Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

Starting with the TV, there was no TV in the house, so it was just a matter of installing it. But after all the cleaning work in the kitchen, laundry room, and everywhere was replaced by Dou Dou, Phaethon himself didn't know what he should do. She didn't want to just do these jobs, but she was powerless after being deprived of her power. If there is a chance to do more important work.

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Phaethon bowed, "I have to trouble you to arrange work for me."

"Ah."

"Huh?" Phaethon wondered, "Shouldn't you say 'no trouble' at this time?"

"Because you are indeed in trouble! I have to take care of your mental health and I can't let you be idle. Why don't you go home quickly and insist on staying here with me?"

"you you you you you"

[Don't be fooled, he's trying to provoke you. ] Apollonia rarely spoke in a whisper.

"What is he excited about?"

【He is very arrogant. He hopes you won't feel guilty and live a good life here. Rome is in chaos day by day, and he doesn't want you to go back at this time. 】

"Well, I feel that I am becoming more and more useless. In the past, I could help the empire, but now even my dignity is given by Shangluo."

"What's your expression?" Shangluo tilted his head and looked at him, "Are you having diarrhea?"

She squeezed out a few words through her teeth: "You, you... are you hungry? Are you so hungry?"

Chapter 606 Recruitment

"I'm really hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"

"I'll get it for you."

Phaethon felt much better after returning to daily communication. But watching the Doudou Troupe on the TV, she felt that her job in the kitchen was gradually being threatened.

"It seems that I have to practice as soon as possible. Also, can I add some ingredients to this steamed bun stuffing?"

The next morning, we went to the Wutai Mountain Training Center. After registering with the guard, Phaethon walked in during recess with his hat in hand.

"Wow, it's amazing here."

Far away, she could hear goose-stepping and other formation training on the playground over there. This is a compulsory course for military students. The lower the grade, the more time they have to spend on queue training.

Like Rome, goose-stepping and lining up to be shot were important parts of both sides' history of conquering the world. On "very few" occasions, the two sides even fought each other, and Phaethon had long heard of the historical tactics of the "Chinese Army". And queue training is part of history repeating itself.

She couldn't go too far inside and had to wait for Lu Liang to come out on his own, so she stood next to the playground and watched - the queue training was the same as what was said in history.

Although both sides "line up and shoot", the tactics of Rome and Cathay are different.

Roman tactics were derived from legionary tactics, using dense and solid lines of infantry to advance. From a distance it looks like a whole line.

In the drill before them, the Cathay Army showed a completely different look - first, in front of the infantry position, there were dense lines of skirmishers moving in front. These skirmishers are flexibly organized into squads and follow the squad leader's orders to carry out blocking fire or retreat into formation. They also demonstrated the unique tactics of Cathay skirmishers: shooting from a crouching position.

The shotguns equipped for skirmishers will be equipped with two forks, which can stabilize the wall to the greatest extent when shooting in a crouching position, and can launch intensive and accurate shooting beyond the range of most muskets. However, the effectiveness of this action goes beyond that: squatting so low has exceeded the effective range of the cavalry saber, and only horses can hit it.

However, animals like horses obviously cherish their hooves more than fighting. Unless forced to crowd together, horses will not actually actively trample large creatures like humans. And the cavalry in dense formation itself is a living target——

This is the next floor. Unlike the Roman army, which emphasized infantry lines and firearms firepower, the Cathay army known to Phaethon preferred to use

artillery.

Massive light artillery. Those artillery were carried directly by the infantry, and then fired terrible close combat firepower at the infantry's engagement distance. This tradition has been extended to the Cathay Army today.

According to public information, even the team tactics of the Sinian Army in Shaoping 4 years still centered on the "weapon squad" composed of mortars, heavy grenade rifles, and heavy rocket launchers. As for the light portable rocket launchers, they were completely Regardless of the establishment, everyone will basically carry an armor-piercing round or a cloud explosive round with them.

As always, the Cathayans have been keen to bring heavy weapons to the front line for hundreds of years, and they can't wait to bring the heavy howitzer to the front line and fire them straight.

