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Although there were few pedestrians on the streets, the customers in the shops and the lights in each household indicated that everyone seemed to be doing quite well.

Several young Sarkaz girls braved the cold wind and passed by the Doctor and his group. Judging from their direction, they seemed to be heading towards the newly established arts training center. Were they going to apply for jobs at the newly established television station?

Or do you want to become an actress in the film crew? After all, in the eyes of the locals, this is much more respectable than being a peasant woman toiling in the fields.

Unfortunately... the doctor shook his head. What they needed were professionally trained personnel. Even if they provided training, it was only for women who were unable to work, that is, Sarkaz girls who had been rescued or had come to them voluntarily for certain tasks.

They have nothing but the skill of using their bodies to entertain men. Therefore, they need retraining and appropriate job opportunities.

In contrast, these girls from rural areas are not given priority consideration, since most of them have their own parents and families and have received some education. As laborers, they should be assigned to other areas where labor is in short supply.

Of course, this doesn't mean they won't hire ordinary girls from the general public at all; after all, they also need announcers, technicians, and clerical staff. It's just that those positions require a higher level of professional expertise.

Chapter 44 How many divisions did they have?

Chapter 44

In Syracuse, after hearing that Mrs. Xia might be pregnant, the Godfather specifically instructed the kitchen to pay close attention to the types and methods of food preparation, as well as to strengthen food security. It should be noted that in the traditional customs of Terra, the eldest son of the head of a powerful family holds great significance.

It even concerns the stability of the power itself and the loyalty of its subordinates. If something happens in Syracuse, not to mention the Godfather, even the Syracuse government might not be able to withstand it. It is very likely that they will fight a war before the Kazdel Civil War even begins.

However, Mr. Xia and Mrs. Xia took the matter quite lightly, but their nonchalance actually made the Godfather's security work very troublesome.

After reaching an agreement with the Godfather, Lao Xia began to use the Godfather's connections to make contact with the Syracuse government. Syracuse was quite capable, at least in terms of mechanical processing, it was much better than Lungmen, and even more precise than Victoria.

However, Syracuse's industry is better suited to small and exquisite products. Syracuse is mountainous, and the air routes connecting it to other cities are very limited, resulting in a lack of suitable production sites.

Therefore, Syracuse has a very unique design and manufacturing capability in mountain vehicles, light equipment and small land-based vessels.

Compared to Victoria, it was somewhat lacking in heavy industry and the manufacture of large industrial equipment.

Xia Lin discovered that if he needed a batch of land-based destroyers under 3000 tons, or warships that, according to Terra's standards, belonged to the category of combat frigates, then going to Syracuse would not only be nearly half the price, but also less likely to result in not being able to get the ships or delaying delivery due to Victoria's sanctions.

This wasn't the first time Victoria had done something like this; while helping Theresis build its fleet, it was also waiting for Old Xia, who lacked the ability to build land-based warships, to come to it.

At that time, it's not impossible for Theresis to forcefully close the gap between the two sides in heavy equipment and fleets, or even gain the upper hand, whether by extorting a high price or using an excuse to withhold the warships.

Ursus would never sell warships to Xia Lin. The young emperor isn't that crazy yet. Besides, Ursus's shipbuilding technology isn't very good to begin with. It relies entirely on the larger scale and tonnage of Victoria and even Da Yan to maintain its image as a military superpower.

As for Dayan and Longmen, the former never does arms export business, and the latter has no military industry at all. If spare parts for light weapons can be obtained from Longmen, then if Lao Wei dares to get his hands on something like warships, his whole family will mysteriously disappear the next day. The experts of Dayan cannot deal with Lao Wei, but they can deal with Wen Yue and Lao Chen.

The remaining ships in Kazimierz were all manufactured by Victoria. Letania would only help Kazdel build warships when she was drunk, which meant they didn't have many options.

Once a deal is reached with Rembitox, Victoria can simply wait for two fat sheep to come and be slaughtered. As for Syracuse's industrial power, frankly, Victoria doesn't take it seriously.

