Chapter 2250
Chapter 2250
Chapter 2250
There is more than 2000 miles between An Nanguo and the territory controlled by Xu Xinsu in Fujian, and a large section of the coastline in the middle area is almost divided by Haihan and Daming, so there is actually no direct conflict between the two sides in terms of the division of spheres of influence.
But both Annan and Xu Xinsu have the same strong obsession with achieving external expansion through sea routes.After all, their respective territories have long coastlines, and the most important partner, Haihan, is the best example of making a fortune by sea.
With Haihan's successful example in front of them, the two companies naturally want to follow suit, so while they cooperate as allies, there will also be natural competition among their peers.
Needless to say about business, Xu Xinsu's territory is backed by Daming, and there are old trading ports like Zhangzhou and Quanzhou under his rule. In terms of business scale, it is far better than a rising star like Annan.Although Annan is also vigorously developing maritime trade, due to its late start, the number of trade partners and the scope of navigation are still not as good as Fujian, which has been developing for a longer time.
However, compared with the commercial field, the gap between the two sides in the military field is not that big.They came into contact with Haihan for a similar period of time, and after they had tasted the sweetness, they regarded the Haihan army as the development goal of their own army. From the military system to the weapons and equipment, they fully adopted the Haihan standard. The commanders all accept the military training provided by Haihan, and build their own new army in full accordance with the standards provided by the Haihan army.
It is precisely because the methods and standards adopted to form the army are almost the same, so the armies of both sides also have many similarities, and the actual combat power is also at the same level.However, because they are allies, it is obviously impossible for the two sides to decide the outcome through a big fight.If the armies of the two sides want to compete in a certain environment, apart from the various battles with Haihan, there are only activities such as military exercises and foreign military cadet competitions.
However, the military personnel sent by the Xu family army to study in Sanya have always performed slightly better than Annan's students in previous years' competitions, and this visible but insurmountable gap made Annan even more dissatisfied.Zheng Zuo personally came to Sanya to supervise the battle this time, because he also wanted to reverse the unfavorable situation Annan had in this event in the past few years.
In previous years, Xu Jiaqi and Xu Yuzhuo took turns as the senior generals sent by Xu Xinsu to Sanya to observe the martial arts competition.In Xu's army, one of them commanded the army and the other was in charge of the water army. They had always been trusted by Xu Xinsu the most. They had also been trained in the Haihan army and had rich experience in cooperating with the Haihan army.
Zheng Zuo’s experience dealing with these two people was almost all in Sanya, so he subconsciously thought that one of them would come to Sanya to participate in this event this year, but Yan Chujie’s answer was obviously beyond his expectations, Zheng Zuo subconsciously began to guess why Xu Yuxing, who was in charge of military affairs, came to Sanya this year.
Zheng Zuo didn't ask the reason hastily, but Yan Chujie took the initiative to explain: "The two generals Xu Yuzhuo and Xu Jiaqi have military affairs recently, and it is inconvenient to come to Sanya without leaving, so the Fujian side let Xu Yuxing drop by to do it for them."
Of course, Zheng Zuo couldn't ask what Xu Yuxing's original mission in Sanya was, so he laughed and said, "That's it, then can I trouble Minister Yan to arrange it and see when Xu Laosan is free, so we can have a light meal together , Get in touch."
Yan Chujie smiled and said, "Young Lord, don't worry. We will hold a dinner party in the name of the Executive Committee in a few days when the guests from all parties arrive. Then you will have a chance to interact with each other."
Zheng Zuo nodded and said: "It's the best. By the way, Minister Yan, the several warships ordered by our country at the Shengli Port Shipyard last year were all paid in full in advance. Now the date has come, but there are still two ships missing. Cannot be delivered. I heard that these two ships are still on the berth and have not yet been launched, and it will take at least two or three months before delivery, which is too far from the originally agreed delivery time, right? "
After Zheng Zuo got off the ship, he went straight to Victory Fort to meet Yan Chujie. On the one hand, it was diplomatic etiquette, and on the other hand, he wanted to personally ask why the warship he ordered was delayed.
