The high-level leaders of the Ming Dynasty are becoming more and more vigilant about the existence of the One Color Column, and the powerful factions, including Li Xiu, can't wait to solve this big problem.

Li Xiao didn't seem to be in a hurry, and always said that he would wait for the first color column to develop a little more and grow a little bigger.

In this world, there are only four or five million Hebrews at best.

Now almost a third of them are concentrated in the One Color Column, and Li Xiao needs them to concentrate more. It would take at least three million Hebrews to wage another war.

In this way, the destruction effect is guaranteed!

Otherwise, even if the one-color column is destroyed now. But there are still more than two million Hebrews in the world!

These people were full of hatred for the Ming Dynasty, which was not good for the development of the empire.

If you destroy two-thirds of the Hebrews at once, then you will incite the whole world to capture the other third.

Then the Hebrew population would have really thinned out.

When their population is no longer large enough to support the reproduction of the race, then they will disappear forever in the long river of history like the Dzungar Mongols.

Even if they claim to be the Chosen One!

In fact, when it comes to being anxious, Li Xiao is more anxious than anyone else. The construction of the Central Asian Railway will take another year, and now it will take up to three or four months to transport supplies to Russia halfway around the world.

The low efficiency of transportation has seriously restricted the Ming Dynasty's support for Russia. The building of the St. Petersburg shipyard has been rebuilt, but the machinery and equipment have not yet arrived.

Especially for those large machines, many parts need to be assembled one by one.

If even one part is missing, it cannot be put into use.

The same thing happened at the Moscow Steel Plant, the Moscow Locomotive Plant. And the Moscow Tractor Plant!

In particular, the Moscow Tractor Plant, although the nominal product is a tractor. But in reality, it was a tank repair workshop.

Anyway, if you can build a tractor, you can build a tank in a few books. Since you can build tanks, you should be able to repair them.

Of the projects built with the assistance of the Ming Dynasty, only the St. Petersburg oil refinery was put into production. Truckloads of crude oil are transported from Syria to St. Petersburg, where they are refined into gasoline or diesel.

There are basically no buyers for these oils in the West, and they can only be supplied to Daming's ships or airships.

Fortunately, the Ming sent enough ships and airships to St. Petersburg. The refinery was running at full capacity, ensuring that the ships and airships had no problems at all.

In addition, the Moscow rifle plant began trial production. At the beginning, the production of old-fashioned rifles, that is, the big eight that had already been eliminated by the Liao army.

This magazine can hold a rifle with eight rounds, and after the last round is discharged, the magazine pops out and makes a "ding" sound.

Daihachi is known for its ferocious firepower and high shooting accuracy. Although compared with the Aka rifle in service in the Liao Army, it is a backward product.

But for the Russian army, which has experienced successive defeats, it is a rare good thing. They can finally use the serious Daming rifle!

In the past, when Dorgon was there, he used English drawings. The rifle is manufactured with a magazine that can only hold five rounds.

In addition, there are also big problems with the processing industry and materials of the chamber.

This led to the fact that the rifles originally equipped by the Russian army did not have good performance and accuracy.

After using the big eight grains produced in the trial production, the Russian officers, especially Kutuzov, were very excited.

In addition, the Moscow Arsenal is actively preparing for the production of Makqin.

This water-cooled heavy machine gun proved in real combat that its reliability is very high. Even if you shoot 20,000 or 30,000 rounds at a time, it won't be too much of a problem.

Although this thing is very bulky, it is good to use the machine gun of the backward Russian army, where do you dare to dislike this thing for being bulky.

As for the grenadier thing, the Russian army likes it even more. This thing is simply the nemesis of the machine gun, as long as the location of the machine gun is found on the battlefield. Within 500 meters, I basically couldn't run away.

The weapons and equipment produced by the Moscow Arsenal are currently all equipped with the Russian army. And Russia needs to pay for these weapons, including copper, iron, zinc, lead and other ores.

All of a sudden, many mines sprang up in Russia. Including those Russians who had fled from the Hebrew-occupied territories, they were placed in the mines and became miners.

The workers were resettled, the Ming were given resources, and the Russian army was given weapons. It's a happy ending!

