The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

What General Chu learned about surprised him. In addition to Qin, South Korea, Qi, and Yan also had their own air forces. After learning about this situation, General Chu broke into a cold sweat on his back. Such news was very important to him.

For him, it is very amazing. Usually this means that in heaven, Chu State has fallen too far behind.

After understanding these situations, the generals of Chu State were determined to establish Chu State's own air force and would never allow Chu State to fail in the air war.

"Our losses are quite staggering. We lost a total of three airships. Five went out and two came back." said the air force captain whose face was covered with black and gray.

"Ahem." The Qi Air Force colonel sitting in the tent looked at the ground seriously.

"You, you go down." The colonel said at this time.

"Yes, sir." The captain saluted listlessly and then left. For him, the news was really shocking. Because, all at once, he lost three airships. And there were less than ten such airships in total.

How to fight the next war? This made the colonel feel very helpless.

The losses of the Chu army were also huge. They lost many artillery pieces and a large amount of gunpowder. In addition, the losses of the artillery were also very shocking. It took a long time for the Chu State to quickly produce skilled artillery.

The Qi Army's loss was that their air power was suddenly weakened a lot, and they were temporarily unable to launch an attack. In this way, the Qi Army's hope of making a breakthrough through air power operations was temporarily in trouble.

"General Meng, is there any news about Shangwen?" Ying Yu asked Meng Tian at Meng Tian's house.

"Oh. Not yet." Meng Tian said worriedly.

"Oh." Ying Yu said a little disappointed.

"Princess. However, I finally have an idea." Meng Tian said at this time.

"What do you think?" Ying Yu asked unwillingly.

"I think the Mohists always appear in areas with frequent wars and tyranny. At present, I think the situation in the Qin State is relatively stable. I think they should be in the Qi State, because there,

A major war broke out. I think these circumstances will help us," Meng Tian said.

"You mean that Shangwen was probably kidnapped by the Mo family and brought to Qi?" Ying Yu asked at this time.

"It's possible." Meng Tian said.

"However, I need to confirm it." Meng Tian said.

"How to confirm?" Ying Yu asked immediately.

"I think we should just look for people from the Mo family. The Mo family behaves strangely, so I think it might be easier to investigate." Meng Tian said at this time.

"Yeah." Ying Yu nodded.

"I'll send someone immediately." After saying that, Ying Yu left Meng Tian's house.

"Alas!" Meng Tian shook his head and sighed at this time. He really felt that there was nothing he could do for such a pair of lovers. The two of them were always separated and noisy. If they didn't torment people like this, it seemed that neither of them felt anything.

So natural.

In the southern waters, an armed ship is sailing on the sea.

"Boss, we haven't seen any merchant ships for several days. Where have all those merchant ships gone?" a pirate soldier asked the captain loudly.

"Keep your voice down, you want to shock me to death." At this time, the pirate captain kicked him and cursed.

"The little one deserves to die, the little one deserves to die." Xiao Bing said with a flattering smile.

"Who knew. The cannons equipped didn't fire a single one. There hasn't been any big business recently, but they actually robbed some fishing boats. After a few days of eating, the fish were broken. I was disgusted by the food." The pirate captain complained.

"Yes, yes," Xiao Bing said flatteringly at this time.

"What is it?" The pirate captain then kicked him again.

"Open your eyes and take a good look around to see if there is any big business." The pirate captain shouted loudly at this time.

"Yes, yes." At this time, Xiao Bing picked up a monocular telescope and started to check.

The captain saw the soldier going to check the situation. Then he lay leisurely on the deck, enjoying the sea breeze and the sight.

"Captain, ship, ship." The soldier screamed loudly at this time.

"What?" The captain shouted loudly at this time, and quickly jumped up from the deck and shouted.

"Where?" the captain shouted loudly at this time.

"That!" Xiao Bing shouted loudly.

As he spoke, the captain raised his telescope and looked at the merchant ships in the distance.

"It's a ship." The pirate captain shouted at this time.

"Get closer immediately. Use my cannon to show them how powerful I am." The pirate captain shouted loudly.

"Come on." Xiao Bing shouted loudly at this time.

The soldiers on the deck began to get busy. They immediately turned around and rushed towards the merchant ship.

The merchant ship in the distance also noticed the other party's arrival at this time.

