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The coalition army once sent a large number of cavalry to outflank the Allied army's blockade, which was often open space, and the cavalry directly attacked the minefield, resulting in heavy casualties, which made the coalition army have to be cautious and never dared to take the flat ground at will.
Barbed wire defense minefields made it difficult for the opponent to move an inch. After the range was increased, the team's artillery caused the coalition casualties to rise sharply. They had to retreat and were basically outside the range of the artillery's line of fire.
What's even more frightening is that the attack will be disintegrated as long as there is a "chug" sound, because this kind of machine gun can kill the attacking coalition forces like a harvester.
Only two or three machine guns exist, and the riflemen are very leisurely aiming and shooting. If it takes longer, the artillery will join the killing army.
In short, the defense of the Allies is easy. Some new infantry replace those cavalry. At the same time, there are also a large number of weapons observers. They have to summarize the use of weapons and shortcomings and then improve them.
The allied forces completed defense and defense tasks very leisurely, while the opposing Shangwen coalition forces attacked less and less, which prevented Qin's field photographers from taking pictures of exciting war scenes. You know, this is what the King of Qin wanted to see.
The situation of the coalition forces on the opposite side is very bad. This time, 12 troops were dispatched, and more than 3 people were killed in less than half a month. In addition, there were many wounded. It is obvious that withdrawing troops is the best. Their opponents, the allied forces, need time, especially to delay the allied forces. If the opponent suddenly runs away, the allied forces will be in vain. Wang Ben thinks that the allied forces should show weakness.
601 The navy suppresses the navy
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The intention of showing weakness is very clear, that is to do everything possible to delay the coalition attack and let them stay on the defense line of the coalition for a long time. Wang Ben sent his thoughts to the headquarters by telegram.
Wang Jian only replied with one word "wait". He thinks that the allied forces are currently maintaining a certain pressure on the front. Withdrawing the troops is very detrimental to the allied forces, and the allied forces are only temporarily frustrated. They still maintain a strong combat effectiveness, which means that the allied forces still have a certain force Attacking Li Mu also believes that this situation should be maintained instead of intentionally breaking this situation. After all, there are still some situations, especially the allied forces are not fully prepared.
The Allied Forces mean to wait a little longer, but this war is Ying Yu's logistics pressure, which makes her pressure increase dramatically. The logistical pressure of supporting a huge army is very high. If these armed mercenaries can attack everywhere in normal times to obtain certain benefits, but this is not the case. The second is that the war is a large-scale organized military operation, especially during the time. Yingyu has invested more than 200 million gold in advance and now mobilized more air power. Although part of the cost is paid by the government, the cost is still very large, totaling about 100 million. Gold up and down, and this fee will increase as time goes by. In short, the longer the time goes by, the greater the pressure on Yingyu. Yingyu, who contributed money, hopes to end the war quickly.
This pressure was transferred by Ying Yu to Shangwen, but Shangwen needs to coordinate with the military. After all, this is the sensitivity of war expertise and military command.
The high-level officials are discussing how to quickly resolve the issue of the Western Regions, while the issue of the navy has been seriously ignored, and the navy has not yet reached an urgently needed position due to the direction of military use, so there is no highway in the south, and it cannot be connected. The most important thing is Qin. The nation's largest naval base didn't send a telegram. The navy was all but forgotten. This neglect has a price.
In the newly built naval base, the Qin Navy built three large docks and two medium-sized docks. This naval base was named the Naval Base, and its intention is obviously to go to sea.
The Qin State Navy used old shipbuilding techniques to increase the superstructure of a large number of ships in order to increase the number of artillery. The navy did not have sufficient funds and technical personnel. A large number of technical personnel were concentrated on engineering projects and shipbuilding was ignored. Even so, Qin State The navy has still built two cruisers. The cruiser is only 25 feet high and 150 feet [-] inches high. There are [-] rear-mounted guns and about [-] naval personnel.
