Fengxian Jiangshan

Hearing Song Kan's words, Tao Jiping's heart constricted suddenly, and he even felt a sense of blood flow accelerating. After a rough calculation, guns, planes, and warships add up to at least 8000 to [-] million yuan. If the follow-up expenses are included, the money will be over [-] million.

Military industrial enterprises have two very important characteristics. The first is huge profits, and the second is strong driving force and long industrial chain.Take artillery as an example. It sounds complicated, but it is actually just a thick iron pipe with two wheels. As for the aircraft, it is just a pile of wood and aluminum alloy.

It looks high-end, but to put it bluntly, the real cost is not high, and only three to five times the profit is considered a conscience.Just like China in the later generations, when selling weapons internationally, they often directly exchanged soft sister coins for green notes, and the price increased by six times. Fingers crossed.

Another military industry has a lot of suppliers, which can bring a lot of employment. In later generations, an order of one dollar can often drive a GDP of $10, or even more.

China's industrialization will actually consume a lot of funds, and the funds that can be invested in the military industry will not be too much. These military enterprises have to find ways to support themselves.Exporting weapons, using foreign capital, and cultivating its own production lines are the policies China has long established.

It's just that no one liked Chinese weapons in the past, and they could only support the surrounding resistance organizations, but now that they have branded them, they can't let them go.

Tao Jiping frowned calmly, thought for a while, and then said: "Mr. Songkan, your country wants to purchase a full set of equipment for land, sea and air, and of course we are willing to provide it. But do you still have enough personnel to use these weapons?" , In addition, the maintenance cost is quite astonishing. Calculate it in five years. You have to pay at least 2000 million yuan a year. I wonder if your country can afford it?"

When Song Kan heard this, he also took a deep breath, and said in surprise: "Why are there so many?"

"Mr. Songkan, take cruisers as an example. One heavy cruiser we are building costs 1000 million, two destroyers cost 3000 million, one destroyer costs 80, and twenty ships cost 600 million. As for the aircraft. A biplane costs about 2000 yuan. In addition to personnel training, weapons and ammunition, ports and airports, command communications, everything adds up. Is [-] million yuan a year still expensive?"

Song Kan was also asked all of a sudden, as a young man in the military.Of course he hoped that the army would be as strong as possible.The more advanced the weapon, the better.But he didn't expect that this thing would burn so much money. The 2000 million a year has already exceeded Siam's financial revenue. Even if all the rice is exported, he can't get so much money. He was immediately embarrassed. middle.

Tao Jiping saw him like this.Immediately, an inscrutable smile appeared on his face: "Mr. Songkan, I know very well that Siam is eager to strengthen the army, but this kind of thing can't be done overnight, it's better to think about it in the long run."

"No. We can't wait!" Song Kan blurted out.

Siamese monarchs and ministers are actually in a very different situation. They are in an era of great change. King Rama VII said when he came to power that the curtain of our era has fallen.It is obvious that they all know that if they continue to walk the tightrope, they can no longer sustain it.

In addition, the founding of Nanhua is also a huge shock.In the field of public security, there is a saying called the broken window effect. Simply put, after a window is broken, if it is not blocked quickly, the surrounding windows will also suffer.The result is more and more destruction, giving people a sense of disorder, and the end result is that the crime rate increases.

The de facto independence of Borneo has also played this role. The original colonial order was monolithic, but now someone suddenly punctured it, and then everyone will become more and more commotion, the voices demanding independence are getting louder, and various armed groups emerge in endlessly.

It's like a small opening in the dam, and then the gap will get bigger and bigger until the flood is overwhelming.After the founding of Nanhua, Siamese nationalism expanded rapidly, and independent forces from various countries in Southeast Asia also gathered in Bangkok, and various trends of thought agitated.

They demanded that Siam take tough measures to restore the country's fortunes, which would soon degenerate into nationalist inflation.If Siam does not seize the time, increase its military strength, and continue to be weak externally, it may transfer the dissatisfaction of the people to itself, and the result will be that the monarchy will be questioned.

After formally seeing through these dangers, Siam has strong expectations for China. Tao Jiping also knows Songkham's urgency, but he is not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Mr. Songkham, your country is a friendly country with us, and we also We are willing to provide you with the most favorable conditions, so that we can tailor an army building plan for you according to Siam's national defense needs. As for the required weapons, we will provide them to you in the most favorable way and allow you to participate After research and development, you will be authorized to build an assembly line to ensure the lowest price."

Song Kan heard this, and nodded hurriedly: "Mr. Minister of Labor, I hope to see the plan as soon as possible."

