The Don army was already strong, relying on rifles, rocket artillery, grenades, these thermal weapons were enough for them to easily win the next war.

The only thing that can counterbalance them is the logistics of the Don Army itself.

Tang Jun noticed this problem from the very beginning and also put forward constructive suggestions, but due to the problem of conditions, the logistical matter has not been well resolved.

What does it take to solve the logistics?

If it is the future generations, it is nothing more than a huge production capacity, transportation capacity, and a reasonable guarantee distribution plan.

And when it comes to transportation, there are many options, you can choose a car, you can choose a train, you can choose a boat, and you can also choose an air freight.

But now, sorry, most people can only choose the old way of transporting people.

After all, the carrying capacity of the carriage is limited, and the weight of ammunition, the weight of a box of bullets is basically the same as the weight of a bag of grain, but there is no better way to solve this problem at the moment.

So this is a headache for Tang Jun.

However, based on previous research, the train project team of the Academy of Sciences put forward a hypothesis, whether it is possible to run alone on land by slimming down the train and letting it out of the constraints of the track? If this can be done, then wouldn't the pressure of these transportation be solved?

Regarding this idea, Li Yuanji absolutely agreed with and strongly supported it, and for this reason, he even specially allocated 5,000 yuan from the royal treasury to the train project team, so that they could study the project as much as possible while continuing to improve the train.

Of course, Li Yuanji didn't say much about these things, although he knew that the concept proposed by the train crew was the concept of a truck, but the truck that Li Yuanji knew was very different from the truck they proposed.

Of course, this matter has been raised for almost a year, and as a result, there has been no news......

However, when the train crew had not yet brought good news to the Logistics Department of the Ministry of War, the Armory Workshop of the Academy of Sciences brought them a disastrous news.

Li Yuanji's face was full of smiles.

Because he didn't know the specific situation at all, he didn't know that the armory workshop had already started to study this thing before he received the invitation.

Of course, this also illustrates a problem.

Some of the ideas that Li Yuanji instilled in these scientists have already begun to work.

The other is that in terms of scientific research, Li Yuanji gave them the greatest freedom, if they want to get a project started, they must first pass internal argumentation, and then submit it to the Academy of Sciences for review and verification, after passing, the Academy of Sciences will give them a preliminary grant according to the plan as the initial research expenses.

At the end of the first phase of the study, a comprehensive review of the project will be conducted, and then a decision will be made on whether to continue the study based on the existing conclusions.

The Academy of Sciences has the right to make its own decisions on projects of less than 3,000 yuan, but the Academy of Sciences only has five places for independent decision-making in a year.

Once there are more than five places, or the required funds are greater than 3,000, it needs to be reported to Li Yuanji, and Li Yuanji will decide whether to approve it.

A complete scientific research system has loosened the shackles of the rules on scientists as much as possible, so there is the current invitation.

"Not bad! Not bad! Not bad! Surrounding the two machine guns on the ground in front of him, Li Yuanji could not hide the joy in his heart.

If you don't do it, you will make a big move.

The armory workshop directly engaged in two machine guns, and the two machine guns have their own characteristics.

One of the machine guns, Li Yuanji, also doesn't know which machine gun is similar to later generations, in fact, from the point of view of appearance, there should be no problem with this structure, but some ideas seem to be a little different.

But the other one, Li Yuanji is very familiar.

It was a machine gun similar to the world's first machine gun, the Gatling gun, with a multi-barrel design.

Of course, after solving the problem of bullet primer, the trigger trigger mode is basically a mature technology now.

But the only thing that makes Li Yuanji a little painful is that this Gatling-like machine gun looks strange.

Because he has five barrels, this is not the most painful thing for Li Yuanji, in addition, he also has five bullet chains.

True, the five barrels were fed separately, but the trigger was only one.

Although it looks a little unusual, Li Yuanji is still very happy that the Academy of Sciences can come up with such a thing, no matter what, the consciousness is there, and all that remains is to improve it through hard work, so that it becomes more reasonable and more suitable for battlefield use.

No weapon in the world is perfect when it first comes out, from the initial finalization to the real installation, it has to go through many changes in the middle.

The weapons workshop seems to have been prepared for a long time, not only pulled out the assembled machine gun, but also placed the disassembled machine gun in the box next to it, so that people can see what parts are made of.

When he saw those parts, Li Yuanji only had three words left in his heart, which was really simple.

