Lijiazhuang, the test site of the Weapons Research Institute.

"How far can you hit? Effective range? Shang Wu asked, holding the new firearm, which had improved a lot, for example, rifling. Use conical ammunition. The air tightness has also been improved a lot, and most importantly, the new ** is used to excite, and the speed is greatly accelerated.

And these are the successes brought by the use of steam engines, steam engines in the continuous development and improvement, there has been a third generation, the second generation of power is not very large, but enough to be used in machine tools for improvement, presumably not too much, the power of the third generation of steam engines will increase a lot, and then the progress of weapons will become greater.

Of course, there are many new inventions, such as new bullets using copper shells, **, cartridges, bullets, *** together, which can only be loaded by hand, and the price cannot be reduced. This weapon, it seems, is still a craft. But Shang Wu knew that this was an important way out in the future, and if the Republican Army solved more copper resources, presumably, many problems would be properly handled.

"Sir, it's about a hundred steps, within a hundred steps, you can still kill the enemy accurately, and by the time you reach one hundred and twenty steps, you've basically reached the limit. To improve again, we have to make improvements in other areas. One researcher said.

The Republican Army has exerted the power of ** to the extreme, such as the production of particles**, as well as the purification of various materials, etc., but these are all restricted by the progress of weapons because of the relationship between **.

"Maybe you should think of a way to get on the new ***, this kind of *** we have played to the extreme, we should think of other ways." Shang Wu said after experimenting with weapons. The improvement of weapons is indeed a big thing, and Shangwu has always demanded that the weapons of the Republican Army should maintain a generational advantage, and such an advantage can help the Republican Army gain a great advantage.

In addition to individual weapons, there are also artillery, which is currently being made using cheap iron, and copper is too expensive. The lack of copper resources directly led to the fact that the Republican Army was unlikely to use more bronze artillery for casting use. Only by using iron can more artillery be made cheaply.

But the IRA has not made much progress in steel technology, although Shangwu has provided a viable basic steelmaking method. But the problem is that a lot of equipment can't keep up, although it has been proven to be feasible in theory, and it may be the best one, but the problem is that the technical equipment can't do this, the theory is just something on paper, and maybe it will take some time to wait, and it is a good idea to give them a breakthrough.

In terms of motors, the motors are only verified in the laboratory. Barely enough to build a larger generator. However, practical generators and motors cannot be thought of for the time being, because power generation projects have a lot of money invested, but the output is too unfavorable. It seems that more needs to be invested in order to get more development.

"We'll pay attention to that." Researchers began to write it down. For technology, Shangwu is very concerned, because technology will bring them a lot of development. These techniques can solve problems that strategy can't. In the words of Shang Wu.

Technological progress is the progress of the times. Stratagem, on the other hand, is only a victory of wisdom in the same era. If more than contemporary. Beyond an era, even if the strategy is strong or very advantageous, but in the end it fails miserably because it loses to this era. This is not worthy of sympathy.

Therefore, Shang Wu pays more attention to the progress of technology, after all, he can bring them more advantages, which can bring more direct and considerable advantages in comparison.

"These technologies are treasures, and we have paid a lot of price." Jia Xu said on the side that for weapons, he only looked, but never used them. He was a man of wisdom and strategy. But he doesn't rule out the advantages of technology at all.

"Well, we've spent a lot of money on this. If we don't get that much in return, it's a big problem for us. Shang Wu said.

"However, we need more and more resources, and the lack of resources has led to our development not making much progress at the moment, especially the lack of copper mines, the need to manufacture artillery, the need for research on power generation projects, and the cables, they are trying to find other metals to replace, but many things cannot be done." Shang Wu said helplessly.

"Hmm." Jia Xu nodded.

"It seems that there are still a lot of things that we need to do, but in order to accomplish some things like this, we need to do more than that, for example, copper resources, there are in the south, and the situation in the north does not seem to have these." Jia Xu said.

