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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 497: New Weapons for Naval Battles

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    Dardanelles.  The ocean currents from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea meet here. Under the influence of the warm and cold currents, this place becomes a natural fishing ground where fishing boats gather.  In a remote corner of the southeast of the fishing ground, Troy Bay is like a crescent moon, quietly facing the Mediterranean Sea with its heart half open. In the center of the bay, ships of the Great Qin Navy are being inspected one after another.  The black battle flag!  The mighty military formation!  A neat formation of flying geese.  When bursts of passionate war drums sounded, the shouts of the Great Qin soldiers roared out from the center of the bay.  "Great Qin, Great Qin, and the brave old Qin, strengthen our rivers and mountains; - Qin has warriors, who can compete with him for supremacy!" The pace of Great Qin's westward advance was unstoppable, and the soldiers of Great Qin also slightly modified the war hymn of the restoration of the country.  And Zhuang¡ª¡ª, the difference between the two words shows completely different meanings.     All is ready except for the opportunity.  On August 15, the night of the full moon, after a long five-month rest, the Great Qin fleet finally set sail again. Gan Yong, Hu Zhe, and Lei were fired with three arrows. The black war border on the mast  The flag is like the sickle of death, which makes people dare not look up.  On the tallest flagship in the center of the fleet, Navy Commander Gan Yong stood on the bow of the ship with a solemn expression. The slightly undulating waves caused the ship to rock back and forth, but this wave was not enough for Gan Yong, who was accustomed to life at sea.  In other words, it¡¯s nothing at all?  Hu Zhuo and Lei Pei were Lieutenants Gan Yong, and Luan Bu was the general of the rear army, responsible for guarding the Trojan lair. Such equipment made the Qin Navy even more powerful. In terms of experience, Hu Zhu was rich enough.  In terms of bravery, Lei Quan has proven it with facts, and in terms of calmness and calculation, Luan Bu, who was born as a cloth seller, was the most carefree, and as the commander-in-chief.  Gan Yong stood alone for a long time and won Li Yuan's trust.  Place the couch crossbow on the deck of the seagoing ship.  This is a bold idea put forward by Qin naval generals such as Gan Yong and Lei Bei. Maritime operations are no better than land operations and are subject to many restrictions, such as the sea environment of the battlefield, the tonnage of the ships, the water warfare skills of the soldiers, and even the wind strength at the time.  Wind direction, etc., these factors exist.  The outcome of the naval battle becomes increasingly unpredictable.  Under this circumstance, if the Qin Navy wants to take the initiative in the battle, relying on science and technology to create strength and improving existing weapons, especially long-range strike weapons, is the most feasible strategy.  After being equipped with the couch crossbow, the Qin Navy can take advantage of the couch crossbow's powerful long-range strike capability.  It is the Qin army's preemptive strategy to inflict heavy damage on the enemy before it launches an attack.     Just imagine.  When the fleets of the two sides met, one side tried to get close to engage in close combat, while the other side opened the distance and fired a large crossbow as thick as a human arm at a distance that the other side could not hit, no matter how accurate the crossbow was.  Just the intimidation of passing through the air is enough to make people shudder.  "Haha, if this guy is placed on the bow of the ship, if those Roman ships are shot, they will not fall apart!" Seeing the power of the couch crossbow with their own eyes, these veteran soldiers were delighted.  Confrontation at sea.  The distance between the ships on both sides is only a hundred feet, which is the limit of range for ordinary machine crossbows, but is just the right distance for couch crossbows that are three times larger.  With the addition of couch crossbow.  The Qin army was able to compete with the Roman fleet in the open sea without having to worry about being suppressed by the taller Romans in close combat.  One veteran is worth ten recruits.  For both sides in a naval battle, naval soldiers are more valuable than on land.  Although Gan Yong's troops defeated Greer, this victory was only temporary.  If the Qin army fails in the next battle, the vigor of the Qin soldiers will be lost, and it will not be possible for a few decades to restore the vigor of a fleet, just like the Carthaginian fleet after being defeated by the Romans.  , and never stood up again.  Therefore, every veteran who has experienced the baptism of naval battles is a valuable asset to the Qin Navy, a new force that has only been established recently and lacks foundation.  The decisive battle with Rome is imminent.  Great Qin's war machine also started rumbling. The all-out efforts of the military craftsmen have allowed one new technological achievement to be applied one after another. After the original "artillery" of the crossbow, the craftsmen of the Qin State's military craftsmen had new ideas.  .  