Chapter 298: Arms Exhibition

Hearing Dapto's uncontrollable question, Prince Dresia surprisingly did not refute it, because he was also concerned about this question. Wu Qiong smiled: "This is a kind of machine unique to our Chinese Empire, called the internal combustion engine. The volume of an internal combustion engine is small, and in the case of the same volume, the horsepower is much greater than that of a steam engine. ”

Dapto blurted out: "Then if your country's warships use this kind of machine, won't they be much faster?" ”

Wu Qiong said with a smile: "Lord Dapto's brain is indeed turning very fast, but this kind of machine has high requirements for metal materials, and with the current technical conditions, it is not possible to make a large internal combustion engine that can be used by warships. ”

Wu Qiong's words made Prince Dresia and Dapto both breathe a sigh of relief, if the warships of the Chinese Empire were stronger, other countries would not have to live.

After looking at the chariot, both Prince Dresia and Dapto had this powerful weapon in their hearts, and secretly decided that they must order it in large quantities.

Then Wu Qiong took Prince Dresia to see all kinds of light weapons of the Chinese Empire, as well as artillery of various calibers, which made Prince Dresia greatly appreciated, and he quickly decided to buy Type 94 light machine guns and 60 mm mortars, in addition to he also wanted to buy a batch of 105 mm howitzers, because the weapons of the Chinese Empire are generally more than 20% lighter than the artillery used in service in the countries of the Western Continent.

Since Wu Qiong explained the chariot, Dapto suspected that the Chinese Empire and the Yaman Empire had a good relationship and would definitely show them some secret weapons, so he followed with a dead face. This is the place of the Chinese Empire, and Prince Dresia is not easy to attack, anyway, he is just following behind, and Prince Dresia no longer cares about it.

Trucks, jeeps and motorcycles that were on display at the Expo were also on display here, and Prince Dresia asked, "Mr. Wu, aren't these products on display at the Expo?" How did it come to be exhibited here as a military product? Are they the machines at the parade?"

Wu Qiong said with a smile: "Yes, these equipment have just begun to be tested in our troops, Your Royal Highness can imagine that if your troops can sit in these vehicles and advance at a speed of fifty kilometers per hour, and can also bring all the heavy artillery with them, what kind of threat will this pose to your enemy?" ”

Prince Dresia's mouth opened wide in surprise, although he had an estimate before, he didn't expect that the speed could reach so fast, if he could advance so quickly with full armament, he could not lead the troops and enter La Défense, the capital of the Nantes Empire, within a few days.

Thinking of this, Prince Dresia couldn't help but peek at Dapto. Dapto also happened to look at Prince Dresia, and the two made eye contact, and Dapto immediately understood the meaning in Prince Dresia's eyes, and he couldn't help but shudder at this thought, and then glared angrily at Prince Dresia.

Wu Qiong said on the side: "What's more, these cars belong to military products, and they have thicker armor and stronger horsepower than those cars at the World Expo." Later, one of our troops will also have a wonderful military performance, rehearsing the practical effects of weapons and equipment for the guests of various countries, and we hope that Prince Dresia and Lord Dapto will participate together. ”

The weapons demonstration is something that every member of the delegation who attends the parade will never miss, even the envoys who have participated in the parade, after all, the review is very different from the actual combat exercise.

The time for the weapons demonstration was approaching, and the stands near the weapons testing site were crowded early, and everyone was holding binoculars to look at the empty field, hoping that the troops who would be doing the demonstration would arrive soon.

Soon the weapons demonstration began, starting with a marching performance like a military parade. Rows of trucks were full of heavily armed soldiers, pulling large-caliber howitzers behind the cars and speeding forward, several jeeps in front of this convoy opened the road, and there were motorcycle guards on both sides, and the machine guns placed on the motorcycles and jeeps fired at the front from time to time, simulating breaking through the enemy level, and the whole formation looked very heroic.

The unit quickly arrived at the intended location, and the fighters quickly jumped out of the car, some of them began to stand on the fence, while others took off their guns from behind the car and set up artillery positions.

A dozen howitzers were quickly placed, and the commander gave the command, and the group of howitzers fired a loud roar, and a puff of smoke rose from the distant range, and then the men hooked the guns to the back of the truck within minutes, and the whole force quickly left.

"It's too fast." Many spectators had such an amazement in their hearts, but soon an even greater shock came. More than fifty chariots galloped towards the venue in a neat line, made a turn in front of the stands, and then drove to the edge of the shooting range with full speed. Fifty chariots lined up, and artillery and machine guns fired in unison, sending the range into a cloud of smoke and dust.

