Research Institute No. 3 is Schönbai's Chemical Research Institute, which was expanded from the original chemical laboratory.
The old guy has become more energetic in the past few years. With a group of supporting staff and sufficient funds, the old guy can concentrate on research work.
He can't hear what's going on outside the window.
Dong Shuheng likes this kind of pure scientist best.
Schönbai no longer does gunpowder research, but has devoted his experience entirely to experiments in organic chemistry.
Compared with the already developed inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry is a new field.
It's like a new continent that every chemist with an exploratory spirit can indulge in.
Schönbai himself is a science geek.
Dong Shuheng actually had his own business to do when he came over. The airship he had been thinking about was still using hydrogen.
Dong Shuheng knew that this damn thing was a moving bomb.
If the Zeppelin had not exploded, maybe the airship could have continued to develop instead of dying midway.
Dong Shuheng had always felt that airships should have a longer-term development space, and maybe he could light up this piece of technology.
The airship's outer skin and helium filling both required help from Schönbain.
Dong Shuheng knew about the existence of helium gas, but he had no idea how to collect it.
However, as a chemist, Schönbai naturally knows that collecting and purifying a gas is nothing more than separation, synthesis, fractionation, etc.
The later formal discovery of helium occurred in 1895, when two Swedish chemists, Peter Cliff and Niels Langlet, isolated helium from pitchblende ore.
Among the large number of natural gas wells discovered in the United States in the early 20th century, many were helium natural gas wells.
Dong Shuheng also knew that helium could be separated from natural gas.
This gas, which is very stable and as light as hydrogen, aroused Schönbai's great love.
What scientists like to do most is challenge the unknown.
Dong Shuheng blew the helium gas into the sky.
This project caused Schönbai to stop his organic chemistry research and lead his team to conquer helium.
Unfortunately, this research has been carried out for half a year, and it only proves the existence of helium.
"Mr. Schoenbach, this project does not need to be so urgent. There is no big problem if we use hydrogen for the time being. I am more worried about your health than the progress of helium research."
As soon as he arrived at the Institute of Chemistry, the administrative assistant of the institute complained to Dong Shuheng.
Schoenby now entered that research frenzy again.
In other words, he has begun to violate his normal work and rest schedule.
This can seriously affect an elderly person's health.
"President, you can't say that. You raised the question. Forget it if I don't know. Now that I know, how can I not be anxious."
"For a researcher in chemistry, new elements are like our children," Schönbai explains.
His current anxiety was not forced on him by Dong Shuheng.
It was prompted by his own thirst for knowledge.
These are real scientists, and research is their life.
In their eyes, money is also very important, but it is only a tool to ensure the normal progress of their graduate studies.
Dong Shuheng told the institute to pay attention to the health of the old director, and also ordered doctors to come over regularly to check up on Scheinbai.
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Dong Shuheng went to the "Four" Research Institute next. Its full name is the Materials Research Institute.
This research institute is located in Maple Valley in Xishan, New Beijing.
Maple Valley was originally a valley full of maple trees. Now it is home to several major research institutes of the Renaissance Army.
With the expansion of academies' enrollment, the school buildings in the old city of Xinjing are no longer enough. Many colleges and universities have begun to build new campuses.
Dong Shuheng simply built this place into a scientific research and education base.
Education and scientific research can easily form an integrated effect.
As well as industrial areas, the Fuxing Army also established several education centers in the mainland.
Xinjing, Jiangning, Changsha, Guangzhou and other places have become places where academies are concentrated.
I don’t know how many students go to these places to study every year.
Maple Valley will be the future education center of the Xinjing area, with several research institutes located there, and it can even develop into a national scientific research center.
"Four" was originally a metal research institute, and its main research direction was synthetic steel materials with various properties. Later, with the development of the electrolytic aluminum industry, the research on aluminum alloy materials also became their research direction.
In the industrial and military fields, the status of aluminum alloy is no less than that of steel. It has good corrosion resistance and low density, but its strength is much higher than that of wood.
It can fill gaps in many fields. For example, the "Land" flying laboratory requires aluminum alloy materials.
Of course, now that organic chemistry has emerged, the materials they study are no longer limited to metallic materials.
The organic materials produced by Schönbai are also the objects of their research.
Among several laboratories, probably the one with the best personnel belongs to the "Four" number.
