A round of red light erupted from the sky, and the vast sea surface rose and fell, sparkling.

Seven iron-gray 800-ton gunboats surrounded the pier in a semicircle, and the red and blue flying leopard battle flags on the ships were fluttering in the wind, which was particularly eye-catching.

The blood-stained docks were littered with corpses, more than 900 bloody corpses were mixed with more than 300 survivors groaning in pain, and more than 2,000 officers and soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms and steel helmets began to clear the field.

"Immediately clean up the docks, move all the bodies and wounded to the ship, speed up!"

In front of the only two-story building at the entrance and exit of the wharf, Xie Dongliu, the colonel of the Qiongya Task Force Brigade, who was wearing ordinary combat uniforms, gave a loud order.

The two officers with the captain's logo on the nameplate on their chests immediately left, and quickly conveyed the order, and the two officers in their thirties behind them glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly, these two people were the old men of the family left by Deng Benyin, the guard of Qiongya, to assist the young master Xie Dongliu in running the foundation of Qiongya.

However, these two old men of the family did not know the true identity of the young master of the table, let alone the huge wealth of the young master who was full of wealth and eloquence, and in less than a year, more than 5,000 tall and powerful northern soldiers were transported from the mainland, and they set up relations with several foreign banks in the United States to expand the secret and dilapidated Lingao fishing port into a deep-water port that can accommodate 10,000 tons of giant ships, and also found more than 100 high-nosed and deep-eyed foreign engineers, and invited a construction team of more than 5,000 people from the economically developed Sichuan. More than 10,000 local people were organized to build four 5,000-ton and two 10,000-ton docks in the deep water bay on the other side of the port.

At this moment, Xie Dongliu had the feeling of the two old people behind him, he took the two deputies beside him, walked through the blood-stained dock, strode towards the captured "Jiang Peng" gunboat, boarded the gunboat to inspect it, and saw that there was no damage inside and outside the ship, and praised the special combat captain Tieliu with great satisfaction.

Tie Liu, who had a resolute face and a sturdy body, took off his steel helmet, patted the Sanqi rapid-fire gun on the side, and cherished it: "This British-made gunboat is very well maintained, the front and rear main guns and the rapid-fire guns on both sides are not outdated, just drive back to the base to replace the engine and boiler, it can greatly improve the speed and combat power, it is estimated that the grandsons of the coast guard will be happy." ”

Xie Dongliu's chief of staff, Deng Wei, said with a smile: "When we come back from the three 5,000-ton destroyers customized by the United States, this gunboat will be nothing." ”

Xie Dongliu looked at a busy wharf, and then turned his gaze to Haikou City in the south: "Tieliu, after cleaning up the corpses and prisoners, you can set sail immediately and leave two gunboats for me, we can't blockade Haikou for too long, at this time, I'm afraid that the people in the city and the British have already jumped up and down." ”

"Understood!"

Tie Liu left immediately after answering, without the slightest bit of mud and water, this special forces officer who graduated from the reconnaissance major of the Sichuan Army Military Academy and participated in the Kang-Tibet counterinsurgency war has fully matured.

Xie Dongliu looked down at the corpses that had been removed from the dock, but he was thinking about how to call back to the director Ma Gang, as the colonel of the Hainan Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the captain of the Qiongya Task Force, Xie Dongliu felt that the burden on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier: "Ryosuke, if the principal knew, would he blame us for killing too much?" ”

Deng Wei frowned, pondered for a long time, and sighed faintly: "It's no wonder that we are!" Compared with the city of Guangzhou that started a few days ago, what is the defeat of the hundreds of remnants of the army that jumped into my Qiongya in a vain attempt to make trouble? Besides, the philosophy of the military family pursued since ancient times is to win and defeat the king, for the sake of ideals, in order to create a new country, what is the killing of you and me today? ”

Xie Dongliu was slightly moved, turned around and grabbed the arm of his classmate and friend Deng Wei: "That's right, in order to create a new country, even if you go to the soup and fire, what is this?" It's that I'm too sentimental, and if I let Director Ma know, I might be scolded. ”

Deng Wei smiled enviously: "Director Ma is extremely important to his brother, looking at the whole army, I am afraid that the only one who can make Director Ma be promoted is my brother." ”

Xie Dongliu laughed: "Don't worry, you will be promoted soon...... If we're lucky, we might even get the name '3rd Guards Division'. ”

Deng Wei was overjoyed: "Really? ”

"It's true, at the beginning of the month, Director Ma revealed to me that the principal intends to integrate Chen Lanting's Reading Division, which is stationed at the Nanjing Headquarters, and Xiao Fei's Second Reading Division, which has gone to Nanjing, into the Guards Army, and all divisions will be replaced with advanced weapons and equipment, and the divisional artillery battalion will be upgraded to an artillery regiment, and the baggage battalion will be upgraded to a baggage regiment equipped with 100 vehicles, and strive to build the first rapid reaction corps in the whole army after a year. Xie Dongliu revealed quite proudly.

Deng Wei's eyes turned green after hearing this: "My God! Such a well-equipped reader can almost be equivalent to an ordinary army, right? Speaking of which, our Qiongya task force was promoted three levels in a row all of a sudden? ”

Xie Dongliu nodded: "According to our principal's strategic plan, not only is it very likely that we will get the number of the third reading division, but also the planned Lingao military training base will also start construction ahead of schedule, coupled with the construction of the two large seaports of Lingao Leigong Island and Dunmen of the Coast Guard Brigade, as well as the arrival of a large number of shipbuilding equipment and technicians from the United States, Qiongya is no longer the Qiongya of the past, so it is imperative for the principal to expand the army." ”

"Tsk, the principal's determination to run Qiongya is not ordinary!" Deng Wei's eyes were full of excitement and admiration.

