The morale of the Navy was solved. But how the Navy fights has not yet been resolved. Too bad the hell. The Navy does not have a single ship to fight. The state of Qin officially responded after the naval army of the state of Chu attacked the naval base of the state of Qin.

The state of Qin officially declared war on the state of Chu. But Qin made a separate statement. It is a moral consideration. The war was confined to the Yangtze River waterway for twenty miles on both sides of the river. The situation on land remains business as usual. It's a strange war. The war took place only in a limited area of the Yangtze River waterway.

After the declaration of war was issued. The Admiralty of the Lieutenant's Office of the State of Qin officially announced that it would release the naval shipbuilding plan to civilian shipyards. Its total value will be more than two million gold ships, one million new technologies and weapons.

As a result, the Qin State Civil Shipyard has not yet been built. ushered in a large military purchase order. This military single saw greatly stimulated the tremendous development of the shipbuilding industry of the Qin State.

Due to being in the war phase. Especially still surface warfare. So I just said the news that would probably boost confidence. The details were distributed to the newly established shipyards in the form of top-secret documents. The order will be purchased immediately after bidding, issuing drawings, issuing experimental products, inspection, evaluation and other measures.

The first thing the Qin Navy tendered was a kind of fast gunboat. The crew is ten to fifteen people.

All are made of steel. Consider the technical issues. Later, the request for proposals was amended. Partial use of wood instead.

Engine power is no longer the use of natural forces. Wind propulsion. This leads to other options. There are two major classifications of steam engines and internal combustion engines.

In terms of armament, at least two machine guns will be installed. Two 3.5-inch guns.

After these requirements are issued. Major shipyards have begun to work on it. Since the shipyard has not yet been built. So. The Admiralty temporarily lent the Chang'an Naval Academy to major shipyards as experimental bases.

The Prime Minister's Mansion opened the door to shipyards. Land used by shipyards. Almost for nothing. The government only charged a nominal fee. However, the major shipyards have been given the right to own more than 10,000 acres of land. The government does not levy any taxes on shipyards for five years. Not only is it not levied. It also provides a large number of special loans, related logistics and transportation, and special tax reductions for steel. Some shipyards will pay some taxes and fees when buying steel Shangwen. These have been waived. Such a large level of support is unprecedented.

But when the war broke out, the Qin state could not help but fight. The Admiralty and the Naval Branch of the General Staff began to come up with their own plans. The plan given by the General Staff was to build a river fortress. Use shore artillery forts. In particular, large-caliber fortress guns were used. Once this kind of artillery was arranged in the narrow waters of the Yangtze River. You can block the entire waterway.

Furthermore. The use of a new technology can help shore artillery to conduct night aimed fire. This is a high-powered searchlight. Optical findings. Fill the bulb with some special others. Usually argon is inert, and other times the care will increase a lot. Especially with the addition of reflective devices. The beam can be more concentrated. Experimental surface. Continuous, bright light exposure can cause temporary or permanent blindness. It depends on the power. This technique was first applied to the air defense forces. In particular, Xianyang night air defense. However, this searchlight shining into the sky at night did not serve his original purpose. Air defence. At that time, it played a night lighting beautification effect.

The use of these two technical equipment can solve the current presumptuous behavior of the Chu State Naval Army. But it's only passively defensive.

The Admiralty took the opportunity to propose the establishment of naval aviation. But it was opposed by the General Staff, the Army and the Space Army. The reason is. Neither of the two major branches of the armed forces wants to see the emergence of a third type of aviation power. Especially when it comes to funding. Army aviation eats up three-tenths of the money spent on aviation. The Celestial Army eats the other four-tenths. The rest is for technology development. If you join naval aviation. All of a sudden, the two funds were less than two-tenths of the size. The Navy is gaining momentum. In particular, there is unanimous support across the country. King Qin also took special care. People have wars to fight again.

Although the two branches of the armed forces are opposed. But the creation of naval aviation is a trend. Especially at the moment when the pressure of war is enormous. Defense alone is not enough to quickly solve the problem of surface warfare.

To get the other side to make concessions. Then you have to let the other party fail. There is only one way to fail. That's offense. There is no power on the surface of the water. That is, with the help of air power.

Proposal of naval aviation. It was supported by all parties. But at this time, the army and the heavenly army proposed two parties to help it defeat the surface forces of the Chu State. But the Navy used the area of operation as a surface for the reason. The proposals of the two sides were refuted separately.

Army aviation is designed to attack land targets. And not a surface target. And the main task of the Celestial Army is to bomb deeply. Not bombing surface targets. Although the reason is reluctant. Moreover, the missions of the army and the army have a large ambiguity in the target. Naval aviation has a very strong sense of independence.

At a time when the Space Army and the Army Aviation were jointly attacking the establishment of naval aviation. An order from the King of Qin broke all the controversy.

A combat flight brigade of the Xianyang Royal Family Air Defense Flight Unit. A squadron of air gunboats was transferred to naval aviation. And became the first air force of naval aviation.

Such an order was such an unexpected. It's an honor. The royal air force was directly divided into a special naval aviation unit. This came as a big surprise to the Navy.

The reason for this order was that the economic level demanded a quick solution to the problem of rising raw material prices. Keeping raw materials cheap is a must to maintain the healthy economic development of Qin. After dealing with the Chu State Naval Army. Solve the problem of water piracy immediately. Then control the entire Yangtze River waterway.

Taking into account the problem of traffic pressure in the south. The road has not yet been built. Construction of the railway is intensifying. Now the Xinzheng section and the Luoyang section of the railway have converged in the Nanyang area. Then go straight south.

The demand for steel has increased. The King of Qin specifically instructed the establishment of specialized steel mills in the south. In order to meet the needs of naval shipbuilding. And a large number of future merchant ships will also need a lot of steel. Such instructions are already in the planning of commercial enterprises. Especially a large shipyard like Yingyu. The demand for steel will be very large.

Steel mills tend to be built by the river when it comes to location. Raw materials can be transported by rail to transport Zhao's high-quality coal and iron ingots. After controlling the waterways in the future. The large ships were used to go north out of the Yangtze River and load the above-mentioned raw materials on the Liaodong Peninsula and the waters of Yanguo. In this way, the first steel plant in the south was planned in the south. The landing of the steel mill. It means that some of Qin's economic entities began to move south. The development of the south has been strengthened again.