Several other laboratories usually ask them for help.
Either the Power Research Institute has asked them to develop materials that meet certain conditions, or the Flying Laboratory needs certain materials.
Even if the Institute of Chemistry sometimes needs a reaction tank made of special materials, it has to be contacted by the Institute of Materials.
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This is why Dong Shuheng tried his best to build several research institutes together.
Of course, another reason is that it is easier to work safely and confidentially.
In addition, the Materials Research Institute is also a distinguished guest of major steel plants.
Everyone wants the new steel products from the institute to be produced locally first.
In this way, they can seize the opportunity.
Although they are all state-owned enterprises, there is competition among the five major steel companies.
The state-owned enterprises established by Dong Shuheng drew on the model of later generations that took responsibility for their own profits and losses.
Although there are still big flaws, it is no longer the model of eating from the same big pot. So the competition between them is fierce.
The development of industry cannot be separated from materials. Even a novice like Dong Shuheng understands this truth.
In addition to technical reserves such as smelting, the most important thing for material research is the accumulation of time.
It is difficult to imagine that two or several different metals fused together in a certain proportion will produce such magical changes in physical properties.
Anyway, Dong Shuheng, a liberal arts student, doesn’t understand. Everyone in the institute knows more than him.
Dong Shuheng only knows about titanium steel, manganese steel, tungsten steel... Maybe these metals can be fused with steel.
Anyway, he will never get involved in something he doesn't understand. He can just leave it to professionals.
The most fearful thing is that laymen are in charge of insiders.
In the end nothing was done well.
Speaking of the Materials Research Institute, we cannot fail to mention the Power Research Institute with which it is most closely connected, which was the original Diesel Engine Laboratory.
Now it has moved to Luanzhou, which is close to the tractor factory and can easily produce some spare parts needed for research.
This is of great help to the research and development and improvement of internal combustion engines.
The Dynamics Laboratory has been established for a relatively long time and has now developed into a large laboratory.
His main research is on internal combustion engines such as diesel engines and gasoline engines, and he even studies the built-in power devices on torpedoes.
There are already more than a dozen models of diesel engines launched by the institute.
There are four or five models installed on tractors alone. There are also locomotive engines used on trains and marine diesel engines used on ships.
The gasoline engine has just been finalized in two models.
When Dong Shuheng came to the research institute, he also went to the automobile factory in Luanzhou to cut the ribbon for the first Fuxing brand car to roll off the assembly line.
"Lu" is a flight research institute. The successful development of gasoline engines not only provides the airship with lighter power, but also increases the speed of the airship.
It also created conditions for the development of aircraft.
It is said that the last few decades of the 19th century were a period of explosive development of science and technology.
Such a grand occasion has already been staged here in the Renaissance Army.
Dong Shuheng is very pleased that a hundred flowers bloom in science and technology.
His investment over the years has not been in vain. He has hired people, invested, and poured so much energy into it.
It's like seeing the sapling you took good care of finally blossoming and bearing fruit.
Looking at the flowers blooming one after another, bursts of satisfaction arise in my heart.
While Dong Shuheng was preparing to celebrate the Spring Festival, the war machine of the Great Empire was already in operation.
The streets and lanes of the city are all recruiting points.
Veterans were the first to be recruited, many of whom had participated in the Crimean War.
Some qualified machinery processing factories have been converted into military factories in accordance with the requirements of the War Act, and a large number of new weapons are constantly coming out of the production lines.
Temple is visiting Enfield Arsenal, accompanied by military representatives from the arsenal.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, you see, this is our latest Enfield 1858 rifle. It has a breech design and uses metal fixed-loading ammunition. Compared with the Baath Army guns we obtained, it is no less powerful."
"The gunpowder of the bullet also uses the latest smokeless gunpowder."
After several years of hard work, the Great Empire has gradually caught up with the Renaissance Army in terms of military industry.
At least there is no generational difference in weapons.
Weapons that have not yet appeared in history have also appeared in advance.
This is also thanks to the Renaissance Army. If the Renaissance Army had not opened up some ideas for weapons in advance, these things would not have appeared in advance.
This was actually what Dong Shuheng expected.
For the Great Empire, the technology tree has already laid the foundation.
The advanced development of the Renaissance Army's weapons field just catalyzed their innovative breakthroughs.
