"But you must not underestimate this guy. He is a complete pragmatist. Just look at the trigger fuse he designed," Lin Shenhe said. Weiss managed to bribe some Spanish officers to scrap the products.
Several shell fuses made by Hale were stolen under the guise of Haiqi, and the Haiqi made a special trip to send these dangerous goods back to Lingao for dismantling and analysis. "The structure is so simple that it has no explosion-proof safety mechanism except a barrier spring. The key is
It does not require any complicated craftsmanship and does not require many skilled craftsmen. It is very suitable for the production level of the half-baked factory in Manila. At least it can fire more reliably. Compared with the standard 1-type fuze produced by the Bobu factory, it has a medium hardness.
The effectiveness of the field test was only 8% lower, which is quite good. As for safety, apart from our products, what kind of grenade fuze did we need to consider safety performance in the 17th century?"
The atmosphere in the venue turned solemn again. Xu Li, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "Based on the data on imported materials and combined with information from other sources, it can be basically concluded that the Philippine authorities currently do not have the ability to produce their own iron." He found out from the document.
Several photos, "The information from the Big Library shows that the early iron smelting industry in the Philippines was closely related to the technology spread by Chinese immigrants. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the iron-making blast furnace used locally was the trumpet furnace that had appeared in Fujian in the late Ming Dynasty. However,
According to the Manila station report, no similar equipment has been found at Hale's factory or elsewhere."
"If the personnel who infiltrated the casting workshop of the Hale factory saw it correctly," the permit revealed some more pictures, which were sketches made by the Intelligence Bureau based on Ji Meade's description, "the pig iron ingots and scrap iron were unloaded onto the small boats from the port.
.Transported directly to the factory dock along the river. The smelting equipment includes a simple earth furnace. Hua workers use the traditional Chinese stir-fried iron method to smelt the wrought iron to feed the forging and rolling plate machines. There are also two for casting special castings.
Iron furnaces are very common in Europe today. The core of the foundry is three reverberatory furnaces. According to the description of the Manila station, some may be used to smelt copper, but they are mainly used to smelt iron."
"There is a relatively small reverberatory furnace, and workers are often seen taking out red-hot clay pots and pouring red-hot molten metal from the pot into the slot mold. Intelligence officers witnessed every move of the workers before entering the furnace.
The clay jars were filled with weighed iron filings, small broken iron blocks, charcoal particles and cut iron bars, and 12 jars were put into the furnace door each time. We inferred that this was the production of crucible steel. The process seemed to be
It is similar to Krupp's method, but the output is not large. The main function of these reverberatory furnaces is to refine pig iron from different sources and with widely different qualities. Hale's factory cannot produce its own iron, so he attaches great importance to this
The process makes sense.”
"Please note that the style of the reverberatory furnace shown in the sketch is basically the same as the unfinished double-chamber reverberatory furnace of the Zheng Group found on Xiamen Island. Hollow iron that can be cooled by running water was even found on the Xiamen foundry site.
Casting furnace tuyere. If Hale uses the same tuyere in the Manila factory, then his reverberatory furnace should be designed with a heat exchange chamber to improve production efficiency through hot blast. At least in this foundry. Hale
The reverberatory furnace is the most technologically advanced thing of this era. In other words, black technology. As for the others, green sand mold casting, iron mold casting, etc., they are nothing."
"Doesn't this mean that Amaterasu has descended to earth?" Someone asked, "It doesn't matter that this little Japanese is a weapons expert and a chemical expert, but now he has become a metallurgical expert?"
"We know too little about him. But since he is Japanese and is good at weapons manufacturing, we guess that he may have done more in-depth research on the history of his country's military technology. After all, Japan's military industry in modern times was built from Nirayama and Kagoshima. It started with reverberatory furnaces casting iron cannons. Judging from some information I have reviewed, some refining reverberatory furnaces in Japan during the late Tokugawa and early Meiji years did indeed use hollow water-cooled air nozzles with similar structures."
"The Philippines is rich in metal minerals. Will this happen?" Wu Mu said. "In order to confuse us, or for the sake of caution, Hale asked the Spanish Governor to import metals, and on the other hand, he asked the Spanish governor to import metals. In other areas, blast furnaces are set up to smelt iron and copper, and then transport them to factories in Manila for processing. I am not denying the work achievements of Comrade Lando and the Manila Station, but the farthest space they have ventured into is limited to the suburbs of Manila, which inevitably leaves a blank ."
"I agree," Jiang Shan said, "I suggest that we immediately dispatch remote resource exploration and cooperate with the Manila Station to investigate the important mineral areas in the Philippines, especially the current mineral mining and processing conditions in the Philippines, and be sure to obtain first-hand intelligence. Considering the danger of this mission, I request comrades from the Army, Navy and Special Reconnaissance Team for assistance and support."
