Iron Dynasty

Yes, Your Majesty, we are working on it.

Lin Wentao bowed and said, in fact, the current research at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering is not sequential, but parallel.

With the increase of researchers in the Empire, the Mechanical Research Institute was divided into many groups, each group was responsible for different mechanical research, this forging hydraulic press is one of them.

Lu Tong heard the words and said: This is what I want. Now some plastic products in the chemical industry need to be forged.

Plastic? What is this? Lin Wentao asked in confusion. He was a serious subject and had no concept of some things in chemistry.

Song Changping and Chen Qi also turned their ears to listen.

Xiao Ming knew something about Lu Tong's successful production of plastic. Most of the news that had appeared in the newspapers over the years was about the Imperial Machinery Industry.

However, the development of the chemical industry has also been progressing rapidly, silently providing assistance to the machinery industry.

Before you know it, the empire has been able to produce oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, helium and other chemical gases, and the fertilizer industry, paper industry, pharmaceuticals and other industries have also developed by leaps and bounds.

This plastic is actually resin. It can be said that natural resins such as asphalt, rosin, amber, and shellac can be used to make plastic. Xiao Ming explained.

In contemporary times, in the late 19th century, scientists successfully nitrified natural cellulose and used camphor as a plasticizer to make the world's first plastic variety, and then the first synthetic phenolic plastic was born.

Now Lutong has been able to synthesize phenolic plastics, which have been used by the empire's electrical and instrument manufacturing industries.

When everyone heard the words, it was immediately clear that through the topic of plastics, they talked about new things in their respective industries, and an exchange meeting was born.

Xiao Ming didn't bother to see that they were discussing intensely, and took Qian Dafu to leave the equipment department and went directly to the general staff.

With the efforts of Lin Wentao and others, the empire's industrial capabilities have grown stronger and stronger, which has also given the empire the strength to expand externally.

Now he went to the General Staff to formulate a long-term strategy for the empire.

When he came to the General Staff, Cui Shangan immediately greeted him, still holding a pen in his hand, as if he was writing something.

Entering the combat department of the General Staff, twenty young generals saluted him one after another. These are the staff of the General Staff and are responsible for formulating combat plans on weekdays.

After returning to a military salute, Xiao Ming looked at the huge model in the middle of the war department, a three-dimensional version of the world map of this model.

On this model, countries all over the world are clearly presented, and some important cities in some countries also have models that stand up.

Now all the areas occupied by the empire are planted with the dragon flag of the empire.

Your Majesty, this is the port currently planned by the last commander. Cui Shangan pointed to the model and said, there are port models one by one along the coastline on the model, which is what Cui Shangan is doing now.

To control the world's trade, the empire must control the world's ports, and to deal with Europe and North America more effectively, the empire also needs to have its own ports all over the world.

So while oil was being shipped back from the Middle East, the empire was building its own port strategy step by step.

On the map, Cui Shangan's port plan circled around Africa. This is also something that can't be done at present, because the Suez Canal has not been excavated, so it can only take a detour along Africa.

Xiao Ming couldn't help frowning at this unjust road. In contemporary history, France under Napoleon's rule dug through the Suez Canal. After that, Britain and France jointly operated the Suez Canal, charging fees for the merchant ships passing through the Suez Canal, so that they could earn a lot of money. bowl full.

Thinking of this, he said: The route to Africa is too long. The Empire wants to dig through this canal and shorten the route from the Empire to Europe.

Cui Shangan looked at the place where Xiao Ming pointed. This place is within the territory of the Ottoman Empire, which is the connection point between the Middle East and Africa.

Stunned for a moment, Cui Shangan said, It's just the emperor. This seems to be the territory of the Ottoman Empire. Does the emperor want to start a war against the Ottoman Empire?

Now that Persia is fighting for the empire, why should the empire take action. Xiao Ming had his own ideas. In his plan, once Persia defeated the Ottoman Empire, it would claim land from the Ottoman Empire.

At that time, the empire will ask Persia to take this land down, and the empire will get it from Persia. In this way, the empire will get the Suez Canal area without a fight.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming said his thoughts.

Cui Shangan nodded, This method is feasible, but now the war between Persia and the Ottomans has not yet been decided, and the European countries will certainly not easily give up the plan to disrupt the empire's westward advance. If you want to separate the war as soon as possible Victory or defeat, the Empire may have to intervene directly.

Xiao Ming frowned, he refused to compromise with Britain on the issue of the Persian and Ottoman wars.

After Brooke went back, the British were bound to be furious, and they might even encourage mercenaries to enter the Ottomans to fight.

According to intelligence, the United Kingdom has now mastered the technology of rear-loading guns and cardboard bullets. If they forcibly intervene, the war between Persia and the Ottomans will inevitably add more variables, and this is not what he wants to see.

Although cardboard bullets have poor airtightness, many residues and are prone to moisture, this rifle has changed the way Europeans fight.

From then on, the line fighting was gone forever, and there would no longer be a whole row of British people lining up to target machine guns in the war.

Send a batch of machine guns to Persia, train a group of machine gunners for Persia, and dispatch snipers to help them shoot the Ottoman officers. Xiao Ming said.

Although they are both the two major powers in Central Asia, the Ottoman Empire is stronger than the Persian Empire in overall strength.

This is why Persia has the weapons of the empire, and the war is still in a state of anxiety.

Cui Shangan understood that Xiao Ming was gradually losing his patience. After all, the later it was, the more likely Europe would send mercenaries.

This is the final arrangement. Cui Shangan called, ordered a batch of machine guns and ammunition to be transferred from the arsenal, and sent machine gunners to Persia.

After hanging up the phone, Cui Shangan said, Did the emperor just send this batch of planes to Persia?

It was lent to Persia. After the war, let them return to the empire. Xiao Ming said, Persia's strength will inevitably increase after this war, and Ottoman will be stagnant for a long time.

If Persia still has machine guns, the Ottomans will really be finished. Who will control this huge empire spanning Asia, Africa and Europe? At that time, the oil of the empire may not be so easy to obtain.

Cui Shangan took it for granted. After all, things like machine guns have become commonplace in the empire, but in Persia, the empire is basically a direct transition from cold weapons to hot weapons, and the impact will not be a little bit.