Of course, Annan also had a special person in Sanya to follow up on these matters, but he could not get a reasonable explanation and solution from Haihan officials, so he had to wait until Zheng Zuo went to Sanya on business this time to negotiate with Haihan's senior management in person.
Yan Chujie was obviously aware of this, and immediately explained: "My lord, the situation is like this. In the first half of this year, naval combat ships were intensively repaired and maintained at the Shengli Port Shipyard. Because the project volume exceeded expectations, it has been occupying the shipyard. Some of the technical personnel and facilities in your country will cause delays in the construction period of the two warships in your country."
Zheng Zuo was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then continued to ask noncommittally: "Then how does your country plan to deal with this matter?"
Yan Chujie said: "Since we signed a contract in black and white when we concluded the deal, we should follow the rules. The shipyard will complete the follow-up projects as soon as possible. As for the delay before, we will lose money if we should. We will not protect the shipyard."
After hearing this answer, Zheng Zuo turned pale, nodded and said, "Minister Yan is fair, so that's the deal."
The matter of delaying the order for Annan warships is actually far from being as simple as Yan Chujie said.If it is just ordinary warship maintenance, it is no longer necessary to hand it over to Shengli Port Shipyard. The naval base in Shengli Port also has special facilities, and the military can complete basic repair work by itself.Projects that really need to be brought to the Shengli Port Shipyard for operation are generally relatively large renovation projects, such as installing a steam-powered propulsion system on the ship.
In principle, the navy will no longer make similar modifications to ships in service, because practice has proved that this kind of modification that requires disemboweling the warship will greatly damage the strength of the hull itself and increase the service life of the warship. for reduction.So now steam propulsion systems are only installed on new warships and not on refitted old ships.
Therefore, the real reason why Shengli Port Shipyard delayed the order of Annan warships was not the repair and maintenance that Yan Chujie said, but the rush to build new warships for the navy.
Haihan has frequently used troops in the northern waters in the past two years. More than half of the navy's naval forces have been concentrated in the area north of the Fujian Strait. This has directly affected the naval forces deployed by Haihan in the South China Sea.In particular, the combat ships deployed in Cam Ranh Port, Vung Tau Port, Xing Tao and other places in the south have not been reasonably repaired and supplemented for a long time.
Of course, there are also reasons for the military's "slackness". On the one hand, the navy's military expenditures are limited and cannot meet the defense needs of all regions. Sitting in command of overseas wars made him unable to stay in Sanya to fight for more resources for the naval forces under his command.
Therefore, after a storm in the South China Sea at the beginning of the year, the four main warships of the naval fleet stationed at the Singdao base in the Strait of Malacca were severely damaged. Supplement local defense.
The Strait of Malacca is an important channel for western forces to enter the South China Sea and even East Asia. Haihan has always attached great importance to it. Soon, he asked Cam Ranh Port to dispatch warships to the Xingdao base, and then transferred several warships from Hainan Island. Supplement the defense force of Cam Ranh Port.
After all, demolishing the east wall to make up the west wall cannot fundamentally solve the problem, and the military will eventually have to fill this gap by building new warships as soon as possible.However, since this is a demand outside the normal shipbuilding plan, the existing production arrangements of the Shengli Port Shipyard had to be disrupted, and some technical forces and production facilities were given priority to the needs of its own warships.
As for the Annan warship that was also built here, since the required technical personnel and facilities are almost the same, it will inevitably be affected. We can only postpone the processing of some of Annan's orders to free up manpower and facilities for completion. own tasks.
The reason behind this involves Haihan's military deployment in the South China Sea, as well as the mobilization of combat ships in places such as Cam Ranh Port on the coast of Annan.Although he and Annan are military allies, considering the risk of leaks from Annan's officials, Haihan has never told the other party the truth, and when he received urgings on the progress of the shipbuilding, he used various reasons to evade it.
