Out of the cage

On October 24th, in York City, in the central wealthy area, in the Garden Mansion where Mikael met Enma, Sugemat read the current domestic and foreign newspapers.

The latest newspaper headlines in Sky Empire: The Empire will reshuffle its cabinet. A new Duma will be formed. In this new cabinet, the regent will announce his resignation, which will greatly reduce the role of imperial power. Representatives of the Southern Reformists will enter the imperial capital to prepare for the establishment of the Duma.

As for the tabloid headlines, Her Royal Highness Princess Shirleys arrived in the southern city-state, apologizing for the damage suffered by the people of the empire during the war, and calling on all factions of the empire to quickly restore peace.

But Sugemat read all these newspapers. As an imperial soldier,

He has no interest in the political games in these imperial capitals at all. In his opinion, only the north now has the final word to overthrow all forces.

...In this era, those who have the power to make a final decision rarely speak up. …

Sugemat opened the Anglo newspaper, and Anglo diplomats are now more interested than ever in the changes in power within the Sky Empire.

Anglo ministers expressed great "expectation" to the New Sky Deal, and made proposals on trade, borders, and the end of the war that they considered to be "enlightened" standards. Of course, the so-called topic of the so-called "North-South seat ratio" was brought up.

And Sugemat saw a new piece of Anglo content, which was to send additional "supply" for the Northern Intervention Army.

Sugemat narrowed his eyes and said with certainty: "The so-called additional supply is to increase the army. It seems that Anglo can't hold on in the north."

As an outsider withdrawn from the war, Sugemat has been watching the development of the rebel army.

Apart from the standpoint factor, Sugemat appreciates Enma very much. In his opinion, this is the most talented commander in the sky empire for hundreds of years.

Sugemat has been taking notes to record every strategic counterattack of Enma, and draws back and forth on the map on the wall.

A few years ago, Mikael placed all kinds of exquisite handicrafts, statues, and flowers and plants here, but now they are all filled with rulers, compasses, and various strategic maps and newspapers.

Mikael, who came in with afternoon tea, silently walked away from his father who was studying the man's battle report like crazy.

"War" is a man's medicine, defeat is poison, and victory is a great tonic.

After Mikael put down the tea tray and prepared to back away quietly, Sugemat said, "The prince of the Anglo is late."

Mikael stopped immediately, and asked according to his father's intention: "He is going to win again!"

Sugemat stared at his daughter with scorching eyes, and explained: "If victory is a big fish, he is a shrewd fisherman. He puts the harpoon in one by one, but is not in a hurry to reel in the line. He drags it whenever he can. After the enemy is exhausted, the next step is to use the injured fish to attract more fish, and once it is confirmed that new fish are coming, he will quickly release the advantage from the old game."

Mikael thought for a while: "Minlar was like this a year ago. So now, what does he want?"

Sugemat looked at the northern border with complicated eyes, and opened an encrypted document, which contained economic information collected by the military intelligence department. Now in major cities, all industrial products are moving north, including winter coats, There are also combat supplies such as fuel.

As a veteran of the battlefield, he determined that the scale of combat supplies was too much for the encirclement and annihilation campaign, but it was similar to the empire's preparations before the full-scale assault campaign on the northern front in 29.

…Enma is strategically leaping. will always add more trouble to the opponent...

At the same time, in the north, Enma gave an order to all participating corps in Fusteel Tower City to completely annihilate their opponents within fifteen days.

After the big meeting, Enma found An Jiexin, the second-level hero unit at this stage, and gave her a strategic breakthrough mission.

An Jiexin, who was originally full of confidence, looked at the strategic prominence of the ground, stretched out of the Sky Empire, crossed the most precipitous Lausanne Canyon in the north, and immediately hesitated when entering Osima.

Enma: "There is a huge risk in making a surprise attack, but strategically, we have to do it."

Enma opened up the recent movement of the Anglo Intervention Army. They are preparing to launch a larger-scale intervention war against Iron Star. In order to prepare for this war, they have hoarded a large amount of supplies at the Yuzui Port on the Sea of ​​Osimapo.

Enma: "Since it's an arm wrestling, don't care about the boundary line, and focus on our strategy."

Enma tapped on the Yuzui Port of Osima with one hand, and then kicked away Anglo's chess pieces in the north where the Sky National Iron Star is located, just like Go. This is the exchange strategy.

An Jiexin paused slightly.

Today, when the Anglo White Wing Knights are under siege, the Anglo fleet is carrying two legions and continues to the north. This battle is endless. Enma said more than once: there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days,

Enma told An Jiexin: "The problem with Iron Star now is that any of our constructions may be attacked by external forces. In this world, when only one party can threaten the other, the follow-up exchanges between the two parties are by no means fair."

