After Meng Qi inspected the military department, he went to the early court, and urged officials at all levels to prepare for a big war, and then dispersed.

Meng Qi could feel that most of the ministers in the DPRK and China were still anxious, after all, the current strength of Pingtian State was not Qu Yuguo's opponent at all, and now Qu Yuguo sent heavy troops to attack Pingtian State, and Pingtian Country was more than lucky.

He guessed that there should be many officials who have secretly prepared to flee in defeat, and even some officials have already planned to change their tunes and surrender.

Ninety percent of the current officialdom in Hirata are old bureaucrats, all of whom used to rely on family backgrounds and nepotism among officials, and there are very few officials who are really powerful, among which Lord Zhu, who was born in a poor family, is considered to be one.

And if Meng Qi wants the Pingtian Kingdom to truly rise and rise, he must give the court officials a big change, and the turmoil that this move may cause is no less than the previous cutting of the feudal domain, so Meng Qi has been thinking carefully, waiting for a suitable opportunity, looking for a fuse that can ignite the fire of the prairie fire, at that time, Meng Qi should use thunderous means to completely drive a group of incompetent officials out of the court.

After the next court, Meng Qi took Wei Zhong, the chief eunuch, to prepare to go to the Black Forest to inspect the terrain.

Sauron left, and Meng Qi was not used to acting alone, on the one hand, for the sake of safety, and on the other hand, in order to facilitate the issuance of orders during the inspection process, and ordered Wei Zhong to do it.

When Meng Qi bought another Colt automatic pistol and handed it to Wei Zhong, Wei Zhong, who had seen Colt's power, was startled, and Meng Qi still remembered that when he stretched out the pistol in front of Wei Zhong, Wei Zhong was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and said in fear: "Oh, the Sprinkler family can't do it, the Sprinkler family can't get this big killing weapon, and it will lose his life." ".

This Wei Zhong doesn't even have the courage of Wei Zhongxian in history, but it is a miracle that the eunuch can do Wei Zhongxian's level. Meng Qi muttered in his heart.

The two came to the Black Forest, and Meng Qi circled around the periphery of the Black Forest, frowning.

The Black Forest is vast and covers a wide area, reaching the foot of the Hiss Mountains in the south and reaching the Changhai River in the north, there is basically no vacancy between the mountains and rivers, all of which are occupied by the Black Forest, so if Qu Yuguo attacks the Hirata Country, it must pass through the Black Forest, which has both advantages and disadvantages for the Hirata Country.

The advantage is that it is used for sufficient buffer time before the war and is conducive to defense, because the army of Quyu Province passes through the Black Forest, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, except for the road that runs through the Black Forest, the central axis of Quyu Province and Pingtian Province, which was reclaimed many years ago, there is basically no other road for the army to cross the Black Forest.

The disadvantage is that while the Black Forest hinders Qu Yuguo's march, it also forms a natural barrier for Qu Yuguo's army, and Hirata Guo can't judge Qu Yuguo's march distance and direction at all. This is also what Meng Qi is worried about, he has carved out an open area on the Black Forest Pass and laid a trap, but if the enemy army does not go to the mainland, but finds another way to take a small road, then his plan will be all in vain.

He thought for a while and instructed Wei Zhongdao: "After I go back, go to the Ministry of Industry and pass on my order to build two fortresses on the north and south sides of the Black Forest, which do not need to be large, two meters high, two meters long and wide." ”

"Fortress?" Wei Zhong was stunned, he had obviously never heard of the name of the fortress.

Meng Qi explained: "It's a defensive structure similar to an arrow tower or a beacon tower, where people can hide inside and release arrows to the outside. Meng Qi rolled up his sleeves and said.

"Yes." Wei Zhong probably understood what Meng Qi meant, but he still prepared pen and ink for Meng Qi.

The eunuchs and maids accompanying the emperor all had to prepare pen, ink and paper, which was similar to the ancient times that Meng Qi knew.

Meng Qi spread the moire rice paper abundant in Fengyang, Xianchuan on the grass, and after Wei Zhong sharpened the ink, he dipped it in the ink and waved it, and with a few strokes, he sketched a square fortress.

Meng Qi drew a small square on the wall of the fortress with the tip of his pen, and said, "Open a window on this wall facing the Black Forest, it doesn't need to be too big, it's about the width and height of your forearm." ”

"The old slave understood, and when he went back, he told the Ministry of Labor to do it." Wei Zhong smiled, folded Meng Qi's paintings, and stuffed them into his arms.

Meng Qi nodded, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to do it, naturally he had his reasons, on the one hand, such a fortress was really needed, and on the other hand, through Qin Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, a signal was conveyed to Qu Yuguo, that is, I have also prepared a defense on the north and south roads of the Black Forest, if you take the trouble to take the trail, it will be more than worth the loss.

He was ready to have two soldiers stationed in the fortress, defended with heavy machine guns.

If Qu Yuguo sent troops from both sides of the Black Forest, because of the problem of the road, the marching process would definitely be very long, and the number of soldiers in the unit area would not be very large, so it would be very simple for defense, and the soldiers equipped with heavy machine guns in the fortress could completely do it in one fell swoop.

For the choice of heavy machine guns, Meng Qi took a fancy to the two heavy machine guns in the system mall, the heavy machine guns with explosive combat effectiveness: Dillon Eero M134D Vulcan Cannon and the American M60 heavy machine gun with better practicality.

The caliber of the bullets they use is 7 point 62 mm standard bullets, and the bullets equipped with the system mall are 3 rounds of satiety.

And there is a big difference in the rate of fire, the Vulcan cannon is more than 3,000 rounds per minute, Meng Qi calculated, three thousand bullets are fired in one minute, that is, nine thousand points of satiety are consumed, for Meng Qi's current level, he eats two hundred people's food every day, and the accumulation of thirty days is enough for the bullet consumption of this Vulcan cannon for one minute. Meng Qi couldn't help but clutch his chest, feeling distressed.

The rate of fire of the M60 is 550 rounds per minute, which is about one-sixth of the Vulcan cannon, and at this stage, it is obvious that the M60 is a little more practical.

Firing range: 1 kilometer, Meng Qi probably knows that the concept of a gun range of 1,000 meters is equivalent to a bullet that can pass through two enemies within fifty meters, so it seems that in the best case, this Vulcan cannon can slaughter nearly 10,000 soldiers in one minute, Meng Qi sighed, but in fact, the real killing effect is greatly reduced, of course, Meng Qi does not have so much food for this Vulcan cannon to consume.

The price of the Vulcan cannon is 1,03 satiety, and buying a Vulcan cannon comes with 300 rounds of ammunition, which is not a bully in terms of price, but the 300 rounds of ammunition given away look like a lot, in fact, it is only enough for the consumption of this Vulcan cannon for 6 seconds.

The price of the M60 is 1,000 satiety, and buying an M60 comes with 100 rounds of ammunition.

"This Vulcan cannon is a sharp weapon, but this bullet consumption is not something I can afford now, it's better to choose this M60, but I hope that this time the two M60 heavy machine guns will not be used, this bullet consumption is too wasteful." Meng Qi sighed lightly in his heart.