Chapter 453: National Security Council Concerns

Australia's National Assembly always assumes the possibility of a problem when discussing the feasibility of a thing, and although there is no problem in doing so, it is in the direction of a rigorous work attitude, but when faced with some urgent problems that need to be solved urgently, they often do the same.

This is true, but for the group of staff responsible for specific implementation, this is a big problem, often waiting for the pass, and when it is implemented, it will be too late.

This time, Congress still did not approve decisions on the two plans, leaving it to the test data and the National Security Council to make a decision.

Many of the legislators are members of the National Security Council, but in the final analysis, it depends on the attitude of the military, and if the military really does not agree, then it will be difficult to implement the second plan.

At present, the only thing that can be approved is to let Feng Zihai continue to monitor Hou Jin's movements, and inform him as soon as important news of him happens.

This is also the only thing that can be done at present, but according to the news fed back by Feng Zihai, there will be a big military operation in the near future, and this operation has not revealed any news so far, which shows how important it is.

Early on Monday morning, Defense Minister Liu Dongshui, chairman of the National Security Council, held a discussion meeting to listen to the opinions of the committee members on whether to export large amounts of military weapons to Houjin.

Vice Admiral Wang Tiehammer retains his own views on the export of weapons, and Lao Wang has always been more conservative and has always been less in favor of arms exports, but his strength is limited by a single person, and no matter how he opposes it, he must vote to pass.

First of all, Liu Dongshui came up with a statistical data, which showed the total number of 26-pounder guns exported by Australia in a year and a half from last year to June this year.

Data shows. The sales volume of this artillery has reached 4,200 pieces, of which half of them are sold to the Ming Dynasty, and the total number of the whole of Europe plus the Dutch is only half of the Ming Dynasty.

This number is actually a bit scary, including the number of damaged or lost guns in the two front doors, it is estimated that the number available in the entire Ming Dynasty is also about 2,000, of which Houjin has obtained nearly 300 or so guns through various channels.

It is the Zheng family that has the largest base. The Zheng family alone has about 800 gates, which means that the number of the Ming court and other peasant armies combined is not as large as the two.

According to the investigation of the Overseas Secret Service, the artillery currently in the hands of the Ming Dynasty is basically the largest in the Liangguang and Liaodong border armies, of which Shen Youlong is the largest.

Seeing the report, everyone gasped, and before they knew it, Australia had exported such artillery, and the quantity sold to Daming was so large.

"Do you guys have anything to say? This data is still quite accurate, which Liu Yun can guarantee. Liu Dongshui pointed to Liu Yun, who was sitting next to Zhao Shijie.

"I don't think we can export anymore, the more we export, the greater the impact on ourselves, especially for Houjin." Wang Tiezhu made a speech after reading the statistics.

Lao Wang, a conservative in the army, generally does not speak. The speeches were basically dissenting, so everyone looked at him.

It is obviously not possible to disagree, and the order from the European side is said to have been received, and at this time, it is necessary to compensate a large part of the money for repentance.

In the Ming Dynasty, even if you don't say it, people will imitate it themselves, and Houjin is a vivid example there, when others stand on your basis to imitate, see what you do.

Therefore, it is impossible for everyone to agree to this objection.

Liu Dongshui's meaning of taking out such a report is probably not so simple. And the data has been listed in detail so clearly, it is not difficult to understand.

I'm afraid he meant that. You see, there are so many exports now, and they haven't actually caused any harm to Australia, so don't worry too much.

In stark contrast to Wang, Liu Dongshui is not opposed to arms exports, and is very supportive, which is likely to have a lot to do with his current position.

As the Minister of Defense, he needs to coordinate the military spending of the army and navy. There is no money for how to build and fight the army, so he needs the year before last.

As a military industrial enterprise directly managed by the Ministry of National Defense, a large part of the income is used for military spending, which is why he supports exports.

Since such a large share of existing exports has not caused any problems, there should be no problem in increasing exports, and the most important thing is that we cannot completely look at the volume. And there is a big subjective factor in it, and that is that weapons will be updated.

Australia's weapons are also constantly upgrading, and at present, there are troops using 26-pounder guns, but a new generation of upgraded versions has come out, which will be lighter than the original, so Liu Dongshui feels that those second-hand weapons can actually be exported.

However, Wang Tiehammer's concern is that once Houjin masters a large number of artillery, they use it to attack the city, then the advantage of the Ming army will not be obvious, and Australia has also decided to intervene in this war, then it is bound to fight with the other party, and once the battle advantage is not so obvious.

The combination of these factors is what Wang Tiehammer is worried about, so he paints his eyes on the army commander Chen Jun, hoping that he can also oppose it.

Of course, Chen Jun can understand what the other party means, but he believes that the Australian Army is the strongest, even if the Houjin Army is armed with a firearms unit, it is not his own army opponent, and the most important problem is that Chen Jun hopes to meet the troops using gunpowder on the battlefield, which is very necessary for the future development of the Australian Army.

Imagine a unit that uses firearms and uses cold weapons to fight, the advantage between them is actually obvious, the main reason is the weapon, such a battle is clearly not much resistance,

And he couldn't train the army well, so Chen Jun didn't speak, but just smiled back at Wang Tiehammer's eyes.

He knew that the other party had good intentions, and from the starting point, it was the army unit that would directly face the Houjin army in the future, and it was basically impossible for the navy to directly fight the other party, so Wang Tiehammer was also thinking about him.

knows what the old leader means, but Chen Jun hopes that the Australian Army will be a real lion and an invincible army in the future.

When he met Chen Jun, a guy who didn't know what to do, Wang Tiezhu was also speechless, why didn't he know if he was good for him.

The final result of the vote was already within Wang Tiehammer's expectations, and he obviously agreed a lot, and Chen Jun's guy also agreed. (To be continued......)