Steel Dynasty - Chapter 846

[Chapter 844]

“Your Majesty, I have to say that this kind of military can is a great invention for the army, because it will greatly reduce the pressure on logistics, and can support soldiers to fight in distant places. The only drawback is the transportation of glass bottles. It’s very inconvenient and easy to break.”

Luo Quan, the staff officer, raised his doubts.

Xiao Ming was looking at the sand table terrain of Dayu. He was quite helpless when he heard that. In fact, he was not unaware of the disadvantages of glass cans, but currently the fastest way to get canned food was to produce glass cans, because the attack on Chu was imminent. , something is better than nothing.

While producing glass cans, he did not give up the idea of manufacturing metal cans, but setting up a metal can production line was much more complicated than a glass can production line.

That’s why he chose to build a glass canning workshop first. Even if the army no longer purchases glass cans, this workshop can still produce canned fruits and sell them to the public as commodities.

As for the technology of tin cans, it involves the manufacturing of tin-plated sheet metal cans, which includes two processes, one is tin plating and the other is metal cans.

To achieve this combination of processes requires a combination of chemistry and machinery. Because of this, the production of metal cans may take more than half a year to produce than glass cans, and he cannot wait that long.

Fortunately, this process is not too complicated. There are many methods of tin plating, the simplest of which is immersion tin plating.

This method is to immerse the iron sheet in a solution containing tin salts, and deposit a tin coating on the surface of the iron sheet based on the principle of chemical replacement. Tin is non-toxic, so it can be used to store food. After all, food directly in contact with iron will cause Rusty, and this tin plating process was invented in the early 19th century.

In addition to the tin plating process, there is the canning process, which is much more complicated than tin plating. The reason why it was handed over to Lin Wentao was to produce a rounding machine.

When producing cans, the iron sheets will be cut out according to the size of the cans. The can body part will be rolled through the rounding machine, and it will be curled into a can when it comes out. The bottom and lid of the can are then combined and sealed by crimping.

“I understand what you mean, but this is the fastest way at the moment. You guys try it first, and you will feel comfortable when the metal can appears.” Xiao Ming said.

He came to the general staff this time not specifically for cans, but to formulate a battle plan against Chu.

Luo Quan’s eyes were full of expectations. He valued this kind of canned food that could be easily carried. After marching and fighting for so many years, he had a deep understanding of the changes this canned food would bring to the army.

“In that case, I feel at ease, old minister.” Luo Quan stroked his beard and laughed.

Then he walked to Xiao Ming and said, “Your Majesty, I think you need to do something before attacking Chu.”

“What?”

Luo Quan walked to the map in the staff department. He pointed at the barbarians in the north and the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese state said: “As far as the old minister knows, the King of Chu has been secretly dealing with the barbarians, and the Cao family has business dealings with the Japanese state. If the army goes south, the barbarian people and the Japanese state might take the opportunity to make trouble. Therefore, the old minister thought that they were attacking the Chu state. We must stabilize the border troubles before. This barbarian tribe has Qi Guangyi to watch and cannot cause big troubles, but what if the Japanese country takes the opportunity to come?”

Xiao Ming nodded, “If I attack the King of Chu, these two hungry wolves will not be able to do anything. Come up and take a bite, but if you kill the wolf first, the Chu State will definitely not dare to send troops, because doing so would be rebellion. “

Exactly, this is what the old minister wants,” said Luo Quan.

In fact, Xiao Ming had already had the idea of taking care of the Japanese country, but the war had to be fought one by one. Now that the barbarians have fallen, the Japanese country has become a worry in the north.

After pondering for a while, he said: “I will give Yue Yun an order, asking him to block the sea area between the Japanese country and Goryeo, cut off the connection between the Japanese pirate army in Goryeo and the mainland, and then let Ye Qingyun destroy them in one fell swoop. After all, there is no food and grass. If they don’t have enough supplies, they will definitely lose their morale. “

It’s best to use the navy at this time,” Luo Quan reassured.

Xiao Ming looked towards the south of Goryeo. He would not give Japan another chance to initiate a war. In his era, the initiative in the war was in his hands.

After deciding on the matter, Xiao Ming, Luo Quan and a group of staff discussed a specific combat plan. Then, the plan was sent from the staff department in the name of Xiao Ming, and went to Dengzhou and Haigu City respectively. After the war in the north was over, They each returned to their respective stations.

Three days later, the news arrived at the Dengzhou Naval Base. After receiving Xiao Ming’s order, Yue Yun immediately assembled the fleet to prepare for the Japanese waters.

“Great, now we can finally let the Japanese navy taste the power of our new artillery shells.” Yue Yun was high-spirited.

Since the entire naval fleet was equipped with new artillery shells, he was gearing up and ready to fight at any time. The power of the artillery shells made him very confident now, because they had used them before when chasing pirates.

It only takes a few shots to sink a pirate’s warship, which is really powerful.

In his opinion, the Japanese navy was no different from the pirates. They were no longer afraid of the pirates’ wolf-pack tactics, and they were not afraid of the Japanese wolf-pack tactics.

At the same time, Xiao Ming’s order also arrived at the Haigu City camp.

After reading the order, Ye Qingyun stretched and said, “Gather eight thousand people, we are going to work.”

“Working?” The division commanders looked at each other in confusion.

Ye Qingyun said: “The Emperor asked us to take the initiative to provoke a war against the Japanese country, drive the Japanese pirates on the land of Goryeo back to the mainland, and completely control Goryeo.”

Everyone suddenly became happy after hearing this, and a division commander said: “Commander, these eight thousand Are there enough people?”

“With the shabby firearms used by the Japanese, if eight thousand people can’t even cause trouble, you and I can go home and plant sweet potatoes,” Ye Qingyun scolded.

Another person asked: “Then how to provoke?”

“What other reason is needed to provoke? Just beat the Japanese pirates to death, and then occupy the Deadwood Bridge, which is the only nearby passage to the south of Goryeo.”

Everyone nodded. Now this stone bridge across the river is occupied by Japanese pirates. Japanese pirates often use this bridge to invade the territory of Goryeo.

In Haigu City, they often heard about Japanese pirates sneaking across the river to plunder.

Therefore, Ye Qingyun had been holding back his anger for a long time, and now this imperial edict officially gave him a chance to vent his anger.

Thinking of this, he shouted: “What are you still doing? Get your best soldiers and best weapons immediately. This time we want the Japanese pirates to understand what kind of powerful country they have provoked.”

A group of wars Kuang suddenly burst into laughter, and they quickly mobilized the elite of the army to prepare to seize the bridge.

(End of chapter)