Chen Xin asked with a little headache, "What about the cotton armor?" ”

"My lord, it is impossible to make cotton armor now, and according to your orders, all the cotton was sent to the garment factory to sew cotton clothes for the new sergeants, and there is no surplus cotton at all. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"I remember that the cotton cultivation in the north of North Korea is concentrated in South Pyongan Province, and you will not rob it" Speaking of this, Chen Xin stopped, he was used to robbing in the Jin country, and he had no concept of trading at all, so he actually said such things in front of his subordinates.

The director didn't seem to hear Chen Xin's slip of the tongue, "My lord, it has been occupied by the red flag horse race, and we don't have the money to buy it." ”

Chen Xin suddenly realized that when he sent Chen Ang away last time, he moved more than half of his family's belongings, and later spent a lot of money to buy the Han people with white flags, and now he has no silver in his hand, so he can't buy cotton. In terms of iron, the firearms workshop is the largest and cannot be reduced, and the iron is really not enough.

Chen Xin thought for a long time, and said with some uncertainty, "Is there a craftsman in the armor workshop who can burn pottery?" ”

The director was a little confused, thought about it carefully and said, "Not at all, we only have iron there." ”

Chen Xin waved his hand, "I'll transfer some for you." ”

"Please also show me what is the use of the craftsmen who burn pottery under my subordinates?"

"In this way, you can take someone to see if you can burn ceramics that can resist the attack of swords and arrows, and if so, then you can use it to make armor."

Looking at the big mouth of the director of the armor workshop, Chen Xin shrugged his shoulders, the concept problem, the body armor and even the tank armor of later generations have used ceramics, why can't the current armor?

Although even Chen Xin himself didn't know what the correct formula was, he still used the Dafa of deception, trying to make the people in the armor workshop agree that ceramics can also make armor.

But no matter how Chen Xin fooled this time, the other party just didn't believe that ceramics could be made into armor.

Chen Xin had no choice but to ask the armor workshop to conduct research on this technology by way of a mandatory order.

Looking at the head of the armor workshop who reluctantly agreed, Chen Xin was also a little embarrassed, but isn't there no way, besides, it's just a try, and there won't be a piece of meat.

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Chen Xin's mind, "Body armor." ”

He took out a pen and paper and drew it, "Come and see, this armor I designed should be able to save a lot of manpower, and you can devote more manpower to the processing of iron." ”

Chen Xin painted the style of body armor in later generations, a pullover type of half-body armor, of course, there is no Kevlar material now, so use canvas as the outer skin.

In the inside, paper tendons and crushed leather are used to make a composite material, which can cushion a certain impact, and then a whole piece of iron chest guard is made by casting and inserted on the inside.

This not only saves iron, reduces weight, but also enhances protection.

After being shot, the lead bullet blocked by the thick composite layer in front will be blocked by the iron plate, and even if it is slightly thicker, the protection can completely exceed that of the armor.

Now that there is a shortage of iron, you can first install a front guard on each body armor style armor, and then add a backsplash when there is a surplus of iron in the future.

In terms of the current tactics of relying on large shields to cover attacks in the army, the practicality of this armor is still good.

After Chen Xin finished inspecting all the workshops, he returned to the camp, where the big cat was already waiting to report something to Chen Xin.

"The four forts have been allocated bird guns and small Fran cannons, which are trained by the Military Training Division. The inland farms will have to wait for some time, and now the army recruits have not yet completed their training, and they will not be able to draw so many instructors for the time being. ”

was listening to the big cat's report on the situation of the militia in the past few days, when an intelligence staff officer walked into the Chinese army's big tent with a document.

"My lord, we felt that something was wrong before, Huang Taiji retreated and did not retreat, and it was too suspicious to enter and not advance, so a few days ago we sent a few scouts to take a detour from the sea to the opposite Dandong area, this is the information that came back today, please take a look."

Chen Xin took the information curiously, looked at it carefully, and was a little annoyed.

With a "snap", he slapped the information on the table, "What a Huang Taiji." ”

"My lord, after our analysis, we believe that there are people in Amin's army and even in our military camp who have secretly communicated with Huang Taiji."

"Tell me your basis."

"Since Huang Taiji has already withdrawn his troops, and knowing that we are completely incapable of counterattacking him, why do we go to great lengths to set up suspicious formations in the military camp on the other side? I'm afraid he has only one purpose, which is to keep us. ”

Chen Xin nodded, "The analysis is good, continue." ”

"It is understandable that he must leave us because of the revenge of killing his son, everyone has analyzed it before, and when the Yalu River freezes in the next winter, Huang Taiji will definitely come with a large army to retaliate. But the question is, how does he know that we don't want to stay on the coast of Uiju and have been trying to find another base? ”

Chen Xin's face was gloomy, and he slowly spoke, "I wrote to Amin before, mentioning this matter, and some officers in my battalion also know my plans. Is this the basis for your reasoning? ”

"Yes, my lord, do you need our Military Intelligence Department to investigate?"

Chen Xin pondered for a while and said, "No, your task is to investigate the military situation externally, don't meddle in internal affairs, and officially report your inferences to Lao Zheng of the Confidential Division." ”

"Yes."

Lao Zheng was the former director of the statistics office, but now the statistics office has been renamed the Confidential Department, and Lao Zheng has naturally become the director of the Confidential Department, responsible for the statistics of various data files and the management of confidential documents in the army, and at the same time secretly shoulders the responsibility of monitoring suspicious people in the army.

The big cat was silent on the side, and Chen Xin casually explained, "Huang Taiji has already withdrawn his troops, and there are only a small number of soldiers in the battalion on the other side of the river, and we have all been played." Forget it, let's not talk about it, you can go ahead. ”

The big cat didn't care about this matter, and there was no big loss, and as the director of the Military Training Department, he was not in charge of this matter, and then said, "There is a coast guard patrolling in the west, and there is no sign of the Ming army coming ashore to harass for the time being." However, there was an attack on Dongyi Fort yesterday. ”

Chen Xin immediately asked, "How is the loss?" ”

"There is no loss, although the preliminary military training has not been completed, and the construction of the military fort has not yet been completed, but 40 of the Jurchen women assigned to the fort can shoot a 100-pound strong bow, and a round of arrow rain will kill the attackers from afar and return with a great defeat."

Chen Xin exclaimed, "A 100-pound strong bow, that's about to catch up with the strong archers in our army." ”