The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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The Admiralty's Ministry of the Navy focused on re-studying the outline of the navy's development plan, because King Qin had directly ordered the navy not to fail again. As long as it can win a big battle, all resources can be given priority, but the navy checked its own family background, and it's a pity that their resources were originally There are not many ships produced by shipyards, most of them are just a shelf and cannot be launched because building ships takes time, but victories must be generated in a short time

Naval officers urgently need a quality ship that can win battles in time. In addition, there is only one last condition. Victory can provide everything.

However, the navy has to re-examine its current situation. The quality of sailors is generally not high. Many people can even know characters, and even their names can’t be written. Every time when the military pay is paid, these people will use their fingerprints instead. In the four major military branches The Fifth Military Service has not been counted for the time being, because if it is included, it will be counted as central finance. If it is not, then they will exist in the form of local militias, and their expenses will be counted as local governments. This is the reason why the Fifth Military Service is late Can't be built but current needs don't require what they need to save as much as possible so the other services can stay afloat

Among the four major military branches, the quality of individual soldiers is the worst. The navy and army rank third. The marine corps ranks third. No.1 is the space army. They generally have high qualifications. The navy also has sailors who can't even write their names.

Based on this basis, it is obviously unrealistic to defeat the Chu State Navy, a veteran naval power, in a short period of time, and the above clearly tells them that if they fight, they can only fight in the Yangtze River waters and the limited land on both sides of the river. The scale of the war is strictly controlled. **The war is to be fought, but it is not a blindly expanded war, but a **-level local war. Such a requirement raises the naval surface warfare to an urgent level.

Since we want to fight the Admiralty, we have to study how to fight

The navy followed Shangwen's thinking, but this kind of thinking is very impractical. Qin's high-level navy hopes to control the ocean and improve the status of the navy according to Shangwen's thinking. The technical requirements are too high, the use of weapons and equipment is more difficult, and it is more difficult for the grassroots to increase the chance of victory. It is very difficult for the officers to command, because even if they train hard, the technical problems still cannot be solved.

Under the pressure from above, the Ministry of the Navy had to re-discover the suggestions of the Navy Small Boat Faction. In order to win the war, they decided to make amendments based on the suggestions put forward by the Small Boat Faction.

Small boats can adapt to the characteristics of low-quality but rich-experienced navy sailors. Small boats need not many personnel, at most 20 people. The weapon system has been reduced a lot. One or two cannons and two machine guns are installed, and the shipbuilding technology is also much simpler. With the shrinking of the ship, the navy You can use new technology like diesel propulsion system which makes the sail completely disappear and small boats increase mobility and use machine guns so you can beat your opponents

In order to take the opportunity to expand the influence of the navy, the Ministry of the Navy put forward new requirements to establish a naval aviation force, the army established an army aviation force, and took away the paratroopers from the sky army, so the navy should also have its own aviation force, and now the war is no longer a one-sided war. If a space-level war navy is developed, it can effectively attack Qi from the sea and attack Qi, which is far in the east and adjacent to Qin.

In order to make new developments in naval technology, the navy also needs to set up a special organization to purchase a batch of new weapons. These weapons are no longer limited to land use, such as cannons and machine guns, but some strange weapons. It is best to break through this traditional weapon. The meeting was compiled into a naval report and submitted to the Guowei Mansion for approval

And in the far western regions, they don't care about naval affairs, they have to solve the battle quickly

Due to the cavalry's hurricane advance, a large number of coalition troops were captured, but some tribal kingdoms still fled desperately. Just when they thought they had escaped, they suddenly found that an allied army appeared in front of them.

The Allied soldiers on the opposite side have already prepared their bullets, and the machine guns are also aiming at each other from the commanding heights. As long as the opponent takes a step forward, they will face the call of death.

Most of the coalition forces, even the leaders of those tribes, are powerless to fight any more. They know exactly what kind of opponents they are facing. They hold strange weapons with pipes that can breathe fire. The arrows they shoot can penetrate even leather armor and are fast. It's amazingly fast The best archers can't shoot that fast And they have weapons like lightning strikes It's like a curse from the sky They managed to escape and these people came out of nowhere and stood in their way Everyone collapsed when they saw this, they were powerless to fight any more

The scene where all the soldiers from the Western Regions knelt and surrendered surprised the Allied soldiers. After continuous probing, the Qin army in the south captured a large number of prisoners alive.

On the other hand, the Zhao army in the north encountered some tenacious attacks, but they easily dealt with them.

In the north, there are Loulan Cheshi and other small countries. These small countries are the main force of the Western Region Allied Forces. Their country is located more than 200 miles away from the Qin State Airborne Troops. Let them do crazy things to survive. They rushed over scattered and tried to rely on this madness. move out

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" rushed towards Zhao Jun and Han Jun's positions, when they were a hundred steps away from the position, countless flaming bullets shot out like raindrops

The coalition soldiers who are not afraid of death try to take a step forward, but it is no longer possible, occupying the commanding heights on the side, the firepower damn it takes advantage of them

The "bang bang bang bang" machine gun fired continuously and even bursts, directly omitting the bullets and directly hitting the side of the Western Regions' attack. Two attacks and two attacks fell down in less than 5 minutes. Corpses, their attempts to survive were completely quashed.

