The empire was economically stable, export trade and industrial production were very prosperous, and the new territories such as the South Asian and West Asian theaters were busy deploying troops, receiving new territories, and demarcating borders. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhang Wei didn't have much important to do for the time being, so he decided to go to Lu for a time, and strive to be able to arrange the population in place before the spring ploughing, and by the way, strengthen the strength of the Atlantic Fleet and learn about the relocation of the United States.

On the 16th of the first month, the solar calendar is January 26, 1910, in the afternoon, after saying goodbye to the empress and others, Zhang Wei went to Shangjing Air Base, took a plane to Hawaii, and then arrived in Los Angeles by airship.

On the morning of 19 July, General Gan Pinghai waited at Pearl Harbor Air Force Base in Hawaii to wait for Zhang Wei's arrival.

Commander Xia Shuanglong suggested to Gan Pinghai: "Governor, this time I want to apply to Your Majesty for some cargo ships to facilitate the supply of materials and transportation of natives from all over the country, and there is still a lack of 2 national defense divisions here, it is best to add a heavy artillery brigade, I hope Your Majesty will solve it together." “

"Commander Xia, don't worry, Your Majesty will consider it, and I am still thinking about the advanced heavy patrol and the 2 advanced light cruisers; Even the Air Force is now insufficient, and many of the air bases that will be built do not even have a single patrol plane. Gan Pinghai said.

Xia Shuanglong said: "Governor, it's best not to tell Your Majesty about the cruiser, you should send a telegram to Deputy Chief of General Staff Li, don't let the people of the Indian Ocean Fleet misunderstand and affect joint operations in the future." “

"Hey, even if you don't mention cruisers, you have to add some more destroyers and fast torpedo boats, otherwise you really can't patrol, you can't even divide one destroyer on each island, and the force is still too weak." Gan Pinghai said with emotion.

It has been so long since the war against Britain and France ended, and the Indian Ocean Fleet did not say anything about returning 3 cruisers, he was very anxious, and now he occupied too many islands, and all the islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean were under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Theater of Operations, and he was responsible for building the infrastructure on the islands, and he was also responsible for transporting the surplus natives to the island of Papua, and the personnel was too poor.

Xia Shuanglong said: "Grand Duke, maybe it's because our Pacific Fleet is surrounded by the empire's sphere of influence, and there is no danger, so Your Majesty doesn't pay attention to it." “

"Don't talk nonsense, Your Majesty is considering it comprehensively, the Atlantic Fleet is much more dangerous than ours, and its military strength is not as good as our fleet." Gan Pinghai scolded.

"Metropolitan Governor, the overall strength of the Atlantic Fleet is not strong, but they are all equipped with high-speed warships, and they will not be defeated if they encounter a powerful European fleet, and they will not be defeated, and they have many submarines, and when they encounter a European fleet, the chance of making a cheap profit is still very great."

Gan Pinghai knew that Xia Shuanglong was right, but he was now confused and didn't know how His Majesty positioned the Pacific Fleet; If you want to say that Your Majesty does not attach importance to the Pacific Fleet, the strength of the fleet is no worse than that of the Indian Ocean Fleet, and this time it is assigned to 3 high-speed cruisers, if you want to say that you attach importance to the Pacific Fleet, in the center of the Pacific Ocean, you will not encounter any enemies at all; For military men, life without an enemy is also sad.

At 11:30 p.m., Zhang Wei's plane finally landed at Pearl Harbor Air Force Base.

Gan Pinghai and the others hurriedly stepped forward to salute Zhang Wei, "Welcome Your Majesty!" “

Zhang Wei said: "Thank you for your hard work, arrange the crew, I will wash it first, I will be covered in sweat, and then eat." “

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"I'll stay here for 2 days, have a good rest, and talk about it later."

"Yes, Your Majesty, please come here!"

Half an hour later, Zhang Wei washed back, lunch had been prepared, and Zhang Wei ate this meal very fragrant.

"Does Your Majesty need to rest first?" Gan Pinghai asked.

"It's okay, let's deal with the problem here first, or you won't be comfortable. Tell me, how can I help me? Zhang Wei asked.

Gan Pinghai hurriedly picked up the main things and reported: "Your Majesty, that is, the 42nd Army is established, but the number of troops is not enough, and the strength to defend so many islands is too weak; The second is to strengthen the number of air force planes, to ensure that each air base has at least three patrol planes; In addition, it is necessary to add some destroyers and fast patrol boats or fast gunboats to patrol around the base and assist the army in maintaining order in various places; Finally, there will be additional cargo ships that can carry supplies to the islands and transport local natives to Papua. “

Zhang Wei said: "I will add two more national defense divisions to you, and I will discuss with the Air Force Department when the time comes, see how many bases they want to build, and make reasonable arrangements according to their opinions, and then I will set up an air force headquarters for you under the theater of operations, and send an Air Force Major General to assist you in your work and be in charge of air patrol work; You focus on how many destroyers, fast boats and cargo ships are needed. “

"Thank you, Your Majesty, at least 20 destroyers and 40 fast torpedo boats, 20 cargo ships of 5000 tons are needed."

