The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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"What the general said is very true," said the general of the Chu army.

"That's why it's hard to suppress bandits," Xiang Yan said.

"However, there is one thing that I think should be extremely important," the general of the Chu Army said.

"Say" Xiang Yan said

General Chu Jun nodded

"The general finally discovered that there are a large number of officers and soldiers colluding with each other in the local garrison of the Chu army's navy and water thieves. They wantonly snatch the property of the merchants and then the two families divide the spoils on the spot." The general of the Chu army pointed out one of the ineffectiveness of the Chu army's navy to suppress bandits. important reason

"Oh" Xiang Yan questioned with a surprised expression

"It did happen," the Chu army general affirmed.

"En." Xiang Yan nodded. In fact, Xiang Yan knew about such a thing a long time ago, but he didn't think it was the main reason, but he didn't think that his subordinates would find out that the reason would be a little tricky.

Because the order he received was to solve this matter quickly, because Qin is a country that is not easy to mess with, but these problems are placed in front of Xiang Yan. First of all, what he has to face is a navy that has been corrupted inside. The water army can basically rule out the possibility of still having combat effectiveness, because they can collude with water pirates, which proves that they are dedicated to making money. no difference

At the same time, he needs to solve this matter quickly. In fact, Qin State has already taken strict diplomatic measures. This measure is that they sent a special envoy with a letter written by King Qin and Shang Wen to ask Chu State to quickly deal with the water robbery problem. If Chu State If it can't be dealt with in a short period of time, then Qin will send its own armed force to protect the safety of its merchant ships.

However, it will take some time for this letter to be conveyed because the road traffic conditions in Chu State are really bad

Considering this, Qin State decided to follow up the special envoy of Qin State as Qin State’s ambassador to Chu State after the special envoy was dispatched, and sent civil and military officials such as military officers and counselors to Chu State. In order to strengthen the rapid contact between the two countries, Qin State also issued a special suggestion. The content is to establish a telegraph line in Chu State to solve the problem of unhappy communication between the two countries.

Xiang Yan doesn't know what happened, but he knows that Qin State will definitely take the opportunity to intervene because this country is a country that can't be idle. Whenever there is a chance, especially when it has something to do with him, he always intervenes and finds a very suitable one. The reason for this is exactly the result. Qin has already begun to intervene in these matters.

"We sent a special envoy and chased after the Qin ambassador to Chu, but this is not enough," Shangwen said at a small cabinet meeting.

"The supply problem of our merchant ships has not been solved, especially our merchant ships will grow bigger and bigger in the future. The small ports in Chu State simply cannot accommodate our merchant ships, especially when the last incident happened because our merchant ships could not berth at What happened on the wharf of Chu State, if our merchant ships come to Chu State again, such things will still happen.” Shang Wen paused

"So we have to build our own docks and even military bases on the territory of Chu State to ensure that our merchant ships can get supplies and dock safely on the shore to carry out commercial and trade activities," Shang Wen said.

"So what do we do next?" Asked the Assistant Security Advisor

"We need to use this as an opportunity to enter Chu and build our own port in the name of building a free port and establishing a concession," Shang Wen said

Everyone nodded to express their agreement. In fact, Qin State has always carried out trade in the name of establishing commercial concessions. There are such concessions in South Korea, Zhao Guoyan, and these concessions are rooted in various countries like Qin’s cities. There are Qin people, especially businessmen. The agglomeration area where the state of Qin launched various commercial activities. These activities drove the development of the country's surrounding areas, especially the development of industry and commerce.

Qin State also plans to spread this kind of concession to Chu State this time. If these concessions appear in Chu State, then the trade between the two countries will be intensive.

This may be the first stage of Qin's trade activities, occupying a series of key points in a series of traffic arteries and arranging a large number of commercial network bases along the way.

Qin State thinks so and does so. The Qin State Navy has organized and registered a large number of launched merchant ships and conducted military training so that they can understand the meaning of military operations as much as possible. At the same time as the formation exercises, the upper echelons of the state of Qin began to actively send out invitations to the upper echelons of the state of Chu to come to Qin state to discuss some key things. These things are the establishment of complete dock facilities.

