert together, let's talk together." ”

When they came to the test workshop of these people in charge of making the big clock, Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe saw a busy scene. Zhang Zhimu knows that people who are engaged in design and creation will never be satisfied, and will always find something that needs to be improved. The same is true of these people.

Zhang Zhimu gathered them together and congratulated them first, congratulating them on the fact that the bell had basically been completed. Because the current accuracy has been able to reach the road for about ten minutes a day. For a large clock, this is already a good accuracy.

Hearing Zhang Zhimu's affirmation, these people all breathed a sigh of relief and felt very relieved. When Zhang Zhimu gave them the task of making the big clock, they knew almost no about the clock, but Zhang Zhimu told them a little basic principle, this big clock was what they had paid for I don't know how many days and nights, and how many failures they had experienced to get to where they are now. was affirmed by Zhang Zhimu, which shows that their efforts were not in vain.

In particular, Zhang Zhimu told them: "You have created a miracle for the entire Ming Dynasty, when the bell is installed and put into use, your name will be published in the "Yaogang Weekly", and your descendants will be proud of you." These people were obviously stunned, which they didn't expect, and some of them couldn't stop crying.

After everyone calmed down, Zhang Zhimu said: "The accuracy of this big bell, you have to adjust it slowly." But a new task is for you, and you are to make a grandfather clock that every family will use in the future. Such a clock should be small, and it would not be powered by gravity like a large clock. And it is powered by a steel spring like a coiled spring. ”

Zhang Zhimu drew a diagram of the clockwork for them and told them that it was a clockwork that could be tightened with a key. This mainspring is made of steel, which can be changed to stainless steel in the future.

After these people made the big clock, they already had a deep understanding of the principle of the clock, so they felt that this kind of table clock was simpler than the big clock. This made Zhang Zhimu feel very happy. I thought to myself that these people still didn't know how much wealth they were going to make a grandfather clock. Not only that, but the appearance of the clock will also greatly change the rhythm of people's lives and even their lifestyles.

After Zhang Zhimu arranged this matter, he assigned them the task of making a revolution counting table.

Zhang Zhimu told them:

In the past, large clocks had one revolution of the second hand, one scale of the minute hand, one turn of the minute hand, and one scale of the hour hand within one circle. Each lap is sixty scales. And this revolution counter is also three needles, everyone, ten, hundred. The scale is one hundred scales per revolution, and the rotation of the outer axis should be transmitted into the counting table, and the outer axis should be rotated one time for each time, and each needle should be rotated to a scale, and the needles should be rotated for one hundred scales, and then the ten needles should be rotated to a scale; After the 10-digit needle turns once, the 100-digit needle turns a scale. On the book, it is required to have a handle for reset and clearing, and a handle for disconnecting the transmission shaft. As soon as the propeller shaft touches, the counting begins, and the counting stops when the disconnect propeller shaft handle is pressed. By counting the time, you can know the rotational speed.

Regarding the interface of this counting table, Li Yunhe will discuss it with them.

Zhang Zhimu arranged these things, and then looked at their stovetop gas recovery device with Li Yunhe. This is an experimental device for a smelter. When blast furnace ironworks, high-temperature gases will emerge from the top of the furnace, which contain a large amount of dust and must be dusted before use.

The first process of dust removal is gravity dust removal, then cooling, decompression in water spray dust removal, and then washing before use.

Zhang Zhimu told Li Yunhe: "If your experiment is stable, you will immediately install a set of blast furnaces in the smelting plant." ”

Li Yunhe said: "The smelter is already preparing for ignition and test run, and now it is safe and not in a hurry." ”

"Whether they try it or not, the blast furnace gas must be recovered, and that's what I ask of them. We do need gas, too. Zhang Zhimu said.

Zhang Zhimu and Li Yunhe were discussing when to install a blast furnace gas recovery device for the smelter, when suddenly Li Zhi came over in a hurry.

Zhang Zhimu knew that something big must have happened, otherwise Li Zhi couldn't come here to find him.