The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"The treaty signed by General Li Mu of our country is mainly to help him attack the cities of Qi State. There is no treaty stipulating that Zhao State is obliged to send troops to help your country." Guo Kai replied that Zhao State would not send troops for no reason.

Then Yan Guo replied to the telegram, scolding Guo Kai for not abiding by the treaty and threatening to attack Zhao Guo

But Zhao Guo spoke ill at each other, and then the two countries sent telegrams to scold and fight. Yan Guo had no choice but to find Shang Wen to solve the problem.

"You mean to let us, Qin State, be a mediator between your Zhao State and Yan State." Shang Wen and Ju Xin talked

"It's not just a mediator, what we mean is whether Qin can be used as an intermediary to help us reach a kind of treaty with Zhao, let us borrow some soldiers from Zhao to build a defensive line against Qi's rapid attack, you know Qi The progress of the army is really too fast now." Ju Xin said anxiously that he didn't know why he was very nervous when he saw Shang Wen, and this person was very principled, and some things were hard to make sense, so he felt a little difficult for people like Shang Wen

"Well, I understand what you mean." Shang Wen thought for a while

"However, what I need to point out is that Qin State can only propose some conditions to facilitate this matter, and from my personal point of view, this matter is very beneficial to Yan State," Shang Wen replied.

Then Shangwen began to draft a telegram to Zhao Guo

"I learned that the connection between your country and the country of Yan is difficult for the two countries to reach an agreed goal, but our country believes that this matter is beneficial to the country of Zhao." Shang Wen sent it to Guo Kai so vaguely.

But Guo Kai didn't understand what was meant in the middle, and then he sent a telegram to ask what was the reason for this matter.

Shangwen sent a long telegram to explain the matter

What Shang Wen meant was that Zhao Guo first agreed to send troops, but the condition was to fulfill the content of the treaty. However, since the original treaty exceeded this requirement, Zhao Guo had to meet certain conditions in order to send troops. First, the weapons and equipment should be provided by Yan Guo. According to the list of weapons issued by the State of Zhao, they must be purchased in a centralized manner in the State of Qin

In this way, Shangwen brought in a large amount of military orders for Qin's arms industry.

The second is that Yan State fully guarantees Zhao State’s military logistics supplies. This must be done by the borrowing country. Finally, Zhao State hopes to get some benefits from Yan State, such as funds or other minerals.

Faced with such a condition, Yan State thought it was a bit harsh, but Qin State tried its best to facilitate the matter because Qin State had two military industries and huge logistics production orders that could inject vitality into the country's economy.

In order to achieve this military order, of course Qin tried his best to facilitate it.

"I personally think that this condition is very suitable for Yan State. If the Qi army goes north quickly, then Zhao State will not be able to send troops if it wants to. At the same time, Yan State does not have a reserve force to build a sufficient defense line. I think you are very likely to do it again. Lose the capital and even your gold production areas and coal and iron ore production areas," Shang Wen suggested

"Instead of throwing it to Qi State, it is better to export these coal and iron to Zhao State on this basis in exchange for Zhao State's support. We help Zhao State upgrade and transform some industries to meet such requirements," Shang Wen said sincerely.

725 It's Snowing Heavy

The problem of Yan State borrowing troops from Zhao State is mainly due to the strong relationship in terms of conditions. However, under the actual adjustment of Qin State, Zhao State promised to send troops to Yan State, but Yan State must provide Zhao State with more than 200 million stones of iron ingots and The country of Zhao, which has more than 1000 million shi of coal, provided it with about 2 military forces to help it stabilize the front line

Qin State also benefited from it, that is, Yan State will purchase large-scale weapons and equipment from Qin State in accordance with the procurement plan formulated by Qin Jun and Zhao Jun, and provide them to Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun will use the weapons and equipment provided by it to four special mixed forces. Special mixed divisions composed of brigades conduct operations

The above transfer was completed nervously in the telegram, while Zhao Guo nervously dispatched military forces to complete the work of dispatching troops. According to Li Mu's plan, the Zhao army will first select some experienced combat troops to expand. These expansions will be the integration of the Zhao army. The key link of combat effectiveness

Zhao Jun's integrated combat power plan was formulated in accordance with Li Mu's requirements, because weapon elements accounted for more than half of the combat power. When Zhao Jun and Qin Jun fought in the Western Regions, Li Mu felt that Qin Jun had given full play to their huge role in terms of firepower superiority.

