Chapter 1198: Cost too much

"The ships we need to purchase are large, but they can't be warships. We don't have a lot of money." said a South Korean new army lieutenant colonel. But his current identity is just the purchasing manager of a South Korean foreign trade company.

"It needs to be equipped with weapons. It's best to have cannons. Or machine guns or something, we need these things." Said the newly-made South Korean Lieutenant Colonel.

"Oh. What business do you do?" In Qin Guo Beigang. Asked a shipyard owner.

"We. Hehe." At this time, the purchasing manager looked back at the other person and smiled.

"What business do you think we do?" the purchasing manager asked.

"I don't know. I don't want to know. Under normal circumstances, the people who purchase a ship like this are not good people. Moreover, you are doing bigger, you know. Qin's armed merchant ships are not equipped with cannons. And you But you need to install cannons. This really surprised me." The shipyard boss said.

"The business of wooden shipyards is not good. Now people are willing to use iron hull ships. They don't want to use this kind of wooden ship, they think this kind of ship is not strong. The most important thing is that this kind of ship is expensive but safe." The owner of the shipyard introduced.

"However, I want to ask. Why don't you buy a steel boat?" the boss asked.

"We don't have much money? Either the ship is better or the weapon is better. We choose one of the two. We believe that having a weapon is more important than a ship. Safety first." The purchasing manager said the whole time.

"En. You are very smart," said the shipyard boss.

"You know? The armed merchant ships of the Qin State are not so smart. They don't understand at all. No matter how good those ships are, if the weapons are not powerful, they will still lose to their opponents. Before, they had already lost to Chu. Is the National Water Army?" the shipbuilder said.

"Besides, those ships, no matter how good they are, the shells can still penetrate, it is better to work **** the weapons." The shipbuilder said.

"This boss said yes." The purchasing manager praised.

"That is, those Chu people come to me to purchase these ships, and I can get the artillery they most want. You said, can I not know about these conditions?" the shipyard boss said .

"That's right, it's reasonable." The purchasing manager nodded vigorously and said yes. In fact, what the shipyard boss said is not entirely correct.

The reason why Qin's armed merchant ships did not work **** weapons. Mainly because their opponents are outdated in weapons and equipment.

Previously, the Chu State Navy only equipped flintlock rifles, pistols, and some explosive weapons. These weapons did not support their decent combat. At this time, the machine guns equipped by Qin's armed merchant ships were already weapons that surpassed their era. It can be said that this is not a quantitative level of confrontation at all.

On average, Qin’s machine gun can fire 400 to 600 rounds of ammunition per minute. The Chu State Navy on the opposite side needed two to three hundred men to shoot at the same level. The effect of shooting has not yet been calculated. Such a situation is very unfavorable to the Chu State Navy.

However, subsequent weapon upgrades have made this weapon contrast unbalanced. Qin's arms export restrictions have been lowered. Artillery also began to become an important weapon exported to Chu. What is important is that Qin State has a lot of stocks of old artillery like this. Most of these stocks come from the army. The army is eager to deal with these things, so they dealt with these things to the Chu State. Waiting for these neighboring countries, for these countries, Qin's cannon is still a very powerful weapon, at least in their opinion.

You know, the lethality of a rifle is still very limited, but if it is an artillery, the role of the artillery will greatly cause serious damage to the infantry, and more. The attack distance of artillery is long and the lethality is great. Therefore, the Chu army still likes this powerful weapon. Some private soldiers of the nobles are also equipped with artillery. They believe that artillery can show their power.

After processing these stocks, Qin's military spent all their efforts to sell weapons. They purchased a large number of weapons, and now they need to convert these weapons into money. There is not such a large domestic market. They can only sell these weapons to these countries in order to convert them into money to repurchase advanced weapons.

While Qin's military was selling these artillery on a large scale, the weapons of neighboring countries were upgraded again. The new South Korean army re-equiped three artillery regiments. The total number of their artillery has reached more than 500. This number is already very large for an army of only 60,000.

It's not just the new Korean army. Zhao Guo also strengthened the equipment of three artillery regiments. But these artillery regiments were not used in front-line operations. They needed training. Train well. And used as a killer last.

