Chapter 1737 Expansion Is Cool for a While, Always Expands, Always Cool!

Expansion is cool for a while, always expands, always cool!

I have to say that building battleships and airships is really a very cool thing, and it is easy to be addicted.

Not to mention, while it's cool, it's also necessary.

This site is big, and there are more sea areas that need to be patrolled on weekdays. The original battleships will definitely not be enough, and the fleet must be expanded!

Under this premise, in order to gain a broader vision and increase the support of air power on this larger site.

Then the air reconnaissance troop and the goblin air bombing troop must also be expanded along with it!

The whole small heart of the old minister of the Ministry of Finance was twitching incessantly when he saw the financial funds that needed to be spent.

Compared with the financial expenditure required to expand naval battleships and airships of the Air Force, the expenditure required to expand the army force can only be said to be insignificant.

At the same time, in today's Myriad Realms Civilization, the scope of conscription has been expanded to all regions except the sixth, seventh and eighth regions.

This is also impossible.

Although for Luo Ji, within his Myriad Realms Civilization, the original citizens were more credible.

But the years of continuous conscription have begun to significantly reduce the young and middle-aged labor force within his civilization.

Although the total population is growing rapidly.

But there is a very big problem here.

That is, the children who have just been born in recent years, also account for a considerable proportion.

And those kids, you can't really see them as a labor force in the next 15 or 6 years, let alone join the army to fight.

In this way, in order to maintain productivity and labor force, it is inevitable to recruit troops from other regions.

However, in fact, there is no need to think too pessimistically about this matter. After all, he has been operating in those areas for some years.

The special architectural monuments of the overlords built in various cities, coupled with the loyalty blessed by his own talent, have made the people in those areas have cultivated some basic loyalty, which is still acceptable. use.

I called Guo Jia and discussed it a little. Then, as soon as the conscription order was issued, the response of the various areas could not be said to be good, but it was not bad.

The people in these areas have just experienced wars in their early years, so they can't ask for too much.

After looking at the report sent by the Military and Political Department, Luo Ji was actually quite satisfied.

All in all, those recruits who are not reservists, but basically zero-based, have to train for at least half a year.

If conditions permit, training for a year or two is also necessary.

After stamping the document of the Ministry of Military Affairs and signing his name, Luo Ji directly handed the document to Guo Jia below.

In response, Guo Jia took advantage of the situation to open another document, handed it over, and reported at the same time...

"Your Majesty, this is the configuration of our latest bolt-action rifle, the Thunder Seven."

Weapons are constantly updated.

However, considering a series of issues such as quantity, cost, and financial expenditure, it is often impossible to equip them all at once. Basically, they have to make a priority order and come in batches.

If the efficiency is slower, it may even take several years to completely complete a replacement.

But fortunately, according to Bart Wildhammer, this Thunder Seven is currently the best-performing bolt-action rifle that their Myriad Realms civilization can produce. In the short term, it is impossible to make any further improvements. Upgraded and improved.

Therefore, Luo Ji didn't have to worry that the Thunderbolt Seven was only half popular, and the Ordnance Research Department has improved a new model of rifle with higher performance.

In this way, considering the priority, the latest model of the Thunder Seven, Luo Ji was the first to equip the troops on the front lines.

As for the garrison on the inland side, he also equipped part of it just in case. As for the other legions, it must be done slowly.

After confirming the latest progress, Luo Ji closed the document, and then, as if remembering something, he asked Guo Jia aloud...

"By the way, how is the body armor that I ordered the Ordnance Research Department to study?"

After entering this era, excluding some special civilizations and special arms, body armor has undoubtedly become the main armor.

Although the Ordnance Research Department is not under Guo Jia's control, the body armor is closely related to their military after all, so Guo Jia has always been very concerned about it, and it is basically okay to ask him this question.

Sure enough, facing Luo Ji's question, Guo Jia said quite simply...

"Reporting to Your Majesty, several samples of body armor have been developed at present, and experiments and improvements are being carried out one by one. If we want to get specific results, I am afraid we will have to wait for a while."

Hearing this, Luo Ji nodded.

He probably had a figure in mind about this.

Firearms and bullets are one of the main output methods in this era, and bulletproof vests, as a corresponding armor, are obviously not something that can be done with the slightest touch.

What matters is overall performance.

Otherwise, if Luo Ji just wanted bulletproof ability, it would be very simple.

Dwarven craftsmen can forge bulletproof alloys, and then make a set of armor.

But according to the weight of the armor, how many people can eat it?

Not to mention full-body bulletproof armor, even if you just use bulletproof alloy to make a breastplate and wear it on your body, you will have to bear the weight.

At the same time, this bulletproof alloy is not a bad street thing, you can have it if you want? That is impossible.

It takes a lot of work for a dwarf craftsman to forge a bulletproof alloy, and the cost is quite high.

Although, combining the characteristics of multiple civilizations, Luo Ji also tried to gather various talents to adjust the forging method and formula of bulletproof alloy, trying to reduce the cost and improve the forging efficiency.

At the same time, he rebuilt the entire forging factory several times and added various buffs.

But even so, the forging efficiency and cost of bulletproof alloys are still there.

So, using bulletproof alloys for body armor? Luo Ji couldn't bear the trouble.

Because the cost is too high and the manufacturing efficiency is too slow, you can't do large-scale equipment.

At that time, it will not only be the old minister of the Ministry of Finance who wants to hang himself, but also the dwarf craftsmen in the Ordnance Forging Department.

But in contrast, if the bulletproof ability is very poor, or there is basically not much, then equipping this will not make much sense.

In this way, how to create a relatively lightweight body armor that has bulletproof ability while controlling costs, but at the same time is not too bulky, has become one of the main projects currently being studied by the Ordnance Research Department.

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