Moreover, as modern artillery firepower gradually becomes more reliable and more powerful, the Sinian Army has emphasized in its military reform that the frontline infantry should make "prudent" decisions to avoid launching unnecessary impacts, and try to call in artillery clusters and aviation teams. Bombing to resolve the battle.

Generally speaking, from the Roman perspective, the Cathay Army's tactics since ancient times have had two elements: first, there can never be too much firepower. Second, the lives of "Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals" are not worth sacrificing in the attrition against barbarians, and any loss is unacceptable. In Cathay, bombs are as worthless as dirt. Rather than chanting sutras, the Cathayans prefer to use bombs to talk to the barbarians. Bombs are the currency of the emperor.

Rome is different. Because Rome regarded the barbarians themselves as the emperor's currency. Different barbarians had different currencies, but in the end they could all be used by the empire under the overall coordination of Constantinople.

"Ah, did we do something wrong?" Looking at the Cathay soldiers who were training, Phaethon felt lost. After all, Rome is now on the verge of failure. Although the problem is not the policy towards barbarians, Rome failed, and everything is worthy of rethinking.

"Yo~~" Lu Liang patted her shoulder from behind, "What are you thinking about?"

"It's okay, just look at your training."

"What's so interesting about lining up for little brats? The teams can't even stand together. Please watch the military exercises at the Qiu Cao Parade later. That's worth watching. Just like a formula car, sometimes we can Play a brand new strategy that even the front line will appreciate.”

"This, Shangluo said it last time, it's your hat." Phaethon handed over the hat.

Lu Liang took it and his eyes were stunned for a moment. She put her hat in front of her nose.

"What's the matter?" Phaethon asked.

"It smells so good. Did you scent it before delivering it?"

"No, it was Shangluo who wore it. This is the fragrance on his body - the fragrance of heavenly beings. Heavenly beings have wonderful and different bodies, and their fragrance is clean and natural."

"The scent on his body? Is it still there after taking a shower?"

"He actually doesn't need to take a bath at all. Heavenly beings' bodies can clean themselves. He takes a bath now just out of habit. In fact, it's the same if he doesn't take a bath."

"Hey" Lu Liang leaned into her ear and whispered, "What about him?"

Lu Liang continued to lower his voice: "That's it, does it smell like that?"

Phaethon shook his head: "Not at all. Even his most intimate clothes are full of such fragrance, and I found it when he was washing. Helping him wash his clothes was just a formality, in fact it was not at all There is no need to wash. Sometimes he has to put some hand cream on himself to cover it up, otherwise the fragrance on his body will be very prominent. If it is replaced by the soapy fragrance of the hand cream, it will not be so prominent—— By the way, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"Hey, is this a topic among girls?"

"Do girls ask this question among themselves? What do you think of him?"

"Panda," Lu Liang replied, "That's what pandas are like. Pandas even poop with the fragrance of bamboo leaves, and Shangluo is probably the same - eh, I'm curious, what do you think of him?"

Lu Liang looked at her with interest——

"Ah, what?" Phaethon answered, "Is the Imperial Guard still short of people to work for?"

"It's lacking, it's very lacking." Lu Liang suddenly became more energetic, "Are you planning to come and work? I have advised you to come here a long time ago. We are in need of talents like you."

"I have applied for the General of Han Dynasty through Shangluo."

"What a big Han general." Lu Liang shook his head and said, "It's a pity for someone like you to be a vase. You should go directly to become an operator. It's all on me. We in the prison need people like you."

PS: Happy New Year 2024 everyone~~

In addition, as mentioned before, new books to be released during the Spring Festival are also in preparation. Stay tuned~~

Chapter 607 Cao Army

"Hmm~~" Lu Liang put on his hat and took a careful breath, "The smell is still there. I am also blessed."

"If I go to work in Jinyiwei, can I also get this set?"

"Prisoners don't wear this uniform. You should know by looking at these peacock feathers. If you wear this when walking around the house, you don't need a feather duster to clean the ceiling. But if you want this uniform, everyone has it."

"That's fine. A certain master of ours wanted me to join the Imperial Guard after he saw this outfit."

"Is it really difficult to take care of him?"

"No, most of the time he doesn't have any requirements, but when there are requirements, he must fulfill them, otherwise he will not give up."

