Chapter 2739
Chapter 2739
Chapter 2739
Since its inception, the exploration-class warship has been continuously updated with the upgrade of shipbuilding and ordnance technology. So far, it has completed iterations of multiple models, and has also expanded civilian models according to mission requirements.Although the Haihan Navy is still continuing to install new ships of this level, compared with the earliest original models, there are basically only some similarities in appearance and basic structure.
As the warship with the largest number of construction and equipment in Haihan, there are still more than 20 exploration-class warships in the navy. The earliest batch of exploration-class warships can be traced back to more than [-] years ago.Following the principle of building in batches, launching in batches, and decommissioning in batches, these warships will start to be decommissioned after a certain number of years in service, so as to free up the equipment establishment to replace subsequent improved models.
The current navy's regulations are that old ships that have been in service for more than 15 years will be retired from active service and supplemented with new models of exploration-class warships. The fleet with sufficient funds will even be upgraded to a larger-tonnage exploration-class warship.And these decommissioned warships need to find new places to go.
As long as there is no major damage to these warships, even if they are decommissioned, they will not be dismantled. Most of them have been refurbished and sold to Annan, North Korea and other countries at a relatively cheap price after dismantling their own naval guns and key equipment. The main warship of the country.
Although the decommissioned warships are old, the technical standards during construction are higher than those of the monkey version specially used for export, and the price is relatively low, even lower than the construction cost required by their domestic shipyards to imitate the exploration-class warships, so The small neighboring countries are still happy to spend their limited military expenditures on purchasing these usable second-hand equipment.
But even so, Haihan has accelerated its equipment update in recent years, and there will still be a backlog of obsolete old ships that cannot be sold, so Haihan will still take the initiative to sell them abroad if given the opportunity, and the Japanese shogunate is undoubtedly An excellent sale object.
The shogunate now has an extremely urgent need to upgrade its maritime armed forces, and the requirement for delivery time even takes precedence over the price.Choosing which kind of warship to buy is second, and the most important thing is to solve the problem of whether it is available or not.
The shogunate's default opponent is North Korea, so the standard for upgrading force should be to have at least the same level of weapons and equipment as the opponent, and the exploration-class warships can meet their minimum needs.Of course, this is just a standard of equipment level. It is another matter to use these equipment to form effective combat power.
The three-month delivery condition was undoubtedly very attractive to the shogunate, but of course they still had doubts about the reliability of the second-hand warships, so they did not immediately approve of Shi Chengwu's proposal.
Seeing that the other party's attitude had been shaken, Shi Chengwu naturally would not stop there, and continued to ride the heat: "It is reasonable for your country to have concerns about old ships, but this problem is easy to solve. The shogunate can choose and send officials on their own. From time to time, we will go to Zhoushan Dinghai Port together, where there are existing ships for inspection, and the whole process of renovation and refurbishment can also be supervised.”
These remarks undoubtedly further moved the senior officials of the shogunate, and now they are convenient to ask about the follow-up plan for the training of relevant personnel.After all, after the ship is bought back, there must be specially trained people to exert its due combat effectiveness.
Shi Chengwu replied: "Whether you buy a new ship or an old ship, we will provide corresponding training. Your country can choose one in Dinghai Port or Sasebo Port. The whole learning process only needs a very low fee. It takes one month to complete After training, your men can sail the boat back to Edo by themselves."
The plan given by Shi Chengwu is quite comprehensive, but it seems that something is missing, and the shogunate is still hesitant about it.
Tao Hongfang reminded Shi Chengwu in a low voice: "Follow-up communication."
Shi Chengwu immediately came back to his senses, and then said: "Edo is four thousand miles away from Zhoushan. If the officials who go to Zhoushan to inspect the ship have to ask General Tokugawa for instructions, it must be very inconvenient, but our country can do this in two places. The high-speed communication is provided in real time, and the message sent can be sent to the other side within a day, the general can grasp the situation in Zhoushan, and the officials who handle affairs can also ask the general for instructions at any time, so there is no need to worry.”
