It’s fun to expand for a while, and it’s always fun to expand!

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

Not to mention, while it’s fun, it’s also necessary.

This territory is getting bigger, and there are more sea areas that need to be patrolled on a daily basis. The original number of warships will definitely not be enough, and the fleet must be expanded!

Under this premise, in order to obtain a broader field of vision and increase air power support on this larger territory.

Then the aerial reconnaissance force and the goblin aerial bombing force must also be expanded together!

The old minister of the Ministry of Finance's whole little heart was twitching when he saw all the financial funds that needed to be spent.

Compared with the financial expenditure required to expand naval warships and airships of the air force, the expenditure required to expand the army's strength can only be said to be nothing.

At the same time, in today's Wanjie Civilization, the scope of recruitment has been expanded to all areas except the sixth, seventh and eighth districts.

This is also something that can't be helped.

Although to Luo Ji, the original citizens within his own civilization were more trustworthy.

However, year-round continuous conscription has 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, children just born in recent years also account for a large proportion.

As for those children, you won't be able to truly regard them as a labor force in the next fifteen or six years, let alone join the army and fight in the war.

In this way, in order to maintain productivity and labor force, recruiting troops from other regions has become inevitable.

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

The special architectural monuments of the Overlord erected in various cities, coupled with the loyalty blessed by his own talent, have enabled the people in those areas to develop some basic loyalty, which is still worthy of comparison.

use.

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

The people in these areas have just experienced war in their early years, so they cannot ask for too much.

Afterwards, looking at the report sent from the Ministry of Military Affairs, Luo Ji was actually quite satisfied.

All in all, those recruits who are not reserve forces but have basically zero basic training must first train for at least half a year.

If conditions permit, training for one or two years is also necessary.

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

In response, Guo Jia opened another document, handed it over, and reported at the same time...

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

Weapons are constantly being updated.

However, considering a series of issues such as quantity, cost and financial funding, it is often impossible to equip them all at once. Basically, we have to prioritize them and come in batches.

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

But fortunately, according to Bart Wildhammer, this Thunder Seven Type is currently the best-performing bolt-action rifle that their civilization of all worlds can produce. It is impossible to make a further improvement in the short term.

Upgraded and improved.

Therefore, Luo Ji didn't have to worry that the Thunder Seven Style was only half popular. The Ordnance Research Department had improved a new model of rifle with stronger performance.

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

As for the garrison inland, he also deployed some of them just in case. As for the other legions, he must take his time.

After confirming the latest progress, Luo Ji closed the document. Then, as if he remembered something, he asked Guo Jia...

"By the way, how is the research on the body armor that I previously asked the Ordnance Research Department to research?"

After entering this era, leaving aside 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, after all, closely related to their military, so Guo Jia has always been very concerned about it, and there is basically nothing wrong with asking him this question.

Sure enough, when faced with Luo Ji's question, Guo Jia said simply...

"Reporting to Your Majesty, multiple samples of body armor have been developed and are currently being tested and improved one by one. I'm afraid we have to wait for a while to get specific results."

Luo Ji nodded after hearing this.

He probably has an idea about this matter.

Firearms and bullets are one of the main means of output in this era, and body armor, as a corresponding piece of armor, is obviously not something that can be done with words.

What matters is overall performance.

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

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

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

Let alone full-body bulletproof armor, even if you just make a breastplate out of bulletproof alloy and wear it on your body, the weight will still be heavy on you.

At the same time, this bulletproof alloy is not just a piece of shit. You can have it if you want it? That’s impossible.

For dwarf craftsmen to forge a piece of bulletproof alloy, it takes a lot of work 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 methods and formulas of bulletproof alloys, trying to reduce costs and improve forging efficiency.

At the same time, he renovated an 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 to make bulletproof vests? Luo Ji couldn't bear the trouble.

Because the cost is too high and the manufacturing efficiency is too slow, you cannot carry out 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 and Forging Department.

But on the other hand, if the bulletproof ability is very poor, or basically not much, then it doesn't make much sense to equip it.

In this way, how to produce bulletproof vests that are bulletproof but not too bulky and relatively lightweight while controlling costs has become one of the main projects currently being studied by the Ordnance Research Department.
Chapter completed!