Just when the Zhao army was about to launch an attack, a vanguard team of mixed cavalry from the Qin army and Zhao army came over, which made the soldiers of the coalition army prisoners. However, some people who tried to climb the mountain were chased and beheaded by the cavalry. Others ran to the direction of the desert regardless. The Allied cavalry was unwilling to chase. Everyone knows the consequences of entering the desert. Unless you can find an oasis, it is a dead end and become a dry corpse without water in the desert.

So far, the success of the two alliances may be due to the weakness of the opponent, which reduces the significance of this airborne operation, because even a defeat can achieve this goal, but now the remaining things for the Allied forces have become much simpler, that is, to move forward to clean up the mess and occupy the Western Regions. During the war, another large piece of land in the Qin State was merged into the territory of the Qin State

The land war has come to an end, especially the war in the south, but the war in the northern western regions has just begun. The back is mainly local aborigines. The Qin State can't find out who they are, but their hairstyle is very strange, that kind of hairstyle that stands up high. If it weren't for the Qin army's in-depth battles in the north, it would be hard to believe that there are such strange things in the world.

In addition to the natives, there are Yuezhi people and Wusun people who migrated west to west. The common point between the two is that they were all driven by the Qin army, but they don't seem to have any interest in the Qin army because they know they can't beat each other. In particular, the Wusun people have tried it, while the Yuezhi people have simply forgotten the past and focused on a better future. However, the two peoples often have conflicts because of the pastures at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Both of them evolved from nomadic tribes. When the Allied forces attacked the Allied Forces in the Western Regions, especially the Loulan Che Division, a war broke out between the Yuezhi people and the Wusun people.

The war lasted for a month, and it ended almost as long as the Allied forces solved the main forces in the southern and western regions.

The result of the war was that the Wusun people defeated the Yuezhi people. The Yuezhi people had not recovered because of the great damage from the war with Qin. The strength of the war lies in the important indicator of population. Reluctantly, they had no choice but to move westward again, and Wusun also paid a certain price. The number of casualties was more than 1. This number became fatal in the subsequent defense against the Allied invasion. Although they won the grassland, their strength was also greatly reduced. This pair A great opportunity for the Allies

However, the Allied forces are gathering the second cavalry mobile force. The logistical transportation still hinders the Allied military operations, but Wang Ben has a bold idea, that is to cross the Tianshan Mountains to the north and suddenly appear behind the enemy from the Tianshan Mountains, so as to reduce the entry from the North Western Region. time

This idea needs time to digest because they have not swallowed the huge territory of the South Western Region

The cavalry advances at about fifty miles a day, the infantry is twenty miles behind, and there is a large army of artillery and logistics merchants advancing slowly. The merchants have seen war as an opportunity for great wealth.

The emergence of merchants is conducive to digesting and absorbing the huge fruits of victory in this war. A large amount of spoils are exchanged by them for Qin Banliang, and then transported to the soldiers of Qin State to get money and deposit it in banks. Banks absorb the spoils in their hands in the form of investment or lend to merchants to buy and sell slaves This virtuous circle helps to quickly resolve other effects of the war, but the resistance of the residents is converted into slaves and migrated away, and the new residents who migrate will become the new masters of the land.

The immigrant wave really came from the propaganda of the newspapers, and there was a large amount of gold in the Western Regions. Reports had already resounded throughout the Central Plains. The domestic influence of the Qin State was not very great. Only a very small number of scientific researchers and explorers went there, and the reactions from the six countries were strong, especially those in factories in South Korea. The working Chu people work seven hours a day, not to mention making less money. The Korean factory owners are quite mean. Even the time for eating is very close. This also forces more people to look for a new place to start living a golden night. The dream of getting rich drove them to the Western Regions to find gold

They have already found out that as long as they take the train from Xinzheng, they can reach the entrance of the Hexi Corridor, and then follow the army or find a job as a driver to reach the Western Regions.

Moreover, it only takes fifteen and a half taels from Xinzheng to the end of the train, which is cheaper. Some bold Chu people embarked on the journey to the Western Regions in this way. The Chinese became the main force of the migration. They set off from Xinzheng, South Korea, and went directly to the Western Regions.

