Chapter Ninety-Eight: Fujian Coastal Defense Plan
During the negotiations with the Ministry of Construction, the engineering teams of the Ministry of Construction stopped the work they were working on and began to build the road leading to the coast.
If the army lands along the coast of Fujian, the road must be repaired first, otherwise the fighters will be neglected.
After Xie Baozhang arrived in Ningde, after inspecting the Offshore Fleet, he was shocked by the submarines owned by the Offshore Fleet, especially the powerful Reaper.
With regard to the construction of coastal defense, Xie Baozhang handed over to Xia Jun the 'Fujian Coastal Defense Construction Plan' only half a month later; Xie Baozhang held that it is not appropriate to have a hard confrontation with the Fujian Navy at present, because the naval strength is not enough to compete with the Fujian Navy, and the Fujian Navy should adopt an active defensive strategy.
Within six months, Xie Baozhang plans to expand the offshore fleet to five times the current number, expand the number of VIIB submarines to 30, and expand the number of torpedo boats to 50, and set up two military ports in Fuzhou and Xiamen, forming three military ports with Ningde in the north, Fuzhou in the middle, and Xiamen in the south.
Each port is equipped with 10 M1919 shore defense guns, 10 submarines and 10 torpedo boats, while the rest are deployed in other ports.
In peacetime, torpedo boats patrol the coastal seas, while submarines patrol the open seas, and once they discover the warship, they immediately mobilize the submarines of the three military ports to defend it, and carry out wolf pack tactics against the warship.
After reading the plan handed in by Xie Baozhang, Xia Jun took the calculator and calculated that the annual expenditure of the navy's military salary was 400,000 silver dollars, plus the miscellaneous expenses, at least 600,000 silver dollars, which was a trivial matter.
The points required for submarines, torpedo boats, and shore defense artillery are 48 million for 24 submarines, 10 million for 20 shore defense guns, and 4 million for 40 torpedo boats, adding up to 62 million points, plus shells and torpedoes, 70 million points are always required.
"It's a bit unbearable!" Xia Jun has 90 million points left in his hand, and next month's points should be able to reach 40 million points, and if this coastal defense plan is implemented, then the points in his hand will be reduced to 60 million points. As soon as the Xinhai Revolution broke out, Xia Jun planned to swallow up Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, how many points did the coastal defense plan of these two provinces need?
However, the expansion of the territory will also generate points.
Approve it, just approve it!
Xia Jun shook his head and approved the coastal defense plan.
In fact, Xie Baozhang also submitted this plan with apprehension, after all, Xia Jun told him that how many people and how much money they want have to be discussed!
After submitting it, he felt that it was unlikely to be approved, so Xie Baozhang drafted a second plan overnight, and was waiting for Jian'an to call back the plan, when Secretary General You Zhengbin suddenly called the Ningde Navy Headquarters and told Xie Baozhang that the plan he submitted was approved.
Xie Baozhang couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and confirmed with a little disbelief: "Has the Führer approved this plan?" ”
"Yes! passed, and the chairman scratched his head when it was approved! Now the finances are not rich! You Zhengbin said with emotion, "Thank you, you have to practice hard, don't live up to the chairman's expectations." ”
"We will live up to the expectations of the Führer." Xie Baozhang said excitedly. After hanging up the phone, Xie Baozhang continued to read, and when he came to Ningde, he found that there were a large number of naval books in the naval library, and these books were very advanced naval knowledge.
Xie Baozhang is a naval admiral born in the battleship era, and if he wants to keep up with the times, he must learn this knowledge.
Submarines are a very cheap combat unit, a weapon for the poor.
Under the current situation, the most suitable equipment for the Fujian Navy is submarines, so Xie Baozhang did not include the purchase of battleships in the plan when he handed over the coastal defense plan this time.
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The time soon entered August, and the petitioners in Sichuan were driven back by the Qing court according to the original trajectory of history, and soon entered the stage of violent road protection.
Xia Jun and Yuan Shikai exchanged letters more and more frequently, and in order to prevent Yuan Shikai from being assassinated, Xia Jun even sent a platoon of troops to Yuan Shikai to protect his safety.
Yuan Shikai's actions in Anyang The Qing court was naturally aware of it, because his actions led to continuous riots across the country, and the Qing court had the intention of completely solving Yuan Shikai's trouble, and the Qing court sent people to kill Yuan Shikai in history, and called people back because of the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising.
Xia Jun was afraid that changing history would make Yuan Datou hang up first, so he sent a platoon to lurk in Henan to protect Yuan Shikai's safety.
Hug Yuan Datou's thighs first, and wait for the Xinhai Revolution to get more territory, Yuan Datou will also be a president in the future, and it will be more convenient to have a president covered, and Yuan Datou will not be able to jump for a few years.
Li Shengguo was still negotiating with Yue Ben in Xiamen, which dragged on for more than half a month, and Li Shengguo was still arguing endlessly about those additional conditions.
Li Shengguo said with a smile when he called Xia Jun: "I thought we were going to agree to their compensation conditions, but now I want to fight for more benefits, and I will bite on these additional conditions!" This dog is really greedy, and it should be fine to drag it out for another two or three months. ”
"This matter is done, my brother-in-law will give you a holiday and a medal." Xia Junle said.
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