The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"I think, for some specific questions, you should ask the main generals on the front line, as well as some actual situations, and you will be able to understand them." Guo Qi said.

"This way, it's better." The representative of Qin's fire company turned around and said.

The forward position of the noble siege.The noble army also learned from those Zhao troops and miners.They also began digging trenches to hold their ground.To prevent them from further attacking their positions.However, Zhao Jun and the miners did not launch further offensives to expel them.The reason is that Zhao Jun only has a small part after all, and it is difficult for them to form a very powerful force in a short period of time to train those miners into soldiers.And they lack everything.Weapons and equipment, food and ammunition, many things they cannot satisfy.Even the clean water smells like coal slag in this mine.In the opinion of Commander Zhao, if they want to fight a big war, it will be difficult to continue to expand their sphere of influence without these. At the same time, their military duties do not allow them to go down the mountain and take thugs like miners to loot everything.The actions of these soldiers strictly restrained further harm from violence.But this will also put their situation into an unfavorable state.

"Fire a shot, let's see the situation." The arms representative said.

"Fire a cannon." The noble's family will order their men to fire the cannon.

"Boom." There was a sound of artillery firing.

The shells flew straight out.Make a "woo hoo." sound.

"Boom." There was a loud noise.The shell exploded at a place in the distance, and the arms representative looked at it at this time.Then feel that this is nothing.

"What do you want to explain?" The representative of the Qin fire company asked.

"See the soil that was dug out." Jia Jiang pointed at this moment and said.

"Yes, I saw it," said the representative.

"Those damned thugs, they hid under the ditch, they didn't even show their heads. Our shells shot straight over, only hitting the dug out soil, but the heads of those thugs were under the ditch. We The cannonballs fired by the cannons can't hit the opponent's head at all." The family will reflect this problem.

"Oh. I see. The shell goes right through it, not over the damn dirt. Right?" said the munitions representative.

"Yes. That's what it means." The general said, waving his arms.

"Those damned soil saved the heads of those thugs. Damn their heads." The family general cursed in Qin Jun's usual words.They had come into contact with Qin Jun, and Qin Jun scolded people like this. They hoped that they could gain the other party's favor by using this method.

"We understand. We will send technical representatives later to let them see the specific situation. However, now we need to go back and discuss the specific approach." The arms representative said.Then he nodded, indicating that he was leaving.The general didn't say anything.

What Qin State exported to Zhao State were all field artillery. These artillery had high initial speed, long range and great power. However, they were all flat-firing artillery, and there were also some howitzers, but the power of howitzers could not be exerted at this time.The power of the howitzer cannot accurately enter those trenches, that is to say, the curve of the artillery is not curved enough.In this way, the shells cannot be allowed to fall in the trenches, but outside the fortifications.The fortifications built by Zhao Jun doubled the artillery attack very well.The presence of these trenches largely neutralized the power of this attack.This greatly reduced the power of Qin's artillery.

Just when the representative of Qin State Fire was worried about this matter and asked the headquarters to send an arms consultant to find out this matter, the technical engineer of Wenyang Arms Company was worrying about a weapon.

"What about these mortars?" said a technical engineer.

"Now, there is a shortage of raw materials, and these mortars are slowly rusting in the warehouse. And no one comes to buy them. They have a large caliber and great power, but the range is a bit short. I'm afraid these things No one bought it, so we might as well remelt them and recast them into field guns and howitzers. This can also save a lot of money.” Another technical engineer said.

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1512 Merchant Ships of Chu State Transporting Cannons

"It's just these mortars, which are useless. They are said to be used for siege, but now they are fighting in the field, so what's the use of siege warfare? Besides, the weapons for siege warfare can also be cast. Wasted," said another engineer.

"However, these things are definitely useful. Even if they are returned to the furnace now, we have to remake them. If they are rusty, they can be removed. But if there is no product, it may affect sales." No.1 engineer said.

"Besides, once these things are stopped, a production line will be stopped. The molds and machine tools on the production line will have to be changed. These movements are really too big." The engineer said worriedly.

"We can report it to the higher-ups and let the upper-level people think of a way. In short, we can't just return to the furnace rashly. If one day, the demand for mortars suddenly expands, our production line will stop again. We will be the biggest loss. ’ said the engineer.

"That's right." The other workers nodded.This is industrial production, as long as the product is finalized, it can be mass-produced immediately.

Mortars can only be used in some special environments because of their product characteristics, and such weapons and equipment, when artillery and muskets are popularized, all military forces still like large-scale field battles, for urban assaults, and solid field defenses The conquest of fortifications has not been encountered by any country in this regard. However, with the large-scale popularization of firearms and the balance of various weapons, the demand for this kind of mortars has gradually emerged. Whether it is Whether the Chu army besieged Linzi City or the Zhao army attacked these mining areas, they had to face such deep fortifications.The increase in defensive power has reduced the offensive power a lot. As the offensive side, it is bound to break this balance.Only by breaking this balance can they change.

Under the city of Linzi, representatives of the nobles of Chu State finally came to Linzi.For Linzi, such a picture appeared in front of him.This kind of Chu minister was still a little surprised.

"How did this Linzi become like this?" The minister asked the person next to him.

