Luo Yang did not immediately refuse the request of the British and French forces, nor did he agree, but listened to their opinions with a smile, asked them in detail, asked them to explain, and then nodded in approval: "I personally welcome the sincerity of your negotiations, but our regime is still in Sichuan, and the organ that decides on internal and foreign affairs has not yet authorized us, we are not plenipotentiaries, and you probably are not, so this king thinks that this time we are a good contact, to establish an interactive bilateral mechanism, As for the specific situation, we will continue to negotiate, and at the same time, we will also strive for the authorization and strategic requirements of the Sichuan side as soon as possible. ”

Of course it's an excuse,

On the choice of directly attacking the Manchu Qing Dynasty or directly confronting the British and French coalition forces, Luo Yang hesitated, and could not help but be ambiguous about the attitude of the foreign powers.

Luo Yang also promised to repatriate the foreigners who had been captured by the Huai army as soon as possible to Shanghai and hand them over to the British and French representatives.

On the basis of various concessions, Luo Yang demanded that Britain and France give up their support for the Manchu regime.

Basically, there was no substance, so the two sides did not have any special disputes, and the meeting ended quickly.

After the meeting, the senior generals of Huaxia Tian** held another meeting to discuss the matter, Luo Yang explained the situation to everyone, and hoped to work together.

The meeting formed a dispute of several factions, and finally gathered together, which was decided by Luo Yang, who looked at everyone seriously: "Actually, whether our army is tough or weak is not discussed, but raised, and it is a question of weapons and ammunition. ”

Huaxia Tian** allowed Britain and France to be stationed in the suburbs of Shanghai, but there was a strong requirement that it must be stationed and not wander around, and the Huaxia Army set up a special independent mixed brigade to be responsible for the monitoring of the coalition forces, and if the coalition forces were intruding everywhere, the Huaxia Army could not guarantee the safety of the conflict, and was not responsible for any conflict.

Compromise and persistence temporarily delayed the situation in Shanghai, and it was Luo Yang who accelerated the research of weapons and ammunition, and in the General Bureau of Manufacturing in Shanghai, now the Second Arsenal, Luo Yang led the generals to visit the development of weapons and ammunition, and especially came to a group, which is the new ammunition research group.

"How's it going?" Luo Yang asked,

"Lord Rui, the situation is very ......" The few people in charge looked at the strange officer behind him hesitantly,

"Okay, okay, they're all generals, you have to know."

"Report to the prince, it has been successful." The person in charge who was depressed suddenly laughed,

Luo Yang visited the results of the whole research and development, and listened to them tell about the process of development, because under the guidance of Luo Yang, they are practicing and making things out, so the task of development is much less, and it is still very easy to take it out in a month.

The mechanical foundation of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is quite good, many of them have just been imported from abroad, and in the days when Luo Yang left, not only new bullets were developed here, but also three hundred flying thunder cannons, a large number of explosives packs, grenades, etc.

Luo Yang inspected the entire production procedures and processes of the new bullet, and also personally experimented with a few bullets, the result, the effect is quite good, this kind of bullet, basically is the modern projectile and cartridge case as a whole, the shell contains gunpowder in the form of a large bullet, its biggest advantage is to reduce the cumbersome steps of loading, you can install the bullet briskly, and launch it quickly,

As a veteran, skillfully pressed the bullet, aimed at the front and shot,

"Bang." The sound of the bullet was crisp, penetrating a local target of more than 400 meters,

The arsenal already has experimental data, and Luo Yang's personal experiment has proved to be successful, so he is very satisfied and asks everyone to work at full speed and step up production: "You have given us confidence, with you, we are not afraid of anything." ”

At that time, the popular ammunition was powdered, and a measure of gunpowder was wrapped in paper, and when it was loaded, gunpowder was first used, and then bullets, and gunpowder had to be tamped with the head of an iron object.

This kind of bullet was first used by the Prussian army in actual combat in the world, when in 1866, the Prussian army and the Austrian army met, and the Prussian army won a complete victory, winning more with less, and losing only one-third of the enemy's troops.

"Lord Wang, don't praise it, this is actually something you came up with, we just made it, Lord Wang, you really have a way."

"Yes, my lord, we never thought about it before."

"Ha, lord, it's okay now, the foreign devils are still using broken bullets, and we already use this kind of ammunition."

All the officers were very excited when they saw the new ammunition, because after this method was handled, there were three major advantages: first, the speed of shooting was greatly increased, and second, the firing range was also significantly improved, which used to be more than 290 meters as the limit, and now, under the same gunpowder situation, it has reached more than 400 meters, because of the effect of the bullet shell, the expansion force of the gunpowder explosion has been fully developed, and third, the amount of gunpowder smoke has also been reduced.

According to Luo Yang's guidance, the researchers also engraved a line in the rifle chamber, so that the most primitive smoothbore gun became a rifled gun, so that the bullet could rotate after shooting, which not only ensured the stability and accuracy of the shot, but also increased the range.

It's a pity that this kind of weapon and ammunition has just been developed, and mass production is not realistic, so only five shots can be manufactured first, and this new bullet requires a relatively sophisticated rifle, so before mass production, it cannot be formed into an army.

It is enough to have a breakthrough, and the happy Luo Yang also found that other groups of researchers, under his guidance and instructions, have also made significant progress, for example, the development of mortars has been successful, this strange short and concise cannon has been made, in the experiment, everyone is happy to death, the problem is this kind of cannon, good ammunition is needed, and heavy artillery, Luo Yang attaches great importance to the development of large-caliber and super-large caliber artillery fire, because, in the future battle, in the face of the enemy's super incomparably strong fortress, this siege mortar is a must, for example, In World War II, the Soviet Union and Germany fought for the Crimean Peninsula, and the two sides used large-caliber artillery against each other, and a German shell amounted to half a ton or more of shells, which blew up the fortress buried in the deep depths of the Soviet Union, and the frightened Soviet army of 100,000 had to surrender.

In the development of machines, there is also progress, there are imported steam engines, etc., steam hammer, messy, and machine tools, Luo Yang instructed, everyone must try their best to imitate the development, at the very least, cultivate talents, make preparations,

"New ammunition and new rifles, when can they be produced, and how much is produced every day."

"Lord Wang, there may be thirty branches a day in the future."

"Okay, step up production, our special forces are about to be equipped."