The gun is the guts of a man, and the cannon is the soul of the army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 In order for the Tasman Empire to quell the rebellion, or continue to survive, the country's weapons procurement personnel and military industry are also very hard. This chapter will tell the story of these people on the way to the fall of the empire.

B96 was the year of the fall of the Tasman Empire. On January 1, B96, the industrial city of Vera, a pagan city, was a classic foreign-aid rebellion. Vera was lost, which meant that the Imperial Army had all its heavy large-caliber machine guns and ammunition, its own 100-mm cannons, and artillery shells, which had been cut off from domestic supply. On May 19, B96, the only remaining military base of the Tasman Empire, Diere, was lost, which meant that the supply of domestic light field artillery and domestic rifle light machine guns was cut off. As the insurgency intensified, domestic stockpiles of weapons were rapidly depleted. The Reich must spend money to buy guns and cannons from abroad, otherwise the Imperial Army units in the counterinsurgency will be reduced to unarmed lambs to the slaughter.

At the time of death, at the peak of the moment, the "hero" will appear, and the hero in Hollywood blockbusters always appears at this time, although the reality of this kind of thing is rare. There are three "heroes" in this history, let's take a look at their arms stories.

The first "hero", an international arms trade broker, Uror Hary.

On May 30, B96, Uror Harry, an old friend of the Tasman Empire and a large arms dealer, was entrusted by the Empire with the important task of serving as the Minister of Temporary Military Procurement of the Tasman Empire, responsible for acting as the agent of the Imperial Army's international arms procurement business. This man was nicknamed "Harry the Invincible Arsenal", and the Empire had approached the merchant before his official appointment, and he expressed his willingness to accept the position and serve the Empire in this regard, although the salary seemed to him to be pitiful, but what boss could count on a salary to get by. The Empire trusted the merchant because the Harry family, to which he belonged, had a decades-long friendship with the Empire, and the production line of weapons purchased for the Army at the beginning of the arms race was successfully introduced with the full assistance of the Harry family. In the eyes of the Tasman Empire's top brass, the Harry family is the top expert in the arms trade, and the "Invincible Arsenal Harry" can be called the best of the best. However, the reason why a foreigner who runs an arms trading company is solely responsible for such important things is not just because the guy is professional enough. On 14 February B96, the Saxony-Windsor Empire concluded the International Agreement on an Arms Embargo for Backward Countries against the Tasman Empire. This meant that the Tasman Empire was cut off from regular international arms supplies. There is no way, and the purchase of arms on the international market can only circumvent this agreement through reliable channels. Uror Harry and his family are this conduit.

In the eyes of his clients, Uror Harry is indeed a responsible man with the means, and he can easily buy goods that most arms dealers simply can't buy, provided that the price offered by the customer is worth it. Usually the customer only needs to hand over the order to this person, and within a few days or even a few hours, he will quote the price; If the customer thinks it is suitable, then the transaction will be completed immediately, and the price will not be increased nonsense; If the customer makes a counteroffer, it is not impossible, but the result may be that the transaction cannot be completed, and the merchant has his own profit bottom line; As long as the "Invincible Arsenal" says that it is in stock, then it must really be in stock, or it is a spot that can be withdrawn if you have enough money. With these personalities, Uror Harry has a good reputation in the international arms community. Uror Harry himself has repeatedly boasted that "there are no arms that I can't buy, only prices that customers can't afford." But he didn't expect that the "Invincible Arsenal Harry", who has always been a source of left and right, really hit a wall this time, touched the mold, and won the lottery to encounter the two-headed anger mode that the arms trade world can't wait for for a thousand years.

Here's the thing. On May 30, B96, the commission was faxed to the Tasman Imperial Army Armament Department, which was not a long column as imagined, very short, super short, only a few dozen words, it was the fuse of some large and medium-caliber artillery and matching shells and some large and medium-caliber artillery shells.