Now there are a large number of system points every month, and the army limit has also increased a lot, which is very generous, so Zhang Wei said: "Okay, you are very conservative in reporting this number, and it will be arranged in place in the evening." Still have questions? ”

"Your Majesty, what about immigration? Nowadays, the number of natural immigrants is decreasing, and even those who are willing to come are willing to live on the Hawaiian islands and do not want to go elsewhere. Gan Pinghai asked.

Gan Pinghai and Xia Shuanglong were very satisfied with Zhang Wei's arrangement, so that their work would be much easier; If there were a few more immigrants who could help with something, their jobs would be easier.

"In the future, the natural immigrants here will be gradually reduced, and the natural immigrants are allowed to live on Oahu, the indigenous people of Hawaii are concentrated on the island of Hawaii, build a few schools for them as soon as possible, teach them Chinese, and only live on other islands, this time I will arrange 200,000 people for you, that is, 100,000 couples. In the future, I will increase it year by year, and next time I will leave you some teachers, doctors, and junior administrators, and gradually fill up the islands. You plan in the afternoon, I'll leave 50,000 couples in the evening, and then 50,000 couples when I return from the Americas, otherwise you'll be too busy for a while. Zhang Wei said.

This is not bad, at least each island can be divided into hundreds to thousands of Chinese, and they are all systematic people, and their safety is guaranteed, Gan Pinghai is more satisfied with Zhang Wei's arrangement, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your support." ”

Seeing that they had no objections, Zhang Wei continued: "You have to handle the relationship with the Queen of Hawaii and help them develop their economy, I promised them last time; The indigenous people on the island of Hawaii are the only indigenous settlements left in the empire, and the political significance in the future is very significant, and I don't want them to become independent, separatist, and affect the image of the empire. Alright, go get busy. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will step up education and ideological propaganda against the Hawaiian natives, and strengthen the monitoring of them."

With these supports, Gan Pinghai and Xia Shuanglong were satisfied, and hurriedly arranged for Zhang Wei to rest, and they had to make plans as soon as possible, send the army to various islands or islands, arrange 50,000 couples to the corresponding places, and take into account the transportation capacity and logistics support, etc., which was very cumbersome, and they had to sort out a clue.

Xia Shuanglong decided to keep the Praetorian Guard Division and one defense division stationed in Hawaii, and sent three defense divisions to be stationed in Fiji, Polynesia, and Pohnpei Island in the Caroline Islands, which are located in the west, southwest, and southeast of Hawaii respectively; Four regiments were stationed on islands or archipelagos around the division headquarters.

Gan Pinghai allocated 2 destroyers and 2 fast patrol boats to each division, 1 destroyer and 2 fast patrol boats to each regiment, and 4 cargo ships for each division to transport supplies and local natives to Papua Island.

After two nights of busywork, two national defense divisions, 50,000 couples, and 80 ships and crews were finally released from the system.

On the morning of the 21st, when Zhang Wei was about to leave by airship, Gan Pinghai finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Your Majesty, there will be no enemies in the Pacific region in the future, and the Pacific Fleet does not need so many capital ships, right?" ”

Zhang Wei knew that he had doubts, and replied: "There is no need for so many capital ships, and it will be enough for the Pacific Fleet to only deploy fast cruisers and destroyers in the future, and it will remain unchanged for the time being; In the future, the Atlantic Fleet will be set up as the North Atlantic Fleet, which will be mainly responsible for the coastal waters of the West Indies and North America; The Pacific Fleet was established as the South Atlantic Fleet, which was mainly responsible for the waters between eastern South America and western Africa. plus the Indian Ocean Fleet and the Central Fleet, or the four main fleets; Do you think there will be any change in the effect after the adjustment? ”

It turned out that His Majesty had already made arrangements, and Gan Pinghai was relieved that if the Pacific Fleet was changed to the South Atlantic Fleet, the fleet would play a greater role and reflect its personal value; According to His Majesty, the Pacific Fleet will be of greater importance than the Atlantic Fleet and the Indian Ocean Fleet. So he said: "Your Majesty, that will surround the European countries, and they can only stay in the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea to play." ”

Zhang Wei said: "Therefore, the role of your fleet in the future is very large, and if you are not transferred now, first, we have not occupied Africa and South America, and second, we do not want to stimulate European countries, and now we have not even strengthened the strength of the Atlantic Fleet, which is a sign of weakness; Now you have to strengthen the training of the fleet, and study more information on the port station, deployment, hydrology and other information in the South Atlantic region, as well as the overall strategy in the future, I believe that it will not be too long, and the empire will not let you stay idle. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gan Pinghai replied happily.

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while and added: "Let me tell you a little bit of information first, you have to prepare in advance, in the first half of the year, you will send a mixed fleet of battleships and battlecruisers to Central American ports to station in the South American theater to assist in the South American theater's war against South America." ”

As soon as he heard that there was a war, Gan Pinghai hurriedly replied: "Yes, please rest assured that Your Majesty can set off to fight at any time." (To be continued.) )