The procurement items and scope of procurement given by "Haihan Military Industry" made the buyers who rushed here a little frustrated. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable dìng) (.) ammunition is such a thing, they can actually make it themselves, if it were not for the fact that the two sides need to deal with the arms trade for a long time in the future, who would spend this unjust money to buy high-priced ammunition for the Haihan people?

Of course, even the most discerning buyers cannot deny that in terms of the manufacturing process and use effect of ammunition, the original Haihan people are indeed much stronger than the counterfeits imitated by the buyers. With the same amount of propellant, the range of the original is nearly a quarter more than that of the knockoff, and this distance is enough to kill the two warring parties.

As for the artillery, there is no less to the original fire pipe of Haihan, with this thing, there is no need to consider the shooting error caused by the ignition delay of the fuse when firing the gun, and there is no need to worry about the damp fuse being extinguished in the middle of the fire. As long as this thing was used, the artillerymen were reluctant to use the old fuse again, and the buyers had to pinch their noses and bear the high price offered by the Haihan. Moreover, the fire tube is sold with the original propellant bag and cast iron shells, and if you want to buy a fire tube, you must first buy a certain amount of ammunition, and even if the buyers are not very willing, they can only obediently pay for it.

After repeatedly confirming that artillery could not be purchased at the moment, the North Vietnamese mission foolishly ordered 500 arquebuses and a batch of ammunition. However, for the time being, they can only owe this money in the form of loans, after all, the follow-up expenses of the battle two months ago have not been settled, and now they really can't come up with enough cash to buy the arms of the Haihan people. Years of war, combined with a huge trade deficit with the Crossing Group, put the North Vietnamese regime, which had a territory of thousands of miles, in a weak position in this unequal power bargain.

Although the North Vietnamese regime has won a certain victory in the civil war and has taken the initiative, those in power are also well aware that the current favorable situation is inseparable from the support of the Haihan people. For example, the base of the Crossing Group in Annam has developed from the original Black Tu Port to the current three ports, and the control area has basically covered the coastline of North Vietnam, and the permanent military strength will continue to increase during the year.

Looking at the appearance of all the black faces of the North Vietnamese mission, the military representative Yan Chujie said with kind words: "Little prince, it is not weapons that determine the outcome of the war, but people, and a well-trained army is your hope for unifying Annam, as for more sophisticated weapons, it just makes the process a little smoother." ”

Zheng Zheng sighed: "How can I not know the truth of what General Yan said? It's just that the training period of this firearms unit is several months, and if we want to form a considerable combat strength, the more soldiers we will train at one time, the better." Now that you can't provide enough weapons, we're slowing down the pace of our army. ”

"It's not a big deal to be slow. Yan Chujie said with a smile: "Your country and our side are like brothers, as long as your war needs, our side can organize an expeditionary force again at any time to assist you in attacking the South Vietnamese rebels." ”

"This ...... It is better not to work frequently and your army is dispatched. Zheng Zheng quickly declined Yan Chujie's "kindness".

The North Vietnamese, which had been ruined in the previous battle, recklessly hired the Haihan militia to fight across the sea, and although the battle was won in the end, it was financially hemorrhagic because of this, and it was necessary to pay the Haihan side an expensive military expenditure. After the war, some high-ranking figures in North Vietnam believed that if the money from the Hai Han militia was used to buy arms, then North Vietnam would have a great chance of defeating its opponent on a frontal battlefield with its own strength. There is nothing wrong with thinking this way, but these people ignore that even if they could come up with so much money at that time, there would not be enough weapons to sell on the Haihan side; even if there were so many weapons in the Haihan inventory, the Haihan people might not be willing to meet their demands for purchase in consideration of long-term interests; and even if they were really sold, the situation at that time would not have enough time for the North Vietnamese to train a firearms unit.

