Western Regions of the Qin State. Luoping Town, a small town built next to the Western Regions Railway of the Qin State, because every train has to stop here to add coal or water. So the town developed from a small station to a small town, and the local farms and ranches would collect a large number of horses and various crops and transport them.

There is a vacant lot in the southwest of Luoping Town, and these vacant lots are made of some tin sheds. These are all recent constructions. There is a large factory area being built nearby. The workers are very busy. They are all under intense construction.

In the tin shed, people from the Western Regions from all over the world are working intensively, and they are divided into simple assembly line operations, and the parts and components of the carriage brought from the railway station warehouse will be assembled here. Then they will be temporarily placed in the temporary open space warehouse at the back, and it will not be long before they will be loaded onto trains again and transported to places like Yueshi, Tocharo, or Lizhou in the north, where a large number of wagons are also needed.

The assembly work of the carriage is not very much, and the scientific and reasonable assembly line operation allows everyone to master only some simple assembly steps. They work very seriously, because there are inspectors to conduct random inspections, and once they are not qualified, their situation will not be good.

"They were all slaves from nearby farms. Some have redeemed themselves. The factory paid them fifteen and a half taels a day, and many of them were willing to work for a long time, and they were a number of technicians, and we also needed such technicians, so we ransomed for them. They're all free people now. A somewhat obese supervisor introduced Qin Ping. He is the owner of this carriage assembly plant, and he has a contract with a carriage factory in South Korea. They partnered to do such a business, and he got a large number of orders, not only from the military but also from Tocharian and Yueshi, and the Yueshi people transported a lot of materials, and the demand for horse-drawn carriages was very large. The horses in the Western Regions of the Qin State are being sold to the Yueshi in large quantities, and they can earn a lot of money for each one, but they can't sell them at all in the Qin State Pass, and the farthest place is Jiaozhou, South Korea, where the demand for carriages is also very large, and the demand for horses is also extremely broad.

"Hmm. And some of them are slaves? Qin Ping asked the supervisor puzzled.

"Yes, because these slaves come from nearby farms, and now it's the slack season, they can come here to work and earn some money, and they take some of it themselves. Part of it goes to their farmers, ranchers, anyway, those farmers, ranchers are willing to do it, they can make some money, of course they do. In addition, the food provided here and the living conditions are better, so they are still willing to work, after all, they can bring a lot of economic benefits. Some people have been redeemed and set free, and this is an incentive for them. The Director explained.

"Hmm. It's a great option. Qin Ping nodded.

"We're going to assemble it faster, it's in very high demand, you know, the Yueshi people are already urging it again. The telegram has already sent us a thick stack. I'm looking at it and I'm getting bigger. Qin Ping said.

"Yes, we are also actively rushing to work, and the only way is to send some workers from the Western Regions from the vicinity to work here, and the train station keeps bringing in all kinds of accessories. I really don't know how those Zhao people and Koreans did it, and they produced so many accessories. The director said helplessly.

"Expanding the production line, that's what needs to be done right now." Qin Ping looked at the busy production line and said. Although the workers of the Western Regions were skilled in many skills, their workload was still very large, and they had to assemble about 1,200 to 1,500 wagons every day. There were only more than 300 of them, which was a huge workload, and they had already worked more than 12 hours, but it was still not enough.

The people of the Western Regions were slaves in the Western Regions of the Qin State, of course, some of them were still free, but there were too few of them. The only way is to redeem it, or the farmer or rancher will issue them the relevant certificate, which requires great chance. The only way is to redeem it. Working part-time is the only good opportunity for them to save money, so the people of the Western Regions cherish such an opportunity very much. Unfortunately, there are not many factories in the Western Regions, and most of them are primitive and rude mining. There are a lot of minerals in the area. But it's very dangerous, but there are still many people who have to do that dangerous thing for their own freedom.

But the arrival of the factory has given them a lot of opportunities, and many people are cherishing the opportunity to burst out with strong enthusiasm, which helps to improve production efficiency.

The Yueshi needed a lot of military supplies, and their transportation volume had entered a frantic phase with the start of the war plan. They needed a large number of carriages, which stimulated the production of carriages in the Western Regions by the Qin state. There were also orders from the Tocharians. The Sabbatarians needed too much ammunition. Qin's trains kept transporting large quantities of military supplies from Zhao, Korea, and Wei to the western regions of Qin, which was under the actual control of the Yue, and then the carriages were transported to Tocharian in the west or the Yueshi region in the south.