Just when the Qin State was carrying out a new strategy, Xiang Yan also adopted a new strategy to carry out the reform of the navy, and this reform mainly started from how to suppress bandits

Xiang Yan believes that the Qin army is more likely to launch a sudden attack by water than to attack Chu by land. It is possible to attack the capital of Chu, Shouchun, from behind. Qin's naval power is getting stronger step by step. It is very fatal to know that the ships of the Qin State are getting bigger and bigger. This is what Xiang Yan believes. First of all, the load capacity of the ships is very unusual. Generally, a heavy artillery on land needs many horses or even cattle to pull it. This way of traction leads to the loss of artillery The maneuverability is not strong, but the power is huge enough, but the defensive side can have a long enough time to prepare, because it takes a long time to mobilize the heavy artillery, especially the unsound roads of Chu State, which does not have railways and roads to provide its mobility.

But the waterway is different. Once the cannon is loaded on the ship, the ship can easily maneuver to any position. At the same time, the ship can carry powerful artillery. These artillery can cover the landing of soldiers and easily destroy any fortification. The most important thing is that these artillery cannot be destroyed because Qin's ships are made of iron, so far there is no weapon that can pierce such an iron ship. Qin's own cannons are available, but Chu has no such ability. Even explosives require a lot of explosives. The possibility is very small. Coming to Chu State, the navy will face new threats. In order to deal with the threats, military reforms must be carried out. This is the reform of the Chu State’s navy. The purpose of reform is to adapt to the challenges from the powerful Qin State Navy on the water.

But the first part of the navy reform is the reform of the main body of the navy with the purpose of suppressing bandits. This reform is mainly to enhance the combat power, that is, the determination to fight.

715 The Qi Army Advances Rapidly

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Xiang Yan of Chu State is planning to carry out a large-scale reform of the Chu State Navy in the name of suppressing bandits. The reform is to rebuild the Chu State Navy into an army capable of resisting the Qin State Navy from the water.

But the Qin State Navy is also actively preparing for the Qin State Navy to use the special funds for the navy to build some warships. Although these warships have only one ship that can provide 12 horsepower and use a flat-bottomed structure, the hull is welded by a mix of wood and iron plates. Because iron The board is easy to solder and the technology is not very difficult

For the first time, the warship uses a rotatable turret, using motor hydraulic drive and mechanical manual drive to rotate the turret. The turret is equipped with two three-inch guns. The machine gun provides cover, and the warship adopts a beveled structure. The purpose of the design is not very clear. In short, the shape of the warship is very ugly.

The warship can move forward at a speed of 35 miles per hour. Of course, this is the estimated speed. This is only shown on the design drawings. The naming method of the ** ship is not based on the first warship that was manufactured and launched. The most important thing is that the Qin State Navy has not used the unit of displacement to mark the boundaries of warships. Perhaps the Qin State Navy does not need it for the time being because they have not yet arrived. The sea is at this level, and the Qin State Navy has just grown up. Although the navy has a certain technical foundation, it still takes a long time for the entire navy to form a huge combat power.

While both Qin and Chu are working hard to develop their water surface forces, the Qi Army is making a rapid advance. After solving the besieged enemies, the Qi Army has accelerated its counterattack to Yan. But before that, they have to solve some road problems. Condition

"We surrender, we won't run away," a group of ragged Yankees shouted as they stood beside the dirt road with their hands raised.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Qi Jun waved his hands impatiently to make this group of Yan people who are no different from beggars stand on the side of the road

"Get out of the way!" the soldiers of the Qi army ordered again, and the people of Yan ** put down their hands and stood by the side of the road, or simply sat on the side of the road and watched the Qi army march towards their own country.

