Chapter 2251
"I would like to hear the details, and I would also like to ask Minister Yan to give me some advice!" Zheng Zha immediately cheered up when he heard that there was a way to solve this problem that had been plaguing Annan's arms manufacturing industry for a long time.
Yan Chujie said: "The method is actually simple. Slow down the processing speed to ensure that every part made by the craftsmen can achieve the same quality as our country's original products. Every assembly link can copy our country's technology intact, achieving Such requirements are considered qualified products. Then you can see if the weapons and equipment delivered to the army will be improved.”
Zheng Zha frowned slightly when he heard this. What Yan Chujie said was very simple. It was not that he didn't understand it, but there were still some practical difficulties in putting it into practice.
First of all, Annan paid a very high price to obtain the ordnance technology transferred by Haihan. In fact, the short-term production cost will not be much cheaper than purchasing it directly from Haihan. The reason why Annan wants to obtain these technologies at any cost is, firstly, to ensure that the weapons and equipment needed by the country will not be suddenly interrupted by Haihan due to some force majeure, and secondly, because the delivery time of weapons purchased from Haihan is very short. It is long, and the quantity purchased each time is also limited, which greatly slows down the speed of the country's army to replace equipment.
Annan believes that after realizing the self-production of these weapons and equipment, these problems can be easily solved. However, Yan Chujie now suggests that Annan slow down the manufacturing speed of weapons and equipment and improve the process level to ensure the quality of the products, which means that production capacity will be significantly reduced.
The production technology currently mastered by Annan, the production facilities owned, and the craftsmen involved in manufacturing cannot reach the same level as Haihan. Therefore, after the introduction of these ordnance technologies, there is a certain gap between the production capacity and Haihan. If we follow the current If Yan Chujie's suggestion is lowered, the production capacity may not be able to catch up with purchasing directly from Haihan, and it will definitely be difficult to meet the equipment replacement needs of the country's military.
Seeing Zheng Zha's silence, Yan Chujie could guess a bit of the other party's thoughts, and continued to persuade him: "Little prince, ordnance manufacturing technology is not something that can be achieved overnight. If our country can master and skillfully use these advanced technologies, that is Because it has been accumulated for one or two hundred years before this. To be honest, your country has only learned a few superficial skills. It is difficult to become a fat man in one bite. If you want to reach the level of our country's military industry, you still have to slow down. Just accumulate experience slowly.”
Zheng Zha then responded: "What Minister Yan said makes sense, but it has been more than a year since these technologies were introduced from your country, but the production capacity and quality have never been up to par, which is a bit disappointing."
Yan Chujie said: "Your country still needs to be more patient! Little prince, think about it, if your country's craftsmen are not proficient in even the most basic weapons and equipment manufacturing technologies, then they want to introduce more advanced weapons and equipment from our country in the future. Isn’t it more difficult to implement military technology? ”
Yan Chujie also had a few unspoken subtexts. Even if he teaches you these advanced weapons and engineering techniques, you still won't be able to make qualified weapons and equipment without qualified craftsmen and production techniques. However, saying this would definitely hit Zheng Zha a bit, so Yan Chujie still didn't point it out directly, but he believed that a smart person like Zheng Zha should be able to understand what he wanted to express.
Of course Zheng Zhu could understand what Yan Chujie was saying. He himself had briefly studied abroad in Sanya several times and had a little understanding of Haihan's industrial system. He knew that what Yan Chujie said was indeed true. Haihan had the manufacturing capabilities Annan cannot learn or imitate his professional experience and technical foundation in a short period of time.
This kind of field that requires long-term accumulation cannot be achieved overnight, and it is unrealistic for Annan to completely catch up with Haihan's level in this aspect. The more feasible goal at present is to try to maintain the current development direction. On the one hand, it trains technical personnel, and on the other hand, it accumulates relevant experience to ensure that Annan can secure the second place in the military alliance led by Haihan.
Everything else is easy to say, but whether this second top spot can be secured will also involve competition with Fujian. Nowadays, Annan is not the only force that has introduced Haihan military technology. Fujian Xu Jiajun has also mastered the manufacturing technology of some Haihan standard weapons and equipment.
