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"It's a pleasure to work with." After Guo Kai signed, he handed over a copy of the credentials to Ju Xin. And the drama can only accept it with a wry smile. In quadruplicate, each of the four countries kept four copies, because this cooperation is temporarily secret, when Zhao sends troops, this secret will no longer be a secret, and only at that time, the four countries can come to the fore publicly.

Yan Guo is the largest funder, that is, the party who pays out of pocket. Therefore, Ju Xin can only accept it all, and his facial expressions are unnatural, while the other three parties are all beneficiaries, and they have received various benefits from Yan Kingdom to varying degrees, although this kind of interest is not very satisfactory in some aspects, but it is enough to be able to get a benefit. In addition to Yan State, the other three parties are eager for Yan State and Qi State to fight for longer and longer. In this way, they earn more and more.

By this time, the war was beginning to go in the other direction. And this direction threatens to go to civil war. Shang Wen didn't even know anything about it.

Just when the four countries signed the agreement and began to step up the steps to give the green light to the plan. In Lantian in the Qin State Pass, there is an elite Yan army training there. "The chariot moved slowly, covering the infantry to suppress enemy fire." A major of the Yan army stretched out the body of the car and shouted loudly. Due to the fact that the field of view of armored combat vehicles is simply too limited. The commander had to stretch out the entire hull of the vehicle to command. If you don't, you won't be able to see your surroundings effectively.

"Left wing, keep up. Come on. The Major continued to shout loudly.

The roar of the "boom" armored combat vehicle drowned out the major's commands.

"Damn left. I'm going to have to smash their heads. The Major shouted anxiously at the slow movement of the left flank. Because the left wing moved slowly, the entire center and right wing protruded a large part of it.

"What's wrong with those iron shells. How not to cover our left flank. An infantry lieutenant saw the situation and asked the sergeant here.

"We didn't know, if we kept going, we would be all over there with a machine gun. You must know that the damned Qi people captured a large number of our machine guns. An experienced sergeant said.

This sergeant turned out to be from the Yan New Army, and he had fought almost all the battles, and he performed well. Later, because of the delay in the payment of salaries during the trench confrontation stage, he finally had to become a deserter. When I returned home, my taxes were high and I had to work for someone else far from home. Now I earn a lot of money from part-time work. Later, I heard in the newspaper that experienced Yan people were recruited to serve as soldiers. So he came to Qin Guo to sign up with the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't expect it. But I heard that there was experience, and when I was a sergeant before. Activate it now. And a month's salary was offered in advance.

Not only this sergeant, but many people are from the Yan army. Many of them have already fought in wars and have some combat experience, not only veterans, but also some mercenaries and some hunters from the mountains and forests have come to participate, and they have only one purpose, that is, the pay here is high.

However, these people are still relatively small compared to the Yan army as a whole, the prince's army currently has 8,000 people, and the number of veterans and officers combined is less than 1,000. Therefore, the overall level of this army is still at a low position.

"Stop. Stop it. The lieutenant shouted.

"If we go any further, we're all going to die here." The lieutenant gave the order loudly.

"I'll go to the captain and explain the situation." The lieutenant whispered to the sergeant.

"We." The sergeant thought it was an inappropriate suggestion to stop. But for now, it seems to be the only way to do it. If they continue to move forward, then they will face the possibility of being killed.

"Stop. Wait for the command. Stay on the spot. "The lieutenant gave a new order.

"Yes, sir." The sergeant said after receiving the order.

"You, you, you. And you. "Go out and be on your guard. The sergeant ordered a few random men and told them to go out and flank them to keep their guard.

"Forward, infantrymen. How did you guys stop. Advance. Advance. Keep up with the chariot. Hurry up. The tank major stepped out of the tank and shouted loudly. He was still waving his wrench, which he was going to use to knock the armor of the armored fighting vehicle. This is the only way to keep communicating.

"Go ahead, hurry up." The major shouted loudly. At the same time, he kept dragging some soldiers up with his hands and continued to move forward.

