The Qin State is in the east of Mengzhou, a place a hundred miles southwest of Dongguan City.

This is the temporary station of the newly formed 21st Division of the Qin Army. It's heavily guarded. Every day, a large number of troops enter the area.

The predecessor of the new 21st Division was Newton's 33rd Regiment. On the basis of this unit with outstanding combat effectiveness, they established a new 21 st Division, which is expected to have an establishment of about 12,500 men. The combat regiment will consist of four standard combat regiments, each with two infantry battalions, the infantry can fight on horseback in order to increase their mobility, and the other will be a cavalry battalion or cavalry company. They can increase the mobility of the entire combat team.

In addition, they have been supplemented and strengthened to a certain extent with new weapons. For example, their infantry battalion was armed with a certain number of machine guns, which had never been done before.

According to the post-war assessment report on the battlefield in Liaodong, the lack of heavy firepower weapons is an important defect of the Hun combat troops, and in the case that the other side has a certain advantage in smoothbore artillery, this situation is extremely unfavorable, if it is not for the hand cannon such weapons, I am afraid they will not be able to hold such a position.

"The infantry firepower has been strengthened from above, so that in the future operations, our firepower will increase a lot." Newton said to his new chief of staff, Monqua.

"Yes, we'll be armed with about a hundred light and heavy machine guns. There is plenty of ammunition, in addition to a certain number of hand cannons and light artillery, which makes our firepower more intense. I think the above is to make us stronger. Mongwe said.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I personally think that this is indeed necessary, but do you see that?" Newton looked at the problem from the perspective of practical experience.

"Our unit is a fast and mobile force, equipped with a large number of horses in order to speed up the efficiency of the operation." Newton said.

"Yes." Monqua nodded. Mongwe was a staff officer brought from the General Staff. The original military rank was lieutenant colonel. He was in charge of logistics, and later transferred to the Operations Section, where he had more combat on paper and less practical experience. Newton was not optimistic about such a partner, believing that the other party was only here for promotion, not for war.

In fact, the above is considered in this way, because the Hun troops were relatively backward in their previous combat weapons, and lacked experience in the use of some heavy weapons, especially after the new weapons were updated, many tactics had to be changed, in order to adapt to such a new situation, it was decided to call in a staff officer to help them.

However, Newton's lack of experience worried Newton, who believed that the other party was only suitable to stay in the command.

"And if you look at the weapons, it's bad, they're a bit bulky and have poor maneuverability, and I admit that the machine guns are very powerful. But, you see it. He needed a shelf, and if he could maneuver, I think, it would be better. Newton said.

"Well, not enough I personally think, sir, my opinion is that we should first learn how to use these weapons, and let our soldiers learn how to practice such weapons before we can say how we need to improve them." Monkui said step by step.

"Okay." Newton said no more. He knew that it would not be of much use to talk to the other party.

And Meng Kui also knew that he couldn't communicate with the other party. But there are some things that are still more to say.

"I think, sir, you probably don't have a good understanding of what it means, which means that we can strengthen the possibility of infantry combat, that is, so that we can have a certain amount of mobility and be able to fight quickly, and heavy firepower is one of the goals of our strengthening." Mongwe said.

"You saw it, too. On the battlefield in Liaodong, there is really nothing to say about our mobility, but after we maneuver, the weakness of weak firepower is exposed, and what we need to do is to strengthen this. Mongwe said.

"I'll admit it, you're quite right." Newton said.

"But we turned out to be cavalry troops, and we can learn infantry combat. But with increased firepower, our mobility has been reduced a lot. Newton said.

"From a practical point of view, it's not very good. At the very least, we can't be flexible. Newton said.

"Sir, I think you should learn more about new science and technology, they can help solve many of our problems, for example, at the moment you think it is possible to reduce mobility, I think, in the future, we can solve it in another way. After all, there are many things that are invented for convenience. Meng Kui said.

"Hmm." Newton nodded.

"Okay. After a while, I'm going to see the effect, and if it does, I'll decide to listen to you. Newton thought for a moment and said. Rather than saying that it is useless at all, it is better to wait and see what the result is, if it can be proven, he will accept it unceremoniously, after all, he is still very happy to see such a thing.

The Ministry of Defense of the Qin State considered the characteristics of the Xiongnu combat troops, with strong mobility, but the firepower was poor, and if it could be combined with the firepower of the Qin army, it might burst out with greater combat effectiveness, so there was a new 21st Division, such an organization, as well as experiments.

Ministry of Defense of the State of Qin, Department of Weapons Research.

"What is this?" Colonel Officer Li Bo asked curiously.

"I don't think it's a new weapon?" Li Bo looked at the design drawings and said.

"Sir, that's right, it's an idea of mine, or a bold idea." The inventor Bai Zhu boldly proposed.

"Tell me about it." Li Bo asked curiously.

"I read a lot of battlefield materials. They said the artillery was too bulky. And the maneuverability is very poor, and it takes several horses to pull it. Especially in some places, the road is in very bad condition. In case of special weather, such as snowy weather, and rain, etc. The situation would be very troublesome, and the artillery would be left far behind, so that the infantry would lack heavy firepower weapons. Cannon. The white lord said.

"Go on." Li Bo said.

"Perhaps, my solution can solve this problem." The white lord said.

"We can hoist the cannon through the airship. In this case, this can be achieved by air transportation, and the main reason for choosing an airship is that the airship can hover. We can control the angle of the cannon well and accurately place the cannon on the position, which is very beneficial to us. The white lord said.

"Your idea is bold. And it's innovative. Li Bo said.