Dardanelles.

The ocean currents from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea meet here, and under the action of the two currents of warm and cold, it makes this place a natural fishing ground where fishing boats gather.

In a remote corner southeast of the fishing ground, the Troy Bay is like a crescent moon, quietly facing the Mediterranean Sea with its plump mind. In the center of the bay, ships of the Qin Navy are undergoing inspection and patrol.

Black battle flag!

A mighty military formation!

Neat geese rows.

When waves of intense war drums sounded, the sound of the Great Qin soldiers shouting and roaring in the middle of the bay broke out.

"The Great Qin, the Great Qin, the old Qin, strengthen my country and mountains; - Qin has sharp soldiers, who will compete for power!" The pace of Qin's advancement westward was unstoppable, and the soldiers of Qin also slightly modified the war songs of the time of restoration. The difference between the two words "Return and Zhuang" shows a completely different meaning.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is not available.

On the fifteenth day of August, on the night of full moon, after a long five-month rest, the Qin fleet finally sailed out to sea again. Gan Yong, Hu Jue and thunder were fired at once. The black battle flag on the mast was like the sickle of the god of death, which made people dare not look up.

On the tallest flagship in the center of the fleet, Navy Commander Gan Yong stood at the bow of the ship with a stern expression, and the slightly undulating waves made the ship shake forward and backward and left and right. However, this wave was nothing to Gan Yong, who was already accustomed to sea life?

Hu Ju and Lei were appointed as the deputy general of Gan Yong, and Luan Bu was appointed as the general of the rear army, responsible for guarding the Troy lair. Such equipment made the Qin Navy look like a tiger. In terms of experience, Hu Ju is rich enough. In terms of courage, Lei has proved by facts. In terms of calmness, Luan Bu, who was born in a Bu vendor, was the most petty, and as the main general, Gan Yong was even more alone for a long time and was deeply trusted by Li Yuan.

Place the couch crossbow on the deck of the sea boat.

This is a bold idea proposed by Gan Yong and Lei who were waiting for the Qin naval generals. The maritime battle is not as good as land, and there are many restricted places, such as the sea environment on the battlefield, the tonnage of ships, the water battle skills of soldiers, and even the wind force and direction at that time. The existence of these factors makes the result of the naval battle more and more unpredictable.

In this case, if the Qin Navy wants to take the initiative in the battle, rely on technology to create power and improve existing weapons, especially long-range strike weapons, is the most feasible strategy. After the cage crossbow is equipped, the Qin Navy can use the cage crossbow's powerful long-range strike ability. Before the opponent launches an attack, it will cause heavy damage to the enemy. This is the Qin army's preemptive strategy.

Just imagine. When the fleets of both sides meet, one side tries to get close to the string and fight, while the other side sets a distance and fires a large crossbow as thick as a child's arm at a distance that the other side cannot hit. No matter how accurate the couch crossbow is, the deterrent power of the blinking through the air is already chilling.

"Haha, if this guy is placed at the bow of the ship, the Roman ships will not be dispersed as long as they are shot!" Seeing the power of the crossbow with his own eyes, these veterans such as Hu Ju were delighted.

Confrontation at sea. The distance between the ships of both sides is only a hundred feet, which is the limit of the range for ordinary crossbows, and for cage crossbows that are three times larger, it is the right distance. With the addition of cage crossbows, the Qin army can compete with the Roman fleet on the outside seas without worrying about being suppressed by the tall Romans in close combat.

The value of a veteran is equal to that of ten new recruits. For both sides in naval battles, naval soldiers are more valuable than on land.

Although Gan Yong's troops defeated Greer, this victory was only temporary. If they failed in the next battle, the Qin soldiers would lose their spirit. It would be impossible to restore the vitality of another fleet in a few decades. Just like the Carthage fleet, after being defeated by the Romans, they could never stand up again.

Therefore, every veteran who has experienced the baptism of naval warfare is a valuable asset for the Qin Navy, a new army that has been established for a short time and lacks background.

The decisive battle between Rome is imminent.

The war machine of the Qin Dynasty was also rumbling. The soldiers and craftsmen made all their efforts to apply one new technological achievement after another. After the original "cannon" of the couch crossbow, the soldiers and craftsmen of the Qin State had new ideas.

