Chapter 1576
Chapter 1576
Chapter 1576
For a well-organized naval fleet, the three functions of reconnaissance, supply, and troop transport are all indispensable. As long as they are used properly, their role is as important as that of warships responsible for maritime operations.It's just that the maritime combat in this era is not so particular at all. Even European countries that colonize the world through the sea often have their colonial fleets composed of all-in-one armed merchant ships.If there are a few old warships retired from the navy in the fleet, it is considered a high allocation.
For example, the South Sea Fleet under the East India Company, although it looks like there are dozens of combat sailing ships, in fact, the number of warships that have actually served in the army can be counted on one hand.In addition to combat functions, most sailing ships also undertake other transportation tasks, so for the East India Company, there is no clear understanding of what role these full-time ships will play in the entire naval tactical system. There is no extra financial and technical strength to design and build these special ships.
Things that the Dutch don't understand, the Matalan people naturally don't have the corresponding understanding.But Luo Hong didn't care about these details. In his opinion, buying Haihan's ships for more than 20 yuan would play a second role in the military. First, he could get a glimpse of Haihan's shipbuilding technology. You can also learn something by stealing the teacher, and the second is to use this to further damage the confidence of the opponent, making it more difficult for him to develop the courage to continue bidding.Of course, the most important reason is that Luo Hong is convinced that the equipment sold by the Haihan people will never be just a fake, and these ships must have their functions.
Similar to the arrangement of Army equipment, Haihan Navy's technical guidance content is also packaged into other non-ship equipment as part of the second bidding content.At the same time, this project also includes shipborne weapons that are matched with warships, that is, naval guns that buyers are thinking about.For the two buyers who want to buy the Haihan warship, this is of course an item that must be snatched up.
But because these 24 warships are equipped with nearly 110 naval guns as standard, the total price even exceeds the army's order of [-] artillery pieces in the morning, plus ship accessories, ammunition supplies, training programs, etc. , the reserve price given by Haihan has already reached [-] million.Even Luo Hong, who has been showing ease this morning, has a slight headache for this price.
Although Luo Hong's procurement budget is much higher than that of the Dutch, it is not without an upper limit. The Sultan gave him a budget equivalent to 300 million Haihan currency, and allowed him to increase this upper limit in a critical moment. Thirty percent, that is, up to 400 million.The gold he brought to Sanya this time is far from so much, so he may have to borrow money from Haihan in the end to pay off the military purchase order this time.
Luo Hong has already spent more than 200 million yuan to go out. This figure is actually higher than he expected, because he did not expect that the opponent would be so "vulnerable". There is no gain, and nothing can win the Mata Lam country.Luo Hong even wondered if Su Keyi was just here for a formality, and he had no other plans except to raise the price.
In the end, the remaining two projects are the must-win targets of Matalam, but the total amount has actually exceeded Luo Hong's budget limit, but he can't show the slightest panic now, lest his opponents see his flaws.Of course, Luo Hong couldn't imagine that Su Keyi's mood is not much easier than him at this time. The limited budget greatly limits the space for him to play. Facing the last two important projects, Su Keyi's heart is full of bitterness. and nervous.
The reserve prices of the remaining two naval projects are above the million line. For Su Keyi, who only has a budget of 150 million, it is difficult to compete for one, let alone grab both.He can only choose one of them to place a bet on, and even so, most likely he has to borrow money from Haihan to have a chance of winning.
"Then let's proceed to the second bidding for the navy!" Seeing that the written procedures for the previous one had been completed, Bex didn't leave any more time for the two to think, and directly announced the continuation of the bidding process.
Luo Hong's task is very heavy. He not only has to grab this project, but also try to find out where the other party's upper limit of bidding is during the bidding process, so as to ensure that the last item can also suppress the other party.Su Keyi, on the other hand, is just the opposite. If there is no way to ensure that the project will be won in this round, then it is necessary to interfere with the judgment of the opponent as much as possible during the bidding, paving the way for the final highlight.
In terms of competition for this project, it is actually relatively beneficial to the East India Company.After all, the Netherlands is famous for its excellent sailors and businessmen, and its armed strength at sea is not bad among its European counterparts. The weapon is just enough to make do with it.The East India Company's demand for this project is not as strong as that of Mata Ram.
However, Su Keyi decisively used up his budget in the first round of bidding, and directly quoted the amount of 150 million.This strategy has never been used in the bidding process of the previous four projects, and Luo Hong never expected that Su Keyi would choose a seemingly abrupt bidding strategy at this time. He added 20 to the original price. , think this should have stabilized.But Beks announced that the first round of bidding was won by the East India Company, which gave Luo Hong a blow.
