Chapter 1294
Purpose of Weapon Display
Chapter 1294 Purpose of Weapon Display
The content of the military exercise in the afternoon is not so much an exercise, but a display of weapon performance is more appropriate.Considering the effect of selling arms, the Ministry of National Defense believes that live ammunition shooting is more attractive to local tyrants from all over the world. However, the use of live ammunition in army exercises is likely to cause the risk of accidentally injuring one’s own people, and secondly, it does not affect the performance of weapons. It was not ideal, so the content of the exercise was simply revised, canceling the part of the army's offensive and defensive drills on the island, and adjusting the original one-hour display of weapons and equipment to half a day.
As the largest weapon supplier in the South China Sea, the reputation of Haihan Ordnance Industry has long been spread. The mission of the foreign personnel invited to observe the military exercise this time is to observe the latest tactics of the Haihan Army, In addition to equipment and combat methods, another major task is to investigate the next year's arms orders.
Although Haihan Ordnance Industry has a large annual shipment volume, because its own production capacity is still relatively limited, the completion period for arms orders is actually very long.For orders received during the "leapfrog" military exercise, production is often organized only after a certain percentage of deposit is received, and the first batch of deliveries may have to wait until after the winter.If the order quantity is relatively large, it is normal to deliver in batches and the time to complete the order lasts until the next year.For special orders such as shipbuilding, if the number of orders is large at one time, the delivery period may be as long as two or three years.
Rare things are more expensive, and the production capacity of Haihan Ordnance Industry is limited, so the price will naturally not be low, but those who are qualified to come here to watch the military exercises are basically those who are not short of money, even if they don't have enough money, they can Use the power in your hand to make up the difference.Anyway, souvenirs and other things can be bought here to offset the price. If there is really nothing that can be sold, the young population or land will do.If you are really reluctant to part with your own population and land, you can also apply for an arms loan from Haihan, and repay the debt slowly in the form of installment repayment.
But using these abnormal payment methods, the delivery date has to be queued a row later. Buyers who can directly take out cash orders, or even pay the full payment for expedited buyers, are Haihan's favorite and most important. of patrons.Of course, there are not many customers with such financial resources. After all, the price of Haihan ammunition is high. Even the local emperors who hold the power of a country dare not say that they can buy as much as they want.And buyers with outstanding financial strength can naturally receive Haihan's highest courtesy. For example, on such occasions, they can stand beside Haihan Defense Minister Yan Chujie and discuss the content of the arms order face to face.
Dong Yanyun, who came here on behalf of the Xu family from Fujian, is such a big customer. As Xu Xinsu's spokesperson, he has spent more time in Hainan Island than in Fujian in recent years, and even stays in Sanya for more than half a year because of business.And this visit to the military exercise, including subsequent military purchase orders, will also be operated and finalized by him.
It was not the first time for Xu Xinsu to watch Haihan's military exercise and weapon display on the spot, so compared to newcomers like Liu Shang, his attitude seemed calmer.After all, I have been dealing with Haihan for many years, and I roughly understand some of Haihan's arms sales routines. Most of the various weapons and equipment I saw in the military exercise cannot be bought with money. Haihan people call it a "concept product" and will not sell it to foreign buyers.
Of course, these so-called conceptual products are often deployed to Haihan's own army shortly after the military exercise is over, and the weapons and equipment sold to other countries and forces including Daming will not meet the performance requirements of the buyers. However, it will be a little bit better than the Haihan weapons currently owned by each family.Buy it, the performance upgrade of the weapon is actually not too big, and the cost-effectiveness of the money invested is actually not that high; if you don't buy it, you will worry that it will affect the alliance relationship between the two parties.
The balance of interests in the middle is also a very delicate matter.If it weren't for someone like Dong Yanyun who had a deep relationship with Haihan, it would be really difficult to grasp the balance in the middle.However, the two families have been dealing with each other for so many years, Fujian Xu has accumulated enough experience, and has a relatively mature plan on how to deal with arms transactions.
