When Tao Jiping heard Songkan's words, his heart contracted suddenly. He even felt that his blood flow was accelerating. After a rough calculation, the total of guns, planes, and warships would be at least 70 to 80 million yuan. If
Including subsequent expenses, the amount of money would exceed 100 million.
Military industrial enterprises have two very important characteristics. The first is huge profits, and the second is strong motility and long industrial chain. Take artillery as an example, it sounds very complicated, but in fact it is just a thick iron pipe, plus two
Wheels, as for airplanes, are just a pile of wood and aluminum alloy.
It looks very high-end, but to be honest, the real cost is not high. If you only get three to five times the profit, you will be considered a conscience. Just like China in later generations, when selling weapons internationally, they often directly exchange soft coins for
After buying green tickets, the price increased six times, and the price was still several times higher than the price quoted by Westerners. This kind of crazy profiteering was simply outrageous.
In addition, the military industry has many suppliers, which can create a large number of jobs. In later generations, one dollar of order can often drive 10 dollars of GDP, or even more.
China's industrialization construction actually consumes a lot of money. There is not much money that can be invested in the military industry. These military industry companies have to find ways to support themselves. Export weapons and use foreign capital to develop their own production lines. This is
China has long established its policy.
It's just that no one originally valued China's weapons, and could only support surrounding resistance organizations. But now that it has established a brand, it naturally cannot be let go.
Tao Jiping frowned calmly, thought for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Songkan, your country wants to purchase a complete set of land, sea and air equipment at once. Of course we are willing to provide it. But do you still have enough personnel to use these weapons?
, and the maintenance costs are also quite staggering. Calculated over five years, you will have to bear at least 20 million a year. I wonder if your country can afford it?"
When Songkan heard this, he also took a breath of air and said in surprise: "Why are there so many?"
"Mr. Songkhan, take cruisers as an example. One heavy cruiser we are building costs 10 million. Two of them are 30 million. One destroyer is 800,000. Twenty destroyers are 16 million.
, As for airplanes, a biplane costs about 20,000 yuan. Add in personnel training, weapons and ammunition, ports, airports, command and communications, and all these things add up. Is 20 million a year still expensive?"
Songkan was also asked. As a young man in the military, of course he hoped that the army would be stronger and the weapons more advanced, the better. But he did not expect that this thing would cost so much money, two thousand a year.
Wan had already exceeded Siam's fiscal revenue. Even if he exported all his rice, he wouldn't be able to get so much money. He suddenly fell into embarrassment.
When Tao Jiping saw him like this, an enigmatic smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Mr. Songkhen, I know very well that Siam is eager to strengthen its army. It's just that this kind of thing cannot be done overnight. It's better to think about it in the long term."
"No, we can't wait any longer!" Songkan blurted out.
The monarchs and ministers of Siam are actually in a very special 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 they cannot continue to walk on the tightrope.
In addition, the establishment of Nanhua was also a huge impact. In the field of public security, there is a saying called the broken window effect. Simply put, if a window is broken, if it is not blocked quickly, the surrounding windows will also suffer. The result is destruction.
There are more and more, giving people a sense of disorder, and the final result is an increase in the crime rate.
Borneo's de facto independence also played this role. The colonial order was originally monolithic, but now someone suddenly broke it. Then everyone became more and more commotion, the voice calling for independence became louder and louder, and various armed organizations emerged one after another.
Just like a small hole breaks in a dam, the gap will get bigger and bigger until the flood reaches the sky. After the founding of Nan Hua, Siam's nationalism expanded rapidly, and independent forces from various Southeast Asian countries also gathered in Bangkok, and various ideological trends agitated.
They demand that Siam take tough measures to restore the country's destiny. This idea will soon evolve into an expansion of nationalism. If Siam does not seize the time, strengthen its military, and continues to be weak to the outside world, it may transfer people's dissatisfaction to
In his own case, the result was that the monarchy was questioned and impacted.
After officially seeing through these dangers, Siamese people had strong expectations for China. Tao Jiping also knew Songkan's urgency, but he was not in a hurry and said with a smile: "Mr. Songkan, your country is a friendly country to us, and we are also
We are willing to provide you with the most favorable conditions. Let's do this. We can tailor an army building plan for you based on 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 in the research and development, and then authorize you to build an assembly production line to ensure that the price is kept to the lowest."
