God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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In this day and age, only Liu Tong and Chen Xi are truly aware of this and can see the problem. Others, based on their own knowledge and experience, are simply unaware of this issue.

Because something that has never happened before, or even a social form that has never existed, is something that normal people simply cannot understand or imagine.

Neither Liu Tong nor Chen Xi explained this concept to anyone else.

This is because it is also a kind of information loop. The fewer people who know about it, the longer it can be maintained, and the more obvious the effect will be, and vice versa.

"Ignorance is bliss, and sometimes knowing less is actually a good thing." Chen Xi shook his head, putting aside his thoughts and distractions, and continued to focus on the current situation regarding the Southern Navy and the Strait of Malacca.

The vast quantities of raw materials were exactly what the Han Empire was in dire need of, especially these surface minerals, which were of the highest quality.

Putting everything else aside, the difficulty of mining ore alone is worlds apart.

Open-pit mining utilizes the unique methods of this era. Whether it's bombing with legionary attacks or using changes in cloud formations to create special penetration, rapid disintegration and demolition can be achieved, thereby significantly increasing mining efficiency.

As a result, under this model, what truly affects efficiency is the transportation and handling of ore.

However, if the ore is located at the foot of a mountain, the mining method of using the Legion's cloud bombardment becomes unfeasible.

On the one hand, the collective attacks that the legion can form are limited each day and cannot be used indefinitely.

On the other hand, these ores are buried deep underground, and it would take a very long time to separate the surface of the mountain so that the ores buried deep in the mountains could be mined at the same efficiency as open-pit mines.

The resulting time gap could be six months or a year; it's entirely uncertain.

The resulting differences in mining practices are naturally vast.

It can be said that as long as the Strait of Malacca can be controlled, the real difficulty in smelting steel becomes how to transport large quantities of ore.

The advent of seagoing vessels solved the problem of long-distance transportation, but land transportation and handling became another challenge.

However, there are temporary contingency plans for all of these. Whether it is using Australia's own animal labor force or increasing the input of human labor, it is possible to expand the output and transportation speed in this area.

These are all things that are goal-oriented and achievable.

However, taking control of the Strait of Malacca is an unpredictable matter.

The struggle between people is always unpredictable.

"Can the Southern Navy really stand against Cecissian?" Li Ru asked, his face somewhat gloomy.

After Chen Xi explained the importance of the Strait of Malacca, everyone's thinking naturally shifted accordingly.

Although the core underlying logic wasn't explained, the prospect of increasing steel production tenfold annually is tempting enough.

No empire, especially one whose social hierarchy is not yet fully consolidated and is still climbing the social ladder, could possibly refuse such output. This is especially true for the few individuals responsible for domestic affairs; this kind of steel production is exactly what they desire.

The ever-growing steel shortage makes it seem as if the annual increase in steel production is not making any difference; the more steel is produced, the greater the shortage becomes, creating a vicious cycle.

Li Ru, who was not very responsible for domestic affairs, was also in charge of related military matters, and naturally had a corresponding share of the steel quota.

In situations where there is a steel shortage, the share of steel supplied to the military is often significantly reduced to supplement domestic needs.

However, if this gap can be filled, the military's strength will increase significantly.

Putting aside other things, the various steel military consumables alone are no longer experimental products, but can be deployed on a large scale on the battlefield to strengthen the army's strength and increase its response and adaptability.

Those terrifying military weapons wouldn't just sit in Chang'an's science and technology institute gathering dust due to insufficient output; instead, they could be truly deployed to the battlefield and play their due role.

“Cesis is indeed very special. We can only try to guess the upper limit of what he has. We can completely treat him as someone who can only be dealt with by underhanded tactics…” Chen Xi also shook his head in this regard, not holding much hope of defeating him head-on.

Based on Liu Tong's communication and understanding in the chat group, after confirming that Cecisarian died from his own physical condition, Chen Xi knew how troublesome Cecisarian was.

Any renowned general who dies outside the battlefield, especially during intense battles at the imperial level, is already a testament to their ability.

“Since the opponent’s body is not in good condition, then we should further increase the intensity, forcing the opponent to further increase their own intensity and increase the pressure on their body…” Having clearly understood the opponent’s weakness, Li Ru naturally also gave a corresponding method: “Dispatch the national destruction fleet built in Qingzhou Shipyard to the south to further strengthen the southern navy and form a stronger restraining effect.”

If an empire cannot solve a physical problem, it already indicates that the other party's physical condition is beyond saving.

The fact that they are still able to survive is enough to demonstrate their strong will, but there are ways to eliminate them.

As soon as Li Ru said this, many people present frowned.

Those present were generally familiar with the fleet that Li Ru mentioned that could destroy a nation.

This is a fleet specifically designed to counter the ships built by Lu Jun of the Lu family; it is a truly high-investment fleet.

Many people initially scoffed at Lu Jun's idea, completely disbelieving that a steel behemoth weighing tens of thousands of tons could be built.

Even with a benchmark like Ninghai preceding it, many people still hold this view, after all, the two are not only different in weight and size, but also in power.

The power that could propel Ninghai forward was simply insufficient to power the ships built by Lu Jun.

At Ninghai's weight level, even without the power provided by the furnace of heaven and earth essence, it can still move by sails and oars, even if the speed is a bit slow, at least it can move.

Can a steel behemoth weighing tens of thousands of tons really move using only sails and oars?

However, as the construction of the Lu family shipyard progressed, various technical difficulties were gradually overcome, and the ship gradually took shape. At the same time, everyone's ideology changed, and they began to build related systems for this behemoth that was about to be launched into the sea.

This includes eight Ninghai-class destroyers providing battlefield support and escort, as well as dozens of wooden warships providing cloud energy storage, food transport, and so on, truly enough to change the hard power dynamics of local naval battles. (End of Chapter)