"Your Majesty, these are two repeating guns of different designs, according to previous tests, it only takes less than twenty breaths to finish a chain of 100 bullets, and its trajectory and landing point are also relatively stable, with a triangular bracket, the performance of the gun will be more stable, in addition, its biggest advantage is that the effective killing range has reached about 400 meters......"

'Hiss......'

With the introduction of the officials of the armory, Cheng Zhijie couldn't help but gasp on the side.

He is the secretary of the Ministry of War, and he naturally has the right to participate in the matter of weapons, and the other cabinet members did not follow this time, only Li Yuanji and Cheng Zhijie came.

When he heard that a hundred bullets could be fired in less than twenty breaths, Cheng Zhijie's whole heart collapsed.

What does this mean? It means that relying only on this one gun, it can withstand the firepower of a squad.

But that's not how the account is calculated, what does it mean by an effective killing distance of 400 meters?

It means that as long as it is equipped with troops, then the Tang Army no longer has any shortcomings in terms of weapon configuration.

Although there are still some shortcomings in the real battle, it is more because of the problem of transportation speed, at least theoretically, the distance of 500 meters is that the artillery can take care of, within 200 meters, it is the range of rifles, and within 100 meters, there are rocket launchers and grenades as a supplement to the firepower, but the range of 500 meters to 200 meters is vacuum.

And with this repeating rifle, it means that in future battles, if the enemy launches a large-scale attack, it is very likely that they will be almost wiped out before they enter the range of 200 meters.

The premise is that the troops are equipped with enough repeating guns and enough ammunition to support the battle.

Li Yuanji was not as surprised as Cheng Zhijie, but pursed his lips slightly, signaling that they could start the test.

Then, Li Yuanji saw the scene that made him feel ashamed.

The machine gun needs two people to operate, the main and secondary shooters, this is normal, the problem is that the operation routine is very wrong, and even makes people feel awkward.

You've seen a machine gun fired with a hand shake, similar to the early Gatling, but have you ever seen a machine gun with a manual load?

That's right, it's a manual reload.

The task of the secondary shooter is not to assist in reloading, and then observe the target to provide the main shooter with a reference to the area of attack.

The task of the secondary shooter is to assist the main shooter to load the bullet, and then, sitting on the ground at a 90-degree angle with the main shooter, pulling the chain tightly with both hands, and then pulling the chain with his hands, in this way to transport the bullet to the magazine.

To put it bluntly, this is a rifle that has been replaced by a chain feed with the magazine and perhaps a bolt structure that allows the rifle to automatically unload after firing and then fire new bullets.

The rate of fire has indeed increased a lot, but the problem is also very serious, although such a machine gun can also be effective when pulled to the battlefield, but in Li Yuanji's opinion, this is a complete waste of resources.

This is the case with single-barreled machine guns, and even more bizarre with five-barreled machine guns.

This requires three shooters to operate, a main shooter, a first shooter, and a second shooter, the main shooter's task remains the same, the first shooter is responsible for controlling the three bullet chains, and the second shooter is responsible for controlling the remaining two bullet chains.

Five bullet chains are fed at the same time, even if there is a problem with one of them, it can ensure that at least four bullets can be fired at the same time, and in terms of firepower, the five-barreled machine gun is a complete victory.

But that's about it.

The performance of two different machine guns, Cheng Zhi, who watched the program, was stunned, and secretly sighed at the power of science and the charm of science.

Ten years ago, he could have imagined such a thing? Ten years ago, who would have dared to imagine that the current Tang Army would become so strong? So that when the Tang Army will fail, it all depends on whether they can pay attention to their own problems.

What it means is whether the troops on the front line will lose their minds and rush forward desperately, so that logistics cannot keep up with the failure.

However, Li Yuanji shook his head in his heart and denied these two designs.

I thought that if I didn't intervene, they had gradually entered the right track.

But now it seems that it is still a matter of thinking after all.

Maybe it's because I'm too strict, or maybe it's because I'm a descendant and I know that such a design is unreasonable, or it's not the most suitable design.

Just look at Cheng Zhijie's reaction, for the front-line troops, such a weapon is their favorite weapon.

After the shooting performance was completed, Li Yuanji stepped forward and personally picked up the parts next to him and looked at them carefully, and compared them with the finished products next to them.

In the end, he shook his head and said, "The idea and effort are worth it, and the effect is obvious, but I will not agree to it being equipped with troops." ”