Seeing this, Xie Dongliu couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Okay, okay, don't think about it for now, let's do the things at hand well, let's send a report to Director Ma first, and then go to the city to appease the people, and then go to Lanqi Company to meet with the consuls of various countries, from today on, we will station a reinforced regiment outside Haikou City, stationed it for a long time, and completely bring Haikou under the jurisdiction of our army!" ”

10 a.m., Nanjing Governor's Mansion, West Garden.

Ma Gang said hello to Yang Du, who walked out of the office door, and then entered the room directly, closed the door casually, and stepped forward to present a secret report: "Little brother, Hainan is calling." ”

"Sit down."

Xiao Yimin took the telegram and showed a satisfied smile after reading it: "There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, Xie Dongliu and Deng Wei have done a good job!" Second brother, how about giving me your two right-hand men? ”

Ma Gang shrugged: "Xie Dongliu is okay, Deng Wei can't, this guy looks ordinary and submissive, but in fact, he is more shameless and deceitful than Xie Dongliu in his bones, he is the head of the Hainan Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and only he can manage the intelligence work of the entire Hainan, and Xie Dongliu, this kid, is probably more suitable for leading troops to fight." ”

Xiao Yimin still doesn't know the meaning of the hemp pole: "Xie Dongliu is your protégé, right?" I heard that the most advanced communications equipment and the newly developed weapons and equipment have been equipped with a large number of Xie Dongliu's task forces, but it is not one or two who have come to me to sue you. ”

Ma Zhu smiled: "Xie Dongliu is indeed a talent!" Among the more than 100 people secretly sent out at the beginning, Xie Dongliu was not the best, but he had the greatest achievements and the most obvious progress, and what was even more rare was that this guy occupied the time and the people, not only quickly established a strong army in Qiongya that dared to fight and rush, but also established a good reputation among the people. ”

Xiao Yimin nodded in approval, and then asked, "Deng Wei is from Cangwu, right?" ”

"Yes, he is a fellow villager with Li Jishen, the commander of the Cantonese army who fled back to his hometown in Cangwu, but the Deng family, which has been inherited for a hundred years, has been declining for many years, and most of the clansmen are now merchants, with branches all over the two Guangzhous, and there is also a rubber plantation in Nanyang."

Ma Gang replied in detail, he had long been accustomed to Xiao Yimin's jumping surname thinking, and he was very well prepared before each report.

Xiao Yimin thought for a while and said: "The situation between the two provinces has basically stabilized, if nothing else, after the national congress next spring, the resolution on the establishment of Hainan Province will be made public, but we must do a good job in Hainan in advance, the first step is to quickly form a garrison force in Hainan, and the preliminary decision is to transfer two recruit divisions from Yichang first, and then recruit an infantry division from Hainan." In addition, the Qiongya Task Force Brigade was expanded into the 3rd Guards Division, and its external name was the 3rd Reading Division directly under the Nanjing Xingying. ”

"There is a shortage of generals!" Ma Gang reminded.

Xiao Yimin said with a smile: "Brother Zeng and Senior Brother Wang Qian have already left Amsterdam, and it is estimated that they will return to Shanghai in 28 days, together with more than 140 international students who we have sent to various German military enterprises for further study six years ago, of which more than 30 are top students who have studied at the Kiel Naval Shipyard in Germany for five years, and your Ma Lao 4 and Ma Lao 7 are one of them. ”

Ma Gang was overjoyed: "Finally back, I have been thinking about these more than 100 precious talents in my heart, and I am afraid that one day I will suddenly receive the news of their accident, and I can't sleep at night...... Now it's okay, I can finally rest assured! ”

"Don't relax yet, build the California intelligence station as soon as possible, I asked Xiao Zhen to cooperate with you, but you can't let him get involved." Xiao Yimin solemnly admonished.

Ma Gang nodded: "Don't worry, three time-tested intelligence officers have been mixed into the first batch of students studying in the United States, two will enter the University of California to major in law and philosophy, and the other will go to MIT to study radio. As for scientific and technological intelligence and economic intelligence, Xiao Zhen and Douglas have done a good job, and we only need to secretly strengthen the personnel station. ”

After Ma Gang finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something extremely important: "I heard that Blue Flag Investment America has acquired an ocean shipping company on the West Coast of the United States?" ”

Xiao Yimin nodded: "It is to prepare for the transportation of a large number of ocean-going carriers under construction in the United States and European scrap steel after the war...... As long as the war is over, a large number of freighters under construction on the slipway and even the Navy's light cruisers and destroyers will be in a predicament, and judging from the current policy of the United States, they will not spend a penny more for the war, so we will take the lead and quietly expand our navy through cooperation with the Morgan and Rockefeller consortiums. How? What are your plans? ”

Ma Gang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay, the consulates in various places have been very mischievous recently, and the two intelligence stations in Tianjin and Shanghai are very active, and the day before yesterday, the Shanghai "East Asia Daily" controlled by this published the matter of our acquisition of the US West Coast Ocean Shipping Company. ”

Xiao Yimin immediately paid attention to it: "Pay close attention to my own movements along the Yangtze River, and then warn Xie Dongliu and Deng Wei that the three secret naval docks along the Lingao coast must be tightly sealed, and if there is any leakage, come and see you!" ”

"Yes!"

(To be continued)