"Well, a simple transaction. Let's start looking for a channel to inquire about the price. ”

A few hours later, the distributors who could get the goods "through some kind of relationship" replied to the inquiry. "Arsenal Harry" increased the price according to the prevailing markup rate in the industry and reported the order to the Tasman Imperial Army Armament Department. As long as the buyer agrees to the reply, then the transaction is more than half completed, and it is still very smooth at this stage. The businessman is optimistic that he will receive the advance payment for the goods by May 31. In his memory, the old patron of the Tasman Empire has always been a tyrant enough, and this is a life-and-death moment, customers should never care about the price of arms, buying a cannon is buying a life, and he even firmly believes that it is time to make a happy hour.

The next day, the buyer made a counteroffer, which was very shocking, and it simply cut more than eighty percent of the profit. Harry was furious, "Do you think this is your own munitions? This is an international market, and sellers will only sell goods to buyers if they have high profits, and it has always been a seller's market! ”

While Harry's boss was hesitating whether to make a counteroffer or refuse, a channel dealer called urgently, "The ship can't dock, and the wind is too strong off the coast of the port." "This is a code word for the underground arms deal, which means that the wind is too tight to get the goods or not to ship them. Harry had no choice but to think of something else. But in the days that followed, more channels sent similar announcements. The Minister of Military Procurement shrugged, "I'm not playing anymore." ”

In early June B96, one day near mid-June, a letter of resignation was faxed to the Tasman Empire's Foreign Affairs Department, and the Tasman Empire Army Armament Department also received a fax - "The situation has changed, the latest news, the required goods are out of stock".

At the critical moment, counting on foreigners to lose money and become heroes can only be hehe. Foreigners are for money, no money, not enough money, or the money is not worth the life of others, the turtle son will help you do things in the backward country.

The second hero, the turtle son of the Tasman Empire, the country's capitalist Jack Dharams.

This hero, Jack Dallams, is a big merchant in international trade, a non-imperial native, a trade capitalist big businessman of the conquered people, he and his family have bathed in the glory of the empire for a long time, at least two or three centuries, maybe it has been illuminated for too long, until his brain is broken in this life, and he really thinks of himself as an empire himself when he lives in the capital. However, many of Jack's friends are government officials, and most of them are from the Empire. Of course, this Jack has many more friends who are foreign traders, and many of them are smugglers. However, these foreign friends at the moment are a little short of money. An economic crisis is almost inevitable.

The personal connections and so-called Sabiist enthusiasm of the pretending Jack made him feel that he could do something for the country. Through his friends in the government, the businessman was able to volunteer to become the successor of Harry the Invincible. At that time, everyone was not very optimistic about him, but this alien in the eyes of the top echelons of the empire did a really good job.

On 9 June B96, Jack Darhams was appointed Interim Commissioner for Arms Acquisitions of the Tasman Empire. In this position, he could appoint foreigners to act as international arms procurement trade representatives to act as agents for arms procurement. Many of Jack's foreign friends became the Tasman Empire's international arms trade representatives. This is the Imperial Army's gun stocks are beginning to run out, and there is nothing wrong with it, "all arms are wanted", "guns and cannons can be used, and everything can be bought".

In mid-June, Jack's friends flocked to Port Salito, one of the permanent neutral zones of the Central Continent, home to the world's premier arms stall market and the permanent exhibits and warehouse markets of regular military factories. These guys completely ignored the regular manufacturers and went straight to the stall market. The smugglers are familiar with the stalls, as are the drug dealers, but the main customers of the arms stalls are anti-government guerrilla captains, weak national self-defense forces, careerists who plan coup rebellions, and arms dealers who supply all three categories of people.

Except for the smugglers who have been here, the rest of the arms purchase trade representatives are new faces here. The arrival of these customers made the stall owners and arms dealers quite eye-catching, "Which country is this going to carry out a coup d'état again?" That guerrilla is so rich? What surprised the arms vendors even more was that these new customers actually had what they wanted, mountain artillery, field artillery, howitzers, rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, submachine guns, pistols, grenades, and large buyers of bulk goods, so that many merchants' stocks were bought out.

