Ming Zuo

In view of the vast territory, the Northern Military Region has made reasonable planning.

The four giants decided to guard the Quartet respectively, forming a situation of watching and helping each other.

Hong Qi sits in Changchun as the commander of the military region and is responsible for central coordination.

Hui Shanhui set up a separate command organization in Lak Town, north of Sakhalin Island, which is mainly responsible for the support to the mouth of Heilongjiang and the defense of the entire North Sea.

Wei Yuanhui was stationed in Yongning Temple as a local snake, mainly to ensure the safety of various settlements and agricultural reclamation areas on land.

Because his place is too important, the military region has arranged for an entire division to be commanded by him.

In this way, even if the Manchu Qing gathered a large army to attack, it would be enough to deal with it.

Miao Niansheng is a full-fledged junior who needs the opportunity to make meritorious deeds most.So Hong Qi asked him to lead the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division, which had arrived in the Northern Military Region, to go south to Ezo Land and bring the island into Xia Kingdom's territory.

With the approval of Zuo Menggeng, the land of Yezo has been officially renamed as Xiayi Island, and the absolute Chinese orthodoxy can be known just by the name.

Knowing that they can return to their homeland, Zhang Chun and Hei Yunlong's mentality changed [-] degrees.Both of them were much more diligent than before, actively handling government affairs, and waiting for Zuo Maodi and Xia Yunyi to come over and take over.

Especially when they learned that their family members had established a firm foothold in Shandong and were living a very good life, both of them were eager to go back as soon as possible.

Zhang Chun is a bit older, years of ups and downs in the officialdom, life and death trials, let him just want to spend the rest of his life well.He decided to take care of himself after returning to Shandong, and he did not plan to come out to enter politics again.

Hei Yunlong was very angry.

After fighting with Xia Jun for so long, he learned a lot, which made him finally see what a real army is.

He planned to go to the military academy to study after returning to Shandong.

His current military rank is lieutenant colonel, because of the particularity of the northern military region, he can at least be promoted to major general after graduating from the military academy.Not to mention commanding a division, you can definitely become a division-level general.

As a general of the Ming army in the first half of his life, he lost every battle and was suffocated.In the second half of his life, as a general of the Xia army, he had to show his abilities no matter what.

Just when Jilin Province and the northern military region were gradually getting on track, Shandong was never idle.

After the war, the military needs to be reformed, and so is the military industry.

After all, technology determines tactics, and industry determines victory or defeat.

In a battle with the coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty, Xia Jun can sum up a lot.

This meeting was very important. Not only Zuo Menggeng and the cabinet, but also relevant officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Equipment, Ministry of Logistics, Army, and Navy all attended.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zuo Xiang expressed his dissatisfaction.

"The army on the front line is too wasteful and has caused great losses. According to our statistics, the extra funds spent for this purpose are at least more than [-] silver. All troops must pay attention to this situation. If things go on like this, the national finances must be destroyed You can't break it."

The Xia Army is an absolutely wealthy army.

Under the leadership of Zuo Menggeng, any good things can come first from the army.

He was afraid that his army's combat effectiveness would be affected due to some shortage.

To put it bluntly, this situation is called lack of firepower phobia.

But since it is going to be a rich and noble corps, there is no doubt that once a war starts, the consumption will be very alarming.

The troops below don't care about their finances. Anyway, they can use whatever they have at hand, but they can fight vigorously until they are satisfied.

When the result was reported to the Ministry of Finance, Zuo Xiang couldn't sit still, and made trouble as soon as he came up.

"What's the use of consuming more supplies? Do we let our soldiers fill it with their lives? What is more precious than the lives of soldiers?"

Zuo Hua couldn't take it anymore, so he cursed back on the spot.

Zuo Xiang was sprayed with saliva all over his head. Although he was very angry, he was also very helpless.

"Second brother, are you still unreasonable? I didn't say that the lives of soldiers are not precious, but you can't waste them recklessly. Our people saw with their own eyes on the front line that good chocolates were thrown away before they were finished. You've only had enough to eat for a few days, and you're starting to prodigal?"

These words made Zuo Hua blush.

It's not that he hasn't seen what Zuo Xiang said.

"That...it's just that the battle situation is urgent, and the soldiers have no time to clean up."

Fearing that the two brothers would start a real quarrel, Zuo Menggeng stepped forward.

His face was very serious.

"Zuo Xiang is right. Please tell the whole army after you go back. Let everyone think about it. We have only had a good life for a few days? How many people are still starving in the world today? I think , we should carry out the activity of remembering bitterness and thinking sweetly in the whole army, so that people can not forget their roots and always remember what kind of army we are and what we want to do."

Because of his words, Xia Jun was obviously about to experience a storm of thoughts.

After the financial problem, there is the problem of armaments.

Unexpectedly, Zuo Xiang was the first person to come forward.

"Currently, half of the treasury has been emptied just to meet the needs of the army's weapons and equipment. Basically, all the steel produced last year was used to cast weapons. The Ministry of Communications even complained to us, saying that it was clear The construction of the North Bridge has been delayed because of this. Sixth brother, can your equipment department think of a way to save some for the big guys?"

The Qingbei Bridge spans the Daqing River and the Xiaoqing River, connecting Jinan and the north, and is also the first reinforced concrete bridge in the history of the world.

However, due to the needs of the war, all steel materials were used for military purposes, which seriously affected the construction period.This made many shareholders of Bridge Construction Group very dissatisfied, and a lot of gossip was said behind their backs.

When it comes to the issue of military steel, Zuo Dai is quite accommodating.

"I was going to talk about it."

He asked his assistant to distribute the information to everyone.

"After actual testing on the battlefield, we found that some of the materials we used in weapons were too good to be necessary."

Zuo Menggeng didn't know why.

"Weapons are related to the victory or defeat of the war, and even more related to the lives of soldiers. Shouldn't we strive for excellence?"

Zuo Dai smiled wryly.

"Your Highness does not know. After our calculations, our artillery does not need to be made of steel."

"Why is this?"

"Our propellant is still black powder, and its power lies there. Even the wrought iron barrel can withstand it. However, the manufacturing cost of wrought iron barrel and steel barrel is different. If it is replaced by gunpowder, The steel gun barrels we can cast now can’t bear it. So in this regard, we can definitely save some.”

Because of Zuo Menggeng's cheating tool, Xia Jun's weapons are much stronger than those of his contemporary opponents.

However, the result of this change is the confusion of the weapon system.

Now the equipment department has long learned that gunpowder is actually far better than black powder as a propellant, and can provide a longer range.

However, the steel pipes that can be manufactured today cannot withstand the explosive power of gun cotton explosives.

Therefore, only black powder can be used as propellant.

The power of black powder is limited, and the barrel does not need to be made of steel at all. Wrought iron with bronze is enough.

In the past, everyone thought that the better the quality of the weapon, the better, completely ignoring this point.

But this time, after large-scale war practice, it was discovered that sometimes it is not necessary to make it so well.