Luo Hong immediately thought of a possibility. The other party wanted to grab this project because they planned to use these naval guns to arm their own combat ships. In addition to the military training provided by Shanghai Han, in this way, the Dutch can actually Effectively enhance your own maritime armed strength.On the other hand, Matalan, even if it grabbed the last item and got the warships, but did not buy the original weapons, it is still not sure whether it can beat the Dutch fleet.
Of course, this inference is actually suitable for the situation where the Dutch choose one of the remaining two projects. As long as Mata Ramgoe misses any one of them, the effect of the entire arms purchase plan may be greatly affected.
Luo Hong didn't dare to be careless, and immediately added another 20 on top of the first round.According to the Dutchman's bidding strategy in the previous projects, he believed that the other party would not increase the price by more than [-]% of the reserve price, but he had already increased to [-]%, so he should be able to suppress the opponent.
However, the result announced by Beks next made Luo Hong even more flustered: "Matalam State's second round of bids is still lower than that of the East India Company. Please Matalam State representatives prepare for the final round of bids."
Luo Hong saw the smile on Su Keyi's face. Although the other party didn't say a word, Luo Hong could see the mockery in his eyes.Luo Hong didn't know how high the other party's quotation for this project was, but it was obvious that Su Keyi did not intend to give up this project easily.
The cruelty of the bidding mode was fully demonstrated at this time. The price Luo Hong offered was already more than 140 million. It can only be inferred that the other party's bid was at least around 150 million, and it was very likely higher than this amount. Now there is only one chance left to bid to outbid the opponent.But considering that the upper limit of capital that Sudan allows him to operate is 400 million, the price he can offer is only about 170 million.And what's even more frightening is that even if he wins this project, he has no funds to grab the final warship order—unless he goes against the Sudan's order and borrows a large sum of money from Haihan.
In the end, Luo Hong raised the price to 170 million. If the deal was made at this price, his budget would have been exhausted.But he can no longer think about that much now. In this battle where no gunpowder can be seen, he decided to fight for every inch of land and not leave the Dutch a chance to come back.
Su Keyi used one round of bidding to force the other party to spend the remaining budget funds. This strategy can be said to have received quite good results.As for how high the opponent's price was to exceed his own quotation, that is actually not the point.He knew he had successfully disrupted the opponent's rhythm and forced the opponent to compete for the project with an unplanned offer.
The remaining two rounds of bidding were a torment for Luo Hong. If the opponent made another higher bid, he would have no chance to fight back.But maybe it was God's blessing, or maybe it was the opponent's strategic mistake, this time Luo Hong's offer with all his strength survived the other two rounds of offers, and finally won this project again.When Bai Kesi announced the result, Luo Hong had the illusion that he was in a dream.
According to the rules of the bidding activity, after the winning party is finally determined, its quotation will be announced on the spot to show fairness.After Su Keyi saw the other party's bid of 170 million, he was calm on the surface, but he was speechless in his heart.So far, the other party has won all the bidding projects that have been completed, and the total transaction value has reached 400 million. The degree of this kind of local tyrant is indeed unmatched by the East India Company.Su Keyi could even imagine that if he proposed a budget of 400 million Haihan coins to the company's Batavia council, the shareholder representatives would probably slam the table and ask Fan Diemen to fire him immediately.
Su Keyi didn't seem particularly excited when he saw Luo Hong's reaction, and he was really not sure how much the other party's budget had.However, he knew that the time for his decisive battle had come. Even if he lost the first five items, as long as he won the last item, the East India Company still had hope of making a comeback.But if even this item is snatched away by the other party, then all he can do is to set off and rush back to Batavia immediately after the meeting, suggesting that the governor and the council give up their resistance early and take the initiative to beg for peace from the Matalan country. up.
The only ones in the venue who were excited about this result were the executive committee and the spectators.Although the bidding results show a one-sided trend, these old foxes have now basically understood the bidding strategies of both sides, and can roughly guess the goals of the representatives of both sides during the game.Although it was just a literary fight rather than a military one, there was no shortage of tense atmosphere.
"I suggest adjourning the meeting for half an hour to give the representatives of both parties a break." Tao Donglai, as the host, made a suggestion that made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.Naturally, Su Keyi and Luo Hong would not object, and they both needed some time to think about their final bidding strategy.