The reason is that Syracuse produced very sophisticated and easy-to-use destroyers ranging from 1000 to 3000 tons, and even pocket warships of 5000 to 8000 tons.

However, once it came to the decisive battle force of the fleet, that is, the 10,000-ton level of land armored cruisers like the Aretosha, Syracuse was utterly inadequate.

Besides its land-based warships, Syracuse is also exceptionally skilled on mountainous terrain.

There was no other way; given the rugged terrain of this godforsaken place, they needed a mobile mountain armored unit to scout the route for the city's relocation.

Otherwise, the entire mobile city area would sink into the ground and be waiting to be destroyed by the natural disaster storm. As a result, Syracuse's unique "mountain fire support system" was born.

"Is that a mortar?" When Xia Lin was invited to visit the military factory, he immediately saw a very familiar piece of equipment. "Mortar?" The entourage member from the Syracuse military factory was stunned for a moment. "Those are light mountain mortars."

"What kind of propellant are you using?"

“This…this involves our design secrets, I’m sorry.” Syracuse invited him to visit the military factory, not out of kindness or friendship, but because they could smell the growing tension in Kazdel, not to mention that Victoria and her people had heard rumors about it.

They lacked confidence in competing with Victoria in the large-scale arms trade, but they still had some advantages. In this arms feast, Syracuse was certainly unwilling to just watch Victoria and Colombia feast while they, who were much closer, could only smell the aroma and act as a waiter (passing through transport).

The mountainous terrain of Syracuse means that they have made very rapid progress and invested heavily in indirect fire capabilities.

However, Terra's combat style mostly involves cities pieced together and fighting on flat land and plains (landships and mobile fortresses and cities cannot traverse mountains and valleys), making direct-fire weapons with strong armor-piercing and penetrating capabilities even more important.

Therefore, to be honest, they didn't intend to sell these mountain weapons that were just for their own use. They would rather recommend the rapid-fire naval guns they produced, which only required two sorcerers to operate. These guns could fire long-range Originium spells, and although they weren't very powerful, they were lightweight and agile, making them very suitable for use on small warships.

The politicians had high hopes for this equipment, but the technical experts at the military factory had no such hopes. They had systematically studied Kazdel's hot melt cannon and unanimously believed that it was the pinnacle of direct-fire weapons for flexible engagements at short to medium ranges. The other side would not abandon its own development system to purchase these rapid-fire cannons with even worse prospects.

They still haven't figured out how the Thermal Cannon works—how it manages to unleash such a powerful and sustained magical attack without the need for warlocks. Conversely, they've learned some of the secrets of the Originium Orbital Cannon.

However, no country in the world is interested in this because they have not obtained the technology of using the special steel material from the master craftsman. If they were to use D32 steel, which has similar properties and better performance, the price would skyrocket. To this day, they still do not understand how this conductive metal material with properties similar to D32 steel is manufactured.

Without access to this inexpensive material, manufacturing an Originium railgun is like using silver wire while others use aluminum wire—it may have better performance, but it's not.

However, the price becomes completely impractical and unaffordable. Furthermore, while others only need gold-plated components, you need pure gold, which exacerbates this cost gap.

Everyone knows the principle behind the Originium Railgun, but no one can build it, and no one intends to build it, at least not until there is a breakthrough in materials science or the secrets of the alien steel are unlocked.

Unfortunately, the production and processing of the wrecked steel were all handled by Mr. Ke, and the finished products were produced in a very specific way. Before any battlefield debris was recovered, no one could obtain samples for analysis.

Moreover, sample analysis is not necessarily useful. Materials science is not something that can be used just by reading a formula in a beginner's article. The formulas in the laboratory are different from those in the industrial mass production process, not to mention the process determination, cold and heat treatment control, batch quality control and material processing in the industrial mass production process, which are all huge pitfalls.

Sometimes, even if you are given the formula and process documents, copying them may not yield any results.

Unless you bring in all of their production and design personnel and teach them step by step, they can learn relatively quickly.

If the problems that needed to be solved were really laid out one by one, Victoria's engineers would probably be rolling on the ground with their heads in their hands, yelling, "Master, stop chanting! Stop chanting! Stop using your magic!"

