Great Arsenal
The Great Arsenal (大炮) is the name colloquialy given to the modernized armed forces of the Qian dynasty during the 18th and 19th centuries. The impetus for the creation of the Great Arsenal was the Truce of Caserges signed in 1728 that ended the Daxian Polynesian Wars, Daxia's failure to achieve its objectives during the conflict led the imperial court to conclude that its forces were increasingly inadequate to face its competitors. Beginning in the mid 18th century the Qian state poured vast resources into both the development of new weaponry and the theft and copying of foreign designs. Supporters of the Zhangwo ideology such as Marquis Gong were enthusiastic about the creation of the Great Arsenal, an enlarged military would allow Daxia to assert itself more effectively aruond its Audonian periphery and secure its far flung colonies. Qian military naval theorists put forward that in order to face a theoretical coalition of hostile powers in the western Polynesian Sea, Daxia should possess at least an advantage of two to one in surface ships. Consequently the Harmonious Flotilla Invincible and the Fleet of the Southern Waste saw a dramatic increase in the number and tonnage of ships in their ranks. The Great Arsenal saw combat in the Second Great War and other smaller conflicts with mixed results. The long period of building and constant upgrading of the Great Arsenal greatly contributed to the industrialization of Daxia, with many firms such as Diaoyu emerging from the process as industrial and manufacturing giants.
History
Land forces
Describe organizational and technological improvements of the army, rudimentary tanks starting in 1900, development of chemical agents to deploy en masse
Describe expansion and ship upgrades, military theory on force required in audonian periphery vis a vis rivals
Air force
Describe birth of air force, theft of airplane designs