Colombia University, officially known as Columbia University in New York City, was also known as Columbia University for short. One of the eight Ivy League universities, it is a world-class private research university located in Manhattan, New York, United States. It was established in 1754 according to the King's Constitution issued by King George II of England. It was originally called King's College and officially changed its name to Colombia University in 1896.
On the second day after the New York Tomorrow World Exposition, in the male dormitory of Colombia University's Dragon Country international students!
At this moment, in Chen Qi's dormitory, there were seven to eight international students from the Dragon Country gathered together and tried to persuade him.
"Zhiyuan, we know that you are eager to serve the country, but we cherish the opportunity to study abroad. We must focus on our studies and learn from the foreigners. Only by learning from the foreign countries can we serve our country better!”
"That's right, Zhiyuan, our country has been invaded by the Wei Nation, and we are also very worried. However, what our country lacks is not soldiers or scholars, but real scientific researchers. You are the best among us, and also the most promising person to learn how to make TNT explosives.”
" We are studying abroad and shouldering the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the motherland. A little pity will ruin a big plan. As long as we can learn something, a little ridicule is nothing."
Obviously, everyone had heard about Chen Qi's encounter at Tomorrow's World Exposition and thought that he couldn't stand the ridicule of the white people and was impulsive, so he wanted to return to China.
Chen Qi smiled bitterly in the face of everyone's persuasion. He also knew that these people were doing this for his own good, but he really couldn't tell them the real reason. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to return to China.
The people of the United States were not fools. They had many restrictions on some outstanding international students from the Dragon Country, especially those who had real technical knowledge. They would not let them return to the country at all.
This wasn't a joke, it was real. The most famous example was Professor Qian's story.
Professor Qian had gone to the United States early in the morning to study. He studied aerospace engineering and aeromechanics. After more than ten years of hard work, he became a world-class rocket expert at that time. He even participated in the top-secret " Manhattan Project " of the United States during World War II, which was the development of nuclear weapons. He was one of the few outstanding talents in the United States.
However, when the New Dragon Country was established and Professor Qian wanted to return to China, he was illegally detained by the US federal government and restricted him and his family from leaving the country. The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent people to monitor all activities of him and his family for five years.
In order to allow Professor Qian to return to the country smoothly, the government of the Dragon Country had fought with the federal government of the United States many times. In the end, Professor Qian was able to return to the motherland.
Chen Qi didn't know if Professor Qian existed in this world, but he was sure that if he dared to take out C4 plastic explosives, the United States Federation would never let him return.
Therefore, in the face of his companions 'persuasion, Chen Qi was touched, but he would not tell the real reason. He could only apologize,"Everyone, I'm really sorry. A letter from my family has encountered a disaster and I have no choice but to return!”
"If you return to Hangzhou in the future, I'll definitely welcome you!”
After packing his luggage, Chen Qi cupped his fists and said to everyone. These people in front of him were the most outstanding international students in the Dragon Country, even though they were a little young now. However, in a world without Chen Qi, they were the ones who supported the scientific research and construction of the New Dragon Country.
They were a group of people worthy of respect!
He had traveled across the ocean, endured humiliation, and worked part-time to learn the most advanced knowledge and technology so that he could serve his country in the future.
Chen Qi carefully carried his suitcase and boarded the departing ship as a group of close friends sent him off.
There were 10 kilograms of C4 in the suitcase. Although he knew that C4 was safe and stable, he couldn't be too careful with 20 kilograms of explosives.
That's right. In order to bring the finished C4 back to China, Chen Qi had gone all out and disguised it as flour. As long as no unlucky person opened it and tasted it, no one would find out.
Of course, Chen Qi did have some regrets when he left the United States. He was in a hurry and didn't get to meet the captain of the United States. It was a pity no matter what. He didn't know if he would have the chance to get to know him in the future.
The Republic of China was not like the later generations. In the later generations, it would only take 14 to 15 hours by plane to travel from New York to Shanghai.
The 1930s was different. There was no need to even think about airplanes. Most of them were military combat tools. The commercial aircraft flourished after World War II. Although there were commercial aircraft in this era, they were expensive and required many stops along the way. The risk factor was too high.
In addition, in this era, there were no direct flights from the United States to the Dragon Country. Therefore, if Chen Qi wanted to return to the country, the only means of transportation was an ocean-going ship.
From New York to the Dragon Kingdom's Magic City by boat, one needed to travel eastward through the Pacific Ocean, then to New York through the Pacific Ocean, and then to the west through the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean to various ports in North America. It would take about three months.
The passengers on the ship, other than a few Chinese, were mostly gold diggers or merchants heading to the East.
For the others, this was a boring journey. After all, this ship named Dennis was just an ordinary cruise ship, not a luxury ferry. There were no rave parties like in movies and television dramas. Most of the time, they could only pass the time by chatting and playing cards. The journey was very boring.
However, for Chen Qi, the three-month journey was undoubtedly very precious time.
Other than eating and sleeping, he spent the rest of his time immersed in the future library in his mind, indulging in the joy of learning.
In the three months he spent in the United States, Chen Qi focused on studying weapons engineering. His main focus was on the production of various explosives, from the most primitive black gunpowder, nitragon, TNT, dana explosives, smokeless gunpowder, Rexogold, and finally the production of C4 plastic explosives.
Although there were still liquid explosives, crystal explosives, nano explosives, electromagnetic explosives, quantum explosives, and other black technology products in the future library, Chen Qi did not study them in depth because even if he learned them, he would not be able to make them with the current level of technology.
Forget about quantum explosives, even C4 plastic explosives could only be produced by Chen Qi with the help of the Colombia University laboratory. If he were to return to his poor motherland, it would be good enough to produce Rexogen.
Rexogin was invented by Henning in 1899. Before the appearance of the atomic bomb, it was the most powerful explosive, also known as the " cyclone explosive." After the Second World War, he replaced TNT as the King of Explosives.
The explosive power of Rexogen was 1.5 times that of TNT, but its cost was also far higher than ordinary explosives. The production cost was four times that of TNT.
Therefore, Chen Qi felt that after returning to China, the development of explosives should still focus on TNT.
According to Chen Qi's understanding, during the Anti-Japanese War, although TNT explosives were widely used, with the level of the domestic military factories, they could not manufacture TNT. Black gunpowder was still the main material. Most of the high explosives were imported from the Soviet Union and the European Union.
Moreover, although the domestic military factories could produce rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, artillery shells, grenades, and other products. However, mountain cannons, field cannons, and large-caliber heavy cannons were not produced.
According to statistics, in 1937 and 1938, the national government only produced 120,000 rifles, 3,600 light machine guns, 700 heavy machine guns, 1,700 mortars, and almost no mountain cannons.
The pitiful numbers were not even a fraction of the five million soldiers.
If you hadn't experienced this era, you would never know the hardships of the Dragon Country's soldiers in this era. A team made in Hanyang, which had already been eliminated, had two or three bullets. If they fought with the Japanese's aircraft and cannons, it would be a total loss of life.
It was also because of this that after Chen Qi came to this world, he gave up on studying artificial intelligence for ten years and turned to mechanical and weapon engineering.
He wanted to arm the Dragon Country's soldiers who were fighting desperately on the battlefield to the teeth and let the Japanese have a taste of the power of the Dragon Country's aircraft and cannons.
With this belief in mind, Chen Qi closed his doors on the ship back home. He buried himself in hard work and studied hard, learning engine manufacturing technology from scratch!
Yes, it was the engine!
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