Hedong, within the area under the jurisdiction of the Republican Army. After coming from Guanzhong, Li Dao felt a big difference, especially compared with the area where the Republican Army was located, he could feel a big difference at once.

In ancient times, travel was extremely bumpy, and sometimes Li Wei would give up riding a car and ride a horse, because riding a horse was much better than riding a car.

But when he came to the Republican Army, he found that the Republican Army's vehicles were all four-wheeled, although some of them used ox carts, which slowed them down a lot. However, the load capacity has increased significantly. The efficiency of transportation has improved a lot.

In the area under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, most of them used two-wheeled vehicles, which meant convenience and speed, but in fact, the biggest problem was that their road conditions simply could not adapt to four-wheeled vehicles. Under such circumstances, the area controlled by the imperial court had to use low-cost two-wheeled vehicles, as it was easier for him to adapt to the poor state of road transportation. In contrast, the Republican Army's transport has increased considerably, but they have to build roads, and without roads, it will be difficult for them to carry out logistical resupply. In this regard, he himself believes that the Republican Army has a very immature view on the road issue.

As everyone knows, Li Dao is just looking at the problem from his own point of view.

The IRA has shifted to competing firepower and logistical superiority. In this case, they must rely more on their logistical supplies, which requires them to make greater improvements. And Li Dao could not experience such a degree at all, in his opinion, the situation of the Republican Army was not too favorable. Because their transportation situation is very troublesome.

Regardless, Li Dao is experiencing the four-wheeled carriage of the Republican Army. As soon as he entered, he tentatively changed cars. However, he was very strange, and did not know how the other party managed to make the carriage so comfortable, and he did not feel the bumps at all, but on the contrary, it was very comfortable. I really don't know how they got to such a situation.

After all, he seemed to have a smooth and spacious road for the Republican Army, mainly to keep their supplies moving.

The road is only one of the problems, and most importantly, the suspension. The Republican Army solved the shock suspension problem with just a few iron bars. Of course. There are even better, springs are used in the tire steering, but that is only available in high-end vehicles, and it is extremely comfortable to ride in, and in addition, the braking system has also changed a lot, and the carriage can be effectively controlled. These are the Republican Army's advances in vehicles, the car looks simple, but in fact, there are a lot of things that need to be improved and invented, there are at least 200 invention patents on a carriage, the more advanced the one, the more invention patents, of course, more vehicle manufacturers are winning such technologies as their competition. This kind of carriage cannot be digested by the Republican Army itself, and the best way is to sell it, after all, in this way to obtain the maximum profit.

Li Wei enjoyed it very much, he was able to watch the situation outside through the transparent window, and the car body still had a compartment, so he didn't have to worry about the wind and sun, I have to say that the Republican Army thought a lot, very meticulously, and turned around to get such a car for the lord, so that he could also enjoy it, which was a good way. Li Wei thought so.

However, Li Dao is more like an unqualified intelligence officer, he is observing the situation of the Republican Army, coming from the border, the soldiers of the Republican Army are very serious, through talking with the local guides, he learned that the most border is the garrison, they are the regular military force of the Republican Army, the garrison is extremely strict, and in other places, he saw patrols, which seemed to be looser, but still much better than their infantry, and the weapons were also very advanced, all using firearms, and equipped with bayonets. The equipment is very advanced, and on some communication arteries, the Republican army will also deploy artillery positions to hold it. In that case, no one would dare to do anything. It's an extremely effective way to defend. In general, the Republican Army was extremely well defended.

After passing through the border area, there is a large area of wheat field, which is different from the wheat field and corn field in Guanzhong. The wheat fields here are patchy. As far as the eye can see, it is like coming to the grassland, and Guanzhong is a piece, and once it is opened, the land has its own belonging. This made Li Dao very puzzled, he was still unclear about the land policy of the Republican Army. If he knew, he might have gone back and studied hard.

It's a pity that Li Dao is still a half-way intelligence officer, and he can see the difference between the two sides, but he doesn't know exactly why. Large areas of farmland are connected together, and in this way, the efficiency of farming is greatly improved. This is an improvement of the mode of production. Li Wei couldn't see why, so he naturally didn't know what was going on.

