Although the salvo of 7,000 RPG troops was spectacular, the cost of training and equipping such a hot weapon unit that was ahead of its time and maintaining it for a long time was staggering, even if as cheap civilian supplies were used as much as possible. Even Wen Dehei, who has been making money every day after the completion of Hope Port, is looking straight at the bill that Wang Qiu reported.

“…… Clothing, equipment, all kinds of labor protection supplies, tents, vehicles, and spare materials, the total cost is ...... 150 million RMB? ”

Looking at a form printed out on A4 paper, Wen Desi's forehead was really sweating, "...... Actually bought 5,000 sets of domestic bulletproof and cut-proof clothing with gloves and hoods in one go? Even if you get a discount, an average of 5,000 yuan for a set, 5,000 sets is 25 million!

I really don't understand, you Weishenme must buy such expensive ready-to-wear clothes, instead of getting a bunch of iron rings and thick iron wires, and I will organize people here, bend the thick iron wires with a vise, and then assemble them into that kind of chain mail composed of small iron rings? ”

“…… I've thought of this idea, but if I do, I'm afraid it's not very cost-effective. ”

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders, "...... According to information searched on the Internet, in medieval Europe, it took an average of a month for even the most skilled craftsman to complete the production of a piece of chain mail independently. And you're still a bunch of rookies, and what's more, you don't even have a qualified mentor! If you follow the book and figure it out on your own, you can make a pair of chain mail in an average of three months, and thank God. Moreover, such chain mail can generally only resist slashing, and cannot withstand the stabbing of arrows and javelins, nor can it withstand the shooting of lead bullets......

If the same manpower and time were used to cut wood, then the average amount of timber that these laborers could get would have been far more than 5,000 yuan in value! So it's more cost-effective to let your people concentrate on chopping wood for money! ”

Although it is too extravagant to give an ancient army of less than 10,000 people and 5,000 pieces of bulletproof and anti-cutting clothing with the Zhengzhou Shengbao shield brand, the soldiers and horses of the Hongxiu Tizigan Kingdom are really expensive, and it is difficult to replenish the loss of one (it is always a little uneasy to use foreign races), so Mr. Wen had to pinch his nose and admit it.

In addition to the metal anti-circumcision clothing, which costs the most money, modern bows and crossbows and arrows obtained from sporting goods stores also account for a certain proportion of the 150 million yuan of armaments expenditure -- no way, modern bows and arrows are luxury goods for the rich, and they are not bargains at all.

Even the cheapest beginner's version of the simple hunting bow is quoted at about 700 yuan, and the bowstring is very soft and the range is very short, which is not much stronger than the broken bow that the Indians themselves sharpened with bamboo and wood. As for the more haode recurve folding crossbow, it costs 2,000 yuan for a piece, and only comes with three arrows, and you have to pay extra if you want more - the cheapest plastic arrow is one yuan a piece, but I'm afraid that even a rabbit can't shoot to death. The slightly lethal aluminum alloy arrows, fiberglass arrows and carbon arrows will cost more than ten yuan or even dozens of yuan each.

There is a miniature three-purpose hand that only costs 400 yuan a piece, but that thing is the same as the legendary "Zhuge Repeater", the effective range is only less than ten meters, and the women's wolf guard is a use, which belongs to the "civilian anti-theft thing", not the "military heavy weapon", so it is useless on the battlefield.

There are also some traditional bows of Chinese archers jishu, which are embossed, painted and wrapped in snake skin in appearance, which are both delicate and elegant, revealing a strong martial arts film style, but the power when actually used...... Basically, you can only hang it on the wall as a decoration.

In addition, in order to further improve the combat effectiveness of the archers, and the Indians and Spaniards of this era to open up the gap, it is also necessary to equip these bows and crossbows with various auxiliary devices, so as to reflect the advanced nature of industrial society - infrared sight 70 yuan a piece, an optical sight 150 yuan a piece, a chest guard 90 yuan, a arm guard 70 yuan, a finger guard 50 yuan, plus special maintenance tools, spare replacement parts, and night vision devices for scouts, Just equipping 400 crossbow shooters cost Wang Qiu more than six million yuan for this. …,

Of course, you get what you pay for, and after investing so much money to purchase sophisticated equipment, and after some rigorous training, the crossbow shooters under the command of Mr. Wen have a longer range and more lethality than the musketeers of this era - they can even shoot through 4 mm steel plates at close range!

However, the cost of equipping such an archer is at least 2,000 to 3,000 Diamond Monkeys...... Therefore, in order to further enhance the long-range firepower "quickly and economically", Wang Qiuzuihou went to the scrap yard to get a lot of old leaf springs of scrap cars, and planned to wait until Professor Yang came back, and under the guidance of his Jishu, he would try to make ballistas with this thing.

-- I heard Professor Yang say that in 1968, when the colleges and universities in Beijing were engaged in martial arts, he used the springs, cabinets, and wires of the school laboratory to piece together a ballista that imitated the ancient Roman legions, and blew down the glass window of the building opposite with one shot...... Of course, due to the long time has passed, Professor Yang's current craftsmanship may not be as good as it was then, and as for the manual ability of the indigenous people, it cannot be compared with the college students in the capital back then.