Haihan provided a lounge for both parties, and Su Keyi and Luo Hong were not polite, and hurriedly left the meeting room with their subordinates.
Tao Donglai said: "Who do you think will win this event?"
Schneider replied: "It's not surprising that a nouveau riche like Matalan with a family of mines will pay a sky-high price in the end. I am optimistic about Matalan people."
Bai Kesi said: "But have you noticed that Su Keyi's bids for each project are calculated, and the bids are raised just right. I think he has been touching his opponents during the bidding process of the previous projects Bidding strategy, and then suddenly countered in this project just now, the purpose is to verify the rules he summed up before. At this point, I think Su Keyi has done a better job, and it is likely that he has prepared for the final bid The strategy is ready. The Matalan people have already spent 400 million, and I don’t believe their budget is unlimited. If the last project is a strategy of competing bids, then I still believe that Su Keyi will win.”
"But this is a game of throwing money at you. Matalan people almost used their strength to beat the odds in the previous bidding process, and they didn't make sense at all. Even if Su Keyi knew the bidding rules of the other party, it was useless in the face of the gap in financial resources. Yes." Schneider did not agree with Bex's point of view: "The Dutch can invest at most two or three million in this game. This is the amount we have repeatedly calculated beforehand, and the result will not be too different."
"Then, have you calculated the upper limit of the Mata Lan people's budget?" Beks immediately asked.
"We only judge that the Matalan people's budget will be higher than that of the Dutch, and we can't estimate the more specific amount." Schneider shrugged: "The economic information we can get is from the trading post in Surabaya Port, but It is impossible to piece together more information from these intelligence fragments. But anyway, at least we now know that Mata Ram's financial resources are much higher than we believed."
"Financial resources and bidding strategies are just competitions on a certain level, but if you analyze it from a military point of view, the matter is actually very simple." Yan Chujie also joined the discussion: "The Dutch's superior force in the Far East is all at sea. , so they only need to try their best to enhance their superiority at sea to resist the attack of Mata Lan. As for the army, I don’t think the East India Company has the ability to maintain a firearms force of 7000 people for a long time. So Su Keyi gave up the army’s equipment Competition, focusing on naval equipment, especially warships, makes sense."
(End of this chapter)
For a well-organized naval fleet, the three functions of reconnaissance, supply, and troop transport are all indispensable. As long as they are used properly, their role is as important as that of warships responsible for maritime operations.It's just that the maritime combat in this era is not so particular at all. Even European countries that colonize the world through the sea often have their colonial fleets composed of all-in-one armed merchant ships.If there are a few old warships retired from the navy in the fleet, it is considered a high allocation.
For example, the South Sea Fleet under the East India Company, although it looks like there are dozens of combat sailing ships, in fact, the number of warships that have actually served in the army can be counted on one hand.In addition to combat functions, most sailing ships also undertake other transportation tasks, so for the East India Company, there is no clear understanding of what role these full-time ships will play in the entire naval tactical system. There is no extra financial and technical strength to design and build these special ships.
Things that the Dutch don't understand, the Matalan people naturally don't have the corresponding understanding.But Luo Hong didn't care about these details. In his opinion, buying Haihan's ships for more than 20 yuan would play a second role in the military. First, he could get a glimpse of Haihan's shipbuilding technology. You can also learn something by stealing the teacher, and the second is to use this to further damage the confidence of the opponent, making it more difficult for him to develop the courage to continue bidding.Of course, the most important reason is that Luo Hong is convinced that the equipment sold by the Haihan people will never be just a fake, and these ships must have their functions.
Similar to the arrangement of Army equipment, Haihan Navy's technical guidance content is also packaged into other non-ship equipment as part of the second bidding content.At the same time, this project also includes shipborne weapons that are matched with warships, that is, naval guns that buyers are thinking about.For the two buyers who want to buy the Haihan warship, this is of course an item that must be snatched up.
But because these 24 warships are equipped with nearly 110 naval guns as standard, the total price even exceeds the army's order of [-] artillery pieces in the morning, plus ship accessories, ammunition supplies, training programs, etc. , the reserve price given by Haihan has already reached [-] million.Even Luo Hong, who has been showing ease this morning, has a slight headache for this price.
Although Luo Hong's procurement budget is much higher than that of the Dutch, it is not without an upper limit. The Sultan gave him a budget equivalent to 300 million Haihan currency, and allowed him to increase this upper limit in a critical moment. Thirty percent, that is, up to 400 million.The gold he brought to Sanya this time is far from so much, so he may have to borrow money from Haihan in the end to pay off the military purchase order this time.
