"This weapon is really good." In the temporary camp, Huang Xiong praised the newly unsealed wooden box. "It's much better than the first generation."
The e-type packaging box manufactured in accordance with unified standards contains the "second generation standard spear", which is specially used to arm local irregular armed groups that cross the group. The steel triangular spear head treated with modern heat treatment technology is coated with
It is coated with a layer of protective "hell oil", which is a grease boiled from the black residue left after refining coconut oil. It is used for industrial lubrication and anti-rust.
The spear shaft is machine-made and has undergone anti-corrosion treatment. It is very tough and can be incorruptible for several years without being smoked. This kind of standard spear is specially made and issued to the militia. It is practical to equip them all with Mini rifles.
Too luxurious.
Three hundred standard spears, three hundred machetes. Two rattan helmets for each person - one for working, one is a new product - with steel reinforced beams on the top and sides, which can be used in battles
This is also the only protective gear for miners and militiamen. Of course, with the current processing capabilities of the machinery factory, it is easy to manufacture high-end armors such as chain armor and plate armor in batches, but it is just a bit wasteful. Some people have suggested making cotton armor.
, but the militiamen who were issued this thing in Hainan Island would rather go into battle shirtless. Some people also suggested a European-style simple protective gear: use a cross-shaped belt to fix the front and rear goggles, shoulder armor, etc.
In the end, all these plans were rejected. Since the regular army currently does not use protective armor, there is no need for the militia to use it.
Before the miners came, they had already received basic military training from Wei Aiwen in the quarantine camp, and had acquired basic organization and discipline. They were organized according to the army's organization, and were also divided into squads, platoons, and companies. Operations were carried out in squad units.
One of the main tasks of the Yellow Bear is to train it so that it can master basic hand-to-hand combat skills and simple tactical coordination. It forms a self-defense defense system with the infantry platoon as the core and the militia as the auxiliary.
The Crossing Group didn't bother to configure long-range weapons. For the enemies they might encounter in Qiongshan, thirty Mini rifles were enough to stop them from a long distance. Huang Xiong didn't even think that rifles were necessary.
"With these four hundred men, if we train well, it will be easy to capture the Qiongzhou Prefecture with only spears and machetes without using rifles." Huang Xiong boasted, "A few small thieves from nearby have arrived just in time to sacrifice their swords.
"He was quite eager to give it a try.
"Capture Qiongzhou Prefecture?" Tang Menglong expressed deep doubts. After all, Qiongzhou Prefecture has more than 2,000 soldiers from Baisha, which is no more than the few hundred poorly clothed guardsmen in each county.
"Of course." Huang Xiong's expression did not change. After he surrendered to the Australians, he received officer training and was deeply poisoned by the idea of "discipline, organization and omnipotence". He was full of contempt for the Ming army.
They all felt that there was nothing more to say.
"Commander, just watch, he will become an elite soldier within three months!" Huang Xiongbao patted his chest.
"I still have to ask them to open mines for me. You can only train in your spare time." Tang Menglong quickly declared.
Coal mining is a laborious job. After a day's work, you still need to practice. I'm afraid the miners will rebel. If they don't train, these four hundred people will be a mob. No matter how big the bullshit is, there will be seven or eight hundred bandits and thirty rifles.
Not enough to see.
Finally, it was agreed that each miner class would have one day off every six days. On this day, half a day would be spent on training and half a day off.
Four hundred coal miners now serve as construction workers, building camps and roads under the command of Zhang Xingpei and Shan Daoqian. Although they do not have construction machinery, they have endless black powder and handy and durable tools, which are most time-consuming and labor-intensive.
The workload of the earth excavation project is much smaller.
In fact, Xu Yingjie of the Ministry of Chemical Industry had already completed the trial production of nitroglycerin after almost being killed several times, blowing up the laboratory three or four times, and jumping into explosion-proof ditches several times - all thanks to the dried coconuts shipped back from Yulinbao.
Different grades of coconut oil obtained by first cold pressing and then hot pressing now solve the edible oil supply and part of the industrial needs of the Chuan Chuan Group. Glycerin, a basic chemical raw material with a wide range of uses, was used to test explosives as soon as it was mass-produced. Nitroglycerin
When military explosives are too dangerous, civilian explosives for mining are still quite useful.
Xu Yingjie used diatomaceous earth to absorb nitroglycerin and made a relatively safe glycerin dynamite block. However, the Navy refused to transport it on the ship - the safety of this thing is relatively speaking.
The large prefabricated wooden houses could not be loaded on the transport boat, so they were loaded on rafts pulled by the transport boat. It took Zhang Xingpei's construction team less than three days to complete the dock construction project of Jiazi Coal Mine, only the fortification project
Before it even started, a trench was simply dug and filled with Lingao's standard defensive bamboo sticks. They were not cut by hand, but manufactured in batches on machines in wood processing factories.
It has also been machine fried and preservative treated.
