Update on July 5: 00 a.m., 12 p.m

In the early and middle Empires, steel was mainly used to make weapons, warships, carriages, farmer's tools, and other goods, although the consumption was huge. But for Chinese players, the supply of iron ore is more than enough to cope with these consumptions.

However, China began to lay railway trunk lines on a large scale, manufacture trains, and produce industrial lathes, and the huge amount of steel and iron ore required to consume began to rise sharply, and the supply of iron ore from major iron mines began to be tightened. All over the country are starting to double down on production to meet demand. Iron mines, coal mines, and timber yards have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

China began the first wave of industrialization, and the factory handicraft industry based on manual technology was gradually replaced by the machine industry.

March 6, Weekly Water Alliance Parliament.

In the conference room, Qin Xiaobai sat in his seat, and more than a dozen leaders from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Military, the Ministry of Commerce and the Academy of Sciences, such as sheep, blood killing, nameless, asking for money and not dying, wealth and green cows, god kings, thousands of miles without staying, becoming kings, drawing swords and asking the sky, gathered together to formulate work goals for the next month. If you want to seize the opportunity in this wave of industrialization, you can't work hard.

And according to Qin Xiaobai's judgment, a world-class war will break out in a month or two, and the time tension can be described as a race against time.

The Ministry of Industry is the foundation of all industries, and Sheep is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and he is the first to put his work plan at the top of all the department's work plan. The heads of other departments did not compete with him, after all, if there was no strong foundation of the Ministry of Industry, other departments would not be able to do anything.

Sheep has made a list of the key exhibitions of the Ministry of Industry in the coming month, mainly involving the four major industrial industries.

Equipment industry: lathes, all kinds of machinery and equipment - all machinery factories rely on the equipment industry.

Extractive industries: coal mining, metal mining, oil mining, non-metallic mining, timber harvesting - this is related to the supply of raw materials.

Raw material processing industry: basic materials, power and fuels. Including metal smelting and processing, coking and coke, chemicals, chemical raw materials, cement, electric power, petroleum and coal - civil, military, engineering and equipment manufacturing are all necessary.

Agriculture: fertilizers, pesticides - to increase grain production on farmland.

These four industries are the Weekly Water Alliance. and even the key to the economic advantage of the entire Yandi. There is no room for error.

Of course. Nor are all of the above produced by the Zhoushui Alliance itself. Zhoushui Alliance focuses on the equipment industry. Master the core technology industry in industrialization. A large part of the other products. It still has to be handed over to the allies of the Bohai Alliance to produce.

Under the support of Qin Xiaobai. The Parliament of the Zhoushui Union soon approved the plan of the Ministry of Industry for deliberation. In terms of funding, resources, manpower and scientific research. Priority should be given to ensuring the needs of the Ministry of Water Industry. Then give due consideration to other sectors.

The second important sector. It is undoubtedly the military department.

Qin Xiaobai is the commander of the military department, but he usually does not interfere in the daily affairs of the Zhou Shui military department. The day-to-day affairs of the military department are the responsibility of the Chief of the General Staff. The Chief of the General Staff stood up and handed over to Qin Xiaobai the latest equipment exhibition plan of the military department.

At present, the Dizhou Navy Military Department has three branches of the Navy, the 6th Army, and the Air Force. Bloody Kill is the chief of the general staff, and Cheng Wang, Qianli Buliuxing, and God King are the chiefs of staff of these three branches of the military, and they are responsible for the construction of one branch of the army. And every once in a while, they replace each other's positions.

Among them, the Zhoushui naval fleet was the strongest, although all the thousands of old-fashioned warships were sold. However, a number of new gunboats have been replaced, and it now has a fleet of 1,500 gunboats, which are scattered in various ports under the jurisdiction of the Zhoushui Alliance. It firmly controls the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the Korean Strait, the East China Sea, the Tatar Strait, the Sea of Okhots, the Bering Sea, and the northwest coast of the Pacific Ocean, and intimidates the naval fleets of North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and Asia, as well as the American state of Alaska.

It can be said that it is precisely by relying on the Zhoushui fleet that the Zhoushui Alliance has mastered a very vast sea area, responsible for the security of the northwest coast of the Pacific Ocean, and has obtained huge profits from on-board trade and taxes. And relying on these huge profits, the strength of the Zhoushui fleet was further strengthened.

It can be said that the Zhoushui Fleet is the most powerful naval fleet owned by a single player organization in the Empire. A single weekly water fleet. The strength of its naval fleet surpassed that of some European powers.

The strength of the 6th Army of Zhoushui is second, with a strength of about 1 million, mainly flint infantry and bronze artillery, mainly responsible for guarding Jicheng, Tianjin, Zhoushui, Dalian, Tanggu, Lushun, Vladivostok, Yokosuka Port and other cities and coastal ports under the Zhoushui Alliance. Normally, the Zhoushui 6th Army did not take the initiative to fight, but was only used to consolidate the territory of the Zhoushui Alliance. It can be said that the 6th Army of the Zhoushui Alliance is not too strong.

