Chapter 292: Before the drill

Shang Wen watched Cao Xin leave, and then opened the things Cao Xin had brought. By looking at the color, Shang Wen knew that the thimerosal was a crude product. Taupe. Not the kind of white refined products.

But this is enough. At the very least, the musket enters the firing state from the flintlock, and the real bullet is about to appear. The age of guns is also approaching. Shang Wen took good care of these things. Then go to the firework bomb.

The strong light of the fireworks comes from those chemically active metals such as aluminum, magnesium, titanium, zirconium and other powders. These metal powders combine with oxidation in the air, burning violently, and the temperature can reach more than 3000 degrees, thus emitting dazzling glare. These metal powders are called luminescent agents. As for the colorfulness, it is all about the hair color agent.

Hair coloring agents are actually some common metal salts. Sodium salt is used for yellow, copper salt is used for blue, and gold is used for golden light. Others require metal salts such as strontium, barium, and aluminum. It's impossible to tell the truth with the naked eye. In addition to the first few, it is almost magnesium, which is also present in calcium oxide, and the taste is bitter. Then electrolytic separation.

Shangwen needs time, filling slowly, and then experimenting.

But the time passed quickly, and the Qin Army completed the transfer within seven days and declared a failure. It is impossible to complete the transfer on the original basis within seven days. The first is that Qin's national highway system has not been fully established. Even with the rapid development of carts and horses, the low capacity of highways severely hindered the overall movement of the Qin army.

Although the engineers of the Qin Army continued to build roads and used explosives to widen the roads, the impact of the poor road conditions was too great. Especially the repeated crushing of the Qin army's heavy equipment. The road damage was very serious. The infantry march is very difficult.

The cavalry troops can pass quickly, but their logistical support cannot keep up in time, especially the artillery, after being crushed by the cavalry and front artillery troops. The troops behind were already impassable. The carriage capacity of a four-wheeled carriage with high demands on the road surface is far lower than the speed of an ox cart. The maneuverability is greatly reduced.

In general, the assembly cannot be completed in seven days. There is no way, the General Staff temporarily instructs the First Musketeer Division to set up a staff to specifically resolve such incidents. Qin Jun's transfer only slowly improved.

The engineers used a lot of gravel to fill the road. Improve road conditions. The military police carried out effective traffic control measures to speed up its advancement. The difficulty of mobilizing the army has caused the staff to plan and formulate a series of logistical support measures, especially the improvement of road conditions. For this reason, the staff has set up a logistics department to manage these matters.

And these measures are all derived from changes in weapons. In the past, the weapons were cold weapons, and the requirements for road traffic were not very high. However, the emergence of artillery forces makes this situation must be paid attention to. Without artillery, troops equipped with muskets cannot fight alone. Especially in the face of bow and arrow troops that have a certain advantage in range. Therefore, the Musketeers need more fierce firepower to cover, and a large number of battlefield conditions also require this. Some army officers have become accustomed to the power of artillery. Without artillery, they didn't know how to fight.

The road can only be strengthened by compacting and laying gravel. For the logistics support system, some units specializing in logistics transportation began to be established, and the carriage and horse transportation regiments, engineering battalions, or engineering regiments also began to be established.

At the same time as these projects were carried out, some more advanced measurement equipment began to appear. Range finder, planer, etc. Started to be used in surveying and mapping. These units are distributed among the engineers and soldiers of the Qin Army.

While Qin made major improvements, the Six Nations also began to send their own delegations. It was Li Mu sent by the State of Zhao. Zhao Wang's emergency edict made Li Mu stop the offensive, and an army of one hundred thousand returned to defense in an emergency. Li Mu also became nervous when he learned that the Qin Army was going to hold a large-scale exercise. Immediately launched a large-scale defense. Then decided to check the Qin Army's exercises. The document given by Ambassador Qin clearly stated that it was a new type of army. Li Mu had already experienced the power of guns and artillery on the battlefield, so he decided to take a look.

South Korea and Wei State are on alert nationwide. The delegation sent cannot offend Qin. Therefore, the team size is not small.

The visiting group sent by Qi State is very large, mainly composed of some generals. These generals are all officers who have just been equipped with muskets and artillery. They still don't understand the combat methods of these weapons, and want to learn about the Qin army's combat methods through this visit.

The State of Chu sent a small number of civilian and military attaches to participate as representatives, while Xiang Yan once again attended as a representative of the military attache. The reason for choosing Xiang Yan was because the internal political factions of Chu were unable to win over Xiang. Yan, since he couldn't get her together, then let him stay far away. Therefore, Xiang Yan was once again honored to go to the State of Qin. Visit Qin State's exercises.

Yan Guo's enthusiasm is very high, first of all, because of Qin's exercises, they did not accidentally perish the country. Li Mu's army just turned around outside Yandu City and then withdrew. King Yan believes that this is all due to the Qin State. So Ju Xin was sent as an envoy to attend Qin's exercises, and he took the opportunity to seek help from Qin, especially with regard to firearms.

In order to show Yan's friendship, a large number of precious gifts were specially selected to show favor to King Qin.

The six nations are preparing, and Qin is also preparing. King Qin has ordered Li Si to be the prison state, and he himself has to go and check the situation of the exercise. At the same time, he secretly ordered the heavenly army to prepare. Participate in the exercise at any time. The participation of the Celestial Army is due to Yingyu. At first, Yingyu could not make sense, but through the ice cream offensive, perfume offensive, and harem offensive, King Qin finally agreed to this time.

The amount of perfume is very limited, and this thing is absolutely in demand in King Qin's harem. Many of King Qin's concubines took out many rare treasures to exchange, and Yingyu smiled fiercely. In addition to perfume, ice cream, ham, colorful clothing, especially hairstyle design and so on. The harem of King Qin was originally very strange to Yingyu's advanced dress. With this delivery, the harem became the forefront of Qin's fashion. Those palace ladies, the female officials became the test subjects of hairstyles. Wavy curls, as well as various cumbersome hair accessories, have become the target of the folks rushing to imitate. And these things are slowly spreading outside the customs and flowing to the six countries. The costumes and dresses that impact the Six Nations.