The Executive Committee regards the construction of Jiazi Coal Mine as a rehearsal for mining Tiandu and Hongji, including organizational form, equipment trial, and program management. Therefore, although Jiazi Coal Mine is small in scale and of average importance, the treatment it enjoys is the same as in the future.
Tian Du is the same as Hong Ji.
The new products tested by the Works Energy Commission in the project include: modular prefabricated trestles, ship-mounted pile drivers, shallow-draft inland traffic boats, mobile complete kitchen equipment, mobile Lancashire boilers, large water purification equipment,
It was originally planned to use steam engine power to drive the new trial-produced coal shearer, but after a little calculation by the Industrial Energy Commission, it was found that mechanical mining was too wasteful. In terms of current manual mining, the so-called four hundred miners are actually a collective term, among which
Excluding about 200 auxiliary personnel, including track maintenance, coal loading and unloading, dock guards and sailors operating transport boats. Even if there are only 200 people mining, the quota for each miner's shift is 18 tons. The daily output is 350 tons.
If a shearer is used, the daily output can easily exceed 600 tons. This much coal cannot be transported by transport boat.
Without the use of mechanical mining, the delivered boilers mainly provide daily services, including pumping water, drainage, steaming rice and providing hot water for bathing. The Ministry of Health reminded Tang Menglong that miners must do a good job in personal hygiene. The Ministry of Health also specially provided services for Jiazi
The coal mine dispatched a hygienist to take care of the health care tasks.
The coal mining site quickly completed the infrastructure project, and it took a long time to install the rails. It was not because the construction was slow, but because it had to wait for the necessary materials to be shipped from Qionghai Coal. Huang Xiong had long turned a blind eye to the extravagant behavior of the Australians, but
It was really amazing to see that the tracks, sleepers, and even the gravel for laying the roadbed for the "iron ladder" were all transported from Lingao. But for Shan Daoqian and others, this was much more efficient.
Much higher, and can ensure the quality of the material. If you quarry near the construction site, there is no crusher, and the stones blasted with gunpowder have to be crushed manually, and the broken size may not be suitable; as for collecting wood on the spot,
The sleepers cannot be treated with anti-corrosion treatment, which will affect the service life. Now, it is just a matter of running Qionghai Coal a few more times and spending more manpower on turnover, loading and unloading.
The infrastructure construction of Jiazi Coal Mine took less than a month. With the help of the power of gunpowder, even the mining surface was opened - the coal seam here is very shallow. Panda directly used blasting to peel off part of the surface according to Tang Menglong's instructions.
He conducted an on-site survey of the local coal resources. He generally determined that this was the continuation of the Haikou Changchang Coal Mine in modern time and space. There were five to six layers of coal seams, of which the first layer was relatively shallowly buried. Most of the reserves could be mined in the open. However, the reserves were not counted.
It is large and currently the reserves that can be mined in the open pit are about 2 million tons.
Tang Menglong ordered the deployment of some miners to conduct a trial field mining. It is the same as the data: the coal here is lignite, which is urgently needed by the steel industry.
However, the proportion of gangue is quite high. Tang Menglong conducted a sampling analysis from the first batch of 100 tons of coal and found that the proportion of gangue and other low-quality coal is as high as more than 60%. Coal gangue and the like can also be used as fuel to burn boilers, and the remaining
40% of the coal is lignite, but this lignite is much better than the lignite mined by Chuanchuan Group in Nanbao - most of the lignite in Nanbao is earthy lignite, which has a low calorific value even when used as fuel, let alone coking. It is mainly used for farmers.
The committee is using it as fertilizer. After all, this place is mainly made of dark lignite. This kind of lignite can barely be used for coking, which is better than nothing.
This was not beyond his expectation - Hainan's coal mines themselves have this characteristic. Changchang Coal Mine claims to have proven reserves of 67 million tons, but the actual lignite is only 9 million tons, most of which are coal with low calorific value such as coal gangue.
Anyway, there is already a coal preparation plant in Lingao, and it can still be used after screening. However, in this case, Jiazi Coal Mine must provide sufficient raw coal to meet the needs of the steel industry. After all, only four tons of ten tons can be used.
"It's a pity that there are no good bituminous coal mines in Hainan and Guangdong." Tang Menglong felt a little regretful.
Fortunately, there is a little consolation prize here. Kaolin, clay and peat coexist near the lignite mine. They are all very useful minerals. Unfortunately, the transportation capacity is too poor. There is no place to digest them on site.
It is very inefficient to transport coal by transport boat - a full load of this thing is only five or six tons. Even if the shuttle does not stop for a day, it cannot transport 200 tons. The coal has to wait in the warehouse of Haijia Pier.
, it took several days for Qionghai Coal to get together a shipment of coal, let alone transport these symbiotic minerals.
Based on the natural navigation conditions of the southern crossing, this kind of flat-bottomed traffic boat has reached the limit of the Bobu Shipyard's ability to design and manufacture shallow-draft heavy-load ships. Now it can only be dealt with in this way.