The advent of tanks, that is, armored combat vehicles, will change the current pattern of warfare. The future of mechanized warfare has already been heralded.

The first stop of King Qin's tour was the grasslands in the north. The wide grasslands will greatly exploit the advantages of tanks as a weapon. Although the tanks of this period were built very large. Very slow, and there is no active rotating turret. Six machine guns were distributed around. Seven to eight people were crammed into the small space of the tank. But this is a revolutionary weapon. He can both attack. It can be defended again. The war mode will escalate again.

Shang Wen did not know why such a revolutionary weapon was put into the northern war. How did King Qin think. He really didn't know. But Shangwen overlooked one point. In the Qin state, a rhetoric similar to a geopolitical doctrine began to be accepted at the top. The first person he was accepted was the King of Qin.

The state of Qin was a deeply landlocked country. In the beginning there was no ocean. Not even a strategic channel to communicate with the sea. A period of great geographical change. Especially after the use of astronomical telescopes and large-scale geographical surveys. The state of Qin has confirmed that the earth is round. This geographical discovery was first applied to strategy.

With the expansion of Qin's foreign wars. The Qin state received unprecedented geographical expansion from a few surrounding tribes. With the implementation of geographical expansion and immigration policies. This strategic situation has been studied by the private sector. They found. The material resources around him are already inseparable from the newly occupied areas. Milk, leather, meat, as well as various medicinal herbs, mineral resources. In light of this. They wanted Qin to have long-term control of the region. And it was incorporated into the overall territory of the Qin state. This kind of territorial consciousness has a large market among the people.

Based on the existence of this consciousness. Plus the discovery of geography by the Qin State. In fact, it was the sand table provided by Shangwen that gave a great help. The state of Qin developed a kind of hostility and extreme distrust. Or after the rapid expansion of Qin's national strength. That sense of arrogance and subjugation makes them extremely unfriendly towards their neighbors.

Friendliness is based on strength. The gap in strength between the Qin State and the surrounding countries is very large. This made the Qin State look down on their neighbors. In terms of national strategic defense.

Under the advocacy of Fan Zengyi's civilian group. Qin's national security policy was adjusted to a positive expansionist stance. Especially to the north. Take advantage of the North. In particular, the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean form a land separation. This is Shang Wen's credit. The state of Qin dispatched or mobilized other forces of the six countries to launch an attack. Leveling the strategic situation in the north of Qin. This idea is concrete. The Qin state wanted to occupy the entire Mongolian Plateau, the Central Siberian Plateau, and the Eastern Siberian Mountains. Occupation by the Qin State. After leveling this distance. The region will be formed as a large rear for the stability of the Qin state.

The large rear means that the minorities of these areas will be left by looting, massacring, driving out of the region. The state of Qin formed a state-regulated management system in the region. This clearly proposes to formally incorporate the above-mentioned areas into the territory of the Qin state.

The subsequent strategic posture began on the basis of this large rear of stability. The expansion of the Qin state will go all out to the west. To the south. Until the sea is cut off from land.

This is a continental strategy. There is a striking resemblance between the idea and geopolitics. Geopolitics is based on Eurasia. At his core, who occupies the whole of Eurasia. Whoever has the right to rule the whole world. The Mongol Genghis Khan in history was one such influential figure. And the only one who occupies almost the entire Eurasian continent. The pattern of subsequent wars in Europe and Asia can basically be applied to this theory. Thirty Years' War. The Seven Years' War, and later the First World War. Especially World War II. But also because of World War II. This geopolitical doctrine is doubted.

Regardless of the doctrine. At present, the state of Qin has entered a state of land warfare. Tanks are a representative of the weapons of such warfare. The king of Qin went on patrol in the north. One of its objectives was to launch the first part of the strategic plan.

This was the first appearance of the traditional land school of the Qin State later. Shang Wen was divided into the Ocean Sect. This was a divergence in the consciousness of Qin's foreign expansion strategy. Although at this time the Ocean Sect has not yet risen. But Shang Wen is clearly inclined to the latter.

The land faction has the kind of King Qin who despises everything and conquers everything. Or even the consciousness of doing whatever it takes to achieve strategic goals. Fan Zeng thinks the same. This consciousness is mixed with the fledgling Chinese national consciousness. Expansion and defense of national dignity became its representative ideology.

But Shang Wen's idea is much more practical. Maybe it was born with technology. He is more inclined to the benefits that actually occur. Or maybe it's something very close to yourself. This kind of careful calculation. Every step of the way. The profit-oriented approach is very rational.

Although the rise of the maritime school Shangwen. By this time it begins. The Ocean Pies have just had a chance to develop. And it was built after major setbacks. But he has a huge potential advantage for the Ocean faction. Seventy percent of the ocean area provides easy access. The area becomes widespread. The potential for resource exploitation is evident due to the land. Plus convenient transportation. Just build a ship. Instead of building a railway. And the carrying capacity of the ships is several times that of the trains. If there is a 10,000-ton cargo ship. This number is expected to rise.

But at present, the forces of the maritime faction have not yet been formally formed. But the land faction had already begun to influence the Qin state in a strategic posture. Two major divisions were formed within the Qin State in terms of the future national trend.

King Qin traveled smoothly. A cadre of important ministers and the king of Qin saw him off. The King of Qin embarked on a journey to the north. The next thing is Shangwen's business. Everything was not very easy for him.

At this time, the researchers of the Qin State invented a new type of weapon. This is the torpedo.

This torpedo uses a compressed air engine to drive a single propeller to propulsion, and the horizontal rudder plate at the tail of the torpedo is controlled by a hydraulic valve to control the depth of the torpedo. The range is limited. It's only about two hundred steps. If you simply increase it to a certain size. It can reach about 400 to 500 steps. As soon as this torpedo came out. The Admiralty immediately applied for mass production. Then equip it to the front line to conduct a surface war against the Chu State Naval Army.

The Lieutenant's Office was not in a hurry to answer. Instead, a targeted test was conducted. Mostly. The weapon is somewhat lacking on the application platform. The Navy is hilarious at the moment that there is not a single ship. And the protagonists of the surface war were entrusted to the artillery units of the Marine Corps. With weapons. There must be an appropriate attack platform.