Catherine liked this model very much, she could rearm the wound-licking Russian army without spending a lot of money.

In two years, the equipment of the Russian army is undergoing earth-shaking changes.

What used to drool with envy is now almost everything.

The 155-mm howitzer was so powerful that a single shell could go down almost half a football field, and there were no more living people on the surface.

Heavy rocket artillery is more powerful, and after using the latest rockets of the Ming Dynasty, the range can reach 30 kilometers.

This was unthinkable before, a rocket that Dolgon copied. It is estimated that it is a problem of ammunition compatibility, and the maximum firing range is only 15 or 6 kilometers.

If you encounter a headwind, you can't shoot that far.

Now, there's everything that makes people drool. Even the military instructors of the Ming Dynasty have it!

The Russians, now trying to learn the tactical system of the Great Ming. From individual soldiers, to squad platoons, companies and battalions.

Almost every month, there are tactical drills or exercises of various sizes. Under the guidance of the Ming army, the tactical level of the Russian army has developed by leaps and bounds.

The Russian army, which originally belonged to the second-rate infantry in Europe, is now not willing to give in even against the Prussian army, which has always been known for its good fighting!

For Li Xiao, arming the Russians means a lot. Future wars in Europe will require the mobilization of more than a million people for war.

The Ming Dynasty, thousands of miles away from Europe, simply could not afford the logistics supply of so many troops.

So, the future war in Europe. The Ming must rely on the Allies!

The Ottoman army was a bit of a stretch, and it was obviously unrealistic to expect them to fight the Hebrews. If it weren't for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, Constantinople would have been probably breached by the Hebrews now.

Prussia and France were now clearly controlled by the Hebrew plutocracy. Prussia at least kept face and maintained relations with the Ming Dynasty.

But France had all fallen to the Hebrews.

As for the British, the ancestral tactics of the Anglo-Saxons were the grass on the wall.

As long as whoever has the advantage, they will fall to whom. If anyone's advantage is big enough, big enough to beat their opponents.

Then, they will fight with the side with the greater advantage.

Now, they are still oscillating between the Ming and the Hebrews.

The Ming Dynasty is now a strong country, which can be described as the sky. The Hebrews, on the other hand, have been in business for hundreds of years, and have already formed an inextricable chain of interests with the upper echelons of various countries.

If the Ming Dynasty is a strong dragon, then the Hebrews are the serpents of Europe.

The British, waiting for the strong dragon and the snake to fight. Whoever has the upper hand, they help.

Li Xiao is not particularly worried about the railway. After all, before that, Daming had laid no less than 100,000 kilometers of railways.

For Da Ming, there is no technical difficulty at all.

But there is one other thing that is enough to worry Li Xiao. That is the Arthur shipyard, the aircraft carrier Zero 001 under construction.

After all, this is the first time "ever" that mankind has built such a thing as an aircraft carrier. There are many technical problems that need to be overcome little by little.

Fortunately, Da Ming had the experience of building a Shanzi-class battleship, otherwise Li Xiao would not dare to build such a big ship rashly.

The Shanzi-class battleship Daming built five in one go, plus the five Shanzi-class battleships purchased by Spain, Britain and Sweden, Daming built a total of ten.

In the manufacture of more than 10,000 tons of giant ships, especially more than 10,000 tons of warships technology and experience, Ming can be said to be proud of the world.

"Dashuai, there are too many things to overcome. The large lift has just been overcome, after all, the design index is to lift a weight of up to 20 tons.

Marshal, our aircraft does not weigh 20 tons, is the design index you asked for too high? Xu Ermo was very confused about the design specifications of the heavy-duty lift.

He did not understand why a fighter with a maximum take-off weight of only six tons should design a crane with a lifting capacity of up to twenty tons.

"Do you think that such a large place can lift two planes at once?" Li Xiao pointed to a giant elevator the size of a basketball court and a half.

"I can't!" Xu Ermo is also a participant in the aircraft program, so he naturally knows the size of the aircraft currently being developed by Daming.