"The flames of war are inevitable," said a general on the side.At this moment, the minister turned his head helplessly at Yaoyao. He was really disappointed by such a scene. After all, Linzi was the most prosperous city among the six eastern countries at that time, but now, it is a desolate scene. .The cruelty of the war disappointed the minister.

"My lord, how can this war be stopped?" A Chu army general asked in a low voice.The current battle is irrelevant, and the morale of many soldiers in the Chu army has dropped rapidly, because they feel that they have captured King Qi, and the war should end soon, so they can go home quickly.

"It's not something you can get involved in." The old minister replied coldly.After the general of the Chu army was deflated, he stopped asking.

For things like negotiations, the old minister himself didn't know what to do.This is the first time such a thing has happened in the history of Chu State, and there is no reference model at all.Many of them were the first time, and the old minister himself had difficulties.

Night gradually fell.Many bonfires were burned on the Chu army's position.So many bonfires are used to guard against surprise attacks by the Qi army.

"Bang. Bang. There is Qi Jun." The peaceful night began to be lively.Gunshots and shouts began to ring out continuously.

"Huh la la." A group of Chu troops began to quickly gather and ran towards the place where the gunshots occurred.

"What happened recently? These Qi troops began to harass us constantly." An officer of the Chu army stayed in his trench.Watching the team going to support leave here.The Chu army officer felt that the recent situation was abnormal.

"Bang. Bang. Sir, the Chu army is coming up. Let's retreat." A Qi army soldier was injured in his arm.Then he turned back and shouted loudly to his officer.

"Retreat. Quickly retreat." The chief of the Qi army saw that the Chu army was coming to support him with torches, and he had no choice but to give an order to retreat.

"After we go back, we'll find another place to break through." The officer said to the others.

"Bang. Bang." Qi Jun kept firing at this time, retreating while firing.The Chu army didn't dare to come closer, they couldn't figure out what the Qi army wanted to do recently.

The Qi army defending Linzi City was basically divided into two factions. One faction decided to stay here, while the other faction decided to break out. They decided to look for Tian Heng, Tian's army, that is, the new army of Qi State. They believed that they were loyal to Tian Heng, thinking that only in this way can they survive.Most of the breakouts were grassroots officers. Because of the small number of people, they had to break out at night, but the Chu army had already surrounded the place, and breaking out became difficult, and some breakouts turned into harassment. This greatly made the Chu army's judgment wrong, and the Chu army did not take such a breakthrough at all. Most of the Chu army officers and soldiers already believed that the war was about to end.It's not worth it to work hard at this time.It's also a very stupid thing.

Qin's Beigang Wharf.

"Slow down, slow down." A hoisting worker was commanding a crane to hoist three cannons onto a wooden merchant ship of Chu State.

The Customs of the State of Qin was checking the hoisting situation, because the transport was arms, and the customs officials were very strict.

And a group of Qin Marine Corps soldiers patrolled back and forth.The arms trade cannot have some accidents on the mainland of Qin.Therefore, the Marine Corps needs to make rigorous patrols.

"Recently, Chu has imported a lot of artillery?" Customs Cheng said, looking at the recorded data.

"How many records have you recorded?" Customs Cheng asked.

"In the past seven days, more than 100 cannons have been exported, and there are still more than 1000 cannons in the customs warehouse that need to be declared for export," said a record clerk.

"Huh." The Customs Officer just let out a sigh of relief. In the past month, the number of artillery has increased sharply, and almost every ship is transporting artillery on a large scale.The delivery of these cannons made the customs officer of the state of Qin feel very worried. These are powerful weapons. Of course, the state of Qin can earn a lot of money by exporting these weapons and increase the government's tax revenue. Feel very worried.

In a restaurant close to the port, a slender man with a mustache watched the shipments at the port. He held a telescope and looked at what was loaded on the merchant ship of Chu State from time to time.

"What's wrong with the nearest Chu merchant ships?" said the slender man with mustache.

"In the past, the merchant ships of the Chu State were all loaded with wine, muskets, or other messy things. In the past month, it seemed that they had been discussed. They all loaded cannons. You said that the people of Chu State are really Strange." The slender man with mustache said.

On another building near the window in the distance, two Korean businessmen looked at each other and I looked at you. They were also surprised by such an astonishing discovery. All of a sudden tidy up.This greatly exceeded their expectations.

"Why do you think this is?" One of the two Korean businessmen asked proactively.

"Don't talk too much, eat." The other person said quietly.Then from time to time, he looked at the merchant ships of Chu State outside the window.The other one didn't seem to care, but his eyes were watching from time to time.These two people are South Korea's secret agents, spies, and they have to report and record some strange and abnormal things that happened here in Qin, because only in this way can they grasp the dynamics of other countries.

"Sir, we have found out the situation." A servant came in carefully and said in a pharmacy run by a Korean.

"What's the situation?" A man was leisurely reading a book and eating fried beans.

"The cannons recently delivered by merchant ships from Chu State seem to be all for the colonies. The colonies have ordered a large number of cannons, ranging from fifty to more than 100 pieces. The number of these cannons is very large, and the demand for ammunition is also very large. ’ said the servant.