Expansion is cool for a while, expansion is always cool, always cool!

I have to say that building battleships and airships is really a very cool thing and easy to get addicted.

Not to mention, it's cool and necessary at the same time.

This territory is bigger, and there are more sea areas that need to be patrolled daily on weekdays, so the original warships will definitely not be enough, and the fleet must be expanded!

And under this premise, in order to gain a broader field of view and increase the support of air power on this larger territory.

Then the aerial reconnaissance unit and the goblin aerial bombardment unit must also be expanded together!

The financial funds that need to be spent on this pen, and the whole little heart of the old minister of the Ministry of Finance is twitching.

Compared with the financial expenses required to expand the warships of the Navy and the airships of the Air Force, the amount of funds required to expand the strength of the Army can only be said to be worthless.

At the same time, in today's Ten Thousand Realms civilization, the scope of conscription has been expanded to all areas except the sixth, seventh, and eighth districts.

It's something that can't be helped.

Although for Luo Ji, within his Ten Thousand Realms civilization, the original citizens were more credible.

But the continuous conscription over the years has begun to significantly reduce the number of young and middle-aged laborers within his civilization.

Although in terms of the total population, it is growing rapidly.

But there's a big problem here.

That is, children who have just been born in recent years also account for a considerable proportion.

And for the next fifteen or sixteen years, you won't be able to see those kids as a workforce in the true sense of the word, let alone join the army to fight.

In this way, it is inevitable that in order to maintain productivity and labor, conscription from other regions is inevitable.

But in fact, there is no need to be too pessimistic about this matter, after all, he has been operating those areas for some years.

The special architectural monuments established in various cities, combined with the loyalty blessed by his own talent, have made the people in those areas have cultivated some basic loyalty, which is still useful.

called Guo Jia, discussed it a little, and then, as soon as the conscription order was issued, the response from each region could not be said to be good, but it was not bad.

The people of these regions had only just experienced war in their early years, so they should not ask for too much.

Looking at the report sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs afterwards, Luo Ji was actually quite satisfied.

All in all, those recruits who are not reserves, but basically have zero foundation, must be trained for at least half a year.

If conditions permit, it is also necessary to train for a year or two.

After stamping the document of the Ministry of Military Affairs and signing his name, Luo Ji directly handed the document to Guo Jia below.

In this regard, Guo Jia took the opportunity to open another document, handed it over, and reported at the same time......

"Your Majesty, this is our latest type of bolt-type rifle, the Thundering Seven Style."

Weapons are constantly being updated.

However, considering a series of problems such as quantity, cost, and financial funds, it is often impossible to equip all of them in one go.

If the efficiency is slow, it may take years to complete a complete replacement.

But fortunately, according to Bart Brute Hammer, this Thundering Seven is currently the best bolt-type rifle that their Ten Thousand Worlds civilization can make, and in the short term, it is impossible to make further upgrades and improvements.

Therefore, Luo Ji didn't have to worry that this Thundering Seven Style was only halfway popular, and the Ordnance Research Department had improved a new model of rifle with stronger performance.

In this way, considering the priority, this latest model of the Thundering Seven Style, Luo Ji was the first to equip the army on the front line.

As for the garrison on the inland side, he also equipped some of them just in case, and as for the other legions, it must be slow.

Luo Ji, who had confirmed the latest progress, closed the file, and then, as if he remembered something, he asked Guo Jia out loud......

"By the way, how is the body armor that I ordered the Ordnance Research Department to research?"

After entering this era, leaving aside some special civilizations and special types of troops, body armor has undoubtedly become the main armor.

Although the Ordnance Research Department is not under Guo Jia's control, the body armor is closely related to their military after all, so Guo Jia has always been very concerned, and there is basically nothing wrong with asking him this question.

Sure enough, in the face of Luo Ji's question, Guo Jia said quite simply......

"Back to Your Majesty, at present, a number of samples of body armor have been developed, and now they are being experimented and improved one by one, and if you want to get specific results, I am afraid you will have to wait for a while."

Hearing this, Luo Ji nodded.

He probably had a number in mind about this matter.

Firearms and bullets are one of the main means of output in this era, and body armor, as a corresponding piece of armor, is obviously not a thing that can be done with a mouth.

What matters is the overall performance.

Otherwise, if Luo Ji just wants bulletproof ability, it is actually very simple.

Dwarven craftsmen can forge bulletproof alloys and then build a set of armor.

But according to the weight of that armor, how many people can eat and wear?

Not to mention full-body bulletproof armor, even if you just use bulletproof alloy to make a cuirass and wear it on your body, you will have the weight.

At the same time, this bulletproof alloy is not a bad street thing, you can have it if you want it? That's impossible.

It takes a lot of work and a lot of money for dwarven craftsmen to forge a piece of bulletproof alloy, and the cost is quite high.

Although, combined with the characteristics of multiple civilizations, Luo Ji also tried to gather various talents to adjust the forging method and formula of bulletproof alloy, trying to reduce costs and improve forging efficiency.

At the same time, even an entire forge factory, he rebuilt it several times, adding various buffs.

But even so, the forging efficiency and cost of bulletproof alloys are still there.

So, use bulletproof alloys for body armor? Luo Ji can't bear such a toss.

Because the cost is too high, the manufacturing efficiency is too slow, and you can't carry out large-scale equipment.

At that time, it will not only be the old minister of the Ministry of Finance who wants to hang himself, but also the dwarven craftsmen in the Ordnance Forging Department.

But on the other hand, if the bulletproof ability is very poor, or there is basically not much, then it does not make much sense to equip this.

In this way, how to create bulletproof body armor that has bulletproof ability, but at the same time is not too bulky and relatively lightweight, while controlling costs, has become one of the main projects being studied by the Ordnance Research Department today.