Chapter 372: Trains Are Strategic Weapons

Li Ya'er opened the dry food package, looked at the dry meat and dry dough, and frowned, how can these things be compared with the food in the dining car, standing far away can smell the aroma of the food in the dining car, and these dry foods in front of him, even if you get close to your nose, you can't smell the slightest tempting aroma. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Sister, I'd better keep my stomach! It's all delicious in the dining car, much better than these. ”

Li Ya'er gently wrapped the dry food package and put it back in its place.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

There was a knock on the door outside the private room.

"Who?"

"I'm here to deliver food, open the door."

"It's you again, come in!"

Li Yaer recognized the employee of the train station, the person who led them into the train, who was pushing the small dining car into the private room at the moment.

"Wow, it smells so good! You're such a nice guy. ”

Li Ya'er praised the other party, and opened the large insulated porcelain lid on it, and said in surprise: "Wow, it's so fragrant!" So much goodies, thank you. ”

"What about two floors down there? It's all yours, I'm afraid that the delicious food will be robbed by those people, so I deliberately left some and sent it to you. ”

"Wow, there are two more servings, it must look delicious, thank you so much, sister, come and eat!"

Li Ya'er was overjoyed, she had never seen such a delicious food? Everything is full of color, flavor and flavor.

"This is poached egg, this is sizzling beef, this is ......"

"Thanks, you're going out."

Li Hanlu walked over gently and thanked him coldly.

"Hehe, the big boss uses it slowly, and the villain retires."

The train station employee retreated with a smile, as if he had been scolded by a cold beauty, and felt very happy in his heart.

"Sister, he's a good person, why are you so fierce to him."

"I was really fierce just now?"

Li Hanlu obviously didn't think there was anything wrong with what she did just now, she was used to it, and she didn't feel that she was rude to people like this.

"Sister, come and eat! It's really delicious, I want everything, it's not good when it's cold. ”

Li Ya'er smiled slightly, picked up the chopsticks and began to feast.

Of course, Li Hanlu couldn't stand the temptation of food, and after tasting a few bites, he sped up the speed of tasting, and a subtle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Sister, you're smiling, you haven't laughed in three months."

Li Yaer teased, and then feasted.

The two daughters quickly ate all the food, and pushed the leftover scraps out of the private room with the small food cart and put them in the aisle outside.

"Sister, look, the green stuff in the field outside seems to be wheat, this kind of thing was also planted in White Wolf Village in the past, but it was planted in spring and harvested in autumn, how can there be wheat in winter here?"

Li Ya'er touched her bulging belly and looked at the wheat field outside the window, it was already sunset at this time, and the light outside was not very sufficient, but it was enough to judge that the plants growing in the field were wheat seedlings.

"Sure enough, it's wheat, Datang is really rich, and it can't be compared to our other tribes."

Li Hanlu muttered to himself.

"Of course Datang is rich, but the tribe has now been attached to Datang, and in the future, the tribe will become much richer, and there will be no need to fight again, how good."

Li Ya'er said with a smile and looked at the wheat field outside the window with interest.

The last time she went to the capital, she also took this road, but what she saw was the bare land on both sides, there was not a single wheat seedling at all, in just a few years, Datang not only had a train, but also planted and grew wheat in winter, which shocked her too much.

Also shocked were Li Huaijie and Li Yanpet, who were sitting in the front box.

The table in front of the two of them was full of all kinds of delicacies, the number of which was more than the delicacies sent to Li Ya'er's private room, in addition, it was also paired with spirits with a high degree, and only these two people had such treatment, after all, in order to save food, the production of this kind of liquor was strictly limited, and people who were not the noblest and highest status were not qualified to drink this kind of spirit.

The two of them ate meat, drank wine, and frequently looked at the wheat field outside the window, their expressions quite complicated.

In the pine desert and Raole, there is ice and snow everywhere, and it is good to be able to catch game, while in Datang, crops can be planted in winter, and the gap in this geographical environment is really not ordinary.

