Olan from the prop shop actually came to the institute to discuss knowledge sharing, which was an unexpected surprise.
The current main bottleneck of the institute is that the level of magic is not high, but as an official, there is no senior magician among the civil servants under his command, and administrative orders are useless. We can only wait for some units to accidentally attract poor households.
I didn't expect that the man in the prop shop had such advanced ideas, so I underestimated him.
After receiving the news, Wang Qi did not interfere too much except asking the institute to issue a visiting professor certificate. He had too many things to deal with on his own side.
While the people in the territory are living and working in peace and contentment, the situation outside has become tense.
Two aspects.
On the one hand, the undead creatures are making a fuss.
The undead creatures that pop up are all wild, very weak, but very annoying and cannot be ignored.
I don’t know if it’s because it was previously uninhabited, but no undead creatures have been found in the Dark Land. They mainly move south of Red Rock City, and Red Rock City is occasionally affected by spirits.
Wild spirits are very weak, and most of the slightly powerful ones will be made into magic materials by mages. The rest can only scare ordinary residents at night and have no physical damage ability.
Those things that drag skeletons and carrion around are relatively troublesome and need to be gathered together and burned to avoid epidemics.
As for whether the carrion on the undead will be infected with the epidemic, the lack of professional personnel has no way of knowing, so burn the insurance.
The army did not understand the reason why the undead were active. Instead, the magic book compiled by the institute that they obtained earlier mentioned that when the level of environmental magic increases, undead and summoning spells will become more powerful.
So to guess, this situation may be caused by changes in the magic power of the environment.
Up to now, the undead have only involved some security forces, but they also need to prevent the situation from deteriorating.
Do you want to get a magic pistol?
Think about it or forget it.
Wang Qi is no longer a complete Muggle and has some knowledge of magic. Unlike firearms made by industrial means, the smaller the magic props are, the more difficult it is to make them. To actually make a magic pistol, the production difficulty will be higher than that of the Caroline II rifle.
In addition, due to confidentiality and safety considerations, the proliferation of handguns is not a good choice.
At present, there are not enough technical conditions to monitor the behavior of every civil servant and security personnel. There is the possibility of lending firearms to commit crimes, especially the form of pistols, which is conducive to concealment. Once reverse-engineered by criminals, the harm is much greater than a crossbow.
The threshold for using bows and arrows is slightly higher and requires a long time of training. Moreover, despite the simple structure of the bow, the production difficulty and production cycle are not short.
The crossbow is more reliable. After a short training, the police can master the use of the crossbow and deal with the undead and criminals more safely.
There is no such thing as technological diffusion of crossbows. The principle of this thing has spread before the Bronze Age has passed. Because of its low threshold for use and its ability to kill people silently, it has always been a controlled item, even in a different world with magic.
Similarly, the production of crossbows also needs to be included in the control to avoid the outflow of crossbow machines.
There is no need for the government to make regulations. Send them to the Nanzhen Sawmill. After they complete the safety process transformation, let the iron factory open the mold to make two castings and work together.
In addition to the little trouble caused by the undead, the latest routine military report stated that new species have appeared in the north.
The soldier's painting skills cannot be complimented. The painting is too abstract and he mainly relies on text description. He is slightly taller than the Night Clan, has reddish skin and no scales, walks on two legs, has a relatively thin tail, and two horns on his head.
He is also a person who plays with fire, and the fireballs he releases are bigger and more dangerous. However, because he cannot fly, he can easily use the terrain for sneak attacks, and the actual harm is not as bad as the little devils running around in the sky.
It's not powerful, but it also brings new dangers - it's a gregarious creature, and it can form gangs.
The so-called village is a stone wall built around half a meter high, with some wind-proof walls built inside. There is not even a complete object that can be called a house.
Living in groups and forming villages, the level is significantly higher than that of chimpanzees, and they have certain social attributes.
But it's a pity that the demonic creatures seem to have some kind of anti-human complex engraved in their bones. It may also be that their intelligence has not reached the level of surrender. The garrison organized two operations and failed to catch a single person alive. This thing Once under control, it will burn itself directly.
