Strange things happen every day, no, the EU has put another "hat" on us.
The French have been panicking lately, why?
France's production lines for missiles and artillery shells are already much smaller than before, and according to an EU executive, France is facing an ammunition crisis, partly because of a severe shortage of gunpowder.
Then why did France put a "hat" on us because of the shortage of gunpowder? What kind of hat is this?
It is not an exaggeration to say that "the pot fell from the sky".
France has recently experienced a sharp drop in the number of artillery shells and missiles due to a shortage of gunpowder, but France says that the reason why they lack gunpowder is because China can not export it.
Well, although it is said that there is gunpowder in the four great inventions of our ancestors, we can't afford to carry this pot.
So why do the French say that? This starts with the raw materials of gunpowder.
This may be a piece of cold knowledge, it is estimated that few people know it, the raw material of gunpowder is actually a kind of cotton, but it is not the kind of cotton we wear, but nitrocellulose.
Nitrocellulose is less common in life, but it is very versatile in industry.
It can be used not only as a raw material for gunpowder, but also in the manufacture of rubber products, plastic products and other products.
Even because it has very good strength, some high-quality textiles, such as bulletproof fabrics and fireproof clothing, have its figure.
The raw material of nitrocellulose cotton is ordinary cotton, but it has to be specially treated.
The "cotton" processed in this way, because the speed of combustion is very fast, and in the whole process of combustion, there will be a large amount of very high temperature and high pressure gas output, which is very suitable as gunpowder.
Although it is so important, the manufacturing process can be called simple, and after decades of development, the whole production process is also very mature, and the technology is already available in various countries.
But technically, no country can stop other countries from making nitrocellulose.
So the key lies in the raw material of nitrocellulose - cotton.
This is also the reason why France smashed the pot on China this time, not one of them.
Because our Xinjiang long-staple cotton in China can be said to be an excellent material for making nitrocellulose cotton.
Speaking of which, friends who understand may have seen a little bit of the way.
"Xinjiang cotton" is a very high-frequency word, often appearing in all kinds of foreign countries.
Especially in recent years, the West has "talked about" our Xinjiang cotton, which has led to many Western enterprises no longer importing cotton from China.
Moreover, last year, the European Union also directly banned the import of Xinjiang cotton from an official point of view, which directly affected China's cotton exports.
Then the other party took the initiative to give up the high-quality cotton in the ** country, and now he is short of cotton, how can he say that we are making trouble?
Things should be clear.
The EU banned Xinjiang cotton from entering the country, which led to the inability of domestic nitrocellulose production, which further led to the inability of gunpowder production, and ultimately affected the production of ammunition.
And the cold knowledge is that gunpowder is not produced casually, and there are not a few left in the entire European Union, one in France and one in Germany.
Why can't it be produced casually, as mentioned earlier, the technology is already very mature, the reason is that the pollution of gunpowder production is very large, but the profit is extremely low, if it is not for military products, it is estimated that no manufacturer is willing to produce.
And the problem is that there are few manufacturers in the first place, and they have stuck their own necks of raw materials, so the production of shells can't keep up, who is to blame?
**10,000 Fans Incentive Plan Third, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is the culprit of this French shell crisis.
To tell the truth, this pot China really doesn't carry it!
And the reason is not in the ** of cotton, but in the consumption of too many shells!
In peacetime, every country has a certain reserve of artillery shells, and there is simply no shortage of shells.
So why is the EU shouting that there are not enough shells this time? It's not about supporting Ukraine and fighting Russia.
According to reports, Europe's military support for Ukraine this time can be said to be unprecedented, and it has even emptied its own arsenal.
The Ukrainian side claims that at least more than 150 artillery shells will be needed between now and the end of this year.
And for the whole of last year, the EU said that it would give Ukraine 1 million, but in the end, it emptied its funds and only gave 300,000.
Looking at the situation this year, the commitment of 1.5 million is estimated to be greatly discounted.
Maybe when the EU used Xinjiang cotton to create an incident for our country, it never expected that it would have such a big pit to jump in the future.
So we have an old saying in China: don't be smart, be careful to lift a stone and shoot yourself in the foot!
Of course, it can also be seen that in peacetime, everything can still go according to plan.
Once it comes to war, all the supplies are not guaranteed.
Peace or war, let the EU think it out for itself.