Just as the Western Regions were gradually digesting, the navy's problem rose to a serious level again. The main reason is that industrial raw materials continue to decline. Futures for various raw materials are rising. If this continues, Qin will really face an economic crisis. war of words

The State of Qin urgently laid a cable to the south, but the cable has only just arrived. Wancheng is still some distance away from the naval base, and the progress of the project is not very fast. Near the railway, the progress is fast, but the further south the project is, the slower the progress. It's just in Nanyang. District works stalled

And Shangwen took this opportunity to sell the national debt of the Qin State Navy. The amount of the national debt exceeds 300 million gold. The 300 million gold will be used to build a powerful navy. At first, some people bought it, but then no one paid any attention. what kind of war of words

"Our navy has a secret weapon, that is, the saliva of our prime minister is stronger than the shells of a cannon." A reporter from "Flying News" wrote an article to tease Shang Wen, but Shang Wen responded with a smile

Qin State was the first to know about the naval issue than Chu State and actively launched a diplomatic stance. Qin State sent the Qin State Letter of Credentials to the Qin State Ambassador in Shouchun through the telegraph line established in Wancheng.

The state of Qin demanded a public apology and compensation for Qin’s loss of more than 100 million gold because of the impact caused by the Chu state’s navy repeatedly provoking the Qin state’s navy and unilaterally entering Qin’s controlled waters without Qin’s consent, and the Chu state’s navy was no longer present. Within the Yangtze River waters controlled by Qin State

In addition, there are water pirates in the Yangtze River, Wuyue, and Jiujiang areas in the south. Qin State asked Chu State to agree to the Qin State Navy and Chu State Navy Navy to jointly eliminate water pirates. In addition to these water pirates, Qin State also hopes to rent five Yangtze River ports in Chu State at a price of 25 gold per year. as a dock for ships

The senior officials of Chu State were very angry with Qin State’s request. They thought that Qin State seemed to have not figured out the facts. The Qin State Navy dared to challenge the Chu State Navy before it was able to sail on the Yangtze River waterway. There are a thousand ships in the Chu State Navy. Can't the Qin Navy see the ships?

But the king of Chu didn't care about his attitude. He didn't want to fight with the Qin army. Now there are three countries related to Qin. man opposes in his own interest

According to newspapers, Qin State is building a railway from Luoyang Xinzheng to the southern naval base. Once the railway is completed, it will pose a huge threat to these nobles. It is the emergence of this kind of monopoly position that the link will increase the price at will in order to earn a certain profit. This leads to the entry of merchants from various countries or the transportation of raw materials in the form of smuggling. These tolls are one of the main incomes of local officials. Due to various considerations, they do not want this at present. This kind of balance has been broken, but the appearance of water pirates has pushed Qin to the point where it has to be resolved, because water pirates have affected Qin's import of raw materials, even if the problem can be properly resolved, Qin will never allow it. Someone disrupted the order of the waterway

After consultations, the top leaders of Chu State unanimously opposed Qin State's request, and even gave up and drove all the personnel of the Qin State Embassy out of Chu State. The relationship between the two parties reached a freezing point, which also gave Qin State an excuse to send troops.

Just when Qin State decided to occupy a favorable position in public opinion, Chu State's navy moved ahead of time, and they used the method of night attack to solve the problem of Qin State's navy in advance so as to create established facts.

A daring sneak attack plan was born. This sneak attack plan will wipe out Qin's navy in the base.

Perhaps it was a coincidence that Shangwen was discussing with Meng Yi a feasible way to build the private shipyard of Qin State

"Do you know that the best material for shipbuilding is steel? A ship with a steel hull can be built with a larger carrying capacity and can travel farther." Shangwen is not very interested in wooden ships. The carrying range of wooden ships is really limited.

"Steel Ship" Meng Yi can't believe it

"Why is it so difficult that you don't know Archimedes' principle?" Shang Wen said casually

"What Adri?" Meng Yi didn't know what strange words Shang Wen said

"Oh, it's nothing but the principle of buoyancy, as long as the volume is enlarged, even a steel plate will float on the water, just like a glass can. If it is a piece of glass iron, it will sink into the water, but if it is made into a glass can, they may not necessarily sink into the water." Shang Wen told Meng Yi

"It's the first time I've heard of such knowledge," Meng Yi said.

"In fact, there are such experimental classes in middle school physics experiments," Shang Wen said.

"It seems that I have studied hard," Meng Yi said.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean that, actually..." Shang Wen thought that such words would hurt Meng Yi's self-esteem

"Oh, no, no, I'm sorry, in fact, I should study. Do you know that General Wang spends an hour every day learning all kinds of science and technology? Not only General Wang, but also the King, the King knows more than me, such as the latitude of the earth, the King's Lian Liu. You can use sub-meters, and you can solve quadratic equations in one yuan.” Meng Yi said that Shang Wen looked at Meng Yi in surprise. The news is really surprising. King Qin can also solve quadratic equations in one yuan.

"My brother is also studying various mechanical theories, he is very interested in internal combustion engines," Meng Yi continued.

"It's unbelievable." Shang Wen couldn't imagine that the top officials of the Qin State could learn scientific knowledge. It's unbelievable.