No matter how simple Nan Wenbo said, Huang Shiquan and the others could imagine what kind of tragic fate the locals would have, but the consternation on their faces was not because they took pity on the locals, but because they were shocked by the decision of the upper echelons of Huaguo to kill. This is completely different from the feudal dynasty that advertised to govern the country with Confucianism, and used such means unabashedly.

"Governor Nan, with all due respect, according to this industrial revitalization plan, the government can completely put aside us and wait for us to complete it alone, and it will definitely be completed. The government has all the manpower, capital, and technology, so why divide such a big cake? ”

"Hahahaha, I have also asked the president this question, and the heads of the three major domestic consortia have also asked the president. At that time, the president of Huizhou had just started his business, exchanging shares in cotton mills for shares of land of local gentry, and now those gentry have developed into a large consortium of Chinese countries, and what the president got was the transfer of a certain industry in exchange for hundreds of acres of land in Huizhou. Rest assured, the president's ambition lies in the fate of the country, and China cannot become rich and strong by relying on state enterprises alone, and the private economy should become the mainstream, so that the economic system can be vigorous. ”

Three days later, all local Chinese families in the Philippines joined the industrial revitalization plan and signed a cooperation agreement with the Philippine provincial government. The Americans have heard about it, but they have nothing to do about it, and they have lost the support of the administration, and the Chinese government is no worse than them by relying on capital alone.

After leaving the hotel, Nan Wenbo and Song Chen rushed to the port of Manila, where he wanted to discuss the port with the garrison here. After the victory of the expeditionary fleet, the Huaguo Pacific Fleet was divided into two, the South China Sea Fleet with the Taishan as the core and the East China Sea Fleet with the Huashan as the core. The East China Sea Fleet will have Zhoushan Military Port as its home port, the South China Sea Fleet's home port will be in Zhanjiang, and Manila will also be used as the main anchorage of the South China Sea Fleet.

Therefore, the expansion of the port, the division of the military and civilian ports, the defense of the port, the storage area, the supply area, and so on all need to be started as soon as possible. Rear Admiral Sa Zhenbing, 48, a 48-year-old Beiyang admiral, studied at the Huifeng Naval Academy for three months. Selected by the South China Sea Fleet to be responsible for the construction of the Port of Manila.

Rear Admiral Sa Zhenbing is one of the few generals in China who is proficient in naval and naval warfare, born in Yanmen Sa, during the Second Northern Expedition, Sa Zhenbing commanded the Beiyang Navy ships, in fact, the main work is to prepare for the construction of Yantai Naval Academy. Later, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang frantically expanded its armaments with the support of foreigners, and later lost a large amount of money in the stock turmoil, which caused the navy and school under the command of Sa Zhenbing to struggle. The Second Northern Expedition was not over yet. Sa Zhenbing took the initiative to surrender to Huaguo, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Huaxia's luck had already shifted to Lu Liang, and Yuan Shikai was just a mantis arm as a car. Sa Zhenbing was especially fond of Huaguo's powerful warships and complete talent training system, and after the Chinese fleet defeated the Western Expeditionary Fleet, the prestige of the navy reached its peak, and Sa Zhenbing could no longer bear it and led the Beiyang Navy to surrender on its own initiative.

Admiral Lu Yang, commander of the South China Sea Fleet, gave Sa Zhenbing two choices: one was to serve as a professor at the Huifeng Naval Academy and dedicate the rest of his life to the cultivation of Chinese naval talents; Second, after three months of advanced study at the Naval Academy, he went to Manila Port to take charge of port construction, and then served as the commander of the cruiser detachment of the South China Sea Fleet. He certainly chose the latter. The bloody soldiers of this era are not willing to spend the rest of their lives in school.

Nan Wenbo was on the dock when he found Sa Zhenbing, and he was leading people to greet the cadets of the "Black Pearl" sail training ship from China.

More than 100 naval cadets, most of whom were less than 20 years old, and the youngest was only 14 years old, sailed from Shanghai on the Black Pearl, and traveled south to Manila, north to Kagoshima, west to Tianjin, and finally back to Shanghai. Temperate, tropical, and subtropical environments are all experienced, and various water conditions are complex and changeable, which is very challenging for these young sailors. Fortunately, there are Huaguo ports along the way to rest and replenish. Believe in these young people who experienced the Age of Discovery, washing decks, manoeuvring sails, and battling big waves. At the end of the voyage, he will become the most qualified naval officer.

"The navy will deliver the cement, steel and other materials for the construction of the port facilities in three days, and the construction machinery and construction personnel will come with them, and they will start working according to the drawings, and the task of the governor of South is to provide logistics services for these people and machinery, and if you can prepare the materials and the houses where the people live after these three days, I will invite you to the best bar in Manila for a drink."

