Munitions Empire

The development of the Qin Country's military over the years has been very rapid. On one hand, they have substantial combat experience and can summarize patterns in actual battle, developing weapons and equipment suitable for themselves; on the other hand, they have received a lot of technical support from the Tang Empire; another factor is that they have absorbed the industrial base of Shu Country, enhancing their industrial scale multiple times.

After importing the Tang Empire's Type 4 Tank and Type 4 Assault Gun, and the internationally widely used 113 armored vehicle, the Qin Country itself has also developed many unique weapons and equipment.

Firstly, the Qin Country's self-developed Qin Four Type Tank is very distinctive. It references the design of Type 4 Tank, with very balanced indices in firepower, protection, and mobility, making it a very successful "medium tank."

Its cannon uses a long-barreled 75mm caliber gun, with slightly improved power compared to the Type 4, marking a minor advancement.

In terms of armor thickness, thanks to the enhancement of the engine power, the weight of the Qin Four Type Tank increased by 7 tons, and its frontal protection level is nearly 100mm, which is already quite commendable.

After enhancing the protection, the speed of the entire tank still improved slightly, with the fastest speed reaching 30 kilometers per hour, which is considered average.

With the use of wide tracks, off-road capability improved, and the overall performance of the tank is quite commendable. If this tank was placed in the era of World War II, it would at least be a renowned excellent design alongside M4 and T34.

Unfortunately... the Tang Empire is fully transitioning to the T-64 main battle tank capable of night operations, and the level of weaponry on both sides is completely from different eras.

The tank soldiers of the Great Qin Empire are not yet aware that what they will face in the future are those equipped with armed helicopters, advanced main battle tanks, and anti-tank missiles...

However, the high echelons of the Great Qin Empire clearly recognize the backwardness of their weaponry, but in Ying Duo and others' view, although their weapons and equipment are backward, they are not to an unacceptable degree.

Due to the development of communication methods such as telegraphs, intelligence worldwide is actually not isolated. Many people know that the Tang Empire deployed new style tank armored vehicles with very impressive power in the Mirage Country battle.

Even so, they do not think their tanks are already too backward to have any combat power: on the contrary, they believe the gap between both sides is actually narrowing.

Compared to the past, countries around the world generally equipped with low muzzle velocity cannons, now they finally are basically using high muzzle velocity long-barreled cannons.

Moreover, their tank armor has also generally increased to over 70mm, with most close to 100mm; the protective power is no longer comparable to the past.

Additionally, they have roughly absorbed some early gasoline and diesel engine technologies from the Tang Empire and have developed some usable engines themselves, significantly enhancing the power systems.

The key point is that they can fully mass produce their main battle tanks without considering the Tang Empire not exporting crucial components.

This somewhat puts their hearts at ease: they can straight up arm ten divisions or even twenty divisions of armored troops, a scale unprecedentedly unthinkable for them.

Taking Qin Country as an example: Qin Country currently has 17 divisions of armored troops, each equipped with over 200 tanks, totaling over 4000 tanks!

In the past, this number was almost unattainable, but now Qin Country has accomplished it, and Ying Duo indeed possesses such a vast number of tanks, most appearing to be of decent quality.

Qin Country imported more than 800 Type 4 tanks from the Tang Empire, over half of these were long-barreled models, with most also equipped with armor, increasing the frontal protection level to over 80mm.

In addition, Qin Country produced over 1000 Qin Four Type main battle tanks, which are even superior to the Type 4.

The rest of the tanks are outdated products previously produced by Qin Country that are reluctant to discard, so they are placed in troops to make up the numbers: these tanks have very poor combat power, with all having very old models, yet still can be used as makeshift.

Qin Country uses these tanks as training apparatuses to cultivate more armored troops, and is currently researching modifications for these tanks.

Having such a large armored troop already causes the leaders of Qin Country to be very confident: they believe if war with the Tang Empire breaks out, they will certainly perform better than the last time.

Meanwhile, the air force of Qin Country also believes their power has greatly increased: they obtained jet engine technology from the Tang Empire and purchased the production line for the TA-183 fighter jet.

Although the range of this new fighter jet is very short, almost like the legendary airport defender, it does indeed possess speeds that are incomparable to propeller planes.

Having the world's "most advanced" fighter jets, the high echelons of Qin Country's air force are very confident in maintaining air superiority.

After all, they accumulated a lot of aerial combat experience from the war initiated against Shu Country: Qin Country now has over 100 ace pilots and thousands who have participated in the aircraft wars, truly making it strong in troops.

Based on combat experience in Shu Country, Qin Country established a comprehensive radar alert system along the border and around main cities, and enhanced the anti-air combat capability of ground troops.

It is no exaggeration to say that Qin Country believes its military power has firmly occupied the leading position in the world's second echelon, already very close to the Tang Empire.

They have over 1000 Do-17 bombers! 400 P-36 fighter jets, 1500 P-40 fighter jets, and 115 TA-183 fighter jets! Additionally, Qin Country has over 700 Type 47 transport aircraft.

From just the quantity perspective, Qin Country's air force is indeed very strong. In just a few short years, they have already established such a powerful air force, showing the high echelon's emphasis on air power.

Comparatively, the Laines Empire, which claims to be the world's second strongest nation, has over 2100 Spitfire Fighters and over 1100 Hurricane Fighters. Although Laines Empire indeed holds a quantitative advantage, in terms of quality, the Qin Country which possesses jet fighters is superior.

Moreover, wars don't start today; as time progresses, Qin Country's jet fighters will only keep increasing...

What makes Emperor Ying Duo of Qin Country keep waiting patiently, in Ying Duo's own view, is the Navy dragging its feet.

Compared to the "strong" army and "strong" air force of Qin Country, its Navy is really lacking. This new naval force that inherited nearly all the foundation of Shu Country's Navy has almost zero experience and is not very large in scale.