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Four, seven, seven, South and North Oceans?

In April, the South China Sea is the time when the chūnsè is rich and the hundred huā is in full bloom. The full-text and ad-free novels are all on Aishang Novel Network biquge.info even on the sea far from the coast, you can faintly smell the chūn smell wafting from the mainland.

On the turquoise sea, a huge fleet spread its white sails, rode the wind and sailed straight north. The first two large ships have wide hulls and four corner sails that puff up the wind, which is a standard Western ship model. The series of more xiǎo hulls that followed were mostly in the style of a fuku, but some changes were made to the mast, sails, and bow parts to increase the speed so that they could keep up with the ship in front and not fall behind.

Along the route, fishermen who were fishing at sea stopped to watch and laugh when they saw the fleet, and if it was the fleet at anchor, they would lean over and ask if they wanted to buy fish. And some of the merchant fleets passing by, after seeing this completely white-painted fleet, also approached one after another—something that was absolutely unthinkable in the past.

In the past, if you saw such a large fleet on the sea, no matter what the identity of the other party was, even if it was flying the flag of the imperial court, those xiǎo ships would have been scattered long ago. The sea has always been a place of lawlessness, as long as the force can surpass the opponent, the man is killed, the goods are robbed, the ship sinks, and the gods do not know the ghosts, even God does not know who did it—this was the general rule on the sea in the seventeenth century.

However, since the Qiong navy gained control of the sea in this area, the number of fishermen and caravans here has increased rapidly. The first reaction of the merchants at sea when they saw the shadow of the sails of the big ship in the distance was no longer to run away, but to feel relieved, especially when they saw clearly that the whole body of the fleet was painted white, and the four-character flag of "Walking for the Sky" was hung on the bow of the ship, as long as the speed could keep up, they would do their best to sail behind the fleet for a while. Because they knew that as long as they followed this Great White Fleet, they would not have to worry about encountering any danger on the route.

"This is the human heart! After three or four years of work, our reputation of 'doing the right thing for heaven' has finally been established. ”

On the high raised aft deck platform of the galleon "Princess", Xie Xi held up the binoculars and boasted in satisfaction. He saw from afar that several merchant ships were hurrying to raise all the sails they could, trying to catch up with the speed of the fleet, so that they could follow behind. There was a big-bellied merchant ship with too much cargo and too deep a draft to keep up anyway, and the owner was so anxious that he jumped and jumped on the bow of the ship, gesturing desperately in this direction, wanting a large fleet to wait for him—which was of course impossible. The wind was high and urgent, and the Qionghai fleet moved forward against the wind, and after only a moment's effort, the merchant ship was pulled far behind, becoming a xiǎoxiǎo black spot.

"Only now did anyone dare to load so much cargo, without considering the speed at all, this kind of slow cargo ship could not survive at sea at all, it was purely féi sheep...... It's a lot more lively on the sea. I still remember when we took a boat to fight pirates in Guangzhou and Fujian, even on the route closest to the trading port, we couldn't see a few ships, and occasionally saw a shadow of a sail and avoided it far away. Like now, Huang Xiaodong needs to pay attention to not having a collision accident......"

The commander of the fleet, Wen Desi, chuckled softly on the side, thinking that this qiē was all due to their efforts, and everyone on the slipway was full of pride.

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It's a relaxing day that's perfect for the sea breeze, and everyone is running outdoors to get around. In the past, because of the better accommodation conditions on the Princess, there were usually more people gathered here. But this time, because there were too many people, there were also quite a few people on the other "Governor" galleon.

At this time, Hu Kai was accompanying his wife Feng Lian to lean against the guardrail of the Governor to fish - in fact, it was more efficient to fish along the water at this time, but Feng Lian was mainly for fun, and it didn't matter if there was a harvest or not. Like Hu Kai, Xu Lei, who had just been promoted to battalion commander, was playing cards with Chen Jun and Fu Yu of the Ministry of Civil Engineering...... Wu Nanhai, on the other hand, took a beach chair and wore a toad mirror to lie on the deck to bask in the sun, and his unjustified "NV friend", Xiǎo widow fù, who was taken in by him, sat next to him, peeling a piece of grapefruit and stuffing it into his mouth from time to time......

- There were a lot of people who went to Weihai this time, because the committee finally passed a resolution to build Weihai as the main sub-base of Chengqionghai Town in the north and the Central Plains. Therefore, in addition to the dismissal of the Weihai Wei staff general who was officially canonized by the Ming Dynasty, he was about to go to his post, including the trading company, the agricultural group, the Ministry of Civil Engineering, and the industrial group...... Even the hospital, including the hospital, sent the main responsible personnel to preside over the work, and brought a lot of various equipment and equipment, so that the Admiralty personnel in charge of transportation exclaimed: "This is simply the second Shandong Campaign!" ”

Indeed, in terms of the scale of transportation, the personnel and fleet they sent this time were almost the same as when they sent troops to Dengzhou last time, except for the "Earl" galleon, which was commanded by Ling Ning to Luzon to transport supplies for Tang Jian, almost all the other auxiliary transport ships were dispatched, carrying even more personnel than last time, more than three thousand! However, most of them are engineers and agricultural technicians. Except for the navy's ship-accompanying escorts, there are only one or two hundred ordinary soldiers, and they are all new recruits - but they will form the backbone of the third regiment of the Qiong Navy together with the six hundred veterans of Weihai, and recruit local personnel to enrich the formation.

