Xi'an, in ancient times, there were names such as Chang'an, Haojing, etc., and is now the capital of Shaanxi Province of the Ming Empire, located in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain, bordering the Wei River in the north, the Qinling Mountains in the south, connecting several rivers, and was once the most prosperous city in the world. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Even today, its scale is still comparable to that of any major city in the world, and it is also among the best in the Ming Empire.

For the Chinese, Chang'an seems to have an inseparable relationship with the Han nation. Because the city has been the imperial capital since ancient times, it has successively had 13 dynasties in Xi'an, including Western Zhou, Qin, Western Han, Xinmang, Western Jin, Qianzhao, Qianqin, Later Qin, Western Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang. It is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation, and the starting point of the Silk Road.

Of course, there are also countless places of interest here, which can be said to be a museum of ancient Chinese history: Fenghao Capital, Qin Xianyang Palace, Terracotta Warriors, Han Weiyang Palace, Changle Palace, Sui Daxing City, Tang Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace and so on...... Compared with today's Jingshi, it also has a sense of history.

As the capital of Chinese civilization, it has been the capital of Chinese civilization for a total of 1077 years, and in fact, there may not be any city comparable to it. The city has existed on Earth since before 1000 B.C. – not even Rome, the pride of the West, has such a long history.

However, it is not the capital of the Ming Empire, but just an ordinary provincial capital. Now it is more of a functional city in front of everyone, and its huge industrial strength, as well as its geographical location close to the center of the empire, have become a very ideal secret weapon experimental base for the Ming Empire.

Further west of Xi'an is an isolated area, which is the experimental center of the secret weapons of the Ming Empire, a giant artificially created no man's land. It is also the most popular place for spies and metaphysics enthusiasts from all over the world, because there are so many things that are familiar to the whole world.

For example, the Emperor of the Apocalypse once secretly experimented with the Longteng 1 flintlock pistol here, which established the Ming Empire's leading position in firearms for half a century. At the same time, the world's first front-loading rifled gun was born here, but with the end of the Apocalypse Era, the Ming Empire's army lost the motivation to conquer abroad, and it gradually lost its former prosperity.

However, with the progress of the times, the Ming Empire is also working hard to innovate various technologies in its hands, and the Xi'an Secret Weapon Experimental Base has become the largest and most comprehensive weapon test site in the Ming Empire. There is a large-scale experimental range, as well as a simulated battlefield with an area of tens of kilometers, which provides the most accurate combat experiment data for all weapons.

Of course, in the eyes of military enthusiasts, this place may be more mysterious, and many foreign researchers even believe that this highly secret secret weapon experimental base is imprisoned in the demons, monsters, mutated beasts and cultivators, providing all kinds of terrible experiments for the rulers of the Ming Empire.

"What are you kidding? Will there be a Taoist priest here? I've read too many novels. Zhu Mu, who was sitting in the car, obviously disdained this folk statement, he knew that the Ming Empire had indeed carried out many ridiculous experiments in the long years of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but it did not include the Xi'an secret weapons experimental base.

This base has carried the aura of the Emperor of the Apocalypse since its birth, and it has never faded to this day. The Emperor of the Apocalypse, who has been dead for more than a hundred years, still influences many people's thoughts from time to time to this day, and for people with serious circumstances in the Emperor and Han Dynasty, all the relics related to the Emperor of the Apocalypse are precious treasures that must be preserved and studied.

It is precisely because of this idea that the Ming Empire once pinned its hopes on strange metaphysics when the Emperor of the Apocalypse died and his successors were unable to face the European counterattack - some institutions began to study spiritualism in the hope of calling back the soul of the deceased Emperor of the Apocalypse; Others, from a more scientific point of view, resurrected the Emperor of the Apocalypse through the study of electricity or magnetic fields.

These research institutes or Taoist monks eventually failed, and finally after burning some of the precious personal belongings of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, all research was written into the secret history of the Ming Empire, and then all research was suspended. Nowadays, the mysterious black technology legends of the Ming Empire are just the sequelae left over from that era.

