Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 246 The Beginning of Penicillin Mass Production

After very delicate concentration and crystallization operations, a grain of penicillin sodium crystal the size of a grain of rice finally appeared in front of Yu Ye.

Looking at this crystal, Yu Ye almost cried.

It is really not easy. It is much more difficult than the days when I had to cover my mouth and pee by myself.

After using a whole room of mold, we finally got a little bit of sodium penicillin crystals. A large part of them might be impurities, but a crystal the size of a grain of rice might contain several thousand units.

Nowadays, many people and many bacteria have not developed drug resistance, so these several thousand units of penicillin can save several people.

"Little boy, take a good look at this penicillin crystal. It is more valuable than gold now!"

Yu Ye handed the penicillin crystal to Tong Zhou with great care.

Tong Zhou nodded heavily.

Nowadays, the most advanced academic research in the biological community has revealed that penicillin has a very strong antibacterial effect, but Tong Zhou never imagined that someone in the mountains of Shanxi could extract sodium penicillin crystals with their bare hands.

If someone had said this to Tong Zhou a few months ago, he would definitely have thought that person was crazy. How could such a thing happen?

However, now this scene appeared vividly in front of Tong Zhou, which completely convinced Tong Zhou.

It is truly a blessing for China to have such a top figure.

"Xiaotong, we currently use natural Penicillium to extract penicillin, and the yield is very, very low, and it basically has no potential for industrial production.

I heard that people in the United States are using radiation to irradiate Penicillium to select the most suitable mutant strains.

This mutant strain can produce thousands of times more penicillin than the original strain, but unfortunately, we don’t have the conditions to do so.”

Yu Ye put down the equipment in his hands with some regret.

Before Ye could continue to say anything, Tong Zhou's eyes suddenly became firm: "Director, we don't have the conditions for the US to use radiation to induce mutations, but I have screened them out generation after generation. I don't believe that I can accumulate natural mutations!"

Yu Ye was instantly filled with respect for the young man in front of him. He knew the sweat and hard work behind these words.

Accumulating this variation through natural variation and screening it under today's conditions means a huge amount of work and requires long-term dedication and effort.

Without great perseverance, it is absolutely impossible to do it.

In fact, a lot of research in biological genetics is produced through the continuous accumulation of natural variations, and even many fruits and grains have adopted this method of artificial selection.

However, due to the short reproduction cycle of microorganisms, the time spent will be slightly less, but the sweat and effort involved may also need to be multiplied.

"Little boy, I don't want to put too much pressure on you. In fact, you know that if we can find the right strain of bacteria as soon as possible and realize the industrial production and purification of penicillin as soon as possible, countless Chinese soldiers will be spared from sacrifice.

please! "

Yu Ye patted Tong Zhou on the shoulder and spoke earnestly.

"Leave it to me, Director."

Tong Zhou nodded, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were shining brightly.

Soon, under Yu Ye's arrangement, a laboratory dedicated to Tong Zhou has begun to be built. In this simple laboratory, a force that can change the world is emerging.

Leading Chen Kan out of the crude laboratory, Chen Kan was a little reluctant: "Director, didn't you say you would write me the synthesis route of all-nitrogen anion salt?

Write quickly, I will give you a pen and paper now."

"Is that true? When did I say I would write you a synthetic route for all-nitrogen anion salts?"

Yu Ye pretended not to see Chen Kan and was about to leave.

"Just what you said just now, when you were using the experimental equipment. Director, you have given a set of experimental equipment to the biological laboratory, so you should also give us some guidance, right?"

Chen Kan looked at Yu Ye eagerly.

"Total nitrogen anion salt is something adults play with. It's not suitable for you, a kid. Go back and figure out the process for the industrial production of RDX for me."

In the next war, there will be many more places where RDX will be used.”

Yu Ye's words about adults' toys almost made Chen Kan so angry that he vomited blood.

Without paying much attention to Chen Kan, Yu Ye quickly found an excuse to slip away. The all-nitrogen anion salt sounds good and has a very strong explosion effect, but it is impossible to produce it with today's equipment, and the protective measures are very inadequate. Yu Ye was afraid of accidents if he prepared it himself, so he didn't dare to let Chen Kan do it.

Therefore, Yu Ye was absolutely right when he said that all-nitrogen anion salts are something for adults to play with. It is something that only experienced masters or researchers can play with.

Looking at Yu Ye's back, Chen Kan stomped his feet in anger. He had finally stopped the factory director, but he didn't expect that he would still slip away.

Yu Ye is extremely busy now. This battle against Heyuan County has exposed many shortcomings of our side. Although from the perspective of the current independent regiment, these are all very normal things in this era, but for Ye, they are completely intolerable.

The lack of powerful heavy artillery to attack the county town is absolutely intolerable.

How could the 155mm howitzer be absent?

Since rocket launchers cannot be guided at present, heavy artillery is still very useful.

Furthermore, the currently agreed information is transmitted through flares, which is such a backward communication method. This is something that Yu Ye, who used to live in the information age, could not tolerate at all.

If there had been a walkie-talkie or a telephone at the time, we could have just made a call and instantly learned the latest battle situation, and we wouldn't be unclear about the specific situation of the monks and the others until now.

Heavy artillery is easy to deal with, but the wireless communication industry chain has stumped Yu Ye.

The Liaoyuan Arsenal can now produce a lot of things, and many of them have even reached the world's leading level, such as the Type 107 assault rifle and the rocket launcher, but there are still many shortcomings.

The Liaoyuan Arsenal is currently unable to produce even a single electron tube, let alone the ability to produce radios or wireless telephones.

It is really a long way to go.

Full of thoughts, Yu Ye arrived at the electroslag remelting workshop and saw an extremely thick and long gun barrel that had just completed trial casting appear in front of him.

As more than 400 anti-aircraft gun barrels were cast, Yu Ye asked everyone to temporarily stop the work of making anti-aircraft guns, and the focus of the electroslag remelting workshop gradually shifted to the trial production of large-caliber artillery.

Due to the high technical requirements, several gun barrels have broken in the past two days, which makes everyone very worried.