After the two of them finished talking, Tao Jiping hurried to the President's Mansion to report the situation to Zhang Tinglan.Since the end of the war, Zhang Tinglan has also rarely relaxed. His original title of President still bears the word "temporary", but these two words also disappeared with the victory.

Zhang Tingshu also came back from vacation in Siam, the presidential palace was extremely lively, men, women and children gathered together, talking and laughing, it was extremely relaxed.

"Brother, Siam is really good. The fertile land can produce three rice crops a year, which is quite rich. If you want me to say, Siam should be slaughtered. If they want to buy weapons, they will add several times the price and make a lot of money." a sum."

Listening to Zhang Tingshu's words, the big girl sitting on the small bench next to him looked at Zhang Tingshu with contempt: "Second Uncle, haven't you heard of the saying of putting a long line to catch big fish?"

"Why, eldest niece, do you understand military affairs?"

"I don't understand, but I know how to do business. For example, I now have a set of comic books that all my classmates want to read. I won't sell them all at once, but rent them out. Each person will return in two weeks in one day. That’s all, and the rest can make money.”

Zhang Tinglan laughed out loud when she heard this, hugged her in her arms, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are not as smart as a child, what can I say about you!"

Zhang Tinglan smiled again and said to the big girl: "You will make money. If you know how to calculate, you should be rewarded. But for those friends, you have to learn to share. If there are good things, everyone should watch them together, so that you can make good friends."

"Well, I got it!" Da Ya nodded.

At this time, Tao Jiping arrived at the presidential palace and introduced the situation to Zhang Tinglan. Zhang Tinglan immediately showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Old Tao, your hands are ruthless, very good!"

Being recognized by Zhang Tinglan, Tao Jiping also said with a smile: "It's all about the great president's teaching, and I'm just studying hard. Compared with the big president, I'm far behind."

Tao Jiping's prescription for Song Kan seems to be sincerely for the sake of Siam, but in fact it has hidden murderous intentions, and even said that it is extremely sinister.

Take the formulation of the national defense strategy for Siam as an example. This is the lifeblood of a country. Once it is in the hands of China, what secrets will Siam have? It is tantamount to opening the door to China.

In addition, the arms part is said to provide the most favorable things, but in other words, it is selling junk.After previous battles, China has a complete vision for national defense construction, and the military weapons must be fully updated, including the navy, land and air force.

Now some performances are not backward, but they are no longer suitable for China, so they have to be kicked out of active service. If they are rusted in the warehouse, it is definitely a waste.If you can change your face and throw it to Siam, it is also a good choice.

This is Tao Jiping's calculation, and it coincides with Zhang Tinglan's.Zhang Tinglan called Zhang Tingshu over again, and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are more familiar with the situation in Siam, so I will leave this task to you, help them formulate a national defense plan, and sell all the things that should be sold by the way. give them."

"Brother, don't worry, I'll make sure to fry more oil and water.

That's what Zhang Tingshu said, and he did the same thing. He immediately found Song Kan, and while drawing up a plan, he showed him various weapons.

"Old man, although monoplanes are fast, they are difficult to train and require a lot of maintenance. I think the Siam Air Force should equip biplanes first and train pilots. We have a batch of biplanes here, although they were produced in 21 years. But the performance is stable, the operation is easy, it is very suitable for novices, and the most important thing is that there is no powerful air force around you, which is completely enough.”

"You are looking at this 122mm howitzer, which is lighter than the 152, and is suitable for the Nanyang climate, and the leather is durable."

"There is also a Type [-] tank, which weighs only seven tons. It is fast and has excellent cross-country performance. It is very suitable for the sweltering climate. And we can also install a new type of engine for you, keeping it running like a cow."

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Zhang Tingshu gave full play to his ability of fooling around, blowing up some old and immature things to the sky, but Song Kan listened with great interest, Zhang Tingshu didn't take the most expensive things, and seemed to be thinking of himself everywhere.Speaking of which, this guy's military studies in France are not very good, but in such a small place as Siam, he stands out from the crowd.

While Zhang Tingshu was making a fuss, representatives from several other countries came to China, including the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran, Egypt, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), and Argentina and Chile in South America.

There are not many truly independent countries in this era, and they are basically concentrated in Europe. These countries are among the non-European countries, and there are leaders in sovereignty. They came to China, without exception, to learn about China's military industry. , Some people have even prepared funds for the purchase of weapons.

Representatives from several countries came to the capital one after another, which made everyone in the military industry very happy. If these countries are taken down, China will definitely make a lot of money, even full of oil. (To be continued..)