Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 226: Killing the Japs for the First Time

After resting for a night in the space, Hou Xiaoge got up the next day for morning exercise and saw the volcano on the top of the mountain in the space, and an idea came to him.

"Ling'er, this underground fire can be used to make hot springs and smelt aluminum. Can it also smelt black ore?" Hou Xiaoge rolled his eyes and asked with a smile while looking at his housekeeper Ling'er.

Hou Xiaoge knew that metallic tungsten was extremely difficult to smelt and had a very high melting point. He had consulted many people during this period and found that most tungsten ores are now refined using the wet method.

At that time, most of the tungsten refined in China was crudely refined at the temperature of iron smelting. The refined tungsten contained many impurities and was of low quality. It was called rough billet abroad.

The last time we tempered the aircraft metal, it was mainly aluminum alloy, and the melting point of that stuff was at most one thousand degrees.

Hou Xiaoge's chemistry knowledge on wet method of tungsten extraction is just so-so, and there is no material, so Hou Xiaoge asked this question.

"Master, it's OK. In the past, Qingwei Immortal's disciples occasionally sneaked into the space to refine weapons.

When the temperature of the earth fire is at its highest, it can even forge low-level immortal tools. If special combustion aids are added, the power will be even greater.

But now the space has not been restored, the highest temperature of the earth fire can only reach 3,800 degrees, and the higher the temperature, the greater the energy consumption. "Hou Xiaoge also often put some books in the space for Ling'er to study, so she also understands a lot of knowledge.

"Is that so? I'll have to work harder for you in the future. I thought this underground fire was just for burning a hot spring or smelting aluminum alloys, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful.

Ling'er, please help me smelt these ores, discard the impurities, and keep the metals that account for a larger proportion.

Don't use the core energy of the space, use the jade ore stored in the warehouse, and let me see how much it costs. "Hou Xiaoge immediately thought of a deeper meaning.

"Okay, Master!"

Ling'er just waved her hand, and the underground fire pit instantly expanded to two meters. The color of the underground fire gradually changed from orange-red to white, and finally to pure white. The space above the burning pit became distorted.

Fortunately, the space was isolated and Hou Xiaoge couldn't feel the temperature standing nearby, otherwise he would have been burned to charcoal two meters away.

The flame took shape, and three tons of black ore were thrown directly into the pit to begin smelting.

The speed was very fast. In just one or two minutes, some metal substances with low melting points began to turn into liquids and flowed outside the pit and solidified under Ling'er's manipulation.

The black ore is indeed difficult to refine. After five minutes, all the ore melted and the black ore was extracted.

"Master, it's done!" Ling'er closed the fire pit and pointed to the melted metal on the side.

"Very good! Thank you for your hard work, Ling'er." Hou Xiaoge also looked happy.

This batch of black tungsten ore is of very high purity and the effect of the underground fire smelting is also very good. In addition to obtaining nearly one and a half tons of metallic tungsten, there are also fifty kilograms of steel, ten kilograms of tin, and most of the rest is quartz stone and a few kilograms of copper.

In order to better sell and store them, Hou Xiaoge also asked Ling'er to melt the metals into rods ten centimeters thick and one meter long.

Looking at the tungsten and steel with a metallic luster, Hou Xiaoge showed a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Hiss! It's convenient to have underground fire in this space. The only disadvantage of using underground fire to smelt large amounts of metal is that it requires a lot of energy to replenish.

Otherwise, the core energy of the space will be consumed, resulting in a weak space. It seems that in order to support the war of resistance, a large amount of jade ore needs to be stockpiled. "Hou Xiaoge looked at the ten kilograms of inferior jade ore that disappeared and muttered to himself.

This was Hou Xiaoge's first time to smelt metal on a large scale in space, so he specially used energy consumption calculations to find out that smelting three tons of metal ore would consume ten kilograms of low-grade jade ore.

However, this amount is still within the controllable range. Low-quality jade ore has little effect on space, and at least thousands of tons are needed to restore one acre of space.

Looking at the shiny metal, Hou Xiaoge silently decided in his heart that he would smelt large quantities of metal and sell them in the next few years.