...Having said that, Wang Qi's men don't seem to represent human beings. Even except for the Eight Great Vajras and the Grand Manager Elena, who only have six left, there seems to be no serious human beings in the territory.
The emergence of new types of fireball monsters has complicated the situation in the north.
Their formation of a stronghold on the edge of the lava lake has greatly increased the operational risks of the reconnaissance troops.
Now Wang Qi had two choices before him, either to send battalion-level troops to clear them out, or to give up surveillance and reconnaissance in the lava lake area and retreat back.
There are many little devils in the entire lava lake and its surrounding areas. Once the army reaches a certain size and engages in a firefight with a small tribe of fireball monsters, there is the possibility of triggering a siege by the little devils. The risk is not small.
The point is that the distance between Phoenix City and Lava Lake is a full 500 kilometers, and the walking route may be close to 700 kilometers. Regardless of whether it is necessary to stick to that position, the size of the garrison is not enough to provide tactical support at such a distance, and the combat troops must completely rely on themselves for reconnaissance, endurance, and medical treatment.
Even putting aside issues such as the difficulty of traveling due to high temperatures and the difficulty of replenishing aircraft, the area of the lava lake area exceeds 20,000 square kilometers, and it is not necessarily possible to clear it out even if a few battalions are dropped.
The two garrison corps together cannot be considered a division. They are needed both in the front and in the rear. There is really no way to drag the front line that far.
After weighing the situation, Wang Qi asked the regiment commander to withdraw the reconnaissance company for rest. The other two battalions responsible for terrain survey also returned to the Beishan Pass area to help build fortifications. They would consider solving the problem after the subsequent equipment was in place.
When the troops are withdrawn, there are other things to do besides resting and waiting for equipment. This is an opportunity to implement a new medal system.
A medal is a medal of honor, but it can also be more than just a medal.
The earliest medals were issued before the Royal Court Tree was planted. At that time, the six-legged reptiles in the ice forest rushed out and caused many casualties. Medals were awarded to several sharp blades who had performed meritorious services.
But at that time, there was no production capacity at all, and what was given was stone inscriptions. uuread a book
Later, some such things were distributed, but Wang Qi remembered that he had no intention of letting everyone keep taking the withered version, but was just waiting for an opportunity.
Now that the conditions are ripe, physical medals can be promoted.
The first is the material. The medal uses a three-layer process with the front and rear frames sandwiching the medal body.
The front and rear frames are of two types: regular pentagon and regular hexagon, and the materials are also divided into two types. One is for daily wear, and is gold-plated 925 silver. 925 silver is a very simple silver-copper alloy, and its texture is much stronger than pure silver; the other is for collection, with a 22k gold frame.
The source of 925 silver is purchased from Fenggu Nonferrous. Although there is no silver mine, it can be processed in a furnace and earn a processing fee. The gold plating process came from a certain family of craftsmen in Xiaoshan City, and Xincheng Heavy Industries paid for it.
The gold was naturally dug out of the caves and produced by a small refinery built next to the railway access point at the entrance of the cave. The material for the frame of the medal was mixed with copper as required to slightly increase the hardness. Otherwise, the medal would be two circles larger than a coin. , the pure gold frame is too easy to deform.
The key point is the medal itself. The colored guys in Fenggu still have some way to find tungsten ore and nickel ore.
It has been able to produce a small amount of tungsten and nickel, but the output is not enough, and the associated ore of nickel ore (usually cobalt) cannot be extracted, but it is not a big problem to support the production of medals.
The tungsten produced by the carbon reduction method is executed in the No. 1 furnace of the iron plant. Molten iron is used as the solvent and a little nickel is added to produce an iron-nickel-tungsten alloy with a low tungsten content.
After experimenting with more than a dozen versions, there are already finished products with better texture and significantly higher strength than existing carbon steel products.
925 silver, 22k gold, and tungsten alloy go through several factories and are finally processed by Xincheng Heavy Industry, which is the basis for future medals.
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