And thanks to Fujian's own good foundation in the field of navigation, Xu Jiajun's shipbuilding capabilities are far better than Annan. This makes the construction and launch of new warships faster after they introduce the construction technology of expedition-class warships. Much faster than Annan.
Regarding this point, Annan does not need to obtain information through complicated intelligence warfare. The clues can be gleaned from the actions of both sides in sending troops together with Haihan in the past year or so. The proportion of expedition-class warships in the Fujian Navy is obviously much higher than that in the Annan Navy. Such many standard warships cannot be obtained by relying on limited arms orders every year. There is only one possibility, and that is to build them themselves. Most of them.
Annan is very aware that the development speed of the maritime armed forces may be difficult to match that of Fujian. However, Annan clearly has an advantage in the army. At least its military strength far exceeds that of Fujian's Xu Jiajun. Therefore, Annan's current strategy does not focus on guns and other weapons and equipment. We attach great importance to the manufacturing of military equipment, hoping that by accelerating the installation of new weapons, our country's army will have stronger strength, thereby gaining more trust and reliance from Haihan.
This is why Zheng Zha cares so much about the craftsmanship of weapons manufacturing. The production capacity and quality of army weapons are directly related to the speed of Annan Army's strength improvement, which will in turn affect Annan's international status. The competition between foreign military cadets organized by Haihan also had similar significance to Annan.
The ordered warships could not be delivered on time, and the weapon manufacturing process could not be improved in an ideal way. Zheng Zao and Yan Chujie failed to get satisfactory answers to several topics they discussed, which made him feel a little frustrated. Yan Chujie was originally going to invite him to dinner, but Zheng Zhu was in a bad mood, so he declined in the end.
However, after returning to the embassy, Zheng Zha could not rest there. There were already several people waiting here to receive him.
These people had just received the news of Zheng Zha's arrival in Hong Kong and hurried to the embassy. Among them were Annan businessmen and overseas students who were temporarily staying in Sanya, as well as a few Haihan people of Annan descent.
However, the people Zheng Zha met first were not the nationals of his country, but the Annan people who had become Haihan citizens.
Zheng Zha was already in a bad mood and was not in a good mood at the moment. He frowned and asked, "Why did you come to the embassy in such a grand manner? Do you really think that the people in the Haihan Security Department are just freeloaders?"
One of the middle-aged men responded: "Little Prince, our identities have been exposed and we have no chance to complete the mission."
Zheng Zha said: "You have joined Haihan for several years, why are your identities exposed now?"
The man responded bitterly: "In the final analysis, it is the remnants of the Southern Dynasty who are causing trouble, so that all our hard work for many years has failed!" Back then, Haihan took the initiative to intervene in the civil war in Annan Kingdom because of his need for labor and energy and minerals. And a large number of war refugees were collected from Annan to Hainan Island and Heitugang area for resettlement. Later, after Haihan was officially established as a country, these war refugees gradually joined Haihan and became members of Haihan.
Among the refugees that Hai Han transported back from Annam at that time, in the early stage, they were mainly people from the north of Hue, and in the later period, they were mainly people from the defeated Southern Dynasty's ruling areas. At that time, the northern dynasty supported by Haihan did not blindly listen to Haihan's promises. It still took some necessary security measures and arranged for some people to sneak into Haihan as refugees and then settle here.
According to Zheng Ming's original idea, after these Annan intelligence officers settled in Haihan, they could use their identities to lurk for a long time and collect various military and political information about Haihan. , maybe it will come in handy at critical moments in the future.
Annan immigrants accounted for a large share of Haihan's early population, and Zheng Zhi, as the ruler of Annan, had no idea about this. Although he also understood that it was impossible to rely on these immigrants to control Haihan, if these Annan immigrants could be properly utilized, they could at least influence Haihan's attitude towards Annan.
However, the Executive Committee will certainly not ignore the issues that Annan people can think of. Before the large-scale introduction of immigrants from Annan that year, the Executive Committee had already made a comprehensive assessment of some possible subsequent situations, including the impact that the proportion of Annan immigrants in the total population would have on the future direction of Haihan Country. .
