No matter what ammunition is needed on the front line, Xi'an's arsenal can produce it at full capacity.

Except for the famous thermite rockets, almost all types of ammunition are produced here.

In addition to ammunition, locomotive heads are also produced here.

Europe is still using old-fashioned steam locomotives, but the Ming Dynasty has already used internal combustion engines.

There is no longer a need to pull two cars of coal behind the locomotive.

In Xi'an, Li Xiao saw a new type of small locomotive.

This is quite new. From Li Xiao's perspective, this thing looks more like a toy in the park.

"Commander, this is a small locomotive specially used for narrow gauge railways.

Those at the back are small carriages specially used on narrow-gauge railways.

This small carriage can pull 1,100 kilograms per carriage.

The front of the car can pull fifteen such carriages.

Because the load capacity is not large, the railway roadbed requirements are not high.

This kind of thing can be used as a branch line railway, because the railway is easy to build and suitable for temporary laying to the front line.

In this way, our supplies can reach the hands of frontline soldiers more quickly.

Originally, this thing was designed for mines.

But we feel that it is more convenient to use it on the front line."

Li Xiao's eyes lit up. He didn't expect to see such a dazzling surprise here.

"How's the speed?" Li Xiao asked with interest.

"The full-load speed can reach 50 kilometers per hour. After all, the front end of the locomotive is too small, resulting in a lot less power." The director of the motorcycle factory said with some helplessness.

"Fifty kilometers, that's enough!"

Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction.

If this thing is put into place dozens of kilometers behind the battle line, it will greatly solve the problem of the Ming army's lack of linear transportation capacity.

The most important thing is that the train does not weigh much.

There is no need to build a heavy-haul railway like the Central Asia Railway.

Only a simple small train track needs to be built to deliver supplies to the front line.

Even if the Ming army retreats, as long as the trains are driven away, the coalition forces cannot continue to use these railways.

"good!

very good!

This thing must be mass-produced as soon as possible and then sent to the front line.

I will provide training for the rear. The Korean and Japanese engineers who have recently entered Russia will first come to you to learn how to lay railways.

From now on, they will lay this kind of narrow-gauge railway.

You did a good job and you are a talented person!" Li Xiao patted the factory director on the shoulder with satisfaction.

"Thank you for the compliment, Marshal!" The director of the motorcycle factory was almost forty years old, and he felt a little embarrassed to be praised by Li Xiao.

My hand wanted to grab my head but I didn't dare. I picked it up and put it down, which was very embarrassing.

Li Xiao doesn't care about this, since people who do well will be promoted anyway.

Especially this kind of person who can take the initiative to think about things.

Make the train locomotive smaller and the train carriage smaller as well. This is not a difficult thing!

But those nerds at the institute just couldn't think of it.

Building such a simple railway near the front line will greatly ease the current logistics supply of the Ming army.

At the same time, it can also free up more airships and invest them in places where they are more needed.

I stayed in Xi'an for two days and had a good look at the Xi'an Repair Center.

Kong Youde followed Li Xiao with a big belly and proudly introduced his results to Li Xiao.

Logically speaking, it is really unreasonable for a lieutenant general to be the director of this cosmetic surgery center.

But Kong Youde seemed to like this location very much, and not only built many new barracks.

There are even a lot of training equipment on the playground!

This makes the playground closer to the infantry training ground of later generations!

"Commander, when I first came here, there was nothing. I didn't know how the soldiers at the front were trained!

Look at it now, there are sand pits, mire pools, fire pools, and obstacles all available.

Don't dare to brag about anything else, just pick out any soldier who has graduated here.

I can run down the four-hundred-meter obstacle within five minutes."

"Haha, if you say that, I can really pick a soldier to run away. If you can't run away, your old face will be greatly embarrassed."

Li Xiao looked at Kong Youde and said with a smile.

"Commander, you can choose whatever you want.

If one of them fails to escape, I will whip him to death with a whip.

Well……!"

He was so excited that he even used the usual swear words.

These old guys were no different from bandits when they were soldiers.

My mother often talks about it, and she was still restrained when she first met Li Xiao.

But when we talked about the renovation center, we were so excited that we actually forgot about it.

Seeing Kong Youde at a loss, Li Xiao just smiled and did not reprimand him.

"Now, are there still cases of beating, scolding and corporal punishment of recruits?"

"Yes!" Kong Youde answered very simply, which surprised Li Xiao.

He gave repeated orders not to hit, scold or corporally punish the recruits.

"Commander, you can't do anything without force. To lead troops, you rely on whips and boards.

Don't worry, the soldiers I brought here are all good soldiers."

Kong Youde beat his chest like a diamond.

Li Xiao was a little helpless, his face darkened and he looked at Kong Youde.

"However, if those sons of bitches dare to extort recruits, I will be equally rude.

On the training ground, being strict with new recruits is to teach them the skills to save their lives.

What kind of thing is it for a squad leader to extort money from recruits and ask his own soldiers to treat them to dinner?

On the first day I arrived, I issued a ban on blackmailing the recruits and not eating the wine they invited.

Some bastards bumped into the muzzle of my gun, and I hung them up and whipped them hard.

It’s better now, no one dares to do this anymore.”

Li Xiao wanted to lose his temper, but after hearing Kong Youde's words, he felt helpless.

People of his generation have never learned how to lead troops. Simple and crude methods are their only way.

But what he said is correct. Strict requirements on the training ground will also allow the recruits to survive more on the battlefield.

This is why Li Xiao insisted on letting the new soldiers go through training before being put into the battlefield.

A common man puts on a military uniform, gives them a gun and sends them to the battlefield.

That is no different than taking human life lightly!

War is the ultimate battle between human life and death.

A single oversight in that place may turn into ashes and come back.

It takes a mother at least eighteen years to raise a son. But to kill them, all it takes is a bullet or shrapnel, which is enough in an instant.

"Okay, look at the soldiers you trained.

Um... Well, the fifth soldier in the third row, come out and run through these obstacles."

Li Xiao did not select the soldiers in the first platoon. He knew that these people in the first platoon were 100% trained top-notch soldiers.
Chapter completed!