Early in the morning of 23 July, Zhang Wei, together with Chen Dezhi and others, went to the West Port of the Shanghai Navy in Beijing, released the destroyers, fast torpedo boats, and ocean-going minelaying submarines purchased for the Southwest Autonomous Territory, and at the same time released the 35th Division, the 36th Division, and two national defense divisions, and the Navy sent an officer who had just been promoted to brigadier general to serve as the naval commander of the Southwest Autonomous Region. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After consultation with Chen Dezhi, it was decided to reorganize the existing artillery regiments of the Northern Military Region, and in the future, each artillery regiment will have 18 155mm heavy howitzers and 36 105mm howitzers under its jurisdiction, and the existing artillery regiments of the Northern Military Region only need to add m howitzers to be reorganized into 6 artillery regiments; In addition, 2 separate artillery regiments equipped with super-heavy howitzers, 18 210mm heavy howitzers and 18 280mm howitzers were formed.

It was not until the afternoon that the above members of the artillery regiment could be combined, and Zhang Wei was not in a hurry to return to the palace, and by the way, he inspected the western military port of the navy, and ate lunch with a group of naval officers and men at the naval base.

Li Yunhai and Yang Yili were very happy to receive Zhang Wei and others.

Zhang Wei first drank a glass of wine with everyone and said: "Today is a small year, I will borrow the wine of the navy to wish everyone a happy new year in advance!" ”

Vice Admiral Chen Dezhi was very happy that his mission had been accomplished, and he and the officers and men of the Navy kept toasting each other.

And Li Yunhai and Yang Yili seemed preoccupied, and Zhang Wei asked, "Are you two unhappy that I have a meal here?" Why do you cry with a sad face? ”

Li Yunhai's mouth was relatively stupid, Yang Yili thought about it for a while and took out the list of commodore generals who had just been promoted and said: "Your Majesty, you see, Li Jun and Gong Zhou have all been promoted to brigadier general, and there are 3 captains of battleships and battlecruisers who participated in the annihilation of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet, Du Sheng, the two of us have been nesting in this port, there is no fight, when will we be promoted?" ”

Zhang Wei laughed and said: "It's a good thing that they have been promoted, even if they are promoted, they are still under the control of the two of you, and now except for the Northern Fleet, which is not under your control, aren't the other warships under the control of the two of you?" You are now equivalent to the Commander of the Imperial Navy and the Chief of Staff of the Navy, how can you still eat the vinegar of your subordinates, what a shame! Li Jiang and Gong Xuan have been the commanders of the detachment for a long time, and these two people are also working hard, and this promotion is reasonable; The other 3 captains have served as captains for a long time, and I have consulted that if you want to be promoted to the rank, you must not only have combat merits, but also improve in fleet management, tactics, technology, etc., and the 6 old captains who participated in the naval battle against Japan this time have only been promoted to 3, and the other 3 are insufficient in other aspects; And the higher the rank, the greater the promotion, and the slower their promotion will be in the future, and it will definitely not exceed the rank of the two of you; In addition, the navy's major war has not yet begun, and the current naval battles are still in the warm-up stage, and you two are still worried about whether there will be a naval battle? There will be many opportunities in the future, but don't drop the chain when the time comes, otherwise you two will go to the palace and clean the toilet for me. ”

Everyone was very happy when they heard that there would be a bigger naval battle in the future, and Yang Yili hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I'm not complaining to you, I want to win a few battleships or battle cruisers for them, after all, they have been promoted to brigadier general, and Li Jiang and Gong's fleet are only a few destroyers, which really does not match the identity of the commodore general." ”

"I will consider this, when the war against Japan is over and the naval blockade of Japan is lifted, there will be no need for so many warships in the Northern Theater, and a lot of battleships and battlecruisers will be sold this time, and then we will see how many battleships and battlecruisers are left, and then we will distribute them uniformly, and we will definitely give Li Jiang and Gongxing one battlecruiser each."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I thank Your Majesty for both of them! ”

Chen Dezhi had drunk a lot of wine at this time, and when he heard that Zhang Wei was about to transfer the warships of the Northern Fleet to supplement the Central Fleet, he immediately said dissatisfiedly: "Your Majesty, you can't do this, it's not like a crying child with milk to eat, this is very unfair to the Northern Theater, and this precedent cannot be set!" “

Yang Yili said unhappily: "Lieutenant General Chen, if you want to say that the crying child has milk to eat, then the first one to cry is also your Northern Theater of Operations, you see, as soon as you come to complain, Your Majesty has equipped you with so many cannons, this is not falling from the sky." “

"Those are army equipment, and they have nothing to do with the Navy! Not to be confused! “

"Army equipment doesn't cost money? If the army equipment can cry out, we will not be allowed to complain about the Navy? It doesn't make sense! “

Zhang Wei hurriedly said: "It's a good thing that there is competition between you, but you can't hurt the peace, we are a big family, even if you don't fight, I and the General Staff will also consider it as a whole, if your application is not within the scope of the plan, you can't fight for it, for example, this time you didn't meet any application from the Archipelago Province and the Australian Military Region." “

Yang Yili, Chen Dezhi and others hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, we will not hurt the peace, please rest assured, Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Wei thought for a while and said: "Actually, there is no need for you to fight for naval ships at all, we are the Xia Empire is a naval power, and we will definitely install the world's most advanced battleships and battle cruisers, but now we must learn to be low-key and low-key things, we must get used to pretending to be pigs and eating tigers, and some forces must be hidden, only when a big war comes, it suddenly breaks out, and gives the enemy a fatal blow, so that we can achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost." ”

Yang Yili, Chen Dezhi and others did not agree with Zhang Wei's thoughts, and the idea of the soldiers was to crush the enemy with absolute force and a dignified and upright front.

Yang Yili said: "Your Majesty, such words will not train the troops' ability to fight wars and tough battles, and they will be very detrimental to the development of the troops. ”

"I know it's not good for the development of the troops, but now our family has a small business and can't stand the toss, our advantage is the advantage of weapons, and it won't be a fool not to use the advantage; For example, the navy, I also plan to equip you with 343mm battleships with 343mm main guns next year, which will be used to crush the navies of all countries in the world and lead the new trend of naval battleships in the world. ”

As soon as he heard that there was such a good thing, Li Yunhai was excited, but because of Yang Yili's few words, he said that the new battleship was gone, and he was busy looking for a backer and pulled Li Zhaoshui in, so he said: "Your Majesty, our navy has been preparing for this for a long time, and the two plank roads you saw west of the West Military Port are prepared for the new battleships, and the draft of the pier and waterway is required to be 15 meters deep, and it is built in strict accordance with the requirements of Deputy Chief of General Staff Li, and the investment is very large. ”

"You built 2 military wharves and waterways privately, and the investment is so large, I don't know, I haven't settled accounts with you yet, and you are still talking about this matter?"

"Your Majesty, you were on an expedition at that time, and it was approved by the Chief of General Staff of the Army and Premier Zheng, we don't have so much money to invest privately, regardless of the affairs of the navy, besides, Your Majesty, since you have invested, it is a waste to be idle."

"Okay, you can also list the work plan of the Navy for next year, and if you have time to discuss it with Li Zhaoshui, we will discuss it after the year; As for the battleships with 343mm guns, we will definitely start equipping the navy at the right time next year, so let's keep it secret for now. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the task will be completed!"

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, after Zhang Wei was done, he hurried back to the palace, and in the evening he had to give a banquet to the imperial cabinet members and ministers, as well as the administrators of the same level in Beijing.