"Huh! I think so. ”

"Commander, the wingspan of the plane is thirteen meters. Let's ...... I'm afraid you can't install two. Xu Ermo also felt that it was very rich to put an airplane on this lift. You can put two planes, but you can't put them down.

This is somewhat embarrassing, and I knew that the tarmac would have been made bigger. So you can park two planes!

"If you fold the wings of the plane, you can put two planes. If the plane is loaded with ammunition in the hangar, it can be refueled, and it can be lifted up and taken off.

In this way, the speed of the aircraft carrier's release can be greatly increased. You calculate, the take-off weight of two planes is more than twelve tons.

If you transport some other things to the ship, how do you feel about the take-off and landing weight of 20 tons? Li Xiao said with a smile.

"Fold up the wings ......!" Xu Ermo was a little surprised, he had been away from the aircraft project team for more than a year, but he didn't expect the big marshal to think of the trick of folding the wings.

"Space on the deck of an aircraft carrier is very valuable, and every square meter saved is good. That's why the apron can only be so big.

Besides, who can guarantee that the aircraft in the future will not be larger. Maybe in a few years, we have developed an aircraft of more than ten tons.

At that time, I'm afraid you will think that the lifting weight of the lift apron will be a little small. ”

Li Xiao smiled and patted Xu Ermo's shoulder, as the chief designer, Xu Ermo's vision is still a little narrow.

But it can't be helped, talent is not something that can be cultivated in a day. This is a long-term process, estimated in another ten years. The talents of the Ming Dynasty will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.

After all, large-scale primary education. It's like a talent vacuum cleaner, constantly pumping out outstanding talents from the people.

Xu Ermo nodded awkwardly, indicating that he had understood what the big marshal meant.

This is the second time in a year that Li Xiao has come to inspect the construction of the 001 ship. This is enough to prove how much Li Xiao attaches importance to this ship.

It is indeed a great trust that I can be the chief designer and chief builder of this ship.

"Marshal, the Navy proposes to add two 203-mm guns on both sides of the aircraft carrier. At least a 155-mm gun, otherwise...... Once encountering an enemy ship, the aircraft carrier has no ability to fight back. ”

Xu Ermo thought for a while before he said the Navy's suggestion.

“……！” The aircraft carrier has to get two guns, and the fucking cannon is a giant cannon with a caliber of more than 200 millimeters, what the hell do you think?

"The only weapon of the aircraft carrier can only be carrier-based aircraft, so that those fools in the Navy can rest assured. As long as the aircraft carrier is dispatched, it is in formation.

The combat radius of carrier-based aircraft is 300 kilometers at present, and it will be expanded to 500 kilometers, 800 kilometers, or even 1,000 kilometers in the future.

Tell me, what artillery can hit 300 kilometers away? Li Xiao swallowed his temper and explained.

The minds of those people in the navy, including Li Xiu, are still at the stage of big ships and huge guns. For aircraft carrier wars, already beyond the limits of their imagination.

After all, the only thing that flies in the sky now is airships.

The lift of that thing is provided by the huge airbags, and the power is provided by the diesel engine inside the pod.

At present, the potential of the airship has been exploited to the extreme.

The speed can only stay at 18 to 200 kilometers per hour!

If the speed is fast, the power difference between the pod and the airbag will affect the flight safety of the airship.

And the speed of the airplane will easily exceed 300 kilometers. The current beta version of the fighter-bomber has reached a maximum speed of 390 kilometers.

It is said that if the new engine is successfully developed, the top speed will exceed 400 kilometers per hour.

At present, there are two types of aircraft developed by Daming, one is a heavy aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of eight tons on land.

However, this thing needs a runway of more than three kilometers.

The other is a carrier-based aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of five and a half tons. It was already almost studied, but according to Li Xiao's request. I had to add a foldable wing, so I had no choice but to delay the development time.

I believe that in another half a year, it should also be able to finalize production.

Now in the Changbai Mountains, in a man-made no-man's land. Three test aircraft, which had to conduct flight training every day.

It's not so much about testing the aircraft as it is about training more pilots.

A reinforced concrete building modelling the deck of an aircraft carrier has been completed, and pilots will soon be training on it for take-off and landing.