"Your Highness, to build a powerful navy not only requires funds and personnel, but also technology is indispensable. If you want to gain a firm foothold in the Southern Ocean, small and medium-sized ships can play a supporting role and truly support a navy. The main ship of a large fleet is a large warship. Without large warships, everything is a castle in the air, let alone trying to dominate the ocean."
Lei Cangpu did not directly answer Wu Feng's question. He knew that although his master was eager to establish a powerful navy as soon as possible, he felt that he needed to first introduce to His Highness the King of Qin several major military forces in the Eastern Continent today. The basic situation of a powerful naval nation, so that His Highness the King of Qin can clarify what level his navy needs to reach and what its main strategic intention is.
"On the Eastern Continent, only the Empire and the Kingdom of Milan were able to build large warships. Now the Japanese have also obtained large warship construction technology through special channels. According to the intelligence and observations we have obtained, the Japanese have the technology to build large warships." It should come from the Empire, and is almost identical to the Empire's large warships, except that the Japanese have added some of their own improved technologies to make their large warships more aggressive."
“In the Greater Nanyang, the Nanyang Alliance is also actively developing its own navy. Due to technical limitations, although the countries of the Nanyang Alliance have invested a lot of money in research, they have never been able to achieve an effective breakthrough, so they had to spend huge sums of money to build a navy from Milan. The kingdom purchased large warships. Now several major maritime city-states and countries in the Nanyang Alliance have more than three large warships. Among them, the Kingdom of Siam has seven large warships, even exceeding the traditional three large warships in the Southern Ocean. The powerful Kingdom of Milan, the Grand Duchy of Mahad, and the Andako Principality have the same number of large warships as the Grand Duchy of Mahad. If the number of large warships of the entire Nanyang Alliance countries is added together, the Nanyang Alliance Navy The strength even exceeds that of the Kingdom of Milan, so now the Kingdom of Milan has stopped exporting large warships to the Nanyang Alliance and continues to strengthen its own naval strength."
"The strength of the Imperial Navy used to be second to none in the entire Eastern Continent. Several fleets had as many as thirty large warships, which was unmatched by any country or force. However, due to the outbreak of the Imperial Civil War, the Imperial Water Power was also rapidly divided. Becoming two parts, what is even more distressing is that the water power controlled by Situ Tai and the water power controlled by Situ Yuan had a fierce battle. Although Situ Tai's side won the victory, they also paid an extremely heavy price, so that they were defeated by the Japanese. Taking advantage of the opportunity to ambush, the entire maritime force was almost wiped out. Now there are only the remnants of the Third Navy Fleet and two large warships docked in Quanzhou. Now all parties within the empire pay more attention to the struggle for land territory, so the naval force is It has almost adopted a policy of abandonment and has no plan to rebuild the Imperial Navy, so now the Imperial Navy’s strength is almost negligible.”
"Therefore, the current naval power in the Atlantic Ocean is that Milan and the Japanese are in a state of confrontation. In the Atlantic Ocean, because the main force of the Milanese is restrained by the Japanese, the maritime strategy of Mahad and Andako has always been defensive, so although The strength is not weak, but in general the Nanyang Alliance navy dominates."
"His Highness just asked Cangpu how to build a powerful navy. Cangpu did not dare to answer rashly, because Cangpu first wanted to ask what kind of navy is His Highness planning to build the Western Xinjiang Navy into? Yes. Is it enough to be able to control shipping routes in the Atlantic Ocean? Or should we build a navy that can dominate the Atlantic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean?" When he said this, Lei Cangpu's eyes lit up and his voice gradually became louder.
Wu Feng's gaze fell firmly on the bronze man's face. Lei Cangpu looked back at him fearlessly. For a long time, Wu Feng laughed loudly, and then he waved his hand and patted the other man's shoulder loudly. Said: "Good question, what kind of navy is it?! When I was studying in the Western Continent, I once heard a famous saying that was spread among the countries along the Baltic Sea. There is no second navy! I deeply believe it. This is also my Cangpu Your answer. Maybe our navy is still in its infancy and will encounter many difficulties, but Cangpu, please remember that what I, Li Wufeng, want is an invincible navy that can traverse the four seas, rather than forming it for any strategic purpose. The Navy's goals and requirements are to be first-class in the entire continent, not just the Eastern Continent! Whatever you need, just ask, don't worry about funds, I will tell James, the Financial Secretary of Western Xinjiang will have no regard for the navy. Unreserved support; personnel, whether in the military, government system or academy, Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang will give you the green light. You can be selected with unconditional priority, and the selected personnel must obey unconditionally; as for technology, what you said With the large-scale warship manufacturing technology, I will arrange for someone to deliver the large-scale warship manufacturing drawings of the Imperial Navy and Milan Navy to you in the shortest possible time!"
