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Chapter 125 The Prince Inspecting the Production Line
It is not without reason that Yang Zhen was appointed to take full charge of the Marine Corps training class. He has just reached the age of destiny, and he can be said to be the most senior amphibious combat expert in Ming Dynasty.

As a witness who has witnessed Daming from the brink of collapse to the present stage since childhood, Yang Zhen does not pursue fame and fortune, and knows that his ability is limited and he cannot make a left and right, so he chose a position for himself early on, and then took root in the One aspect has been studied for half a lifetime.

And the aspect he chose was naturally amphibious warfare.

Starting from learning the organizational model and tactics of Britain and France, and now developing completely based on the national conditions of the country, Yang Zhen has made great contributions to the construction of the Ming Marine Corps. This new large-scale Marine Corps unit with independent combat capabilities is also a proposed by him.

In fact, this proposal was written by him as early as two years ago, but it has not been passed, and it was not adopted until this year.

"Tsk, this son is no small matter."

As the sun was setting, Yang Zhen, who returned to his mansion, carefully reviewed Zhou Changfeng's work, and after reading it, he couldn't help sighing like he was talking to himself.

In terms of tactical thinking, application, organization, coordination, support, and many other aspects, this short essay of a few thousand words actually mentions it all, and it is quite brilliant.

Although limited by the space, there is not much ink on each aspect, but it is enough to reflect the author's skill - quite detached in thought, but not unrealistic.

In particular, the argument on tactical organization coincided with his own, which was quite to his liking, which made Yang Zhen extremely satisfied for a while.

In this case, it is boring to look at other people's general theories.

Even for Yan Chenwu, who he is quite optimistic about, his writing seems to be eclipsed, a bit dull and old-fashioned.

"Our country really has a lot of talents." Yang Zhen sighed and dialed the number of Xu Zhanming's mansion.

"Zhichong, the Zhou Changfeng you picked is a treasure. How did you get it from the imperial army?"

Xu Zhanming on the other end of the phone was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but recall the experience of arguing with the imperial army a few days ago, which made his head swell.

He pretended to be relaxed and replied: "I just discussed it, and Pang Lingqi still has to give me this bit of face."

In fact, Xu Zhanming smashed his teeth and swallowed it in his stomach, because that old man Pang Lingqi confiscated twenty bottles of old Moutai and dozens of bottles of Mianzhu Daqu and Luzhou Daqu from him!

Not to mention the latter, the twenty bottles of Moutai alone are worth at least several thousand yuan!

Xu Zhanming felt that he and Pang Lingqi were enemies, because he liked to collect wine but didn't drink much; while Pang Lingqi loved fine wine very much, and he was happy with everything, but he didn't like to collect wine.

Ever since, Xu Zhanming's fine wine collection over the past few years was wiped out on the grounds of poaching.

This is not over yet, because apart from Pang Lingqi, Huang Taize, the brigade commander of the Third Mixed Brigade, is on his way back to Beijing, and I heard that he is ready to come to Xingshi to question him!

Xu Zhanming was helpless, but facing his old friend who was full of interest at the moment, he could only pander to him and say, "What made you so happy? What did that kid do so brilliantly?"

So Yang Zhen gave a brief introduction, and lamented that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves ahead.

Xu Zhanming also echoed a few words sincerely, it is a great thing to be able to dig a treasure, how can a good general be compared to a mediocre general?

Seeing that his old friend was so satisfied, he felt for a while that it was not a loss for him to be extorted of so much wine.

Zhou Changfeng, who had handed in his essay early before and left, was naturally not aware of the current situation. At the moment, he was enjoying dinner with Xia Xiaoshi.

Otherwise, why write so fast?If you have nothing to do, how good is it to write slowly?

At the same time, in Wuhan Mansion thousands of miles away, the luxury train on which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was riding slowly stopped beside the platform amidst the sound of the whistle.

This is a special steam locomotive designed and manufactured by Kua'e Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd., with a composite three-cylinder, two external low-pressure cylinders and an internal high-pressure cylinder, loaded with 36 tons of water and 12 tons of coal, axle number 2-8-4, six-section formation , The normal maximum output power is 2400 horsepower.

Its biggest appearance feature is that the locomotive is wrapped by a streamlined fairing. Its maximum test speed is as high as 130㎞/h, and the actual operating average speed is about 90㎞/h.

This kind of experimental high-speed steam locomotive is not uncommon in the world, but it is usually only used to test new technologies. Because of the relatively high operating costs, not many are actually put into private passenger transport.

Except for the two dedicated to the emperor and one for the crown prince, there are only twelve private trains in operation, which represent the highest level of passenger train transportation in Daming.

"Your Highness, everything is correct and has been properly arranged."

"Let's go."

Zhu Liqie made a special trip this time to inspect the newly built automobile production line of Yangyue Company. As an important manifestation of the country's hard power, Daming's foundation in this area is really too weak.

Last year, the total output of Daming cars was only more than 7 vehicles, which was slightly more than that of Italy. It could not be compared with Britain and France, which produced hundreds of thousands of vehicles, let alone the United States, which produced more than 400 million vehicles.

Apparently, everyone is not self-deprecating compared with Italy, the size of the two is so far apart that there is no comparability.

Since it is already evening today, it is impossible to rush to inspect, so naturally we have to rest for one night.

Although the emperor asked him to stay in the palace of Wuhan Mansion, the basic rules still had to be followed, so Zhu Liqie stayed in the side hall that night.

At Chenshi the next day, the fiery red sun had already risen, and the thoroughfare of nine provinces was still hot in September, and it would have to wait until October to cool down quickly.

At the front are [-] motorcycles clearing the way, followed by [-] open-top off-road vehicles. Each vehicle has its own flag. The name is Jinyiwei.

Then came the four bulletproof cars in which Zhu Liqie and his attendant officials were riding, with more than a dozen three-wheeled sidecar motorcycles on both sides; Armored vehicles line up.

The breeze was blowing and the flags were fluttering. Although such a ceremonial guard had been simplified, it was still grand.

The factory of the new production line of Yangyue Company is located in Hanyang County. People in the Ming Dynasty generally called the industrial park "workshop". One hundred and eight squares in Chang'an.

The arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person obviously cannot be ignored. The Inspection Department of Hanyang County is responsible for the external security, and the internal security is solely in charge of the Jin Yiwei.

I saw hundreds of company employees and hired workers waiting for a long time at the gate of the workshop. On the roof of the factory building inside, there were vaguely visible figures shaking.

On the water tower, there are also several guards in Jinyi. One of them is holding a Swiss K31 straight-pull bolt-action rifle, but equipped with a Type [-] triple scope from Hangzhou Jingrui Optical Company. He is carefully watching the surrounding movement .

(End of this chapter)