Usually, almost all of the goods bought in regular countries go to the international arms supermarket, with complete goods, good supporting facilities, good quality, and a few fair. It's not that the Tasman trade representatives don't know that the arms supermarket is good, but these guys can only go to the stall market to sweep the goods, which is quasi-legal, and can buy the goods. Once the world's three major powers, now it is so sad, because of the arms embargo of the Saxony and Windsor Empire and many countries, the goods in the genuine market are absolutely unavailable to the Tasman Empire, and only customers are compliant and serious people, and these genuine big arms dealers will sell. These poor fellows hired by the Tasman Empire can only buy second-hand stalls, and they can only buy a large number of world-made goods, and the goods are probably of inferior quality and high price. Fortunately, these guys who don't understand the rules only eat a single-digit percentage of profits, which is really cheap compared to the general profit price in the industry that is doubled by regular arms dealers.

At the critical moment, the key figure, Temporary Arms Acquisition Commissioner Jack Dallams, and his friends secured a considerable amount of practical munitions for the Imperial Army, as detailed below:

23 150 mm cannons, outflow of combat stock equipment, some of which have been used, made by the Marne-Rocco Empire, for the country's army trial production equipment (our army seized the gun, apparently a naval gun converted to an army), with 1980 shells, the charge is safe picric.

38 120 mm rapid-fire field howitzers, new guns, foreign trade models manufactured by the Marnerocco Empire, manufactured by the Naval Artillery Factory to maintain production capacity, 13,460 shells, and the charge is safe picric.

162 80 mm mortars, new guns, made in the B95 Marnerocco Empire, each equipped with 150 shells, and 40,000 new shells, charged with safe picric acid or chemical warfare agent (phosgene).

1,031 50mm mortars, new guns, made in the Marne-Rocco Empire, a special foreign trade product of the country, with 2,170 boxes of artillery shells, 217,000 pieces, and the charge is a safe picric acid or chemical warfare agent (phosgene).

15 30 mm Feld rapid-fire machine guns, a certain country's army inventory equipment outflow, with anti-personnel explosive shells and armor-piercing shells, a total of 236 boxes, 12,033 rounds, a total of more than 10 tons, all produced in the Republic of Norden, the country of origin.

10 37-mm Renault rapid-fire machine guns, new guns, made in the Republic of Fark, the country's army combat equipment outflow, and 13,800 rounds of artillery shells were purchased, all of which were high-explosive shells.

92 20mm small-caliber Haskai begging rapid-fire machine guns, new guns, made in the Republic of Seine, resold by the country's foreign trade equipment, 1,313 boxes of shells, 1,313,000 rounds, only solid shells.

156 Lewis 7.62mm light machine guns, simplified version, sold privately by technicians from the Saxony-Windsor Arsenal after work, with 140,000 rounds of ammunition. (This gun is only equipped with Saxony-Windsor Empire, and the bullets are not good)

226 7.62mm Maxine machine guns, both old and new, from all over the world, with 2.18 million rounds of ammunition.

85,616 9mm Mauser carbines, new guns, foreign trade products of the Saint-Roman Empire, with 3,162 boxes of ammunition of 3,000 rounds each.

44,145 11mm high-power single-shot Manlicher rifles, from the Imperial Inventory or obsolete weapons in Saxony and Windsor, with 1,664 boxes of ammunition of 2,400 rounds each.

62,916 7.62mm Springfield rifles, all copied by a miscellaneous factory, 600 rounds per charge.

43,411 9mm Browning high-power pistols, manufactured at the FN State Arsenal in the Kingdom of Belgium, with a backlog of products in stock. 200 rounds per charge.

31,461 9mm revolvers, inventory products of a bankrupt arsenal, and the proceeds of the auction of bank collateral for related businesses, 120 rounds per round.

