Of course, just relying on these two thousand craftsmen was not enough. Ning Fan asked Huang Chao to mobilize an engineering force from the army to participate in the construction of the cement production line.
Within a week, this construction operation achieved unimaginable results. Not only was a cement blast furnace built on the original vacant land, but a hydrodynamic mechanism was also built using the nearby river water.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't expect these craftsmen to be so down-to-earth and willing to work. These people have been working almost around the clock in the past few days."
Standing on the high bank of the river, Huang Chao looked at the huge factory buildings built on the other side of the river. He still has an unimaginable feeling.
In seven days, an open space was turned into a tall factory building. It was unimaginable to Huang Chao, but it actually happened.
"We must look at problems from a development perspective. Today is different from the past. When doing things, you must learn to use tools instead of relying entirely on manpower. If you rely on manpower, the production efficiency will be extremely low, but once machines are used Once the tools are used, the efficiency will be greatly increased.”
Ning Fan also took the opportunity to instill some modern combat concepts into Huang Chao. In fact, modern people do not rely on manpower for combat, but rely more on weapons and various large weapons!
"You think these people are here to build city defenses, but that's not the case at all. A small number of them are just engineers who evaluate the city defense situation in Pingnanguan, and then instruct local civilians and craftsmen to carry out repairs, and many other things. Most of them are actually blacksmiths and craftsmen, and they will cast a batch of cannons as quickly as possible and place them on the city walls."
At this time, Ning Fan finally revealed his true purpose, which was to build a military fortress at Pingnanguan.
Pingnanguan Pass was originally a military fortress. If the Huns wanted to march into the Central Plains, they had to pass through Pingnanguan Pass. However, if the northwest rebels wanted to enter the Pass, they could not bypass Pingnanguan Pass. In any case, Ping'an Pass was the place. , are all important roads guarding the throat, and will also be battlegrounds for military strategists in the future.
Therefore, the practical significance of building this place into an impregnable military fortress is far greater than the symbolic significance for Ning Fan.
In fact, quelling the rebellion in the northwest is not a big difficulty for Ning Fan. He is mainly focusing on the Huns far away on the grassland, which is Da Kang's biggest concern.
As Ning Fan walked, he explained to Huang Chao many things that Huang Chao had never heard before, which shocked Huang Chao.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the firearms battalion in the capital is very powerful. It can penetrate even chain armor. Is it really that powerful?"
Huang Chao looked at Ning Fan in disbelief.
"It's true. This type of tunnel gun has only been developed to the second generation. There will be third and fourth generations in the future. They will continue to be improved, and their lethality will become stronger and stronger, and their range will become farther and farther. , in the future war situation, knives and swords will be eliminated, and guns will become the mainstream."
Ning Fan took out his gun from his waist, pointed it at the trees in the distance and fired. The small gun as thick as a bowl was blown into two pieces.
Huang Chao, who was standing next to Ning Fan, was terrified. He watched all this and didn't know what was happening.
"Escort."
After Huang Chao reacted, he started to yell. He pulled out his sword and stood in front of Ning Fan. Ning Fan, who was standing behind him, laughed so hard that he burst into tears and runny nose.
Huang Chao turned around, wondering why Ning Fan was laughing. When he saw the short spear in Ning Fan's hand that looked like a fire stick, he seemed to notice something.
"General Huang, the small tree broke just now because of the musket in my hand. Do you still think there was an assassin? I tell you, there was no assassin, it was all caused by this musket."
While Ning Fan was playing with the musket, he introduced the principle of the musket and its lethality to Huang Chao.
Huang Chao listened attentively, and the further he listened, the more frightened he became. He never imagined that the thing in Ning Fan's hand, similar to a fire stick, was so powerful that it could pierce the enemy with a hundred steps. And the damage is huge.
Ning Fan asked his bodyguard to refill the musket, then handed the musket to Huang Chao and asked him to try firing it.
But Huang Chao did not dare to let go no matter what, and even turned pale with fear. Huang Chao was a fierce general on the battlefield, but once he was allowed to hold the musket, he felt as if all the courage in his body had been taken away.
There was no other way, so Ning Fan could only demonstrate it to Huang Chao again in person. This time, Ning Fan's gun was pointed at a rock in the distance.
After the gunshots were fired, the smoke dissipated. Huang Chao came to the stone and was even more surprised when he saw the deep marks on the stone.
The hard stone was almost penetrated. If it hit a flesh and blood person, the consequences can be imagined.
"Now you know why I am not afraid of the barbarians in the northwest. With the Musketeers, the rebels in the northwest are living targets."
Ning Fan shook his head. He expressed optimism about the coming war, because the power of modern firearms in Lin Fang's hands had already caused unimaginable subversion of warfare in the cold weapon era.
"Your Majesty, the latest information has come from the detailed operations ahead. Two special forces teams that moved into Pingnanguan from the northwest suddenly broke into pieces and disappeared into the vast jungle."
The next afternoon, Huang Chao hurried to Ning Fan's residence and reported a shocking news to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan looked a little solemn when he heard the news.
Because if so many people sneak into Pingnanguan, it will have a great impact on the security of Qinnanguan. Ning Fan guessed that there must be a traitor from the northwest rebels inside Pingnanguan.
"Don't panic. It's not that easy for these people to sneak into Pingnanguan. They will use various makeup methods to infiltrate."
Ning Fan is very calm. For modern special operations, infiltration must be learned, but Ning Fan is already familiar with various infiltration methods.
Next, Ning Fan divided the means of infiltration into three major categories and thirty-two subcategories, and gave a unified explanation to Huang Chao. As long as they mastered these means of infiltration, these spies from the northwest would be able to infiltrate into Pingnan Pass. , that is simply nonsense.
I have to say that this move of the northwest rebels was very vicious. They broke into pieces and penetrated in. They were poor and difficult. They carried out destruction at the minimum cost and would cause maximum damage to the defenders of Pingnanguan. However, they absolutely did not Thinking that Ning Fan is the ancestor of the infiltration war, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky for the northwest rebels to infiltrate Pingnanguan.
In less than two days, Jinyiwei was everywhere in Pingnan Pass. The checkpoint identified nearly three thousand northwest rebels, and this number was increasing every day.
These northwest rebels are like flies, falling into a trap.
