"The situation is very bad for us." Yang Duanhe said to Wang Qian.

"Yes, the Qi army is launching a large-scale offensive again. How long will our soldiers hold out, and will they be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive. Wang Jian said to himself.

"It's a bit difficult. The only mobile force we are currently able to mobilize is the Celestial Forces. From air superiority, the ground forces simply cannot hold out any hope. The main forces of the Zhao army were stalled at the terminus of the Eastern Railway. Our people can't be mobilized to Yan Kingdom. Yang Duanhe said.

"Well, can't Zhao Jun's movements be faster? They don't have cavalry units, and if we can launch an attack from the flank, we will be much less stressed. Wang Jian said.

"The Zhao army was cunning, they only sent a small number of cavalry units, most of which were heavy infantry units, which needed to be equipped with a large number of artillery and heavy machine guns. They wanted to take this opportunity to equip their own army. Yang Duanhe said.

"I see." Wang Jian said.

"And what about our Celestial Army?" Wang Jian asked.

Yang Duanhe just shook his head when he heard this. Indicates not very optimistic.

"This is Major Wang Gengtianjun." A well-dressed fat man stood next to a car and introduced.

"This is our best journalist." The fat man introduced.

The major was not interested in the name of the journalist, because the journalist was only in the press, and he was in the military, and he himself had no interest in the news media at all.

"Listen, this Mr. Major is going to take you on their plane. These planes will be the first to take to the skies over the theater of operations. I need you to build first-hand. Do you understand? Wenyang Newspaper has already sent out a group of reporters yesterday, and I need you to press ahead of them. Remember, be fast. The fat man said.

"Yes." The reporter said.

"Alright. It's time for us to go. This is a military order, and the above is urgent. The major said coldly.

This was urgently dispatched by the Qin State in order to support the theater of operations as soon as possible. The top level of the Qin army believes that the military force that can be called upon at present is still air power, because air power has strong mobility, but the effect of air power on ground strikes. The top brass of the Qin army has always been reserved.

In fact, when the Qi army surrounded the Qin army on a large scale, the Qin army also dispatched planes at several airports near the Yan State to interfere with the military operations of the Qi army.

The planes of the Qin army constantly launched a jamming offensive against the Qi army advancing in the direction of Yandu, strafing the Qi army's marching brigade, supplying supplies, or adopting air strikes. But none of these effects are very obvious. After all, the carrying capacity of fighters at this time was not very large.

But as time passed, the Qin State was the first to arrive at another kind of flying machine that played a major role. Airship. Armed commercial airships. This kind of airship is a commercial airship temporarily requisitioned by the Qin military in order to relieve the military pressure on the front line. These airships are mainly engaged in passenger and cargo transport. However, the Qin military was included in the scope of military use in the form of requisition.

The Qin military mounted twin machine guns on these commercial airships. The cargo compartment was temporarily converted into a bomb bay, some unnecessary passenger seats were removed, fixtures were installed to store more ammunition, and more space and load capacity were left for machine guns.

This modified airship did not perform anti-air missions, and the Qi Air Force did not appear with the appearance of the vanguard of the Qi army. Qi's air force was in big trouble when it came to transitioning, and they needed to dismantle all the airships in order to make the transition. Their meteorological observations and transition experience, as well as long-distance flights, were not enough to support them to carry out such a large-scale airship transfer, so they had no choice but to rely on ground transportation for the transfer, but ground transportation required a large amount of oxcart resources. However, a large number of ox carts in Qi are providing front-line logistics supplies and support materials for the front line. No extra vehicles are provided. In this way, the Air Force of Qi did not enter a combat state for the time being.

The airship of the Qi Air Force did not enter the state, but the airship of the Qin Heavenly Army entered the combat state. In particular, the ground effect of armed airships. Particularly powerful.

Usually the tactic is like this, the Qin armed airships will ambush in advance at a low vantage point on the road. They will release some communication personnel in advance to release the signal.

This signal meant that they spotted a large number of enemy infantry appearing. And at this time, the armed airship will be urgently lifted into the air. Then use their densely arranged twin machine guns to fire wildly at the ground.

This tactic not only achieves suddenness in a short period of time, but also occupies the commanding heights, plus the airship can naturally form a kind of height, and at the same time has a certain ability to maneuver. In this way, it is a disaster for the infantry.