"Also, we have already recognized the talents of Hale. What needs to be clarified now is his purpose of working so hard for the Spanish colonial authorities. Is his attitude towards us friendly, or is he trying to be hostile? If so, The latter, how to eliminate him and the adverse effects he brings. In order to solve this matter, Comrade Lando needs to actively contact him. This also has certain risks and requires everyone's assistance. We must start to formulate various plans and do So that everything from peaceful contact to all-out war can be prepared.”
On the coastline of one of the countless uninhabited islands in Manila Bay, a light lit up in the morning fog. It flashed rhythmically.
As the lights flickered, a light two-masted ship gradually emerged from the dense sea mist on the sea. It patrolled cautiously along the coastline, keeping a distance from the coast, and the masts of the ship also lit up flickeringly. Got the light signal.
After several rounds of back and forth with the lights on the shore, the Guangzhou ship's rudder was moved, and the bow changed direction and headed towards the island.
The reefs on the coast of the island are rugged, and the dense forests and grass almost extend to the rocks. The coastline is deserted. In this small bay with no human habitation at all, there is a wooden trestle. From the decay of the wood stubble and the adhesion to the Judging from the density of barnacles on it, the trestle was built recently.
Although weeds have grown vigorously on the compacted gravel ground, it can still be seen that the ground along the coast of the trestle has been leveled.
Guangzhou cautiously approached the pier. On the bow and stern of the ship, several strong men wearing bamboo hats and black clothes were holding Japanese-style iron cannons, bows and arrows, and lighted match ropes, carefully guarding the surroundings.
Everything was silent on the sea and on the island, only the sound of waves crashing against the rocks echoed. The Guangzhou ship gradually approached the pier, and while the sailor on the bow threw out the cable, a whistle came from the shore, breaking the silence. Several people
The thin Malay sailor ran out of the forest, caught the cable thrown from the bow of the ship, and quickly fixed it on the ship's piling. The two exchanged a few words in Hokkien, and the springboard was quickly set up.
Marcos appeared on the trestle and expressed his welcome to the oncoming guests.
The two parties were not polite on the trestle, and Marcos took the visitor directly to a hut in the jungle.
Hale was already waiting for Zheng Zhifeng's arrival in the shed.
He was not dressed like an "old sea dog" like the last time he saw Zheng Zhifeng, but was wearing a monk-like black robe. Other than that, he was no different from when he met Zheng Zhifeng in Xiaoliuqiu.
In contrast, Zheng Zhifeng's graceful and graceful temperament of a handsome nobleman in the past has disappeared. His face is haggard, and it can be seen that he is exhausted mentally and physically.
I didn't expect him to be so haggard! Hale was secretly surprised and couldn't help but secretly feel sorry for him.
Hale was the first person in Manila to get the news about the fall of Anping. The destruction of Anping-Xiamen and the death of Zheng Zhilong were a devastating blow to the Zheng Group, and it was nothing more than a sap for Hale. He originally sent
It is hoped that the Zheng Group will act as a stable supplier of Chinese goods, and then use the firearms they urgently need to draw financial resources to upgrade their own factories. At the same time, they will improve their combat effectiveness by improving the Zheng family's equipment and contain the actions of the Australians. Black
I originally counted on the Zheng Group to drag the Australians into an endless war of attrition along the coast of China so that they would have no time to look south.
However, the Australian attack on Xiamen-Anping completely shattered his plan. Although the Zheng family was not completely wiped out and the territory along the coast of Fujian was not damaged, the Zheng family group had been disintegrated invisibly, and the remaining people were scattered and powerful.
It was not as good as before - no Anhai ships were even sent to Manila that year. The spies he sent to the coast of China and Japan reported that the Anhai ships sent by the remnants of the Zheng family to Japan suffered serious losses in Japan: there were Ming merchants on non-Chinese merchant ships
In the coming winter, they crossed the sea first, took an unknown route, and transported a large amount of Chinese goods. Not only that, it was said that a large amount of goods were also transshipped from North Korea. As a result, when the Anhai ship arrived, it was discovered that all the Chinese goods were very
With sufficient supply and low market prices, Anhai Ship had to cut prices to sell the goods shipped. Not only that, the spies also reported that although the Anhai Ship owned by various forces of the Zheng family quickly recovered to a considerable number, many of them were used
It was built with poor quality timber back then and was a typical one-off trading ship.
What worries Hale the most is that the current split of the Zheng Group has severely weakened their strength, making them even more insignificant at the overall strategic level. The split also makes the Zheng Group unable to resist the erosion of other forces: it has been compressed into the Chaoshan area.
The Liu Xiang Group was ready to move with the support of the Dutch. The Dutch were bargaining among Zheng's various groups in an attempt to obtain maximum benefits. The Australians turned a blind eye to the changes in Weitou Bay, but swallowed up the Zheng Group's operations in Tainan.
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