The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"What should our army do?" Tian Heng asked

"Our army should retreat immediately, otherwise our army may be wiped out," said the general.

"Nonsense" the general's words immediately attracted everyone's opposition

"I'm talking nonsense, how can I talk nonsense, look at the map, our army is scattered everywhere, and the allied forces are new. Their military strength is far greater than our imagination. They have all kinds of new weapons, and they have the support of Qin army weapons. Our army has a chance of winning. It's extremely slim. If the opponent is going south in a big way at this time, I can't imagine that our army can resist it." The general said excitedly, what he said was indeed the fact that the Qi army is currently at the end of its strength, but the allied army has a large number of cutting-edge forces. It is impossible to reach both sides. same day

"I think you were scared out of your wits by some allied forces." A rude general stood up and shouted loudly

"Qin, Zhao, Yan, South Korea and the four countries are united, why should we be afraid that our army will still attack them?" the general shouted loudly

"Fight us as usual," the other generals said together.

"But..." The general shook his head helplessly. He judged rationally that the Qi army could no longer fight at the moment.

"Tell me," Tian Heng said at this time

"Our army has been fighting for several months, and the soldiers are very tired. The allied forces are constantly increasing troops, adding new forces and new weapons. Our soldiers must fight to the death to repel the enemy," said the general.

"It's as if our army met the opponent's armored chariot under Yandu City. Our army defeated the opponent only with huge sacrifices. In Yandu City, our army encountered Zhao's tenacious resistance and suffered heavy losses. Many soldiers were exhausted and they were no longer able to fight. Our army never From spring to winter, now that spring is coming, the soldiers are eager to homesick, which is extremely unstable for our army," said the general.

"Our army has suffered a severe decrease in the number of soldiers in continuous combat, and there are many new recruits and deserters. The country has already recruited many young and strong men. Our army can no longer fight," the general said at this time.

Hearing these Tian Heng's deep feelings, the generals said that these things did happen.

A certain amount of deserters began to appear in the Qi army. Although the guards would catch a lot of them every day, they would send them back to their original combat units. For those who refused to mend their ways, they would be given capital punishment as a warning, but there were still a large number of deserters, and the combat effectiveness of the Qi army also dropped sharply. The rations are seriously insufficient, and the reason why many soldiers can't escape is because they don't have the strength to escape. It can be seen that the current state of the Qi army is no longer suitable for fighting.

But it is not suitable for combat, and it is impossible to retreat immediately. The Qi army cannot retreat casually, and the retreat needs the consent of the Qi State. Will the Qi State agree? Obviously, they will not agree.

"The country does not allow us to retreat and the battle will continue," Tian Heng said helplessly.

"The current situation is extremely unfavorable to our army, but we should stick to our positions as much as possible. Perhaps only in this way can we have a new way out, everyone stick to your positions." Tian Heng turned back and said

The generals present at this time realized that their situation was indeed not good, but they believed that if the war was so stalemate, it would be very likely to be of great help to the alignment army or to end the war.

Faced with the new situation, the Qi army is simply unable to take new actions. They are already powerless to take new actions. The most terrible thing is that they do not have any new forces to arrive.

Tian Heng can only pin his hope on the fact that the Allied forces cannot shake their defense line, which will be extremely beneficial to them. As long as this tacit relationship is reached, they will benefit from ending the war. This is a kind of military stalemate to achieve war victory. This situation will be very beneficial to the Qi army

And in fact, it also proves that in the age of muskets, the attacking side will need to pay a high price to occupy those positions hiding in the trench bunkers. The defensive side and the offensive side will pay a big price ()l3l4

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The intention of holding on to the position is to take advantage of this imbalance between defense and offense. In this way, as long as the Qi army firmly holds on to the position, this tacit fact can be confirmed, so that they can achieve their strategic goals. Obviously, Tian Heng There is also the meaning of ending this war. After all, the war has been fought in Qi State for nearly three years. This war has exhausted Qi State's national strength. Qi State is on the verge of collapse.

There are few young and middle-aged laborers in agricultural production in Qi State. Most of them are women. Women are also engaged in military production. They produce all kinds of weapons. Women appear in the weapon manufacturing workshops of Qi State because all the men have gone to war. Qi State recruited many young and middle-aged men to go to the battlefield

The Qi State has less than 8 troops on the front line, but the troops responsible for the logistics are continuously increasing. The entire Qi State has about 30 troops in the logistics to maintain its security, plus various civilians to ensure the logistics. Because the battle line was too long, depending on the supply and transportation situation at that time, it was very difficult, so Qi State used up the entire national power for this war. From this perspective, Shangwen's goal has indeed been achieved.