After passing through the agricultural area, he saw a large number of small factory areas, which were on the edge of the county seat, but the problem was that the county town did not have city walls. Li Dao thought he was wrong. Or maybe it's just a small town, but the problem is that the town is also defended, the question is, where are the walls, no.

As soon as he inquired, he learned that the city wall had already been demolished. Hearing such an answer, Li Dao was surprised. The city walls are a good defense system. Without defense, the city defense means complete abandonment. But it was a surprise to them that the Republicans had abandoned the walls. They really didn't know that something like this would happen.

He couldn't believe that a defensive system with no walls could be used. According to the Republican Army's tactical manual, the walls were useless under the threat of artillery, and instead they became a burden, a cluttered city, and an expanded urban function. Urban defense has given way to the development of the city's economy, and how to surround the city, the only way is to mobilize all, the militia is a good weapon, they will all mobilize, the advantage of firearms is that the role of training will be much reduced, once a large-scale war general, the city can quickly mobilize more mobilized soldiers to be counted in the city, they become a cheap combat force, they just need to learn how to shoot on it. They blocked the roads. Using complex highland buildings to fight, their home may be a very strong fortress, such a way of fighting requires a lot of mobilization ability and an extremely strong will to fight. Because as long as there is a little missing, such a battle simply cannot form an effective defense.

The development of urbanization has brought about a rapid increase in urban population. Under such circumstances, there are also new changes in urban defensive warfare, such as depth, complexity, and the mobilization of a large number of cheap combat forces, all of which provide a great guarantee for urban street warfare. It is impossible for Li Dao to know such a point, because his defensive viewpoint is still stuck in the posture of the defensive battle of the city wall. Such an operational viewpoint is extremely backward. Of course, Li Dao is mainly a first-time visitor, and he has not yet recognized such a gap.

The IRA gave him the idea that they were stupid, or they were crazy, and they didn't keep the walls, and they didn't know how they could do it.

However, the productivity of the Republican Army has brought him a great impact, there is a lot of grain, and the grain goes into the food processing plant, where food will be produced, and there are workshops that will produce semi-finished products, and then hand them over to the factory, because they can make a greater profit, sell the grain directly, and not make much money, but the processing plant military food. The price is not only guaranteed, but also stored for a long time. Sell it for a higher price.

In addition to this, there are military supplies, daily necessities, and so on. These are very enviable to Li Dao. Hedong is indeed rich. I don't know how they managed to do that. Li Wei was puzzled to think of some such things. Li Dao would not understand such a point. Because he has not yet integrated into such a society.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"Come on, come on, we still welcome them, we can't turn them away. Otherwise, we won't be able to do a lot of things. Shang Wu said. For the arrival of Li Dao sent by Dong Zhuo, he welcomed, the current diplomatic situation of the Republican Army is very bad, and the market cannot be opened in many places, although some people welcome it, for example, Yuan Shu, but the problem is that the Republican Army is too far away from Yangzhou to reach the whip. And for Luoyang, there can not be too much interference, and Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Qingzhou are extremely cold, only Dong Zhuo showed enthusiasm, which had to let Shangwu and Dong Zhuo cooperate.

"We should have more trade deals with them to give us a little bit more advantage, and at the same time, we should have laid out there in advance. For example, sending embassy personnel, increasing assistance in commercial trade activities, and so on. These can help us to the greatest extent. Jia Xu said. With Dong Zhuo, this is no way, because there is only one choice. If they had more options, they wouldn't have made that decision if they could.

"Well, I think that such a result can be achieved, after all, this is the one we need the most, and if such a thing can achieve such a result, it will definitely help us a lot." Shang Wu said. Jia Xu strongly agrees with this.

"Advance planning, not only on the surface, but also intelligence, and to encourage the locals, for example, to organize some local people to come to us, or to develop into a guerrilla force in the local area, and gradually expand our influence, and so on." Shang Wu said. This is a consistent trick in the world of later generations.