Chapter 166 (1/2)
Chapter 166 On the eve of the decisive battle
On the fifth day after their agreement, Roland had finally readied all the raw un-cotton
He hadwith the electrolysis of the salt water, he wanted to take advantage of the left-over copper strips from Anna’s bullet production and use them as electrodes, but the final result was that the electrodes had dissolved in the water, giving birth to the possibility of for the electrolysis With this the whole basin of saltwater asted
The electrolyte was generally saturated salt water, but the problem was that the salt in this era was not as cheap as the price of cabbage Therefore, when the water was drained and Roland detected that the copper ions hadit also into waste Roland felt as if he was throwing away gold royals instead of just salt In the end, he was able to solve this proble the electrodes with carbon
By adding caustic soda to the boiling water to dislodge the oil, he obtained an absorbent cotton gauze He then later brought over the leftover caustic soda back to the chemistry lab
The esterification of the gun-cotton was the most important step in the production process, but he didn’t exactly kno he could achieve this Roland only knew that he would have to soak the gauze in the mixed acid and when the nitrification process was complete, he could then take it out
Whether it was the solution ratio or the duration of the reaction, he didn’t know anything about this So with this in roups and run solasses to observe the tiauze were repeatedly dipped into the mixed acid and rinsed ater At the last step they were soaked in a sodium hydroxide solution to remove the excess liquid acid Afterward, the still wet products were then shi+pped back to the castle, where they got air-dried by Wendy
The result was that the best esterification process would be achieved by using the highly concentrated fu acid, and with it, nited In the end to achieve the best effect with the gun-cotton would be to use the ratio of one part nitric acid and two parts sulfuric acid
When the rough formula was finally calculated, the laboratory would then start with theand washi+ng process was coht away by the First Army In the end, even the Chief Instructor did not knohat exactly it was that they had actually produced
The dry gauze was cut into tiny fingernail sized pieces by the maidservants and afterere stored in separate boxes, they were then sent to the North Slope Mountain, there in the backyard they would co phase
In the absence ofbasic un-cotton in the adhesive and gently push it into the bottonition hole They then carefully poured in the gunpoith a funnel, co sure that each cartridge received and equal share of the propellant
The final step was to place the warhead on top of the cartridge The warheads and cartridges were ether so perfectly, that only a few gentle taps with a hammer were required to seal them
The efficiency of production was very low, in one day they weren’t even able to produce more than 100 bullets Then on the sixth day, Carter could finally start using the neeapon Since the Chief Knights body fulfilled every qualification that was required to be an excellent reatly improved after repeated practice over the last few days Coht after Roland introducing the weapon to him, it was like the difference between heaven and earth
After fixing the probleer had to use his previous strange shooting posture, with hi as the sealing collodion didn’t break, the gun chamber could easily be kept clean And since it was several ti rate was also guaranteed
Taking advantage of the last day of tiun drawing and even dual-pistol shooting skills The recoil of the 12, that it quickly becauarantee that the second shot would score while holding the gun only with one hand But in Roland’s plan, Carter would first hold back, letting Ashes draw in close and then start with his surprise attack
Taking into account that Carter would carry two guns during the duel, if the fight ever turned to close couaranteed If the opponent closed in too quickly, Carter could quickly pull out his second gun And taking into account that Ashes’ weapon offered a certain degree of defense, Roland deliberately chose the not easily defor its penetration ability instead of using bullets with a high lethality
With the lireat sas in all likelihoodany actual quality improvements On the contrary, such bulky iron weapons were not actually fully forged, which lead to the problem that the internal stress distribution would becoood shi+eld From Roland’s point of view, her weapon could be classified at best, to be of co as their luck wasn’t awful to bullets was very low
If Ashes wanted to beat Carter, she would first have to close the distance, which was a cold weapons inherent disadvantage against hot weapons As long as her eyesight wasn’t exaggerated to such a large degree that she could even track the ballistic curves, allowing her to instantly dodge the bullets, the starting distance should actually be an insurap
Maggie flew back to Ashes room only after the sky had already started to turn dark