The Syracuse personnel wanted to sell their direct-fire weapons, while Old Xia wanted their indirect-fire weapons—mortar-like machines that, with some modifications, could be used to build self-propelled mortars on tractor chassis, providing excellent light indirect-fire support.

Not only their indirect fire artillery, but also their mountain chassis, "the Ascetic armored vehicle is truly a masterpiece of Syracuse."

Old Xia nodded as he looked at the armored vehicle in front of him that could only carry four people. Although this wheeled armored vehicle could only fit four people and was quite small, it was fast, had strong mobility, was flexible, and had a sufficiently wide weapon platform.

"This..." The chief engineer of the military factory was so embarrassed that he could practically carve out a three-bedroom apartment out of it. This thing was something that Terra generally acknowledged as something that could only be used to fight bandits in Syracuse.

The main reason is that Terra's heavy artillery cannot be miniaturized, so the firepower of this small armored vehicle is at the infantry level.

In other words, it only has armor-piercing crossbows or small grenade launchers. It's fine for bullying bandits and outlaws with little firepower in the mountains, but it can't defeat any of the targets it can handle on the plains.

As an awkward situation for the technician, the government official accompanying the dog tycoon on the tour immediately brightened up and quickly gave the factory director a wink: "Blow it up! Quickly blow this thing up!"

"This armored vehicle uses a pneumatic-hydraulic intelligent suspension system, requiring only one sorcerer..."

"Is it possible to achieve this without a warlock?"

"Yes, but the cost will increase a bit..." The factory manager and the chief engineer exchanged a glance and nodded decisively. As long as the boss didn't mind using the synthetic jade circuit control system, which would directly increase the price by 20%, they could do it.

"It can move quickly across any terrain. The reason we didn't use tracks is for ease of maintenance. Damaged tires can be replaced quickly. We used a more ingenious fixing method, and an engineer can replace all eight tires on both sides in just 10 minutes..."

"Armor..."

"We'll build our own armor." Old Xia looked down on Syracuse's armor technology, but Victoria's new alloy was somewhat promising. It was said to be an anti-magic alloy that could withstand direct hits from something akin to a molten cannon.

This alloy has a layer of stress-induced Originium particles on its surface, which will produce a certain Originium effect when excited by high energy, similar to explosive reactive armor. It is indeed a perfect match for the thermomelt cannon, which is no different from a thermal jet. However, it is hard to say whether it can guarantee that it will not be penetrated when facing high-pressure armor-piercing projectiles fired by Titans.

"In terms of weaponry..." The mobility, reliability, and ease of overhaul are all excellent. When it comes to weapon configuration, even the chief engineer doesn't know what to brag about.

Is it because it can be equipped with two infantry grenade launchers, which is equivalent to two grenade drones that cost only one percent of the price?

Or is it because it can be equipped with a repeating crossbow, allowing you to perform the function of a sniper operator with a sniper operator?

Its only advantage is that it has some armor. Ordinary infantry armor-piercing crossbows are probably useless against it, but it can be easily killed by a city-breaking crossbow.

"Regarding weaponry, have you considered mounting those mortars on it?"

"Um... it should be possible." No one had ever thought of this idea before. The main reason is that those light artillery pieces could be carried by two people, so there was no need to mount them on vehicles. Even if they were larger, they could be disassembled and taken away by camel or mule. So no one had thought of mounting them on vehicles. What would be the use of that?

"Absolutely!" The government official winked at the factory manager. "So, you mean..."

"Let's assemble one of these first and see how it goes. If it works, we plan to purchase 4000 vehicles and 5 production lines, including 2 production lines and 800 light artillery pieces."

"Absolutely no problem!" After quickly calculating how many times the order was equivalent to the annual profit of this military factory, the government official agreed without even blinking.

Don't think that they don't make money just because the other party buys the production line. That's where they really make a fortune, because buying the production line requires all sorts of supporting parts and maintenance, and that's where the real money is. The more they produce, the more Syracuse makes.