"Major, we didn't get orders". A private replied boldly.

"Damn it, get it all up, hurry up, I'm a major. Listen to me quickly. Keep up with the chariot in front of you and hurry. As he spoke, the major picked up a soldier and shouted loudly.

The soldiers had no choice but to stand up and re-follow the chariot to move forward.

"Damn it, these damn infantrymen, how can you charge without us." As he spoke, the Major walked away quickly. Then run to the position of the left flank tank. The major found the command vehicle, which had the company flag of the armored combat vehicle company.

The Major hurried to keep up with the slow armored chariot and then slammed his wrench on the roof of the chariot.

"Bang bang." The Major thumped hard.

"Bang." Bang. A captain commander opened the lid and crawled out.

"What's the matter? Sir. The captain said, clasping his hand.

"Damn, look how far your chariot has been pulled?" The Major yelled loudly.

"Also, why did you hide in the chariot and not come out, your post is to command. Match the center. Protect the central flank, and now you've exposed the flank to me. What do you plan to do. Shall we all be defeated? The Major continued to shout loudly.

"Sir, our ・・・・・・・" the captain tried to explain something, but now the major simply did not stop. The infantrymen who followed behind watched the two commanders quarrel like a joke.

"Major, please stop the bickering between you." A lieutenant colonel of the Qin State walked over. And the major also had an armband with the word "referee" on his arm.

"Damn, what's the matter?" The Major understood that the referee had come over meant something had happened.

"I think you understand what's going on." Major Qin Jun said.

"Your central flank is exposed. And in the position of the commanding heights near it, there are the artillery positions and machine-gun positions of the Qi army, because your flanks do not provide effective protection, and occupy them in time, and conquer them. About a third of your infantry in the center was killed. Half of the armored combat vehicles were hit. And, because of the commander you are too conspicuous. So, you, Major, as a commander, were also among the killed. "Major Qin Jun informed Major Yan Jun of the verdict just now.

"What?" The major simply couldn't believe his ears, and he was killed.

"I'm dead. What to do with my armored combat vehicle? "The major couldn't believe that there was such a result.

"I'm dead, what about my armored combat vehicle battalion, do you want them to command the battle themselves? I suspected that we were armored combat vehicles, and it was impossible for the other side to hit us. "What else does the Major want to say.

"I know and understand how you feel. But that's exactly what happened, you don't have any protection yourself, at least you put your helmet on. Or hide your rank. But you didn't. We can all use binoculars over there to see the size of your office. Major Qin Jun looked at Major Yan Jun's epaulettes and said. At the same time, he pointed with the pencil in his hand. Signal the epaulettes out of the problem.

"Damn." The major is clearly hot-tempered. In fact, this major commander came from a cavalry unit, he was only a cavalry lieutenant before, because the Yan cavalry unit discarded a large number of war horses, so most of the officers were captured. And he luckily changed to three different horses before barely escaping back to one. After returning, he rejoined the Yan army, and because he was born as a cavalryman, he was assigned to the armored combat vehicle unit. The official position has also been improved a lot. Promoted from lieutenant to major.

"We can't help it. Moreover, armored combat vehicles are not able to withstand those damn solid shells. There's really no way around this. Major Qin Jun explained.

"But they told me it could withstand the shells." The Yan Jun Major said.

"Oh, the description dogma says that this armored combat vehicle is thinly armored. Can withstand splashing grenades. But it could not withstand the attack of solid bullets. Especially the ricochets of those damned old guns, which have enough energy to hit the engine. Then, the engine stalled. Major Qin Jun explained.

In fact, some of the armored combat vehicles equipped by the Qin army could not even withstand machine guns. If several machine guns were fired continuously, there was a high probability that the armor would be penetrated. At the same time, this armored combat vehicle is in the face of solid shells from old guns, especially at a distance of three hundred paces. Able to be pierced by it in one shot. If a vibrator is used, once hit, the engine will be stopped at once, and then the entire armored combat vehicle will be difficult to move.

"You go to the referee for these explanations. It's just a drill. We can't either." Major Qin Jun said.