However, fortunately, the things at the scrap yard are very cheap, and even if they are broken, they don't feel distressed. After they have wasted thousands of dollars in materials, they should be able to get started.

As for the most expensive expenditure among the armaments, it is naturally the tens of thousands of firefly shells that replace heavy artillery, and the "Drill Sky Monkey" that replaces rifles. In addition, in order to provide weapons for the allies and vassal armies that may be found in the future, Wang Qiu collected 100,000 axes, watermelon knives and rubber tapping knives, which made the wholesalers in the small hardware market happy one by one.

Of the rest of the spending items, the most expensive is the "mobile armored corps" - of course, the civilian version.

At this moment, not far behind Wang Qiu and Wen Desi, hundreds of selected male and female samurai were riding agricultural electric tricycles, constantly circling in circles on the empty and flat training ground, shouting loudly, practicing various chariot assault tactics - in front was a "heavily armoured" driver wearing a motorcycle helmet and a metal cut-proof suit, and behind were two vehicle-mounted warriors, one armed with spears, battle axes, shields, and javelins, responsible for attacking and driving away enemy soldiers approaching the chariots. The other person is responsible for long-range strikes, firing "Cupola" fireworks, and "Drill Monkey" RPGs, but because the vehicle is very bumpy when moving, people are unstable on the car, and the hit rate of rockets is really low, so the electric tricycle can generally only be used as a mobile fire platform, quickly moving from one end of the battlefield to the other, and then unfolding the formation and launching an RPG bombardment.

In general, the maneuverability of agricultural electric tricycles should still be good, but because the horsepower of the engine is not enough, the climbing ability is too poor, and it can only fight on flat ground. And on the rough ground, the electric car will also be very bumpy to drive.

Wen Desi once complained to Wang Qiu that the performance of this "three jumpers" was inferior and not suitable for field maneuvers, and he wanted to change to all-terrain off-road vehicles and tractors. As a result, Wang Qiu took out a bunch of quotations for off-road vehicles and tractors, and calculated for him the cost of gasoline, diesel and repair that may be required for training. But gasoline and diesel have to be procured, and oil prices have risen again and again.

What's worse is that the jishu of the indigenous driver is also very poor, and accidents such as overturning and crashing often occur - although in modern China, riding an electric tricycle is simply a simple thing that does not even need a driver's license, but for the ancients of this era, especially the indigenous people of Central America who don't even know the wheel, it is really a little soft and ......... liver tremor to want them to control such a powerful "steel beast" to charge.

――How dare you let them drive more complicated cars and tractors even if they can't drive electric tricycles that children in later generations can play with?

Just by letting some of the most clever natives learn how to pump up and repair tires, as well as charging them with photovoltaics, Wang Qiu and Wen Desi can already compile a holy book of the "Cult of the Mechanica" with their lips and tongues...... and the pot camel machine that drives the pumping machine in the square, which is also in a similar situation. Since the boiler of this thing had to burn non-stop, people stopped burning non-stop to ensure the supply of steam. As a result, under the indiscriminate operation of the natives, a series of accidents that I don't know how to describe soon occurred, from explosions to leaks to scalds and burns.

In order to strengthen safety education, Wen Deji had to instruct his wife, Princess Marka, who had been a priest, to organize relevant personnel to learn the code of operation. As a result, four months later, this set of operating rules for the pot camel machine was made into a set of sacrificial rituals by his wife, which felt very much like the legendary mechanical god religion or something...... In this regard, in addition to rolling his eyes, the pragmatic Wen Desi had no choice but to let it go.

As for how to make the bulky agricultural electric vehicle go over the mountains and get it to the battlefield on the other side of the Mexican plateau, Wang Qiu's Jihua is to put all the vehicles into the wormhole and place them in modern time and space. Wait until Mr. Wen arrives at the battlefield with the women's army, and then take it from the next generation.

In the same way, the food supply when General Wen launched a large army expedition can also be solved in a similar way -- it is much more convenient to purchase rations for several thousand people in modern China than for the women's army to engage in "devils entering the village" and "feeding the war with war" along the way.

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When Mr. Wen's dream of playing "Tractor Wars" was shattered because of the harsh reality, the next retro idea followed:

“…… Alas, I said Senior Brother Wang Qiu! Since you have the money to buy an electric tricycle, can't you get some livestock to come over? Even if the price of horses is too expensive and the quantity is too small, you can also get some donkeys, cows and other animals to transport things, and you can also reduce a little logistical pressure in the future war, otherwise it would be too tragic to rely on carrying goods on your shoulders like the last time you went to the Valley of Mexico! ”

Regarding Wen Desi's new idea, Wang Qiu's answer was still to roll his eyes.

“…… Senior, haven't we done animal experiments on rabbits before, for every ten rabbits that pass through the wormhole, five or six rabbits will die! When you're unlucky, you'll even die! If the high mortality rate of rabbits and chickens and ducks through time and space can be bearable, the death of dozens of cattle is a big loss! As for the donkey...... We are in the south, and there are not so many donkey families, where can we go to buy them for a while? ”

He sighed, then changed his words again, "...... Even if we have a lot of money, we don't feel distressed when hundreds of old cattle die. But let the immune-deficient Indians feed these dirty animals full of pathogens...... Aren't you worried about another plague outbreak? ”

For this terrible topic, Wen Deji couldn't help but be silent.