Therefore, they will purchase advanced weapons enough to equip an army of 300,000 people and more ammunition reserves.
In addition to replenishing losses during the war, it is also necessary to continuously accumulate large amounts of weapons and ammunition for backup.
The Daheng Empire Army was naturally happy to accept this huge order, because the Daheng Army was replacing the Fuyuan Type 5 rifles on a large scale, and the Luoan Type 4 rifles that had been stored in large-scale reserve strategic reserves were just in time to be used.
The Orr Kingdom doesn't dislike second-hand goods either. Second-hand goods can be used anyway, and the price is cheaper.
In the Orr War, they were very satisfied with the performance of the Daheng Empire's army equipment, at least much more satisfied than the Daheng Empire's battleships.
Although the quality of the Luoan IV rifles, artillery and machine guns produced by Daheng is somewhat poor, they are cheap and easy to use, and the requirements for the use environment and soldiers are not high, so they can meet various situations.
More importantly, although they have money, due to the outbreak of the war, they lost another sum of money and had to spend a large amount of money to purchase new warships. The funds were already starting to be tight, so they themselves were happy to take over.
Daheng Empire’s current stock.
When the final orders from the army and navy are added up, the total amount will reach 260 million yuan.
But after the two parties roughly finalized the contract, Crown Prince Holibart suddenly approached Lin Ziran: "I think the order of 260 million yuan is enough to show our sincerity. Now, can you let me take a look?"
Have you got your secret naval gun?"
"Secret naval gun?" Lin Ziran asked after hearing this: "What top-secret naval gun?"
Crown Prince Holibart said: "My military attaché stationed in your country told me that the warships you have launched into service in the past year are all equipped with a new type of naval gun!"
"Our two countries have a traditional friendly and cooperative relationship. Especially in the past ten years, the cooperation between our Kingdom of Orr and your country has been so close. As a traditional friendly and cooperative country of your country, we hope to get this naval gun to
Improve the combat effectiveness of the navy to deal with foreign invasion and surround our country!"
Lin Ziran was not surprised when he heard what Crown Prince Holibart said. In fact, the Orrs had just come to the door now and were already slow to react. It was probably because they were distracted by the domestic war some time ago and did not pay much attention to Daheng.
situation.
In fact, many big countries already know that the Daheng Empire Navy is already equipped with a secret naval gun.
It's not surprising that they know this. After all, these rapid-fire cannons are naval guns and need to be installed on warships. In the early days, only a few of them were built and put into service.
arrive.
But now two Jingzhou-class battleships have been commissioned, and one Fengyang-class armored cruiser has been commissioned. As for the second-class cruisers and destroyers, a dozen of them have been commissioned in total, and many of them have already begun to implement
Daily patrols, training and other tasks.
Although the Daheng Empire Navy kept this process secret as much as possible, the home ports of all cutting-edge warships were arranged in several purely naval bases, rather than ports used by both military and civilians.
However, when entering and exiting the port and conducting training in the open sea, people will inevitably be observed. Some time ago, the Krul Kingdom Navy even specially dispatched a fleet to stay outside the Quping Naval Base, waiting for the warships of the Daheng Navy to arrive.
After going to sea for training and sailing into the high seas, they followed him just to find out the secrets of the secret guns on the warship.
So now basically many big countries already know that the Daheng Empire Navy has put into service a new type of medium-caliber naval gun. However, the Daheng Empire Navy usually uses gun jackets to cover this artillery gun so that no one can see it. They
We can only guess what is going on with this artillery, but the technical details are unknown.
It is normal for the Orr Kingdom to come to inquire about the situation and even express its wish to purchase rapid-fire cannons.
But the problem is, Daheng is not prepared to give it!
If this is given to the Orr Kingdom, it won't take long for the whole world to know the secret of the rapid-fire cannon. Although the technology of the rapid-fire cannon is very high, it will definitely not be able to defeat the Krul Kingdom, the Varia Empire, and Kyle.
Three major industrial powers.
By then they will be able to imitate rapid-fire cannons in just a few years, which will be of no benefit to the Daheng Empire.
However, what Crown Prince Holibart said is right. The relationship between the two countries was very good in the past. The Orians have successively sent hundreds of millions of orders to the Daheng Empire. This time the order is as high as
More than two hundred million.
If you reject it directly, I'm afraid it will affect this huge order!
The Daheng Empire is not the only one in the world that can provide a large amount of military equipment to the Orr Kingdom. They can turn around and find the Varia Empire and the Kokel Empire.
But if you agree, you must never agree!
The empire must keep the secret of rapid-fire cannons as long as possible to delay other countries' development and equipment of rapid-fire cannons. This is related to the strategic security of the empire.