Yan Guo purchased the latest artillery of Qin State, and the artillery of the hydraulic recoil machine loaded later. This artillery is powerful. But the price was expensive, but the rich and powerful Prince Yan's army equipped a heavy artillery battalion. Two field artillery battalions. A special artillery company. They all use the most advanced weapons. They look down on this outdated weapon, on the contrary. It is true that the royal army of the Kingdom of Yan purchased some of this old artillery, but the quantity they purchased was very limited, less than twenty-five. The royal army suffered great losses. Moreover, the financial capacity is very limited. It is a miracle to be able to purchase 25 artillery pieces.

However, it is not these countries that purchase the largest quantity, but Chu, which has already purchased a thousand such artillery from Qin. Almost the Qin Army’s equipment and inventory of artillery were sold to Chu State. It can be said that almost overnight, the Chu State Army’s firepower rose to a new level. This was also important to the defeat of the Qin State’s armed merchant ships. The reason, they didn't know at all, why the Chu army had so many more artillery pieces all at once. And this purchase is still increasing cumulatively, because there are still a large number of weapons companies in the market that make such old-fashioned artillery and sell them to Chu. However, Chu State has accumulated a large amount of buying.

And it was no longer Chu's army and private soldiers of the nobles, but some commercial water thieves and pirates, who began to upgrade their weapons in an all-round way.

"Tell you, if you want to buy, it's best to buy more warships. This is good for you." The shipbuilder said.

"But, we don't have enough money." The purchasing manager said hurriedly at this time.

"I understand what you mean, but listen to me and you will understand why I said that." The shipbuilder said at this time.

"If you do this, you can build a few more warships, which can save costs, because according to the first ship manufactured, the cost of the subsequent ships will be greatly reduced. This is an unwritten rule. The navy’s ships are built in this way, and their costs are saved in this way. This is what the sister ship said.” The shipyard boss said.

"Moreover, it will be easy to upgrade and transform in the future, and after these ships are manufactured, they can form a fleet, so that their combat effectiveness will be greatly increased. This is much stronger than a warship fighting alone at sea. At sea, a ship is not easy to navigate.” At this time, the owner of the shipyard said.

"En. That's it. So, can our weapons also reduce costs." The purchasing manager asked at this time.

"This, of course. And because it will be the same series of ships in the future, the cost of modification is also very simple." said the shipyard's boss.

"I think it's okay." The purchasing manager said to the person behind at this time.

"En." The man behind just nodded. Didn't say anything.

But the man waved his hand secretly. The purchasing manager who saw the gesture immediately understood.

"However, we need to apply for such a thing. After all, we don't prepare a lot of funds." At this time, the purchasing manager said.

"This requires us to discuss and consider for reference." At this time, the purchasing manager said.

"This, naturally, naturally, you can discuss it." The boss of the shipyard said at this time.

"Then, we won't bother." The purchasing manager left immediately.

Immediately, the purchasing manager had a conversation with the mysterious person behind.

"If we calculate according to this kind of purchase, we need five times the money to complete. In this way, if the king knows, we must be killed." The mysterious man said anxiously.

"However, you have to know whether this relationship can be established by the South Korean Navy." The purchasing manager responded at this time.

"The queen has determined to establish a navy. This is a fact. Although it is just an organization that is not a nominal organization, don't forget. Only by developing the ocean can South Korea be strong. Moreover, there are so many islands overseas that we need to occupy. Build a ship, and, the boss is right, what a ship can do. I think, if necessary, we have to expand the funds twenty times. The more ships we have to build, the better.” At this time, the purchasing manager Said.

"You are crazy," said the mysterious man.

"Yes, crazy. Only in this way can the South Korean Navy be called the Navy." At this time, the purchasing manager said.

"Well, let's report this situation to the country and let them make a decision." The mysterious man said.

"Let's start," the purchasing manager said. The mysterious man was a supervising civilian sent from Korea. He believed that the cost was too great. But the purchasing manager is a military officer. In his opinion, these expenses are normal. It is more practical to build a ship's arms than to build a fleet of arms.