Chapter 672: Qi State's Iron Barrel Cannon

"It's another trick to ask for military expenses." Shang Wen threw the newspaper aside with some irritation.

The lead of public opinion is very conducive to the success of the military's "conspiracy." Affected by the news of the air attack on the eastern airport of Qin State, the composite index of the Xianyang Stock Exchange plunged 30 points as soon as the market opened. After the military stocks fell ten points in the morning, they rebounded sharply in the afternoon. Because public opinion at this time began to become conducive to the development of military stocks.

"We can't wait for the airship of the Qi State Air Force to bomb Xianyang."

"Xianyang absolutely cannot be attacked by air. The lives of one million people here need to be protected. Our government should urgently allocate funds to the heavenly army to take down those **** airships of the Qi State Air Force."

"Important news. The Army Air Force can fly two hundred miles to attack the opposing airship assembly area. This is an effective weapon for Qin to protect Qi."

"·······" Major newspapers published news one after another, which made the people panic, and the news of the latter made the people hope. This is what the Army hopes to see most. Then the major military newspapers began to publish their own news. These news all declared that each major military has its own aviation team, and these aviation teams can not only protect the safety of the air over Qin. And it can also effectively hit the opponent's airport facilities, making them unable to fly even if they have wings.

Of course, these effective guarantee measures have prerequisites. The premise is. The Qin government must spend a total of 10 million gold in revenue to equip various aircraft and airships. These are not enough. The Marine Corps will expand two air defense brigades. Air defense equipment used to guard all possible threats from the air from Luoyang to Xianyang.

"This is the big mouth of the lion." Shang Wen had expected this to happen. The major military services released various news uncharacteristically. In fact, it is to use the pressure of public opinion to oppress Shangwen to provide huge military expenditures.

And King Qin was also on the side of the military.

"How can the widow's heavenly army allow the Qi State Air Force to air raid? This is simply a contempt for widows." King Qin was very annoyed, holding a telegram and angry.

"My lord, there are still some specific circumstances that haven't been clarified." Meng Tian suggested.

"To figure it out, what else to figure out. It will not be long before Qin's newspapers should report this matter. Hmph, send a telegram to the prime minister. Let him allocate the war special funds as soon as possible." King Qin issued an order to Zhao Gao.

"Here." Zhao Gao was ordered to leave quickly. Meng Tian felt that there were still some things he didn't understand about this matter. Afterwards, Qin's newspaper published such news. Meng Tian felt even more incredible. In the past, Qin State would try to minimize the negative impact of news of defeat. Now Qin has not shy away from it. On the contrary, the propaganda of the impact of defeat is greater than the impact of victory. This is the sensational effect of the media. Victory is normal. But for failure, it is obviously another extreme point of people's emotions. It is this use of human nature that makes the media pay too much attention.

Just when Qin State was noisy and wanted to allocate special war money. Qi Guo is making final preparations for the next large-scale offensive. However, the Qi frontline still lacks sufficient firepower preparations.

The Qi state officers found out. The assault team after the assault. If there is no follow-up force to keep up in time, it is easy to be wiped out by the opponent's subsequent counterattack. However, the follow-up troops often caused a very serious isolation zone due to the concentrated bombardment of the opponent's artillery. The appearance of this fire isolation zone prevented the follow-up troops from getting in touch with the commando. And then to win the expansion of the results, such things have happened many times. More and more officers are asking for a weapon that can suppress the opposing artillery. However, Qi’s artillery production quantity and quality cannot be compared to Qin, which has large-scale machine tools and equipment.

Just when Qi Guo tried his best to solve this problem. A new type of weapon is provided from the oil-producing areas in the western part of Qi.

This weapon was transformed using iron barrels provided by the State of Qin. This kind of iron barrel is the Qin State crude oil barrel. In order to facilitate the trading of Qin Guo Futures Exchange, Shang Wen suggested the use of convenient gasoline barrels for production. Qi State does not have standard road equipment and cannot enter large tank trucks. At the same time, Qi State's crude oil extraction is very backward, and they are all small-scale workshops. This kind of workshop-style crude oil extraction leads to very scattered crude oil. It is very inconvenient to transport crude oil. As Qin Guo has more and more cars. The demand for crude oil is also increasing. Crude oil production in Qin State alone has become saturated, while the supply of crude oil in Qi State has begun to expand. However, it is not convenient to calculate the quality of Qi's crude oil.

To this end, Qin State adopted the method of crude oil barrels. The State of Qin provides this kind of reusable crude oil barrels for free, but the premise is that there must be various regulations of the State of Qin to enter the crude oil. For example, lighter-colored "light" crude oil is loaded into blue crude oil barrels, and heavier crude oil is loaded into black crude oil barrels. After loading into crude oil barrels. This situation has been greatly improved. And transportation is extremely convenient. As long as the forklift or large lifting equipment can be loaded onto the train at one time.

With the popularity of this kind of crude oil barrels, Qi State has accumulated a large number of crude oil barrels. These crude oil barrels have excellent sealing properties and excellent corrosion resistance. The surface is coated with chemical paint. Qi State artillery production The biggest difficulty is that the airtightness of the artillery cannot be solved. The main reason is that the casting process is difficult, and the processing technology needs to be reconsidered to solve it. It takes time. But time waits for no one.

At this time, a craftsman from Qi State named Lu Rong noticed the crude oil barrels provided by Qin. What would happen if the crude oil barrels were used as the launch tube of the artillery?

Soon, Lu Rong immediately started the experiment. This crude oil barrel is very similar to the cannon made by the People's Liberation Army during the Liberation War. Use a large amount of black powder as the propellant, and then tie a dynamite bag on the front. The dynamite bag is repeatedly wrapped in burlap and then loaded into it. Then punch a hole in the crude oil barrel propellant, put in the fuse, and ignite the launch. Although I have experienced several failures, the main reason is that the fuze and sealing of the explosive package have not been solved properly. Then the explosive package is made into a huge disc, or a large cone is put into it, and then ignited and launched, in order to achieve The maximum range, the angle of the artillery usually tends to forty-five degrees, the farthest can reach about 450 steps, although the distance is not very far, but this type of artillery is easy to carry, disassembly, and most importantly, it can use the tunnel use. In this way, this artillery began to be modified in large numbers.