Chapter 970: Qin will not fight this year

"Hurry up and shoot. Our ship is about to dock." The sailor shouted loudly at this time.

"Shoot. Shoot." The sailor shouted.

"Tututu. Tutu." The machine gun began to fire violently at this time. The tongue of fire made everyone notice that the machine gun here was firing.

"Damn it. The bullet hit the mound on the shore." The machine gunner shouted.

The white light bullet hit directly on the mound on the shore. It can be seen right away.

"Raise the angle. Hurry up." At this time, the trainee officer dragged his injured arm and shouted loudly.

"Shoot at an elevated angle and use the parabola of the bullet to shoot it. Quickly," the trainee officer shouted.

"Tututu. Tututu." At this time, the machine gun raised a certain angle and started shooting.

The bullets began to shoot towards the position of the opposing artillery. But still not in the opponent's position.

"The ship docked quickly." The trainee officer roared loudly at this time.

At this time, the artillery of the Chu State Water Army on the shore also realized that it was a threat.

"They shoot at us again, we must fight back." The gunners started loading new shells again.

"Retreat quickly, this is the general's order. Hurry." The messenger shouted loudly.

"Shut up." The gunners cursed loudly.

"I don't care. You must retreat." The messenger said and left, and he began to give orders to the other artillery.

"Quick. Bullets are coming at us." a gunner called out loudly.

"It's the White. What does he want to do. Do you want to die?" At this time, the captains on other ships noticed the amazing behavior of the White.

"He is fighting back, we must cover him, otherwise he will be torn to pieces by the opponent's shells." The first officer called out loudly.

"Catch up immediately. The machine gun fired back." The captains on the other ships seemed inspired by the amazing courage of the White. They also began to calm down and take the initiative to take the exam.

"Hurry up. Let our artillery withdraw from the battle." Xiang Yan roared anxiously at this time.

"Yes, sir. Let's deliver the order." An officer left quickly.

"The shells are loaded." A gunner shouted loudly.

"Ready to launch." This time. The gunner roared loudly.

"Tututu. Tutu." Qin's machine gun shot over here violently at this time.

"Ah." A gunner was hit in the chest.

"Puff puff." Then the second gunner was hit in a critical position and fell to the ground.

"Let it go." a gunner shouted loudly. Just when he lit the fuse. He was also hit by the bullet that came.

"Boom." There was a loud noise. The shells flew out directly.

"Woo." The shells flew in howling. But the shells did not hit Qin's iron armored ship in the end.

And more and more ironclad ships began to dock here, and their machine guns fired dense bullets. As for the Chu State navy artillery, they had put away their heavy artillery and withdrew from the battle.

"Hurry up. We have to leave here as soon as possible." Chu State Water Army artillery began to retreat with all their strength, but the artillery was still too heavy. Moreover, they are in a mountainous area, and it takes a long time for the artillery to withdraw from the position.

"Suddenly." The machine gun on the Qin State's iron armored ship violently fired at this side.

"Puff puff puff." The bullet violently hit several retreating artillery. They were hit by a large-caliber machine gun bullet all at once. The flesh and blood are flying everywhere.

"Get down." Chu State Water Army artillery shouted loudly.

"Quick, get down." Although someone from the Chu State Navy shouted loudly. However, a large number of people were still hit. The reason is that they only managed to escape and did not hide in time.

However, most of the artillery hearts of the Chu State Navy survived. Although more and more ships of the Qin State came to shore and fired, the Chu State naval forces withdrew most of their artillery in time. Artillery, this new class of troops, is of great significance to the Chu State navy. Artillery has become a useful weapon against Qin's armed merchant ships. If they are lost, Chu's navy will not be able to restrain Qin's armed merchant ships.

The battle began suddenly. There is a sudden end, and both sides have losses. The Qin State lost an armed merchant ship "Changping.". It was obvious that Changping was too murderous and did not bring any luck to the ship’s people. Other ships suffered varying degrees of damage, some of which were severely injured. . They will have to return to Qin State's North Port area to repair their ships.

On the Chu State side, some artillery units were lost, mainly because they were hit by the Qin State's counterattack during the retreat. Seventy-two of the artillerymen were killed. Thirty-three people were injured. Five artillery pieces were lost.

Compare the results of the two sides. The Chu State Navy was obviously in this round of battle. Victory was achieved. However, it will still take some time for the Qin State to armed merchant ships to contain their actions. Because this is just the beginning.

At this time, a military meeting was being held in Qin. This meeting will re-discuss Qin's current strategic situation.

