The content of the afternoon exercise was not so much a drill as a demonstration of the performance of weapons. In consideration of the effect of selling arms, the Ministry of Defense believes that live ammunition is more able to attract the attention of local tyrants from various countries, but the use of live ammunition in army drills is easy to risk injuring one's own people by mistake, and second, the display effect of weapon performance is not ideal, so it simply revised the content of the exercise, canceled the part of the army's offensive and defensive drills on the island, and adjusted the original one-hour display of weapons and equipment to half a day.

As the largest arms supplier in the South China Sea region at present, the reputation of the Haihan Ordnance Industry has long been spread abroad, and the mission of the foreign personnel invited to observe the military exercise this time is not only to observe the latest tactics, equipment, and combat methods of the Haihan Army, but also to inspect the arms orders for the next year.

Although Haihan Ordnance Industry has a large annual shipment, because its own production capacity is still relatively limited, in fact, the completion period of arms orders is also very long. Orders received during similar "leapfrogging" military exercises often start production after receiving a certain percentage of the deposit, and the first batch of deliveries may have to wait until after the beginning of winter. If the order quantity is relatively large, then it is normal for the order to be delivered in batches and the time to complete the order will continue until the next year. For special orders such as shipbuilding, if the number of orders is large at one time, the delivery time is as long as two or three years.

Scarcity is expensive, the production capacity of Haihan Ordnance Industry is limited, and the price will naturally not be low, but the people who are qualified to come here to watch the military exercise are basically the owners who are not bad for money, even if the money is not enough, they can also use the power in their hands to make up for the difference. Anyway, things like local products can be taken here to discount the payment, and there are really things that can't be obtained, and the young and strong people or land are also OK. If you really can't afford your own population and land, you can also apply for an arms loan from Haihan and repay the debt slowly in installments.

But with these abnormal payment methods, the delivery date has to be lined up again, and buyers who can directly take out cash to order, or even pay the full amount for expedited, are the customers that Haihan likes and values the most. Of course, there are indeed not many customers with this kind of financial resources, after all, the price of Haihan arms is high, even the emperors who hold the power of a country do not dare to say that they can buy as much as they want. Buyers with outstanding economic strength can naturally also receive the highest courtesy from Haihan, for example, on such occasions, they can stand by the side of Haihan's Minister of Defense Yan Chujie and discuss the content of the arms order face-to-face.

Dong Yanyun, who came on behalf of the Xu family in Fujian, is such a big customer, as Xu Xinsu's spokesperson, he has spent more time on Hainan Island than in Fujian in recent years, and will even stay in Sanya for more than half a year for official business. And this visit to the military exercise, including the follow-up military purchase orders, will also be operated and decided by him.

It is not the first time that Xu Xinsu has watched Haihan's military exercises and weapons display on the spot, so compared with newcomers such as Liu Shangzhi, his attitude is relatively calm. After all, I have been dealing with Haihan for many years, and I generally understand some of Haihan's routines in arms sales, and most of the various weapons and equipment seen in military exercises cannot be bought with money, and Haihan people call them "concept products" and will not sell them to foreign buyers.

Of course, these so-called conceptual items are often installed in Haihan's own army shortly after the end of the military exercise, and the weapons and equipment sold to other countries and forces, including the Ming Dynasty, will not meet the expectations of buyers in terms of performance, but they will be a little better than the Haihan weapons currently in their possession. Buy it, the performance upgrade of the weapon is actually not too big, and the money invested is actually not so cost-effective, and if you don't buy it, you will worry about affecting the alliance between the two sides.

The trade-off of interests in this is also a very delicate matter. If it weren't for a person like Dong Yanyun who had a deep relationship with Haihan, it would indeed be difficult to grasp the balance between them. However, after dealing with each other for so many years, Fujian Xu's has accumulated enough experience and has a relatively mature plan for how to deal with arms deals.

