Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 577 The Terrifying War Machine
At the beginning of the new year, Sun Chengzong, Marquis of Dingliao, hurried back to the capital.

The emperor was finally ready to deal with Jianu, and he was able to fulfill his wish for many years.

As long as he can clean up Jiannu and help Daming get rid of this hidden danger in this life, he will be able to smile at Jiuquan.

Taichang also waited for Sun Chengzong to come.

Because he has been fighting abroad for these years, he doesn't know much about Jiannu. He hasn't even been to Liaodong for many years, so he doesn't know the situation there.

And Sun Chengzong guarded Liaodong all the year round, and kept a close eye on Jiannu, so he knew the situation outside the Great Wall very well.

Therefore, this time, we still have to let the old man do the job of cleaning up Jiannu.

In the imperial study room, after the emperor and ministers greeted each other, Taichang couldn't help asking: "How is it, Zhisheng, how is the situation in Liaodong, can you still gather 20 soldiers to go out?"

Sun Chengzong hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the development of Liaodong is not bad these years, and I have led the soldiers to reclaim millions of acres of wasteland. The minister also organizes drills from time to time, and the combat power of the 20 soldiers should be regarded as an improvement. Moreover, the minister has also raised tens of thousands of war horses. Now there is no problem in forming 20 elite cavalry, but the lack of armor and weapons. "

Iron cavalry?
If it were a few years ago, armored cavalry was indeed a sharp weapon on the battlefield.

However, after the popularity of muskets and artillery, the role of armored cavalry is not as good as before. After the development of infantry fighting vehicles, armored cavalry has a nemesis.

After the popularity of infantry fighting vehicles, armored cavalry may withdraw from the arena of war.

This may be the last time the armored cavalry will serve as the main force on the battlefield.

Taichang thought for a while, then smiled slightly: "Well, the armor and weapons are not a problem, you can report to the Ministry of War, the Wubei City will soon produce them, and there are also horses. Slowly regaining your vitality, gathering [-] war horses should not be a problem. How about this, I will ask the Ministry of War to mobilize [-] war horses to Liaodong, and directly equip you with [-] Liaodong cavalry."

Oops, this is great.

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but excitedly said: "With these [-] Liaodong cavalry, plus [-] Shenwu Battalion cavalry, it will not be a problem to deal with Jian slaves."

Hey, what is this cavalry.

Taichang suddenly asked: "Zhisheng, are you tired? If not, we will go to Wubei City now, and I will show you something good."

The emperor said good things, and they were definitely good things.

Sun Chengzong said without hesitation: "I'm not tired. I basically fell asleep in the car all the way here, so I'm not tired at all."

That's good.

Taichang immediately ordered someone to prepare the carriage, and took him to the station east of the capital.

At present, the transportation from the capital to Wubei City is quite convenient. Even if the canal is blocked by ice, it doesn’t matter. There are many trains going to and from the capital and Wubei City. Even ordinary people can take it. Not to mention.

The Ministry of Industry specially built a luxury train for him, which was decorated like a palace, and the accompanying eunuchs and guards had special compartments.

Taichang saw that Sun Chengzong couldn't help looking around in the car, so he asked with a smile: "Zhensheng, why don't I get you one too, just tell the Ministry of Industry about this, and it will be built very quickly."

Sun Chengzong shook his head repeatedly and said: "Don't dare, you should have a special car, your majesty, if the humble minister also has one, then comparisons may become popular."

Well, this one does.

If he got one for Sun Chengzong, then all the princes and nobles would probably have to get one, so let's forget about it.

During this journey, Taichang was learning about the situation of Jiannu and the situation outside the Great Wall with Sun Chengzong. Sun Chengzong really knew it very well. He even ordered people to find out the style of muskets and artillery made by Jiannu.

Fortunately, Jiannu has not yet developed the Thor Cannon. They seem to have just used a stolen steam engine to make some simple machine tools to process the cannon barrel more finely. As for the breech-loading cannon, People haven't developed it yet.

The two chatted for nearly three hours, and they arrived at Wubei City. As soon as Sun Chengzong walked out of the station, he was stunned.

He was well-informed, but he was still overwhelmed by the sight of Wubei City.

Because Wubei City is really spectacular.

At this moment, the Wubei City has been completely built. On both sides of the Haihe River, there are grid cities that can't be seen at a glance. There are neat piers on both sides of the river, and even a few huge steel bridges have been built on the river. .

It can be said that there is no more spectacular city in the whole world at the moment.

Sun Chengzong was stunned for a long time, and then murmured: "I have heard about it a long time ago in Bailige City, but I have never imagined that this Wubei City will be so magnificent, it is incredible, it is incredible!"

Taichang said proudly: "At the time of the original planning, it would take at least tens of hundreds of years to build the military equipment city. Fortunately, the Ministry of Industry has developed cement and steel bars, and the speed of building the city is very fast. It is still winter now. , the river channel is sealed by ice, and when the river channel is unblocked and the boats on the river are full of shuttles, it will be spectacular.”

Well, they didn't come to enjoy the spectacular sight of Wubei City.

Soon, Taichang took Sun Chengzong into the carriage and went directly to Gecheng where Song Yingxing developed the infantry fighting vehicle.

At this moment, Gecheng is completely built, and even the factories and houses inside are almost built, but there are still some vacant in Gecheng.

After all, there are fifty or sixty grids in a grid city that is more than one hundred miles long, and it is impossible for Daming to build so many super factories in a few years.

At this moment, apart from the ten grid cities stationed by Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp, most of them are empty, and there are more than ten grid cities that are also empty as spares.

Song Yingxing chose Gecheng, which had the most complete buildings, and directly converted it into a factory for infantry fighting vehicles.

He didn't know that Taichang had rushed over with Sun Chengzong, and he was in the workshop leading a bunch of officials from the Ministry of Industry to debug new machine tools.

Guided by the factory guards, Taichang walked into the workshop for a look, and couldn't help but nodded slightly.

The workshop is already full of machine tools, and many machine tools have been connected to steam engines to try out parts there. It seems that there should be no problem with the mass production of infantry fighting vehicles.

Song Yingxing saw that Taichang had brought Sun Chengzong in, and hurriedly led a group of officials to greet him, bowed his hands and said, "I didn't know you were coming, so I was far away from welcoming you, and I hope the emperor will forgive you."

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, I was afraid of disturbing your business, so I didn't let anyone notify you. How are you doing, how are your preparations going?"

Song Yingxing said to himself: "Just adjust the machine tools in this workshop today, and there will be no problem in producing ten infantry fighting vehicles a day."

well.

Taichang asked again: "Where's the sample you trial-produced, take us to have a look."

Song Yingxing heard the words and quickly led them to the assembly workshop.

Sun Chengzong is still confused at the moment.

He doesn't even know what an infantry fighting vehicle is, but he does know a tank.

The question is, the emperor took him to see it by train for several hours in such a serious manner, it must not be an ordinary chariot.

What does this infantry fighting vehicle look like?
He followed Song Yingxing into the assembly workshop to take a look, and was stunned again by shock.

My God, a chariot more than ten feet long!
Moreover, the entire chariot is made of steel, and it is even equipped with several cannons.

Is this still called a chariot?

This is simply a terrifying war machine!
(End of this chapter)