Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 604 Military Aid
The Port of Marseille in France is the busiest and most lively port in France.When the Ming Dynasty's global fleet sailed around the world, it once settled here.The Port of Marseille is an important window for maritime trade with the world. A large number of goods enter France and the world.

However, among the imported goods in Marseille Port, the most important ones are Daming goods.Any European country that intends to industrialize must protect its national industry to a certain extent, but it is extremely difficult to compete with Ming industrial products.However, there are some industrial products that cannot be manufactured by these European countries, so they can only be imported from Daming.

Today, France and other European countries have formed the "European Holy Alliance", and Ming Dynasty has announced that it will support and assist the European Holy Alliance. A series of weapons and equipment and even military supplies will arrive in Europe. France on the battlefield will naturally receive the largest amount of supplies.

A huge [-]-ton container ship docked at the port of Marseille, with the flag of Ming Dynasty flying on the top of the mast.The sailors on the ship were of various nationalities. Over the years, as the most important maritime shipping giant, Daming hired sailors from all over the world. As long as they could speak a little Chinese and understand sailor skills, they would be hired.

Some sailors from Europe and even Europe and India are looking forward to serving the Ming Dynasty's shipping company, because if they work for the Ming Dynasty's shipping company for 12 consecutive years, they can apply for residency from some Ming Dynasty officials and then obtain Ming nationality. .Although the household registration cannot be registered in the mainland, cities such as Singapore in Lunan, Coconut City in Java, and Manila in Luzon are all large cities with large populations, complete services, and extremely high quality of life.For example, if ordinary sailors get old, their lives may be very sad, but at least they have obtained Ming nationality, and they have worked for their company for more than ten years, which is enough to qualify for Ming pension insurance, and they can enjoy their old age comfortably.

The mature and complete social system of Ming Dynasty still attracted many people.Especially sailors and sailors have opened their eyes and seen the world. They can also accept living in other places, and they can live a better life with less stress. They are still very eager.

Zhang Hongyun, the representative of the Ming Dynasty who was in charge of escorting the materials on board, said to the French official Jean Jacques who came to take over the materials: "Everything is here, please check it out. This batch of materials is the first batch of materials that Ming provided to the Holy Alliance of Europe. Mainly artillery and vehicles, as well as some military rations."

Jean Jacques is a retired officer of the French Army. When he saw these supplies, he was almost drooling. Zhang Hongyun could even see the excitement in his eyes.

"It's great, it's great, thank you for the generosity of the Ming Empire, and the friendship between Ming and France will last forever!" Jean Jacques said some nonsensical phrases, and asked his subordinates to go and count things.

Most of the weapons that Ming provided to France were actually old stocks of Ming.Every time the Ming Dynasty produced a batch of new equipment, the army would order a very large batch. For example, the 105mm howitzer handed over to France this time is the modified model of the earliest Type 17 howitzer in the Ming Dynasty. It is called the 2-105 Type [-] mm howitzer.At that time, the military ordered [-] doors, and after the troops were equipped, they were also well received.

It's like the clothes of the poor. The boss wears the second child for a reason. The 17-2 howitzer was first equipped with the local regular army, and later equipped with some garrison regiments, and later distributed to some troops of the fan army. Later, the fan army began to equip them With some newer weapons, the early 17-2 howitzers have all retreated.

Because Daming has a very high standard of ordnance maintenance procedures, these howitzers are actually in very good condition, some are even relatively new, and have not been fired a few times.So simply these howitzers directly supported France.

The 75mm infantry support guns that were widely equipped by the Ming Artillery in the early years have basically been sold to European countries.

Now that European countries want to replenish weapons within this range, the Ming Dynasty Military Factory can only start manufacturing again.However, the 75mm infantry gun has actually experienced improvements by Ming military engineers. However, Ming Dynasty soon produced three caliber mortars, 60mm, 80mm and even 120mm. Coupled with the recoilless rifle, it was lighter and easier to carry. Coupled with the low cost, the new version of the 75 cannon has not been equipped with the Ming army at all.Now European countries are very fond of these battlefield support guns with short barrels and considerable firepower. In addition, they also cost money, so there is no reason why the Ming Dynasty Military Factory should not manufacture them for them.

As for the vehicles provided to them this time, they are mainly trucks, off-road vehicles and lightly armored half-track vehicles.The military factories of Ming Dynasty have been producing and manufacturing these vehicles, and Bai Mingxiu has long expected that there may be a large-scale battle with Xiqing, so he has been assigning production tasks.Take Daming's Mengshi off-road vehicle as an example. When its Jingshi Automobile Factory is producing at full speed, it can complete as many as 5 vehicles per month.The Ming Army may be more restrained in its equipment, but the Warrior off-road vehicle is completely unconcerned, and it is crazy to manufacture.There are as many as 10,000+ vehicles in the army, and there are at least [-] off-road vehicles waiting for use.

These things are nothing to Ming, but they are treasures to the French.The warrior off-road vehicle, which can pass through relatively difficult terrain, is solid and does not require complicated maintenance, has a certain amount of armor, has high maneuverability, and can also mount machine guns and rocket launchers. How can such weapons not be loved.

Not to mention that the first batch of 300 cars donated to France is completely free.

It was the first time that the French generals saw the Western Qing using tactics similar to blitzes. The excellent mobility of mechanized breakthroughs and motorized escorts completely shocked them.To counter their enemies, France also wanted to put wheels on its own army.

At this stage, the French's own car factory is almost a joke, so we must rely on Daming.

It's not just vehicles that depend on Daming. France doesn't produce oil and doesn't have much oil refining capacity, so everything from cars to fuel depends on Daming.In order to get all this, France had to spend a lot of money to buy.

It's just that Louis XIV doesn't care about this at all now. He has tasted the pleasure of being the master of Europe. For this sweet taste, he will continue to charge money.

Moreover, France, which dominates the Holy Alliance, can obtain most of these weapons, and the increase in strength is real, so the French feel that they are not losing money at all.

(End of this chapter)