A new batch of bronze machine crossbows have also been distributed. The appearance of this new machine crossbow is slightly different from the previous bronze crossbows. The main reason is that the arrow box containing the crossbow arrows is no longer separated, but ten in a row, automatically  Loading.  Although the single-shot crossbow is powerful, due to the limitation of reloading time, its power cannot be fully exerted on the battlefield.  The Wuhou Repeating Crossbow invented by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period of the Later Han Dynasty appeared more than 300 years in advance. This crossbow machine, which is similar to the ancient "machine gun", is a major innovation in the history of crossbow machines. It spans?An important historical node from single launch to multiple launches.  After being suppressed by the Tianlei Army for several years, the crossbow craftsmen of the Great Qin Army finally broke through.  A sea ship.  There is a certain number of people that can be loaded, especially in this era without machine power. In addition to relying on uncertain sails, the navigation of ships relies on human oars for propulsion. For this reason, the combat soldiers on each ship will not  There are too many. Under equal conditions, the captain will of course choose soldiers who are tall and round and have excellent close combat capabilities.  The emergence of couch crossbows and repeating crossbows has brought the power of machine crossbows to a higher level. The giant crossbows on the deck are powerful weapons for long-range strikes, and the application of repeating crossbows has helped the navy solve the problem of insufficient combat personnel.  Taking the equipment of a single-masted paddle boat as an example, only five crossbowmen are needed to fire fifty crossbow bolts continuously without rest. During a sea battle, when enemy soldiers jump over the string of the ship,  They usually form a dense formation, but if they encounter a continuous rain of arrows at this time, it will be a dead end.  A series of new weapons have been put into the battlefield, which is evidence of the strong national power of Qin. At the same time, it is also the reward of Li Yuan's emphasis on scientific and technological research and development for many years.  Xianyang, Jinyang, Hanzhong¡ª¡ª, based on these three important military manufacturing institutions of the Qin State, Xingyang City, located in Guandong, has become the fourth military manufacturing base of the Qin State.  Compared with Xianyang and other places, Xingyang is close to the hinterland of the Central Plains. Its superior geographical advantages and abundant human resources have allowed the development of Xingyang's military industry to catch up quickly from the beginning.  ¡ª¡ª.  Mass migration of population. ? Continuous application of new technologies.  The pace of ethnic integration is accelerating.  Li Yuan single-handedly changed the short-lived dynasty of Qin. Now, under Qin's positive and progressive national policy, Eastern civilization is spreading to foreign lands with unstoppable momentum.  Feudal society lasted for more than 2,000 years and saw several dynasties rise and fall. The world and scholars liken this cycle of ups and downs to the limitations of Eastern civilization, but they do not know that the fundamental reason is actually the contradiction between resources and population.  The emergence of the New Qin Dynasty changed the original historical process. The tragic population decline caused by the four-year conflict between Chu and Han did not happen. The population of the Qin Dynasty increased a lot compared to the most powerful period under the rule of the First Emperor.  The number of Fu registered households in the Qin Dynasty was 500,000. In the seventeenth year of the New Calendar of the Qin Dynasty, that is, 189 BC, according to the statistics of the Fu registered households in the great country, the number of Fu registered households in the original counties of Qin reached 700,000, of which  There are nearly 60 million registered people.  Among them, looking at the number of households alone, we cannot just look at the increase of 200,000 households. To truly calculate it, we must also exclude the decrease in the number of people during the war in the late Qin Dynasty. In other words, in the more than ten years after the unification of the New Qin Dynasty, the population growth  It erupted in a geometric pattern, and what is even more surprising is that this eruption did not bring any substantial damage to the social structure of Qin.  As we all know, the increase in population will inevitably bring about a large consumption of wealth. If the amount of total wealth is constant, then according to the cycle of Chinese history, a powerful country will be unable to survive and develop for more than ten years.  It is inevitable to slowly enter a period of stagnation in development, followed by turmoil at the top, and then the decline of a dynasty.  Nowadays, the Qin Dynasty continues to expand, and the rich resources of the Eurasian continent have just offset the sense of urgency brought by the increase in population. A large number of immigrants have moved westward, which has alleviated domestic conflicts and kept such conflicts within a reasonable range.  For ordinary people, although it is painful to leave their hometown, a new place is a new hope, and it is this hope that supports the Qin State like a rumbling tank, moving forward indomitably.  Note: The word "bed" has been blocked, so you can only change the couch. Oh, bed crossbow.
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