Chapter 12: Zhongzhou Technology

  Zhou Yu first developed the alkaline open-hearth steelmaking method, which is a type of open-hearth steelmaking method that takes place in a melting chamber built with alkaline refractory materials.

  The bottom and slope of the alkaline flat furnace are built with magnesia or magnesia-chrome refractory materials, and the top is composed of suspended magnesia bricks or alumina-magnesia bricks. The refining process uses alkaline slag operation, which can effectively remove phosphorus and a certain degree of desulfurization from the steel liquid.

  Optimized deoxidizer and alloy additives. Oxygen top-blown converter, electric furnace steelmaking method He knew the specific technical details, but with today's steelmaking technology, it still can't meet its forging requirements, so Zhou Yu could only wait until his own process conditions were sufficient later.

  Then he drew out the later improved version of Mauser 1898

  Mauser 98

  Its main features are a fixed double-row magazine and a rotating bolt-action mechanism, with an added empty-chamber catch design. The barrel is 23.6 inches long, and the sling swivel has been moved to the side of the receiver for easier carrying.

  Ammunition: 7.92 mm × 57 mm, this design is for future use with Ka

  98K Mauser rifle, same ammunition ready, Ka

  In the production of 98K Mauser rifles, some parts were manufactured and installed using stamping and welding processes. Since electric welding had not been invented yet, they just waited.

  He then went on to write simplified versions of "Chemistry", "Chinese Language and Literature", "Mathematics", "Physics", "Mechanics", "Dynamics" and "Electronics".

  Chen Zuo and other technical personnel looked at Zhou Yu as the Wenqu star descending from heaven. In their hearts, they silently thanked those corrupt officials. If it weren't for the corrupt officials' framing and exclusion, they would still be foolishly loyal to the Qing dynasty!

  Just as Zhou Yu was writing a book and explaining it to Chen Zhaoqiang and others, Chen Zhaoqiang and others were listening to Zhou Yu's explanation while comparing it with the book. At this time, they finally received the news of Chen Fang's successful purchase of the shipyard, steel mill, land, etc.

  This time, Chen Fang was more familiar with the actual situation, so it only took less than ￡11 million to get everything done. Everyone who heard about it was also thrilled.

  Zhou Yu thought to himself: He finally had his own steel mill and shipyard, it was really not easy!

  Zhou Yu immediately led the crowd to rush to the shipyard. Upon arrival at the shipyard, Zhou Yu first convened a meeting for all personnel, including shipbuilders, mechanics, laborers, designers, and inspectors.

  Among these people, Zhou Yu also discovered a super genius: Laval (Laval, Canada)

  He was born in 1845, a Swedish engineer. He is the inventor of the single-stage impulse turbine and invented the single-stage impulse turbine in 1882. In '89 he obtained British patent for an expansion nozzle.

  He made outstanding contributions in the study of nozzle shape, design of spray gun and intensity design.

  How could such a high-end talent be working in this small shipyard?! Zhou Yu was both pained and delighted.

  Zhou Yu has one advantage, that is, he never wastes brain cells on things he can't figure out. Let's just consider Laval as the butterfly effect for his transmigration. Zhou Yu thought.

  Yu announced last week in pure London English that from now on, based on the original salary, each laborer will receive a monthly increase of $10, each primary technician will receive a monthly increase of $15, each intermediate technician will receive a monthly increase of $20, and each senior technician will receive a monthly increase of $30. Senior mechanics, senior designers, and senior inspectors will receive an additional $50.

  There were important inventions and there was a bonus. The workers cheered, knowing that $5 in Hawaii at the time was enough for a person's ordinary living expenses for a month.

  After the meeting, Zhou Yu dismissed the supervisor left by the Spanish shipyard owner and some workers who were investigated by Chen Fang as unqualified. Let the remaining workers, totaling over 600 people, return to their workstations to wait for tasks.

  The production tasks of medium and large ocean-going cargo ships were arranged immediately.

  However, he left the senior technicians alone and took them to the laboratory one by one for a private conversation, assigning tasks to them. Finally, Zhou Yu had a private meeting with Raval.

  Mr. Laval, would you be willing to work with me for a long time? Zhou Yu is very concerned about this.

  Mr. Zhou's treatment is very good, but my family is not in Hawaii. Maybe I won't be here for a long time.

  This is no problem, I can send someone to your hometown and bring your family members to Hawaii.

  In addition, I also plan to build a villa area on the island of Oahu for you engineers to live in. Every month, I will give your family an additional $100 subsidy for household expenses. As for your monthly salary, Mr. LaValle, I will raise it to $10,000. What do you think?

  Laval said excitedly: Thank you very much, Mr. Zhou, for your generosity. I am more than willing to do so and will serve you for the rest of my life. Thus, a great inventor was hit by Zhou Yu's sugar-coated cannonball and signed a long-term contract of indenture.

  Mr. Larsson, did you study at Stockholm Institute of Technology and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Uppsala University in your early years?

  Zhou Yu was a bit uneasy and tentatively asked Raval, wanting to confirm that the Raval in front of him was indeed the scientist he had in mind, otherwise it would be too embarrassing if he ended up spending a lot of money on a fake.

  Wow! That's too surprising, Mr. Zhou, how did you know that again?

  I also heard from British friends that Mr. Laval, what research or ideas do you have on steam turbines?

  Laval's enthusiastic hand and foot dance, I have an idea. The current steam turbine power is relatively small. I conceived a method called single-stage impulse steam turbine.

  However, my former boss, that stingy guy, he was unwilling to invest, so I plan to wait until the contract ends and then go to Sweden or France to find investors. I wonder if Mr. Zhou is willing to invest in this project?