The size of the cruiser is very small, not even a destroyer or a frigate, but it is already the largest ship launched by the state of Qin. The battleship has not been launched due to the huge project, and some engineering problems have not been resolved. Besides the cruiser, there are three destroyers with a length of about 25 to [-] feet. Also reduced to less than ten feet
In addition, besides the officers, the navy personnel also have a large number of experienced sailors. These sailors are from local fishermen. They are good at water but have no experience in operating large ships, while the officers have strong theoretical knowledge. They know how to fire artillery, measure latitude and longitude, and know the geology Steering force but no idea about hydrology anyway it sucks as hell
The fishermen of Chu State freely entered the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Of course they knew about the appearance of the naval base. The Chu State Navy learned from the fishermen that the Qin State Navy’s intention to build a large naval base. Landing on the south side of Shouchun along the Yangtze River would pose a great threat to Chu State, so Shang Wen received a warning from Chu State. Shang Wen did not take this matter seriously, but delayed indefinitely until the naval strength increased.
Chu’s navy does not have such patience. The emergence of Qin’s navy is a huge threat. If attacking from the Yangtze River waterway is equivalent to Chu’s enemy, even if it takes a step back, not attacking Chu is just blocking the Yangtze River waterway. The danger is great that Chu State still occupies the south of the Yangtze River, which is now Jiangxi, Hunan, Jiangsu and Jiangnan. If the Qin State Navy blocks the Yangtze River waterway, Chu State will be divided into two. It is a rising rookie. The contradictions between the two parties have been irreconcilable.
Just when the Qin State Navy just launched a destroyer with 80 people on the river for a routine learning voyage
"Three small ships of Chu state appeared at the zero position!" A Qin Haijun from the observation post on the mast shouted loudly, and he could clearly see the flag of the Chu army through his binoculars.
"We met the chief of the Chu State Navy," a lieutenant said about his position as first officer
"Are you mistaken? This is within the territory of Qin State," the captain called
"General, there is a large ship of the Qin State Navy in front of you." The Chu army also found the Qin State Navy's ship, but they obviously don't know the official name of the Qin State Navy, but they call each other the Navy.
"Huh, a group of landlubbers, we quickly approached and surrounded them." The ships of the Chu army are typical small boats with only about 15 people. This kind of boat is not big, but it is light and flexible. Compared with it, the ships of the Qin State Navy are large and malfunctioning. active
The captain of the Qin State Navy wanted to use guns to fight, but his sailors were not yet proficient in operating ships. What's more, there were only half of the original twenty cannons, and none of the sailors could operate artillery. The navy and sailors lacked a strong middle class. It's a non-commissioned officer
The two sides quickly converged on one side, and Chu's navy quickly moved closer. This approach is very threatening. Relying on help to board the ship is still a traditional water warfare mode, but the Qin's navy can only turn around clumsily to avoid this because of the larger ships. Threatening tactics, the sailors on the ship are on high alert, the Marine Corps is not present on the ship, because the Marine Corps has not been established for a long time, two-thirds of the army is sent out, and one-third is serving as an escort mission in the native Xianyang. this task
In this way, the three small boats swam back and forth around the destroyer as if playing with the Qin State Navy, while the Qin State Navy could only spin in vain to avoid the momentum being completely suppressed.
For the first time, the Chu State Navy used their flexibility to severely suppress the Qin State Navy. The Navy's navy could not see any hope of going out to sea. They could not even defeat the water army, and even the waterways occupied by Qin State could not protect Chu State. Entering the waterway is a threat to Qin
602 Big Ship Pie and Small Boat Pie
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It may be inevitable that the Qin State Navy was suppressed by the Chu State Navy. This inevitability lies in the natural difference between the two types of military services, the "sea" and "water". It is treated according to its historical mission, but the fact is that the combat area takes place on the freshwater channel of China, that is, the Yangtze River system, rather than the sea as the navy planned from the beginning. This gap in the combat area gave birth to two factions within the Qin Navy.
The big ship faction and the small ship faction The big ship faction mainly believes that the high-level unilaterally believes that this kind of understanding may come from Shang Wen's strategic plan. Qin's ultimate goal is to go to sea, which means larger ships and small ships cannot meet the requirements for going to sea.
In terms of combat, the Qin Navy believes that the bigger the ship, the better, so that more artillery can be installed. They believe that the artillery advantage is the biggest advantage of the Qin Navy, especially the improvement of the accuracy of the artillery. The appearance of the Qin Steel Cannon greatly increased the accuracy. This kind of accuracy can directly sink the opponent's wooden boat. It is an exaggeration to say that one shot should be enough.
