Zhu Jingyuan once again realized that he was the only one who realized the tremendous role of armored and motorized troops.

Then Zhu Jingyuan was immediately able to imagine some very natural follow-up plans.

After the armistice agreement is signed, he can use this period of peace to work hard to promote the technological development of tank and mechanized troops, and make equipment and tactical preparations in advance.

When the next war comes, that's when the torrent of steel shakes the world.

From Central Asia and Western Xianbei to the Great Plains of Europe, the Great Plains of the Rocky Mountains from the Caribbean Sea to the Arctic Ocean, are the best stages to show their prestige.

Imagining this future scene in his mind, Zhu Jingyuan said very solemnly to the Ministry of Industry:

"I think that the automatic shield car will definitely play a very important role in the future battlefield, and I hope that Dasikong will not relax the research and development of related technologies."

"Your Highness, rest assured, this was originally the plan of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Industry......"

Zou Bingtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, casually agreed, and at the same time subconsciously guessed that Zhu Jingyuan might have a special plan for the ironclad shield car, so he casually asked:

"Does Your Highness have any experience with the use of automatic shield vehicles?"

Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously wanted to keep it secret, but immediately thought that his specious summary of his ideas could improve the attention of the Ministry of Industry to the shield car:

"My idea is that, like the pure cavalry units of the previous generation, a knife unit of pure automatic shield vehicles and motorized infantry will be formed, and a wide range of maneuvering and interspersed encirclement tactics will be used.

"When this type of unit faces ordinary infantry, it is likely to have an advantage similar to that of ancient cavalry over infantry, and it should have a good effect if used well.

"However, the performance and quantity of the current shield vehicles and military vehicles are far from meeting this kind of combat needs, so we still need to pay more attention to them."

When Zhu Jingyuan spoke, Zou Bingtai, Zhu Jianyan, and several officials from the Ministry of Industry around them quickly turned from doubts and curiosity to surprise.

Zhu Jingyuan's simple idea gave them a bright feeling, and they got a glimpse of the future of the shield car.

"I think it's worth trying, and I suggest that His Highness Jingyuan write these ideas to the Military Aircraft Department."

Zou Bingtai was the first to react, and after responding to Zhu Jingyuan, he turned his head and told the surrounding officials:

"These words of His Highness Jingyuan are classified as confidential information, and no one is allowed to spread them."

Zhu Jianyan didn't speak, but he was also very emotional in his heart:

"Could it be that my son Jingyuan is also a genius in military affairs?"

After the re-emergence of Renwu, the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty were divided into three parts.

The military department of the imperial court is responsible for the administrative affairs related to the army.

The most important of these was the transfer of troops, that is, the issuance of orders for the movement and deployment of troops in accordance with the instructions given by the emperor.

In addition to the daily work, there are also the procurement and maintenance of armaments, the appointment, dismissal, and promotion of generals, the training and assessment of troops, and the preparation and submission of budgets.

The Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces is responsible for military affairs related to the army.

The core is to command the troops, that is, in accordance with the emperor's instructions sent by the Ministry of War, the commander of the troops goes to the designated area to carry out the combat tasks assigned by the emperor.

In addition, the daily work is mainly to manage the tuntian land of the guard, manage the population and military registration of the guard, nominate candidates for commanders and generals, and so on.

As for the Military Aircraft Division, it is responsible for the planning of the military.

The most important thing is planning, in accordance with the emperor's military intentions and goals, formulating an overall combat strategy, and planning the direction of development of the army and the military industry.

In addition to his daily work, he also collects and sorts out military-related information, summarizes actual combat information and experience, and deliberates documents and reports submitted by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office.

Therefore, the most suitable unit to submit Zhu Jingyuan's operational ideas and ideas was the Military Aircraft Department, which coordinated with the Governor's Office and the Military Department to conduct experiments.

The relationship with the Ministry of Engineering, which is responsible for the design and manufacture of equipment, is mainly to support the development of military equipment that realizes the operational idea.

After Zou Bingtai made a completely reasonable suggestion to Zhu Jingyuan, he instinctively thought that the talks with Zhu Jianyan and his son were coming to an end.

As a result, I heard Zhu Jingyuan speak again with some eagerness:

"The shield car can continue to be developed, and the next thing I want to know is, has our Ordnance Division ever designed a flying machine?"

In this world, flying machines are usually aircraft that weigh more than empty weight, excluding hot air balloons and airships.

It's mostly airplanes of later generations, but it's not just airplanes.

Flying machines can be regarded as an absolutely popular research direction in this era of the world.

The desire for the sky and the desire to fly drive a large number of professional and amateur personnel to constantly make various attempts, both privately and publicly.

It's just that so far there is still no sufficiently mature design capable of stable flight and controllable.

Almost every year you can see in the newspapers that the experiment has failed.

When Zhu Jingyuan's words came out, everyone around him was stunned, and then quickly relieved.

It is a matter of course that young people like Zhu Jingyuan are interested in flying machines.

Everyone is just very curious about whether this teenager with genius ideas in the design and use of shield cars will really have a reliable design plan for flying machines.

Zou Bingtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, glanced at another official of the Ministry of Industry, and after a few seconds of silence, he said:

"The Ministry of Industry is indeed conducting research on flying machines, and there are currently three main research and trial directions.

"The first is the ornithopter, that is, referring to the wings of flying insects and birds, and obtaining lift by waving the wings up and down, and finally realizing the idea of flight.

"It was very difficult to improve the power, size, durability and handling of the flapping wing machine, and the existing materials were not enough to support the large size of the ornithopter.

"The second is the gyroplane, which was originally a reference to the bamboo dragonfly, which uses rotating wings to provide lift and lift the objects carried below to fly.

"The power, material requirements, and flight control difficulty of the gyroplane are all lower than those of the ornithopter, but there are still many difficulties to be solved.

"The third is fixed-wing, that is, using the design of the wing itself to be completely fixed, flying in a way similar to that of a bird gliding.

"The difficulty of fixed-wing flying machines is that the small wings do not provide enough lift, and the oversized wings make it difficult to control the attitude.

"So far, we have not found a feasible, combat-worthy design of a flying machine."

Zhu Jingyuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and his spirit became a little excited.

This time, the aborigines did not solve the problem on their own, and they finally had the opportunity to show the ability of the traverser.

There were two main problems in early aircraft design, that is, the two mentioned by Zou Bingtai, one was insufficient lift, and the other was difficult control.

The reason why this is a problem rather than a difficulty is that early aircraft designers are all too easily misled by inherent experience.

The wing structure is a natural reference to bird wings, and the flight control is a natural reference to bicycles, which are completely deviated in the eyes of later generations.

Zhu Jingyuan has the experience of dealing with later generations and knows how to solve these two problems.

And at the current level of technology, it is not difficult to implement, it is a matter of two ideas.

Even if they don't mention it, they can try it out sooner or later, but how much time it will take is completely unpredictable.

The acceleration of R&D in this case is the best embodiment of the experience advantage of the traverser.