"I really don't know why some people still believe that our Ming Empire has become powerful by relying on ethereal things like the Ascension of Immortals." Zhu Mu sat in the bumpy car and said with a smile to the secretary beside him: "But soon these people will have to shut up, and I will use the best way to tell them what our Ming Empire relies on to conquer the world!" ”

Wang Jue was preparing for a huge war in the southern region at this moment, and Zhu Mu was not idle at this time. As the de facto ruler of the Ming Empire, he has taken a train to Xi'an to watch a successful display of a new secret weapon organized by the Ministry of War, the military of the Ming Empire hopes to be able to test their weapon system in the most three-dimensional and comprehensive and real way before the outbreak of war, whether it can meet the requirements they hope to win the war!

Therefore, Zhu Mu is now sitting in the car, rushing to the observation bunker set up in the test site, and personally using his own eyes to watch a shocking live-fire actual combat military exercise. He also wanted to see if it was worth the money he had spent for more than a year before the war began.

This is a huge list of purchases of tens of billions of gold coins, including aircraft, tanks, battleships, artillery, guns and even new steel helmets and bayonets...... Any weapon is used to kill people in his future expansion plan, if it is not easy to use in the slightest or is not as powerful as he imagined, it is an intolerable thing for Zhu Mu.

The car slowly pulled up along the road in front of the doors of several buildings exposed by an entire underground bunker fortification complex, most of which were strictly secrecy facilities, and even stockpiled food supplies that could be used as a shelter. Although it is not hidden, it is superior in that it is large and well-stocked.

As soon as Zhu Mu got out of the car, everyone stood up and saluted, because he was going to inspect and visit here, so he did not use the special car of the royal family, but used the military off-road vehicle that had just been equipped here according to the local customs. There are many types of military cars in the Ming Empire, and there are dozens of manufacturers, the largest one is Yang Yuheng's automobile production group, and the smallest is not much bigger than a handicraft workshop.

The main reason for such a chaotic situation is, firstly, that the military is too eager to procure, so it has to do everything to increase production; The second reason is that automobiles have not completed their own exploration at this stage, and the high-quality products produced by many small manufacturers are indeed more in line with the requirements of the military than the products of large manufacturers.

For example, a tractor manufacturer in Sichuan, after changing its career to produce off-road vehicles, launched an off-road vehicle with excellent performance for the Sichuan mountains, which was deeply loved by the military. Compared with many automobile manufacturers with mediocre functions, such a characteristic design is more in line with the needs of the military from a practical perspective.

Of course, this is just an alternative example, and a more outstanding extreme example was born in the large automobile production line where Yang Yuheng worked - in order to save costs, Yang Yuheng and his designers boldly canceled the design of the car roof, and only used iron bars to support the canvas to protect from the wind and rain. This four-sided ventilation design saves a lot of steel and shortens the production cycle of automobiles, and has been highly praised by the Ministry of War.

Because according to the previous purchase price, the simplified car can be purchased by one-tenth more. This means that for the same amount of money, the army can be equipped with more cars. Therefore, the high-level management naturally likes this kind of design very much, and as for the so-called user experience of grassroots officers and soldiers, it can only be described in two words.

Even if the car leaks when it rains, even if it freezes the soldiers inside in the winter - but it is always better than nothing, and having a means of transportation is already a lucky thing for many soldiers. If you don't want it, or don't want to use it, look at those infantry brothers who carry weapons and carry weights on their backs and can only rely on their legs, and you will have a strong urge to be grateful in your heart, right?

"I want to see what I want to see, General Wang Yan." Zhu Mu looked at Wang Yan, the general of Liaodong who was standing there with his right hand clenched into his fist and pressed it to his chest, and said with a smile: "I deliberately invited you from the front line, just to see something new that can really withstand the test of actual combat!" ”

"Your Majesty! Trust me, I arrived here twenty days before you and rehearsed this new battle mode. I assure you that when you see all this, you will be as shocked by everything in front of you as I was, like Chen Zhaoming and the commander when they saw this set of tactics. Wang Yan replied solemnly with his chin raised.

"Hearing you say that, I'm really looking forward to what happens next." Zhu Mu smiled and nodded, then took a step and walked towards the gate of the bunker that had been taken over by the inner guard and the brocade guard. His steps were so brisk that he had an incomparable advantage over the German Emperor, the Grand Duke of Moscow, or the heads of state of other countries—he was only twenty-one years old, much younger than any of his opponents! (To be continued.) )