Unimpeded supply lines and emphasis on the firepower advantages brought by firearms. Infantry has infantry artillery and infantry machine guns to form a fire coverage network. Infantry machine guns and rifles form a firepower beyond [-] paces. If the shooting distance is beyond [-], mortars are used to assist the firepower of machine guns and rifles. In Li Mu's mind, the mortar has formed a perfect light infantry fire coverage network

In terms of artillery damage, the heavy five-inch howitzer is quite effective. This flowering artillery is very effective for infantry, especially for artillery coverage in a certain area. Li Mu suggested that a howitzer regiment should be specially equipped at the brigade level.

As for the light artillery used by the infantry, Li Mu thinks it is necessary to equip them because fortifications are also improving

Secondly, the Zhao army needs to integrate the remaining combatants in the country. The combat thinking of these combatants is still in the era of using cold weapons, especially in terms of weapons. The Zhao army still has a certain number of combat units with cold weapons. The tactical improvement of weapons is not very great. In terms of gun training, Zhao Jun's local garrison actually conducted gun training according to the Qin Army's tactics of using musket guns.

A neat queue carrying guns forward is undoubtedly suicide in the face of violent machine gun fire. In fact, there is no way to do this, because Zhao Jun's local troops are equipped with a large number of backward smoothbore rifles. Li Mu's plan to be able to fight like this is to use this opportunity to update the weapons and equipment of the Zhao army, and at the same time mix and arrange troops with rich combat experience in the northern grasslands of the Western Regions and these local garrison troops to improve combat effectiveness.

Li Mu's last thought was to improve Zhao Jun's tactical thinking by fighting with Qi Jun. Zhao Jun could only try to maintain the same weapon level as Qin Jun in terms of weapons, but the internal level of weapons needed to be compensated by tactics. It is a fact that the country exported advanced weapons to Zhao on a large scale

According to Li Mu's speculation, the Qi army may surpass the Qin army in tactics because the Qi army is more flexible in infantry tactics and can adapt to the changing battlefield environment. On the contrary, it is the Qin army and Zhao army that have little change in tactics because Qin The battle targets of the army and Zhao army are a few nomadic tribes in the Western Regions and the north. Compared with the Qin army and the Zhao army, the weapons of these tribes are extremely backward. The Qin army and the Zhao army rely on their advanced weapons.

It is also this huge difference in weapon algebra that makes it impossible for Qin Jun and Zhao Jun to have a lot of room for tactical improvement in tactical application arrangements. Zhao Jun has such an advantage in war, but what should Zhao Jun do? It is impossible for Zhao Jun to have such a foundation, so from this point of view, Li Mu thinks strategically that Zhao Jun should not advance too much in the direction of Qin Jun's development. On the contrary, Zhao Jun should proceed independently. Self-innovation forms another unique way of thinking about military operations

As for the country's industrial base, it can only depend on the development of Zhao's own economy. Li Mu has made a long-term plan.

Just when Li Mu took advantage of this opportunity to integrate the country's military power, the State of Yan was very anxious because the Qi army had already advanced more than 200 miles into the State of Yan. Although there was still a certain distance from Yandu, the specific distance could not be calculated because It will take a day or two for the results to be reported from the front line. The traffic conditions in the southern part of Yan State are so bad that the logistics supplies need to be delivered via Zhao State and South Korea instead of directly from the south.

But just when the whole country of Yan State was very worried, a strong cold air from north to south merged with warm and humid air from south to north, resulting in a large-scale snowfall, which just helped Yan State.

This powerful cold air comes from the cold air in Siberia. The abnormally cold air has already covered the northern front line with thick snow in the past few days. The temperature suddenly dropped to more than minus 20 degrees. Many soldiers of the Zhao army are still the first. This is the first time I feel such cold weather in the north

"It's really cold!" The soldiers of Zhao Jun who just came back from the outside quickly approached the stove to keep warm with their guns in their hands

"It's too cold today," another Zhao soldier complained.

"Yeah it's cold," one person chimed in while others stretched out their hands for warmth

"Hey, get up and go outside to take a snow bath." A Qin army sergeant came in and said loudly

"Why take a bath in such a cold day?" Zhao Jun's soldier said disgustedly

"It's not cold if you wash it cold." The Qin army sergeant pulled up a huddled Zhao army soldier and pulled them out one after another. Afterwards, the Zhao army soldier and the Qin army soldier took off their clothes and washed the snow in the snow. Only in this way can bathing quickly adapt to the cold weather in the north. If you continue to warm up, it will only get colder and colder.