Luo Hong has already spent more than 200 million yuan to go out. This figure is actually higher than he expected, because he did not expect that the opponent would be so "vulnerable". There is no gain, and nothing can win the Mata Lam country.Luo Hong even wondered if Su Keyi was just here for a formality, and he had no other plans except to raise the price.
In the end, the remaining two projects are the must-win targets of Matalam, but the total amount has actually exceeded Luo Hong's budget limit, but he can't show the slightest panic now, lest his opponents see his flaws.Of course, Luo Hong couldn't imagine that Su Keyi's mood is not much easier than him at this time. The limited budget greatly limits the space for him to play. Facing the last two important projects, Su Keyi's heart is full of bitterness. and nervous.
The reserve prices of the remaining two naval projects are above the million line. For Su Keyi, who only has a budget of 150 million, it is difficult to compete for one, let alone grab both.He can only choose one of them to place a bet on, and even so, most likely he has to borrow money from Haihan to have a chance of winning.
"Then let's proceed to the second bidding for the navy!" Seeing that the written procedures for the previous one had been completed, Bex didn't leave any more time for the two to think, and directly announced the continuation of the bidding process.
Luo Hong's task is very heavy. He not only has to grab this project, but also try to find out where the other party's upper limit of bidding is during the bidding process, so as to ensure that the last item can also suppress the other party.Su Keyi, on the other hand, is just the opposite. If there is no way to ensure that the project will be won in this round, then it is necessary to interfere with the judgment of the opponent as much as possible during the bidding, paving the way for the final highlight.
In terms of competition for this project, it is actually relatively beneficial to the East India Company.After all, the Netherlands is famous for its excellent sailors and businessmen, and its armed strength at sea is not bad among its European counterparts. The weapon is just enough to make do with it.The East India Company's demand for this project is not as strong as that of Mata Ram.
However, Su Keyi decisively used up his budget in the first round of bidding, and directly quoted the amount of 150 million.This strategy has never been used in the bidding process of the previous four projects, and Luo Hong never expected that Su Keyi would choose a seemingly abrupt bidding strategy at this time. He added 20 to the original price. , think this should have stabilized.But Beks announced that the first round of bidding was won by the East India Company, which gave Luo Hong a blow.
Luo Hong immediately thought of a possibility. The other party wanted to grab this project because they planned to use these naval guns to arm their own combat ships. In addition to the military training provided by Shanghai Han, in this way, the Dutch can actually Effectively enhance your own maritime armed strength.On the other hand, Matalan, even if it grabbed the last item and got the warships, but did not buy the original weapons, it is still not sure whether it can beat the Dutch fleet.
Of course, this inference is actually suitable for the situation where the Dutch choose one of the remaining two projects. As long as Mata Ramgoe misses any one of them, the effect of the entire arms purchase plan may be greatly affected.
Luo Hong didn't dare to be careless, and immediately added another 20 on top of the first round.According to the Dutchman's bidding strategy in the previous projects, he believed that the other party would not increase the price by more than [-]% of the reserve price, but he had already increased to [-]%, so he should be able to suppress the opponent.
However, the result announced by Beks next made Luo Hong even more flustered: "Matalam State's second round of bids is still lower than that of the East India Company. Please Matalam State representatives prepare for the final round of bids."
Luo Hong saw the smile on Su Keyi's face. Although the other party didn't say a word, Luo Hong could see the mockery in his eyes.Luo Hong didn't know how high the other party's quotation for this project was, but it was obvious that Su Keyi did not intend to give up this project easily.
The cruelty of the bidding mode was fully demonstrated at this time. The price Luo Hong offered was already more than 140 million. It can only be inferred that the other party's bid was at least around 150 million, and it was very likely higher than this amount. Now there is only one chance left to bid to outbid the opponent.But considering that the upper limit of capital that Sudan allows him to operate is 400 million, the price he can offer is only about 170 million.And what's even more frightening is that even if he wins this project, he has no funds to grab the final warship order—unless he goes against the Sudan's order and borrows a large sum of money from Haihan.
In the end, Luo Hong raised the price to 170 million. If the deal was made at this price, his budget would have been exhausted.But he can no longer think about that much now. In this battle where no gunpowder can be seen, he decided to fight for every inch of land and not leave the Dutch a chance to come back.