With the power of barbarians, it is almost impossible for them to fight against the Tang Empire, at most they just run away with a shot and grab something.

Over the years, they have been complaining about being bullied by An Lushan and are often attacked for no reason, but they themselves and the tribes under their command often raid the villages of Datang and rob grain, cattle, horses and livestock, so there is no question of who bullies whom, and the two of them are the same as An Lushan.

"I heard that Datang tried to plant wheat in winter last year, and the result was a great success, and this year the entire northern part of Datang is planting wheat in winter, so that the grain output will increase by at least 30%, and the national strength will be further enhanced, which is not comparable to us."

Li Huaijie looked at the wheat seedlings outside the window and first provoked the topic.

"Yes! Datang's national strength is getting stronger and stronger, even the train has been built, sitting in it in less than a day from Luoyang to Chang'an, if you ride a horse and walk, our two teams will take at least ten days to arrive, more than ten times faster? ”

Li Yanpet was also shocked by Datang's national strength and technology.

"Brother Yanpet, do you remember the bridge you passed when you came?"

"Is that two-mile double-decker bridge?"

"That's right, at that time we just thought the bridge was very big, but one of my subordinates told me that Datang will build a bridge over the Yellow River in the future, and lay the railway all the way to Yingzhou, so that starting from Chang'an City, it only takes a few days to reach Yingzhou, and once the train is used to transport troops, Datang's 100,000 troops can reach us in just a few days. With just a few dozen trains, the Don Army was able to do this. ”

Li Huaijie said.

Li Yanpet frowned, paused for a long time, drank a glass of spirits, and said: "Since Datang has even made trains, has it made more terrible things, I remember that the iron mines in Hebei Province are using black medicine to blow up iron ore to increase the speed of iron ore mining, since these black drugs can even be blown up by stones, if they are used to deal with soldiers and horses, the power will be even greater." ”

"I heard that all kinds of strange things we encountered along the way were made in Chang'an City, and when we arrived in Chang'an City, we must have a good understanding of them."

Li Huaijie said softly.

"Why wait until Chang'an City, just grab someone to come over and ask if you can't do it first."

Li Yanpet was a little impatient, and immediately walked to the door and asked the Tang officials to come in and serve.

"King Huaishun and King Huaixin, what are your commands?"

Li Yanpet spoke first: "I heard that there are many workshops in Chang'an City, which can make all kinds of things, and trains are one of them. ”

"There are too many of them, there are cultivators, bulldozers, pumps, harvesters, steam trucks, artillery, ......"

The little official doesn't know too much, but he knows a little bit about all the important big guys, so he can also say a lot of things.

Li Huaijie and Li Yanpet looked at each other, what these things were for, they didn't understand at all, so they had to let the little officials explain one by one, and their expressions became more and more surprised as the little officials explained step by step, and they could even be described as shocked.

"Alright, you go out!"

Li Yanpet let the Tang officials go out, and looked at Li Huaijie in front of him, and said in surprise: "The Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more not to be underestimated, and it is terrible to be able to use artillery to attack the enemy army thousands of steps away." ”

"This is nothing, it is said that there are more powerful weapons, which are being studied, in addition, the most terrifying should be the train we are on, this is the most powerful weapon, with the train, Datang can use a very short time to send troops in any direction."

Li Huaijie looked out the car window and said seriously.

"That's right! The train is the first weapon of Datang in the future. ”

Li Yanpet nodded approvingly, and fell into deep thought.

As time passed, it became darker and darker, and it was already pitch black outside, and the people in the train began to enter the rest time.

People who live in soft sleeper cars can naturally lie down comfortably and rest, while people who sit in soft seats can only lean on their seats and make do with sleep.

After a comfortable night's sleep, the train arrived at Chang'an City Railway Station early the next morning and stopped steadily.

In order to welcome these guests from afar, the Tang Dynasty sent Honglu Siqing with several subordinates to greet them in person to show the importance of the leaders of the two Tibetans, and brought the two groups of men and horses to the Honglu Guild Hall.