It was not until Zheng Zuo personally came to Shengli Fort to ask for an explanation that Yan Chujie responded positively for the first time, but the explanation he gave was still not the truth of the matter.However, Haihan did not want to affect the mutual trust and cooperation with Annan because of this kind of incident, so while explaining, he also expressed that he would make some compensation to Annan for this.
The shipbuilding contract signed by the two parties does have corresponding punitive measures for violations of the contract. If the shipyard delays the construction period due to its own reasons, it will make economic compensation to Annan.Although the amount of compensation is limited, it can somewhat soothe the Annan people so that they will not lose confidence in Haihan's shipbuilding capabilities due to the delay in the construction of the two warships.
However, Yan Chujie also took the matter too seriously. Although Zheng Zuo made a gesture of invoking the teacher, it would not affect Annan's arms order to Haihan.
Although Haihan has already transferred part of the construction technology of the exploration-class warships to Annan, and helped Annan build a shipyard on his own coastline, so that he can build more than [-]% of the exploration-class warships by himself. The localization of this kind of warship, but a higher-level expedition-level warship, still can only place an order with Haihan's shipyard.
As long as the Annan navy needs to continue to expand its strength and equip more powerful expedition-class warships, it can only achieve its goal by placing an order with Haihan.Even if you have to wait for a long construction period to get it, but in order to strengthen your own strength, such a wait should be worth it.
Moreover, Zheng Zuo knew very well that Haihan was also providing similar shipbuilding business for Fujian. Zheng Zuo also had a little idea of how powerful Xu Jiajun's naval fleet was.If Annan didn't want to be left too far behind by his competitors in this regard, he could only continue to place orders with Haihan's shipyard and obtain as many Haihan warships as possible to strengthen his own strength.
It was rare for Zheng Zuo to come to Victory Fort, and he also got the opportunity to have a private meeting with Yan Chujie. Naturally, he would not miss it easily, so he used this topic to ask Yan Chujie about the situation of other weapons and equipment.
Annan currently orders a considerable amount of various weapons and equipment from Haihan every year for the gradual replacement of the domestic armed forces with more than 20 people.But this is not the ultimate goal of Annan's side. They are very clear that if they can only rely on Haihan to provide weapons and equipment, they will be controlled by others after all, and they still have to try to achieve self-manufacturing.
After several years of cooperation and purchasing sky-high priced weapons and equipment from Haihan, Annan also gradually obtained some export-oriented weapons and equipment manufacturing technology from Haihan.However, although Annan obtained the technology, the quality of weapons and equipment after domestic mass production has not yet reached a satisfactory level.
For this reason, Annan had to pay a large amount of tuition fees, and asked Haihan to send technicians to Annan to guide the technology on the spot.In order to ensure that the imported manufacturing technology will not be out of shape, even many production tools and equipment have to be purchased from Haihan.
"But I still don't quite understand that our craftsmen were trained in your country, and then invited masters from your country to guide our country. The tools and even production materials used were all purchased from your country. Why is this made? The things sold in your country are still a little bit different from those sold in your country?"
It is rare to have such an opportunity to consult professionals, so Zheng Zuo asked questions that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time.
Beks, who is in charge of this area, must be more familiar with the problems of ordnance technology, but Yan Chujie also knows the reason for Zheng Zuo's problems.
"Little lord, we have also conducted a special investigation and research on the situations you mentioned, and finally found that the problem may still be caused by people."
"Who did it come from?" Zheng Zuo asked puzzled.
"Most of the craftsmen who make weapons in your country are one out of ten or even one in a hundred. They are sent to our country for training. Three to five months may be enough for them to learn the production process, but they may not be able to master the principles of these production techniques. They returned What Annan taught can only be superficial. In the same way, the masters sent by our country to instruct the technology can teach the craftsmen of your country in a short period of time. It is only these superficial technologies, not the principles. There is an old saying called Knowing it but not knowing why, that’s what we’re talking about.”
Zheng Zuo thought for a while and said, "Minister Yan means that the training time for these craftsmen is too short, so they haven't mastered the essence of manufacturing technology?"
Yan Chujie nodded and said: "It can be understood in this way. Of course, this problem is not without a solution."
