and state. Outside Jinyang City. Many people gathered in the suburbs to watch the construction team lay the railroad tracks on the well-laid roadbed.

"What is this for? What are these two iron chopsticks for? The unknown asked.

"It's not iron chopsticks, besides. Can you use such heavy iron chopsticks? A craftsman-like man said.

"Not to mention, I think this thing can only be used by the gods in the sky." The man said.

"It's the railroad tracks. It's all said in the newspapers. It's going to have to be a train. These tracks are for the trains. The craftsman said.

The man touched the back of his head and wondered, because of the train, why did the burning car do anything on this iron chopsticks? He was afraid that he would continue to be laughed at if he asked such a question, so he didn't continue to ask. However, he didn't know much about the things in this newspaper, and there were too many different things happening in Jinyang City.

There are many people who come in from the countryside to work in Jinyang City every day. The life of the peasants is much better. Although there was not enough land, their life was much better with the IRA as a whole exempting them from agricultural taxes.

But the skills and knowledge of these peasants are so bad that they can only sell their lowest labor force to survive. But in this way, it is much better than in the countryside. More affluent labor from the countryside began to concentrate in the cities, which is also a huge feat for them. Such a situation makes them even more advantageous. That's probably what they're supposed to do.

Jinyang City began to lay railroad tracks, which came from the Fourth Iron Factory, also known as Jinyang Iron Works. The railway had two directions, one was to the north, and the priority was there, after all, it was about the northern defense line of the Republican army. According to the survey, the amount of military supplies provided by the Republican Army to the North exceeded 290,000 stones. That's a huge number, and the IRA would have to pay a lot of transportation power to achieve such a number. The Republican Army spends a lot on logistics costs, but at the same time, many parliamentarians are also willing to see such a thing, this is the best purchase order, if you get it, it is a great guarantee for a company.

But in fact, the actual material guarantee provided by the Republican Army is less than half of it, and it is only a little over 120,000 stones. Even such a number is scary enough. This volume of transportation was carried out by mobilizing almost the entire state force. The IRA was overwhelmed by this. In order to reduce** expenses in this area. The Republican Army was determined to build a railroad, and at the same time, it attracted a large number of local banks and commercial forces to participate in it. In this way, the speed of railway construction can be greatly increased. Of course, the IRA needs to be funded and led.

It's a new investment plan, and if it goes well, the IRA can grow to a greater extent, and more businessmen will get the benefits they want, which is what both sides want to see.

The Republican Army also built railways in other areas, such as Hedong and Luzhou Zezhou. The same thing will happen there.

Li Jiazhuang, inside the War Department.

"There are some difficulties for the state soldiers to continue to move forward." Shang Wu said after reading the report. IRA spies watched the battle almost the entire time with binoculars. Therefore, Shang Wu can see the whole process of this battle clearly. And the state soldiers launched from a sneak attack, turned into a strong attack, they lost a lot of people, in the face of dense firepower, they were not afraid of death, they tried to cover with shields, they thought very simply, the heaviest shield would provide the only sense of security, but the generation gap of weapons could not be made up at once, the shells taught these people a hard lesson, so that they knew very well what kind of state their current situation was. This situation is the most dangerous for them.

"The spirit of the soldiers has been defeated. It is impossible to launch a bigger attack again. After Dong Zhuojun compressed the defensive line, their defensive strength increased a lot. Plus the addition of a lot of defensive obstacles, plus a dense artillery arrangement. If you want to break through, you need to spend a lot of strength. And the state soldiers are extremely lacking in this regard, which is simply not enough for them to achieve such a situation in a short period of time. Jia Xu said.

"Well, but it will take some time for Dong Zhuojun to defeat the Bingzhou soldiers, and these times are also very bad for them." Shang Wu said.

"The two sides have only temporarily fallen into a stalemate, but with the continuous increase of Dong Zhuojun's strength, this temporary balance situation will eventually be broken, which is unavoidable." Jia Xu said. Shangwu nodded in acknowledgment. After all, Dong Zhuojun's strength was constantly increasing, and the Republican Army assumed the post of his logistics minister in the rear. A lot of support was provided, and if Dong Zhuo hadn't won this war, then everything would not be worth investing in for Dong Zhuo.