"When it comes to resources, I think we need to raise the futures price of copper a little bit, and at the same time, we should look a little bit further afield, in more distant places, for example, in the north, maybe through related transactions, to meet our requirements. As long as there is enough profit, those nomads will be at our disposal, and they will also develop. Shang Wu said.

"Perhaps, we can make some adjustments to achieve some of these goals." Jia Xu said. Jia Xu knew that Shang Wu must have a way to deal with such things, and once these things were dealt with, many of their things would be different.

Shang Wu did think that through high-value acquisitions, it would inevitably attract the attention of some tribes in the north, and they would collect these mineral resources for trading, so that the resource problem would be greatly solved, perhaps through trade. Shang Wu knew that in the north of the north, there was still a large copper mineral resource place, if it was developed, Shang Wu did not know how many copper-shelled bullets to make, and the bullet problem was not worried at all.

"But what are we going to do with this firearm we have right now?" Jia Xu asked Shangwu.

"You know, even the flintlock firearms we are currently equipped with, our inventory plus the number of prepared firearms, is also more than 120,000. Even if we export it, it can bring us a lot of profits. But how to solve the problem of such a large stockpile, it is still very troublesome, some surrounding areas, for our firearms, are just curious, most of them only buy a small amount, as for too much, they will not buy too much, or a small amount of purchase, they imitate. It's a lot of pressure for us. Jia Xu said.

When Shang Wu heard this, he knew that this was a big trouble.

The ideal object of martial arts is Dong Zhuo, which is based on an assumption provided by Luoyang intelligence. Because Dong Zhuo is very ambitious, once there is a big oolong incident in Luoyang, the more ambitious the guy will take the lead.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo has a great advantage, but the problem is that Dong Zhuo has a bad situation, that is, he doesn't have much money, most of the money is lent to him by the Republican Army, and the other party uses paper money. This is one of the best places for the republican dollar to circulate.

If Dong Zhuo has a debt crisis, it will affect the overall economy of the Republican Army. Therefore, Shang Wu hopes to have more other buyers, for example, several heroes in history. Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, or Liu Bei, Sun Quan, etc. But alas, these buyers may have appeared, but the number is too small to be aroused, because most of the products they buy back are primary products, arquebuses, and they will imitate them, improve them, and they think that their imitation is very advantageous.

Therefore, the sales of firearms in other regions are not very optimistic, on the contrary, they are very pessimistic.

"The only way to deal with these stocks is to sell them and sell them to other people, so that we can get back some funds and let our military enterprises have greater development." Shang Wu said.

"But it's a little difficult to deal with, because many people don't know the power of our firearms, unless, Dong Zhuo can help us fight a war and see such an advantage." Jia Xu said. Shang Wu thought about it after hearing this.

"It seems like it's a good advertisement, and if it really opens things up, we can help them some. In this way, we will dispose of a regiment, or more weapons, to them at a low price, so that they can play to a greater advantage. In this case, our situation may be more beneficial. Shang Wu said.

Shang Wu naturally hoped that their weapons would play a greater advantage in the future role, and this advantage would allow them to exert greater financial revenue.

Lijiazhuang Military Academy.

Cao Ang and a group of other trainees were arranged to practice at the grassroots level. They are all cadets. They are somewhere between a soldier and an officer, they cannot be used according to the sergeant, it is a position that cannot go up and down.

Normally, it takes two years for military cadets like them to be arranged for internships at the grassroots level, but this time it was too early. Moreover, almost the entire cadet has to do it. In addition to a new batch of cadets who suffered in the summer.

"It's strange, do you think it's possible to go to war?" Many students talked about it.

"It's a good thing to fight, we can really enter the army sooner, which is a good thing for us." Many students think so.

But Cao Ang did not think so, he believed that the Republican Army was preparing for this move, and he knew that the Republican Army would enter the final mobilization state next.