(End of this chapter)
There is more than 2000 miles between An Nanguo and the territory controlled by Xu Xinsu in Fujian, and a large section of the coastline in the middle area is almost divided by Haihan and Daming, so there is actually no direct conflict between the two sides in terms of the division of spheres of influence.
But both Annan and Xu Xinsu have the same strong obsession with achieving external expansion through sea routes.After all, their respective territories have long coastlines, and the most important partner, Haihan, is the best example of making a fortune by sea.
With Haihan's successful example in front of them, the two companies naturally want to follow suit, so while they cooperate as allies, there will also be natural competition among their peers.
Needless to say about business, Xu Xinsu's territory is backed by Daming, and there are old trading ports like Zhangzhou and Quanzhou under his rule. In terms of business scale, it is far better than a rising star like Annan.Although Annan is also vigorously developing maritime trade, due to its late start, the number of trade partners and the scope of navigation are still not as good as Fujian, which has been developing for a longer time.
However, compared with the commercial field, the gap between the two sides in the military field is not that big.They came into contact with Haihan for a similar period of time, and after they had tasted the sweetness, they regarded the Haihan army as the development goal of their own army. From the military system to the weapons and equipment, they fully adopted the Haihan standard. The commanders all accept the military training provided by Haihan, and build their own new army in full accordance with the standards provided by the Haihan army.
It is precisely because the methods and standards adopted to form the army are almost the same, so the armies of both sides also have many similarities, and the actual combat power is also at the same level.However, because they are allies, it is obviously impossible for the two sides to decide the outcome through a big fight.If the armies of the two sides want to compete in a certain environment, apart from the various battles with Haihan, there are only activities such as military exercises and foreign military cadet competitions.
However, the military personnel sent by the Xu family army to study in Sanya have always performed slightly better than Annan's students in previous years' competitions, and this visible but insurmountable gap made Annan even more dissatisfied.Zheng Zuo personally came to Sanya to supervise the battle this time, because he also wanted to reverse the unfavorable situation Annan had in this event in the past few years.
In previous years, Xu Jiaqi and Xu Yuzhuo took turns as the senior generals sent by Xu Xinsu to Sanya to observe the martial arts competition.In Xu's army, one of them commanded the army and the other was in charge of the water army. They had always been trusted by Xu Xinsu the most. They had also been trained in the Haihan army and had rich experience in cooperating with the Haihan army.
Zheng Zuo’s experience dealing with these two people was almost all in Sanya, so he subconsciously thought that one of them would come to Sanya to participate in this event this year, but Yan Chujie’s answer was obviously beyond his expectations, Zheng Zuo subconsciously began to guess why Xu Yuxing, who was in charge of military affairs, came to Sanya this year.
Zheng Zuo didn't ask the reason hastily, but Yan Chujie took the initiative to explain: "The two generals Xu Yuzhuo and Xu Jiaqi have military affairs recently, and it is inconvenient to come to Sanya without leaving, so the Fujian side let Xu Yuxing drop by to do it for them."
Of course, Zheng Zuo couldn't ask what Xu Yuxing's original mission in Sanya was, so he laughed and said, "That's it, then can I trouble Minister Yan to arrange it and see when Xu Laosan is free, so we can have a light meal together , Get in touch."
Yan Chujie smiled and said, "Young Lord, don't worry. We will hold a dinner party in the name of the Executive Committee in a few days when the guests from all parties arrive. Then you will have a chance to interact with each other."
Zheng Zuo nodded and said: "It's the best. By the way, Minister Yan, the several warships ordered by our country at the Shengli Port Shipyard last year were all paid in full in advance. Now the date has come, but there are still two ships missing. Cannot be delivered. I heard that these two ships are still on the berth and have not yet been launched, and it will take at least two or three months before delivery, which is too far from the originally agreed delivery time, right? "
After Zheng Zuo got off the ship, he went straight to Victory Fort to meet Yan Chujie. On the one hand, it was diplomatic etiquette, and on the other hand, he wanted to personally ask why the warship he ordered was delayed.
