Regarding the ownership of the two transport ships, the Navy and the Ministry of Commerce and Trade have already fought several rounds of verbal battles during the construction period, so that the Ministry of Commerce and Trade stopped sponsoring the Navy and gave the sponsorship to the Army, and by the way, together with the Marine Corps, because several veterans of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade could not distinguish the difference between the Marine Corps and the Navy, so they simply cut off the supply in one go, anyway, you are all at sea.

From the beginning of the construction of these two ships, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade paid for the construction of these two ships, including the construction of the dry dock, which was paid for by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, which made the navy repeatedly defeated in a series of subsequent scrambles. Every time there was a dispute, the personnel of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade said that we had built the dry docks for shipbuilding and repairing ships at our own expense, and that we were fighting for the ships we built at our own expense.

In fact, the Joint Chiefs of Staff is more biased towards the navy in this matter, you must know that Dongfang Port is now the only city in China, and it is almost a super city in this time and space in terms of its current scale. Such a large city has newly built bastions or independent support points from multiple directions on the land to defend points, and it is basically difficult for the opponent to drive straight from the land. First of all, there are no islands within twenty nautical miles of Vostochny that can be used as a naval fortress, and even if there are, there are no drinking water and enough soil on the islands to meet the needs of long-term soldiers. Such a situation requires that the Chinese Navy must have a medium-sized fleet capable of maneuvering and operating flexibly within a few dozen nautical miles, capable of patrolling, destroying, sabotage, and fighting for sea supremacy. At present, the Chinese Navy has only four 8154 cruisers that are mainly fishing, and one destroyer that has not enough gasoline and is directly pulled onto the slipway to recuperate, all of which are only available to sail warships, which have been redesigned and refitted by the industrial sector, but have never escaped the defects of sail power, and can only move slowly at sea at a deathly slow speed. Even if there are a few small fast sailing ships that can be used for patrolling and searching, but because of their small hull and poor structure, they cannot undertake the task of fighting, so the coastal defense task still falls on the two Shengli-class capital ships and a three-masted destroyer that were converted after being captured.

Now the two capital ships modified with steam power are also about to be launched in the short term, although it can reduce the pressure of the serious shortage of coastal defense to a certain extent, but it is still far from enough, at least to break the blockade circle of the Medeno people thirty or forty nautical miles away, these existing warships alone are not enough. According to the plan of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, within two years a fortified island within 20 nautical miles will be built, a company of marines will be stationed on the island, and a power station, a large communication station, and a radar station will be built on the island (of course, until all of the industrial committees can produce their own equipment), and in addition to these auxiliary equipment, new fortress guns will be placed on the island to protect against the surprise attack of the enemy's navy - of course, only the Medeno. Naturally, these island forts not only served the function of fort defense, but also used to store the fuel needed for the warship's cruise, preventing the port of the East from serving as a short-term supply depot in the event of a throughput bottleneck.

Such a plan may seem like a good idea, but now it can only exist on paper and cannot be actually implemented. Due to the size of the island, it is not easy to fill in the height, because it is impossible to find enough stones and soil on the island, and all you can find is sand, and most of the area of the island will be directly planed below the water level. For this reason, all the earth and construction materials used for landfills had to be transported to the island by ship from the port of Vostochny, including drinking water, food, clothing, protective equipment, tools, etc., which were needed by the construction crew. Now whether it is the navy or the marines, Dongfang Port can be used as a transport ship, except for the sail transport ship is the sail transport ship, with such a transport ship, not only the speed is slow and inefficient, but also because the masts and cables on the ship are scattered, even the crane is difficult to carry out lifting operations on it, and almost can only rely on manpower for loading and unloading work. There are also many fortresses on the sea in ancient and modern times in the old world, and their construction is not a short-term achievement, they often take fifty or sixty years of construction or even hundreds of years of construction to complete, and a fortress that is unlucky can replace two or three emperors after it is built, and even three generations of a family are playing with the construction of a fortress. The senators of the Senate did not have this kind of consciousness of slow work and meticulous work, and they did not have the courage to compare the construction work of a fortress with a long life, so they demanded that the fortress must be completed within one to two years, and as for building materials such as reinforced concrete, they should be used as much as they wanted, and the construction period must not be slowed down because of insufficient materials. Therefore, in such an environment, if you want to use a sail carrier to carry out the construction of this island fortress, it will definitely not be passed by the vote of the Senate Assembly, and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff itself will not be able to pass it, and the chiefs of staff are counting on being able to show their faces at the completion ceremony.

Listening to Gu Qingqian's words, Xiao Jing's face was also a little embarrassed, of course he knew the opinion of the Joint Staff Committee, in fact, he also agreed with the opinion of the navy, but he couldn't say it, so he could only say perfunctorily, "No, the reason for calling these two transport ships transport ships is not because they want to be assigned to the navy, but to show the strength of our sea power in front of the Maidno people, it's not that meaning." ”

"I don't have mind reading, but I know what you're thinking right now." Gu Qingqian smiled slightly and patted Xiao Jing on the shoulder, "I also know that the navy wants these two ships, of course, I know that the navy must have a navy, and the reason must be sufficient, but everyone has to figure out a reason, why should we build two transport ships under the constant covetousness of the navy?" It's not for us in the Department of Commerce and Trade. ”

Saying that, Gu Qingqian took a few steps in the direction where the dry dock was located and pushed open the window, the dry dock in the distance was already draining the water, and the two transport boats were parked on the beach, and the workers on the boats were busy erecting scaffolding, and the outfitting work had already begun.