A new batch of bronze crossbows have also been distributed. The appearance of this new crossbow is slightly different from the previous bronze crossbows. The main reason is that the arrow boxes loaded with crossbow arrows are no longer separated, but are ten consecutive and automatically loaded. Although the single-machine crossbows are powerful, their power on the battlefield cannot be fully exerted due to the limitation of loading time.

The Wuhou crossbow, invented by Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, appeared more than 300 years in advance. This crossbow machine similar to the ancient "machine gun" was a major innovation in the history of crossbow machine. It crossed an important historical node from single shot to multiple shots. After being suppressed by the Tianlei Army for several years, the crossbow craftsmen made by the Qin army finally made a breakthrough.

A sea ship.

There are certain numbers of people who can be loaded, especially in this era without machine power. In addition to uncertain sails, ships rely on human paddles to advance. Due to this reason, there will not be too many combat soldiers on each ship. Under equal conditions, the captain will of course choose soldiers with large waists and excellent melee combat capabilities.

The emergence of couch crossbows and continuous crossbows has brought the power of the machine crossbows to a higher level. The giant crossbows on the deck are a powerful weapon for long-range strikes, and the application of continuous crossbows has helped the navy solve the problem of insufficient combat troops.

Taking the equipment of a sloop boat as an example, only five crossbowmen can fire fifty crossbow arrows in a row. During the sea string war, when enemy soldiers jumped over the strings, they usually lined up in dense formations. If you encounter continuous rain of arrows, it would be a dead end.

A series of new weapons have been put into the battlefield, which is proof of the strong power of the Qin Dynasty, and it is also a reward for Li Yuan's attention to scientific and technological research and development for many years.

Xianyang, Jinyang, Hanzhong—— Based on these three important military institutions of Qin, Xingyang City located in Guandong has become the fourth military base of Qin. Compared with Xianyang and other places, Xingyang is close to the hinterland of the Central Plains, with superior geographical advantages and rich human resources, which has enabled the development of Xingyang military construction to show a rapid catching up from the very beginning.

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Large population migration.

Continuous application of new technologies.

The pace of national integration is accelerating.

Li Yuan changed the short dynasty of Qin with his own strength. Now, under the active and progressive national policy of the Qin Dynasty, Eastern civilization is spreading to foreign countries with an unstoppable momentum. For more than 2,000 years of feudal society, several dynasties have risen and fallen. People and scholars have compared this cycle of ups and downs to the limitations of Eastern civilization, but they do not know that the fundamental reason is the contradiction between resources and population.

The emergence of the New Qin changed the original historical process. The tragic situation of the sharp decline in the population caused by the four years of the Chu-Han struggle did not occur. The population of the Great Qin increased a lot compared to the strongest rule by the First Emperor. The number of Fuji during the First Emperor was 500,000 households. In the 17th year of the New Calendar of the Great Qin Dynasty, that is, in 189 BC, according to the Fuji statistics of the Great Kingdom, the number of Fuji in the original counties of the Qin State reached 700,000 households, of which nearly 60 million were registered.

Among them, the number of households alone cannot be seen as the increase of 200,000 households. If you really calculate it, you must also eliminate the number of people who were reduced during the war at the end of Qin Dynasty. In other words, during the ten years of the reunification of the new Qin Dynasty, the population growth showed a geometric eruption. What is even more surprising is that this eruption did not cause substantial damage to the social structure of the Qin State.

As we all know, the increase in population inevitably brings a large amount of wealth consumption. If the amount of total wealth is determined, then according to the cycle of Chinese history, a powerful country will inevitably slowly enter a period of stagnation of development after more than ten years of development, followed by turmoil back and forth at its peak, and then a dynasty begins to decline.

Now, the Qin Dynasty is constantly expanding, and the rich resources of the Eurasian continent have offset the sense of urgency brought about by the increase in population. A large number of immigrants have moved westward, eased domestic conflicts and kept this contradiction within a reasonable range. For ordinary people, although leaving their hometowns is painful, the new place is new hope, and it is this hope that supporting Qin is like a rumbled tank, moving forward.
Chapter completed!