To maintain the stability of the Han government in Haihan, the safest way is to control the rising space of Annan immigrants in Haihan as much as possible, and at the same time adjust the population proportion by introducing mainly Han immigrants in the later period. As long as the Han people account for the vast majority of the people, Annanese will not be a problem.
Of course, the road cannot be completely blocked. If there is no hope of room for improvement, it will only arouse dissatisfaction among the Annan people, which will not be conducive to domestic stability in the long run. Therefore, the executive committee also has special arrangements for the promotion and use of Annan-origin talents.
Refugees from the northern region of Annan will have relatively little room to move up, while refugees from the southern region of Annan are luckier. They were under the rule of the southern court at the time, and it would be difficult for them to find a home even if they returned to Annan. land. Haihan believed that these people already belonged to the Wugen clan, and the only way to go was to join Haihan.
Especially those surrendered ministers and generals from the southern court, who would only be executed if they returned to Annan. These people were the most determined to join Haihan. For example, Wu Sen, a naval general under the southern imperial court, joined the navy after he was demoted to Haihan. After working hard all the way, he is now the captain of the Haihan Navy Warrior-class experimental ship Black Shark. The extent of his reuse , can be called the first official of Annan descent.
In some other key departments, there are also officials who have served in the Annan Southern Court. For example, Ruan Wenwen, who is in charge of Annan affairs in the Police Department, is from the Southern Court.
Haihan had already anticipated that Annan immigrants might be mixed with spies dispatched by the Annan government. The Police Department and the Ministry of Security have dedicated personnel responsible for investigating related matters. Over the years, through various means, some hidden Annan spies have been slowly removed from the civilian population.
However, considering the relationship between the two countries, Haihan handles such cases relatively loosely, usually just canceling his nationality and leaving the country within a time limit, so as not to damage the harmony between the two countries.
The Annan origins dug out by the relevant departments this time all work in Haihan official institutions. Although their positions are not high, they can be regarded as being paid by the public. The reason why they were exposed was that they tried to obtain some military intelligence information from Tiandu Industrial Zone, but were caught by the Haihan Security Department.
Since there was no actual intelligence leakage, Haihan officials did not embarrass these people too much. They just canceled their Haihan nationality as usual and left the country within a time limit. At the same time, they also informed the Annan Embassy that they should They were responsible for arranging for these people to leave Haihan.
These people were sent to the Annan Embassy by Haihan, and the two sides completed the personnel handover in an amicable manner. Zheng Zha arrived in Sanya the next day and met them.
These people have been lurking in Haihan for almost ten years. They are almost the most successful intelligence agents under Zheng Zao, but they did not expect that a small oversight would pull them all out. Fortunately, they were working for the Annan court. If they were in another country, they might disappear from the world.
After listening to their self-reports, Zheng Zha was so angry that he shook his head repeatedly. Now that the foreign affairs department has become involved in this matter, it is obvious that Yan Chujie will not be unaware of it. Zheng Zha had not been able to get a satisfactory response on various sensitive topics that he had discussed with him before. It seems that he may have been affected by this. .
However, Yan Chujie didn't mention this matter in front of him, and patiently answered his questions, which was considered as giving Zheng Zha face. Zheng Zha remembered the conversation he had just had in Victory Castle, and he had nothing to complain about.
"You have been away from home for many years, and you have worked hard without merit. You don't have to worry about it anymore. When you return to Annan, other errands will be arranged for you. The imperial court's Haihan Research Institute also needs you who have an in-depth understanding of Haihan. Talent.”
Zheng Zha finally suppressed his anger and calmed his subordinates in a pleasant manner. He knew that this was not because his men were incompetent, but because the Haihan people were too powerful, and it would be useless to hold them accountable. It would be better to make good use of their many years of experience lurking in Haihan and do their best for Annan.
These people originally thought that they would be punished by Zheng Zhuo, but they did not expect that Zheng Zhuo did not blame them at all, but comforted them with kind words. They were immediately moved and knelt down to thank Zheng Zhuo for his magnanimity.
But Zheng Zha did not feel relieved by his subordinates' show of loyalty. Instead, he felt an increasingly strong sense of frustration.
(End of chapter)