Enma equipped An Jiexin's interspersed troops with eight combat units. Except for her own steam combat unit, the others were also high-speed "hunter chariots" weighing 350 tons. This is not a tracked unit anymore, but four sets of three-meter-high rubber tires for the drive.

An Jiexin looked at Enma's expectation in front of the map, and said hesitantly, "Is this battle very dangerous?"

Enma: "Yes, if there is danger, you can return alone."

An Jiexin opened his mouth, and Enma continued: "Of course, if you don't come back, I will remember you. Those who deserve revenge will definitely have revenge."

An Jiexin paused slightly. As a leader, Enma undoubtedly has a demeanor comparable to a god. As a military commander, he has keen insight, meticulous thinking, and bold decisions, which can make people believe that he is leading to victory. However, The only flaw is that he is too unkind, standing next to him, but always feels as far away as looking at the sun.

An Jiexin nodded and accepted the order, but Enma stopped her. An Jiexin turned around and waited for further orders.

Enma looked at this resolute female warrior, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's have a meal together tomorrow, by the way, I heard that you like to eat fish?"

An Jiexin was slightly taken aback, but she didn't know why, so she nodded.

Enma smiled: "It's not an order. It's hard work fighting outside. I hope I can leave you with a thought. You must come back victorious."

..."If there is no war, he should be a good cook" Many of Enma's subordinates agreed in this way. …

Enma beat the egg liquid and spread it on the patterned squirrel fish, sprayed it with vinegar, and then put it in the oil pan to fry,

On the other side of the stove was chicken soup that had been boiled for twenty hours. The clear soup is very clear after being filtered several times, and it is successfully boiled with the fermented bamboo shoots.

The dishes that are troublesome in this process are not in line with Enma's "simple" culinary spirit, and this table is prepared according to the state banquet mode. Because this time is unusual.

The major events of the country are in the army and in the sacrificial ceremony. Regarding the five internal organs temple of a general, Enma sacrifices with full seriousness.

In wartime, the mission is kept secret. This dinner is an expedition banquet for the soon-to-be-annihilated "Lance Group", and the invitations also include Bess, Willy and other new generals of Iron Star.

In name, this dinner was prepared for An Jiexin, and En Ma was cooking in the kitchen, while An Jiexin, who was wearing a red floral cloth like a cook, was helping to make bread.

An Jiexin looked at Enma, who was very serious, and couldn't help but imagine that if there was no war, the years would be peaceful, maybe she is such a busy girl in the kitchen now. Perhaps at this time, a few children broke in and made a scene.

Enma held the chopsticks in his hands: "Open your mouth, try the taste!" An Jiexin paused, her face was reddish, she opened her mouth and bit the protruding chopsticks. Then he recollected the umami and nodded.

When the last dish was served, Enma stared at the fire and said, "I'm going on an expedition, take care of yourself."

An Jiexin nodded. Enma looked at the brisk back of An Jiexin who was serving the dishes, and sighed slightly inwardly: "It's a pity, I came into this world as a sharp weapon."

...Wei Keng is in the multidimensional plane, and there is no more romance. …

In the light of the iron star of the north. In a hospital, a hospital bed is pushed into an infusion room. A few days later, a young teenager walked out of the hospital with a sigh of relief. It is recorded in the file that this young man escaped from the city and entered the Iron Star District, then collapsed due to hunger, and was carried to the hospital by everyone.

In fact, in the ward, this is a process of creating something out of nothing. The individual flesh and blood from Enma was slowly formed under the perfusion of the concept of the ether, then the blood vessels, and finally the skin. About ten months later, a boy with a physiological age of fourteen was formed.

In the new body, the newcomer Wei Keng awakened unconsciously, reading newspapers and writing. After walking out of the hospital room after seven days, joined the city to find a job

In this initial process, the newcomer Wei Keng did not carry the "perfect memory experience", which is to prevent his personality from solidifying, to remain a "middleman" instead of becoming a god.

For the entire group of Wei Keng, if the goodness encountered is one, then the dangers facing the world are endless. In such a world where "high above decides life and death", as a group whose scale of consciousness has reached the current huge state, it is impossible to pursue small fortunes if they are targeted by equally huge wolves.

In the end, Wei Keng, who entered the factory, entered the battlefield, and entered the farmland, has already determined his own ending, which is to die without regret.

...No matter what kind of world he is in, Wei Keng can live as a middleman. …

On November 1, 3232 in the Fire Emblem calendar, when Iron Star's annihilation battle against the Lance Group in the north was a foregone conclusion, the Anglos began to jump up and down in various newspapers of the Sky Empire, scratching their heads.

And ordinary Wei Keng is accumulating further strength on various ordinary fronts.

