Chapter 963 Metal Bullet Shell

"Your Highness came back at the right time. The general has just received the information from Guantong. The armies of Jiaozhi, Piaoman, Nanzhang and Funan have invaded the border between Yuezhou and Yunzhou. Their small forward troops are fighting with Suzaku. After the battle, the army temporarily retreated, but was still stationed on the opposite side, seeming to be brewing something."

Everyone took their seats in the palace meeting hall, and Chang Wei was the first to report back.

After all, military aircraft are the most important thing in all matters.

Zhao Xu nodded.

To send news about Jiaozhou and Yunzhou back to Yancheng, there is no need to ride horses along the post road to Yancheng as before.

Because wired telegraphy is laid on multiple lines at the same time.

Naturally, cable telegraph stations were also constructed simultaneously in important state capitals.

The coastal route is naturally laid all the way south along Qizhou, Ningzhou, Zhezhou, and Haicheng.

The route for the central prefectures and counties starts from Yancheng, arrives at Jinzhou, and then goes south from Jinzhou to Sizhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Xiangzhou, and then to Jiaozhou.

Currently, the central line is being laid to Shacheng in Xiangzhou.

The western route is from Qinzhou to Yizhou and then to Yunzhou.

However, the western states and counties are remote and the roads are difficult, so the progress of this line is the slowest.

But that's okay.

Just send the information from Yunzhou and Jiaozhou to Shacheng.

As a result, the information transmission time that used to take one month from Yunzhou to Yancheng has been shortened to five or six days.

In the future, in addition to these three vertical lines, there will also be three horizontal lines laid from east to west, allowing the entire wired telegraph to form a mesh pattern on Dasong territory.

In this way, Dasong's information transmission will be truly accessible.

"So, the all-out war against Da Song has been going on for five or six days before I have returned?" Zhao Xu pondered for a while and said.

"Yes." Chang Wei looked bright, "Almost on the same day, Beidi also took action. Beidi troops appeared at Songyang Pass in Yizhou, on the north bank of the Jin River in Yongzhou, and in Ningjin Dusi, and there were several battles between the two sides. A small battle."

"The north and the south are acting at the same time?" Zhao Xu frowned upon hearing this, "If so, they must be following a unified plan. Huh, the wolves finally couldn't hold back anymore."

"Fortunately, Your Highness has the reputation of foresight and expanded the army before this. Otherwise, if we deal with it now, our troops will be stretched thin." At this time, Liu Fu couldn't help but sigh.

At that time, the civil strife in Dasong had just been settled, and everything was in ruins. King Yan suddenly wanted to expand his army, so he naturally had objections.

After all, there are too many places where Dasong needs money.

Moreover, he did not think at the time that King Yan's overseas wars would not only cost money, but also gain huge benefits.

But when Qu Sheng went to Luzon and shipped back a large amount of rubber, he admitted that he was wrong.

After all, King Yan had more foresight than him, including expanding his army.

"Exactly, otherwise it would be really dangerous this time." Yang Feng agreed.

After a pause, he frowned again, "But even so, we can't take it lightly. It's bitterly cold in the north right now, and there's already a thin layer of ice at the narrow spot of the Jin River. If the cold continues, horse racing on the ice won't be impossible. To the people of Beidi, the Jin River was like flat ground."

"What Yang Shangshu means is that Beidi may launch a large-scale attack in the Hetao Plain. Songyang Pass and Ningjin Dusi are actually just a cover-up?" Zhao Xu heard the implication of Yang Feng and asked.

"With your Highness's intelligence, I am afraid he understands better than the old minister." Yang Feng praised Zhao Xu at the right time, but did not give a clear answer.

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Don't put a high hat on me. Now that you have thought of it, you must have taken corresponding actions, right?"

The ministers all smiled, and Chang Wei said: "Back to your highness, the general has asked Chen Hu to lead the cavalry to Yongzhou, and at the same time, large mine arrays have been deployed near several narrow sections of the Jin River. This is Beidi's wishful thinking. I’m just afraid I made a mistake.”

Zhao Xu smiled, very satisfied with Chang Wei's handling of the matter.

After hanging out with him for so long, if you can't handle this, you really should go home and sell potatoes.

"In this case, I feel at ease. I just need to wait for Beidi to come and give me his head." Zhao Xu looked to the north.

This time, there is the Western-Turkish Allied Forces led by Britain in the south, and the Rus Kingdom and Beidi in the north.

They besieged Dasong at the same time with great momentum.

But now Dasong is no longer the weak Dasong before.

In the end, they will only have a bloody encounter.

After he defeats them one by one this time and resolves the siege, he will deal with them one by one.

Just as he was thinking about it, Wang Ying suddenly came out and said: "Your Highness, although I cannot wear a military uniform to kill the enemy on the front line for Your Highness to relieve this trouble, but when Your Highness went south, the general finally did this."

After saying that, Wang Ying opened his right hand, and a yellow-orange object appeared in his palm.

When Chang Wei and other generals heard this, they immediately turned their attention.

During this time, Wang Ying has been cheerful.

They knew that Wang Ying must have achieved great success.

But when they asked, Wang Ying refused to tell them.

Now that Wang Ying finally revealed the secret, they were naturally extremely concerned.

After all, every breakthrough of the Military Division is related to Dasong's army.

Zhao Xu was naturally attracted by the yellow-orange thing.

After looking at it repeatedly, the corners of his mouth raised and his smile became thicker, "Hahaha, after waiting for so long, I have not waited in vain. Metal bullets were finally born. Since then, Dasong's guns and artillery have also ushered in a revolutionary revolution. leap forward."

"Metal bullet!" Chang Wei swallowed.

The King of Yan had introduced him to the metal bullet.

This is the ultimate solution to the problem of air leakage in breech-loading rifles.

If the Qin-style rifle can use metal bullets, the power and range will be greatly improved.

The original effective range of 600 meters will be able to be increased to about 1,000 meters.

"That's right, it's the metal bullet. The current Bingzhang Division has not only mastered the skills of making metal bullets, but also achieved small-scale manufacturing. There is no problem in providing 5,000 metal bullets every day." Wang Ying said proudly.

Chang Wei couldn't help but click his tongue when he heard this, and then laughed and scolded, "Wang Ying, you are really good at hiding it."

Zhao Xu smiled lightly. The breakthrough in metal bullet technology is naturally a happy thing.

However, 5,000 bullets a day is still a drop in the bucket for war, and it is impossible to distribute them to soldiers on a large scale.

So he asked, "Is this metal bullet designed according to the caliber of the Qin-style rifle?"

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Ying replied, "And I have tested it and found that the Qin-style rifle can use this metal bullet."

"That's good, of course, and then expand the production capacity." Zhao Xu ordered.

Thinking of something very important, he asked again, "Since the metal bullet has been released, what about that important thing?"

After Zhao Xu's words fell, the ears of generals such as Chang Wei perked up again.

There is still a secret between King Yan and Wang Ying!