"Also, I've taken a look at your small assault boat. How about the technology transfer for the ultralight magic cannon on it? Name your price?"

That was one of Syracuse's more impressive technologies, a spell cannon that only required one sorcerer to use.

However, it is also not valued, for the same reason: it can be defeated by two warlocks with an ordinary vehicle.

Finding two targets that an ordinary warlock can't defeat is also useless.

Ultimately, none of the items Syracuse wanted to sell were to their liking. On the contrary, they figured the big boss probably wasn't interested, and they ended up selling a whole bunch of useless stuff, which suited the Syracuse government's requirements perfectly.

They initially approached the sales process with the mindset of taking a bite out of Victoria, even if it meant offending her. The global lack of consumer spending was beginning to show in Syracuse, and they urgently needed to find a new source of profit growth.

However, this would undoubtedly compete with Victoria for business and alter the military balance of power in Kazdel, practically digging a hole for Victoria's offshore balancing strategy. But... the Syracuses couldn't care less about that now.

The current outcome is optimal: the Syracuses have received the money, Victoria won't turn against them over scrap metal, and the customer seems satisfied. As long as the money is right, everything is negotiable – whatever they insist on is what they want.

Moreover, if the other side develops some new uses, and they are caught in the war and unable to meet the needs of the world market, Syracuse can.

Thus, the military procurement contract was signed at an astonishing speed. At the same time, to show its sincerity, Syracuse completed the construction of two land combat ships for New Kazdel at cost price. Both were small warships of about 4000 tons, while the weapons outfitting was installed by New Kazdel itself.

Meanwhile, at the recruitment office in New Kazdel, Lungmen, someone said, "I'm here to apply for an acting role."

“You…” The person in charge of the sign looked at the girl in front of him. Her figure and appearance were okay, and her body was very good. Except for her waist and legs being a little thick, she could find a professional figure coach to fix that.

However, while she is undeniably a pretty girl, compared to the charming succubi of the Sarkaz, she doesn't really have any outstanding features or obvious differences.

"Tell me first, have you ever worked in the film industry?"

"Of course!" The girl confidently pulled out a stack of posters. "I'm the female lead in the supernatural and fantasy series."

"It's you..." The girl in the poster didn't resemble the person in front of her at all. However, it might be due to makeup. The person in charge then looked down at her resume. She was indeed a famous movie star from Yan Country, even a big shot who had won three consecutive box office championships, but...

This makes things even more baffling. They're recruiting new people here for training, so what are you, a Grand Slam champion, doing here?

The salary and benefits here are clearly not even one-thousandth of her income, so they're not attractive at all.

"Um, may I ask why you resigned from your original agency?"

"It's not resignation, I've been fired..." The girl unabashedly revealed the Originium crystal mark on her right thigh, "Because I contracted Oripathy, and the production team hasn't offered me any more film contracts. Now..." Now she can't even afford to eat, especially since she's a gourmet.

"What kind of acting are you good at...?"

"As for martial arts, I once trained in boxing under the Tieyi Liuhe School and am confident that I have some experience in martial arts."

"Hmm..." This girl seems a bit silly, and thinking about it carefully, I do need some tough-guy actors on my side.

Although she may not be as beautiful as those little succubi, this kind of powerful and tough temperament is still necessary.

Otherwise, it would be too effeminate—after all, the last person to apply for a male actor position, codenamed Tsukimi Yoru, was a public relations officer from the East, and he also seemed…

Moreover, action films don't seem like a bad option, and she already has her own fan base and fame, so signing her shouldn't be a bad deal.

"However, Miss Iron Eater, we are recruiting trainees. Although you are already a very famous actress, after signing the contract, you will need to undergo the necessary training and learning..."

"No problem, I'm good at learning..." This is also a kind of self-cultivation. It's a good opportunity to see foreign film styles and film industry techniques, which is very useful for honing oneself. As a professional with "the self-cultivation of an actor", Miss Iron Eater doesn't care about such things at all.

Besides, she was running out of money for food and would really not be able to survive if she didn't find a job. Her high moral standards prevented her from resorting to robbery or theft.