Flintlock pistols, canned food, ammunition, military coats, military boots, blankets, belts, tents, etc., as long as the army needs something, they will continue to produce, as long as the merchants of the Qin State get money from the bank, they can find the Yueshi people, and the Tocharians get orders, the business is too easy to do, and the profits are very large.

The people of Anxi want to fight, and the people of the Yue clan also want to fight, can this kind of business be difficult to do? The people of the Qin State frantically transported the materials produced by the Central Plains countries to the Western Regions, and they resold them to the people of the Western Regions to make a lot of money.

Outside the headquarters of the First Army of the Yue Clan. The three officers were discussing their big business.

"I believe that your offensive cannot be carried out without the support of sappers. If the mortars can't take down the damn forts, how are your commandos going to attack? A lieutenant colonel of the Qin Army engineer asked such a question unceremoniously. He has a shovel and a hammer on his armband, which is the emblem of the sapper unit, which indicates that he is a sapper.

"It's very simple, we assault it, my troops, armed with pistols, and some grenades, we can clean up those things." Li Lian said very easily. His assault team is receiving new equipment, pistols. A large number of revolvers, each commando can be equipped with two, special team members will be equipped with three, four, in addition to they are also equipped with shotguns, portable machine guns, that is, submachine guns, but the number is relatively small, but their commando team is only 800 people, this is the biggest limit of their expansion of troops. This kind of equipment cost a lot of money, and the money owed to the Qin people for arms was not paid, so in desperation, the headquarters of the First Army only had to hand over the more than 300 captured prisoners to them. And it was guaranteed that more than 2,000 more prisoners would be handed over to them, but these would have to wait until after the war began. In this way, Qin Guoshang reluctantly nodded and agreed. Almost all the merchants of the Qin State knew that the war would start in the south, and they began to hoard all kinds of military supplies incessantly. Among them, military canned goods, biscuits hoarded a whole bunch. These are their material guarantees. The people of the Yue clan will not disagree, on the contrary, they will give great convenience. These are tax-free, and when they come back they can take with them what they think is valuable, and of course, the tax will only be called a little bit, which is completely symbolic.

"It's still not enough, I've seen the damned Indic fortifications, and they're very well built, and a lot of solid stone is used in many places. Despite the fact that the mortar can be opened, however, it takes a long time, and the Indians do not have muskets and do not have artillery. But they can hold out, they can launch a counterattack, which is very bad for us, and the commandos need to hold on, and the possibility of artillery support is very small. The only way is to use explosives, you need sappers. Lieutenant Colonel Zheng Ping said. His ancestral home is South Korea, and because he is a craftsman, he was admitted to Qinguo University of Architecture to study architecture, and then served in the army. Transferred from the reserve to active combat units, but he was only an engineer.

Sappers cannot fight. If you want to blast, you still need to provide a safe environment, and we don't have the conditions to provide them with such a safe environment. So, we can't guarantee that we'll be able to get you involved. Bai Le said. This is his idea, the Qin State does not have the saying that there are combat engineers, the engineers are not combat units, they are more defensive in nature, building fortifications, building bridges and roads. This is what they are supposed to do, and even when they retreat, they will only use explosives to blow up the lot they think should be blown up.

"There are no fighting sappers in the Qin State, and I have not seen any fighting sappers." Bai Le said mercilessly.

"Well, you are writing about the facts, but, I think, we sappers can still fight, you can know that. I'll send my right-hand men to help you do this, you need Demomen. Zheng Ping said to Bai Le.

Bai Le looked at Li Lian. Li Lian also looked at Bai Le.

"I think he's right, he should be realistic, I think." Li Lian said with some relief.

"The grenades we are equipped with are very limited, even if they are very powerful, but they are still very limited, and the power cannot open the huge fortresses, and I am worried about those damn fortresses, you and I have seen how huge those big rocks are, and I am worried that the current artillery may not be able to open the big fortresses." Li Lian said worriedly.

"We need more powerful explosives to do something like this, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to do something like this." Li Lian continued.

"Well, I agree with you, you're probably right." Bai Le said loosely. At present, the mortars that Qin sent to them have not yet arrived. The artillerymen had been waiting, and they themselves did not know how powerful they were, and it was very unclear that if they could not solve the fortifications, their situation would be very passive, especially when opening the passages. The guns of those fortresses were very heavy, unless they used huge aerial bombs of more than five stones, otherwise, Bai Le thought that everything was unlikely to open such a big gap, they were commandos, if they were trapped in the tunnel, they would not be able to move, this was an extremely passive thing, and such a thing, he must not let his own people appear. To avoid such a thing. Bai Le thought that it was better to accept the advice of the sappers, after all, they had nothing to lose.