Although Sa Zhenbing is a general. But the tone of his speech was exactly the same as that of the officers in the army, and Nan Wenbo didn't mind, and after a brief exchange with him, he left with everyone. The rear admiral was greeting the young men of the navy with a beaming face, as if he did not exist as a governor of a province. Military priority, can only mean understanding.

"General. Is this okay for the governor of the province of the Philippines? The activities of our navy here also depend on the cooperation of the local administrative department! Sa Zhenbing's adjutant asked.

"I wasted the first half of my life, and now I am like a new life, how can I waste time on officialdom greetings?"

On the wharf, Second Lieutenant Shen Honglie and Second Lieutenant Tang Xiangming, trainees of the training ship and graduates of the sixth class of the Naval Academy, were directing the removal of debris from the bottom of the ship, painting it, and carrying supplies from the shore.

Handing Shen Honglie a tropical fruit, Tang Xiangming took a big bite of what he was holding, and the juice splashed. The two of them lay on the deck railing and enjoyed the bliss after mooring.

"The work is almost done, why don't you go down and relax with a drink? See? Rear Admiral Sa Zhenbing greeted us on the shore, and now that we are familiar with it, maybe it will help us in the future. Tang Xiangming, who was more extroverted, asked.

Shen Honglie shook his head, as if he had something on his mind, facing his friend, he still decided to take the initiative to speak: "I'm a little worried about where we will go after the end of training, the Naval Academy has hundreds of graduates every year, but the Navy doesn't have so many warships now!" ”

"Doesn't the Navy have a new shipbuilding program? For two years in a row, no new ships have been launched. ”

"Who knows, the number of warships we have is still too small compared to Britain and the United States and other countries, and now the sea area that the navy needs to control is so large, so many warships can't be controlled."

Several graduates of the Naval Academy were able to notice this problem, and it was impossible for the upper echelons of the Navy not to consider it; in fact, the Navy had a complete shipbuilding plan, and the five-year plan submitted by Lu Hai to Lu Liang clearly stated that within five years it would have five aircraft carriers, four battleships, 35 Nanhai-class cruisers, and 70 Guangzhou-class destroyers. If this plan is completed, the fleet, with aircraft carriers as the operational core, will be able to completely control the existing sea areas and conduct limited ocean-going operations.

The reality is that at the moment only one battleship, three Nanhai-class cruisers and three Guangzhou-class destroyers are under construction, the rest remain on paper.

At the Zhanjiang Shipyard, which is currently the largest in China, Rear Admiral and Minister of Equipment Chen Qingzheng and Zhanjiang Shipyard Director Su Zhenmo are talking about it.

"General Chen, it's useless for you to grind with me here, although Zhanjiang Shipyard is currently the largest shipyard, the construction of warships is a systematic project, not something that can be completed by a shipyard. We also have to act according to the instructions above, the General Staff issued the shipbuilding documents, allocated funds, and then pooled resources from all sides, integrated large and small factories, and the last step was the turn of our shipyard. You can't just get our shipyard started with the Navy's shipbuilding documents! ”

Su Qing didn't care about so many words, and said with a heartfelt voice: "The navy's shipbuilding plan was signed and approved by the president himself, and our navy doesn't care about the shipbuilding process, as long as we see the warship walking onto your slipway." Besides, there are only two naval warships under construction at the Zhanjiang Shipyard in Nuoda, and I see that the rest of the slipways are all full, all of which are your private work! ”

"What is private work, we are a dual-use shipyard, is it unreasonable to undertake orders for civilian ships?"

The quarrel between the two sides did not lead to anything at all, although the navy shipbuilding plan was approved, but the construction of the newly occupied areas after the reunification of the country consumed most of the resources, and the existing industrial strength of the south could hardly meet the needs of economic development, and it was necessary to import a large amount of steel, oil, and other resources from the United States every year.

At the present stage, the service economy is the main line, and this is what Lu Liang said, before the economic reconstruction of the north is completed, all branches of the armed forces are destined to live a relatively difficult life. Not only was the construction of naval warships slow, but the army and air force were also artificially delayed. This situation was not alleviated until the beginning of 1908, after the initial completion of several major industrial bases in the north, Huaguo industry ushered in an explosive period, and the mining of various minerals in the north and minerals in the Philippines eased the pressure on raw materials.

What the Navy did not know was that on the secret slipways of the three large shipyards of Zhanjiang Shipyard, Shantou Shipyard and Shanghai Shipyard, four large warships were nearing completion.

Between these three shipyards, a German naval captain named Raeder ran from place to place, and as the chief of the first section of the German Naval Intelligence Service, his main task in China was to supervise the manufacture of four warships, because these four warships were the products of the secret cooperation agreement signed between China and Germany. In other words, they will enter service with the German Navy, and in Raeder's opinion, they will also become the main warships of the German Navy. (To be continued.) )