Li An went to the R&D center early in the morning, and he went with an extremely comfortable mood, last night, Zhao Yufu served him unwanted, and the three women talked happily in the mansion, without the slightest intention of arguing.

As soon as people were in a good mood, all kinds of good things followed, and as soon as they walked into the R&D center, several craftsmen rushed over.

"What's the matter, there's a happy event?"

"Li Shilang, according to your request, we replaced the spring of a larger model on the gun mount of the artillery, and as a result, all the problems have been solved, and the ironclad gun truck can already be used normally."

A craftsman excitedly reported.

"It's only been a day, and we've got the problem done, great, we're going to test it now."

Li An was overjoyed, he was going to personally operate the cannon today and test the power of the ironclad artillery car.

After entering the ironclad gun truck, the driver drove the gun truck to the test area and stopped steadily.

"Load the shells and get ready to fire."

Ang Lee personally gave the order, and turned the handwheel to aim the muzzle of the cannon at the earthen wall in the distance.

In order to increase the hit rate of the artillery, Ang Lee added a tenfold sight to this new artillery, and then fired the gun after aiming with the scope, which further increased the accuracy of the hit, so that the artillery could exert greater power.

After the shells and propellants were loaded, Li An had already used the scope to completely aim the muzzle of the cannon at the earthen wall in the distance, and immediately ordered: "Open the cannon"

"Boom ......"

After a loud bang, the earthen wall was accurately hit and collapsed in a large piece.

"Okay, one more shot."

Ang Lee wanted to test whether the reliability of the ironclad gun carriage would be weakened after the continuous artillery firing.

"Boom ......"

After firing six shots in a row, the ironclad gun truck did not look like it had been damaged, and not a single part was shocked out of place, which made Li An quite satisfied.

"Forward, hit the earthen wall ahead."

Li An continued to order, he wanted to see for himself whether the ironclad gun truck could still move forward well after the cannon was fired, and how it would react after hitting the earthen wall.

The ironclad artillery cart started slowly, and at a relatively fast speed, went straight to the remnant earthen wall in front of it, and slammed into it, and after smashing the earthen wall, it crushed over the remaining clods of earth.

"Stop, let's get out of the car."

Li Ang asked the driver to stop the gun carriage, and after the gun truck came to a stop, he got out of the gun truck and checked the effect of the attack and crushing on the spot.

"Yes, it's even better than the official expected, the earthen wall has been completely crushed, and the ordinary small city wall, such an ironclad artillery truck can easily break through."

Ang Lee was very satisfied with the power of the ironclad gun truck, and immediately decided to start mass production after several tests.

Of course, the mass production of such a powerful and cost-intensive weapon requires Li Longji's nod, but Li An believes that Li Longji will not oppose it, this emperor who is so happy with his achievements will not oppose such a powerful weapon, this kind of weapon can fully meet his psychological needs to open up the territory, as long as the national strength can afford it, it can be manufactured in batches.

There are many scientific research projects in the R&D center that need Ang Lee's guidance, and Ang Lee went to understand the progress of R&D one by one, and according to his knowledge, he gave timely guidance to these R&D talents on the difficulties encountered in the R&D process, so that these talents can successfully develop products as soon as possible.

In the afternoon, Li An personally went to Daming Palace, and he wanted to personally tell Li Longji the news of the successful test of the ironclad gun car, and asked Li Longji to agree to mass produce the ironclad gun car.

In Ang Lee's view, the power of the ironclad artillery vehicle is extraordinary, and it is an unrivaled tank in the era of the Tang Dynasty, even in later generations, it is also a civilian version of self-propelled artillery, and in many war-torn backward areas, this strange weapon often appears.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has newly developed an ironclad artillery car, the graphics and models are here, please take a look at them."

In order to meet the emperor, Li Ang had already drawn the drawings of the ironclad gun car, and all the three views and the overall picture were drawn very well, and in addition, he also asked the carpenter to create a small model of the ironclad gun car.

The model is very detailed, every part is reflected, and the position of the rotating turret can be disassembled and assembled, and there are five small soldiers inside.