China is a country that lacks raw iron ore. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info There is only a small amount of scattered iron ore in this land, and the purity is not high. Originally, the Ming Empire mined iron ore from Ceylon and Liaodong, but now Ceylon has rebelled, and Liaodong has become a war zone. Therefore, the Ming Empire is now extremely short of iron ore, and the slightly higher quality iron ore has to be mined in several medium-sized mines in India and Southeast Asia.

Therefore, whether it is to recapture Great Luzon in the south or Liaodong in the north, the Ming Empire hopes to first pinch a piece of iron ore production base in its own hands, so as to solve the current urgent need - the annoying problem is that these places are lost from their hands at some point, and they are lost very completely.

The Ming Empire transported iron ore from India to Southeast Asia through the Indian Ocean, and together with locally produced iron ore raw materials, it was processed into iron powder raw materials, and then transported back to the Yangtze River basin to smelt steel. From the perspective of raw materials, this is also the reason why Ge Tianzhang has repeatedly emphasized that Southeast Asia cannot afford to lose.

Southeast Asia and India's iron has become the most important steel pillar of the Ming Empire in the last 30 years - and the Ming Empire really has the only Southeast Asian region that Ge Tianzhang has run all his life. This has nothing to do with Ge Tianzhang's personal insistence, it can indeed be said to be the raw material base of the Ming Empire, and it is indeed the top priority.

The iron and steel plant in Tangshan uses the iron ore to be transported to the port of Tianjin by sea, and then transported by rail. Today, it is the industrial center of the Gyeonggi region, with a large number of factories and countless heavy industrial enterprises.

If you want to say that the Ming Empire was still strong in 100 years, what the countless wealth plundered was used for, it depends on the domestic infrastructure construction of the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire was the first country in the world to begin to fully popularize alternating current, and has now built the world's largest and most advanced national power grid.

In 1830, the Ming Dynasty had 14 large-scale hydroelectric power stations and 67 large-scale thermal power stations. There are countless small and medium-sized power stations, and the total power generation capacity is close to 80 billion kWh, which is about 40 times that of the Japanese Empire, 20 times the size of the Ceylon Empire, and more than twice that of the United Kingdom, including the colonies.

On the other hand, the number of kilometers of railways and highways of the Ming Empire is also shocked and envied by the whole world. Even for many years, these roads were full of horse-drawn carriages, but when they were built, they were built to the same level of high specifications and good quality, which all countries in the world had to admire.

It can be said that the worst area of the railway line near the entire Ming Empire is Liaodong, which destroyed a large number of roads and railways because of the war. After Wang Jue left Beijing, he found out the location of the person he was looking for, so he took the guards and the secretary and drove directly to the 1014 factory near Tangshan.

The person Wang Jue is looking for is none other than Chen Zhaoming, the former infantry squad leader who he is optimistic about and promoted to his current position! This genius, who has a unique vision for weapon development and is willing to dedicate his time to this cause, has a forward-looking vision that Wang Jue has to admire, as well as an understanding and cognition of new equipment.

Wang Jue was so anxious to find Chen Zhaoming, but he also hoped to hear some new equipment from Chen Zhaoming, the deputy director of the Armored Forces Research Office, which was enough to support him to complete a surprise attack. Because the time is relatively tight, Wang Jue also has to seize any possible breakthrough angle to find the ultimate solution to the problem.

Because the general direction of the attack had already been determined, Wang Jue could only use the method of elimination to analyze how to fight the battle of the Liao River - first he had to determine whether his troops could force their way across the Liao River. If he can be sure that he can force a crossing, he can avoid the heavily fortified Haicheng Anshan Liaoyang generation of the Jin rebels, and choose the middle and upper reaches that are relatively easy to break through to start the war.

Sometimes, the generals and commanders draw up battle plans, which seem to be very mysterious and complicated, but in fact, tracing back to the source is nothing more than avoiding the real and making it false. Wang Jue wants to avoid the "reality" of Anshan, so he must first see if the so-called "virtuality" can be used.

His idea was very simple, that is, to know if Chen Zhaoming could create a device in a short period of time, which could quickly erect a pontoon bridge on the Liao River, so that his armored troops could exert their attack power. Although this idea is more whimsical, isn't the new army's treasure tank also whimsical and then invented?

So Wang Jue came like this and rushed to the 1014 tank production plant in Tangshan, hoping to hear the answer he wanted from Chen Zhaoming. They brought the pass issued by His Majesty the Emperor himself, so that they could cross countless checkpoints and inspections, and now all manufacturers related to tanks are listed as the core secret system of national key secrecy, and without a high-level pass, they can't get close to half a step at all.

After Wang Jue entered the 1014 factory, he did not see Chen Zhaoming, but directly saw a full 20 modified No. 1 tanks parked in a small empty field in the factory. These No. 1 tanks all had a large fixed fighting compartment with thickened armor plates at the front of the hull, a full 40 mm thick, to withstand many weapons.

Directly in front of these modified tanks is a 75 mm short-barreled gun, which can fire grenades to easily destroy most fortifications. This weapon increased the weight of the front of the tank's hull, so the tank's cross-country performance was somewhat reduced, and it was about to be replaced by a new chassis.

However, until the new chassis was unveiled, it was still the most powerful land offensive weapon in human history, and it could quickly destroy enemy fortifications under the cover of infantry. The staff who accompanied Wang Jue into the 1014 factory carefully introduced the performance of this tank, and Wang Jue also asked a few questions that he was interested in.

Finally, he touched the fender of the tank with his hand, looked carefully at the steel monster that was not too large, and said to the people around him with a smile: "We will provide the soldiers with the most powerful weapons and lead them to victory!" This is what those of us who don't need to go to war should do, don't let the bloodied down! On their behalf, I thank you for all this effort! Thank you! ”

Then he turned around and saw Chen Zhaoming, who heard the news and rushed to see him, standing not far behind him, scratching his head and looking at him and smirking. (To be continued.) )