However, the Qin State has no troops to adjust because Qin State has cut military expenditures on a large scale and abolished many troops, which put Qin State in a delicate stage for a while.

And in the south of Qin State, the armed merchant ships of Qin State are once again clashing with Chu's naval forces.

"Stop the ship immediately for inspection, immediately stop the ship for inspection" a soldier of the Chu State Navy on a small boat shouted loudly

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo " what answered them is the siren sound of iron-clad ship of Qin State

"What are they shouting?" the captain of Qin's iron-clad ship asked loudly

"I don't know," said the first officer on the side

"Can these Chu state sailors stop us?" the captain said disdainfully

"Don't worry about them, we'll run right over!" The captain gave an order loudly at this time

' replied the good captain and driver loudly and rammed the boat

"Look at me, and I'm sure they won't stop," said a Chu State sailor officer standing on a hill by the Yangtze River at this time

"The people of Qin are very cruel," said the officer in disbelief.

The iron-clad boat of the Qin people in the distance directly overturned the small wooden boat, and the soldiers on the boat fell directly into the water. The life and death of the soldiers are temporarily unknown.

"Give those iron-clad ships of the Qin people some color." Xiang Yan, who was standing not far away, observed all this coldly. The iron-clad ships of the Qin people made Chu's navy a headache. Their previous weapons could not pose a threat to them at all. but now it's different

"Cannon preparation" The Chu state water army is equipped with new weapons and artillery. These artillery come from the Qin State. There are a large number of such old bronze artillery in the Qin State Arsenal. There are a lot of these old bronze artillery to be processed. Some factories are still producing them. Although the material has been changed to steel pipes, the extreme sales of this artillery are mainly due to the extreme firepower of infantry rifles. They urgently need a heavy firepower weapon to suppress infantry weapons. At this time, the demand for artillery will become great.

With the development of trade between Qin State and Chu State, especially Qin State reduced its desire for arms export, which directly led to the direct export of heavy weapons such as artillery to the hands of various countries. The Chu State of Chu imported a large amount of artillery. This weapon has a deep impact on them, because this weapon is far more powerful than muskets.

Another important reason why Chu State began to pay attention to artillery is that they need to imitate. At the same time, they have mastered the gunpowder manufacturing technology. These two technologies make them urgently need to study Qin State's artillery to manufacture Chu State's own artillery.

Chu State’s bronze smelting technology is very developed. The unearthed Chu State Chime Bells demonstrates Chu State’s superb bronze smelting technology. After Chu State imported a large number of Qin State’s artillery, it immediately began to study it.

Thanks to Chu State’s advanced bronze metallurgy technology, Chu State soon developed their first bronze artillery, but there is still a big difference between the artillery and the artillery made by Qin State. The most important thing about China's artillery is that the cost of Qin's production of a cannon is very low, while the cost of Chu's artillery is still very high. The cost problem has become the most important factor restricting Chu's own production of artillery, which has led to Chu's large imports of Qin's products. the artillery

"All artillery units enter the battle" a Chu State navy officer shouted loudly

A small national flag was waving non-stop, and bronze cannons were hidden one after another in the bushes on both sides of the bank

"These Chu people will only cause trouble for us," the captain said to the first mate

"The Chu people have nothing to do with us," said the chief mate

"Let go" the Chu State Navy officer shouted loudly and the flag fell quickly

"Bang bang bang" the huge roar of the artillery sprayed out, and the lightning flashed and thundered in an instant, and several artillery pieces fired at the same time.

"Boom" the artillery shells roared and flew directly towards the iron armored ship of the Qin army

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

"Woo" came a sharp voice

"It's a cannon," the first officer shouted immediately

"Boom boom boom" Several explosions exploded around the iron armored ship of the Qin army, and the iron armored ship also began to shake from side to side because of the explosion.

"Ah..." The captain was still in the joy of defeating the Chu State navy just now, he didn't even hear the sound of the Chu State navy's shells being fired.

With a scream, the captain fell directly on the deck

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" at this time, the sharp sound of shells still whizzing and flying makes people shudder

"Damn Chu people have cannons," said the captain as he got up hard

"Boom" at this moment, the shaking caused by a huge explosion sound came