"It's this little trick of asking for military money again." Shang Wen threw the newspaper aside with some annoyance.

And the thread of public opinion is very conducive to the success of the military's "conspiracy." Affected by the news of the air raid on the airport on the east line of Qinguo, the composite index of the Xianyang Stock Exchange fell by 30 points as soon as it opened. After falling ten points in the morning, military stocks began to rally violently in the afternoon. Because public opinion began to become favorable to the development of military stocks at this time.

"We can't sit back and wait for the airships of the Qi Air Force to bomb Xianyang."

"Xianyang must not be attacked by air raids. The lives of a million people need to be protected. Our government should urgently allocate funds to the Celestial Army to take down those damn Qi Air Force airships. ”

"Important news, the Army Air Force can fly two hundred miles to attack the opponent's airship assembly area, which is an effective weapon for the Qin State to protect the Qi State."

The major newspapers of the "・・・・・・・" have published news that has caused panic among the people, and the news of the latter has given the people hope. That's what the Army wants to see the most. Then the newspapers of the major branches of the military began to publish their own news, which all claimed that the major branches of the military had their own air fleets, and these air forces could not only defend the security of the skies over Qin. It can also effectively hit the opponent's airport facilities, so that they can't fly even if they have wings.

Of course, there are prerequisites for these effective guarantees. This premise is. The Qin government had to spend a total of 10 million gold in revenue to equip all kinds of planes and airships. These are not enough. The Marine Corps is to expand by two air defense brigades. Air defense equipment used to defend all possible threats from the air from Luoyang to Xianyang.

"It's a lion's mouth." Shang Wen had long expected such a situation to happen. The major branches of the armed forces have uncharacteristically released all kinds of news. In fact, it is to use the pressure of public opinion to pressure Shang Wen to provide huge military spending.

And King Qin's side is also on the side of the military.

"How can the outnumbered Heavenly Army allow the Qi Air Force to attack. This is simply contempt for the widow. King Qin was very annoyed and took the telegram and said angrily.

"Your Majesty, there are still some specific circumstances that have not been clarified." Meng Tian suggested.

"Figure it out, figure it out. It won't be long before the newspapers of the Qin State should report on this matter. Hmph, send a telegram to the prime minister. Let him disburse the special funds for the war as soon as possible. "King Qin gave an order to Zhao Gao.

"Whoa." Zhao Gao got the order to leave quickly. Meng Tian felt that there were still some things he didn't understand about this matter. Subsequently, the newspapers of the Qin State really published such news. Meng Tian felt even more incredible. In the past, the Qin State would try to minimize the negative impact of the news of the defeat. Now the Qin State is not shy about it. On the contrary, the propaganda of defeat has a greater impact than the effect of victory. That's the media sensation. Victory is commonplace. But failure is obviously another extreme point of people's emotions. It is this exploitation of humanity that gives the media an undue focus.

Just when the Qin State was making a noise about allocating funds for the special war. However, the state of Qi was making final preparations for the next large-scale offensive. However, the Qi front still lacked enough firepower preparations.

The officers of the Qi State found out. Commando after the assault. If there is no follow-up large force to keep up in time, it is easy to be wiped out by the opponent's next counterattack. The follow-up troops often have a very serious isolation zone due to the concentrated bombardment of the opponent's artillery, and the appearance of this fire isolation belt makes it impossible for the follow-up troops to get in touch with the commando. And then to seize the results of the expansion, such things have happened many times. More and more officers demanded to be able to ask for a weapon capable of suppressing the opposing artillery. However, the quantity and quality of artillery production in Qi could not be compared with that of Qin, which had large machine tools and equipment.

Just when Qi Guo tried his best to solve it. A new weapon was provided from the oil-producing areas in the western part of the country.

This weapon was modified using the iron barrel provided by the Qin State. This kind of iron barrel is the crude oil barrel of Qin. In order to facilitate trading on the Qinguo Futures Exchange, Shangwen suggested that a large number of convenient gasoline barrels should be used for production. At the same time, the crude oil exploitation of Qi is very backward, and it is the kind of small workshop, which leads to the very scattering of crude oil, which makes the exploitation of crude oil very inconvenient. With the Qin State more and more cars. The demand for crude oil is also increasing, and the crude oil production in Qin alone has tended to be saturated, while the supply of crude oil in Qi has begun to expand. However, the quality of Qi crude oil is also inconvenient to calculate.

To this end, the Qin State adopted the method of crude oil barrels. The Qin State provides this reusable crude oil barrel for free, but the premise is that there must be various Qin regulations to enter the crude oil. For example, lighter "light" crude oil is loaded into blue drums, while heavier ones are fed into black drums. After loading crude oil barrels. The situation has improved dramatically. And it is also extremely convenient to transport. Forklifts or large lifting equipment can be loaded onto the train in one go.

With the popularization of this crude oil barrel, Qi has also accumulated a large number of crude oil barrels, these crude oil barrels have excellent sealing, and at the same time have excellent corrosion resistance, the surface is coated with chemical paint, the biggest difficulty in the production of Qi artillery is that the sealing of artillery can not be solved. The main reason is that the casting process is difficult, and the processing process needs to be pondered repeatedly to solve. It takes time. But time waits for no one.

At this time, a craftsman of the Qi State named Lu Rong noticed the crude oil barrel provided by the Qin State, what would happen if this crude oil barrel was used as a launch canister for artillery firing?

Soon, Lu Rong immediately set about experimenting. This crude oil barrel is very similar to the self-made artillery of the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War. A large amount of black powder was used as a propellant, and then an explosive bag was tied to the front, which was repeatedly wrapped in sackcloth and then loaded into it. Then make a hole in the place where the crude oil barrel propells the charge, put in the fuse, and ignite the launch. Although there have been several failures, mainly the fuse and sealing of the explosive package have not been solved, and then the explosive package is made into a huge disc, or made into a large cone and put into it, and then ignited and fired, in order to achieve the maximum range, the angle of the gun usually tends to be forty-five degrees, up to about four hundred and fifty steps, although the distance is not very far, but this kind of artillery is easy to carry, disassemble and assemble, and most importantly, can be used in the tunnel. And just like that, this artillery began to be massively refitted.