"So, he's pretty good?"

Phaethon thought for a while: "From my point of view, he is indeed a good person. He is indeed a good person."

"Then what are you waiting for?"

"?"

"?"

The two looked at each other.

"Ah" Phaethon covered his forehead, "I will only talk about it if a girl is here. Ah, I actually didn't think about it much before. But after meeting him, I suddenly felt that it wouldn't be a bad idea to consider it."

"Yes, yes." Lu Liang nodded, "It's indeed very good. So, what are your considerations?"

"I owe him a lot. When my life reached a low point, many people saved me, and Shangluo was one of them. And I am sure that he is probably the most critical one. I really I don't know how much I owe him, and besides him, I have many, many people to repay. It's because of them that I can live again. Ah, I get a headache when I mention this - you suddenly ask this What are you doing? Aren’t you going to go back to class?”

"My class is here. As a senior student, I have to supervise the formation training of the junior students. I see that they are walking well, so I just leave them there without supervision. A gentleman should be cautious, and they can do it even when no one is supervising them. Just practice hard, this is the quality that the students of Wutaishan Training Institute should have. Looking back, I see if anyone starts to slack off, so I just go up and kick them."

"Good guy is this necessary?"

"No. We don't encourage beating and scolding soldiers, except for military cadets. Children have to kick twice, otherwise they don't know where to open the Zhengyang Gate. When they are as old as me, if they still have to kick twice If we educate with our feet, it will be hopeless.”

"By the way, what do you have to learn at this stage?"

"You want to pry into secrets?" Lu Liang blinked. "But it's okay to tell you. According to the military reform in the 28th year of Taihe, the current main military theory research direction of the Imperial Guard is 'air-ground integrated strike'. In our case, this means we must master the entire process of calling for air support. This requires practice. The large questions in our exams will have military maps printed on them. In the future, we must be proficient in using the relevant knowledge and call for air support according to the format. The number of questions is very large, because speed is life, and the faster the call, the more barbarians can be killed."

"Can the Custodians call for air support so quickly?"

"This is not surprising. Including the various Serbian forces that have established their own army, our Forbidden Army, Army, and Navy all have their own air power. However, among them, the Forbidden Army's air-ground integration progress is the highest. Among the Forbidden Army, it serves The number of personnel in the air force is actually greater than that of the Forbidden Army Marine Force and the Forbidden Army Ship Force."

"Is there such a branch of the Cathay Army?!"

"Is there anything strange about this?" Lu Liang replied, "It can be subdivided below. Are the Serbian Army people from all walks of life? There are the Northwest Serbian Army and the Nanyang Serbian Army. Our army also has a There are a lot of branches - for example, our Cao army alone has 45."

"Cajun? Caojun of the canal?"

"Not just canals, but also railways. We believe that canals and railways are the same thing, because both canals and railways cross a large number of administrative districts, and even cross the borders of kinai to various towns and vassals, so there is a need for a team that can transcend administrative divisions. Mobile troops along canals and railways are used to defend it. So we have 45 troops deployed along railways and canals. They protect more than one million troops. They set out from the two capitals to maintain the lifeline of various military garrison posts. This affects the lives of more and more people.”

"Wait a minute, so you have other departments and have your own armies?"

"The six ministries basically have their own armies. For example, the Cao Army is the army of the General Administration of Water Transport and Railways of the Ministry of Industry. They can be mobilized directly without going through the Ministry of War. The Cao Army is under the management of the Cao Transport Guards.

"In addition, there is the Military Craftsman Guard, which is responsible for manufacturing weapons, and is under the control of the Ministry of Industry; there is the Qunmu Guard, which is responsible for horse administration, and it is under the control of Taipu Temple; and there are various mausoleum guards, which are now special troops under the Ministry of Rites. , the Ministry of Rites will mobilize the Xiaoling Guards to perform special tasks, mainly to protect the imperial envoys. There are also various guard stations belonging to different departments. You can see the Jinyi Guards of the Forbidden Army and the Xiaoling Guards of the Ling Army in Yujing. , and the martial arts left guard of the military craftsman. On the contrary, the Ministry of War itself cannot mobilize troops and horses at will."

