The naval aviation of the Qin State not only modified the fighters of both sides equipped with pontoons. At the same time, they also plan to build another type of boat, which is dedicated to parking such seaplanes. At the time of take-off, it is lifted to the surface of the water using the lifting equipment mounted on the ship. Then the aircraft takes off, and subsequently, the combat aircraft can operate without any geographical restrictions.

Then when the plane is recovered, as long as the boat is parked where the plane landed. Then use the lifting equipment again to lift it back.

At present, this kind of vessel, Qin State is working on the drawings, followed by model testing, and then entering the experimental stage, and finally considering equipping this seaplane mother ship. This idea is very close to the idea of an aircraft carrier, but it is still very different from an aircraft carrier, and if Qin still wants to make great progress, such as entering the hope of building an aircraft carrier, then it must have a strong opponent to promote its practice of developing aircraft take-off and landing efficiency.

However, at present, the Qin Navy does not have such great hope, and they are trying to restore the dream of a large fleet of the Qin Navy. Influenced by the trade of the Yangtze River in Qinchu. Shipping stocks have risen sharply after a sharp decline in the previous year. This also shows that the shipbuilding industry began to become a new economic bright spot in Qin.

In the south, all kinds of shipbuilding industries in the Qin State began to rise rapidly, and various large and small shipyards were established one after another, and with the establishment of shipyards, especially the demand for armed merchant ships. Although the water pirates of the Chu State still attacked the armed merchant ships of the Qin State, and with the continuous increase in the number of attacks, especially after some of the water pirates attacked the armed merchant ships of the Qin State, they began to replace them with new weapons, and the equipment of these weapons made the strength of the water pirates exceed the equipment of the local Chu State Naval Army, so to speak, the ranking of water weapons and equipment is, the Qin State is the first, the water pirates are the second, and the Chu State Water Army is the last.

With the manufacture of armed merchant ships, especially the relaxation of arms restrictions, some military factories began to target the emerging Chu market, which they believed could become their next big arms consumption market. The population of the Inner Chu State was greater than that of the Qin State. Although the region is not as large as the Qin State now, his population density is large, and the number of troops is more than the current Qin State. Therefore, some military enterprises began to set up branches in the south, and there is another reason for setting up branch factories, that is, they want to arm merchant ships by intervening in the business of arming merchant ships, which means that merchant ships are equipped with weapons, especially if the navy wants to suppress bandits, then a large number of weapons are needed, so they think this is a new business opportunity.

As a result, a large number of gun-making equipment and machine tools began to be transferred to Wancheng by railway, which was the place where the southern railway of the Qin State could be opened to traffic, and there were railways in other places, but the railways were always intermittent and could not be connected. Next, the Qin State was planning to connect these intermittent railways into a single section. Once in Wancheng, the Qin State would use tracked vehicles to transport the equipment to the Southern Naval Shipyard, or build a military industrial complex directly in Wancheng. The Qin government had this plan, and they believed that Qin's military enterprises should not be confined to Guanzhong, but should be expanded on a large scale. This approach was to strategically ensure the smooth supply of weapons to the Qin State. In reality, however, this is a massive preemption of the arms markets of the six countries.

There are only two weapons production bases in Qin, the largest production base is in Guanzhong, the weapon production here is quite complete, all kinds of weapons can be produced here, and the annual production of various types of guns can reach 800,000, provided that there are military orders. The number of artillery pieces stabilized at about 3,000, not because of the low productivity of weapons in the Qin State, but because the demand was not very strong. However, the consumption of bullets is huge. The Qin State was to produce 30 million rounds of various bullets per year.

In addition to guns, there is also the aircraft manufacturing industry of the Qin State, which produces all the airships and airplanes of the Qin State. In addition, there are new wheeled, tracked armored combat vehicles. These are not very large quantities, though.

Behind the production of these weapons is a large number of scientific laboratories, the earliest wind tunnel tests made by the Qin State. This kind of wind tunnel experiment is still very primitive, that is, a slightly larger electric fan is used to conduct airflow experiments. Then there are some simple electrical labs. The main target is radio technology. There is also some electro-optics in these labs, and the so-called point optics is actually a combination of optics and electricity, and the main purpose is to build a microscope that uses electrical technology. However, this technology will bring some convenience to optical lenses.

In short, there is a wide range of weapons produced here. And it is very perfect, it is the most complete weapons production base in China at present, and it is also the most complete in China. In addition to Guanzhong, another base is the Guyang Weapons Production Base in the north of Qin. It is also an important industrial belt. However, the weapons produced there are mainly guns and ammunition. Or an armored train. Other than that, there are no big projects. Moreover, the demand for weapons production there was mainly supplied to the Qin army and the Zhao army in the north. The number of purchases by Yan Jun is not very large.