The advance speed of the Qi army was so fast that to what extent the Yan army did not flee as fast as the Qi army advanced so that the Yan army simply surrendered again, but this time the Qi army was unwilling to talk to these prisoners of war and urged them to surrender sincerely. This scene of Yan Jun standing on the side of the road and not obstructing their progress has happened many times

The advancing army of the Qi army was equipped with a lot of mobile tools. For example, some regiments of the Yan army were equipped with bicycles. These bicycles were seized by the Qi army as trophies, and these trophies were quickly put to use. A large number of infantry rode forward on bicycles, and they could Put your own rucksack on the bicycle, or two people share a bicycle to move forward. This bicycle is produced by Qin Guoxi brand factory and has sponge tires. The tires use the kind of sponge on the plane and are made of large The wheel design has good off-road performance, so Qi soldiers like this equipment very much

However, the Qi army itself is also equipped with a certain number of bicycles. Qi imported a large number of bicycles from Qin, but a large part of these bicycles were dismantled. The main reason is that Qi’s air force needs a lot of gears. The gears processed by a certain cutting process require a certain basic machine tool. Obviously, Qi State does not have such a foundation, so Qi State can only import these gears in the name of importing bicycles and parts.

However, a certain number of bicycles have flowed into Qi from the people, but these bicycles have been conscripted into the army since the beginning of the war, so these troops are equipped with a certain number of motorized bicycle troops. These troops are mainly equipped with companies and battalions rather than large-scale equipment. The army of Qi State did not reform according to the organizational system of Yan State and Qin State, they still organized according to the original military organizational system

The addition of bicycles can't make the Qi army so fast. What really speeds up is the horses that Yan State imported from Qin State. These horses originally belonged to Yan State's cavalry and supply troops, but when the Yan Army retreated, all these horses were taken away. The Qi army completely accepted that these horses came from the northern grasslands, and these horses had stirrups, a unique invention of Qin State. This invention made the Qi army quickly realize the importance of another type of arms, cavalry The country concentrated a large number of horses in an extreme time and used them to form a cavalry of several thousand people. The concentrated and rapid use of these cavalry greatly accelerated the advance speed of the Qi army.

The addition of cavalry, especially in the pursuit of the counter-offensive phase, made the Qi army progress quickly. The Yan army who tried to escape before was quickly chased by the Qi army like a whirlwind, and the Yan army had no strength to resist anymore, and they had no weapons in their hands. So they had no choice but to surrender, but the cavalry of the Qi army didn't bother about it at all, they just shouted loudly

"Go away" and then go forward quickly on horseback. They were given the task of assaulting the country of Yan at the fastest speed. Nothing else is more important than this, so a large number of cavalry marched towards the border of the country of Yan, and those unlucky Yan troops because of reaction The speed is slow, they are trampled by horses and died. Others dodge far away, and then follow up with the bicycle troops as much as possible. They carry their bags or weapons on their own or in groups of two, and keep up with the speed of the cavalry as soon as possible. They are also useless for prisoners of war. Interest these things should be handed over to the following infantry team and they should deal with these things

The infantry who followed behind were in a lot of trouble. First of all, they had to carry their excess trophies. These trophies included many army coats, military boots, and various rucksacks discarded by the Yan army. These rucksacks were mainly bullets, bayonet belts, and some sundries. And when the Yan army fled, they threw it all away, and it was all thrown away that allowed them to escape not far because they didn't have any supplies to allow them to go further.

Many soldiers of the Yan Army stopped running after running for a day because they had no food and autumn had come, and they didn't even have clothes to keep out the cold. In desperation, they had no choice but to surrender, hoping that the Qi Army could provide them with some help. If I can survive, or I just surrender to Qi Min and have a mouthful of hot water and hot food

The soldiers of the Qi army were very busy, and the Yan army discarded quite a lot of supplies. First of all, a large amount of military supplies, such as quilts, some unopened and waterproof kraft paper, which wrapped these clothes and quilts well, and most of these supplies came from the State of Qin. However, the logistics staff of Yan State were very stingy and did not distribute it to the soldiers of the Yan Army. As a result, a large amount of military supplies were piled up in the warehouse and finally accepted by the Qi Army with a smile, and the Qi Army was not polite. Many soldiers of the Qi army marched in the coats of the Yan army, and the Yan army could only stand on the side of the road watching the clothes that belonged to them now being worn on the soldiers of the Qi army.

These unfinished soldiers of the Qi army are still eating canned beef and canned fruits. Many of these canned foods are expired or expired foods sold to Yan. The Qin State stipulates that the shelf life of canned food is only three months. In fact, Qin State produced a lot of such canned food. During the delivery process and the sales process, three months is far from enough, and there is a backlog of warehouses. Many merchants in Qin State had to resell them to Yan State or Zhao State Mining Area at a price higher than the cost price. This is how these cans came from.

