Wanli 1592

Chapter 1303 Zhao Shizhen's Worries
Officials in the Treasury Department and officials in the Foreign Office are very satisfied with this.

They immediately agreed to go to their country for field inspections, and said that after the field inspections, they would determine how many bird guns and artillery they could sell to them, and they all agreed.

In fact, most small countries do not actually have a large demand for muskets and artillery, but they yearn for it very much.

Especially after Xiao Ruxun arranged for someone to take them out to watch the actual drills of the Musketeers and Artillery Teams, and after seeing the power of the Hongyi Cannons, they were even more fascinated by it. good.

They were so willing, why would Xiao Ruxun not sell it?

Soon, Daqin finalized one deal after another with these vassal states, some paid directly, and some wanted it even if they had no money, so it was better to use resources.

In order to ensure the perfect completion of this business, Xiao Ruxun took some time to inspect the production status of the Ministry of Military Industry.

Zhao Shizhen came to meet Xiao Ruxun in person, and accompanied Xiao Ruxun to inspect the production workshop directly under the Ministry of Military Industry and the other sixteen firearms workshops.

"Many vassal states coveted the firearms of our Great Qin. The Annan Zheng family alone ordered two thousand bird guns, fifty Fran machine guns, twenty general Weiyuan guns, and three Hongyi cannons. The number ordered by Zheng's will not be less than that of Zheng's.

The remaining countries such as Laos also have their own orders. It is estimated that there will be about [-] bird guns in total, about [-] Fran machine guns, and about ten Hongyi cannons. Besides, can this requirement be met? "

Zhao Shizhen accompanied Xiao Ruxun, making the final calculation silently.

"Returning to Your Majesty, if all the workshops are currently producing at full capacity, they can produce three thousand bird guns, one hundred Franco machine guns, ten red barbarian cannons, and one hundred light-opening flintlock guns every month. The needs of these vassal states , we can eat it all."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"This is good, but it's not enough. Once those countries have tasted the sweetness, they will continue to buy our firearms, and the demand will become very large. This requires more arms workshops and craftsmen, and you are also needed. To maintain a stable output, in the future, I plan to sell Daqin's arms to more places."

When Xiao Ruxun said this, Zhao Shizhen frowned slightly.

Xiao Ruxun noticed.

"Why are you frowning, am I wrong?"

"I don't mean that."

Zhao Shizhen hurriedly said: "It's just that I am a little worried. These vassal states buy a large number of Daqin's weapons and arm their own troops. Will they become threatening and threaten our Daqin? How powerful our firearms are, we ourselves are the last It couldn't be clearer."

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

"Chang Ji, why do you think I allow them to buy Daqin's arms and let them buy as much as possible?"

"I don't know."

Zhao Shizhen's doubts are actually the doubts of some courtiers and military generals. They are very puzzled by the arms trade that Xiao Ruxun is promoting. How can the country's sharp weapon be easily awarded to others?Doesn't this give them a chance to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the army and threaten Daqin?

Xiao Ruxun said that they didn't think of the idea at all, they were very stupid and naive.

"Chang Ji, tell me, how did our Great Qin army train so carefully?"

Zhao Shizhen personally watched the training of Daqin recruits and the daily training of soldiers, and he was very impressed by the intensity of the training, and felt that this was the greatest reliance for the Daqin army to be victorious in every battle.

"The Qin army's training is very sophisticated, far exceeding the level of sophistication of the officers and soldiers of the past dynasties. Even people like me who don't have much research on military training can see the elite of the Qin army."

"That's right, what an elite Qin army is."

Xiao Ruxun said: "You can see it, and I can naturally see it too. You said, I gave the full set of equipment of the Daqin army to a militia regiment and an army from the Baihu battalion. Quite, who will win?"

"Of course it's the White Tiger Camp."

For this kind of thing, Zhao Shizhen didn't even have to think about it. How could the militia without much training be compared with the regular army of the Great Qin that had been so carefully trained?As far as the combat organization of the regular army is concerned, it is not a problem for 500 people to fight them with [-] people.

and many more……

Zhao Shizhen suddenly understood what the emperor meant.

"do you understand?"

Xiao Ruxun looked at him with a smile.

Zhao Shizhen nodded.

"Your Majesty understands what your Majesty said. No matter what kind of weapons they get or how good their equipment is, if the people who use the weapons are a mob, then they will definitely not be able to win. Facing our Great Qin Heavenly Soldiers, they will run away. A thousand miles away."

Xiao Ruxun nodded in satisfaction.

Isn't that the case in the late Qing Dynasty?

None of the equipment of the Qing army was inferior to that of the foreigners. From the beginning to the end, the equipment was never so backward that it would be hanged and beaten.

In the era of the Gengzi War, the equipment of the Qing army was even better than that of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. There were also a lot of machine guns and Krupp heavy artillery. The result?
Dare not fight, dare not rush, as long as the hundreds of thousands of troops dare to fight, with their weapons and equipment, the crowd tactics can force the Eight-Power Allied Forces back, but in the end only Nie Shicheng fought alone, and the others fled watching the wind and even shot behind their backs Hit your own people.

Warehouses full of ordnance and supplies should not be discarded. The abundance and quality of those ordnance supplies surprised the officers of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. Just imagine, if the Chinese army had such sufficient ammunition and equipment during the Anti-Japanese War, how could it have been driven into such a desperate situation? ?
They hold excellent weapons in their hands, but they do not have the will and ideas to fight. They hold machine guns in their hands, are equipped with sufficient ammunition, are supported by Krupp heavy artillery, and are fully equipped with all kinds of modern equipment. But the outcome of the battle was hardly surprising.

Everyone was looking for why our equipment was similar to theirs but we were still defeated. In the end, we even forced to imagine that we were fighting foreigners with swords, spears, bows and arrows, so we were hanged and beaten.

But isn't the reason something else?

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun believes that with the Qin army's training and organization, even if they were to face an enemy army with a considerable number and equipment, they would rush over without hesitation, and beat the opponent into pieces with fearless courage and excellent tactical coordination. dog.

There are too many factors that determine the outcome of a war, and equipment is only one of them, and it is not even the first choice. Only when other conditions are in place, is the time to consider equipment.

The Manchu Qing government could not do this, nor could the monarchs and governments of these small vassal states. No matter how many weapons they purchased and how many troops they armed, the result would be the same.

Zhao Shizhen didn't know about this, but the memory of humiliation was always engraved in Xiao Ruxun's heart, spurring him all the time.

No matter how sophisticated weapons and equipment he used, he never relaxed his training, education and tactical training.

He will not let the Qin army degenerate into another Qing army.

(End of this chapter)