Songkan heard this and nodded hurriedly: "Thank you, Mr. Minister. I hope to see the plan as soon as possible."
After the two people finished talking, Tao Jiping hurried to the presidential palace to report the situation to Zhang Tinglan. Since the end of the war, Zhang Tinglan has rarely relaxed. His original title of president still carries the word temporary, but this time
The two words disappeared along with the victory.
Zhang Tingshu also returned from vacation in Siam. The Presidential Palace seemed particularly lively. Men, women, old and young gathered together, talking and laughing, and it was particularly relaxed.
"Brother, Siam is really good. It's a fertile land that can produce three crops of rice a year. It's quite rich. If you ask me, I should kill Siam. If they want to buy weapons, just add several times the price and make a lot of money.
One stroke."
After listening to Zhang Tingshu's words, Daya, who was sitting on the small bench next to him, looked at Zhang Tingshu with contempt: "Second uncle, haven't you heard of the saying of fishing for big fish with a long line?"
"Why, eldest niece, do you understand the important military and national affairs?"
"I don't understand, but I know how to do business. Just like now that I have a set of comic strips that all my classmates want to read, I won't sell them all at once, but rent them out. Each person can take a day or two weeks to come back.
Once you get the capital, you can make money with the rest.”
Zhang Tinglan laughed loudly when he heard this, hugged Da Ya in his 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 and said to Daya again: "If you know how to make money and know how to calculate, you should be rewarded. But you have to learn to share with your friends. If there are good things, everyone can watch them together, so that you can make good friends."
"Yeah, 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 suddenly showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Old Tao, you are very ruthless, very good!"
Being recognized by Zhang Tinglan, Tao Jiping also smiled and said: "The President teaches me well, and I just study hard. Compared to the President, I am still far behind."
Tao Jiping's prescription for Songkan seemed to be sincere for the sake of Siam, but in fact it contained murderous intentions and was even said to be extremely sinister.
Take the formulation of a national defense strategy for Siam, for example. This is the lifeblood of a country. Once it is in the hands of China, what secrets can Siam have? It is tantamount to opening the door to China.
In addition, for the arms part, it is said to provide the best deals, but in other words, it is just selling junk. After previous battles, China has a complete vision for national defense construction. Military weapons must be fully updated, including the navy, land and air force.
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Nowadays, some things that are not backward in performance but are no longer suitable for China have to be removed from active service. If they are left to rust in the warehouse, it is definitely a waste. If they can be remodeled and dumped to Siam, it will be a good idea.
choose.
Tao Jiping had this abacus, and it coincided with Zhang Tinglan. Zhang Tinglan called Zhang Tingshu over again and said with a smile: "Second brother, you are more familiar with the situation in Siam. I leave this task to you. Help them."
Develop a national defense plan and sell to them everything that needs to be sold."
"Brother, don't worry, I'll make sure to fry more oil and water.
This is what Zhang Tingshu said and what he did. He immediately found Songkan and made plans while taking him to see various weapons.
"Old man, although monoplanes are fast, they are difficult to train and time-consuming to maintain. I think the Siamese Air Force should first equip biplanes and train pilots. We have a batch of biplanes here, although they were produced in 2021.
But the performance is stable and the operation is easy, making it very suitable for novices. The most important thing is that you don’t have a powerful air force around you, so this is completely sufficient.”
"You are looking at this 122mm howitzer. It is lighter than the 152, is suitable for the southern climate, and is durable."
"Then there is the Type 12 tank, which is only over seven tons. It is fast, has excellent off-road performance, and is very suitable for hot climates. Moreover, we can also install a new engine for you, so it can be kept and run like an ox."
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Zhang Tingshu gave full play to his deception skills and blew some old and immature things to the sky. However, Song Kan listened with great interest. Zhang Tingshu did not take the most expensive things and seemed to be thinking about himself in everything.
Speaking of which, this guy's military studies in France were not very good, but in a small place like Siam, he stood out from the crowd.
While Zhang Tingshu was raging, representatives from several countries came to China, including the Pahlavi Dynasty of 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 considered non-European countries, and they are also leaders in sovereignty. When they come to China, they all want to know about China's military industry.
, some people have even prepared funds to purchase weapons.
Representatives from several countries came to the capital one after another, which made everyone in the military industry extremely happy. If we win all these countries, China will definitely make a lot of money, and even be full of oil.