Xu Xinsu's method of handling arms procurement is to purchase, equip, and eliminate conventional weapons in batches, so that the equipment level of the troops can be maintained at a relatively high level to the greatest extent. The number of new weapons that need to be purchased each year can also be controlled at a relatively small level, and only one-third of the combat personnel of the main force need to be sufficient.

Although the establishment of the Ming army in Fujian is nearly 100,000, it is actually only under the orders of the head of the family, Xu Xinsu, not the Ming court, and the core troops that really belong to the Xu family's lineage, and the combined army of the water and land is less than 20,000 people. It's not that Xu Xinsu doesn't have greater ambitions, it's just that it's too expensive to raise an army armed with reference to the Haihan Army. Even if the Xu family is known as the richest man in Fujian, it is impossible to invest all the money on hand in army construction, after all, to maintain the status of the Xu family in Fujian, there are still many places to spend money, not only to raise soldiers.

Of course, although the Xu clan in Fujian consciously controlled the amount of arms purchased from Haihan every year, in terms of transaction value, it was still a very high financier on the list of Haihan arms and industry sales, and only in a few years would it fall behind the Haihan allies like Annam. Therefore, for Haihan, Fujian Xu's is still a big customer that cannot be ignored, and a henchman like Dong Yanyun, who has won Xu Xinsu's trust, has always been regarded as a guest of honor on Haihan's side, and he is courteous.

Among the people present, the only VIP who can be on an equal footing with Dong Yanyun is Zheng Bai, the general of Annanguo. Zheng Bai fought with the Haihan people in the Annan Civil War seven years ago, and later won the title of General of Pingnan for his military exploits. This time, Zheng Bai personally led several warships of the Annan Navy Division to Beibu Gulf to participate in the military exercises organized by Haihan, on the one hand, to further strengthen the combat effectiveness of his own naval division, and on the other hand, to see what good things Haihan could come up with this year that were worth spending money on.

Since the current regime of Annam almost relied on the help of Haihan to win the world, Zheng, the current ruling king of the Qing capital, has always trusted Haihan, so the Sinicization of Annan's new army is more complete than Xu Xinsu's troops. The establishment of the troops, weapons and equipment, combat methods, and command system are almost completely copied from the model of the Haihan Army. However, although Annan has a country, its economic situation is not better than that of Fujian, so the size of its new army has always been maintained at about 20,000 people, which is about the same as Xu Xinsu's descendants.

Although Fujian's investment in army building is large, it has not reached the point of breaking its muscles and bones, while Annan's side has already reached the level of smashing pots and selling iron in the early days, and even used the immigrant population to mortgage weapons loans for a long time. In order to get the military support of Haihan, Annam even handed over a number of natural harbors on the southern coast to Haihan in the form of permanent concessions. It was only in recent years that Annan slowly recovered and began to use cash to buy arms and other ancillary services from Haihan.

From the point of view of direct income, it is undoubtedly that Fujian has given Haihan greater benefits, and almost all of them have been cash transactions since the friendship, and there has never been any credit. During the period when the war with Shibazhi was at its most intense, the Fujian side even transported the entire shipload of silver to Sanya, begging Haihan to sell more weapons and ammunition. However, from the perspective of long-term benefits, many conditions given by Annam are more cost-effective, especially several natural harbors in the southern part of the Indochina Peninsula, which allow Haihan to basically monopolize the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula, and provide an excellent relay station for Haihan to fight for control in the key areas of the South China Sea in the south, which is a treatment that cannot be bought with any amount of silver.

It is precisely because these two patrons have brought great benefits to Haihan that they will be invited to attend any military exercises, and they are often accompanied by high-level Haihan figures. This time was no exception, and Defense Minister Yan Chujie personally explained the content of the exercise and the next weapons display to them.

Haihan's army weapons are mainly divided into two major series: guns and artillery, each of which has a more detailed classification. As Dong Yanyun expected, the Haihan Army first displayed the so-called concept weapons that are in a state of development, which are divided into three categories: pistols, rifles and artillery.