As for the Zhoushui Air Force, it has just been formed, and its number of soldiers is less than 10,000. It has not yet been equipped with air weapons and has not been able to achieve substantial development.

The three branches of the armed forces all require that their equipment be updated and that the equipment that has fallen behind be eliminated.

Blood Killing, Becoming a King, Thousands of Miles Without Staying, God King and others made a list of weapons and equipment, asked the Academy of Sciences to develop relevant technologies, and handed them over to Zhoushui Military Factory and Zhoushui Shipyard for production.

Qin Xiaobai glanced at the list of lists.

Naval equipment - ironclad battleships, shipborne cannons, carrier-based aircraft, coastal guns, submarines, torpedoes, frigates, mines.

Equipment of the 6th Army - individual weapons, mobile equipment, heavy weapons, communications and military intelligence equipment.

Air Force Equipment - Airships, Fighters, Bombers, Helicopter Gunships, Transport Helicopters, Transport Aircraft.

After reading the list, Qin Xiaobai shook his head, and smiled at the leaders of the Blood Killing and Military Department: "Do you think that with the strength of the Zhou Water Academy of Sciences, we can develop all these weapons and equipment of the First World War in the next month?" ”

Bloody Kill laughed cheekily and said: "No way, the navy, the 6th, and the air force all need to be equipped, and I, the chief of the general staff, can't offend any of them, I can only bring up all the weapons and equipment that the three armed forces want, and ask the boss to take the idea." ”

After speaking, he also squeezed his eyes at Cheng Wang and the others and let them speak.

Cheng Wang immediately shouted: "Boss, these equipment are indispensable!" Without that, it will have a great impact on the war. ”

Thousands of miles did not stay and the god king, and they also persuaded each other.

In fact, they also know that it is impossible to study all of them at the same time, which is too expensive. However, they are now fighting for a little bit if they can, and they are fighting for one more benefit for the military department and for the services under their own jurisdiction.

Qin Xiaobai knew their abacus, shook his head firmly, and said, "No, you can only pick a small part of the most important weapons and equipment to research and manufacture." All other weapons and equipment had to be handed over to other military factories for production. ”

Although it is said that the equipment of the three branches of the armed forces is indispensable, there are still differences in emphasis.

The core force of the Zhou Shui Army, at present, is the navy. Because the main battlefield is at sea, the military branch that controls the world map of "Empire" is also the navy. And not the 6 Army and Air Force.

Qin Xiaobai's focus is naturally on the sea

In addition, it is necessary to take into account the equipment of the Air Force. With the high unfolding of war, the battlefield was fought from the ground to the sea, and from the sea to the sky. The status of the air force will continue to rise, and when the air and space become the main battlefield, the role of the air force will surpass that of the navy.

And the 6th Army is not the priority target of the Zhoushui Alliance. Although the 6th Army is also very important, because the main force of the Zhoushui Alliance is not in the 6th place, the overall status of the 6th Army continues to decline, and it has only become an auxiliary branch.

Among the nine princes of China, the Zhoushui Alliance is the most naval prince-level player organization.

The Tianxia League, the Cavalry Shooting League, and the Bashu League are the most 6-armyized princely organizations, and the heavy task of developing the 6th Army will be handed over to them. In addition, there are also the Tianzi League and the Taishan League, which take into account the two branches of the Hai 6 military. The four families of Yan, Qi, Wu, and Chu all relied on the naval fleet for food. Each of the nine king-level princes shared a part of the task, which was enough to develop and produce the main weapons and equipment needed for the First World War.

After thinking about it for a while, Qin Xiaobai made a decision.

"The strength of our Zhoushui Academy of Sciences can only do three large-scale military equipment research projects at the same time. Then we will list ironclad battleships, fighter planes, and bombers as our three heavy weapons and equipment projects for study. The rest of the heavy weapons and equipment will be developed and produced by the other eight king-level princes. As for the large number of small arms and light weapons and equipment, they are handed over to other small force organizations, after all, these small forces also have to earn money to support themselves. ”

In Qin Xiaobai's decision, there was one heavy equipment for the Navy and two for the Air Force, but none of the heavy equipment for the 6th Army.

became a king and a god king, and was overjoyed after hearing Qin Xiaobai's decision. is the only one who does not stay for a thousand miles, and cries and mourns the next face. Because thousands of miles are not left, it is the 6th Army that is now in charge, and it is used as the bottom.

The Zhoushui Academy of Sciences has accumulated more than 20,000 PC engineers for a long time, accounting for more than 30% of the scientific research capabilities of the entire Yandi players, and has enough strength to research these three large-scale military equipment projects.