At this time, in the western part of the Sky Kingdom controlled by Iron Star, a new industrial city has completed its planning, and the production scale of this steel factory has reached the world's advanced level. The supporting railway facilities and port facilities can quickly transport the output products to the surrounding consumer markets.

Steel production has such a characteristic. When the scale of steel is less than one million tons, the principle of proximity to coal and raw materials is preferred. However, when the steel output reaches 10 million tons, the biggest limitation is: whether logistics can transfer all production The raw materials needed, as well as the light industrial consumer goods needed by the workers, are delivered to the center, and the materials are delivered there.

Limin Iron and Steel Factory is such a super steel factory, and its significance is to radiate the entire western part of Sky Empire and even the Osima Kingdom further west.

In short, within a range of 500 kilometers, the factory uses a super-scale industrial form to crush all the surrounding industrial cities in terms of cost and efficiency. Enma has done homework on all levels of the industry. After Iron Star took over the public logistics project, the larger the scale, the lower the various logistics costs.

This move is to suppress the western part of the empire, and at the same time, it is necessary to spread the power of the red flag forward geographically.

…the whole pantheon will get a glimpse of the orthodox sequel to "Industrial." …

Whether it is industrial smelting furnaces, the recruitment of 500,000 workers, or family resettlement, all are handled by the CYCA, so the CYCA holds 100% of the shares.

Throughout the city, tube buildings are planned out, and roads link every community. Railway tracks were also laid in the city, and raw materials began to roar past. Different from the three-dimensional steampunk city made of various steel and concrete, the planning of this city is very open. Such differences in industrial city design are due to institutional differences.

The urban design is too open, which is a test of urban security, and the unemployment rate must be kept at a low level.

And if it is a feudalized society, through the planning of dense residential areas, security personnel can control the overall situation as long as they get stuck at key traffic intersections. As for the rest, the gangs and associations in each street are secretly self-governing. For example, this was the case with Hong Kong in the ancient industrial era.

In short, this kind of urban design is unprecedented. A city with a city area of ​​tens of square kilometers is definitely not suitable for the upper class of nobles to grasp. But it is suitable for the economic combination of the surrounding rural and rural areas.

This will be a megalopolis, and all the megalopolises on the mainland have been expanded with historical background. The location of this area has not formed a megacity in the past, because every hundred years, the western front of the sky empire will have conflicts with external forces. Military see-saw, this city without a strategic buffer zone has been smashed through several rounds by airships and heavy tanks in recent decades.

Deploying a super-large city here is extremely bold strategically. Enma believes that after the establishment of the "Limin Steel City", it is guaranteed to push forward its own strategy.

...Now before the war is over, Wei Keng has already competed in the future layout economy...

In the central industrial smelting furnace, after the molten steel in the converter enters the open hearth furnace, the workers operate the mechanical arm to add material proportions to the molten steel, and then go through the corresponding heat treatment process on the production line to increase the strength.

As one of the workers, Wei Keng walked across the blazing flame bridge, recording the state of the steel furnace under his feet.

The first batch of special steel was successfully refined with the support of system data. Then the next stage of industrial accumulation was carried out intensively, such as the assembly of supercritical steam turbines and core equipment such as rotors for power facilities.

In fact, in the smelting process of the iron and steel industry, one should not be completely superstitious about the material formula.

In the main world, Soviet Russia in ancient times was very good at steel. In fact, they added rare earths to improve their properties. They have a large land and abundant resources, and the state-owned enterprise bureaucracy is strong, and they don't care about profits.

Looking back at the small days in the east and starting to cut corners, you can understand that advanced technology largely requires reducing costs without reducing quality.

Although there are quantum tides in the arcane world, all kinds of rare minerals can be regenerated by tunneling and oscillating in the veins. Seems unnecessary. But Wei Keng only had "comparative advantage" in his eyes.

[The "comparative advantage" is that if you open a supermarket for 12 hours, I will open it for 18 hours at 6 am and 12 pm. You have eighteen weapons, and I know twenty-four weapons. One word "roll". 】

Iron Star built such a super-large steel city, just to kill the opponent in terms of economic benefits. The current high level of organization of the Agricultural Youth Association is actually the most suitable for supporting such super-large cities.

Western industrialization is the proliferation of industries, so in order to increase growth, there will inevitably be unfair competition and wars.

Eastern industrialization is about "stable society", and the expansion is the scale. Use economies of scale to kill all the marginal weak. (Of course, the defect is that innovation may also be killed. Oh, so it is necessary to complete the corresponding strong organization in the marginal area to ensure that innovation jumps out of the "involution" vortex.)

Wei Keng, the original god of industry who has been offline for several epochs, wants to teach the gods in this world a lesson. What exactly is "industry" and how to develop the management system with the spirit of "cooperation" when the technology has entered a stable state, so as to maximize the marginal benefits of technology.