"Thanks." Shang Luo thanked the printer as usual. After connecting, the printer drew the drawings provided by Apollonia -

"That's it? That's it? Lu Huaiyang asked, "Can this fly?" There's not even a battery in it. The four wings were still hanging out of thin air, with only a motor, but not even wires. ”

"Apollonia said yes."

"Hmm" Lu Huaiyang took the drawings and looked at them carefully, "By the way, did I hear the rumors that there is going to be military reform?" Are you going to massively replace infantry with such UAVs? ”

"Not a replacement for infantry. At that time, the unit equipment operated by Tianyi nobles is expected to be similar to this one on the drawings. However, the reform of the whole system is not just unmanned - if it is only to replace people with machines, then the tributary country does not have to have as many people, and sometimes it is not possible to win by relying on more people. ”

"So this one is."

"I'm talking about informatization. The so-called informatization means that you stack people per unit area, and no matter how much you stack, it is limited. But if you can get the message to the rear, and do it as quickly and instantly as possible, and then get the various units to work like a finger, you can stack all the firepower in the depth, the rear, and even the rear in one place - this is the message. How to stack the firepower in the back depends on what information can be transmitted from the front. ”

"Ahh Lu Huaiyang immediately understood, "No wonder it's so small." It really has to be as small as possible. Because it's just an eyes, ears, not a bomb, I pretty much get it. ”

He looked at Shang Luo: "I heard that you plan to have a confrontation exercise with the Roman side?" Are you going to practice your hands? ”

"Eh~yes. I've also heard that not everyone in Rome dies obediently. We also have to let them know through military exercises who is more suitable to stay in the yang world now. For those who can't stay, it's better to enter energy-saving mode as soon as possible. ”

"Then I think you'll probably be happy with the results. Because the foundation of the army has always been artillery. Our tactics started from the time of Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, and we were trying to find ways to send the artillery that could be large to the front line to bomb. Because even a barbarian who grew up in a wolf's den would be scared out of his guts when he heard the sound of the cannon. If you can exchange steel for human life, why not? ”

"Tut-tut. That's really right - what is Rome like after all? ”

"We don't know much about Rome. However, from historical contacts, the Romans seem to have preferred to fiddle with their military formations. They have three levels: Praetorian Guard, Legion, and Auxiliary. They would deploy a large number of barbarian auxiliaries to fill the line, and then the legions would make key breakthroughs in certain areas. If necessary, there will be a ban on the army. Tactics are such tactics—"

He thought for a moment: "Actually, there is no change in the thinking of both of us. We don't want to die our own people, because dead people are troublesome. We don't want to fill the army with a bunch of outsiders, because those barbarians can't stand up when they fight. So our choice is that the Celestial Soldiers should trade the lives of the barbarians with equipment, or firepower. Therefore, there was the Mandarin Duck Formation of the Qi Family's army chasing the Japanese and bombing, and Yu Dayou chasing the Mongols with the car battalion and bombing something. The car camp itself is a typical example, and there are also car camps in Rome, do you know? ”

"Ah, isn't it one of those four-wheeled carts?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes. If you're going to talk to the Romans, they'll show you - it's not that it doesn't work, it's just not good enough. It seems a bit dull to us, but the Romans think it's appropriate. Because they feel that only these dull training can make the soldiers on the front line stand still. This, depending on the opinion, but considering the composition of the soldiers on both sides, they can be regarded as adapting to local conditions. ”

"After all, they're just barbarians who have been training for a few months?"

"Eh, that's right." Lu Huaiyang nodded and said, "Shang Luo, you should go to the military academy with Wen Yuan." Your military knowledge is very good, and it's a pity that you go to the country. Their consideration of the local situation was how to make the barbarians stand. And our consideration is how to use work outside the battlefield to solve the problems inside the battlefield - because the soldiers, the country's affairs. The real outcome is already decided outside the battlefield: capacity, situation, training, and so on. If you can crush people to death with shells, don't use living people, shells are only a few dollars for us. There is a saying that 'there are as many shells as there is mud', and this is a first-hand experience after being bombed, and it is very accurate. ”

"If you want to say that, the transformation will be very fast by then - how many shells like this can be made?"

"Do you want mass production? That's a problem. I said that it is advisable to wait immediately, and I asked the 'professional' to rub one out for you on the spot. But in mass production, they may not have that effort. How many are you going to have? ”

"At least 100,000"

"One hundred thousand? Do you borrow arrows from a straw boat? ”

"This thing is pretty much the 'feather arrow' of the future. Even if it's hand rubbing, I think you have to get the right amount of production. ”

"Well, is that your final opinion?" Lu Huaiyang asked, "If you think this is necessary, we can study it." Because Shang Tianjun's words are the direction of development in the future. If you feel the need for it, we'll have to look into it. ”

"I think it's necessary." Shang Luo replied, "This shell will be used as a carrier for the Tianyi nobles in the future. Its configuration is very complex, and titanium alloy is not so easy to machine. So."

"If you really feel the need, we can do without titanium. We use light silver. ”

"Light silver? Is there so much light silver? ”

"Light silver and alloys will do. In fact, titanium alloy is not so suitable for processing by the fairy method, but it is different when adding light silver, if you do not hesitate to spend money, it is not a problem to buy 100,000 for you within three days. And it's also helpful for cultivation, how about it? Want to try it? Shang Tianjun? After all, you are in charge of the money bag of the heavenly court, and you decide. ”

"It turns out that Light Silver can still do this."

"Using spiritual power to forcibly process titanium alloy is originally a practice, which is similar to your metalworking internship. What components are really needed, you generally have to add some light silver to improve plasticity. But you won't use pure light silver, because one is very expensive, and the second is that light silver itself is plastic, but the structural strength depends entirely on how much aura you have. But if it is made into an alloy, it can take into account both, and it can also be deformed, and it can be changed in size anywhere. ”

"How many things to try?"

"Then you wait." Lu Huaiyang looked at the wall clock, "If you think you can mix some light silver into it, it will be done within ten minutes." The drawings were given to me, and I went downstairs. You sit here for a while—I won't pour you tea, just find a cup over there and pour it yourself, and it will be fine for a while. ”

(End of chapter)