Xu Xinsu's method of handling military purchases is to purchase conventional weapons in batches, install them in batches, and eliminate them in batches, so that the equipment level of the troops can be kept at a relatively high level to the greatest extent.And the number of new weapons that need to be purchased each year can also be controlled at a relatively small level, and only one-third of the combatants who can deploy the main force are enough.
Although the Fujian Ming Army has nearly 2 establishments, it actually only obeys the orders of the patriarch Xu Xinsu rather than the Ming court. It really belongs to the core troops of the Xu family's direct line. .It's not that Xu Xinsu doesn't have greater ambitions, it's really too expensive to raise an army armed with reference to the Haihan Army.Even if the Xu family is known as the richest man in Fujian, it is impossible to invest all the money in hand on military construction. After all, to maintain the Xu family's status in Fujian, there are still many places to spend money, not just raising soldiers.
Of course, although the Fujian Xu family has consciously controlled the number of arms purchased from Haihan each year, judging from the transaction amount, it is still a very high-ranking big financier on the Haihan arms sales list, and only a few The year will fall behind the Haihan allies like Annan.Therefore, for Haihan, the Fujian Xu family is still a major customer that cannot be ignored. A confidant like Dong Yanyun who has won the trust of Xu Xinsu has always been regarded as a guest of honor by Haihan's side, and is treated with extra courtesy.
Among the people present, the only distinguished guest who could sit on an equal footing with Dong Yanyun was Zheng Bai, the general of An Nanguo.Zheng Bai had fought together with the traversers of Haihan during the Annan Civil War seven years ago, and later won the title of General Pingnan by virtue of his military exploits.This time Zheng Bai personally led several warships of the Annan Navy to the Beibu Gulf to participate in the military exercise organized by Haihan. On the one hand, it was to further strengthen the combat effectiveness of his own navy; Let's see what good things Haihan can come up with this year that are worth spending money.
Since the current regime of An Nanguo almost relied on the help of Hai Han to win the world, the Qing capital king Zheng Bing who is currently in power has always trusted Hai Han, so the Hai Han of Annan's new army is better than Xu Xinsu's troops more thorough.The organization, weapons and equipment, combat methods, and command system of the troops are almost completely copied from the model of the Haihan Army.However, although An Nanguo has a country, its economic situation is not better than that of Fujian, so the size of its new army has always been maintained at around 2 people, which is about the same as Xu Xinsu's direct line army.
Annan's investment in building this new army is much greater than Xu Xinsu's. Although Fujian's investment in army building is large, it is not to the extent of hurting muscles and bones. For a long time the immigrant population was used as collateral for arms loans.In order to get Haihan's military support, Annan even handed over many natural harbors on the southern coast to Haihan in the form of permanent concessions.It was not until the last few years that Annan slowly recovered and began to use cash to purchase arms and other supporting services from Haihan.
From the point of view of direct income, it is undoubtedly that Fujian has given Haihan more benefits. Since the relationship, almost all transactions have been made in cash, and there has never been any credit.During the most intense period of the war with Shibazhi, the Fujian side even transported the entire ship of silver to Sanya, begging Haihan to sell more weapons and ammunition.However, from the perspective of long-term benefits, the many conditions given by Annan are more cost-effective, especially the several natural harbors in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula, which allow Haihan to basically monopolize the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula, which is a key area for Haihan to go south in the South China Sea. Fighting for control provides excellent relays, a perk that no amount of money can buy.
It is precisely because these two customers have brought Haihan great benefits, so they are always invited to attend any military exercises, and they are often accompanied by Haihan's high-level figures in person.This time was no exception. Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie personally explained the content of the exercise and the next weapon display to them.
Haihan's army weapons are mainly divided into two major series of guns, each of which has a more detailed classification.As Dong Yanyun expected, the Haihan Army first displayed the so-called conceptual weapons under development, which were divided into three categories: pistols, rifles and artillery.