  Of course, I'd be happy to help. However, I have another project that also needs your assistance, Mr. Zhou Yu smiled and rubbed his nose. Whenever Zhou Yu had a big wolf-like idea, he would habitually rub his nose.

  Are you also doing scientific research? What project is that again? Raval was exceptionally surprised!

  This project I call it single-stage impulse turbine, its working principle is: according to the reaction force principle, the airflow in a so-called moving blade grid further reduces pressure, expands and accelerates, the moving blade grid lowers the airflow's pressure and temperature, that is, the airflow's thermal energy converts into kinetic energy, producing acceleration, thereby generating a reactive force.

  It mainly includes: main valve, regulating valve, steam turbine, condenser, exhaust pump, circulating water pump, condensate pump, low-pressure heater, deaerator, feedwater pump, high-pressure heater, etc. The theoretical steam pressure I designed is about 6 horsepower.

  There is also a technical topic I call inflatable nozzle.

  I will give you the drawings and related technical data tomorrow.

  Laval said with some embarrassment: Relatively speaking, it seems that your design is more energy-efficient and efficient. Why did you invest in my project?

  Haha! Everyone has their own strengths! Mr. Laval shouldn't belittle himself!

  On the same day, Zhou Yu inspected a series of main workshops and factories including shipyards, mechanical workshops, power plants, testing rooms, steel mills, etc., under the starry-eyed gaze of technical personnel such as Laval and Chen Zuoqian, and put forward a series of technological innovations.

  The next day, Zhou Yu brought in a new factory system and reward method, and handed over all management to Chen Zhaoqiang and others. He himself plunged into the laboratory and workshop, starting the necessary updates of machinery, equipment, and processes.

  It wasn't until April of the following year that Zhou Yu basically completed his experiment, which included new creations such as a 100-ton steam hammer, a steam engine lathe, a synthetic steel turning head, a positive and negative multi-degree knife head, a hanging crane arm, and a Mauser 98

  Production line for 7.92mm x 57mm ammunition and 5.56mm ammunition production line.

  Among them, everyone also made some jokes about the emergence of steam engine grinding machines and reversible multi-degree knife heads.

  The engineer Wei Han, who was known as a child prodigy since childhood, surprisingly asked Zhou Yu stupidly: Are these two things the weapons created by Zhou Yu?

  When Zhou Yu told everyone that they were precision machinery, the most advanced machinery in today's world, our prodigy comrade was so embarrassed on the spot that Wei Han was ridiculed by everyone for a long time.

  However, when Zhou Yu used the grinding machine to polish the steel into a mirror-like brightness and cut it into various shapes with multiple cutting heads, everyone was shocked and opened their mouths wide, no longer having the energy to mock Wei Han.

  It's no wonder everyone is a bit out of sorts with such a powerful and sharp weapon.

  These two machines were later widely used in industry, but at that time, they were the pinnacle of technology, no wonder Wei Han and others made a joke about it.

  Based on his own temporary limited strength, Zhou Yu made a quantitative cut-off, a front-mounted 37mm caliber small steel cannon, and the projectile it fired was a kind of tail-winged super-caliber ammunition projectile, with a speed of around 800 meters per second.

  Zhou Yu thought to himself; if he could develop armor-piercing shells now, then using the small steel cannons to fire them would allow him to penetrate 40-50mm thick armor, and their effective range would also exceed 2800 meters.

  There is also Zhou Yu who created a rear-pull hand grenade, Zhou Yu knew that this thing was too useful, low cost, simple process, can be mass-produced, with Zhou Yu's current economic strength, it's the best to use it.

  Because the machinery in the shipyard was not very precise, the processing speed of gun and cannon bullets was very slow. Zhou Yu told them to adopt the assembly line method for each casting. After purchasing a large number of precision machinery, production can be increased.

  By the end of 1980, Zhang Long, Tian Ergou and a group of people had arrived in Hawaii, but at that time Zhou Yu was busy with scientific research and did not have time to have an in-depth conversation with them.

  Then gave them a batch of Mauser 98s that had been made

  Let them train according to the outline he gave, but for now there are no large ironclad warships, only small armed warships can be used to practice naval combat methods.

  Zhou Yu also selected a portion of the younger boys from among the Hua Xia people invited by Chen Fang to join the army. At this time, there were already several hundred thousand Hua people in Hawaii, and Zhou Yu's troops that had undergone initial training in Hawaii exceeded 10,000 people.

  The various shareholding processing plants under Zhou Yu have also entered the formal stage, starting to make profits one after another. After having money, Zhou Yu began a new round of planning for his own territory:

  In Hawaii and Vietnam's Old Street, the construction of three-year Mongolian schools, three-year junior high schools, three-year universities, and three-year vocational schools began, preparing to implement free compulsory education for Chinese people within their capabilities.

  And also opened night schools, popularized knowledge for adults, and required Liu Yongfu, Chen Fang and others to recruit a large number of high-paying foreign and Chinese teachers to enrich the education team.

  He also asked Liu Yongfu to send people to Keelung, Taiwan to purchase land near the water and build a deep-water wharf, as well as a shipyard, machinery factory, steel mill, etc. The average water depth of the wharf should be over 18 meters. The shipbuilding capacity should be around 80,000 tons. If there are any difficulties, go find Hu Xueyan to help mediate.

  Zhou Yu proposed naming the shipyard area as Pearl Harbor Base, and also proposed expanding Pearl Harbor Base and Pearl Harbor Shipyard, as well as related supporting machinery factories, Yangpao Building, boiler factory, foundry, steel mill, brown gunpowder factory, smokeless gunpowder factory, shell factory, torpedo factory, gun factory, ammunition factory and various laboratories.

  Zhou Yu required to set up the framework first, and after purchasing machinery, production lines, precision instruments, matching parts, and hiring relevant personnel, install and start production immediately. He also made the same request to the Vietnamese side.