It's no secret that Haihan has the ability to communicate across thousands of miles. In some areas under his rule, commercial trials have even begun, but the cost is very high, and ordinary people must not be able to use it.Both the Sasebo base and the Edo embassy have radio stations, so it is not difficult to keep in touch with Zhoushan.However, the communication needs to be completed by Haihan's special personnel, so there will be no secrets about the content. If you want to keep it secret, you can only let the sender and receiver agree on a code word.
As for the method of settlement, Shi Chengwu also gave a very flexible solution, which can be settled with gold and silver of the same value according to the exchange rate of Haihan coins, or can be bartered, and the goods exported to Haihan by the shogunate can be used to offset the price.Of course, regardless of whether warships are included in the final munitions order, the deposit still needs to be paid first before Haihan will start to arrange production and organize the supply of goods.
If he hadn't directly faced Tokugawa Ietsuna, Shi Chengwu actually had other promotional methods available, such as giving the handler some appropriate kickbacks or other feedback, but since he is directly negotiating business with the boss of the other party, he can't There is no need to resort to these means.
For the high-level shogunate present, the plan given by Shi Chengwu has basically solved all their doubts, and they only need to consider the most cost-effective question of how to buy the ship.
But when it comes to the degree of concern about this arms deal, there are actually people who are above the mission, and that is the instigator who made the shogunate decide to buy arms from Haihan, An Daoshi.
As an ally, the mission did not deliberately conceal from him the shogunate's purchase of arms, but the specific content is a commercial secret, so it is inconvenient to disclose it.But even if the mission doesn't say anything, in fact, after a while, they can gradually get news from other channels.Andoshi probably didn't expect that he would come to Edo to walk around. Although it had the effect of showing off his power and stimulating his old opponents, it also caused side effects, which prompted the shogunate to invest funds to upgrade its armaments.
When the news came back to the country, the king's attitude was self-evident, and he would definitely demand to continue to upgrade his armaments, at least to maintain a certain degree of force superiority against Japan.
If it continues like this, then for a period of time to come, North Korea and Japan will probably form an arms race.Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing for An Daoshi, who holds military power.After all, only when the situation is not so peaceful can the army get more attention, and he will gain more power as a result.
(End of this chapter)
Since its inception, the exploration-class warship has been continuously updated with the upgrade of shipbuilding and ordnance technology. So far, it has completed iterations of multiple models, and has also expanded civilian models according to mission requirements.Although the Haihan Navy is still continuing to install new ships of this level, compared with the earliest original models, there are basically only some similarities in appearance and basic structure.
As the warship with the largest number of construction and equipment in Haihan, there are still more than 20 exploration-class warships in the navy. The earliest batch of exploration-class warships can be traced back to more than [-] years ago.Following the principle of building in batches, launching in batches, and decommissioning in batches, these warships will start to be decommissioned after a certain number of years in service, so as to free up the equipment establishment to replace subsequent improved models.
The current navy's regulations are that old ships that have been in service for more than 15 years will be retired from active service and supplemented with new models of exploration-class warships. The fleet with sufficient funds will even be upgraded to a larger-tonnage exploration-class warship.And these decommissioned warships need to find new places to go.
As long as there is no major damage to these warships, even if they are decommissioned, they will not be dismantled. Most of them have been refurbished and sold to Annan, North Korea and other countries at a relatively cheap price after dismantling their own naval guns and key equipment. The main warship of the country.
Although the decommissioned warships are old, the technical standards during construction are higher than those of the monkey version specially used for export, and the price is relatively low, even lower than the construction cost required by their domestic shipyards to imitate the exploration-class warships, so The small neighboring countries are still happy to spend their limited military expenditures on purchasing these usable second-hand equipment.
But even so, Haihan has accelerated its equipment update in recent years, and there will still be a backlog of obsolete old ships that cannot be sold, so Haihan will still take the initiative to sell them abroad if given the opportunity, and the Japanese shogunate is undoubtedly An excellent sale object.
The shogunate now has an extremely urgent need to upgrade its maritime armed forces, and the requirement for delivery time even takes precedence over the price.Choosing which kind of warship to buy is second, and the most important thing is to solve the problem of whether it is available or not.
