The year 433 of the Ming Dynasty.
The Western world is fighting against its enemies, while the Eastern world is fighting against nature.
The gears of fate began to turn.
The Ming Dynasty Cabinet passed a resolution on national urbanization and decided to modernize major cities and introduce electrification in the future national construction.
The most difficult ones are the construction of hydropower stations in various places and the disputes in some ancient capitals.
Such as Xi'an.
Officials from the Ministry of Industry who inspected Xi'an said that two emperors' tombs might be dug out with one shovel.
There is a grave on the left side of the shovel, and another on the right side. It may even be the two of them, with consecutive numbers.
Now the cabinet officials were in trouble.
Large-scale construction projects will inevitably destroy thousands of underground tombs. It would be a serious crime to destroy those that have made important contributions to the Chinese nation.
But if we don't let it go, Xi'an will have to complete the modernization project two hundred years later.
After Zhu Zaiming learned of the situation, he directly gave instructions: Prioritize the protection of cultural relics, carry out protective excavations, and integrate Xi'an culture with the new city.
To speak human words is to dig them out, surround them with walls, and put them in showcases.
From now on, one train ticket will allow you to visit hundreds of emperors’ tombs on the train.
Perfect.
After solving this big problem, Zhu Zaiming entered the general's mansion, drew the curtains and closed the doors and windows, and summoned a group of generals and staff to start plotting.
The follow-up training of the three standing divisions has been basically completed, and some problems during the training process have also been put on the table.
The use of steam armored vehicles was not so good.
These armored vehicles are slow and huge. They cannot move as fast as human legs on the plains and cannot pass through most alleys in the city.
In order to prevent the cannon from falling apart, short-barreled, low-pressure artillery is also a charade. It cannot shoot far and has low lethality. Some better-quality brick walls may not collapse with one shot.
The huge boiler also makes the interior of the armored vehicle feel like a steamer.
During the summer training of the Ming army, many soldiers were sent to the military hospital due to severe dehydration.
In the words of soldiers, this steam armored vehicle is very advanced and avant-garde.
But don’t equip the troops next time, you are just like a real dad who can’t take care of himself!
Maintenance teams have a deep aversion to this model of heavy equipment.
Therefore, after less than a year of service, this armored vehicle withdrew from the Ming Dynasty's combat order due to various problems.
The colleagues from the Ministry of Industry also learned from the painful experience and began to design the next steam armored vehicle.
The 1st Standing Division, which had high hopes, was downgraded and became an ordinary infantry division.
The situation of the 2nd Standing Division is better.
It is equipped with 240 75mm artillery pieces, 120 105mm howitzers, and 8 240mm heavy siege guns.
The 2nd Division was built as the first heavy artillery division of the Ming Dynasty, but due to the extreme shortage of artillery, it was still in the follow-up training.
As for the 3rd Standing Division, Ming Dynasty ordered another 80,000 war horses from North America, almost buying out all the war horses in North America.
But the colonists of various countries in North America enjoyed it.
Some cowboys stopped robbing and went into the plains to work as horse harriers.
After all, for a qualified war horse, Daming offered 5 silver coins, which was like picking up money.
The problem of the Navy is still a commonplace, and the results of maritime artillery training are not promising.
Shen Yulong was numb.
When these shells are fired, they are real military expenses. Every time he sees the long bill, his gums bleed.
"So, you generals are also responsible. Your own military quality does not meet the requirements of the General's Office.
He also wrote a petition to attack the Qing Dynasty today and the White Lotus Sect tomorrow.
My training results are so poor, I still want to find out my own reasons for those who are good or not.
Have you trained well? Are you familiar with the military strategy? Can you calculate the trajectory of the cannonball for me and hit it through the window?
When the Chongming Island Armed Forces Military Academy is completed, you all should pack your bags and go study! "
Zhu Zaiming patted the solid wood table hard, his heavy voice making the generals unable to lift their heads and looking ashamed.
Finally, Zhu Zaiming picked up the Air Force training report again, and his blood pressure went up just by looking at it.
"Two people fell to death?"
Faced with Zhu Zaiming's questioning, Kong Er, who was temporarily in charge of the air force, weakly explained the cause and effect.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty's air force was using second-generation hot air balloons, or it was no longer hot air balloons.
Hydrogen tanks sent from chemical plants and thermal power stations were used by the Ministry of Industry. Multiple small air bags were connected together, and iron frames and bamboo baskets were added to create the second generation "hot air balloon".
The first generation of hot air balloons used flames to heat the air to reduce the density of the balloon, thereby providing lift to lift the balloon into the air.
A serious disadvantage of this type of hot air balloon is that once the fuel is used up and the air in the balloon cools, the hot air balloon will be forced to land.
The airborne time is limited.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, some officials from the Ministry of Industry proposed the idea of using sealed hydrogen gas bags.
In their design, the second-generation hot air balloon consists of an air bag, an iron frame, a bamboo basket, and a water tank.
When the air bag is full, the weight of the hot air balloon is reduced by releasing the ballast water in the water tank, allowing the hot air balloon to rise.
As long as the water discharge is controlled well, it can stay in the air at a certain height for a long time.
Theoretically, it can never be traced.
But the problem is how to land.
In the absence of a compressor to recover hydrogen, the solution given by the Ministry of Industry is to release hydrogen.
During training, a hot air balloon suddenly spontaneously combusted in the air while releasing hydrogen gas.
Later, after an investigation by the Ministry of Industry, the cause of the fire was guessed.
The fur coats used by soldiers to keep out the cold at high altitudes rub against the iron frame to generate static electricity, and the static sparks ignite the hydrogen gas that is fully mixed with the air.
When Kong Er said this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Zaiming. Seeing Zhu Zaiming's kind-hearted appearance, he had a bad feeling in his heart.
“Well, the investigation into the accident was sound.
Now that you are in charge of the Air Force, you need to write a review and study the new regulations of the Air Force.
Also, find a time to personally deliver the pension to the soldiers’ homes.
I will also write two letters and you will send them together when the time comes. "
After handling this very important matter, Zhu Zaiming and Kong Er determined the experimental time for the third generation hot air balloon, and then left the General's Mansion.
In the Bagua Building, a meeting was held to discuss the scope of supplies for "humanitarian relief."
And in Jinling Chaoyang Business District.
A shop with a door sign that says "Phoenix Bicycles" has just opened.
A large group of melon-eating people were surrounding a small open space, and exclamations were heard from time to time.
"Alas~ alas~ alas~"
"It's going to fall, it's going to fall."
"oh!"
There were roars of laughter from the people around.
In the middle of the field, a young man rubbed his buttocks and got up from the ground in pain.
Heartbroken, he picked up the 8 silver-coin Phoenix bicycle he had just picked up, pulled up his sleeves and wiped the bicycle up and down.
After confirming that two pieces of black paint had been scraped off, he was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.
