The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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As soon as he came out, Shangwen saw that the sky had darkened.

"It's snowing. The snow came early this year." Ying Yu followed and ran out.

"En." Shang Wen said kindly.He didn't listen to Ying Yu's words.

Shang Wen had no choice but to take this oil bottle to the laboratory of the arsenal.There, Naofumi is going to carry out a large-scale chemical experiment.

"My lord, my lord stay here." A city gate official shouted loudly.

"What's wrong?" Ying Yu asked curiously.

"I don't know." Shang Wen replied ignorantly.

"My lord, I have seen my lord before. My lord, this is a letter from General Meng Tian that just came from the north." He said and handed over an envelope.Shangwen looked at the city gate official, then opened the envelope.That morning, the guard almost flew towards Xianyang.Highway closed.then forced through.The horses had their legs broken by the deep snow.The guards didn't care about these, and rushed to the next station with all their strength, and then changed horses continuously to send the letter to Xianyang overnight.When they arrived in Xianyang, the exhausted guards had only one breath left.With his last breath, he handed the letter to the city gate officer, and then died of exhaustion.The city gate officer quickly sent a copy to the palace.This copy just happened to see Shangwen, so he stopped immediately.

Shang Wen's brows tightened more and more.learned from letters.There should be a blizzard in the north.Moreover, it is coming fast.Therefore, there have been a large number of freeze-to-death incidents, and at the same time, a large number of unexplained deaths have also been explained in detail to Shangwen.Shangwen took a look.I already understood what was going on.poisoned by carbon monoxide.The casualties were very heavy.Tu Sui's Musketeers suffered heavy losses.These are not scary.What Naofumi was afraid of was the large number of influenza caused by these.

Most of Qin's soldiers came from the interior, and when they went to fight in the north, they encountered such cold conditions.Shang Wen took a deep breath.

"What's wrong?" Ying Yu asked.

"Let's talk in the car." Shang Wen said.What Shangwen is thinking about now is fighting in winter, and the severe cold is a very terrible thing.Napoleon's army was wiped out by the severe cold.Hitler's army was also defeated in Moscow because of the severe cold.Now the severe cold came suddenly.Let the battle situation suddenly become confused.

"Look for yourself." Shangwen handed the letter to Yingyu.Then I began to think about a series of chain reactions triggered by the severe cold.

Shang Wen thought of this, immediately picked up the notebook in his hand, and then wrote down some arrangements.Be taken, medicine.Medical personnel.Besides.Shangwen thought of old man Wei.This guy specializes in treating difficult and miscellaneous diseases, let's see if he can help.

Shangwen listed everything he could think of.

"It's nothing, right?" Ying Yu said.Shang Wen gave her a white look.

At this time, King Qin saw Meng Tian's battle report for the first time.Hear Meng Tian's report.Qin Wang felt that the gaffe had changed, but how did it change.Concrete negotiations are also required.So Zhao Gao immediately invited Wang Jian, Li Si and others.

After receiving the urgent edict from King Qin, everyone rushed to Xianyang Palace immediately.At this time, Zhao Gao also went to look for another Shang Wen who was often missing.

"Everyone take a look. This is an urgent battle report from Meng Tian." King Qin said directly.Everyone sensed the urgency of the gaffe from King Qin's face.Li Si saw the battle report first.According to the battle report, heavy snowfall occurred in the north, and a large number of soldiers died.After Wang Jian saw it, he immediately felt that the problem was difficult.Because of long-term military reasons.He knows very well that once a large number of diseases are contagious in the army.There is no way to fight.After Wei Liao looked at it, he did the same thing.The same is true for Yang Duanhe.

"Your Majesty, this time is no small matter. Most of our soldiers are from the interior, and the north is severely cold, and there is still such a heavy snowstorm. I am afraid it will be difficult to persist. At this time, we should increase the number of winter clothes." Wang Jian said immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are still a large amount of medicinal materials that need to be delivered in time. We should prevent the outbreak of wind and cold in the army in time." Wei Liao said immediately.

All of a sudden, everyone began to put forward some opinions of their own.

And Shangwen handed the letter to old man Wei.Old man Wei mentioned a disease, he only knew that this disease occurs more frequently in summer and autumn, but it cannot be ruled out that it occurs all year round, and it is also in this kind of weather that gets cold all of a sudden.

