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On 6 August, the General Staff began issuing military orders.

Orders were issued to the Sumatran Military Region and the 2nd Division, ordering the 2nd Division to move to Shangjing City and to arrive within 15 days.

ordered the Archipelago Military District to assemble 3 regiments of mercenaries to Manado; Sumatra Military Region assembled 3 regiments of mercenaries from the port of Medan; The Java Provincial Military District gathered 4 regiments of mercenaries to Shangjing.

The Navy assembled the officers and men of 3 battleships and 6 battlecruisers, and all of them returned to the fleet within 2 days.

An order was issued to the Java Provincial Military District that no natives were allowed to roam freely on the entire island of Java, that the old, weak, sick, disabled and young were all sent to the Southwestern Dominion, that young men and women would either join the construction sites or be assigned to the township farms, and that the transport fleet would be allocated by the General Staff to 100 new cargo ships in Java Province.

Li Civilian issued instructions to various intelligence stations, and with the assistance of the local garrison, began to arrest the Japanese spies who had been monitored before, and tried to catch them all.

On the morning of August 6, Zhang Wei first went to the warehouse of the Ministry of Finance, put the silver sent by France into the warehouse, and collected 150 million of the $200 million in free aid from the United States, and 20 million of the remaining 50 million were intended to be reserved for the United States Zhi Gong Party responsible for helping to buy materials, hire ships, and expand the Zhi Gong Party, and the remaining 30 million US dollars were used for the kingdom's expenses when Zhang Wei was not in Beijing for several months.

Soon silver from Japan and Germany will also arrive, and there is no shortage of domestic construction funds.

Lu Sifu thought about it for a long time before saying to Zhang Wei: "Your Majesty, so much money is put here, just a company guards here, and I can't sleep well at night, can you strengthen the guard force here?" “

Zhang Wei considered that the 2nd Division would be able to reach Shangjing in half a month, and there would be no shortage of troops in the future, so he said to Lu Sifu: "If you go to Lu Weimin, you will say that I arranged to arrange 1 battalion of guards in the Ministry of Finance." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding!" Lu Sifu shouted happily, thinking that he would be able to sleep well at night in the future.

In the afternoon, the port warehouse, the troop grain warehouse, the ammunition depot and other baggage were replenished, which was enough for four months of food consumption in the country and ammunition for two medium-intensity battles; The ammunition that the Navy needs is heavy, and wait for them to be replenished in the evening.

In the evening, Zhang Wei changed into the clothes of the guards and came to the West Military Port of Shangjing with the guards.

At the West Military Port in Beijing, the conference room was filled with commanders, chiefs of staff, and captains of various naval fleets.

Li Jiang, commander of the Archipelago Military Region, had a great opinion on the sale of battlecruisers this time, and it was a pity that he had just been given a battlecruiser to the Archipelago Military Region, and he had not liked it enough, and it was now sold.

Gong Zhou said: "You kid have to be scared, at least you still have 2 Sentinel-class cruisers and 1 light cruiser there, I don't have anything there, now they are all light poles, go back or let them repair the British broken battleship first, and use it for the time being." “

Li Jiang was anxious and shouted: "Don't even think about it, that battleship was assigned to our archipelago military district, and no one can take it away." “

"You kid don't want to think about it, who took the risk to capture 3 light cruisers, and finally gave you 1, Lao Tzu didn't say anything at the beginning, now you kid and I come to this set, the battleship is now on Lao Tzu's territory, and no one can take it away."

Everyone's noise made Li Yunhai annoyed, and shouted: "Don't make any noise, I don't know if Lao Tzu is annoyed now?" You still have a cruiser to some extent, and Lao Tzu doesn't even have a light cruiser, so who can you reason with. “

Zhang Wei was led by the soldiers on duty to the conference room, and everyone immediately stood up to greet him.

Zhang Wei came to the conference room and said, "Haha, everyone is very leisurely, let's all sit, no need to stand." ”

Li Yunhai hurriedly pulled out the chair at the top of the conference room and said to Zhang Wei, "Your Majesty, you sit." “

After everyone sat down, Zhang Wei said: "Since everyone is very leisurely, all the officers and men of the battleships No. 1 and No. 2 and the battlecruisers No. 2 and No. 3 will go out with me on a mission this time, and Li Yunhai and Yang Yili will command the navy at home to defend the kingdom's maritime frontier, and continue to guard the port of Sabang and the northwest exit of the Strait of Malacca. “

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

The 4 captains are very happy, if there is a mission, there will definitely be a warship, so there is no need to wait at home.

"This time, I will take the officers and men on the No. 2 and No. 3 battlecruisers away, and the German funds will arrive around August 20, and Li Yunhai will be responsible for handling the handover of the No. 3 battleship and the two battlecruisers, and the remaining four battlecruisers will be handed over to the four battlecruisers in early September, and the security of the kingdom's maritime frontier will be handed over to the four battlecruisers during this time."

