"The engine pressure reaches 80 standard atmospheric pressure!"

"The pressure is still increasing, oh! The engine cannot withstand such pressure, and the cylinder is about to explode! Everyone withdraws from the laboratory immediately! Withdraws from the factory immediately!!"

In a secret factory in the south of the capital, the team members who participated in the experiment were panicked. In front of them, an engine was emitting white smoke, and the complex iron-cast fuselage became hot!

Members of the diesel engine research team fleeing outside the factory, and workers from the gasoline engine research team and other groups of the factory also escaped in a hurry!

The soldiers standing guard in the factory took off the musket behind them and held it in their hands, thinking that something had happened.

"You guys are going to withdraw, I can't predict what consequences will happen!!"

Diesel, the leader of the diesel engine research team, shouted at the soldiers who wanted to maintain order at the top of their lungs.

This time, the soldiers also realized the seriousness of the matter, and they escaped from the factory with the fleeing crowd.

boom!

A deafening explosion came from the factory, and the parts on the diesel engine cylinder flew everywhere like debris of shells! The walls, wooden tables, and machines were hit by steel cast parts and were all destroyed!

Diesel's heart trembled when he heard the explosion, as if his days of hard work had been ruined.

"What did your diesel engine research team do? How did the engine explode? Our team is discussing the design draft of aviation engines with the aircraft factory, but you were scared!" Daimler, the leader of the gasoline engine team, found Diesel with an unhappy look.

"Diesel engines are compression-ignition engines, and they should have insufficient structural strength. If this problem can be overcome, it is estimated that the diesel engine will be successfully developed." Diesel was still thinking about the possible reasons for the explosion.

"It won't cause a fire, right? There is still a lot of diesel and gasoline in the factory. If it causes a fire, the entire factory and the design manuscripts we put inside may be destroyed." Daimler did not want to continue to blame the other party, but was full of concerns about the safety of the factory.

This is an extremely secret engine research factory. It is guarded by special soldiers and must search for the body when entering and leaving to prevent the core technology from leaking. On the walls outside the factory, paint is painted with big words "Idle people are not allowed to enter".

Gasoline engines and diesel engine technologies are all studied here. Later, the gasoline engine team took on the mission of the aircraft factory and studied aeroplane engines with stronger horsepower and more reliable ones together with Feng Ru and others.

Although the technology here is not very mature, it breeds the results of the Second Industrial Revolution. Once the engine technology is put into production and transportation, the impact will be unimaginable.

"Gas and diesel combustion is difficult to extinguish... We have taken precautions and there should be no secondary explosions or large-scale fires. Just in case, members of our diesel engine research team are willing to go in and check whether it is safe." Diesel said.

Just as Diesel and his diesel engine research team were preparing to enter the factory to inspect the explosion site, the soldiers guarding the factory stopped them: "You are all special talents whom the superiors ordered to protect you. We are responsible for protecting your safety. Never let you take risks. If you lose any of you, it will be a loss to the empire."

"If we don't go in, we can't tell whether it's safe inside. Why not do that? I'll go in with you." Diesel said to the soldiers.

He brought a few soldiers into the factory, and there was a gust of black smoke inside, which made them unable to help but cover their mouths and noses.

It was fine elsewhere in the factory, but the laboratory where the diesel engine was located was in a mess, and black smoke came out of it.

"It must have been the time when the diesel in the internal combustion engine splashed out. Fortunately, the laboratory used concrete... It was soon to transport the diesel and gasoline in the factory! Then use sand and soil to extinguish the fire!"

The situation was worse than Diesel's initial guess, and everyone rushed in and moved the diesel and gasoline, and then put out the fire.

The factory was filled with black smoke, and the residents around him noticed the movement here. Even the Beijing Security Office sent someone to ask what had happened. When they learned that the fire was under control, they were relieved.

"It seems that our diesel research team needs to find a remote place to study. We cannot return here before designing a reasonable structure, otherwise I am afraid that it will affect your group and endanger the residential area of ​​Nancheng." Diesel walked out of the factory in a dusty dirt and wiped the smoke stains on his face with a handkerchief.

Members of the diesel engine research team were also depressed.

They have been studying diesel engines for a while, but they have never been able to determine the structure of a reliable diesel engine that will not collapse under high pressure.

Even Diesel, who proposed the design of the compression ignition, was frustrated.

If Chu Yun hadn't told him that the idea of ​​a compression-ignition engine was practical, maybe he would have doubted whether he was doing useless work.

"I have thought that diesel engines have high thermal efficiency and do not require a special ignition system. If a reliable engine can be designed, it must have broad prospects for use." Daimler came to comfort this comrade who also studied the engine.

When an accident occurs during the research process, someone must be responsible, and it may also affect the investment in the entire project. Diesel engines are facing difficulties. I wonder if Chu Yun will suspend research on the diesel engine field because of this incident. After all, in addition to the diesel engine project, there are many secret projects in progress, and they are all trying to obtain as much funds as possible for their project.

"It may not be just a structural problem, but also materials with different structures, especially some parts require special alloys. To be honest, there are too few types of alloys in this era, and all of them have to rely on the Academy of Sciences to speed up the research and development of alloys. I wonder if we can find alloys of suitable strength from them." Diesel complained.

"I have a deep understanding of this, especially the reliability required by aircraft engines and gasoline needs to be improved. I am having a headache for both automotive engines and aviation engines. It is very likely that some special materials are missing. If more new materials and alloys can be studied, many seemingly difficult problems may be solved. What we can do at present is to ensure that the theory is correct and propose to the Academy of Sciences to find new materials according to needs, so that they can develop new materials based on this." Daimler said.

Advanced industrial products are based on industrial parts, and parts are based on basic chemistry, materials science, and physics. It takes a long way to go to establish a large industrial system.
Chapter completed!