The people who were watching suddenly felt the sun dim overhead, and when they looked up, they saw a huge object passing by the venue, and someone exclaimed, "Look, what kind of monster is that?" ”

At this time, Wu Qiong said on the radio speaker: "Please don't be impatient, this is our Chinese Empire's airship, this time it is also used as a sales weapon, but because the airship is too large, it is not exhibited in the venue, but we have made a small model, I believe everyone should have seen it." ”

Prince Dresia looked at the airship in the sky and recalled it carefully, as if there was such a model in the venue, but it was too small for him to care.

The speed of the airship was not fast, but fortunately, the distance was not long, they still quickly flew over the shooting range, came to the predetermined position, the commander waved the signal flag on the airship, a small door opened under all the airships, and a series of bombs swarmed out, and soon set off a huge storm on the ground.

Looking at the bombs that kept falling, the representatives of various countries were stunned, and I am afraid that such a large-scale explosion would of course be lost with a division of infantry below, and it was only thirty airships that caused all this.

"How does Prince Dresia feel?" At some point, Thoble came to Prince Dresia's side.

Prince Dresia came to his senses and said, "It turned out to be the Chief of Staff, your weapons of the Chinese Empire are really good, I want to buy some of everything." It's just that I don't know how many of these weapons are equipped with your army. Prince Dresia gestured to the airship that was still wreaking havoc over the range.

Tobul squinted his eyes and smiled: "This is also our newly developed weapon, according to the emperor, it will be equipped in large quantities, and it will cost three hundred to five hundred ships." ”

"So much." Not only Prince Dresia, but also the representatives of the countries on the side gasped. The emperor of the Chinese Empire is now a legendary figure in the world, it is said that he led the team to develop a large number of advanced technologies, and he was also an expert in making money, and the entire Chinese Empire can be said to have been created by him.

His ability to make weapons is even more amazing, not only refurbished but also very practical, whether it is the Lanting 1 rifle or the 91 rifle is recognized as the best rifle in the world, and the heavy machine gun is also the first invention of him, light machine gun and mortar were the unique weapons of the Chinese Empire before this sale.

In terms of the navy, Fang Xiaoyu led two major changes in the battleship and even the entire naval battle model, so that all naval powers could only follow the Chinese Imperial Navy for imitation. Now that he has come up with the weapons of airship, chariots, and trucks, it can be said that Fang Xiaoyu has completely subverted the war model in the minds of all military strategists on all continents within ten years.

Seeing that Prince Dresia was a little stunned, Tobul smiled and asked, "What is His Royal Highness thinking?" Do you buy or don't buy these equipment? If the Yaman Empire doesn't buy it, we won't have any better weapons to sell. ”

"Buy, of course, and buy more, the equipment is good enough." Prince Dresia replied hurriedly, as if he had been snatched away by others after a moment's hesitation.

The weapons fair was very successful, and what made Fang Xiaoyu very excited was that all kinds of weapons that he had expected to sell until wartime were frantically snapped up by the countries of the Western Continent, not only did the inventory begin to run out, but even the orders were scheduled until the end of the year, in addition to these weapons, Fang Xiaoyu fulfilled his promise and sold steam turbine technology to various countries at half the price of the Saar Empire.

Seeing this situation of short supply, Fang Xiaoyu immediately ordered the Chinese consortium to take the opportunity to expand the military production capacity on a large scale, and he wanted to take this opportunity to stimulate the military production capacity as much as possible, so as to make a lot of money in the world war.

Stimulated by the arms expo and the Chinese warship, the arms race of various countries has become more and more intense, and all countries have increased their military investment, not only for the purpose of expanding their armaments, but also for the purpose of stimulating the recovery of their own economies.

As Fang Xiaoyu expected, due to the recovery of peripheral industries such as steel driven by the military industry, the economies of various countries have begun to pick up, and at this time, the armaments of various countries have also reached a terrifying level.

It was in this situation that the opportunity for war finally appeared. In March 902, the Cossack Emperor Alexander III decided to personally inspect the Baku region, which had been seized from the Stanya Union ten years earlier. Alexander III visited the region because the Baku region had just discovered the largest known oil field in the world. (It is known that the two major oil fields of the Chinese Empire, as well as those of the Moss Kingdom, have not yet been developed.) ）

As more and more countries imported equipment produced by the Chinese Empire that used internal combustion engines, the strategic position of oil became higher and higher, so the discovery of this large oil field made Alexander III ecstatic and hurried to inspect it himself.