Of course, Annan also had a special person in Sanya to follow up on these matters, but he could not get a reasonable explanation and solution from Haihan officials, so he had to wait until Zheng Zuo went to Sanya on business this time to negotiate with Haihan's senior management in person.
Yan Chujie was obviously aware of this, and immediately explained: "My lord, the situation is like this. In the first half of this year, naval combat ships were intensively repaired and maintained at the Shengli Port Shipyard. Because the project volume exceeded expectations, it has been occupying the shipyard. Some of the technical personnel and facilities in your country will cause delays in the construction period of the two warships in your country."
Zheng Zuo was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then continued to ask noncommittally: "Then how does your country plan to deal with this matter?"
Yan Chujie said: "Since we signed a contract in black and white when we concluded the deal, we should follow the rules. The shipyard will complete the follow-up projects as soon as possible. As for the delay before, we will lose money if we should. We will not protect the shipyard."
After hearing this answer, Zheng Zuo turned pale, nodded and said, "Minister Yan is fair, so that's the deal."
The matter of delaying the order for Annan warships is actually far from being as simple as Yan Chujie said.If it is just ordinary warship maintenance, it is no longer necessary to hand it over to Shengli Port Shipyard. The naval base in Shengli Port also has special facilities, and the military can complete basic repair work by itself.Projects that really need to be brought to the Shengli Port Shipyard for operation are generally relatively large renovation projects, such as installing a steam-powered propulsion system on the ship.
In principle, the navy will no longer make similar modifications to ships in service, because practice has proved that this kind of modification that requires disemboweling the warship will greatly damage the strength of the hull itself and increase the service life of the warship. for reduction.So now steam propulsion systems are only installed on new warships and not on refitted old ships.
Therefore, the real reason why Shengli Port Shipyard delayed the order of Annan warships was not the repair and maintenance that Yan Chujie said, but the rush to build new warships for the navy.
Haihan has frequently used troops in the northern waters in the past two years. More than half of the navy's naval forces have been concentrated in the area north of the Fujian Strait. This has directly affected the naval forces deployed by Haihan in the South China Sea.In particular, the combat ships deployed in Cam Ranh Port, Vung Tau Port, Xing Tao and other places in the south have not been reasonably repaired and supplemented for a long time.
Of course, there are also reasons for the military's "slackness". On the one hand, the navy's military expenditures are limited and cannot meet the defense needs of all regions. Sitting in command of overseas wars made him unable to stay in Sanya to fight for more resources for the naval forces under his command.
Therefore, after a storm in the South China Sea at the beginning of the year, the four main warships of the naval fleet stationed at the Singdao base in the Strait of Malacca were severely damaged. Supplement local defense.
The Strait of Malacca is an important channel for western forces to enter the South China Sea and even East Asia. Haihan has always attached great importance to it. Soon, he asked Cam Ranh Port to dispatch warships to the Xingdao base, and then transferred several warships from Hainan Island. Supplement the defense force of Cam Ranh Port.
After all, demolishing the east wall to make up the west wall cannot fundamentally solve the problem, and the military will eventually have to fill this gap by building new warships as soon as possible.However, since this is a demand outside the normal shipbuilding plan, the existing production arrangements of the Shengli Port Shipyard had to be disrupted, and some technical forces and production facilities were given priority to the needs of its own warships.
As for the Annan warship that was also built here, since the required technical personnel and facilities are almost the same, it will inevitably be affected. We can only postpone the processing of some of Annan's orders to free up manpower and facilities for completion. own tasks.
The reason behind this involves Haihan's military deployment in the South China Sea, as well as the mobilization of combat ships in places such as Cam Ranh Port on the coast of Annan.Although he and Annan are military allies, considering the risk of leaks from Annan's officials, Haihan has never told the other party the truth, and when he received urgings on the progress of the shipbuilding, he used various reasons to evade it.
It was not until Zheng Zuo personally came to Shengli Fort to ask for an explanation that Yan Chujie responded positively for the first time, but the explanation he gave was still not the truth of the matter.However, Haihan did not want to affect the mutual trust and cooperation with Annan because of this kind of incident, so while explaining, he also expressed that he would make some compensation to Annan for this.