The officer in charge of using the weapon walked to the firing position, pulled out the pistol at his waist and showed it to everyone.This is a Haihan-style revolver, which is fired with a flash cap and can fire six rounds each time.This kind of revolver has actually been installed in the Haihan Military and Police Department for a while, but the pistol exhibited this time has made great improvements in the power of the bullets, using softer and hollow bullets. After hitting the body, the warhead shatters and churns inside the body, causing more serious damage.
After the officer gave a brief explanation, he conducted a shooting comparison. Two types of revolvers using different ammunition shot the hanging pig leg, and then removed the pig leg so that the guests could watch the killing effect of the new bullet together.
Yan Chujie introduced to the two distinguished guests beside him: "The bullets used in the past will shoot out directly after hitting the body at close range. After it shattered, the fragments rolled in different directions, it was difficult to remove from the body, and the wound was not easy to heal. Moreover, the bullet is made of lead, if the fragments cannot be removed, it will cause poisoning after a long time."
Both of them lamented that the appearance of this kind of ammunition will undoubtedly increase the lethality of firearms to another level.However, although this thing is powerful, Haihan may not put it on the sale list. If Yan Chujie doesn't take the initiative to say the price, it will probably be useless. It must be another good thing that Haihan prepared for his own officers.
Although Liu Shang didn't understand the principle of this revolver, he also wanted to see what the difference in power that the Haihan officer said was the difference.However, because of his humble status, he didn't dare to squeeze too hard in front, so as not to attract the attention of interested people, so he could only obediently wait in the back, let the distinguished guests in front see it, and pass it around slowly in turn.
After waiting for a long time, he and others saw the two pork legs that had been cut along the ballistic trajectory in the tray. An officer was responsible for explaining to them the difference in damage caused by different bullets.Liu Shang didn't quite understand it, but the old man in charge of the medical staff next to him muttered: "There are still wounds to be treated, so I'm afraid I'm sure I'm going to die. This new type of projectile is really powerful!"
Liu Shangxin said that the Haihan people are really ruthless, and if they come up with such a thing to increase the lethality of their weapons, the next force that will fight against them will probably be in bad luck.But why the Haihan people took precious time to show this new type of ammunition, Liu Shang had already guessed a little bit in his heart.
Liu Shang believes that this arrangement is actually a demonstration to all the audience, because most of these observers have more or less bought Haihan's weapons and ammunition, and Haihan's display is undoubtedly telling them that even if I put The same weapon is sold to you, and the power it can exert is different. This conclusion will undoubtedly dispel the potential ambitions of many people.
Regarding whether this new type of bullet has been mass-produced and whether it will be installed on a large scale in the future, Haihan did not give any further explanation.One or two guests who were not too knowledgeable even asked whether this bullet would be included in the sale list, and the answer they got was that there was no plan for the time being, which was considered a soft nail.Liu Shang sneered secretly in his heart, he wanted to wait for Haihan to sell this new type of ammunition, maybe they would have to wait until they developed more advanced gadgets.
The next thing on display is the rifle.There are also many types of rifles currently installed in the Haihan Army. Most of the army still use the Sany type flintlock gun, and the navy rifle is a model with a shortened barrel of the Sany type.The special warfare battalion serving as the vanguard of the conquest used to be equipped with a special model of the Sany type with a thicker caliber and a shorter barrel, but it is currently gradually changing to a new seven-shot rifle.This kind of repeating rifle was also equipped with Haihan cavalry as a long-range weapon on horseback.
In addition to these more common rifle models, there are also long and heavy sniper rifles.This imitation Whiteworth rifle weapon has been evolved for several generations in Haihan Armory. The rifle used for display is the latest generation. It not only has a more scientific and perfect rifling, but also has a newly improved sight. model.In terms of performance, the shooting range has not changed much, but the accuracy has improved a lot compared with the previous generation, especially for accurate shooting within 500 meters, the distribution of impact points has been reduced by nearly half compared with the previous generation.
At present, snipers use this rifle to demonstrate long-range shooting, and the target is a half-length target located hundreds of feet away.