The idea of simply building big ships and installing artillery should be correct, but in fact, the shipbuilding industry in Qin State has just started, and the quantity and quality of sailors have seriously affected the development of the navy, especially the shipbuilding industry. They are used to making small ships and large ships need a period of research. Manufactured and with the improvement of artillery technology, especially the emergence of some new functions, such as shells, dry storage space is required, and for safety reasons, shells are generally separated from the artillery, which requires a good transmission device
This requires changing the space setting and layout of the ship, especially the overall design of large ships. These are requirements that Qin State's shipbuilding technology cannot meet.
The starting point of Qin’s shipbuilding industry is lowered. Install one or two cannons on a ship, and then install more machine guns. It is best to use mechanical power, install diesel engines, improve underwater propulsion devices, etc. This solves the problem of Qin’s shipbuilding relying on new technologies. Technology can make up for combat missions
This idea lies in the fact that large ships cannot meet the current requirements of fighting on the river. Although their firepower is powerful, there are still requirements that cannot be met at present. But very little traffic here is extremely underdeveloped
In addition, since the combat area is on the river surface, the width of the waterway does not allow a large number of surface ships to have superior firepower at once, unless it is an attack on the shore. Therefore, the number of large ships should be reduced a lot, and more energy, financial and material resources should be concentrated on small ships, especially small ships. Another reason for fast gunboats, which also have the advantage of speed and firepower, is to build small boats, using Qin's accumulated shipbuilding experience from simple to easy, and the training of sailors' command and understanding can be greatly relieved. Most of the sailors born as fishermen Can't adapt to the operation of large ships. Sometimes they don't even know their positions. The use of small ships can greatly alleviate this situation.
But this kind of situation cannot be recognized by the above, especially the small boat faction is all low-level officers, they can't convince the above at all.
No matter how the two factions argue, the status quo of Qin's navy still cannot be changed. Qin's military expenditure is based on actual needs. For example, although the army's military expenditure has been reduced several times, the proportion is still very large and cannot be shaken in a short time. This is because at present, more than 90.00% of Qin’s resources come from land development, which means that the army occupies a large Shangwen area. These areas are very important to Qin. Railways, roads, steel factories, power plants, etc. all exist on Qin’s land. Horses It is still the main Shangwen combat transport platform. Enemies are mainly concentrated on the Eurasian army. Even the sky army has its great use.
Laying cables, telephone lines, erecting various overhead devices, especially the development of air transport in areas that cannot be covered by road and rail networks, airships can be completed, and the speed is faster than horse-drawn carriages. The most important thing is that its route can be straight, while horse-drawn carriages are much less demanding It will give birth to its powerful Shangwen military, which needs security in transportation, needs the army to protect the navy, and needs to be potential rather than actual.
The supply of resources in the south mainly depends on the supply from Chu State. For example, the copper ore comes from the Jiujiang area of Chu State, and the tungsten ore doped in this ore, etc. The non-ferrous metal mines in the south are what Qin State needs most. These things are from Chu State. The country uses ships to ship from the Jiujiang area across the river, and then transports it to Xinzheng by ox cart. From Xinzheng, it is transported by train to the iron and steel factories in Taiyuan and other places in the north. There, Qin produces various steel products and then uses them in Qin's domestic construction or partially exports them. For the six countries, the Yangtze River waterway transportation played a very important role, and it was necessary because of the need for Chu's navy. On the contrary, the existence of Qin's navy was somewhat redundant.
The state of Chu occupies a golden position in the middle and lower reaches, where the fishery can feed the entire waterway area, while the navy of Qin is located close to it. The population living here is moderate, but there is no need for transportation. At most, it is timber transportation in the upper reaches, but this is not enough to support a huge navy. The most needed is a naval army similar to that of the Chu army.