In the future, the third regiment will be stationed in Weihai for a long time, so this time Hu Kai brought his wife over and prepared to settle down there.

"Fortunately, we are going to Weihai, if this large fleet goes directly to Tianjin, or even if it is to Dengzhou Mansion, it is estimated that the local Ming Dynasty officials will not dare to let us get close."

Putting down the binoculars, Xie Xi smiled at Wen Desi - after several years of development, the fleet under the command of Wen Desi at this moment, except for the battleship Qionghai and a galleon, as well as the fast sails that are always in separate formations, most of the ships under the navy are gathered here. If they pursued speed and lined up in a longitudinal queue to move at full speed, the lead ship and the stern could be as long as several miles. And even with the more uniform hún formation, as it is now, the fleet occupies a very wide area of the ocean.

Such a large fleet, if not for war, is powerful enough to be pulled out - Qionghaizhen's navy has become the largest military force in Southeast Asia. Now, even if there is no deterrence of the Qionghai, a cross-era steel battleship, it is better than wooden shipbuilding, whether it is the Ming Naval Division, the Western colonists, or the Zheng family fleet, they are no longer their opponents.

However, Wen Desi looked at the pieces of white sails left and right, and the expression on his face was a little complicated:

"It's really a big fleet like never before...... It's a pity that it will probably be difficult to use it in one place again in the future. ”

Xie Xi's brows furrowed, and he jumped slightly:

"So, is the news that the Navy is going to split up seriously?"

Wen Deji smiled bitterly:

"No way, go south and go north...... Our territory is getting bigger and bigger, and the Navy has more and more places to take care of it. It is safe and reliable to concentrate all ships on one thing, but it is difficult to arrange scheduling in terms of time. In the future, once your Weihai base is formed, it will inevitably be necessary to use a fleet to maintain the connection with Hainan, and Luzon cannot be neglected...... In the future, it will be divided into two fleets, the north and the south, and it is inevitable that they will act separately. ”

"The commander must be you and Lao Ling?"

Pang Yu came out of nowhere and asked. There are not many talents in the navy, but in the past few years, they have often led the team to sail, and the only ones who can run transportation and fight naval battles are Wen Desi and Ling Ning. And the two of them often switch hands with each other in order to ensure comprehensive technology - for example, last time Ling Ning led the large fleet to Shandong, so this time it was changed to Wen Desi to lead the team, obviously preparing for the establishment of two command systems.

Wen Desi really smiled and nodded:

"It's almost the two of us, but it depends on whether Huang Xiaodong is interested......

"Xiaodong will definitely not intervene, he only loves to control ships, and he is not interested in commanding people."

Pang Yu, who was more familiar with the xìng grid of everyone in the group, immediately judged, and then asked:

"Then which of you two is north and who is south?"

"I don't know, I don't care. Lao Ling was a little hesitant - he always wanted to go to Australia to see kangaroos, but he was reluctant to let his wife leave his hometown and stay away from the mainland, so he was still undecided...... When the time comes, we may switch things with each other. ”

"Well, then the last question, but also the most critical ......"

Pang Yu blinked and said with a smile:

"Which side will command the Qionghai to?"

Hearing this, the next Xie Xie's eyes immediately widened - the status of the Qionghai is not ordinary, one ship can stand up to all the other warships, and whichever side it is assigned to means that the policy direction of Qionghai Town is biased towards that end.

However, Wen Desi shook his head this time and spread his hands:

"The Qionghai is located on Hainan Island, and any decision on her transfer must be made by the plenary meeting, or at least the committee, and the navy does not have this power...... By the way, there is one thing I would like you to refer to. ”

Without waiting for the other party to ask a question, Wen Desi took the initiative to continue:

"As for the names of the two fleets, we can't decide for a while. Some people advocate simply using the name of the South Ocean Fleet and the North Ocean Fleet, what do you think? ”

"Holy, Beiyang Fleet?"

Pang Yu was shocked:

"First Weihaiwei, then the Beiyang Fleet...... I said, brother, aren't you navy afraid of touching your head? That fleet in history was wiped out in the end! ”

"I don't care, but some people think the opposite of you......"

Wen Desi said leisurely:

They say it's to make up for the shortcomings of history that the name was used. As long as we are here, the name of the Beiyang Fleet will inevitably be maintained for a long time in history! ”——

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