(End of this chapter)
The content of the military exercise in the afternoon is not so much an exercise, but a display of weapon performance is more appropriate.Considering the effect of selling arms, the Ministry of National Defense believes that live ammunition shooting is more attractive to local tyrants from all over the world. However, the use of live ammunition in army exercises is likely to cause the risk of accidentally injuring one’s own people, and secondly, it does not affect the performance of weapons. It was not ideal, so the content of the exercise was simply revised, canceling the part of the army's offensive and defensive drills on the island, and adjusting the original one-hour display of weapons and equipment to half a day.
As the largest weapon supplier in the South China Sea, the reputation of Haihan Ordnance Industry has long been spread. The mission of the foreign personnel invited to observe the military exercise this time is to observe the latest tactics of the Haihan Army, In addition to equipment and combat methods, another major task is to investigate the next year's arms orders.
Although Haihan Ordnance Industry has a large annual shipment volume, because its own production capacity is still relatively limited, the completion period for arms orders is actually very long.For orders received during the "leapfrog" military exercise, production is often organized only after a certain percentage of deposit is received, and the first batch of deliveries may have to wait until after the winter.If the order quantity is relatively large, it is normal to deliver in batches and the time to complete the order lasts until the next year.For special orders such as shipbuilding, if the number of orders is large at one time, the delivery period may be as long as two or three years.
Rare things are more expensive, and the production capacity of Haihan Ordnance Industry is limited, so the price will naturally not be low, but those who are qualified to come here to watch the military exercises are basically those who are not short of money, even if they don't have enough money, they can Use the power in your hand to make up the difference.Anyway, souvenirs and other things can be bought here to offset the price. If there is really nothing that can be sold, the young population or land will do.If you are really reluctant to part with your own population and land, you can also apply for an arms loan from Haihan, and repay the debt slowly in the form of installment repayment.
But using these abnormal payment methods, the delivery date has to be queued a row later. Buyers who can directly take out cash orders, or even pay the full payment for expedited buyers, are Haihan's favorite and most important. of patrons.Of course, there are not many customers with such financial resources. After all, the price of Haihan ammunition is high. Even the local emperors who hold the power of a country dare not say that they can buy as much as they want.And buyers with outstanding financial strength can naturally receive Haihan's highest courtesy. For example, on such occasions, they can stand beside Haihan Defense Minister Yan Chujie and discuss the content of the arms order face to face.
Dong Yanyun, who came here on behalf of the Xu family from Fujian, is such a big customer. As Xu Xinsu's spokesperson, he has spent more time in Hainan Island than in Fujian in recent years, and even stays in Sanya for more than half a year because of business.And this visit to the military exercise, including subsequent military purchase orders, will also be operated and finalized by him.
It was not the first time for Xu Xinsu to watch Haihan's military exercise and weapon display on the spot, so compared to newcomers like Liu Shang, his attitude seemed calmer.After all, I have been dealing with Haihan for many years, and I roughly understand some of Haihan's arms sales routines. Most of the various weapons and equipment I saw in the military exercise cannot be bought with money. Haihan people call it a "concept product" and will not sell it to foreign buyers.
Of course, these so-called conceptual products are often deployed to Haihan's own army shortly after the military exercise is over, and the weapons and equipment sold to other countries and forces including Daming will not meet the performance requirements of the buyers. However, it will be a little bit better than the Haihan weapons currently owned by each family.Buy it, the performance upgrade of the weapon is actually not too big, and the cost-effectiveness of the money invested is actually not that high; if you don't buy it, you will worry that it will affect the alliance relationship between the two parties.
The balance of interests in the middle is also a very delicate matter.If it weren't for someone like Dong Yanyun who had a deep relationship with Haihan, it would be really difficult to grasp the balance in the middle.However, the two families have been dealing with each other for so many years, Fujian Xu has accumulated enough experience, and has a relatively mature plan on how to deal with arms transactions.
