Zhang Liao's concern is indeed different.

The special forces will not keep secrets from intelligent commanders and fighters like Zhang Liao. A lot of combat records, combat reports, are public to him, because only he can understand them. And see the problem from the combat report. In fact, Zhang Liao has done an excellent job of what a staff officer and combat officer should be able to accomplish.

Mountain special operations are still a completely new operational concept for the Republican Army, a small, elite combat army, which directly leads to the fact that they cannot be conducted in a conventional way of warfare. They differed in armament. Coupled with the complex and special terrain of the mountains, the conventional troops have suffered more restrictions in the combat area, even if they have artillery fire support, but the complex terrain still restricts their firepower and the deployment of troops. At the same time, they also need to pay attention to many different things, special climate, terrain, and local vegetation, as well as various mosquito bites, etc. Disease prevention is far more important than warfare.

Because the conscripted 1st Mountain Battalion has already proved the complexity of the mountain combat environment with facts. Even if they had the medicine to deal with it, they still paid a third of the non-combat attrition. This directly led to the loss of their combat effectiveness.

In addition to this, mountain warfare is complex, and conventional forces have proven their limitations in this regard. The complex terrain gives the local bandits favorable conditions for long-term guerrilla warfare, and mountain roads are usually an important part of their ambush, in such a section, whether you are a bandit or a regular army, it is difficult to get rid of such a situation, and there are many ambush sites, and mountain warfare has become extremely complicated.

Well, what about the special forces of mountain operations? Actually, they're not doing so well either. Mountain warfare limited the amount of supplies they carried.

Moreover, in order to achieve suddenness, special forces also have to carry out long-range maneuvers. And the mountains can't accommodate more horses to carry it. Most of them can only rely on their own legs, because in many places horses cannot pass. In many places, it is not passable at all, and they need to climb to the cliffs. Even hunters who have been in the mountains for a long time can't do that.

Special operations are very laborious in mountain warfare, especially when it comes to important targets such as attacking the enemy's lair. The efficiency of the attack increases. However, the cycle is comparatively longer. Special operations still have certain limitations.

So, Zhang Liao thought of a new weapon, he hoped to be able to use airships to fight, as long as the special forces on the ground give a certain signal, the airship will follow the guidance of the signal to carry out air operations, and throw ** on the enemy's head from the air, so that the combat load of special operations can be greatly reduced, making their tasks simpler.

However, air operations and aerial bombardment are still not mature enough, first of all, the range of airships is not too far, they can only carry out reconnaissance missions, and professional aviation ** is still not mature enough, mainly, they are worried that the fuse will detonate in advance. That would be a huge trouble for the airship, and to make matters worse, the airship was very lacking in control and speed.

However, if a steam engine is installed, perhaps such a problem can be solved. Because the previous airship relied on manpower to advance. Instead of the power of the machine, now with the machine, all the problems can be done in some cases.

"This is indeed a good weapon, and it couldn't be better." Zhang Liao was very satisfied with his idea, because no army could deal with the threat from the air.

Using excellent air power to deal with bandits was just a preliminary idea for Zhang Liao, but if they wanted to accomplish such things, they still needed some time support to complete them.

West bank of the Yellow River. Dong Zhuo has arranged a large number of sentinels here, because there is a republican army opposite, and any vigilance is a must.

In order to strengthen his vigilance, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to spend some money to buy a batch of telescope equipment and put it here. Because telescopes can improve their reconnaissance capabilities. However, the reconnaissance capability is only one-sided here, as for the purchase of more and better equipment. Or some other piece of equipment. Dong Zhuo still doesn't like to spend more money, because his money is not much in the first place.

"My lord, at present, our army has completed the equipment construction of ten firearms battalions, two artillery battalions, and one cavalry company. But that's not enough. Li Wei reported.

"yes, I see. Is there a lack of money? We must have at least fifteen firearms battalions, and only in this way can we have the strength to fight against the new army of the imperial court. There is still such a development of capabilities against other armies. Dong Zhuo said.

"Well, yes, my lord, we have too much money to short. And we're spending too fast. For example, the cost of training and ammunition for the firearms battalion is more than we expected. Li Dao said.

