The losses suffered by the Qin army had already deprived it of the ability to fight for air supremacy. If they wanted to regain air supremacy, then the Qin army would have to increase their forces. Wang Jian has realized this. Two military generals and civilian officials, Wang Jian and Wei Yi, held an emergency meeting to discuss how to resolve the situation on the Eastern Front.

"Various telegram messages sent back from the front indicate that. Yan Jun couldn't hold out for long. Even the resistance of the people of Qi in the area controlled by the Yan army was very fierce. This air raid is enough to prove how bad the Yan-controlled area is. Wang Jian unceremoniously pointed out the destructive role of guerrilla organizations in the controlled areas. The presence of guerrillas was a huge problem for the Yan State to control the occupied areas.

"This is a matter for the people of Yan Guo, the question is, what should we do next?" Wei Yu pointed out what the Qin State could do at the moment.

"We can only provide more assistance militarily, especially military air assistance. If there is an air strike, I think the Yan army will at least be able to maintain the current stalemate. Wang Jian put forward his own views. Wang Qian's actual consideration was that Qin did not want to intervene too early in the ground war between Yan and Qi. The emergence of air power made Wang Jian pay attention to the huge effectiveness ratio of air strikes.

The Qin State could completely control the ground war as long as they invested the strength of a few air brigades. And air strikes come much faster than ground wars. Wang Jian is not the only one who thinks like this. The Army is in the process of forming several Army Aviation Brigades, which will be the backbone of the Army's future Army Air Corps. The idea of the army is to borrow the strength of these army air forces to achieve the purpose of confrontation with the space army. And now this situation is a good opportunity for the Army Air Corps to play.

The Celestial Forces saw the seizure of air supremacy only as their primary goal. It is not too important to look at the ground bombardment, and the course of the ground war. The Army Air Corps, on the other hand, is primarily aimed at ground warfare. They were formed specifically to deal with ground targets. If you look at the structure of the Army Air Corps, you can find out. How obvious their intentions were when they were founded.

A heavy bomber group, a medium bomber group. A light precision bombing group, in addition to a number of independent air liaison aircraft, reconnaissance squadrons. This arrangement highlighted the ground bombing role of the Qin Army Air Force. In the face of such an event. The Qin State could not wait to put these experimental troops on the front lines to test their results.

Just when the military was discussing sending their air power to interfere with the ground war. Shang Wen was very unceremoniously urging the military to cut large-scale military spending in response to the rapid increase in military spending.

Ever since the Qin army accepted the Western Regions War. The pace of growth in military spending has accelerated again. In particular, the issue of large-scale replacement of new equipment. The Qin State almost completed the problem of weaponry in human history that would take decades or even more than a hundred years to complete in a matter of months.

The Qin State changed from the original single-shot metal fixed-loading gunpowder bullet to a single-shot back-pull revolving rifle. The subsequent mass use of smokeless gunpowder further led to the emergence of machine guns and rear-pull rifles with magazines. Although the Trap Rifle still appeared in the Western War, this situation will soon change with the completion of the rearmament in the North and the large-scale expansion of the machine gun production line. Almost overnight, the equipment of the Qin army rose sharply to a point where it could not be increased. A rifle in the hands of an ordinary soldier can easily reach an astonishing shooting distance of 900 paces. This distance was previously only attainable with large siege bows. At the same time, the bows and arrows of the Huns were only more than 100 steps, and such a huge difference in weapons and equipment was enough for the Qin army to maintain for a long time.

Even so, the Qin army was still not satisfied, and with the advent of automobiles, Qin army arms dealers had begun to cooperate with automobile factories to plan for the Qin State to equip the Qin State with more advanced armored vehicles. However, the attitude of the military is very willing, and they have even planned military orders to purchase a large number of armored vehicles. Military spending cannot grow indefinitely. In particular, special war expenses have taken up a large part of the expenses.

Qin's current financial situation is very unoptimistic. A large amount of public infrastructure investment and construction takes up a large part of the expenditure. Plus military spending. This almost wiped out more than 80 percent of Qin's government expenditures. The rest can only be used for medical and health construction.

And now military spending is becoming less and less likely. The military always increases military spending under the guise of any special request it finds, especially when the army lags behind the enemy in a certain field, and then deliberately leaks military secrets to the media, creating a huge panic in the media. Then under pressure from the media, the government had to pass special military spending. It's a conspiracy. The military also doesn't care how much defeat there is. Because after the defeat, the public opinion will report. You'll get better afterward.

This trick came from the navy, and the navy had learned this trick by accident before, and the Chu navy attacked the Qin navy, but then Shang Wen stepped in to improve the disarmament situation faced by the navy. On the contrary, after that sneak attack. Not only was the navy not disarmed, but it also received unprecedented assistance, for example, a large number of shipyards were set up in the Yangtze River valley in the south of the Qin state. The Navy also received a completely new branch of naval aviation. After such an event. The four major branches of the military all understood this trick. Showing weakness is the best way to get military spending.

Subsequently, the military looked for various reasons to increase military spending. The military always told the King of Qin the news as soon as possible. And the king of Qin always believed that the Qin army was weaker than its opponents in terms of military strength. Then put pressure on Shangwen to increase military spending. This creates a dead knot that cannot be untied.

When Shang Wen received the report of the sneak attack on the third day. I knew that the army had begun their plot to increase military spending again. If there is no restriction on Qin's military spending, then the Qin government is in danger of bankruptcy.

This time, Shang Wen will sternly rectify this phenomenon of deliberately showing weakness and arbitrarily obtaining special military spending. And just when Shang Wen was preparing to collect information and launch a counterattack. The Army has leaked the news to the media.

"According to reports, on the night of the sixth day of the eighth lunar month, the airport of the Qin army stationed on the front line of the Qi state in the east was attacked by the Qi state in a premeditated attack, and the specific situation is not known for the time being." The reporter was the first to release such explosive news. The military's strategy is also simple. It's about getting the news out slowly. If you release it all at once, it is likely to lose media attention. If the delivery is continuous. in order to fully attract the eyes of the people.