A country is a season of snow. However, in the Nanyang region, it is still a fierce fire, although the temperature is indeed much lower than in summer, but after all, it is an equatorial region, and a short shirt and shorts are enough to cope with life here.

Wearing a short shirt and shorts, Su Shiyu walked on the breakwater that had just been built under the scorching sun, followed by a large number of officers, but unlike Su Shiyu, although the weather was hot, the officers were still neatly uniformed, the armed belts were also strong, and the guns were even more polished, but the shoes on the feet were similar to Su Shiyu, they were all leather sandals, and this kind of shoes would not speak. It is most suitable to wear it at this latitude.

Su Shiyu just got off the ship an hour ago, and after getting off the boat, without saying a word, he took this group of officers who came to the dock to meet him, and rushed to this breakwater first to check the construction of the breakwater, after all, this will soon become the southernmost permanent port of the Chinese naval fleet, and the construction of port facilities is indeed sloppy.

This is Bangka Island, this port is the port of Belyang, back then, it was here that the first shot of the Sino-Dutch South Seas War was fired, and after the start of the thief war, the Chinese fleet also shelled the Beli Ocean, and now, the port can still see the remnants of war damage, as for the direct fuse of the war, the "Java" steamer is still sinking in the shallow water of the port, as a direct evidence of the colonial atrocities of the Dutch colonists to educate the latecomers.

Now, Bangka Island has been leased to the Chinese central government by the Second Republic of Lan Fong as a leased land, and in the port of Belyang, a large naval base is about to be built for the Chinese navy.

The seventh name is a "naval base", but in fact, there are not only Chinese naval units stationed in this military base, but also a considerable number of Chinese army units and air force units, and Su Shiyu, as the former chief of staff of the Chinese Air Force, has personally determined the sequence of air force units stationed at the Beliyang military base.

This new position was the Governor of the Leased Land of Bangka Island, which had previously been contracted by the Admiralty and was appointed by Admiral Cheng Biguang, but later the situation changed, and Cheng Biguang was reappointed as Vice Minister of the Admiralty and Commander of the Bohai Fleet, so Su Shiyu took office. He was recommended by the Air Department as the Governor of the Leased Land.

This, of course, caused displeasure in the Admiralty. Therefore, the people who came to the dock to greet Su Shiyu today are basically army and air force officers, as for the navy officers, only one came, that is, the maritime commander of the Sino-Dutch South Seas, and he has to come if he doesn't come, otherwise, no one knows what kind of rough will happen between the navy and the air force in the future.

Su Shiyu also knew in his heart that the Admiralty thought that the Air Force had robbed them of this "fat, poor" so he had opinions, but this could not blame the Air Force for taking advantage of the danger, in the final analysis, it was the Admiralty itself that was not angry, and a group of Navy veterans relied on their deep qualifications to oppose the Navy Chief Tang Xiangming, and Tang Xiangming also deliberately pretended to be confused, in order to fight back against the Navy veterans, and the result was that this came and went, "Fat is poor." It fell into the hands of the Ministry of the Air Force. Although the naval forces performed well in the Sino-Dutch Nanyang War, this does not mean that the Admiralty itself is a place where the dragon and the tiger are hidden; in fact, due to the influence of the Beiyang forces, although the current Admiralty has been rectified several times, it is still surrounded by mountains and factions, unlike the Air Ministry, which is a whole of interests and can be done like an arm. The top and bottom have the same desire.

This is a historical reason, but also a technical reason, China did not have an air force in the past, the current air force is basically supported by Zhao Bei, from the beginning of the establishment of the air force, Zhao Bei has paid special attention to the selection of the commander of the air force, therefore, the senior security personnel of the Ministry of the Air Force are basically raised by Zhao Bei, there is no interference from other factors. Naturally, it is the same as the president, but the navy is different, China's modern navy originated at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty on the field of those stale atmosphere inevitably penetrated into the body of the navy, although the center has been working hard to remove these stale atmosphere, vigorously promote young generals, but this takes time, the historical burden of the navy is too heavy, can not be as light as the air force, manifested in the specific work, that is, the front-line troops of the navy are full of sharpness, but the admiralty itself is a bureaucratic yamen, Although it has made great progress compared with the Beiyang era, compared with the forge ahead of the Air Department and the majestic momentum of the War Department, the Admiralty seems to be somewhat decadent.

A few days ago, the Commander-in-Chief convened a meeting of the War Department, the Air Force Department, and the Navy Department to discuss the integration of the three ministries and the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense, but in the end, it had to be temporarily postponed because of the issue of the distribution of interests within the Ministry of the Navy, and the Central Committee could only discuss the formation of the Ministry of Defense after the Navy Department had been reorganized.

Su Shiyu also understands the shortcomings of the Admiralty, but as a person from the Air Force, he doesn't want to make any comments on this, according to the arrangement of the center, the commander's hall also has a step-by-step rectification of the Admiralty, and the rectification must be considered holistically. After all, through the Nanyang War, the Admiralty also has some capital, and the Navy is also a technical service, although many Beiyang veterans have no one in their eyes, but the technology is indeed there, and it is necessary to consider the key role played by these technical officers to the Navy.

Although the Admiralty is prejudiced against Su Shiyu, Su Shiyu is not worried that the Admiralty will dare to play with him, it is one thing to have an opinion, and it is another nature to fight against the center, and the "hall master" in the Commander's Hall is a person who does not rub sand in his eyes.