"These two transport ships must not be given to the navy, and the navy must also ensure that these two ships are escorted." Gu Qingqian said, pointing to the two boats, and said categorically.

Xiao Jing sighed and shook his head, "You're a little too strong, no wonder no one dares to chase you......"

"Don't interrupt, those are two different things...... Gu Qingqian hurriedly interrupted Xiao Jing's words, "I'm not strong, but I asked for it out of consideration for the navy." ”

"What's the matter with us?" Someone spoke not far away, Gu Qingqian turned her head to look, it turned out that Bu Zhongfu, who was wearing a naval officer's uniform, was walking from the door, and saw Xiao Jing and Gu Qingqian both staring at him, he also knew that he appeared too abruptly, and hurriedly explained, "I came here to see the situation of today's negotiations, and I heard about the navy when I walked over, so I asked, I just asked." ”

"It's okay if you're here, I'll directly state my point of view," Gu Qingqian nodded and said to Bu Zhongfu, "I won't give you the two transport ships, the ownership rights all belong to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, and your navy must also provide us with escorts." ”

"It's not big, is it?" Bu Zhongfu obviously had an embarrassed expression on his face, "This is simply a mess if you don't eat mutton." ”

"You are wrong," Gu Qingqian directly interrupted Bu Zhongfu's words, "First of all, we are all a whole of the Senate, you have to admit that the Senate is not just an industry, a military branch or an individual will to operate, she is authorized by our plenary congress to operate the Executive Committee. Whether it's your navy or our department of commerce and trade, all of our work is about how to grow the Senate, don't you think? ”

Bu Zhongfu nodded, and before he could speak, he saw Gu Qingqian crackling like firecrackers and continued, "Do you know what the current inventory situation in our Hong Kong warehouse looks like?" The sixteen large warehouses are all full, and now some soldiers have brought their dormitories to load goods, and the entire temporary dock loading and unloading area has been filled with containers, which are also full of all kinds of raw materials, and we cannot bring them back. At the same time, our goods are piled higher than a mountain in the warehouses of finished goods in the port of Vostochny, and most of the factories are now half-open or even suspended, how much do we have to pay every day to support the naturalized people who do not have to work? Have you thought about it? We all come from that world, we have memories of sweatshops, these naturalized people have never lived like this before, they are content to work eight to twelve hours a day to earn a monthly wage, not even to rest, but now we can't get them to work because we produce too much to sell. Like us, once they have enjoyed a long period of rest, they will definitely start to become lazy and expect rest, so it will definitely affect their future work life. Therefore, our biggest need now is to sell the goods in the warehouse as soon as possible so that they can return to work. ”

Bu Zhongfu's mouth opened wide, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, and after a while, he remembered to speak, "This ...... What does this have to do with our Navy? ”

"Of course it does!" Gu Qingqian stared at Bu Zhongfu's eyes as a matter of course, "Now we are in a semi-war state with the Medeno people, although there is no real war now, but their ships will not come to us to transport goods, and there is their fleet loitering outside the thirty-mile warning circle, prohibiting all ships on the sea route from entering Dongfang Port, so if we want to break this deadlock, we must transport the goods." We have already taken the first step by establishing our first overseas cargo transshipment terminal in Hong Kong, but the Dongfeng has been cut off because it has run out of fuel, and these two transport ships will have to be used to resume transportation. Only by resuming sea freight will we have empty warehouses, new raw materials, and the port of Vostochny back in operation. ”

"It's thirty nautical miles, if you say it's more than one hundred and twenty kilometers......" Xiao Jing tried to explain, but Gu Qingqian glanced at him and hurriedly stopped talking, Gu Qingqian continued, "Because these two ships are wooden transport ships, although they are made of steel keel, but after all, the shell is wooden, and it is still a new ship, once we really meet the black-hearted Maidno people, maybe they will really be attacked by the Maidno people, so we must have the protection of the navy." ”

"But our navy can't get any benefit in it!" Bu Zhongfu was just halfway through his words and was robbed by Gu Qingqian, "Do you know? There used to be a fable in China, I don't remember how it was said, but I still know the general idea, it is about an animal with two or three heads, every time you encounter food, you have to fight for the right to eat, several heads have to gnaw and fight with each other, and the head is broken and bleeding, but no one thought that no matter which mouth eats, it ends up falling into the same stomach. It is this mistake that we are now making in arguing about these things, and all our efforts are for the sake of the Senate and the growth of the port of Orient. Only when our Ministry of Commerce and Trade can sell a large number of commodities and turn them into money can we have the development funds of the navy, land and air force, and only a huge merchant fleet can ensure the normal operation of this logistics system and avoid the accumulation of goods that cannot be turned into money, which will not only fail to do things, but also delay the opportunity for development and even let the Senate go downhill. With the protection of the Navy, our merchant fleet will be able to earn more money, and with more money, we will be able to build more dry docks, build shipyards in Vostochny Port, expand the production capacity of the industrial sector, and in just a few years, we will have enough money to support the construction and modernization of the army, and then don't say that you are arguing too much about the caliber of rifles and changing the armament too quickly, just throw money at it, if you think there are too few aircraft, just throw money at it, if you think there are too few ships in the mobile fleet, you can directly throw money at the construction, what destroyers, cruisers or something, just throw the money into it, everything is done, can money make the ghost grind......"

Gu Qingqian said with drooling, the effect seemed to be very obvious, Bu Zhongfu in front of her was already drooling at the moment, his eyes were blurry, and he looked like a "ghost" who was pushed by money and was ready to grind.