Shangwen heard it.The rough speculation may be dysentery.This disease occurs all year round, and occurs more frequently in summer and autumn. However, this disease is another major killer in war besides wound infection. The reason is that the sanitation conditions in the combat areas are poor.

Moreover, this is also a communicator of other hidden causes, and its lethality is no less than the number of people who died in battle.Huo Qubing in history may have been infected because of the poor hygiene of soldiers in combat areas.There are countless such examples.The battle of Alamein was also the case. The German army suffered a large number of non-combat attrition due to dysentery.But the Allies began to pay attention to this small detail.Subsequently, in every battle of the US military, standard field toilets must be established to prevent such things from happening on a large scale.This is clearly written in the soldier's handbook.

In addition to this, there is a large number of frostbite, trench disease, which is athlete's foot.flu.These are the direct causes of a large number of non-combat attrition.If it is not resolved, the Qin army will be defeated without a fight, and Shang Wen will be in a hurry. These things can no longer be clearly explained in letters.Shang Wen felt that the only way to solve this problem was to go there himself.must go.Think here.Shangwen immediately marched to Xianyang Palace.

263 on the front line

It was already the third watch.There was a mighty team of chariots and horses beside Shangwen. Only a small part of these chariots and horses were horses, and most of them were still traditional ox carts, which were loaded with a large amount of supplies.Medicinal materials, weapons, clothing, and a large number of mechanical equipment.

It took a lot of effort for Shangwen to convince King Qin to let him go to the northern front.Shang Wen successively explained many potential factors, and explained that if these factors are not dealt with in a short period of time, it is very likely to cause a catastrophe.These things, maybe only you can go to solve them.

King Qin very much disagreed with Shang Wen's going, because the north was extremely cold.And Shang Wen's body is very weak.Naofumi made a strong request on the grounds that he had a resistant pathogen.In addition, Wang Jian was concerned about the frontline soldiers.In desperation, he reluctantly agreed, but letters must be sent every day.Otherwise withdraw immediately.

So Shangwen organized a large amount of supplies to go together.Another purpose of Shangwen's visit this time is to start transporting heavy industrial equipment to Guyang, where Qin State's first heavy industrial base will be set up.Therefore, some of the necessary equipment, such as hydraulic presses and stamping machine tools, had to be sent to the front line.

Old man Wei must be taken away.There are nine other students walking together.The old man's medical skills are really notorious. He mainly peels off people's skin, pulls out people's stomachs, or knocks people's heads open for healing, which sounds creepy.Therefore, many people are unwilling to learn, even though it is all free.But if you stay with the dead all day long, you will be sick if you are not sick.Nine people can be gathered together.It's already amazing.

To Shang Wen's surprise, Ying Yu came to see him off in person.Shangwen was a little moved, but at a loss.This guy actually wanted to keep communicating with Shangwen.The reason was that without him, she couldn't handle all the affairs in Xianyang.

In this way, Shangwen went to the front line in a daze.What happened in the front is still unknown.

Just when Shang Wen went there overnight.The Mengtian tribe in the north is suffering unacceptably.

First of all, those soldiers who failed treatment in the cold environment have begun to show some symptoms of pneumonia.But the army was helpless.The worst thing is that due to the dense population, the seriously ill and normal soldiers still live together.The hidden danger of infection has been completely buried.

Then, a lot of frostbite.The wound began to fester.The place where soldiers live, coupled with rain and snow, is extremely humid, and related diseases are also spreading.

The worst of the situation finally happened. The new musketeers suffered from stomach upset and cold weather.Some symptoms of dysentery began to appear, vomiting and diarrhea, and the place where the excretion was filthy, has begun to infect each other.

The number of non-combatants in the Qin army began to surge.

"Alas," Meng Tian looked at the military newspapers sent by the guards from each battalion.Very helpless.

"Go down." Meng Tian waved helplessly.

"Here." The guard stepped back.Meng Tian rested his head with his hand because of the headache. What he worried most now was not the Yuezhi army, because, due to the heavy snow, neither side was able to launch a large-scale attack.On my own side, the biggest enemy is a series of diseases brought about by the severe cold.Military doctors simply cannot treat these diseases in a timely manner. If one is under control today, the other will be sick tomorrow.This got under control, and it recurred the next day.so repeatedly.It made the military doctors exhausted physically and mentally.In this regard, we can only prescribe a prescription and take some medicine.