There are 15,161 boxes of grenades of various types produced in various countries, ranging from 24 to 60 in each box, with a total of about 500,000 grenades.

The Tasman Empire's life-saving arms were bought, and in the eyes of the Empire's top brass, the amount of arms was enough to change the tide of the war. As long as this batch of munitions can arrive in time, the Imperial Army can completely turn the tide of the war. The smuggling bosses seem to be far more capable of transporting these arms than any professional transport company. So, Jack Dallams handed it over to the smugglers.

The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, and while the imperial arms procurement representatives have completed the purchase, some people have already set their eyes on this batch of munitions. The intelligence agencies of the countries here have also been watching this market, and they know the buyers and the role of these goods. Multinational intelligence agencies unanimously believe that this batch of weapons is huge, and once all of them are transported to the war zone, it may change the tide of the war to a certain extent. As the backstage of the rebels of the Tasman Empire, our country decided to "jam the source and prevent trouble".

On June 21, B96, the Holy Roman Empire dispatched a fleet to intercept and inspect all passing ships off the coast of Porto Salito, confiscating all heavy weapons and large light weapons without legal permits. Caesar Speaker ordered: If necessary, sink any ship of any country. But our army was still a step late, and the first batch of munitions had already been shipped a day earlier. Although the operation was carried out for a whole month, at great cost and with remarkable results, a large number of smuggled arms were seized, but not much cargo was delivered to the Tasman Empire. Objectively speaking, this was an extremely failed interception, and the gains outweighed the losses. Under the heavy pressure of our army and the tight blockade, a large number of munitions were successfully transported to the Imperial Army. In terms of heavy weapons, 38 120-mm rapid-fire field howitzers and more than 13,000 artillery shells, and 25 37/30mm machine guns and their shells were delivered to the Tasman Imperial Army on June 25, and these heavy weapons almost immediately played their due role in the war. Other heavy weapons were shipped a little later, and because the wind was tight and they could not be shipped, the arms procurement representatives chose to return them. With regard to light weapons, smugglers have successfully broken through the blockade of our army by forging procedures and transferring them to other ports for delivery. At the end of June and the beginning of July, almost all light weapons arrived. As soon as the arms arrived, the Tasman Empire began to expand its own forces. The front-line units also began to re-equip these world-made guns after their stocks of spare guns and artillery were exhausted. In the following six months of fighting, the remnants of the Tasman Army were gradually reequipped with "international equipment" from the international second-hand arms market. The combat effectiveness of the troops in the short term has risen, and although the logistical pressure will be great in the future, it must also have a future.

Jack Dallams seemed to have a good future, but he was already doomed to a future at that time. On a sunny afternoon on July 25, B96, Jack D'Arrams, who had personally gone to Porto Salito to purchase arms, and his friends were shot dead in the street by submachine gunners arranged by our army on their way to a banquet. More than two dozen submachine gunners used the "Chicago typewriter" to shoot wildly, pretending to be a miserable death, and if there was an RPG at the time, this job would be more beautiful.

Do you think that the boss of a neutral country will not dare to be crossed!! The arms business is not something you can do if you want to, and if you do something you shouldn't do, you can only die, and you will die a miserable death.

Dear, arms are risky, and you need to be cautious when entering the industry. In the recent blockbuster "The Fall of London", the villain guy in the Middle East does not play cards according to the will of the old and the United States, sells arms indiscriminately, and sells arms to the opponent of the old and the United States, isn't this death? So the big old beauty sent a drone to blow up this local tyrant twice, and his whole family was blown up!! Dear, let's come out to make money!! By no means for the sake of being blown up, there is not even a single hair left. If you go against the boss, you will die, so why do you have to die?!

The third "hero", the "servant" of the Tasman Empire, the country's dignitary Nihan Ganon.

In terms of identity, this Nihan Ganon is different from the previous two, he is a native of the empire, a retired lieutenant general, and comes from a military family. After Jack Darhams and his gang were killed in the street, Nihan Ganon, who had managed the army's equipment Xu Tong, was appointed Minister of Procurement for Imperial Military Supplies, with full responsibility for arms procurement. On July 27, the guy took office. The first thing he did when he took office was thanksgiving, thank you for the Prime Minister's kindness.