Although there were still some objections in Annam about whether the Haihan militia should be hired to fight across the sea at that time, there was a view that all parties were relatively unanimous and could no longer spend money to hire the Haihan militia to fight. Although fighting a war is a money, the military expenses of the Hai Han militia are no longer a way to make money, but to burn money, and in less than a month of fighting, most of the military expenses of the North Vietnamese military have been burned, not to mention, they still owe a lot of debts. Although the South Vietnamese lost this game, at most it was only a broken tendon, and it had not yet reached the point of moving the bones, and the two sides still had to fight in the next few years, and if the North Vietnamese still wanted to hire the Haihan militia to participate in the war, they had to be prepared to smash the pot and sell iron to pay for the military expenses.

Of course, for this problem, the Haihan side also gave a solution early on, and the money was not enough, so it would take food, manpower, and all kinds of resources that North Vietnam could sell to offset the price. If that wasn't enough, then there was a final solution to ceding land, or even exchanging land for arms or other forms of military aid, and the Executive Committee would not dislike the colonies under its rule.

Naturally, the North Vietnamese rulers will not accept this now, and they have worked hard to organize the army and civilians to fight against the rebels in the south, but is it in order to give the sea Han people little by little the territory they have won? Even though the Han side has hinted on several occasions that as long as the land is ceded, the price of arms can be "appropriately adjusted," North Vietnam has always insisted on not relenting in this regard.

Although Dong Yanyun, the envoy sent by Fujian, had already known the superiority of the Haihan in armaments and weapons, this was the first time he had heard that the Haihan people had sent their militia to fight across the sea to Annam, and they had won a great victory. Looking at the polite attitude of the North Vietnamese envoys, it must have been impressed by the performance of the Haihan militia on the battlefield.

Compared with the cautiousness of the North Vietnamese envoys, Dong Yanyun's confidence is much more sufficient. Before coming to Shengli Port this time, he had already received a secret letter from Xu Xinsu to send a fast horse to Guangzhou, and he had been given extremely high authority to act. As long as it is a useful measure to defeat the "Eighteen Zhi", Xu Xinsu allows Dong Yanyun to decide whether to implement it or not. As for money, there is no upper limit for Dong Yanyun as a super maritime merchant who controls most of the export trade along the coast of Fujian, and the wealth under Xu Xinsu's name is not the level of an ordinary rich businessman, and his annual income is as much as one million taels, and his economic strength alone far exceeds that of the other dozen shareholders of "Qiong Lianfa", and even the crossing group is not his opponent.

If he could defeat the "Eighteen Zhi" by spending money, then Xu Xinsu probably did not hesitate to take out a considerable part of the silver in his inventory and use it as a weapon. As long as there is no stumbling block of "Eighteen Zhi", then the entire coastal area of Fujian, including the Taiwan Strait region, as well as the shipping lanes to Ryukyu and Japan, will all return to Xu Xinsu's hands, and the construction of the bank treasury may not be able to keep up with the speed of silver entering the account at that time.

After watching the military exercise the day before, Dong Yanyun's heart was really like a cat scratch. Although it was only a military exercise, when Dong Yanyun was in Fujian, he had seen the officers and soldiers who had been laundered by pirates under his own master, and he had also seen the real Ming officers and soldiers, but in terms of sharpness of guns and combat strategies, they were far inferior to the militia regiments trained by the Haihan people. Relying on the fierce artillery fire and a complete operational command system, the Haihan people completed the landing operation with ease, and Dong Yanyun believed that if the defending side was his own troops, then the Haihan militia would probably not be much better than the targets destroyed by the Haihan militia during the exercise.

If it weren't for the Haihan militia group with such a small number of manpower, Dong Yanyun would definitely think that these guys were preparing to rebel in Yazhou. Fortunately, at present, it seems that the Haihan people do not seem to have any plans in this regard, and the relationship with the Yazhou official can be described as very harmonious. I heard that Zhang Tongju, who came to Shengli Port this time, will take over the post of governor of Yazhou within the year, and judging by the attitude of the Haihan people towards him, it should also belong to the relationship of wearing the same pair of pants. Therefore, Dong Yanyun didn't understand too much about the intention of the Haihan people to raise such a powerful private army before this, and it was not until today's private occasion that he knew that the Haihan militia had already been on the real battlefield and was invited to fight abroad, which was completely different from ordinary civilian group training.

