Dreams started from an engine!
The engine had three main stages, namely the steam engine, the external combustion engine, and the internal combustion engine.
Needless to say, the steam engine's appearance prompted the first industrial revolution, allowing the world to enter the era of machine factories from the manual era.
External combustion engine meant that the fuel was burned outside the engine, and the engine converted the heat generated from the combustion into kinetic energy. Watt's improved steam engine was a typical external combustion engine.
When a large amount of coal was burned to produce heat energy, water would be heated into a large amount of steam, and high pressure would be produced. Then, this high pressure would drive the machine to do work, thus completing the transformation from heat energy to kinetic energy.
Now that he knew what an external combustion engine was, there was no need to explain the internal combustion engine. The gasoline engine and the diesel engine that were commonly seen in the future were typical internal combustion engines.
Why did Chen Qi say that dreams started with an engine?
What was the most important thing for an efficient factory?
It wasn't a person, nor was it a material. It was a machine!
If Chen Qi wanted to build a large-scale arsenal, he had to solve the problem of machines, and the core of machines was the engine!
As long as there was an engine, he could make a machine tool. With a machine tool, he could make guns and ammunition, planes and cannons, and even satellites and rockets.
During the Anti-Japanese War, what restricted the manufacturing of weapons in the Eighth Route Army base was not raw materials or explosives, but engines, lathes, and machines.
In many anti-war movies and television dramas, we can see that the Eighth Route Army has to pick up shells after every battle.
Why?
Because the Eighth Route Army had an unwritten rule,"Anyone who receives bullets must bring the bullet shells, one for one, or else they will not be issued."”
In the later stages, the army even made plans for the collection of bullet shells for the next year. For example, a division had to collect 100,000 bullet shells and 100,000 copper coins.
Even the weakest guerrilla would need to collect more than 30,000 shells and copper coins.
He also emphasized that in the future, ammunition would be distributed based on the exchange of materials, raw materials, and the number of shells. Otherwise, it would not be replenished.
The purpose of picking up bullet shells was naturally to make bullets.
However, due to the limitations of the arsenal, most of the bullets produced were reloaded bullets. They were made by repairing the used bullet casing, reloading the gunpowder, and installing a new primer and bullet head.
If they really had a large number of engines, the 8th Route Army would not need to brave the rain of bullets to pick up shells. They could use machines to mine copper, smelt steel, and manufacture guns and ammunition to reduce casualties.
In the 1930s, of course, the Dragon Country did not possess the engine manufacturing technology, especially the engines controlled by the Eighth Route Army. The number of engines was even less. Most of them were seized from the battlefield. For a car engine, a motorcycle engine, who knew how many people were sacrificed.
If Chen Qi wanted to solve these problems from the root, he needed to learn engine manufacturing technology. Otherwise, due to the limitations of the conditions, even if he had great abilities, he would not be able to make bricks without rice.
Anyway, he was ready to start from scratch.
If there was no steel, then he would start the furnace to make steel!
If they didn't have gasoline, then they would make steam engines!
If there were no explosives, then he would improve the black gunpowder!
He didn't believe that a genius from the 21st century couldn't build a small arsenal.
If that was the case, he wouldn't need to set a small goal for all humans to call him daddy. He could just find a piece of tofu and kill himself.
Three months passed slowly. The ferry that had set sail from New York finally arrived at Shanghai Port.
In these three months, Chen Qi had thoroughly studied the manufacturing technology of steam engines, external combustion engines, internal combustion engines, gasoline engines, and other related manufacturing technologies. There was no problem with his theoretical experience at all. He was only missing actual combat.
He looked at the slightly dilapidated Great Demonic City not far away, and his heart was extremely complicated.
It was now the end of 1939, and two and a half years had passed since the Japanese army launched the Lugouqiao Incident. The world-shaking Nanjing Massacre had already taken place, and half of the country had fallen. Even Shanghai had fallen into the hands of the Wei Nation invaders.
If it weren't for the fact that Shanghai still had the French concession, the British and American concession, and other areas, Chen Qi really wouldn't dare to disembark here.
Or rather, to him, the Shanghai concession was already the safest place. If he were to cause trouble elsewhere, he might be caught and killed by the Japanese and traitors.
That's right, Chen Qi wanted to cause trouble!
How could he go to Yanzhou if he didn't stir up trouble? How could he be valued by the higher-ups if he didn't stir up trouble? How could he show his ability if he didn't stir up trouble? How could he take charge of the arsenal and build the New Dragon Kingdom if he didn't stir up trouble?
Cause trouble, he had to cause trouble!
Well, it wasn't really a big deal. He just wanted to submit his resume to the Yanzhou Eighth Route Army and apply for the position of the military minister of the Eighth Route Army.
Of course, he had never thought that he would succeed. He would ask for an exorbitant price and pay back the money when he landed. It was impossible for him to be the military minister, but it was not a big problem for him to be in charge of an arsenal.
Thinking about what he had to do, Chen Qi was a little excited. This was a rare opportunity. If he missed this opportunity, he would never have this opportunity again. If he didn't act cool now, when would he?
Chen Qi did not inform the Host's family when he returned to the country. After all, they lived in the area occupied by the Japanese army. If he contacted them, it would only harm them.
He carried his suitcase and got off the boat. Then, he called a rickshaw and went straight into the British and American concession. He found a temporary residence and stayed there.
As the hegemon of the Pacific Ocean, the Wei Nation would never provoke the Americans before they were prepared. Therefore, Chen Qi was relatively safe in the American concession.
He did not stay in an inn, but rented an apartment near the American Embassy. The people living around him were mostly Americans, and they valued their privacy very much, so they would not allow the Wei Nation people to search them.
After finding a place to stay, Chen Qi couldn't wait to open his suitcase and find electronic components from the hidden corners of the suitcase.
His fingers were flying. In less than three minutes, he had assembled these electronic components.
A long antenna, a heavy and bulky body, a black and white LCD screen, and a small and exquisite English numerical button. If this thing was seen by the people of the future, it would definitely not be unfamiliar, because it had a domineering name, Big Brother!
The mobile phone in Chen Qi's hand was definitely not a mobile phone commonly seen in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a miniature mobile radio station that he had spent more than half a month to create. Not only could it decode electromagnetic signals, but it could also interact with the radio station that was looking for the signal.
This thing was a black technology in the current era. In terms of practicality, it could surpass Howard Howard's magnetic levitation car. It was a must-have for military use and was fought over by all countries.
Chen Qi's goal was very simple. He wanted to find the radio station that belonged to Yanzhou from the electromagnetic signals that filled the sky. Then, he would conduct a counter-tracking and send his extremely gorgeous resume to the tables of the big shots. He wanted them to know that he, the top student Chen, had arrived!
This sounded simple, but it was actually extremely difficult. After all, today's radio stations were not like the mobile small connections of the later generations. Most of them used a button to hit and completed it according to the length of the sound. They basically used the code method. Both parties agreed on the frequency, time, and other methods to transmit.
Therefore, it was difficult to find a specific radio signal among the chaotic electromagnetic signals and crack the anti-tracking without knowing the password.
In this world, other than Chen Qi, who was a cheater, no one would dare to do this.
If other people knew about this, they would definitely give him two words: Lunatic!
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