"I know about the recent situation. I want to hear your opinions." King Qin said at this time. And Shang Wen also began to sort out the main purpose of this meeting. This meeting was actually a strategic meeting of Qin State, and Qin State encountered unprecedented new challenges. These challenges come from all aspects of the Qin State. These challenges made King Qin sleepless. Because all aspects of Qin are dangerous. These dangers allow Qin to eliminate these hidden dangers with the current national strength, but Qin will pay a heavy economic price. This price is very likely to bring Qin back to that era. The economic collapse caused the entire political earthquake, and then the chaotic war years. Shang Wen is trying his best to avoid such things from happening in the future.

"The minister thinks." Shang Wen spoke first.

"Oh. What is the prime minister's opinion?" Qin Wang asked politely.

"The minister thinks. Qin will not fight this year." Shang Wen said calmly.

"Wow." Hearing such a statement, the ministers and cabinet members present began to talk. Everyone was stunned by Shang Wen's remarks.

"What does the prime minister mean?" King Qin asked.

"Qin State is currently not in terms of military strength or strategic timing. It is not mature, and Qin State's current financial situation." Shang Wen said one by one.

"Qin's wars in the past depended on the country's accumulation in the past few years. But now Qin's wars are supported by Qin Banliang. Qin's entire financial situation is to use next year's money to fight this year's war. Then through The money in the future will be fought for the next year. How many debts Qin already has. If these debts are not dealt with in time, they will inevitably become a major problem for Qin." Shang Wen said.

"Continuous fiscal expenditure is not a good thing for Qin State. Qin State needs to stop for a while. Rectify the current situation." Shang Wen said solemnly. The cumulative amount of Qin's debt is very large. Qin's fiscal revenue has exceeded 20 million gold. This number is almost several times the sum of the entire six countries. However, Qin's debt accounted for more than half. Qin State's debt of 10 million gold is among them. In some remote areas. These bonds circulated with Qin's half and two banknotes. These bonds created a great obstacle to Qin's credibility, because Qin needed to recycle those old bonds before issuing new bonds. If Qin starts a war at this time. Then Qin needed to issue a lot of new bonds to raise considerable funds to sustain the war. The old debt and Qin’s new debt are bound to bring a crisis to Qin’s debt.

"What the Prime Minister said is very reasonable." At this moment, Meng Yi said from the side. Obviously, Meng Yi also noticed this problem.

"At present, it is not that Qin is unwilling to fight, but that it is unable to fight such continuous wars. Qin has spent a lot of money in fighting three large-scale battles. After three battles, it has expanded a lot of territory. Of course, it has also cost Qin. The country has a lot of money. Qin’s fiscal revenue and expenditure are completely unbalanced. In order to maintain balance, Qin had to issue a large number of war bonds to fight for this.

"It's not just about fiscal revenue and expenditure, but the current issues of Qin's soldiers and national defense strategy also need to be reconsidered." At this time, Wang Jian said.

"Qin's current military strength is only more than 239,000. The territory occupied by Qin is more than 10,000 li. From the desert to the mountainous area south of the Yangtze River." The mountainous area here refers to the southernmost part of Sichuan. The junction of Guizhou and Sichuan. Qin's private armed forces expanded Qin's territory to that place.

"From Liaodong. To the Western Regions, Qin’s defense force simply cannot deploy enough regular troops to fight. A division’s defense surface is as high as thousands of miles. This is really too difficult. As a last resort, our army has some. The defense is directly handed over to the local militias or mercenaries and let them handle it themselves. The regular army of the Qin State needs to expand its armaments." Wang Jian unceremoniously pointed out that the Qin State's military strength had been greatly weakened.

"There is also the tremendous expansion of Qin's strategic space." Wei Liao said at this time.

"Qin's space is extremely expanding, but Qin still needs to digest these places. Only by digesting these places can Qin make a step-by-step strategy. The most important thing is that Qin still has a big Western Region that has not yet been resolved. The problem. With the expansion of these territorial spaces, the Qin State has increased a lot of potential threats. The Qin State not only wants to unify the six countries, but also to block the new potential threats from the surrounding areas. Only in this way can the Central Plains and the Chinese civilization be able to Unity." Wei Liao solemnly put forward his own views.

At this time, King Qin nodded his head and agreed that Qin's territorial expansion obviously brought new strategic responsibilities to Qin. This responsibility is to resist potential threats from foreign tribes. In order to resist these potential threats, the State of Qin must contain some forces.