"But I need to point out that you sappers had better be protected by our commandos, who will not protect themselves in battle, and you must carry weapons to keep you safe. I can't guarantee the rest. Bai Le put forward his opinion.

"No problem, I won't cause you any trouble." Zheng Ping said. The sappers can finally fight. This was Zheng Ping's idea, he was an officer of the advisory corps sent by the Qin army, and his engineer had only one platoon. They came here only to observe, and they observed the level of construction of fortresses by the Indians. In Zheng Ping's view, even if the Qin State used a train to transport heavy artillery to defend Hangu Pass to bombard, the effect may not be very good, the Yueshi people, the Qin people need a high-powered explosive device, and the only way is to blast, because the blasting charge can be added indefinitely, and the commando team needs to deal with many situations urgently, the training method of the Yueshi people is to increase the number of grenades, This is an extremely crude and wasteful blasting method, and only professional blasting can solve the problem. Zheng Ping was clearly aware of this, so he proposed the use of combat sappers.

"I have a small request, though." Li Lian, who was standing on the side, said at this time.

"Hmm. Please speak. Bai Le nodded.

"I think that my people should also learn some about explosives, for example, if you plant explosives, after all, there are very few of you, we have a lot of people, the battle is spread out, if it doesn't go well, we need you, and it will be a waste of time, waiting, what a waste of time. I think. We should learn your sapper skills so that we can deal with the damned fortresses as well. Li Lian said. Li Lian believes that this is an opportunity, the commando is not just fighting, it is important to open the follow-up road, which is the most important point.

"I think he's right. It's unlikely that we'll be able to take care of it all, and explosives can be used with weapons. I have no objection to that. Zheng Ping said.

"Okay. Since you agree, I can't object. Bai Le nodded.

In the area controlled by the Qin Guoyue clan, there are a large number of warehouses built here, and the materials in the warehouses are piled up very much, and there are a large number of commercial warehouses outside the warehouse area, and the soldiers of the Western Regions are stationed on the commanding heights nearby.

"It's busy." Captain Wu Cha of the 11th Regiment of the Qin Army Cavalry looked at the warehouse base and said. The purpose of their coming here is to get supplies, and then turn around and follow the caravan all the way south, along the way they protect the safety of the caravan, in fact, they don't need to protect at all, the weapons in the hands of the caravan are more advanced than the Yue's people, plus their team is huge, no one attacks them, if they attack them, they will be attacked by the Yue's and the Qin army, no one will do such a thing, because the risk is too great.

"Yes. It's busy. Major Li Ping nodded and said. He was ordered to fight south, and the 11th Cavalry Regiment was a mixed cavalry regiment, with Huns, Qin, and mountain people on horseback, and they were all very brave in battle. Li Ping is a native of Qin, and Ucha is just a Hun man, his tactical level is very high, and he can instantly perceive changes on the battlefield, so he was promoted to the rank of captain in charge of a company, but his rank seems to have only stopped here. Because he needs to study to be promoted to a higher rank, but this guy just doesn't study, and he can't learn no matter how he teaches. For such a person, Qin Jun would not give too many opportunities for promotion. Probably, he will be ordered to retire and then transferred to the reserves, and this guy can only be brought forward if a large-scale war breaks out in the Qin State, otherwise it will never be possible.

Li Ping has already received gossip that the War Department of the Qin State is carrying out reforms, and the primary purpose of the reform is to reduce more troops, and a large number of numbers will be vacated, and the Qin army will only retain troops with combat capability, and other troops may be retreated to a series of police ranks.

Li Ping felt that it was unlikely that he would stay in the army, because this was a cavalry unit, and the combat skills were relatively not very good, and the Qin army, especially the experimental troops in Guanzhong, had chariot troops, which was the future development trend, and the cavalry would only play a better role in pursuit operations, such as light cavalry like them. Musket hussars.

Li Ping felt very helpless, but this is the development trend, but the most important thing in front of him is to fight such a battle. Ucha didn't seem interested in the future, and he looked curiously at the Qin army's camp, where supplies were piled up like mountains. It was great wealth, and those goods were something that none of their tribes dared to think of, and now he was piling up there. Utza was amazed, or rather, he was amazed. Because the Huns never had so much material to put into the war. And the Qin army has piled up so many supplies. If he hadn't served in the Qin army, he might not have seen such a scene in his life, and how big this war would be. Ucha was looking forward to it, because the excitement of the war had affected him too much.