Regardless of the expiration date, the soldiers of the Qi army have never eaten such good food. Many of them still keep cans and jars as souvenirs. They wonder why the Yan army lost the battle after eating so well.

Accompanied by the artillery unit of the Qi army, the Yan army and a large number of artillery were captured by the Qi army. These artillery were all bronze five-inch and six-inch artillery produced before Qin. There are also many types of shells. Some troops are also equipped with more advanced artillery observation. But now these things are in the hands of the Qi army. They found horses and reorganized them into the hands of the artillery of the Qi army. In this way, the artillery of the Qi army has grown greatly.

The infantry and artillery were mixed together and advancing slowly, while there were a large number of unaccepted prisoners of war on the side of the road. These prisoners of war became orphans, no one took them in, and they didn't dare to rob at will, because there were guerrillas in the surrounding villages. They can only take the initiative to find guerrillas to help find a way to take them in and let them live

In this way, the Qi army quickly advanced the Yan army to voluntarily surrender, and only the country of Yan was in a hurry. The country of Yan could only send anxious telegrams one after another, while the country of Qin was holding a military contract and asked the country of Yan to sign it, but now the country of Yan was not at all It is impossible to come up with so much money all at once, and the two sides are at a stalemate like this

The two countries are at a stalemate like this, but there is a new change in the neighbors of Qin and Yan. This change is that Zhao Guo pre-selected their prime minister as quickly as possible. The prime minister is Guo Kai. The votes for myself are not high, only 20.00% and [-]. This is an unofficial statistic. This number comes from the Qin State newspaper, but it is not easy because the votes of Zhao State voters are very chaotic. Except for Guo Kai, no one else exceeds [-]%. [-]

716 Source of Guo Kai's votes

The reason why Guo Kai has such a large vote rate is not because Guo Kai's election policy is good, nor is it the effect of Guo Kai's efforts to promote it, but money has played a big role

Guo Kai also saw that the propaganda war has no effect at all, because this is not the state of Qin. The state of Qin opposed election bribery from the very beginning, and the election was held in an open and transparent environment. This kind of election requires the electors to be able to grasp certain knowledge. Media publicity skills and speech level fully publicize one's own views. Only in this way can more people be attracted to vote.

Moreover, King Qin's starting point from the beginning was to check and balance the power of the prime minister, so the prime minister must be fully elected in a fair and transparent state, and the people elected are from Qin, which requires electors to be able to grasp the psychology and needs of voters for publicity. Under this election system, it is necessary to show a person's charisma, which includes a person's character and a good first impression. The reason why Shang Wen was able to win the first election was the most important besides the opponent and the media's propaganda offensive. The most important thing is that he can show his personal charm, which needs to impress the support of the Qin people, especially the Qin people who are voters.

But Zhao Guo didn't have this point. Although Zhao Guo learned the electoral system, he didn't learn the essence, because Zhao Guo one-sidedly thought that elections were to show his own explanations, ideas of ruling the country, etc. These were loudly sold like opening a shop on the street, but The actual situation has undergone a serious change. This change is that people seem to be not very interested in this kind of thing. Even those who are interested will not vote blindly, and everyone is qualified, and what the elector has to do is to let These people voted for themselves

How to vote for yourself The bankers in Qin State supported Guo Kai to use newspapers and media to make a big publicity, but this trick still works in Qin State because no one dares to use money, but it fails in Zhao State. The effect is not very great. People in Xia Zhao thought of another shortcut. This shortcut is to spend money to buy the votes in the hands of those people, and this trick is very effective.

"Come on, the free one-day tour of Handan is not only for fun, but also for free!" A domestic slave in Guo's mansion shouted loudly. In order to let more people hear their voices, they even imported a microphone from Qin to amplify the sound. The installation is that there is a horse-drawn carriage that pulls half of the batteries. There is also a horse-drawn carriage behind the carriage that is specially used to transport the batteries for the purpose of being able to pull the ballots for publicity. There is also a team of horse-drawn carriages behind the carriage. carriage