And Major Yan Jun expressed helplessness. After all, this is an exercise, and the Qin army can only restore the face of the war as much as possible according to the limited data. But even so, there is still a long way to go before the war. The difference between this distance is the test of blood and fire.

"It seems that the armored combat vehicle tactics are still not working." Li Mu took the binoculars and looked at the general armored combat vehicle in the center of the Yan Army and stopped. Then a third of the soldiers stopped, and they symbolized the dead. Although the expression on their faces is relaxed. Those soldiers who still had to follow the armored fighting vehicles were even envious of them. Because they can rest in place, and they have to carry their guns and move on.

If it is on the battlefield, then their companions will not have envy, but will look at their companions with sympathy and eyes. Because their companions have died.

"Armored combat vehicles look powerful, but in fact they cannot withstand a direct attack from the opponent's artillery from the front. Especially this frontal offensive. The armored fighting vehicle only played the role of cover, and did not play the offensive role that he was supposed to play. Wang Jian continued.

"Well, take a look, maybe there are other highlights." Li Mu can only say this. Because the current mature infantry tactics are the skirmish charge tactics of the Zhao State, but this tactic is a little powerless against the army of the Central Plains country with machine guns. Although Li Mu did not have the war games like Qin Jun. There is no such thing as a battlefield result that is calculated by various numbers, but Li Mu can directly use his senses to feel the war, especially the kind of war feeling that the war says needs, and Li Mu is very keen on this feeling.

After withdrawing half of the armored fighting vehicles, the entire offensive of the Yan army began to look a little weak, especially on the central side, and the offensive suddenly came to a standstill. And his flanks were not filled in time.

"Has the mechanical fault been solved, these iron horses in this place are even more difficult to serve than those beasts." A sergeant shouted.

"I can't rule it out. The engine was overheating, there was fog everywhere, and I couldn't get my hands on it. Can't see clearly. One of the soldiers below shouted. This armored combat vehicle has only two people. One person is in charge of command, and at the same time operates the machine gun. The other person is responsible for driving the vehicle and repairing it. If it was the Qin army, the Qin army had a large number of industrial workers, especially in the automobile sector. There was no shortage of workers in this area. With a little training, these industrial workers will become good maintenance workers and drivers. Because their training base is relatively high. Even some specialized technical arms are recruited specifically from these industrial workers.

But the Yan army is different. Most of the Yan army was transferred from the cavalry, and a large part of them did not even understand the mechanics, and some of the officers did not even know how this thing could walk without horses.

The worst thing was that the quality of their soldiers was generally lower than the hope of the Qin army. Some of them couldn't even read words. How to teach such a foundation in a short time. Although the instructors of the Qin State tried every means to simplify the tutorial, they still could not make these soldiers with a poor foundation know how to repair armored combat vehicles, or how to maintain them.

Helpless, the Qin army could only re-select a group of armored combat vehicle soldiers, first of all, height. The space of armored combat vehicles was extremely cramped, and the tall, powerful soldiers were eliminated first. Especially those cavalrymen, their height is outstanding, but if they get inside the armored fighting vehicle, they can hardly even stretch their arms. Especially the long, very athletic soldiers. Some of them couldn't even operate machine guns. The bolt of the machine gun could not be opened. Because the arm cannot be flexed and extended again.

Subsequently, there are those who know some technical work before, for example, they have worked as carpenters before, or they have engaged in some in-demand jobs, and have processed carriage wheels, these people are a minority after all, but when these people are all selected, Qin Jun can only choose those who can use wrenches and other simple tools. With these simple tools, you'll just unscrew those damn screws.

That's the standard. Let the armored combat vehicle units of the Yan army train in a short time. It can be seen from the selection criteria that there is still a big gap in the overall quality of the soldiers of the Yan Army, especially those low-level soldiers and non-commissioned officers who are not well educated, when operating technical weapons. The soldiers were visibly struggling. And the tactics can't be extended. Even if there are advanced weapons, I am afraid that the war will be difficult enough.