But that's changing. Because Shang Wen put forward an unacceptable opinion to the envoy of Yan State. It is not so much an opinion as a list of military arms purchases.

This batch of lists includes the purchase of more than 3,000 machine guns of the format. These machine guns range from heavy water-cooled machine guns to light gas-guided machine guns. In addition, there is a large amount of rifle and pistol equipment. and various types of bullets, which have not yet been counted.

Besides. Qin also planned to allow it to purchase artillery in large quantities. From three-inch infantry howitzers, to five-inch, six-inch heavy artillery. Even three-inch infantry mortars are included, and the total number of artillery pieces of all types exceeds 3,000. This is almost the amount of artillery produced by the Qin State in a year.

"This." The envoy of the Yan State could no longer speak after seeing the long list of weapons. Because he didn't even know what to say. This list of weapons is simply too long. And the final amount is even more staggering. More than a million gold. And that's just a primer, because there is a lot of ammunition to be consumed behind these weapons. and personnel training costs. as well as all kinds of equipment transportation equipment. Those heavy artillery required a large number of cattle and horses to pull.

"My suggestion is that Yan directly hire troops from Zhao to fight. These weapons are the weapons and equipment that you must provide to Zhao Guo. And what Qin has to do is to facilitate you diplomatically. At the same time, let our factories do their best to produce these weapons. Shang Wen explained.

In fact, this is the best advice that Qin can give to Yan at present, but the cheapest thing to fight a war is landmines, but the Qin military and the Zhao military both agree that landmines will only have the highest effect if they are used in conjunction with large troops.

However, just when the two major militaries of Qin and Zhao conspired to sell the war to Yan, the situation in Yan was seriously tilted again. This tilt comes from the collapse of the front.

The Qi army only used a few days to surround all the tens of thousands of troops of the Yan army, and the resistance of the Yan army in the encirclement was not very strong, and some surrendered just after the encirclement. Others, using stronger fortifications, resisted for a while, believing that the Qi army was too cruel. They don't want to die at their hands. They want to be able to live.

"Damn it. What the hell did you do? A Qi soldier kicked a Yan prisoner of war holding his head with a rifle. Then he waved the butt of his rifle and gave it to a prisoner of war in front.

"Alright. That's enough. A man who looked like a junior officer said.

The upper echelons of the Qi army also discovered the negligent effects of the indiscriminate killing of prisoners, and they began to put a hard stop to this from happening. But even so, there are often killings of prisoners of war, especially such casual beatings and scolding.

Although the behavior was stopped, the resisting Yan army still did not want to surrender, and after surrendering, they were killed, and they could live a little longer if they did not surrender for a while. As a result, most of the Yan Jun chose to insist.

But the Qi army did not want to see such a stalemate. They hope to be able to deal with the Yan army in these encirclements as soon as possible, because only after they have eliminated these Yan army can they make great strides. So the front began a large-scale assault tactics for the final siege.

The battle of the trapped beasts was particularly fierce. Especially this battle for survival. The assault tactics that had been tried and tested in the past seemed so ineffective at this time. Even after using explosives to blow up the Yan army's bunker, there was no way. Because their rifle firing positions are still there, and the worst thing is that pistols and hand-held machine guns simply cannot withstand this long-range damage in range, especially after the addition of machine guns. Yan Jun raised his sense of vigilance. And it specializes in long-distance combat with the Qi army commandos. Commandos use automatic burst weapons. The range of such weapons is not very long. But the shooting speed is extremely fast.

Faced with such a situation. Qi Jun began to think of another way. A strong assault is no longer possible. Because they've tried several times, but they've all failed.

Since the strong attack will not work, then start a psychological warfare.

"Hey, Yan Jun on the other side, look at who these are, it's your own brothers." A Qi soldier stood in the trench and shouted loudly.

Then the Qi army let a row of unbound Yan prisoners of war stand out of the trench.

"Say it quickly, and say that you are your own people. Hurry up. A Qi soldier urged in a low voice.

"Hey, yes, sir," the Yan prisoner of war nodded.

"We're our own people. Brothers, Surrender. Stop it. It's not worth it. "The Yan prisoners of war don't seem to be very good at talking. Speech is not charismatic at all.

"Say it's useful." The Qi soldiers said anxiously.

"Yes, yes. Sir. The Yan prisoner of war nodded and said.

"Surrender quickly. Brethren. The Yan prisoners of war shouted. And when the Qi soldiers heard such shouts, they really wanted to shoot this prisoner of war.