Here's how it happened. A few years ago, the general was still in charge of equipment, and he was about to retire, but something happened. He took some money that he shouldn't have taken, and the accounts were not taken properly, and he was discovered. That's a lot of money, enough to prepare a division...... Then it was fine, because Prime Minister Amsadriye intervened. This retired general was originally the prime minister's sworn friend, and it was rare for friends to pull it at critical moments. This time, there was a fat shortage, and the prime minister mentioned him.

That night, Nihan Ganon went to the Prime Minister's house. Amsadriya's home was the most luxurious, and it wasn't the first time I've visited his home. The two were old friends, and they spoke straight to the point.

PRIME MINISTER: You don't have to thank me, I have put you in this position for a personal purpose.

Procurement: Xiangye, you are the lifesaver of me and my whole family, you can say something if you have something.

Prime Minister: You're not an outsider, so I'll just say it, how long do you think this country can last?

Procurement: On the upside, it will be able to keep this half of the country; At worst, it is likely to be doomed.

PRIME MINISTER: Okay, that's right. I will open my mouth from your words. Let's not talk about the country, you know. only said okay, this battle has been won, half of the country has been saved, this country should be a poor country, the emperor has to maintain this country, rebuild after the war, and have a way to make money. Let me tell you about the way he could find the money at that time.

Procurement: Xiangye, I'll just say it. I think it's the Karan Canal, it's an endless bag of money, and I haven't found anything else where I can get money right away.

PRIME MINISTER: Hehehe. You're kind of an understanding person, let me tell you straight, you, me, and other rich people. He knows everything we do, whether he still needs us, this country is small, the army is less, and we people are redundant. If there are fewer people, there will be less money, and there will not be enough people to enjoy themselves......

We have gold and silver treasures, and what he needs most is hard currency. What do you think will happen to him? If we lose this battle, we may go into exile, and if we win, I am afraid that we will hang it on the city gate tower in phases and batches.

Procurement: Xiang Ye is really far-sighted, and the slave listens to Xiang Ye.

Amsadriyah motioned for Nihan Ganon to come to him, and the two whispered for a moment......

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A few days later, Nihan Ganon officially entered the working state, and had close contacts with a newly established arms company in Salito, and continued to buy large quantities of arms from this company in August and September, all of which were arranged by the prime minister.

In August and September, the Tasman Empire bought large quantities of arms, especially the much-needed heavy arms, which is also the type of weapons that Nihan Ganon focuses on importing.

150mm/152mm/155mm guns, a total of 132 guns, old guns, 11 models from 7 countries, with an average of only 43 shells per gun. The one with the most shells had 114 shells, and the least had only 16 rounds.

The 105mm/110mm/115mm/120mm guns are all old guns, a total of 204 guns, from 15 countries, 17 models, and an average of only 67 shells per gun. The most was 92 rounds, and the least was only 24 rounds.

70mm/73mm/75mm/76mm/77mm guns, there are new and old, old guns are the majority, 461 guns, 20 countries, 12 models, an average of only 97 rounds per gun. The maximum is 150 rounds, and the least is only 31 rounds.

In terms of light weapons, a large number of imported rifles of various calibers totaled 434659, but only 76 million rounds of ammunition were used, and each gun had only more than 100 rounds. At this time, the machine gun suddenly became a little too difficult to buy, so that I didn't buy a single one; However, the supply of individual grenades is super large, and nearly 80,000 boxes of grenades and grenades have been purchased, with a total of 2.4 million pieces.