Armored combat vehicles are stagnant. And the infantry could only stay in armored combat vehicles to shoot. They were just some light infantry. Their company was armed with only about three to six machine guns, but the style was more advanced, and they used bulky, water-cooled machine guns. One machine gun required four people to carry, and two more soldiers to carry some ammunition.

It's good that light infantry can be armed with machine guns. Because the appearance of machine guns indicates the ability to provide a certain amount of continuous firepower. In addition to the light infantry, the Yan Kingdom is also equipped with another infantry unit, which is the heavy infantry unit, which is relatively speaking. Heavy infantry units have a certain amount of artillery. Their artillery is divided into two types, one is mortar, which can provide a certain amount of fire support and fire strikes, and the other is a light artillery, which generally has a caliber of two inches. Their targets were mainly blockhouse fortifications.

Light artillery is a direct-aim artillery unit. The ballistics of artillery are straight, while mortars are curved. There is a big difference in the purpose of the two.

"Use mortars, shoot that way." The infantry company commander shouted. They were told that they met the most tenacious artillery attack. Especially those damned howitzers, which, with the help of their fortifications, could not be suppressed by machine guns. And armored fighting vehicles, especially those infantry who hid behind armored fighting vehicles without any cover, became their living targets. Now they urgently need to keep their opponents down.

"Bang bang." The machine guns on the armored fighting vehicles fired bullets desperately. The grass targets in the distance were constantly hit, but the bunkers could not be completely destroyed.

"Bang. Bang. "The infantry kept firing. They shot all the empty cartridges, during the exercise. Due to the fact that infantry units are more flexible. At the same time, the quality of the soldiers of the Yan army is not very high, and even the Qin army often imagines that they are misfired. Therefore, during the exercise, the Qin army had to use empty cartridges. This ammunition can effectively ensure the safety of soldiers' lives.

"Now you have some more people who are quitting. The enemy's artillery attack was simply too fierce. Referee Qin Jun said. Then some of the Yan soldiers withdrew from the battle. The Yan army was currently in a situation of slaughter, and although they had armored fighting vehicles, the defense and attack provided by armored fighting vehicles was too limited. The other side relied on favorable fortifications to suppress the attack of the Yan army. "Mortars. Shoot. Hurry up," the Yan Army officer shouted loudly.

"Hurry up, stand, chassis." A Yan Army mortar squad leader quickly ran over and shouted loudly. His task is to fire the cannonballs and then hit the opponent's attack hard.

"Direction 017,073" surveyor measured the parameters of the shelling and reported it.

"Positioning. Can be reloaded. The gunner shouted. The constant shooting made them have to shoot.

"Target, put." The loader quickly loaded the shell. Then quickly crouch down and cover your ears.

"Bang." Shells flew out, and the shells fell directly on the fortifications of the opposing positions. The opponents set up a large number of barbed wire barriers, and they also had complete fortifications that could effectively withstand machine gun and artillery attacks. The Qin army conducted exercises according to the data from the front-line military observation group, and the standard of the Qi army's fortifications was much lower than the data obtained by the Qin army itself, at least, their artillery and machine guns had not yet been put on top of the defenses, but now, these defenses were available. The slapper attacks were constant and intensive, even so. According to the idea of the referee of Qin Jun. Such an attack still could not take the opponent's position.

"There is no choice but to let them retreat. The power of our mortar shells is simply too limited. It is not effective in killing and injuring the enemies in the fortifications. We have to use heavy artillery bombardment. "A Colonel Yan Jun saw the mortar bombardment after that. The referee still gave the result that the attack was blocked.

"We have to get our people to pull down first. Only then will our heavy artillery work. "The range of the battle between the two sides is about two hundred to one hundred, which is already very close.

"Okay. We retreated. A brigadier general of the Yan army said.

Then the Yan army took the initiative to retreat, and they used machine guns, mortars, armored fighting vehicles and other weapons to attack and had to retreat after the attack was blocked. Because they could not break through the opponent's fortifications.