Li Yunhao said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, you will definitely protect the kingdom's maritime frontier." “

Zhang Wei continued: "After the handover of battleships and battlecruisers on your side, I will buy more battleships and battlecruisers in early September, so don't be afraid of no warships. I'm here tonight to deliver ships to you, today I will buy 10 destroyers, 10 torpedo boats, 1 squad of submarines and 100 cargo ships with a load of 5,000 tons, and tomorrow night I will buy the same number of ships. “

A cargo ship with a load of 5,000 tons, with an empty displacement of 3,000 tons, is 8,000 tons after being filled with cargo, and bought a cargo ship that has reached the level of 1916, and the power system is a steam turbine with a deceleration device, and the price of each cargo ship is 9,300 cents after the discount, and now the kingdom is shouting everywhere that there is a shortage of ships, plus this war against Japan, it is necessary to transport materials and personnel to the front line in order to cover the existence of the system, and in addition, it is necessary to transport the old, weak, sick and disabled natives to the southwestern dominions, So this time, Zhang Wei plans to buy 200 cargo ships, 100 of which will be assigned to the General Staff for unified dispatch, and 100 for unified dispatch in Java Province.

At present, Zhang Wei does not dare to buy too many merchant ships, otherwise after the construction of shipyards in various parts of the kingdom starts, the merchant ships will definitely be launched like dumplings, and the shipyards must set aside sufficient market share. After the end of the war, these cargo ships can establish fixed routes from the Kingdom of Lanfang to San Francisco in the United States, as well as to Taiwan, Arthur, Pusan, and other places, and depart regularly.

Since the system has been upgraded to the kingdom level, the purchase of warships has been cheaper by a large part, and this time I don't want to buy too much, because Zhang Wei is ready to suddenly release it during the naval war against Japan, and take the Japanese fleet by surprise, and after the war against Japan, there will be a large number of warships left for the kingdom navy.

50 cargo ships were purchased first, and after replenishing their baggage, they were asked to set sail immediately to the outer port of Medan to pick up the 2nd Division back to Shangjing, and the other 50 cargo ships went to the port of Shangjing, waiting for tomorrow the General Staff to arrange for the transportation of the natives to the cities of Java Province to the southwestern Dominion.

The purchased destroyers, submarines, and torpedo boats were temporarily parked at the pier, waiting for the arrangement of Li Yunhai, commander of the naval fleet. Each destroyer was equipped with a portable telegraph and three telegraph receivers.

With so many warships added at once, the entire western military port immediately became crowded, and it seems that this military port is still too small, and it will have to be expanded many times before it can be used in the future.

Li Yunhai ordered Gong Zhou to temporarily leave the No. 1 battle cruiser and the officers and men on it in Shangjing, and to return to the port of Sabang overnight on a destroyer, so as to protect the safety of Sabang and block the northwest exit of the Strait of Malacca at any time.

Two destroyers and four torpedo boats were deployed to intensify patrols on Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands, allowing them to set off overnight.

After finishing all this, Zhang Wei added a large amount of food, shells, and oil to the navy's warehouse, which was enough for the navy to consume for half a year.

That night, Zhang Wei rested in the naval barracks and did not return to the palace.

On the morning of August 7, breakfast with officers and sailors in the Navy barracks.

In the morning and afternoon, Zhang Wei collected the officers and men of the four warships into the system in batches.

In the afternoon, he sent someone to inform Li Zhaoshui and asked him to join him at Xijungang and set off that night.

That night, Zhang Wei purchased another 100 cargo ships, equipped them with crews, and let them anchor off the coast of Shanghai Port first, and purchased 10 destroyers, 10 submarines, and 10 torpedo boats.

After finishing everything, Zhang Wei was ready to set off, and Li Zhaoshui was already waiting with more than 20 staff officers.

Zhang Wei asked: "Deputy Chief of General Staff, have you prepared the battle plan?" ”

"Your Majesty, everything is ready, and if you find something imperfect, contact the Chief of the General Staff. Why did we leave so early? ”

Zhang Wei said: "I want to deploy the submarine to Port Arthur in advance to prevent the Japanese army in the northeast from escaping from the sea. ”

Lu Weimin and Zheng Daoyou came to see him off.

Zhang Wei instructed them to clean up the indigenous people on the island of Java, not to stop the work of immigration, and not to affect the enrollment of students in primary schools and universities and the recruitment of international students from the Qing Dynasty.

Zheng Daoyou and Lu Weimin promised to handle the military and political affairs of the kingdom well, and Zhang Wei believed in their abilities and was very relieved of them.

This time, Zhang Wei, Li Zhaoshui, Li Jiang, and others were on a fast cargo ship, and they were going to Ambon City first, pick up the two vice governors, and let them serve as the governors of Taiwan Province and the governors of the Lelang colony.

After Zhang Wei and the others left, Li Yunhai and Yang Yili began to discuss how to expand the wharf of the western military port in Beijing, maybe when His Majesty returned, he would come back with a large number of warships participating in the war, and if there was no place to anchor at that time, it would be a joke.

Yang Yili said: "Commander, let's extend westward along the coast, and this time build at least 2 long trestle bridges, each at least 4 kilometers long, which can be docked left and right, and when the time comes, as many warships as His Majesty brings back, they can dock." At a time when free indigenous labor is at its highest, this opportunity is rare and should not be missed. ”

Li Yunhai thinks about it the same reason, it will be difficult to find so much free labor in the future, but there is a labor force, and there is a lack of steel and cement, so he will still find Chief of General Staff Lu to solve it tomorrow, and he may not agree to such a big investment.

Yang Yili felt Li Yunhai's hesitation and decided to add fire, so he said: "Commander, you will tell the Chief of the Army General Staff tomorrow that there is no warship dock that is so crowded now, and His Majesty can't let go of a few destroyers he has purchased, and in order to vacate the battleships purchased on the first day, half of the battleships purchased on the second day can be parked, and it took His Majesty 2 days, and His Majesty is very unhappy, and the military port must be expanded, and the Chief of the Army General Staff knows about this." ”