Some goods were transported to Naples through the Mediterranean. The French Mediterranean coast was still resisting some Tatar lords, and of course the Spanish, the big customers, were indispensable.
Among the many goods this time, 800 tons of military supplies were prepared to be handed over to the Spanish.
This is only a small part of the many military supplies that Spain has received recently. In July, the Spaniards received a total of more than 10,000 tons of various military supplies, including weapons and ammunition, military uniforms, cans, food, and tents.
Waiting for all the supplies needed by the army.
The current Spanish army has become a complete Tang weapon master.
Today's Spanish Great Wall defense line, even the Tatars on the opposite side think it is difficult to fight!
Because these defense lines deployed a large number of artillery from the Tang Dynasty, including a large number of new 120mm smoothbore cannons and a large number of 150mm or even 200mm heavy smoothbore cannons, they were only the eastern coastal defense line close to the Mediterranean Sea.
, the Spanish deployed more than two hundred smoothbore cannons with a caliber of over 120 mm.
This does not include small-caliber smoothbore guns with a caliber of less than 120 mm.
The soldiers stationed within the defense line used Datang's most advanced flash cap muskets, and the military uniforms they wore were all machine-made cloth imported from Datang. The new military uniforms worn by the officers were all high-end products produced in Datang.
Woolen.
Even the toilets and toilet paper used by the officers were imported from Datang!
How should I put it? Except for the nearly 200,000 Spanish troops stationed within the Spanish defense lines, all of them are from the Tang Dynasty!
This kind of luxury is unique among the indigenous people in contemporary countries. Many indigenous countries have Tang weapons troops, but the number is only a few thousand, and the number is only tens of thousands. Even the Tatars are powerful and wealthy.
In the Kingdom of Jin, their total number of fully armored troops was only about 50,000.
Most of these so-called Tang Weapon troops only refer to equipment, but unlike the Spaniards, they all use Tang Weapon products from beginning to end.
Such 200,000 Spanish royal troops, coupled with the more than 100,000 American and North African servant troops they created, the Spanish Great Wall defense line stationed there is difficult to fight even for a large indigenous country like the Tatar Kingdom.
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The Spaniards were able to achieve such luxury and arm 200,000 Tang weapon troops. Naturally, they had sufficient background, and the homeland was not damaged by the war. In the past, there were colonial gains, but now they have obtained tens of millions of Tang weapons after disposing of the colonies.
Yuan funds are related.
Other countries cannot do this.
The Golden Kingdom of Tatar does have some money, but they are much more rational. They also purchase weapons and equipment from the Tang Dynasty, but they only purchase key ones, such as artillery. They do not purchase all of them, they only purchase 120 mm.
The new bronze smoothbore cannon, and other artillery they use self-produced.
Because the new 120mm bronze smoothbore cannon is enough for them to offset their advantage in range. As for smoothbore cannons of other calibers, they have quite a few of them. Although their performance is slightly worse, they are still usable.
The same goes for rifles. They also purchased tens of thousands of the most advanced percussion-fired muskets, but most of their troops still use their own self-produced flintlock muskets.
Because the Tatars feel that for flintlock guns, they can still produce their own ammunition, but for flash cap guns, even the flash caps have to be imported from the Tang Dynasty...
It can be seen from this that the Tatars are still very cautious. Even if they decide to join the Tang Dynasty, they still want to maintain their own industrial production system in order to be self-sufficient. They have also been trying to imitate
Where's the flash cap percussion gun?
Well, what they tried to imitate before was actually a rifled rifle, but after so many years, they found that it was impossible to imitate it, and the raw materials and processing accuracy were completely insufficient.
Now we can only resort to imitating the flash cap percussion gun. However, the barrel of this flash cap percussion gun is actually quite easy to make. After all, in order to control these export smoothbore guns, they were converted into rifled guns, which were used by Datang.
They are all ordinary iron cast barrels, not high-performance steel barrels.
But they were blinded by the flash hat.
Today's flash caps, even if they are not used by the Tang Dynasty, are considered military secrets within the Tang Dynasty. The specific formula and manufacturing process are kept secret. It is not easy for the Tatars to imitate them.
Even if it is copied, it will be even more difficult to produce it on a large scale.
But no matter what, the Tatars did not give up.
This point has already made the National Defense and Security Committee somewhat vigilant. It has repeatedly asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work harder to ensure that all Tatar soldiers use Datang weapons.
Don't let them bother with anything they produce for their own use.
We need to let them know that there is no future for them to just farm and herd sheep and run factories to make weapons!
People from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also straightforward about this. Seeing that half a year had passed since the normalization of trade between the Kingdom of Tatar and the Tang Dynasty, they had only purchased weapons and equipment to arm tens of thousands of people, and most of the troops still used their own flintlock muskets.
Smoothbore cannon.
In this regard, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs need to let the people of the Tatar Kingdom know that you junkies are seriously backward and have no value.
How to let the people of the Golden Kingdom of Tatar know?
There is nothing more suitable to serve as a teaching material than war.
Soon, the diplomats of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Spain were discussing with Spain. You spent a lot of money to purchase weapons and ammunition from our Tang Dynasty, and armed an army of 200,000 with all Tang weapons.
Our Datang Arms Trading Company is a responsible company, and we attach great importance to after-sales service. If you have any questions, if you have any, just ask them and we will help you solve them.
We can’t say that I asked you to purchase equipment worth tens of millions, but in the end it was unable to exert its combat effectiveness.
The Spaniards said stupidly at first, "We feel pretty good!"
However, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Dynasty seriously criticized the Spanish's self-righteous and stubborn ideas, and pointed out that whether it is good or bad must be tested in practice, and just talking about it will not do.
After some friendly reminders from Tang Dynasty diplomats, the Spaniards suddenly realized that, yes, they had bought so many weapons and ammunition and spent a huge amount of money to arm such a sophisticated army.
But how good is this army? Are there any problems? You can't tell by just looking at it.
what to do?
It's a practical test, and it can also dampen the arrogance of the Tatars and let them know that the Kingdom of Spain is not easy to mess with, and don't even think about crossing the Great Wall of Spain.