Dong Yanyun has not witnessed the strength of Annan's army, but he is also a well-informed reader, knowing that the Yuan and Ming dynasties of the imperial court have failed many times in the southern expedition to Annan, and the Ming army died in Annan as many as tens of thousands, and finally had to withdraw the troops in a foolish manner, and recognized the independence of Annan in disguise. If you look at the historical record, the strength of the Annan army is probably not under the Ming army, and in order to win the civil war, the Annan people actually found the Haihan people, not to mention buying weapons, but also borrowing mercenaries, which at least shows that the Annan people are quite identified with the combat power of the Haihan militia.

A very bold idea popped up in Dong Yanyun's mind: The Annan people have hired it, and I have hired it, so many arms have been bought, can't we hire an army to go to Fujian to help them fight?

While the North Vietnamese mission here was inspecting the musket samples, Dong Yanyun quietly pulled Yan Chujie aside and asked, "General Yan, dare to ask if it is true that you sent a militia to fight in Annam?"

Yan Chujie said vaguely: "We only sent some military advisers to provide some strategic planning for the North Vietnamese army's operations as a reference, and the specific combat tasks are still completed by the North Vietnamese army." ”

Dong Yanyun said: "Why should General Yan bother me, this militia should know about the expedition in Shengli Harbor, right?"

Yan Chujie saw that he couldn't get around, so he simply asked directly: "Then what does Boss Dong think?"

Dong Yanyun said: "I want to inquire about how to invite your militia to fight in Fujian." ”

"Fujian?" Rao is Yan Chujie has always been strict, and after hearing Dong Yanyun's words, he couldn't help but be a little moved: "Boss Dong means ......"

"Since your militia can go to Annan to fight, then it must also be able to go to Fujian, right?" Dong Yanyun twisted his chin and said unhurriedly: "General Yan must also know that my lord has been committed to exterminating the 'Eighteen Zhi' in recent years, but this group of pirates led by Zheng Yiguan is also quite effective and has been stubbornly resisting. If we can get your help, I believe that the defeat of the 'Eighteen Zhi' is just around the corner!"

Yan Chujie said in his heart, do you think Lao Tzu doesn't know the war situation in Fujian, if it weren't for the intention to let "Fu Ruifeng" sell weapons to you since last year, the person who is now resisting should be Xu Xinsu, right?

Dong Yanyun saw that Yan Chujie was silent, and thought that he was waiting for him to make a condition, so he continued: "All the military expenses of your militia group, including the post-war pension and commendation, can be borne by our side, if General Yan has some additional requirements, it is easy to discuss." ”

Dong Yanyun deliberately accentuated the pronunciation of the word "extra" to remind Yan Chujie not to miss the point. Yan Chujie was secretly amused in his heart, and said in his heart, Do you think this Haihan militia is my Yan Chujie's private army?

Yan Chujie coughed dryly and said: "Boss Dong, things are not as simple as you think, our militia went to Annan, and it was a decision made after the executive committee meeting to discuss Tongguò. In our case, what the military leader says doesn't matter, everything must be subject to the decision of the executive committee!"

"Then how can we get the Executive Committee to agree to this matter? Dong Yanyun continued to ask.

"With all due respect, I don't think the Executive Committee would agree to such a thing as going to Fujian to fight. Yan Chujie said lightly, piercing Dong Yanyun's illusions.

Dong Yanyun frowned, and emphasized again: "If it is an expense, it is easy to discuss." ”

"It's not about the money. Yan Chujie shook his head and said: "We will send troops to Annan because there are three ports belonging to us in Annan, thousands of naturalized people working for the executive committee, and interests that are closely related to us. For us, Annan must be ignored and must be protected. ”

Yan Chujie didn't finish his words, but Dong Yanyun already understood what he meant. Annam had the interests of the Hai Han, so he would send troops to help North Vietnam at the request. However, the situation in Fujian is completely different, although the two sides have now established trade relations, and Dong Yanyun has also invested in "Qiong Lianfa" on behalf of Xu Xinsu Group, but to be serious, except for Xu Xinsu, a customer, Haihan does not have any actual interests in Fujian at present.