"There are also bright spots in this war." Shang Wu took out a report as he spoke.

"This is a form of firearm used by Dong Zhuojun, they call it a gun, the role is between light artillery and firearms, in terms of range, power, greater than the firearms in our infantry, but for a single soldier, it is too heavy, it needs two soldiers to use, of course, when fighting, it may reach three or four people, so that the loading can be completed as soon as possible. By contrast, none of us have any such weapon. Shang Wu said.

I have to say that the appearance of such a weapon as a gun is still very unexpected, and the accident has reached an unbearable point.

"This kind of weapon is worth learning from, but I don't recommend that we equip it on a large scale, because the current weapon system, we have reached a very reasonable state." Jia Xu said after listening to it.

Shang Wu nodded, agreeing, how to say. This is a highlight of the Imperial Court technology tree. At the point where the materials and technology could not be solved, the craftsmen relied on their ingenuity to make a good balance, and they made the firearm bigger to increase its power, and the range of the artillery, but it was less than a certain caliber, so that there was a situation in which the upper part was less than the lower than the inferior.

While this weapon may seem like a highlight, his shortcomings are also obvious, such as being too heavy and cumbersome enough to require three or four people to move. Such a weapon, although very powerful in terms of range, was too crude. Bulky.

But it's still a great highlight. This highlight reminded Shang Wu of the anti-materiel weapons of later generations, the power of this caliber, the range is enough to kill many infantry weapons in seconds, if developed, it is also a good weapon choice, which can be regarded as a branch of weapons.

"However, I think it's good to let our researchers study and experiment. This might be a good idea. Shang Wu said.

"After all, on the battlefield, we will still encounter some things with relatively large defense, and at this time, it is unlikely that we will use artillery, or it is inconvenient to use artillery, and it is still good to use such a weapon. And his range, isn't it also very optimistic? I think it's good to give it a try. Shang Wu said. Jia Xu nodded and recorded it, but Jia Xu was worried about another thing.

Recoil, because he knew that the recoil was very large, and one of the reasons why the guns were not accurate was that after they fired once, the guns always had some offset. It's all recoil, and if they can handle something like this properly, it has to be said that it's also a good choice.

For such a point as recoil, Shang Wu did not take into account. He thinks more about the development of the science and technology tree. Accidents are always found and will happen, because you don't know what kind of accidents will happen because they are all smart.

"In the next step, we should let our intelligence department strengthen the collection of intelligence and solve some problems of Dong Zhuo's lack of intelligence, which is also a very good thing for us." Jia Xu said.

"Well, I agree with that. In this way, it is also a good stimulus for us. Pay close attention, but what will Dong Zhuo do? Breaking the current balance is key. Shang Wu said. Leave this problem to Dong Zhuo himself.

Jingshi, Luoyang, Dong Zhuo looked at the camp of the Bingzhou soldiers with binoculars. Their camp was set up far away, and they sent a lot of sentries and patrols, and the vigilance of the other side was still very high.

In contrast, the same is true on Dong Zhuojun's side, from time to time someone will open fire, and they are worried that their nerves will relax.

"Defense cannot kill the enemy, nor can it defeat the enemy." Guo Yan said.

"So, we still have to take the initiative, but how? The morale of the soldiers in the line was just recovering somewhat. If we want to attack, there will be a lot of fluctuations, and I am afraid that we will be the ones who will lose at that time. Niu Fu said.

Guo Yan couldn't convince the other party. But there is no good solution.

Their firearms were indeed beaten and lost their courage, and it was difficult to fight, and most importantly, it was very difficult for the firearms to take the initiative to launch an offensive and attack and state troops.

Therefore, some generals think that they should continue to defend, but defense cannot defeat the enemy, and in the end they still need to attack, but the offensive advantage of firearms is not very great. All the generals knew this.