"The lethal effect of our armed airships on the infantry is very obvious. And the advantage is very large. Our airships fired wildly at the neatly lined ranks with their twin machine guns, and not a single of our bullets did not hit the opposing side. Our airships can not only shoot from a great height. At the same time, you can also move forward slowly. The machine guns fired at the soldiers trying to dodge the machine guns. This feeling of being killed made the opposing soldiers feel very terrible. ”

"And the opponent has no power to fight back against our airship, and our airship can move back and forth. The opposing infantry is rarely able to launch a counterattack in time. Even with artillery, it is difficult to hit a moving target. It is worth mentioning that the survivability of airships is stronger than that of aircraft. Even after being shot, our airship was able to maintain a strong lift and allow our pilots to go home. This needs to be pointed out. ”

It was a telegram sent by the front-line commander to the Qin military, which specifically pointed out the great ground lethality of the armed airship. This is due to the fact that the machine gun has a high position and high mobility, and the machine gun uses a twin load. So the killing effect is magnified exponentially. But the report did not attract the attention of the Qin military, as they focused on how to use ground forces to end the battlefield fighting.

And just when the Qin army was trying its best to support the front line. However, two major factions were formed within the Qi army.

The reason why the Qi army formed two major factions was because the Qi army advanced quickly after breaking the overall defense line of the Yan army. Especially after the victory of the Qi army, it can be said that after entering the border of Yan without resistance, this kind of quick victory was formed on the contrary of occupying the Yan capital within three months. But at that time, this kind of thinking was still controlled by Qi Jun's own sanity.

Because, some high-ranking officers of the Qi army, they believed, the victory came too suddenly, and too quickly. This too fast only made them feel a trace of fear and doubt. But then what happened enlisted their ideas.

Sure enough, the Yan army sent a main force to the battle. At this time, the Qi army was in full array, and they thought that the Yan army must have been under the command of the Qin army, and took the initiative to retreat and lengthen the logistics supply line of the Qi army to inflict heavy losses on it.

But the results later were really beyond Qi Jun's imagination.

They were confronted with an army that had been hastily put together and had no combat effectiveness. Later, a large number of fools, blind people, deaf people, mutes, and all kinds of disabled people and women were found among the captives. Some normal people haven't even touched a gun. Such an army suddenly allowed the Qi army to find out the opponent's hole cards.

The Yan army no longer has any reserves. And this power has caused Yan Guo to exhaust all its resources. There was nothing left in front of the Yan Kingdom that could resist the advance of the Qi army. Under this kind of thinking, some senior generals of the Qi army believed that at this time, the Qi army should advance quickly. Strive to end the war within three months and occupy the Yan Kingdom. Completely solve the problem of Yan Kingdom.

It was in this atmosphere that the Qi army emphasized the rapid advance and occupation of Yan. The pace of advance between the various units of the Qi army was accelerated. But there are still different voices within the Qi army, and these different voices come from the Qi army civilian team represented by Tian Heng.

Relative to the optimism of some of the senior officers of the Qi army. The civilian team of the Qi army represented by Tian Heng showed a kind of worry, and this worry has a great basis. The logistics supply of the Qi army was already in a state of overload.

It can be said that from the strategic situation, the Qi army did not make this kind of preparation at all, but with the development of the war, the battle situation has exceeded the expected range of the Qi army, and then there is a huge pressure on the logistics supply materials, in order to provide supplies to the fast-moving front-line troops, the Qi State has requisitioned a large number of ox carts into the front line to improve the security, but the front line with the rapid advance of the Qi army The logistics supply line is getting longer and longer, It's also getting harder to get supplies.

And that's just one aspect. On the other hand, the soldiers of the Qi army fought continuously for more than two months. Many of the soldiers were already extremely tired. Start with a counteroffensive. Up to now, the soldiers of the Qi army have rarely been able to sleep soundly. Coupled with logistical supply difficulties, they lacked winter clothing. This has resulted in a downsizing of many soldiers and non-combatants. The Qi soldiers were advancing every day, and the condition of the roads was very deteriorating. Especially after precipitation. It's even more difficult.

Logistical constraints. The soldiers are exhausted, their morale is gradually declining, and although they have been winning the battle again, their morale cannot be solved by winning the battle, and they also need a certain amount of material support. And that's not all.

The civilian team represented by Tian Heng has another way of thinking. That's the external environment. The major warring states seek balance. Now the annexation of one country by Qi is to break this balance. If this balance is upset, won't other countries oppose it? Especially the state of Qin. This country is not to be messed with.