It is true that Xu Xin is rich, but sometimes money is not omnipotent, and it is indeed not easy for a master like Haihan, who is also rich and wealthy, to use money to hire them to do things. After figuring out this reasoning, Dong Yanyun asked himself, Dong Yanyun felt that if someone found Xu Xinsu and said that he would spend money to hire troops to fight on Qiongzhou Island, he would probably be beaten out by Xu Xinsu as a madman. Of course, he will definitely not be treated as a madman by the Haihan people, but the idea of letting the Haihan people send troops with money is indeed a bit hasty.

Dong Yanyun bowed his hand to Yan Chujie, bent down slightly, and said, "It was a sudden situation just now! But is there really no possibility of a reversal in this matter?"

"Well...... this" Yan Chujie touched the stubble on his chin and fell into deep thought.

If Yan Chujie is not impressed at all, it must be a lie. After the Battle of Annam, the morale of the entire militia was at its peak, and after receiving the benefits brought by the war dividends, the soldiers were no longer as resistant to combat missions as they were before they went to the battlefield for the first time. The harvest and post-war rewards from just a few battles add up to more than the income of a year or two of working as a farmer, and many militiamen come back and begin to inquire when they will have new combat missions. After all, the overseas operation of Tongguò has fully proved that the actual combat effectiveness of the Haihan militia is still trustworthy, and if we can have a few more opportunities for actual combat and let these militiamen temper themselves on the battlefield for a year or two, then the combat level will far exceed that of the contemporaneous army.

However, Fujian's goal is indeed too far for the current Haihan militia group, and the straight-line voyage from Shengli Port to the base of the Xu Xinsu group, Zhongzuo, has exceeded 600 nautical miles, and the Chinese-style sailing ship has to drift at sea for more than 10 days to complete this voyage, and the safety of the route is a great problem. However, the combat mode of the Haihan militia is extremely dependent on logistical support, from long guns and short artillery to small daily utensils, almost all of which rely on the supply of Shengli Port to maintain combat capability.

The last time we went to Annam, the Military Police Department organized a huge fleet of more than a dozen ships to transport supplies and personnel, in order to prolong the combat cycle of the troops fighting across the sea as much as possible and reduce their dependence on supplies. At that time, the main battlefield was less than 200 nautical miles away from the base camp, and the difficulty of logistical supply from the sea was not at all the same level as Fujian, which was three times as large. Moreover, before sending troops to Annam, the military and police department planned an operational cycle that would be to settle the battle within a month, but if troops were to be sent to Fujian, how long would this combat cycle have to be set? If the combat cycle was long, then in the course of the operation, it would have to travel thousands of miles from the base camp to transport supplies to the past, and this was not a simple task for the shipping department, which was still tight at present.

And compared to another, more fatal problem, distance is a small matter. In this voyage between Shengli Port and Fujian, nearly half of the waters are currently under the control of the "Eighteen Zhi", and from the west of the Fotangmen Strait in Hong Kong, it can be regarded as entering the sphere of influence of Liu Xiang, the pirate leader under the "Eighteen Zhi". If the Haihan militia wanted to fight in Fujian, they must first face this maritime threat. Even if the two sides will not encounter at sea in the early stage, there is a possibility that the sea supply line will be cut off by the other side after the war, which is definitely a threat that cannot be ignored by the Haihan militia.

This kind of thought even Yan Chujie can only think about occasionally in his heart, and he won't really say it, because doing so is tantamount to sending meat to the chopping board. Although the militia now has a few warships and has begun to form a naval force, it is indeed too far behind to rely on this limited surface force to fight a naval battle with a group of pirates who have been rampant in the China Sea for many years