Xu Xinsu's method of handling military purchases is to purchase conventional weapons in batches, install them in batches, and eliminate them in batches, so that the equipment level of the troops can be kept at a relatively high level to the greatest extent.And the number of new weapons that need to be purchased each year can also be controlled at a relatively small level, and only one-third of the combatants who can deploy the main force are enough.
Although the Fujian Ming Army has nearly 2 establishments, it actually only obeys the orders of the patriarch Xu Xinsu rather than the Ming court. It really belongs to the core troops of the Xu family's direct line. .It's not that Xu Xinsu doesn't have greater ambitions, it's really too expensive to raise an army armed with reference to the Haihan Army.Even if the Xu family is known as the richest man in Fujian, it is impossible to invest all the money in hand on military construction. After all, to maintain the Xu family's status in Fujian, there are still many places to spend money, not just raising soldiers.
Of course, although the Fujian Xu family has consciously controlled the number of arms purchased from Haihan each year, judging from the transaction amount, it is still a very high-ranking big financier on the Haihan arms sales list, and only a few The year will fall behind the Haihan allies like Annan.Therefore, for Haihan, the Fujian Xu family is still a major customer that cannot be ignored. A confidant like Dong Yanyun who has won the trust of Xu Xinsu has always been regarded as a guest of honor by Haihan's side, and is treated with extra courtesy.
Among the people present, the only distinguished guest who could sit on an equal footing with Dong Yanyun was Zheng Bai, the general of An Nanguo.Zheng Bai had fought together with the traversers of Haihan during the Annan Civil War seven years ago, and later won the title of General Pingnan by virtue of his military exploits.This time Zheng Bai personally led several warships of the Annan Navy to the Beibu Gulf to participate in the military exercise organized by Haihan. On the one hand, it was to further strengthen the combat effectiveness of his own navy; Let's see what good things Haihan can come up with this year that are worth spending money.
Since the current regime of An Nanguo almost relied on the help of Hai Han to win the world, the Qing capital king Zheng Bing who is currently in power has always trusted Hai Han, so the Hai Han of Annan's new army is better than Xu Xinsu's troops more thorough.The organization, weapons and equipment, combat methods, and command system of the troops are almost completely copied from the model of the Haihan Army.However, although An Nanguo has a country, its economic situation is not better than that of Fujian, so the size of its new army has always been maintained at around 2 people, which is about the same as Xu Xinsu's direct line army.
Annan's investment in building this new army is much greater than Xu Xinsu's. Although Fujian's investment in army building is large, it is not to the extent of hurting muscles and bones. For a long time the immigrant population was used as collateral for arms loans.In order to get Haihan's military support, Annan even handed over many natural harbors on the southern coast to Haihan in the form of permanent concessions.It was not until the last few years that Annan slowly recovered and began to use cash to purchase arms and other supporting services from Haihan.
From the point of view of direct income, it is undoubtedly that Fujian has given Haihan more benefits. Since the relationship, almost all transactions have been made in cash, and there has never been any credit.During the most intense period of the war with Shibazhi, the Fujian side even transported the entire ship of silver to Sanya, begging Haihan to sell more weapons and ammunition.However, from the perspective of long-term benefits, the many conditions given by Annan are more cost-effective, especially the several natural harbors in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula, which allow Haihan to basically monopolize the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula, which is a key area for Haihan to go south in the South China Sea. Fighting for control provides excellent relays, a perk that no amount of money can buy.
It is precisely because these two customers have brought Haihan great benefits, so they are always invited to attend any military exercises, and they are often accompanied by Haihan's high-level figures in person.This time was no exception. Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie personally explained the content of the exercise and the next weapon display to them.
Haihan's army weapons are mainly divided into two major series of guns, each of which has a more detailed classification.As Dong Yanyun expected, the Haihan Army first displayed the so-called conceptual weapons under development, which were divided into three categories: pistols, rifles and artillery.