It is even possible to melt gun barrels and cannon barrels in space. This requires a lot of technical skills. As long as there are samples and drawings, Ling'er, the Ringwraith, can melt them. The quality is definitely better than castings.

What is lacking now is the metal formula. Otherwise, the space can only produce metals of the lowest quality, and some special steels for artillery are not acceptable.

Do it when you think of it. This has been Hou Xiaoge's motto in this life.

This time I go to America, I can purchase a large amount of scrap metal, which I can then turn into materials or finished artillery barrels or gun barrels to sell when I return.

There was another way to make money and save the country. Hou Xiaoge was obviously very happy and rode his horse towards Guangzhou Bay.

It was fine at the beginning of the walk, as this southern city was indeed more prosperous than the northern one. But as they walked, something seemed wrong, as Hou Xiaoge actually discovered the plaster flag.

This was the first time that Hou Xiaoge had come to a place occupied by the Japanese since he came to this era. Looking at the plaster flag, Hou Xiaoge immediately wanted to go over and burn it.

However, there are obviously dozens of Japanese soldiers ahead, as well as hundreds of puppet soldiers checking, and there are civilians all around, so it is better not to be impulsive.

Hou Xiaoge turned his horse around and didn't go any further. He planned to sneak in at night. He had his own space, and the darkness was his best protective color.

"Where are you standing!" Just as Hou Xiaoge turned his horse's head, a sharp-eyed Japanese soldier saw Hou Xiaoge.

"Little Japanese, get out of here!" Hou Xiaoge turned around and made an international friendly gesture to the little Japanese.

"Damn it! He must be a spy for the Nationalist government. Catch him for me."

The Japanese had originally set their sights on Hou Xiaoge's horse, but they didn't expect to be scolded. How could a major like her tolerate this?

"Hi! Major Inoguchi."

The Japanese soldiers around immediately opened fire at Hou Xiaoge and started their sidecars to chase after him.

When Hou Xiaoge saw the Japanese soldiers shooting, he spread his mental power around to avoid the bullets and rode his horse into a small path.

After running for two or three minutes, they arrived near a forest and Hou Xiaoge directly put the horse into the space.

After a while, seven or eight Japanese devils came running over with twenty or so puppet soldiers.

"Little Japanese devils the day after tomorrow, your grandpa is here." Hou Xiaoge shouted outside with a loudspeaker.

"idiot!"

The Japanese soldiers did not dare to go deep into the woods for fear of being ambushed, so they kicked the puppet soldiers in front of them in the butt.

"You, are working to clear the way for the Imperial Army." A Japanese sergeant cursed at the puppet army leader.

"Hi!"

Although the puppet soldiers did not want to go in, they had no choice but to rush in with their guns pointed at them because Huo Dad was behind them.

When he entered, he cleverly fired a few shots from a machine gun into the room, but it was useless to Hou Xiaoge.

So, after the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops entered the grove together, Hou Xiaoge took out iron nails from his pocket and began to purify the air.

An iron nail pierced directly into the Japanese soldier's eyes, destroying his brain.

The Japanese soldier next to him was about to shout when an iron nail pierced his throat.

"Ugh!" The Japanese soldier fell to the ground in pain, holding his throat.

Hou Xiaoge directly manipulated the Japanese soldier's Type 300 rifle and stabbed the bayonet directly into his mouth.

Don't get your clothes dirty, these are your spoils of war.

In this way, Hou Xiaoge used the power of space to move back and forth in the grove, and could hit whatever he pointed at within fifty meters.

In less than three minutes, a group of Japanese soldiers and their sons were sleeping quietly in the grove.

"Tsk tsk! This is another income!" Hou Xiaoge first went out to store the two three-wheeled vehicles into the space, and then came in to search the corpse.

"Don't mention it, these dwarfs are really strong. No wonder they can beat several Chinese people when they are less than 1.6 meters tall."

After Hou Xiaoge stripped a Japanese soldier down to his loincloth, he sighed as he looked at the muscular soldier.