And these battle reports on my desk, without exception, are all about the camps that cannot fight because of illness.Now the number has surged to more than 1 people.This number is simply too large.Meng Tian felt that his opponent was not from the Yuezhi people.But these diseases.If this continues, he will be completely defeated.But I am a soldier, not a doctor, so there is nothing I can do.

Just when the Qin army in the north was troubled by illness, the Zhao army fought extremely fiercely.

After the last artillery battle, Zhao Jun began to think about the shortcomings of some artillery independently.First of all, the accuracy of the artillery is very poor.This is the first shortcoming that all gunners get together.They clearly aimed at each other through the aiming sight on the top, but the shells just couldn't hit the target properly.

Then the artillery can only hit the city wall, but not the soldiers on the city wall. If they bombard the city wall, how many shells must be fired to collapse the city wall.Even rammed earth.But it is thick enough.Direct bombardment is not feasible.

So someone proposed to remove the artillery from the gun mount.Placed in a trench, covered with a shield, and bombarded directly near the city gate.In this way, the power of the artillery can be increased, and the accuracy can also be greatly improved.The idea went through right away.

And some have come up with a bolder idea.They believe that shells can fly out like bows and arrows, so that they can fly far away and bombard the Yan army from above.This idea is also very good.Got the approval of the gunners, so.Both ways.Zhao Jun launched another artillery battle the next day.

This time Zhao Jun set up two artillery pieces directly on the trench to fight.Setting up artillery is very time-consuming and labor-intensive.However, the artillery at a farther position is directly mounted on the mound. The maximum elevation angle of the Qin army's artillery mount is only 25 degrees.This angle is far from meeting Zhao Jun Qushe's requirements.So they unloaded the cannon themselves.Stand on the mound.

Then start firing.The propellant that is fired normally pushes the shells far away.Although the shells entered the city, the target was too big.The effect is not very obvious.

So Zhao Jun's gunner came up with another way, which was to reduce the use of explosives.And this method is one of the effective ways to reduce the initial velocity of the artillery.

So Zhao Jun's gunners reduced the gunpowder by nearly half.The artillery fired again.Cannonballs slammed into the open space in front of the city wall.The power is still not enough.Have to add a little more.The gunner added [-]% of the dose, but the shell accidentally grazed the city wall.Almost hit the tower.then.The amount of charge was quickly controlled at [-]%.At this time, a cannon was like a mortar, with a curved trajectory, and finally hit the Yan army on the tower.The morale of the Zhao army increased greatly, and more artillery joined in.

Zhao Jun's artillery is a cannon with a high initial velocity and a straight ballistic trajectory. By modifying the charge, the initial velocity of the artillery is greatly reduced.Increase the elevation angle of the cannon.In this way, a cannon forced Zhao Jun to change it into a mortar suitable for siege.

With the addition of mortars.More shells began to tilt on the tower.The Yan army suffered heavy casualties and was unable to organize a counterattack at all.

264 Yan Jun Surrenders

Facing the situation of being passively beaten on the tower.Qing Qin, the commander-in-chief of the Yan Army, who was about to lose his life, decided to surrender immediately.

How many days have I been waiting.Yan Guo has no seal at all.As everyone knows, the distress signal he sent was never sent out at all.The soldiers of the Yan Army who had just bypassed the Zhao Army's defense line, either became the captives of the Zhao Army's cavalry maneuvering around, or became the ghosts of the Zhao Army's cavalry.Reinforcements would never come.

Facing Zhao Jun's almost crazy shelling.Qing Qin, the coach of the Yan Army, was already scared out of his wits.Surrender becomes the only chance to survive.To survive.I surrendered without thinking.

Zhao Jun's artillery had just hit the city gate, but Yan Jun's hoarse shouts were heard suddenly.

Zhao Jun didn't know why, so he continued to fire.They don't care about Yan Jun's life or death, they can't wait to bombard Yan Jun to death with cannons immediately.Countless Zhao soldiers died under their guns.For revenge.Many soldiers didn't see it.