Li Wufeng's wild and domineering answer hit Lei Cangpu's chest like a rolling wave of anger. At this time, he only felt the urge to look up to the sky and howl in his throat. He did not expect that His Highness the King of Qin, who had just set foot on the coastline from the inland, would actually To be able to say such words, there is no second navy! If this is the case, then what else do you have to hide and not reveal
"Your Highness, since the words have been spoken to this extent, Cangpu has no more words to say. It's just that in addition to funds, personnel and technology, naval construction is also a long-term process. It takes time to gradually sharpen and accumulate, so please also ask Your Highness Don't expect too much to see great results in a short period of time. In addition, Cangpu suggested following the example of the naval powers of the Western Continent and establishing a specialized naval training school. In addition to cultivating qualified sailors and sailors, more importantly, it also cultivated a group of Qualified naval officers, only in this way can we ensure the long-term sustainability of naval construction and build a high-quality navy." Lei Cangpu tried hard to suppress his surging heart, but his face turned slightly pale with excitement, which betrayed his What's on your mind.
Once again, Wu Feng was impressed by the young man in front of him who came from an untouchable background because of the other party's proposal to establish a naval officer academy. Such a forward-looking proposal had not even occurred to Wu Feng himself, but the other party was able to put it forward immediately, and The other party even knew that the naval power of the Western Continent had already had such a precedent, which could not help but surprise Wu Feng.
Seeing Wu Feng's surprised and suspicious look, Lei Cangpu, who licked his lips, had to explain that he had traveled to the Western Continent a few years ago for inspection, and had witnessed the cadets who graduated from the naval academy enter the naval fleet and become navy officers. The mainstream, and the extremely powerful naval power of the Western Continent also proves that this measure is extremely advanced and correct.
In view of the fact that the mixed use of East Samoa naval fleet and commercial ports is not conducive to the construction of a powerful and efficient large naval fleet, Wu Feng agreed to choose the distance from East Samoa on the suggestion of Lei Cangpu, who had been appointed by Wu Feng as the commander of his navy. There is a plan to build a large-scale military port in a bay located ten miles away from the Asian Commercial Port District. The berthing wharf that originally belonged to the naval fleet was auctioned through public bidding. The proceeds from the auction became the first fund for the establishment of the navy of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate. , and the funds for the new military port will be fully allocated by the Financial Department of the Western Xinjiang Metropolitan Protectorate.
This auction plan was revealed by Wu Feng at a cocktail party celebrating the establishment of the Governor's Palace of the South China Sea Dominion, and it immediately attracted the attention of the industrial and commercial aristocrats of Eastern Samoa and even Moro and Legon. The dedicated dock of the former Eastern Samoa City Republic Navy Fleet is at the core of the East Samoa port area. Due to defense needs, other commercial docks are intentionally separated from military docks to ensure that the naval fleet can move as quickly as possible in the event of war. Departure from the port. This excellently located dock area not only has deep water, a wide area, and a vast view of the sea, but more importantly, there are good dedicated roads connecting the dock area with the urban area. If it is converted into a civilian use, it will be a rare Feng Shui treasure. . According to the agreement reached with the local industrial and commercial forces, military and diplomatic affairs are all the responsibility of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, and the Dominion Grand Council has no right to interfere. The auction of this military dock has naturally become a military affairs category, directly managed by the Western Xinjiang Military Affairs Administration Handled jointly with the Xijiang Financial Department.
For a time, the temporary office of the Xijiang Financial Department in East Samoa was crowded. Kong Yunzhen, the deputy director of the Xijiang Financial Department who was sent by James to help supervise the operation of financial affairs, immediately became a hot celebrity in the South China Sea Autonomous Territory. Everyone hoped to win The favor of the deputy director-general who presided over the auction and military port construction affairs was favored in order to win contracts in the dock auction and military port construction projects.
However, Wu Feng had already paid too much attention to these details at this time. Building a navy had become the top priority in his mind, and even plotting the Central Plains was temporarily put in the back of his mind. On December 19, 698 in the Continental Calendar, just a few days after the establishment of the South China Sea Autonomous Territory was announced, the construction of the new Eastern Samoa naval port of the Xijiang Navy was officially launched. At the same time, the deputy director of the Xijiang Economic Development Department was also ordered to go to the Kingdom of Milan. Offered to the Kingdom of Milan to purchase three large warships. The General Intelligence Agency of Western Xinjiang is also not idle. When a large number of craftsmen at Yuhang Shipyard and Dengzhou Shipyard are in difficulty due to the interruption of orders from the Imperial Navy and the sea ban order, recruiters from Western Xinjiang offer heavy rewards to many skilled craftsmen. Heartbroken, they dragged their children and daughters away from home to Eastern Samoa.