The officer in charge of using the weapon walked to the firing position, pulled out the pistol at his waist and showed it to everyone.This is a Haihan-style revolver, which is fired with a flash cap and can fire six rounds each time.This kind of revolver has actually been installed in the Haihan Military and Police Department for a while, but the pistol exhibited this time has made great improvements in the power of the bullets, using softer and hollow bullets. After hitting the body, the warhead shatters and churns inside the body, causing more serious damage.
After the officer gave a brief explanation, he conducted a shooting comparison. Two types of revolvers using different ammunition shot the hanging pig leg, and then removed the pig leg so that the guests could watch the killing effect of the new bullet together.
Yan Chujie introduced to the two distinguished guests beside him: "The bullets used in the past will shoot out directly after hitting the body at close range. After it shattered, the fragments rolled in different directions, it was difficult to remove from the body, and the wound was not easy to heal. Moreover, the bullet is made of lead, if the fragments cannot be removed, it will cause poisoning after a long time."
Both of them lamented that the appearance of this kind of ammunition will undoubtedly increase the lethality of firearms to another level.However, although this thing is powerful, Haihan may not put it on the sale list. If Yan Chujie doesn't take the initiative to say the price, it will probably be useless. It must be another good thing that Haihan prepared for his own officers.
Although Liu Shang didn't understand the principle of this revolver, he also wanted to see what the difference in power that the Haihan officer said was the difference.However, because of his humble status, he didn't dare to squeeze too hard in front, so as not to attract the attention of interested people, so he could only obediently wait in the back, let the distinguished guests in front see it, and pass it around slowly in turn.
After waiting for a long time, he and others saw the two pork legs that had been cut along the ballistic trajectory in the tray. An officer was responsible for explaining to them the difference in damage caused by different bullets.Liu Shang didn't quite understand it, but the old man in charge of the medical staff next to him muttered: "There are still wounds to be treated, so I'm afraid I'm sure I'm going to die. This new type of projectile is really powerful!"
Liu Shangxin said that the Haihan people are really ruthless, and if they come up with such a thing to increase the lethality of their weapons, the next force that will fight against them will probably be in bad luck.But why the Haihan people took precious time to show this new type of ammunition, Liu Shang had already guessed a little bit in his heart.
Liu Shang believes that this arrangement is actually a demonstration to all the audience, because most of these observers have more or less bought Haihan's weapons and ammunition, and Haihan's display is undoubtedly telling them that even if I put The same weapon is sold to you, and the power it can exert is different. This conclusion will undoubtedly dispel the potential ambitions of many people.
Regarding whether this new type of bullet has been mass-produced and whether it will be installed on a large scale in the future, Haihan did not give any further explanation.One or two guests who were not too knowledgeable even asked whether this bullet would be included in the sale list, and the answer they got was that there was no plan for the time being, which was considered a soft nail.Liu Shang sneered secretly in his heart, he wanted to wait for Haihan to sell this new type of ammunition, maybe they would have to wait until they developed more advanced gadgets.
The next thing on display is the rifle.There are also many types of rifles currently installed in the Haihan Army. Most of the army still use the Sany type flintlock gun, and the navy rifle is a model with a shortened barrel of the Sany type.The special warfare battalion serving as the vanguard of the conquest used to be equipped with a special model of the Sany type with a thicker caliber and a shorter barrel, but it is currently gradually changing to a new seven-shot rifle.This kind of repeating rifle was also equipped with Haihan cavalry as a long-range weapon on horseback.
In addition to these more common rifle models, there are also long and heavy sniper rifles.This imitation Whiteworth rifle weapon has been evolved for several generations in Haihan Armory. The rifle used for display is the latest generation. It not only has a more scientific and perfect rifling, but also has a newly improved sight. model.In terms of performance, the shooting range has not changed much, but the accuracy has improved a lot compared with the previous generation, especially for accurate shooting within 500 meters, the distribution of impact points has been reduced by nearly half compared with the previous generation.
At present, snipers use this rifle to demonstrate long-range shooting, and the target is a half-length target located hundreds of feet away.
(End of this chapter)