More artillery, especially large-caliber artillery, which is the core firepower of an army. Those cannons are full of victorious appearances, and if you have cannons, you can win. However, these heavy cannons are all "made in all countries" old guns, a large number of models, you can look at the pitiful shells...... This seems to be not only a façade of victory, but also a burden to the march, an absolute logistical nightmare. However, the logistics system is not too troublesome, to be exact, these old guns do not need to purchase shells at all, because there are almost no shells for these guns on the market. In addition, there are few shells, so there is no need to store them, follow the cannon, and the cannon will be scrapped when the ammunition is exhausted. Almost every time a large battle was over, the Imperial Army had to throw away some of its artillery. In terms of light weapons, there are so many types of firearms and so few bullets that no matter how bad a unit is, there are always a few people who can run out of bullets.

Such a large number of weapons and ammunition is almost impossible to carry out large-scale operations. However, with the severance of international arms supply, even these "made in all countries" equipment and ammunition could not be guaranteed, and there was no heavy artillery, only grenades were thrown wildly, but in this way casualties went up. In the final stages of the battle against the rebels, the Tasman Empire has fully entered guerrilla mode. If you can win the fight like this, it is really unreasonable.

After reading all this, you may think that the prime minister and his cronies Jinnima will make money, and they will not forget to scrape the last handful before leaving, or you may think that the prime minister is using this company to launder money, either you are very wrong. The reality is far worse than self-enrichment or money laundering at a time when the country is in danger, and it is worse than you can imagine. The actual controller of this counterpart arms supply company is not the Prime Minister or any person with an interest in it, but someone else, whose surname is Constantine, whose name is Selena, and whose husband is Northrop Emilius Caesar, Speaker of the United Empire of San Roman. As for where Caesar's wife got these tattered munitions, it is said that most of them were purchased by the ton from the war warehouses of various countries.

The Prime Minister is not laundering money, but giving gifts or fulfilling contracts, and he has already made a secret contract with the United Empire of San Roman. Northrop Aemilius Caesar guaranteed the security of Amssadlier and his family's assets in the new territory of the Saint Roman Empire with the honor of nobility; Amsariyah reported major Tasman military operations to the United Empire of St. Roman, and acted on the instructions of the United Empire. This top-secret dark collaboration between them began back in mid-June. Previously, it was the Prime Minister who reported to the United Empire on the whereabouts of Jack Dallams.

On 20 September, Lieutenant General Nihan Ganon went abroad with a large amount of gold deposit receipts to negotiate an arms import, with which the Reich lost contact a few days later. Before that, he had sent his family to areas controlled by the United Empire and the Insurgents.

On 23 September, Amsariyah, the last prime minister of the Tasman Empire, went abroad on the Emperor's behest to prepare for the government-in-exile, and never returned, taking with him his family and nearly two tons of gold that remained in the treasury.

Many years later, a multinational company was born, and the actual controller was this Amsariye, and many of the shareholders were former important ministers of the Tasman Empire, including this lieutenant general Nihan Ganon. To this day, the descendants of the deceased magnate are living well, even better than when Ashina Sabiha paid their family's salary.

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After the story is told, let's summarize the three military purchase brothers, and then look at their descendants.

The first "Arsenal Harry", Mr. Ellor Harry, voluntarily withdrew. The Harry family is still alive and well, still selling arms, and doing a lot of it, and the high arms profits maintain the luxury of life and the glory of the family.

The second, the pretending brother, the xxist capitalist, Mr. Jack Dallams, was headshot by a "Chicago typewriter" on a bustling street that has always been safe. After his death, his wife and children were left alone, his property was scattered, and most of his family died in war and famine. His only surviving descendant, an unmarried man in his 40s, is said to have worked as a miner in a copper mine near the former imperial capital before being crippled in an accident.

The third, Amsadriyah, spent his old age in peace, with a full house of children and grandchildren. Amsar Rodman, the current vice president of a multinational company, is one of his descendants, and many people in the family have made great achievements in the political and business circles, and the wealthy family can be called a famous family.

These three stories tell us that even if you are a god-like character, you will always be killed by a team of pigs; If you're a god-like opponent, why bother looking for a teammate like a pig.