Dong Zhuo's strength is the improvement of military strength, so Dong Zhuo's military spending ratio is quite good. But these are extremely reasonable for Dong Zhuo.

However, the cost of firearms is simply too much. This made Dong Zhuo a little unbearable, because he borrowed a sum of money against trade tariffs. But the money was quickly spent. But half of Dong Zhuo's purpose was not completed, which was obviously a difficult problem for him to accept.

"It's a real problem. This money is always insufficient, and if we continue to borrow money from the banks of the Republican Army, we will need to give up more of our interests, but at the moment we can give up a lot of things. Dong Zhuo said embarrassedly.

Dong Zhuo is spending money like running water now, but Dong Zhuo hasn't figured out how to get the money yet. After all, there are so many projects that come in for money.

"My lord, it's better to throw this problem to the banks, they know how to make money, and they know how to get money, because then we don't have to think about other problems to solve such problems." Li Dao said.

"Hmm. Good way, that's all. Dong Zhuo accepted such a suggestion, Dong Zhuo's advantage is that he can accept some very good suggestions, in contrast, some self-righteous people are generally very disdainful of such problems. In their opinion, such a thing is for them. It's a hard situation.

Luoyang, Beijing. Nangong.

"Nope. How could it be, there should be. Firefox stood at the door of the telegraph office and said this, but a small yellow door in charge of the telegraph office told the other party such a message very coldly, and sent a telegram, just to get the news. What a joke.

But Firefox felt that there was a big problem. Logically speaking, the other party should have an answer, but the problem is that there will be no such reaction at all. This made Firefox very anxious.

Because she has recently heard some bad news, these bad news is that His Majesty the Emperor's health is becoming more and more unfavorable.

He has been lying in a hospital bed for a long time. Being bedridden for a long time is not good news. And Firefox is also very clear that this may mean that Emperor Han Ling is coming to the end of his life. Although she still doesn't know what factors caused such a situation to happen, because things that would have happened after waiting for years have suddenly advanced a lot, is this the butterfly effect? A lot of things are a little bit ahead of schedule, but the good thing is that the general history is still developing.

Firefox felt that she had to leave here anyway, because if she couldn't get out of here, the subsequent massacre of the eunuchs. and Dong Zhuo's entry is a huge disaster. Cao Cao's power was too small. It's so weak that you can ignore it and don't look at it.

And Yuan Shao, a person like a fool, is too emotional. And he himself had no good feelings for the eunuchs. Needless to say, He Jin. Utter idiot. And they don't follow the advice of others. Empress He's power can only be used temporarily. Wait until Dong Zhuo enters it. Military power became a key, and it seemed that the only way to escape to that place could be happy. But it seems like a hard thing to get out of here.

Firefox thought about many possibilities, but he didn't expect that the other party would ignore him. The most unlucky thing is myself, this is in Luoyang. This is the whirlpool of all future disasters, and Dong Zhuo, a bastard, has done everything too well. Who knows what will happen in the future, Dong Zhuo is a guy who even the emperor's concubine dares to touch, he can do anything, compared to scum, there is no scumbag more than him. Therefore, he is still very worried, worried that he needs to find a proper way to solve some such things.

To get out of here, to get out of here at all costs, is to throw everything here away. Firefox thinks it's all very cost-effective. There's no better deal than a stable situation.

But how to get out of here, this makes Firefox have some difficulties.

In fact, Firefox thinks about some of the issues too complicated. Because between the Republican Army and the capital division of Luoyang, there are still many, many secret passages for various contacts.

For example, financial speculation, the transportation of large amounts of money is one of them, and smuggling, the smuggling of all kinds of goods, in addition to this, there is the exchange of people. You know, there is the Republican Army, the best place to develop, and Handan's population is constantly breaking through. There are many places that need development. There are more people in need, and the traffickers have found a new opportunity to make a fortune, and they will trick some people into the IRA-controlled areas, and trick those who come into the mines, so that most of their affairs are much easier to solve, which is a good deal.

In short, there are many, too many roads to the Republican Army.