If you need to change it, you must change the transportation. Use the convenience of waterways to change horizontal transportation to vertical transportation. Qin uses convenient railway transportation to go directly to the naval base in Jiujiang. All kinds of products come back, only in this way can the navy survive and grow
Insufficient development in the south is the root of the problem. Shangwen is changing this situation. The Qin State wants to build railways and highways in the south and lay cables to control the south. In addition, the development of the south is also steadily advancing. Sugarcane has already obtained a certain area in the Bashu area. Planting oranges is also being transplanted. Wheat is expected to be harvested in April and May for the first time due to the special geographical environment. The double-cropping system will first be born in the Bashu area. These are all changing the economic situation in the south of Qin State. This is a direct way to improve the road condition. For economic reasons, Qin's navy will benefit from this
603 Ying Yu Puts Pressure
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It may be inevitable that the Qin State Navy was suppressed by the Chu State Navy. This inevitability lies in the natural difference between the two types of military services, the "sea" and "water". It is treated according to its historical mission, but the fact is that the combat area takes place on the freshwater channel of China, that is, the Yangtze River system, rather than the sea as the navy planned from the beginning. This gap in the combat area gave birth to two factions within the Qin Navy.
The big ship faction and the small ship faction The big ship faction mainly believes that the high-level unilaterally believes that this kind of understanding may come from Shang Wen's strategic plan. Qin's ultimate goal is to go to sea, which means larger ships and small ships cannot meet the requirements for going to sea.
In terms of combat, the Qin Navy believes that the bigger the ship, the better, so that more artillery can be installed. They believe that the artillery advantage is the biggest advantage of the Qin Navy, especially the improvement of the accuracy of the artillery. The appearance of the Qin Steel Cannon greatly increased the accuracy. This kind of accuracy can directly sink the opponent's wooden boat. It is an exaggeration to say that one shot should be enough.
The idea of simply building big ships and installing artillery should be correct, but in fact, the shipbuilding industry in Qin State has just started, and the quantity and quality of sailors have seriously affected the development of the navy, especially the shipbuilding industry. They are used to making small ships and large ships need a period of research. Manufactured and with the improvement of artillery technology, especially the emergence of some new functions, such as shells, dry storage space is required, and for safety reasons, shells are generally separated from the artillery, which requires a good transmission device
This requires changing the space setting and layout of the ship, especially the overall design of large ships. These are requirements that Qin State's shipbuilding technology cannot meet.
The starting point of Qin’s shipbuilding industry is lowered. Install one or two cannons on a ship, and then install more machine guns. It is best to use mechanical power, install diesel engines, improve underwater propulsion devices, etc. This solves the problem of Qin’s shipbuilding relying on new technologies. Technology can make up for combat missions
This idea lies in the fact that large ships cannot meet the current requirements of fighting on the river. Although their firepower is powerful, there are still requirements that cannot be met at present. But very little traffic here is extremely underdeveloped
In addition, since the combat area is on the river surface, the width of the waterway does not allow a large number of surface ships to have superior firepower at once, unless it is an attack on the shore. Therefore, the number of large ships should be reduced a lot, and more energy, financial and material resources should be concentrated on small ships, especially small ships. Another reason for fast gunboats, which also have the advantage of speed and firepower, is to build small boats, using Qin's accumulated shipbuilding experience from simple to easy, and the training of sailors' command and understanding can be greatly relieved. Most of the sailors born as fishermen Can't adapt to the operation of large ships. Sometimes they don't even know their positions. The use of small ships can greatly alleviate this situation.
But this kind of situation cannot be recognized by the above, especially the small boat faction is all low-level officers, they can't convince the above at all.
No matter how the two factions argue, the status quo of Qin's navy still cannot be changed. Qin's military expenditure is based on actual needs. For example, although the army's military expenditure has been reduced several times, the proportion is still very large and cannot be shaken in a short time. This is because at present, more than 90.00% of Qin’s resources come from land development, which means that the army occupies a large Shangwen area. These areas are very important to Qin. Railways, roads, steel factories, power plants, etc. all exist on Qin’s land. Horses It is still the main Shangwen combat transport platform. Enemies are mainly concentrated on the Eurasian army. Even the sky army has its great use.
Laying cables, telephone lines, erecting various overhead devices, especially the development of air transport in areas that cannot be covered by road and rail networks, airships can be completed, and the speed is faster than horse-drawn carriages. The most important thing is that its route can be straight, while horse-drawn carriages are much less demanding It will give birth to its powerful Shangwen military, which needs security in transportation, needs the army to protect the navy, and needs to be potential rather than actual.