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The training on the training ground has not stopped, and Geng Jingzhong is also quite happy to see that the results of the training organized this time are getting better and better. It has become a common practice in the military to find problems in training and then improve them. I used to think that I was strong enough, but I found a lot of problems in this training. The training of the first and second divisions is basically coming to an end, and the next thing is that the training items of the two divisions will be reversed, and the second division will also experience the feeling of cavalry charging, and fear training is more important than the previous infantry and artillery coordination!

The matter here came to an end, and Geng Jingzhong did not rush back to Fuzhou, but came to the northernmost shipyard by the way to inspect it. Since the launch of the new shipyard in June last year, the new shipyard on Pingtan Island has not had a new shipbuilding task, and the expansion of the Mawei Navy has reached a bottleneck, and it is not easy to continue to expand. The key is that it is not good to recruit soldiers again, and the current atmosphere is so tense that Geng Jingzhong doesn't want to make any big moves. But it won't be too long, as long as the court and Wu Sangui tear their faces, they will be able to do it, no matter which side they have, they will try their best to win them over, and then they will expand vigorously, at that time, neither of the two parties will come to fight themselves, even if they are not afraid, but the trouble is not!

After a two-month shutdown, the shipyard began large-scale construction again, but instead of warships, it was built with large merchant ships. Now if Fujian wants to develop, there is a shortage of these merchant ships, of course, the bigger the better, and the more the better. Whether it is for your own use or for sale, it is extremely beneficial. Previously, four third-class warships had been delivered, six fourth-class warships had been given to Shang Kexi in Guangdong, and a lot of old-fashioned warships had been given to him, but those Geng Jingzhong couldn't look down on them. After Shang Kexi received the warship, he also began to train the sailor, but the other branches of the sailor division are different, and it is not something that can be trained in a while.

The timber of the Guangdong side is still not enough in the face of the gradually expanding shipyards. Previously, the biggest problem restricting the development of the Mawei Navy was the keel problem of large warships. There are very few big trees more than 100 years old in Fujian, and ordinary trees will definitely not work if they want to be used to make keels. The timber that met the requirements was brought in by timber merchants from other provinces, but now the road is blocked. You know, it is the keel that determines the final quality of a battleship! For this reason, Jason is very strict about the choice of keel wood, and would rather lack it than overuse it. The large merchant ships built now are much worse than the third-class warships, but they are also very similar in size to the fourth-class warships, and they are all large cargo ships of more than 1,000 tons.

However, what was showing in front of Geng Jingzhong at this moment was a large number of ancient trees that required two or even three people to hug each other. Some exaggerated trees actually require four or five people to hug them. These ancient trees, not to mention the keels used to make large merchant ships, are completely sufficient for third-class, or even second-class and first-class warships. All of this timber comes from Luzon, and a lot of it is cut down on other large islands in the Philippines.

If it weren't for the long time it takes to build a shipyard and the fact that there aren't so many shipbuilders for the time being, Geng Jingzhong would have built a shipyard on the Luzon side of the island. Now the shipyard is also constantly cultivating craftsmen, as long as the number of craftsmen increases, in the case of no shortage of wood, who else need to be afraid in the future? Spaniard? Dutch? Briton? You have a thousand ships, and I'll get you ten thousand soon!" If you Dutch have 10,000 ships, I'll get you 100,000!"

For the time being, the Mawei Army does not need to build warships, but it will not be too long, and the navy will still have to be expanded. When the time comes, a lot of warships will be needed again. However, if Geng Jingzhong urgently needs a naval fleet now, he is now training a group of new soldiers, and he plans to mix with the veterans, and the veterans will bring the new soldiers, and then use large merchant ships to temporarily convert them into warships, then he can have five more detachments in just three months! Now that these docks are building large merchant ships, Geng Jingzhong is not sure which party he is going to sell to. But this is not important, the important thing is that after these merchant ships enter the sea, they will speed up the development of Fujian.

Geng Jingzhong walked and saw that some docks were suddenly shorter, and they were emptier than other docks. If you look closely, it turns out that it is not empty, but these docks are building small fireships. Geng Jingzhong knew about the construction of these ships, and there was an urgent shortage of small fireships on the Luzon side. Once these ships were built, they could travel to Luzon with large Kunpeng caravans. Considering that small ships could not sail long distances, it was time to hang these ships around large merchant ships.

These fireships are all specially made. The construction of the ship, as well as the incendiary material it carries, must be particularly particular. When the fireship burns, the fire will be particularly violent. If an ordinary warship were approached by it, it would easily be ignited. In addition, the fireship burned for a long time and was particularly destructive. In fact, the best way to deal with a fireship is to hook it with a slightly larger ship. Fireships are small in size and fast, and large warships can only be burned if they get close. But with the same lightweight, but a little larger, approaching them with the same agility, there is a way to deal with them. (To be continued......)