"How many armies do you have?"

"There are as many armies as there are military households. There are actually more than four million military households, which means more than four million army troops. We do not recruit soldiers from civilian households, and voluntary recruitment from within military households is enough. But most of the army has people from Various departments have to carry out heavy tasks. For example, the Cao Army travels with ships and vehicles all year round, and they also have to train their own armored trains. Those who can be mobilized to fight at any time are the Forbidden Army. But that's all."

Lu Liang thought for a while: "If it really involves fighting around the railway, if you ask the Cao Army to dispatch, suppressing the barbarians will not be a problem. After all, the Cao Army can mobilize railway cannons to support it. The Cao Army's first task is to protect Trains and ships generally will not completely annihilate the enemy. They will call other nearby combat units to support them. If there is a large group of rebels in a systematic way, then the Forbidden Army's bombers will have to be mobilized."

"So actually, you are closer to the status of the Air Force?"

"That's true. It's just because our armies are too scattered and we haven't centralized our air power for the time being. Does Rome have an air force?"

Phaethon nodded: "We have each legion with its own 'air force'. The legions rarely cooperate with each other and perform their own tasks independently. It is only the army and air force within the legion. We emphasize more on that." Armored warfare, because the barbarians like to build strongholds, requires the army to dispatch mechanized troops to break through and tear apart the barbarian defense lines. However, these are all things of the past."

"Ah, indeed. I have heard that the imperial court is planning to start military reforms based on Shangluo's opinions. Tsk, I wonder what Shangluo will do after seeing our game of chess."

Take a break at the beginning of the month~ I’ll update today.

Chapter 608 Test

[Classmate Shangluo. Regarding the military reform you are about to handle, I got some information from the message forwarded by Phaethon that may raise your blood pressure. 】

"What."

【Considering that you are doing something happy now, I’ll talk to you later. 】

"That's okay." Shangluo returned his attention to the things in front of him that made him feel happy - using "cutting-edge technology" to hand over the work of the Longjiang team next year.

"So," Han Xingzhi on the side didn't hear the exchange between him and Apollonia, "so, brother, you are half-hearted now, right?"

"Well, that's exactly it. But because the extra Lingtai heart and the like only run on the eight extraordinary meridians. So if it is not driven by true energy, it will not have any benefit on my normal physiological functions."

"So, you really started to stack up?" Han Xingzhi blinked, "That's the day you asked us, if we want to cheat, what super powers do we want to get?"

Shangluo nodded: "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, right? This is to strengthen your foundation and cultivate your wealth."

"Good guy" Han Xingzhi was stunned for a moment, "I just take some heart-nourishing medicine to strengthen my foundation and strengthen my body. Brother, can you just get two more hearts?"

"This is physical cultivation." Shangluo emphasized, "Physical cultivation means that you should strengthen your body."

"Can I live forever?" Han Xingzhi asked immediately. After all, the ultimate goal of cultivating immortality is immortality. If you don't live forever, even having a heart and six lungs is of little use.

"You can think of it this way." Shangluo replied, "The so-called longevity, if you analyze the word, you can get it: the essence of longevity is to maintain the continuity of consciousness. Although heaven and man can use the small Zhoutian to transcend the big Zhoutian, But as long as the body itself is strong enough, then there is no harm in living in the Great Zhoutian. When the time comes, you might as well use your physical body to become a saint and use martial arts to break the void, maybe you can also ascend."

"Is there such a thing???"

"Well, I don't know what will happen next. But judging from my own situation, relying on acupuncture points to deploy spiritual energy organs is a simple and effective method."

If it was truly "cyberpunk", Shangluo probably wouldn't even want to experiment on himself. After all, he was living well, and he didn't want to have his natural heart removed and replaced with a pump. Even if the performance of the pump is better, the heart can provide more than just performance - even if it is not the heart but only an organ such as the arm that is replaced by a mechanical one, the resulting chain reaction may affect the entire person's physical condition. There is a decline.

The real cyberpunk is completely contrary to immortality and is burning one's own life.

Shangluo would not set himself on fire for nothing. He wanted these “prosthetics” to not actually interact with the human body from the start—at least not at first.