Another worker stirring cement was equally dissatisfied with this incessant repetitive work. He nodded and summed it up with a phrase: "Exhausting the people and wasting resources!"
Indeed, in his view, this was just wasting time, exhausting the people and wasting resources. Because no matter what they did, when facing the Tang Empire, they would always fall into a passive position.
There's no way around it, those stories about defeating a powerful enemy with old equipment are essentially just ways to boost morale when one lacks the capability to improve their own outdated weapon technology.
Getting soldiers to defeat a formidable enemy with old-fashioned rifles is one skill, equipping soldiers with aircraft and artillery to face a formidable enemy is another skill. The best situation is actually "I want it all," rather than making a choice.
