The wheels wrapped with chicle and the cloud cars marked the beginning.
Following them, various tools made of chicle appeared, and the ministers and officials’ eyes gleamed.
Among these items, there were some that made both Jang Hang-seon and the Minister of Defense shine with interest.
What caught their attention were the buffer plates attached behind the buttstocks, the raincoats, and the military boots.
Jang Hang-seon inspected the buffer pads on the buttstocks and then looked back at the Minister of Defense.
“Do you know how to pick out the cowards among soldiers from the old battles starting from the Liaodong campaign up to now?”
The Minister of Defense nodded in response to Jang Hang-seon’s question.
“I know well. After battle ends, they take off the jackets and check the shoulders.”
The bullets used by the Imperial Army’s rifles had power somewhere between 7.62mm NATO rounds and 30-06 ammunition.
In the northern borders with Mongolia and the vast plains and deserts west of Lake Baikal, where exploration was still ongoing, bullets capable of long-range strikes were essential.
Also, in Shinji, to fight against large beasts and the natives hiding in the jungles for ambushes, powerful bullets were necessary.
Therefore, the Imperial Army’s bullets naturally had to possess strong power.