The shipbuilding contract signed by the two parties does have corresponding punitive measures for violations of the contract. If the shipyard delays the construction period due to its own reasons, it will make economic compensation to Annan.Although the amount of compensation is limited, it can somewhat soothe the Annan people so that they will not lose confidence in Haihan's shipbuilding capabilities due to the delay in the construction of the two warships.
However, Yan Chujie also took the matter too seriously. Although Zheng Zuo made a gesture of invoking the teacher, it would not affect Annan's arms order to Haihan.
Although Haihan has already transferred part of the construction technology of the exploration-class warships to Annan, and helped Annan build a shipyard on his own coastline, so that he can build more than [-]% of the exploration-class warships by himself. The localization of this kind of warship, but a higher-level expedition-level warship, still can only place an order with Haihan's shipyard.
As long as the Annan navy needs to continue to expand its strength and equip more powerful expedition-class warships, it can only achieve its goal by placing an order with Haihan.Even if you have to wait for a long construction period to get it, but in order to strengthen your own strength, such a wait should be worth it.
Moreover, Zheng Zuo knew very well that Haihan was also providing similar shipbuilding business for Fujian. Zheng Zuo also had a little idea of how powerful Xu Jiajun's naval fleet was.If Annan didn't want to be left too far behind by his competitors in this regard, he could only continue to place orders with Haihan's shipyard and obtain as many Haihan warships as possible to strengthen his own strength.
It was rare for Zheng Zuo to come to Victory Fort, and he also got the opportunity to have a private meeting with Yan Chujie. Naturally, he would not miss it easily, so he used this topic to ask Yan Chujie about the situation of other weapons and equipment.
Annan currently orders a considerable amount of various weapons and equipment from Haihan every year for the gradual replacement of the domestic armed forces with more than 20 people.But this is not the ultimate goal of Annan's side. They are very clear that if they can only rely on Haihan to provide weapons and equipment, they will be controlled by others after all, and they still have to try to achieve self-manufacturing.
After several years of cooperation and purchasing sky-high priced weapons and equipment from Haihan, Annan also gradually obtained some export-oriented weapons and equipment manufacturing technology from Haihan.However, although Annan obtained the technology, the quality of weapons and equipment after domestic mass production has not yet reached a satisfactory level.
For this reason, Annan had to pay a large amount of tuition fees, and asked Haihan to send technicians to Annan to guide the technology on the spot.In order to ensure that the imported manufacturing technology will not be out of shape, even many production tools and equipment have to be purchased from Haihan.
"But I still don't quite understand that our craftsmen were trained in your country, and then invited masters from your country to guide our country. The tools and even production materials used were all purchased from your country. Why is this made? The things sold in your country are still a little bit different from those sold in your country?"
It is rare to have such an opportunity to consult professionals, so Zheng Zuo asked questions that had been accumulated in his heart for a long time.
Beks, who is in charge of this area, must be more familiar with the problems of ordnance technology, but Yan Chujie also knows the reason for Zheng Zuo's problems.
"Little lord, we have also conducted a special investigation and research on the situations you mentioned, and finally found that the problem may still be caused by people."
"Who did it come from?" Zheng Zuo asked puzzled.
"Most of the craftsmen who make weapons in your country are one out of ten or even one in a hundred. They are sent to our country for training. Three to five months may be enough for them to learn the production process, but they may not be able to master the principles of these production techniques. They returned What Annan taught can only be superficial. In the same way, the masters sent by our country to instruct the technology can teach the craftsmen of your country in a short period of time. It is only these superficial technologies, not the principles. There is an old saying called Knowing it but not knowing why, that’s what we’re talking about.”
Zheng Zuo thought for a while and said, "Minister Yan means that the training time for these craftsmen is too short, so they haven't mastered the essence of manufacturing technology?"
Yan Chujie nodded and said: "It can be understood in this way. Of course, this problem is not without a solution."
(End of this chapter)