Chapter 567: Edge of War (Part 3)

"What are you thinking about?" Alicia gently pressed Ji Lin's head: "Isn't today's work already completed?"

Ji Lin was a little uncomfortable at first, but whether he was used to her being around him or not... he quite enjoyed it.

Five years is enough to train a group of talents who can be used.

The population size of the territory has also been temporarily fixed at 350,000. Ji Lin needs time to transform this group of blank foreign population into skilled workers who are deeply involved in the work of the territory.

From farmers to workers.

A large number of new generation officials have taken office in the middle management. This group of new forces has greatly improved the vertical management capabilities of the territory and also slightly freed the ministers from heavy work.

The mechanical computer near the city hall has played an important role in maintaining the management of the territory. Although the ability of "Zhong" is limited by the size of the computer array, it is more than enough to process the data currently generated by the territory.

Since the automatic machine took office, Ji Lin found that he didn't even need an archive keeper. After obtaining the files, "Zhong" could collect the files and put them in the archives next to it.

Alicia has one day off a week. After get off work, she can take the train from the territory to the Sky Island in half an hour to find Ji Lin sitting in the office and give him benefits.

"I'm reading the technical report. The researchers from the Academy of Engineering said that the second batch of the new walking mecha has come out." Ji Lin took out a design draft and put it in the sun, looking at the solid frame outlined through the sun.

The medium-sized walking mecha with anti-jointed walking feet can freely switch between the 20mm semi-automatic cannon and the 75mm reduced-charge long-barrel cannon.

The engineers used the high-heat light flow generated by the arcane generator to weld a layer of 45mm equivalent steel plate on the frame... The hot light flow welding requires a rune craftsman or a spellcaster to operate, allowing Ji Lin to enjoy the benefits of the acetylene welder half a generation in advance.

"The people at the Academy of Engineering have improved the welding process in mass production. Now the installation of welded armor reduces the welding time by 10% compared to before. They said that the next batch needs to wait for 15% of the production cycle due to installation and training."

Welded armor is stronger than riveted armor, and there is no need to worry about the main armor being hit in battle, causing the internal rivets to be impacted and ejected like bullets in a narrow space.

The 45mm equivalent steel plate on the front is a bit weak, but it is enough to resist small and medium-sized projectiles. Ji Lin does not expect this walker to withstand direct anti-armor fire.

As for the joints, the joints are left to fate. The joints of the walker are as fragile as the tracks of a tank... much more fragile than the tracks of a tank.

At the expense of mobility and terrain adaptability, thicken the armor and install a layer of armor that may be able to resist it.

And.

Retain mobility and terrain adaptability, and install a layer of light armor that can only resist bullet attacks.

Between.

He decisively chose the latter.

The impact surface of the joint foot of the walker is much smaller than its manned part, and a large part of the damage can be avoided by lowering the impact surface.

He still remembered that before he crossed over, he heard a sentence in a certain magical vehicle collision game: "Mobility is armor, firepower is survival."

The main problem is that Ji Lin can't fight back and ask the Engineering Academy to design a brand new armored unit for him from scratch. He can use the ready-made steam mecha to improve it, and then make some improvements in the direction of adapting to his own system.

For example, the territory's airship can use steel cables to transport this manned mecha to the scene in large quantities in a suspended manner.

"Yeah."

Alicia tilted her head, indicating that she didn't quite understand it, and her eyes fell on the battlefield map hanging on the wall.

"Ji, do you think the coalition will choose to garrison in the Great Plains?"

"They will give up the Great Plains and shrink to the second line of defense." Ji Lin said: "The area controlled by the Western Front is enough for everyone in the coalition to eat. The coalition can shrink its defense line anyway and consider other issues after preparation."

Of course, Ji Lin did not try to figure out the coalition's ideas, and he did not want to waste time.

If they want to seize the rich Great Plains in the central region, they must build a continuous shield wall on the plains.

"The short war is about to end..." Alicia paused, and suddenly thought of something: "Ji, the production department asked me to ask, will there be any orders after the war?"

"Hmm? Did the production department ask?" Ji Lin hesitated: "The orders should not be as many as now, but the high-quality steel we produce can be processed into gun barrels and armor... There are also some daily necessities produced by some factories, and we will try to adjust the market as much as possible."

Lords of different eras cannot trade directly in the market, but lords can directly circulate resources in the expedition world... No matter what resources are circulated here, the system does not care.

"The canning factory that the production department just built has produced several new standard cans. The new process can reduce one step. Ji, shall we go and have a look together? You haven't accompanied me for a long time." Alicia asked while gently rubbing Ji Lin's head.

"Standard... standard?" Ji Lin thought and suddenly realized that he had found a win-win solution.

Standardization, trade, system.

He can completely deliver his parts and equipment to the coalition through large-scale trade, and sell them some of the iterative production equipment. While completing the industrial upgrade, he can completely incorporate the lords on the ground into his production system.

Win-win.

The key is that he now really has a set of industrial standards of his own... although there is a serious suspicion of patchwork.

The main body of this industrial standard was established by Jeanna and Guiyu with the knowledge of their civilization, and a large part of the technology brought back from New London was stitched together, and Zhong, an early computer, helped him complete the work of localizing the technical territory.

After receiving a large number of equipment, the Eastern Coalition will unknowingly join his production system in trade, use his equipment to produce his parts... and will default to using his parts standards to produce parts.

This is a deeper technical binding than the so-called alliance.

A screw can be used in the Sky Island Fortress, in the Peregrine Interceptor, and in the steel frame on the ground.

They can get a defective industrial system, while Ji Lin gets a large number of grassroots foundries.

A deal that is beneficial to both parties.