Due to limited capacity, 5,000 Japanese mercenaries will follow the Tiance Army on motorized cargo ships.

Although the motor cargo ships produced by the Tianjin Shipyard are still made of wood, they have been upgraded, from a displacement of 1,200 tons to 1,800 tons, and their speed has also been increased, reaching a maximum of 25 knots, which can basically keep up with the speed of naval warships.

The structure of the motor cargo ship is an open stern, with six cargo compartments double-deck structure, in addition to ballast water tanks, fuel tanks, fresh water tanks, bow thruster tanks and engine rooms, etc., all of which can shelter from the wind and rain, so there is no problem at all in transporting people.

Shijingshan Industrial Zone has begun to produce steel, and will be able to reach the annual output of 500,000 tons of the established production capacity early next year. A large number of welders who have been tempered by the construction of Shijingshan Industrial Zone have gone to Tianjin, and some marine steel plates have also been shipped to Tianjin Shipyard.

The construction of the first steel ships will be imitations of existing motorized fishing boats with a displacement of five hundred tons. Also involved in the construction of these motorized fishing boats are veteran boatmen, who can also provide valuable experience in the construction of the boats.

Due to the harsh working environment of the ship, the hull hull is subject to chemical corrosion, electrochemical corrosion, marine organisms and microorganisms corrosion by seawater; The hull is subjected to large wind and wave impacts and alternating loads; The shape of the ship makes the processing method complicated, so the steel requirements for the hull structure are very strict.

The first steel fishing boats were built to test whether the steel plates used in the steel mills were qualified.

At present, there are two shipbuilding bases in the starting city, one is a wholly-owned shipyard in Tianjin, and the other is a joint venture shipyard located at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai. The joint venture shipyard was established in cooperation with Shen Tingyang, and the current ship type produced is also a motor cargo ship.

However, there are two types of ships built by shipyards in Shanghai, one is inland river ships and the other is sea vessels. The ships built by the Shanghai shipyard have begun to be sold to the outside world, and the inland waterway ships are the best. Although ships of the same tonnage are more than twice as expensive as traditional ones, sales are still good, after all, the manpower is saved, and this account is not difficult to calculate.

In the early morning of 11 October, the sharp sound of military trumpets sounded, and the lights in the three military ports of Hong Kong, Taipei, and Keelung were instantly brightly lit, and the lights on the wharf illuminated the harbor as bright as day, and the lights on each warship were turned on, making the entire wharf dotted.

The first to board the ship were armored vehicles, these armored vehicles were usually on land patrol duty, and the sound of friction between the tracks and the ground was heard, and they entered the bottom cabin in turn under the guidance of a special person, and there were already other combat vehicles in the cabin that had not disembarked.

The second was the boarding of the soldiers of the Tiance Army, they were neat and orderly, except for the occasional command of the officer, almost no other voices could be heard, only the sound of sonorous footsteps and the slight collision of weapons with their bodies.

Then there were the soldiers of the security forces, and the soldiers of the security forces were more distinctive, almost pushing a bicycle in their hands, and boarding the battleship in rows.

Wang Yue also got up at this time, he hurriedly washed up, and after using Dong Xiaowan's carefully made breakfast, he came to the landing ship combat command room.

At this time, Chief of Staff Li Zixiong, Navy Commander Wei Xiaoliang and others were already waiting here.

"Commander, our planned encirclement is set in an area fifty kilometers north of the Palawan Islands, which is based on the characteristics of most of the enemy fleet's offshore voyages, and it is not far from Manila."

Li Zixiong reported to Wang Yue: "A coast guard warship, two maritime surveillance warships, and a supply ship from Hong Kong will attack the enemy's rear route, and the fleet from Keelung Port and Taipei will converge in the sea near Penghu and head south to the predetermined location." ”

Wang Yue looked at the map and said: "According to this plan, this time we will fight in an unfamiliar sea area, and the area is vast, so it is also a real combat test for our Tiance Army Navy, and your staff and naval headquarters must do a good job of research." ”

The dispatch of so many warships this time is also to temper the actual combat level of the navy.

Li Zixiong said: "Yes." ”

Wang Yue said again: "This battle is commanded by Wei Xiaoliang, commander of the navy, Zhuang Suwen, commander of the Nanyang Fleet, is the deputy, and your staff is responsible for checking and filling in the gaps, I only need the final result." ”

Now that most of the battlefield commands of the Tiance Army have been handed over to the commanders, Wang Yue has formulated a preliminary strategy at most, so he has become more and more worry-free.

A sun umbrella, a cup of green tea, and a special person in charge of each position, so Wang Yue is very leisurely.

The sea is vast, boring, the scenery is unchanged, and the distance is long, so the officers and men of the navy have many recreational activities, such as playing chess, tug-of-war, singing, fishing, or holding barbecues regularly. There is even a gymnasium, karaoke room, billiard hall, etc. inside the dock landing ship.

Wang Yue seemed very quiet, at most occasionally playing Go with Liu Rushi and playing chess with Dong Xiaowan. I was tired of those entertainment activities in my previous life, and playing chess with beautiful women was still very pleasing to the eye.

Mr. Schauzin was only seventeen years old this year, but he seemed to be an old man who did not match his age, which surprised Mr. Schauzin.

"Mr. Schozin, the purpose of this war between our army and the Dutch and the Spaniards is to reformulate a new order of trade in the South Seas." Wang Yue took a sip of tea. He still likes to drink tea, and it is more comfortable to drink good tea than other drinks.

"Of course, of course." Schohzin said: "There is no doubt that the order of this world will eventually be reformulated by our starting city. ”

He had completely regarded himself as a person from the starting point city, and such an advanced civilization gave him a strong sense of belonging.

The new world order will be decided by the starting point city in the future, which few people can understand, especially those officials in the Ming Dynasty, and only Europeans like Schohzin who know the starting point city and open their eyes to the world will know it.

Wang Yue smiled and said: "I can't take care of the world order yet, but Nanyang will be the Nanyang of the starting point city in the future." If the Europeans are here to do business, I welcome them, but the military presence of any Europeans is not allowed in the South Seas, and I hope you will convey your intentions to your fellow Europeans. ”

This Nanyang strategy is not simply to eliminate the influence of Europeans, trade relations will be the mainstream in the future, which is also the main work of Schowzing's trip to the South Seas.

"In front of the powerful Tiance Army, they can only accept the new rules." Schauzin Road.

Speaking of this, he looked at his daughter Lisa beside him, plucked up his courage and said, "Lord Wang, Lisa is eighteen years old, and as a father, I have to be anxious about her life's events. I have now decided to entrust her to Lord Wang, and I hope that Lord Wang will not refuse. ”