Qin Jun and Zhao Jun are bathing in the snow in the north, but it is a serious disaster for Qi Jun who is advancing rapidly

"Driving!" A crisp whip sound resounded through the sky. A Qi army artilleryman was struggling to beat the horse with the whip to pull their cannon. The sky was cloudy and it was raining and snowing continuously.

"Damn the weather and the broken roads of Yan State," an officer complained and cursed

The other soldiers were struggling to push the big wooden wheels of the artillery, and they were unwilling to advance in such weather. The rain and snow had already wet their clothes, but they couldn't feel the cold because they were already on the road full of mud. Push the cannon forward, but after the cannon gets stuck in the mud, it can no longer move, and the soldiers are covered in mud, and they are all clay figurines.

The precipitation was very strange. The first day it rained heavily. Everyone's clothes were wet, but in the early morning of the second day, snowflakes began to fall. A blanket, these blankets are still captured by some soldiers of the Yan army. Even the blankets did not feel the cold. The soldiers of the Qi army could only cover themselves with the only army coats from the Yan army's booty and blankets, and curled up inside to keep warm as much as possible. These soldiers can only be exposed to the cold. For this reason, the number of typhoid fever among the Qi army increased sharply, but they continued to advance the next day, but it was still snowing in the sky, and it turned into sleet at noon.

Most of the soldiers in the Qi army did not change their clothes. The continuous rainy weather made their clothes not dry, so they could only move on in wet clothes.

The horses of the cavalry unit are okay. Many cavalrymen dismounted and led the horses forward. The bicycle troops got off the carts and pushed their bicycles forward. I am afraid that when it is raining, the roads will not be able to move forward at all, even horse-drawn carts and ox-carts are difficult to walk, not to mention the cavalry and bicycle troops. The worst thing is the artillery and supply troops of the Qi army. The things they haul are not only heavy but also slow as close to the road. This slow pace of progress is exacerbated by the increasingly difficult walk

Since the precipitation began, the pace of the Qi army's advance has slowed down. The Qi army's offensive force has been greatly impacted. Another hidden danger is that the non-combat reduction of the Qi army's non-combat personnel is expanding.

The soldiers of the Qi army were issued short leather boots imported from South Korea. The leather boots have poor air permeability, and the moisture formed by the continuous sweating and evaporation of the cold feet in winter cannot be discharged, resulting in very damp inside the boots, and the Qi army keeps wearing them. Urging the soldiers to advance, many soldiers were too tired to change and wash their socks, resulting in a large number of concentrated outbreaks of trench disease

For a time, the army of Qi stinks when they sleep at night, but many soldiers have adapted to the smell and they have to get used to it. This is the beginning of trench disease. Beriberi is not a big problem.

The problem lies in the fermentation of time. With the expansion of the trench disease, some soldiers' feet began to appear some ulcers, which made the overwhelmed soldiers of the Qi army slowly slow down. The speed of the Qi army slowed down.

In addition, more and more sick cases are appearing in the Qi army. The number of military doctors in the Qi army is not very large, and even soldiers who understand some medical knowledge are rare. On average, there are only [-] doctors in the Qi army for every [-] soldiers.

726 Winning the Navy

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The weather in Yan State is so happening that even the meteorological experts of Qin State can’t explain it. Qin State’s meteorology is still based on the observation of meteorological data due to the influence of geographic location survey and the supplementary relationship of geographic data.

If Qin wants to understand the entire weather system, it needs to set up different meteorological observation stations in different geographical locations. For example, the Siberian high pressure belt that has the greatest impact in winter, Qin must send some meteorological personnel to establish weather observation stations in Siberia, but it is still under the control of the Huns. It is impossible for Qin to set up a meteorological observation station there. For example, observing the warm and humid air flow in the south, Qin is even more distant. Qin has not yet had an overseas colony, let alone meteorological observation.

The development of meteorology is firstly based on geographical knowledge, although especially in terms of global knowledge, although Qin Guo learned the fact that the earth is round through observing other stars through astronomical telescopes, such as the moon and Mars, the actual situation still has not been proved. There is still a lack of strong evidence to substantiate this

For this reason, the National Science and Technology Award of the State of Qin can only temporarily award the geography award to geologists, while the geographical discovery category can only be temporarily put on hold.

However, the commercial and trade activities between Qin State and Chu State are developing smoothly through the Yangtze River trade. Qin State’s inland river transportation industry is developing rapidly.