The officer in charge of using the weapon walked up to the firing position and pulled out the pistol at his waist to show the crowd. This is a Haihan-style revolver that fires with a fire cap and can fire six rounds at a time. This revolver has actually been installed in the Haihan military and police department for some time, but the pistol on display this time has made a big improvement in the power of the bullet, using a softer and hollow bullet, after this bullet hits the body, the bullet will shatter and churn in the body, causing more serious damage.

After a brief explanation by the officer, a shooting comparison was conducted, in which two revolvers with different ammunition were used to shoot the hanging pork leg, and then the pork leg was removed, allowing the guests to see the lethal effect of the new bullet.

Yan Chujie introduced to the two VIPs beside him: "The bullets used in the past will shoot directly through the body after hitting the body at close range, and the wound is small, and the damage caused is relatively limited. This new type of bullet will shatter after entering the body, and its fragments will roll in different directions, making it difficult to get out of the body again, and the wound will not heal easily. Moreover, this warhead is made of lead, and if the fragments cannot be removed, it will also cause poisoning after a long time. ”

Both of them sighed, the appearance of this ammunition will undoubtedly increase the lethality of firearms to another level. However, although this thing is powerful, Haihan may not include it in the list for sale, Yan Chujie does not take the initiative to say the price, it is probably no play, it must be a good thing prepared by Haihan for his own officers.

Although Liu Shang didn't understand the principle of this revolver, he also wanted to see what the difference in power that the Haihan officer said. However, his status is humble, and he didn't dare to squeeze too much to the front, so as not to attract the attention of people with a heart, so he could only wait obediently at the back, so that the guests in front of him could read it and slowly circulate it according to the round.

After waiting for a long time, he and the others saw two pork legs in the tray that had been cut along the trajectory, and the officer was in charge of explaining to them the difference in damage caused by the different bullets. Liu Shang didn't understand it very well, but the old gentleman in charge of the medical guard next to him muttered: "There were still saved injuries, so I'm afraid that I will definitely die, this new projectile is really powerful!"

Liu Shangxin said that the Haihan people are really ruthless, and they come up with this kind of thing to increase the lethality of weapons, and the next force against them is afraid that they will be unlucky. However, why did the Haihan people take their precious time to display this new type of ammunition, Liu Shang had already vaguely guessed a few points in his heart.

Liu Shang believes that this arrangement is actually a demonstration to all the spectators, because most of these observers have more or less purchased Haihan's weapons and ammunition, and Haihan's display is undoubtedly telling them that even if I sell the same weapons to you, the power I can exert will be different, and this conclusion will undoubtedly discourage many people's potential ambitions.

As for whether this new type of bullet has been mass-produced and whether it will be installed in a large area in the future, Haihan did not give further explanation. One or two guests who were not too knowledgeable also asked out loud whether this bullet would be included in the sale list, and the answer was that there was no plan for the time being, which was a soft nail. Liu Shang secretly sneered in his heart, wanting to wait for Haihan to sell this new type of bullet, but he was afraid that he would have to wait until they developed a more advanced thing.

The next thing to show off is the rifle. There are also many types of rifles currently installed in the Haihan Army, most of the army still use the Trinity flintlock pistol, and the naval rifle is the model of the Trinity with a shortened barrel. In the past, the special operations battalion, which served as the vanguard of the expedition, was equipped with a special model of the Trinity type with a thickened caliber and a shortened gun body, but now it is gradually replacing it with a new rifle with seven rounds. The repeating rifle was also used in the Haihan cavalry as a ranged weapon on horseback.

And in addition to these more common rifle models, there are also long and heavy sniper rifles. This imitation of the Hiteorth rifle has evolved in the Haihan Arsenal for several generations, and the rifle used to display is the latest generation, which not only has a more scientific and perfect rifling, but also is equipped with a newly improved sight. In terms of performance, there is no major change in range, but the accuracy is much higher than that of the previous generation, especially for accurate shooting within 500 meters, the distribution of impact points is reduced by nearly half compared with the previous generation.

Snipers used this rifle to shoot at a distance, targeting a half-length target located a hundred feet away.