The shogunate's default opponent is North Korea, so the standard for upgrading force should be to have at least the same level of weapons and equipment as the opponent, and the exploration-class warships can meet their minimum needs.Of course, this is just a standard of equipment level. It is another matter to use these equipment to form effective combat power.
The three-month delivery condition was undoubtedly very attractive to the shogunate, but of course they still had doubts about the reliability of the second-hand warships, so they did not immediately approve of Shi Chengwu's proposal.
Seeing that the other party's attitude had been shaken, Shi Chengwu naturally would not stop there, and continued to ride the heat: "It is reasonable for your country to have concerns about old ships, but this problem is easy to solve. The shogunate can choose and send officials on their own. From time to time, we will go to Zhoushan Dinghai Port together, where there are existing ships for inspection, and the whole process of renovation and refurbishment can also be supervised.”
These remarks undoubtedly further moved the senior officials of the shogunate, and now they are convenient to ask about the follow-up plan for the training of relevant personnel.After all, after the ship is bought back, there must be specially trained people to exert its due combat effectiveness.
Shi Chengwu replied: "Whether you buy a new ship or an old ship, we will provide corresponding training. Your country can choose one in Dinghai Port or Sasebo Port. The whole learning process only needs a very low fee. It takes one month to complete After training, your men can sail the boat back to Edo by themselves."
The plan given by Shi Chengwu is quite comprehensive, but it seems that something is missing, and the shogunate is still hesitant about it.
Tao Hongfang reminded Shi Chengwu in a low voice: "Follow-up communication."
Shi Chengwu immediately came back to his senses, and then said: "Edo is four thousand miles away from Zhoushan. If the officials who go to Zhoushan to inspect the ship have to ask General Tokugawa for instructions, it must be very inconvenient, but our country can do this in two places. The high-speed communication is provided in real time, and the message sent can be sent to the other side within a day, the general can grasp the situation in Zhoushan, and the officials who handle affairs can also ask the general for instructions at any time, so there is no need to worry.”
It's no secret that Haihan has the ability to communicate across thousands of miles. In some areas under his rule, commercial trials have even begun, but the cost is very high, and ordinary people must not be able to use it.Both the Sasebo base and the Edo embassy have radio stations, so it is not difficult to keep in touch with Zhoushan.However, the communication needs to be completed by Haihan's special personnel, so there will be no secrets about the content. If you want to keep it secret, you can only let the sender and receiver agree on a code word.
As for the method of settlement, Shi Chengwu also gave a very flexible solution, which can be settled with gold and silver of the same value according to the exchange rate of Haihan coins, or can be bartered, and the goods exported to Haihan by the shogunate can be used to offset the price.Of course, regardless of whether warships are included in the final munitions order, the deposit still needs to be paid first before Haihan will start to arrange production and organize the supply of goods.
If he hadn't directly faced Tokugawa Ietsuna, Shi Chengwu actually had other promotional methods available, such as giving the handler some appropriate kickbacks or other feedback, but since he is directly negotiating business with the boss of the other party, he can't There is no need to resort to these means.
For the high-level shogunate present, the plan given by Shi Chengwu has basically solved all their doubts, and they only need to consider the most cost-effective question of how to buy the ship.
But when it comes to the degree of concern about this arms deal, there are actually people who are above the mission, and that is the instigator who made the shogunate decide to buy arms from Haihan, An Daoshi.
As an ally, the mission did not deliberately conceal from him the shogunate's purchase of arms, but the specific content is a commercial secret, so it is inconvenient to disclose it.But even if the mission doesn't say anything, in fact, after a while, they can gradually get news from other channels.Andoshi probably didn't expect that he would come to Edo to walk around. Although it had the effect of showing off his power and stimulating his old opponents, it also caused side effects, which prompted the shogunate to invest funds to upgrade its armaments.
When the news came back to the country, the king's attitude was self-evident, and he would definitely demand to continue to upgrade his armaments, at least to maintain a certain degree of force superiority against Japan.
If it continues like this, then for a period of time to come, North Korea and Japan will probably form an arms race.Of course, this is not necessarily a bad thing for An Daoshi, who holds military power.After all, only when the situation is not so peaceful can the army get more attention, and he will gain more power as a result.
(End of this chapter)