"Well, very good. Although I don't know much about guns, they do look very beautiful." Temple picked up an assembled rifle and rubbed it in his hands. After improvements, not only was it different internally, but it also looked different in appearance.
More beautiful.
A smile appeared on Temple's slender cheeks. His hawk-like eyes became sharper.
"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, please come this way." The officer stationed at the factory guided Temple and his party to another workshop.
What is being assembled here is obviously a big thing.
"First of all, sir, you see, this is a rotating machine gun we made, the kind that once appeared on the battlefield in eastern Tsarist Russia." The officer continued to introduce.
Afterwards, Temple also visited the empire's artillery factory. Cannons and howitzers adapted to new ammunition were being produced from the assembly line at the fastest speed.
Temple was very pleased with his staff's ability to execute.
After entering a state of war, the entire Great Empire quickly completed its transformation.
Everything will revolve around war.
To produce so much weapons and equipment, the imperial government actually had to foot the bill in the end.
The Temple government issued 300 million pounds of national debt for this purpose.
You must know that before this, the national debt issued by London was only about 30 million per year.
Fortunately, the Great Empire is still the most powerful country.
Britain is still the world's number one economic power. The empire's coal output reached 112 million tons, more than 2 times more than ten years ago.
Pig iron production is 6.1 million tons and steel production is 240,000 tons; cotton consumption reaches 1.08 billion pounds; there are also 2,400 cotton yarn factories; there are about 30 million mechanical spindles, 6 times more than France or the United States.
In total world trade, Britain's share is almost equal to the total foreign trade volume of France, Prussia, and the United States. The tonnage of British merchant ships exceeds the tonnage of merchant ships of the Netherlands, France, the United States, Germany, and Russia combined.
Although the Renaissance Army surpasses the Great Empire in some aspects, that is because the population base and the size of the country are much larger than those of the Great Empire.
In terms of overall strength, it is still slightly inferior.
Therefore, many people are now willing to buy the national bonds issued by the Great Empire, and there is even a phenomenon that supply exceeds demand.
It's like issuing stocks when the Renaissance Army first started.
If you have money on hand, you can do things without panic.
Temple now only needs to wait for the large armored fleet to form an army, and then he can support the Indian Ocean and fight to the death with the Renaissance Army.
But now they have to do something.
Temple organized the production of military industry and recruited soldiers. At the same time, Temple began to deploy the resources at his disposal.
On the diplomatic front, he asked the Foreign Secretary, Lord Clarendon, to visit European countries.
Naturally, they wanted to win over allies. But because the French refused to participate in the war, many small countries began to wait and see.
Moreover, now Austria has declared war on Prussia, and Italian states such as Sardinia have declared war on Austria. This time, almost half of the European countries are involved.
So after Nasan declared neutrality, other countries also began to wait and see.
The original Dutch brothers did not participate this time, because their Spice Islands are right next to the mouth of the Renaissance Army.
If they join the war, the Renaissance Army will take down Batavia in the next second.
There was no breakthrough in diplomacy. However, many small countries still bought the national debt of the Great Empire to save face.
The new ironclad ships have not yet been commissioned, but the Great Empire still has the strongest fleet in the world.
Under the planning of the new Lord of the Admiralty Sandwich, the Empire of Great Britain prepared to send warships into the Pacific waters to disrupt the maritime trade routes between the Renaissance Army and Amelia.
The Great Empire knew that the Renaissance Army relied heavily on this sea route.
In addition, the navy will cooperate with the army to transport the army to Egypt first.
Build an army technical secondary school base there.
According to the plan, the fleet first sent the soldiers to Egypt, and then the soldiers marched from the land to the Red Sea.
Then it will be transported to India by the Indian Ocean fleet.
The first batch of troops deployed to the Indian region will reach 200,000 people.
Maybe additional troops will be added later.
This has already caught up with the number of troops sent by the Great Empire to the Crimean battlefield.
With such a large number of troops, not even the Great Empire has the ability to deliver them all at once.
After all, the Suez Canal has not yet been opened in this era. The transshipment distance by sea around the Cape of Good Hope is too far.
Da Ying can only survive the relay-type transfer.
This requires stocking up on supplies at the transshipment base midway.
Even so, it would take three months for the first batch of soldiers to arrive in India.