"We need speculation because we need them to do something that we can't do." Shang Wu thought about it and said.

"Our railways need to be developed, we need to pay attention, and attention means more capital favor. Only in this way can railways develop. This is an extremely important part of this for us. Shang Wu said. There is a main reason for Shang Wu to say this. If we look at it according to the normal development path, it will take more than a hundred years or even longer for the republican army to develop the railway, but the republican army cannot wait for such a long time, and it cannot wait, and the surrounding enemies are constantly increasing. The threat is very high, and it is impossible to do such a thing well. The only way to encourage the accomplishment of so many things is to speculate, to encourage people to do such things with huge profits, and it is in such a situation that the train was invented and encouraged. If a huge railway system is built, the profit for one person and one team will be very large. This is just the beginning, more groups get more benefits, iron works, construction workers, and more resource advantages are connected, which will bring greater trade space up, and the benefits of this development are obvious. This is the most important outcome that the Republican Army should see, and if speculation is not encouraged, it is really difficult to accomplish other things.

"However, what I'm worried about is whether this kind of speculation is a bit excessive, or, I'm worried that something really happens that we can't control at all." Jia Xu said. Obviously, Jia Xu is wise, and he can see some bad things that may happen in the future, but Shang Wu knows too well. Excessive speculation and overheated economic development have brought about situations that are difficult for others to understand. The outbreak of economic crises again and again shows that this is the case, and Jia Xu has obviously noticed such a point.

"We should undeniably recognize that." Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"Speculation has given us a lot of economic dynamism. We simply wouldn't be able to do that without some economic dynamism. Shang Wu said.

"For now. Speculation still has a positive meaning, and if it doesn't have a positive meaning, we obviously can't do something like this. Shang Wu said. Jia Xu had to nod in agreement, it is true, the current speculation is still positive, and when there is a bad situation, it seems that it is possible to control it. However, Jia Xu still needs to look at such things, after all, there are huge differences in many parts of the Republican Army, and these different situations will make the Republican Army need to face different problems to deal with when facing new problems and challenges, which is the situation they should pay attention to the most.

"Sir, a telegram from the partisans of the state." At this time, a communications staff officer handed over a high-level piece of information.

Shang Wu quickly took it and glanced at it and handed it to Jia Xu.

"Something happened. The Wuhuan people still went south. It seems that this is an indisputable fact. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm." Jia Xu frowned, because the situation in Bingzhou seemed to be very chaotic, Ding Yuan retreated in a hurry under the order of the general He Jin, some people wanted to leave, some people wanted to stay, and Bingzhou had actually lost control a long time ago. In fact, merging states has become a mess. Dong Zhuo, the new pastor of Bingzhou, could not reach the battlefield of Bingzhou at all, because he was still forming a confrontation on the west bank of the Yellow River. It seems that the other party has no possibility of taking a step forward.

And the Wuhuan people, who lack all the resources, in such a chaotic situation, they see this as a good opportunity to get rich and get what they want. Naturally, they will not let go of such an opportunity for robbery. So, they chose to go south. After all, trade still costs money.

"What should I do?" Shang Wu quickly figured out the reason, after all, the Republican Army is also carrying out such a bullying behavior, not to mention the Wuhuan people, in fact, the Republican Army is easy to get and annex the state, but the problem is that it is too easy to get. The more people face such a situation, it becomes much more advantageous. They will also make such "advantageous choices." ”

"Trying to find a way to block them, and then go north as soon as possible, I can't think of too many good ways, but there are only guerrillas nearby, they can only harass the enemy, they can't stop them at all, although the annex is already very chaotic. But in reality, it may be worse than we think. If the Wuhuan people go south, maybe what we get is a very bad, very bad mess, and such a mess will end up making us unable to clean up. Jia Xu was a little angry, but said helplessly. After all, such a thing is indeed a situation that they cannot do.

The state was originally owned by the Republican Army, but before it was obtained, it was played by others, and it was very bad. This kind of emotion can be very annoying to everyone.

"I think you understand this situation, but the guerrillas, I really can't think that they can stop them, except that we urgently give them some material resources and let them do this, we really can't think of a good way to do such a thing." Jia Xu said helplessly.

"Well, you're right, we need supplies, we need people, and at the same time speed up the pace of going north. Other than that, we have to try to do this for the guerrillas. Hopefully they can stop them. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to do that at all. Shang Wu said helplessly. After all, in the face of such a situation, Shangwu is not a god, he is a human being, and where the power cannot reach, it is the place where the two sides are extremely empty, how to fill it. Shangwu has an air force, but the delivery capacity of airships is not enough to project a unit that is not too effective in combat to the front line. The situation in Bingzhou has become unusually bad with the possible southward movement of the Wuhuan people.

Zhang Liao is a person with a wide range of hobbies, and he obviously doesn't need to care too much about the situation that the top management is worried about. Because he can't get to this level yet, what he needs to do now is to learn, master more skills, and at the same time, discover more military-related things, and walk around the front line of the Republican Army's scientific research, which can allow him to get more things that he can't think of.

Because he found that many civilian things are actually related to the military, for example, the public carriage he rides in can be ridden for only a small amount of money, and such a convenient means of transportation, if in the case of war, is the best vehicle for logistics delivery. This is a very good thing.

Another example is the steam engine, and the appearance of the steam locomotive, which made him see some aspects of his different things.

He is now visiting the steam engine factory. Of course, he relied on his status as a cadet. Some of these high-tech products are open to them. After all, fighting a war is not only about mental and physical strength, but also about opening up more imaginations that dare not be imagined. This is what characterizes Republican officers. They need to constantly absorb all kinds of advanced successes, so that they can be in a situation of information asymmetry when fighting, and the situation of winning the war will make them extremely advantageous.

The race between the train and the carriage made Zhang Liao see the power of technology, although he had also noticed the power of technology before, but only noticed. And did not reach the level of attention.

But after that game, the result of the game completely changed Zhang Liao's mind, because he found that some of the problems on the battlefield that had been plagued before could be easily solved in the face of technology. Otherwise, we wouldn't have encountered such a difficult thing.

Logistical supply requires a lot of manpower and material resources. The cost to the state is very large. Although the IRA can mobilize some favorable resources and reorganize to achieve this goal, it is undeniable that this effect can also be achieved by using other methods, and this effect is that the emergence of technology and locomotives can quickly change this situation.

Logistics has become less difficult, and the cost of resources mobilized by the country has been reduced to an acceptable low-cost range. Look, this is the power of military technology. With technology, a lot of practical problems can be solved.

Zhang Liao also thinks so. He had an even bolder idea, that is, to install the steam engine on the airship, so that the speed and range of the airship would become faster, and the scale could be larger.

At the same time, they can make more **, fall from the sky, or install some artillery on the airship. In this way, a combat platform like an airship warship in the air is formed.

Such an operation, when dealing with such a target as bandits, has great value and significance.

Judging from the special operations information he obtained, the anti-bandit operation in the northern part of Shangdang was not going very smoothly, although it was strongly supported by the local people, after all, they suffered greatly. But the problem is that some of the bandits themselves are hidden in the complex mountainous terrain. The local topography gives them a great place to hide. This makes the operation extremely difficult, even for special forces, it takes a long time to reconnoiter and fight. The efficiency is greatly reduced.

If they use airships and new equipment, their advantages will be very large. It has reached a level that is acceptable to others. That's the advantage.