In order to unite the navy, after Su Shiyu got off the ship, he did not go to inspect the construction of the air base first, but came to the naval base first, and asked Shen Honglie to accompany him to inspect the construction of the naval base. One..., the army is in charge, and the attention to the naval base is also the Hurricane that His Excellency the Governor is most concerned about

The breakwater is built by the naval engineering force, it is made of boulders, which can withstand typhoons, and now it has basically been completed, just waiting for the Admiralty to send personnel to take over, as for the mooring yard on the inside of the breakwater, it is still under construction, once completed, it can not only moth battleships, but also aircraft carriers, not the kind of small aircraft carriers of several thousand tons, but heavy aircraft carriers with a displacement of more than 20,000 tons, although the Chinese Navy has not yet begun to build this kind of heavy aviation "air carriers, But according to the requirements of the Commander-in-Chief, the naval base in the port of Belimyang must be able to accommodate such heavy aircraft carriers, and there must be a potential for upgrading.

The expansion of Belillan into a military port had to be carefully planned, but in fact it was a group of retired German naval officers who provided the plan for the redevelopment of the port, and its members were basically senior German naval officers and staff officers who had participated in the European war, and they were more than capable of doing the job in terms of practical experience and strategic vision.

Now, standing on the breakwater, Su Shiyu can see several dredgers busy, and the few people with western faces standing on the boat are German technical advisers.

"Commander Shen, these Germans have been here for a while, in your opinion, does their work meet the requirements of the center?" Su Shiyu called Shen Honglie to him and asked.

Shen Honglie nodded and said: "They have all participated in the European war, they know how to arrange defenses, and they also know what the weakness of the naval base is, coupled with the humiliation of Germany by Britain and France, these German ** people hope to help China's strong navy and compete with Britain and France for hegemony in the Far East." ”

"Fighting for hegemony with Britain and France? Hey, these Germans are really daring to think about it. ”

Su Shiyu didn't directly comment on what Shen Honglie said at the end, just turned his head and looked out of the breakwater. Over there, a few wisps of faint smoke can be seen on the sea antenna, it is a few British and French cruisers swimming, when he arrived at Belimyang Port by boat, he had seen those British and French warships at close range on the sea, although they did swim outside the territorial sea line, but this kind of blatant brazen bravado still made the Chinese ** people here indignant, Shen Honglie specially sent two destroyers to keep an eye on those British and French warships in protest.

Since learning that China has leased Bangka Island as a naval base, warships from Britain, France, the United States, Japan and other countries will go around the coastal waters of Bangka Island from time to time, under different pretexts, but the purpose is the same, that is, to test China's naval strength here and speculate what China wants to do with this naval base.

However, these ** ships are basically empty-handed, and the reason is very simple, because only some light warships are moored in the port of Belyang, and China's large warships are basically deployed in the local base, and the so-called "Nanyang Squadron" is basically just a shelf at present, and even the Admiralty has not finalized the size and type of this fleet.

Britain was most concerned about the construction of the Bangka Island base, because it was not far from Singapore, and the range of the existing long-range bombers of the Chinese Air Force was enough to ensure that the most important British naval base in the Far East could take off from Bangka Island.

"The development of the navy is not so fast, the navy is a famous gold-swallowing beast in the modern military machine, the reason why the central government is particularly cautious on this issue is also bitter, and your navy should also share worries about the center, since the existing equipment is limited, then you must make good use of these existing equipment, take turns to train officers and men, and strive to train a large number of outstanding naval talents.

Our Air Force is doing the same now, not only using the Air Force's own equipment, but also using civilian flight schools and flying clubs to train reserve personnel for the Air Force. The future war will certainly be an all-out three-dimensional war, and we will not be able to do without any branch of the military; as soldiers, we must take precautions, and only in this way will the future battlefield be the battlefield where we will win honor

Su Shiyu restrained his thoughts and said good words, which made Shen Honglie beside him feel a little emotional.

"The Navy understands the difficulties of the center, which has limited financial resources, and gives priority to the army and air force, a policy that most officers and men of the Navy firmly support.

Shen Honglie immediately expressed his position, Su Shiyu was very satisfied, as long as Shen Honglie expressed his position, everything would be easy to do in the future of the leased land of Bangka Island, because Shen Honglie was about to officially serve as the supreme commander of the military base, and at that time, he would become Su Shiyu's right-hand man. When Su Shiyu was discussing with Shen Honglie about the future economic and military exhibition of the leased land, a staff officer hurriedly came.

"Report sir! The guests have arrived, when do you see them coming? The staff officer asked Shen Honglie.

"What guest?" Su Shiyu asked.

Shen Honglie said: "The guests who came from Borneo are all local Chinese and overseas Chinese, and they came here to ask the navy to provide sea escort, and now the pirates in the waters of Borneo are quite rampant. ”

"Oh? Borneo is right next to Bangka Island and should indeed strengthen ties with the Chinese there. Let's go meet them together. ”

Su Shiyu immediately decided to go with Shen Honglie to meet those guests from Borneo, the current Borneo is a place where the heroes are competing with each other, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Japan, the forces of various countries are intertwined on the island, the local situation is quite complicated, and it is also quite delicate, and who can finally gain the upper hand in this competition will directly determine the strategic pattern of the Nanyang region in the next few years.

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