"There is a ship in our direction of seven o'clock." The sailor on the lookout post shouted loudly.

At this time, the merchant ship captain immediately picked up his telescope to check the situation.

Because both sides were relatively far away, they could not see the specific situation of the other side's ship. They only saw the white sails, but they did not see whether the captain had cannons or other details.

"Are they coming for us?" the first mate said, holding a binoculars to check the situation.

"Well, it's possible." The merchant ship captain nodded at this time and said.

"No matter what? We must keep distance. Such a close distance is too cruel for us." The merchant ship captain said at this time.

"If they are pirates, then we may suffer serious losses. It is best for us to try our best to avoid such a situation." The merchant ship captain said while looking at the ships in the distance.

"Captain, we have cannons," the first mate said at this time.

"Cannon?" The captain looked at the other party and said.

"We have cannons. Does the other side not have any?" the merchant ship captain said at this time.

"Recently, I met an old captain. The old captain said that the current sea is more dangerous than the storm. No one knows that the ship is a pirate. Once they get close, they will bombard you with cannons.

." The merchant ship captain said at this time.

"We have cannons, and they also have cannons. Moreover, the number and caliber of their cannons are much larger than ours." The merchant ship captain said at this time.

"We are a merchant ship and need to load cargo. This nature does not allow us to equip more artillery or larger-caliber artillery." The merchant ship captain said at this time.

"However, the other party makes a living from us. As long as they defeat us, they can survive. This is very unfair to us." The merchant ship captain said.

"So, we need to avoid them. After all, we are not a warship specially used for fighting." The merchant ship captain said very sensibly.

"Yes, Captain." The first mate nodded at this time. Then the merchant ship began to speed up to avoid the opponent.

However, merchant ships are merchant ships after all. They need to carry a lot of cargo, and the nature of merchant ships does not allow them to be very fast. But pirate ships are different. Although their ships have also been modified, most of them are civilian ships.

Converted into warships, but they are relatively light

There are a large number of sails, and they are often arranged in a multi-mast and multi-column manner. In this way, their ships are much faster than ordinary ships. At the same time, their ships do not need to carry more cargo, and they have a lot of space.

, these rich spaces are loaded with more powerful large-caliber artillery.

After a period of time, the lookout post on the merchant ship discovered that something was wrong.

"No. That ship is approaching us." The lookout whistle shouted loudly.

At this time, the merchant ship captain picked up his telescope to check the situation.

"Damn it." The merchant ship captain had already realized something at this time.

"It's probably a pirate ship," the captain said calmly.

"What?" the first mate asked in surprise.

"I saw a lot of sails on their ships. Only warships can be arranged like this. They are very fast. They don't carry more cargo at all. The most terrible thing is that they must have a lot of cannons on the ship." The captain said.

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"What should we do?" the first mate said at this time.

"Avoid them as much as possible. We need to find a safe harbor." The captain said.

On the pirate ship, the soldier shouted loudly.

"Boss, we are almost catching up with them." The soldier shouted loudly.

"Shut up." At this time, the pirate captain could already use his binoculars to see clearly the situation of the merchant ship.

"This is an armed merchant ship. It seems to have two cannons. The caliber is probably not too large." The pirate captain looked at the situation of the other party and said.

"Are we going to open fire?" the soldier asked.

"Go. Get out of my way." The pirate captain cursed.

"What fire?" said the pirate captain.

"We can only fire with the artillery on the flanks when we are parallel to them. Otherwise, it will be nothing." The pirate captain said at this time.

As a large number of ships were equipped with artillery, tactics began to change rapidly. The previous tactics were intensive shooting with muskets and gang-hopping tactics. But with the equipment of artillery, tactics also began to evolve. For example, they began

Use artillery, and the artillery at this time are all mounted on the side. The artillery on the side requires two ships to be parallel to shoot. The shooting distance is as close as possible, because long-distance shooting cannot guarantee accuracy.

Few ships consider the accuracy of the artillery. What they consider more is the cost. Cheap smoothbore cannons are their first choice. This kind of artillery is very easy to operate. And the price is right. Most ships are equipped with this kind of artillery.

Artillery. Therefore, their artillery needs to fire at a certain distance to improve accuracy. Not only that, if one party has a numerical advantage, it is easy to gain an absolute advantage and defeat the other party.

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