Su Keyi used one round of bidding to force the other party to spend the remaining budget funds. This strategy can be said to have received quite good results.As for how high the opponent's price was to exceed his own quotation, that is actually not the point.He knew he had successfully disrupted the opponent's rhythm and forced the opponent to compete for the project with an unplanned offer.
The remaining two rounds of bidding were a torment for Luo Hong. If the opponent made another higher bid, he would have no chance to fight back.But maybe it was God's blessing, or maybe it was the opponent's strategic mistake, this time Luo Hong's offer with all his strength survived the other two rounds of offers, and finally won this project again.When Bai Kesi announced the result, Luo Hong had the illusion that he was in a dream.
According to the rules of the bidding activity, after the winning party is finally determined, its quotation will be announced on the spot to show fairness.After Su Keyi saw the other party's bid of 170 million, he was calm on the surface, but he was speechless in his heart.So far, the other party has won all the bidding projects that have been completed, and the total transaction value has reached 400 million. The degree of this kind of local tyrant is indeed unmatched by the East India Company.Su Keyi could even imagine that if he proposed a budget of 400 million Haihan coins to the company's Batavia council, the shareholder representatives would probably slam the table and ask Fan Diemen to fire him immediately.
Su Keyi didn't seem particularly excited when he saw Luo Hong's reaction, and he was really not sure how much the other party's budget had.However, he knew that the time for his decisive battle had come. Even if he lost the first five items, as long as he won the last item, the East India Company still had hope of making a comeback.But if even this item is snatched away by the other party, then all he can do is to set off and rush back to Batavia immediately after the meeting, suggesting that the governor and the council give up their resistance early and take the initiative to beg for peace from the Matalan country. up.
The only ones in the venue who were excited about this result were the executive committee and the spectators.Although the bidding results show a one-sided trend, these old foxes have now basically understood the bidding strategies of both sides, and can roughly guess the goals of the representatives of both sides during the game.Although it was just a literary fight rather than a military one, there was no shortage of tense atmosphere.
"I suggest adjourning the meeting for half an hour to give the representatives of both parties a break." Tao Donglai, as the host, made a suggestion that made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.Naturally, Su Keyi and Luo Hong would not object, and they both needed some time to think about their final bidding strategy.
Haihan provided a lounge for both parties, and Su Keyi and Luo Hong were not polite, and hurriedly left the meeting room with their subordinates.
Tao Donglai said: "Who do you think will win this event?"
Schneider replied: "It's not surprising that a nouveau riche like Matalan with a family of mines will pay a sky-high price in the end. I am optimistic about Matalan people."
Bai Kesi said: "But have you noticed that Su Keyi's bids for each project are calculated, and the bids are raised just right. I think he has been touching his opponents during the bidding process of the previous projects Bidding strategy, and then suddenly countered in this project just now, the purpose is to verify the rules he summed up before. At this point, I think Su Keyi has done a better job, and it is likely that he has prepared for the final bid The strategy is ready. The Matalan people have already spent 400 million, and I don’t believe their budget is unlimited. If the last project is a strategy of competing bids, then I still believe that Su Keyi will win.”
"But this is a game of throwing money at you. Matalan people almost used their strength to beat the odds in the previous bidding process, and they didn't make sense at all. Even if Su Keyi knew the bidding rules of the other party, it was useless in the face of the gap in financial resources. Yes." Schneider did not agree with Bex's point of view: "The Dutch can invest at most two or three million in this game. This is the amount we have repeatedly calculated beforehand, and the result will not be too different."
"Then, have you calculated the upper limit of the Mata Lan people's budget?" Beks immediately asked.
"We only judge that the Matalan people's budget will be higher than that of the Dutch, and we can't estimate the more specific amount." Schneider shrugged: "The economic information we can get is from the trading post in Surabaya Port, but It is impossible to piece together more information from these intelligence fragments. But anyway, at least we now know that Mata Ram's financial resources are much higher than we believed."
"Financial resources and bidding strategies are just competitions on a certain level, but if you analyze it from a military point of view, the matter is actually very simple." Yan Chujie also joined the discussion: "The Dutch's superior force in the Far East is all at sea. , so they only need to try their best to enhance their superiority at sea to resist the attack of Mata Lan. As for the army, I don’t think the East India Company has the ability to maintain a firearms force of 7000 people for a long time. So Su Keyi gave up the army’s equipment Competition, focusing on naval equipment, especially warships, makes sense."
(End of this chapter)