A compromise must be found!
These orders of more than 200 million are required, but they must be kept secret!
Lin Ziran did not reply to Crown Prince Holibart on the spot, but said that he did not pay much attention to the detailed technical situation and would only know after asking.
But in fact, it is just to delay some time, and then come up with a proper solution after high-level discussions.
At the imperial meeting, almost all the ministers clearly expressed their opposition. They would rather lose the Orr's order than have the secret of the rapid-fire cannon exposed quickly, because this would disrupt the steady expansion of the empire's navy and further gain the upper hand.
Compared with the overall interests of the Imperial Navy, an order of more than 200 million is nothing.
But what should be fought for still needs to be fought for.
Finally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the High Command sent people together to hold top-secret talks with the Orr Kingdom's envoys.
During the negotiations, the Empire made it clear that there were no top-secret naval guns in the Empire, and the cannons covered with gun jackets were just for maintenance. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not, the Empire doesn’t have them anyway...
Both parties present knew that this attitude of the empire was a lie. If it was true, why would they engage in such top-secret talks? Moreover, they clearly refused representatives from the Orr Kingdom Island to visit the new warships. This does not make it clear that there is no silver third party here.
One hundred taels.
However, the Empire also stated that the Kingdom of Orr, as a traditional friendly and cooperative country of the Empire, attached great importance to the cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Orr, and promised to sell the new naval gun to the Kingdom of Orr once it has made technological breakthroughs and matured.
"If there is a breakthrough in the technology of the new naval gun, the Orr Kingdom will be the second country besides the Imperial Navy to equip the new naval gun. On this point, the Empire can make a solemn promise!"
Although the Empire spoke vaguely, the Orians also heard it. Don’t count on it now. The Empire won’t sell it to anyone, and they won’t even show it to anyone.
But if the situation changes in the future and the empire allows the export of this new type of naval gun, then the Orr Kingdom will be the first country to get this new type of naval gun.
More importantly, a lieutenant general from the Ministry of National Defense Industry of the Empire said: "At the same time, based on the opinions of our colleagues in the Ship Administration Department, we strongly recommend that the secondary gun positions in the new warships ordered by your country be modified to a certain extent.
The design is changed so that newer naval guns can be installed at any time in the future!"
After that, he also mentioned: "We have never suggested this to other countries!"
Make design changes to the battleship's secondary gun emplacements in advance to leave room for modifications. Once export is allowed, sell the rapid-fire guns to the Orians as soon as possible and directly upgrade and modify the existing battleships. This is what the Daheng Empire gave them after internal discussions.
The answer!
Although the Orr Kingdom has repeatedly expressed the hope that these new naval guns can be obtained now and installed directly in the newly purchased warships, the Empire will not let up in any case, and does not even admit that they have physical objects. It only says that it is under development.
among.
Finally, a naval attache from the Orr Kingdom said: "So, what is the performance of this new type of naval gun that your country is developing?"
I definitely can’t say anything in detail, not even that it can fire faster. The empire just vaguely said: “Compared with the old naval guns, the performance of the new naval guns under development has been greatly improved.
!”
I won’t say exactly what performance has been improved.
After repeated talks for a long time, the Daheng Empire did not relent, but the Orr Kingdom also knew why the Daheng Empire did not relent. It was just to continue to keep it secret.
In the end, there was no choice but to accept the Daheng Empire's suggestion and reserve space for modifications in advance for a large number of warships that were about to start construction. After the empire developed a new type of naval gun, the modifications could be carried out directly.
After it was finalized, Crown Prince Holibart said to Lin Ziran at the final signing ceremony: "I hope your Majesty will consider the friendly traditional cooperative relationship between the two countries. After your country's new naval gun technology breaks through in the future, I hope we will be Blue Star."
Be the second country to equip this new type of naval gun!"
In this regard, Lin Ziran also made a promise: "The Kingdom of Orr will definitely be the second country on Blue Star to be equipped with this new type of naval gun!"
After finishing speaking, Lin Ziran added another sentence: "Not only new naval guns, but also many new technologies that the empire is developing. I hope that the Orr Kingdom will also be the second country to equip them!"
Crown Prince Holibart's eyes brightened when he heard this.
It seems that the good things in the Daheng Empire are not just new naval guns, but he didn't ask more questions. It was useless to ask, because the people of Daheng would not give a definite answer anyway.
But Crown Prince Holibart is still very confident!
The Orr Kingdom's arms trade cooperation with the Daheng Empire has been very close over the years, and this closeness was established by gold worth hundreds of millions.
Even for the sake of gold, he knew that the Daheng Empire would not give up their Orr Kingdom easily.