Chapter 4679: Military industry

Sicily. Inside the headquarters of Scipio.

"Our air force's first attack is considered a good result. If we continue, it may cause a big blow to the entire Carthage army." Han Kui said excitedly.

"Oh." Scipio just nodded after receiving the battle report without saying anything. Because such a result was normal at the beginning. In other words, it is normal for losses to occur.

"Why, don't you think this kind of battle report is useless to us?" Han Kui asked.

"No. Yes. But, I think we should be more careful. After all, air combat has only just begun. We are not clear in many places. In such cases, many situations will exceed our expectations. It will be out of control. Therefore, we are better to be cautious about such a result. Hannibal has not made any moves. We should be more cautious. After all, this will have a relatively large impact on us. If we even such a situation If we can't deal with it well, it will cause us some big troubles. If such troubles continue, what will the result be? Our situation will still be very bad. Therefore, we should be more cautious about such things. Better." Scipio said. For an opponent like Hannibal, Scipio believes that they cannot be overly cautious. Although the results of the aviation forces are very good, they can still use some brand-new tactics to deal with such a result.

"Well, you are right, we should indeed be more cautious." Han Kui said after putting away the battle report.

"You said, Hannibal will dispatch their fighter squadrons for us to fight?" Scipio asked suddenly.

"The prerequisite is that they have such fighters. If they don't have them, they can't launch an attack." Han Kui thought for a while and said.

"I think it is better to launch an offensive. In this case, we can have countermeasures. I have a feeling that there will be an aerial battle over Carthage." Scipio said.

"What do you think is the most important thing about air combat?" Scipio asked suddenly. His questions seem very strange, but each question seems to have some relevance. Such relevance is something they need to handle properly.

"Well, the plane, it may be the plane." Han Kui replied.

"No, I think it’s a pilot. The cost of training a pilot is equivalent to an airplane, but there may be more pilots reaching a higher level. I don’t know what Zhao Guo and the Carthaginians are How much has been invested, but what I know is that if we invest in this way, the financial costs will be more expensive, you know? An air combat will be spent on all the money we have made in the north for nearly a month. "Scipio said. Han Kui nodded silently. In a war, what you fight is money. Without enough money, you can't fight it at all. This is something that everyone is aware of, but no one can know how much this point can really play. This is the situation anyway. If they want to continue fighting, they must have more. Of funds.

Chu State, Pengcheng, Office of the Prime Minister's Office.

"Zhang Liang's visit is very purposeful. We should see this point. Because this point has too much influence on us. Many of our situations cannot be completed under very important circumstances. "Song Yi said.

"Do you know that Zhang Liang asked us to participate in the Persian operation? He thinks this is an important measure to improve our current situation. Persia has a large amount of oil. These oil resources are very important to our country of Chu. As long as we cooperate with them, this can be done. The development of some projects." Song Yi said.

Zhang Er, the Minister of Economy, and the Minister of Finance were sitting on the sofa listening as the audience.

"They need us to help the Persians, **** Persians, their enemy is the Parthians, and the Parthians are aided by a large number of weapons from the people of Qin, and the Qin Army Department sends all the weapons they eliminated to the hands of the Parths. What else can our weapons do? The Persians’ financial situation is only oil. Oil production and transportation are still a big trouble for us.” Song Yi said. These are some of the conditions put forward by Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang even reminded Chu that some old weapons can be exported. Hear here. Song Yi wanted to laugh. The equipment of the Chu people is still backward. The Chu army is only a symbolic force of 150,000 troops, but the vast territory of Chu is mainly because they also occupy a considerable amount of overseas territories. And if the 150,000 army is scattered, it is nothing at all. Although there are certain self-defense forces in the local area, those forces, at best, can be regarded as police forces. It is impossible for them to fight, their combat effectiveness is very weak, and they cannot fight further.

Speaking of weapon inventory, Song Yi wanted to laugh. Because of the serious shortage of ammunition in their warehouses, this is also the reason why Chu is unwilling to fight. The military industry sector does not have sufficient military expenditure to start work, and naturally cannot produce more inventory, not only these. There is no inventory of weapons in their warehouses. Perhaps there are, old-fashioned weapons are piled up there, where they can be displayed as antique weapons. Those weapons will not be used by guerrillas. Too soil, too old. They are all grandpas of modern weapons.

To produce in such a situation, but they have to provide support, which is really unfavorable.

"Mr. Prime Minister, we should propose a plan to exchange oil for weapons. We need to have them, and they need weapons, we can produce them, and then exchange them. In this case, it can be regarded as a kind of support." The Minister of Economy said. . Song Yi nodded after listening, he also said the same.

"When necessary, we still need to provide some necessary assistance. For example, we first provide some artillery. What I know is that we have old warships. We can disassemble the guns on them and give them. It can be regarded as waste utilization." Zhang Er said. To complete such a plan, they may need to do a lot of other things before they can complete it.

To complete such a business, Chu people must first show some sincerity. Otherwise, they would negotiate terms as soon as they go up. This is really too much for them.

"I see. It seems that this can only be the case. We must show some sincerity, otherwise, we will not be able to continue." Song Yi said.

In fact, Song Yi had some contradictions. He didn't want to spend more military expenses to send it out. When a Korean made such a proposal, he himself was disgusted. But at the same time, they still need some oil. All countries believe that oil is very important. Although Chu's automobile industry and other industries are not very developed, they are not very dependent on oil. But oil is said to be very important. He also feels very important. This is exactly what everyone agrees with.

The people of Chu are like that, as long as there are benefits, it is up to him.

"Prime Minister, in fact, doing so can promote the development of our arms industry. Such development is extremely important to us. Many of our things can develop under such circumstances, which is very important for us. The situation is still very important." Zhang Er said.

"Oh?" Song Yi felt a little surprised.

"Our current military industry is in a state of halt, and our inventory cannot be met. In many cases, we need to start construction on our own. In this case, as long as we assist part of the production and use oil for weapons to produce part, we will lose our The number of weapons increased all at once, which is extremely beneficial to us." Zhang Er said.

Song Yi nodded in recognition of such a view. The military industry enterprise is a very special enterprise. Their orders can only be arms, and most of their cooperation partners are extremely special. This is doomed to the peculiarities of arms enterprises and their orders are pitiful, when domestic arms production When they are unable to meet their production, it will cause a big setback to the military industry. This kind of setback is sometimes a disaster because it is difficult for them to recover in a short period of time. This takes time, even time. Not too much. Under such circumstances, many of their things cannot be effectively controlled.

Under such a situation, if you want to have greater development, you need to make more developments.

The only way to change such a situation is to actively strive for foreign orders while the domestic orders remain unchanged. In this way, while earning a certain amount of profit, the only way to stimulate the development of local military industrial enterprises, This is the practice in all countries, which is equivalent to using the military expenditures of other countries to complete some of the production of their own military enterprises. In this case, it is extremely beneficial to both parties. In this case, it is obvious that the problem can be solved by a large margin.

"Very well, just do this and I agree to do this." After Song Yi wanted to understand it, he quickly issued an order like this. What they need is such a situation, so that their military enterprises can enter a new development. Zhang Er heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this, only then could their situation develop. If this were not the case, they would simply not be able to solve such a series of problems. Song Yi also knows that military industrial enterprises are very important to a big country, and this may be the opportunity he is looking for.