Yu Hongrui did not lie to Zhao Buqun and Xue Huan, Li Yongji was indeed not at Qingpu Military Academy at the moment, but went to Mojiagang in Tangjiawan, Pinghu County again.

Li Yongji's purpose in returning to Mojiagang this time was twofold: one was to inspect the expansion project of Mojiagang and to express his condolences to the local left-behind troops and villagers in Mojia Village, especially those members of the female frog special combat team; The other came to receive the new ships and began to formally form their own naval forces.

At the beginning, Li Yongji hurriedly set up a frogman special force here, and then hurriedly began to surprise the combined fleet of the British and French forces.

However, that success even Li Yongji himself knew that it was a great element of luck, such as the previous intelligence delay, although it caused the postponement of the attack, but also because of the closer, everyone could have a fuller rest before the war, and quickly relieved the tension; For example, the heavy rain not only covered up the traces of the special operations team's attack, but also delayed the departure time of the British and French combined fleet; Another example is because the people of the British and French Combined Fleet had already cleaned the bottom of the ship in advance, so when the frogman team installed the explosives, they did not continue to look at the bottom of the ship, and as a result, the Combined Fleet left the port with the explosives......

There are too many coincidences, but Li Yongji knows that this kind of attack method is not visible and cannot be used frequently, once the other party knows about the existence of the submarine and the frogman, he will have precautions in advance. Then this kind of attack is basically impossible to work again, and this method of special operations is meaningless for the construction of the navy, to build a strong navy. You have to take it one step at a time.

Although Li Yongji hurriedly left Mojiagang in Tangjiawan and rushed back to his old camp because of the destruction of the Jiangnan camp, he never gave up his attention here, not only leaving many people from the guard battalion here as contacts, but also letting these people recruit strong people in the local area and start the expansion project of Mojiagang.

The area around Tangjiawan in Pinghu County is high and deep. It is a place where an excellent port was built, although due to geographical reasons, it is difficult to develop into a super port like Shanghai in the future. But it's perfectly fine to change it to a military port.

In fact, in another time and space, the ancient Jiaxing Port was near Tangjiawan, but it was destroyed in the First Opium War, but because of its good geographical location. Later, the Qing government also made great efforts to build ports and forts here. The famous Nanwan Fort and Zhapu Fort are located here.

However, building a military port is not easy to say, and it cannot be repaired in a moment and a half, not to mention that Li Yongji wants to build a modern military port, and he needs to make more preparations, and the building materials alone are not a small amount, and if Li Yongji wants to build a modern military port now. Even with his teleportation tonnage, he won't do anything else in the future. I am afraid it will take three or five years to repair the military port alone.

Therefore, the expansion project of Zhapu Military Port is in stages, and the current first phase of the project, also known as the emergency project, is to simply expand the original Mojia Port, that is, to increase the length of the breakwater, and then build several wooden trestle bridges, so that it can dock ships of 3,000 tons.

Li Yongji does not have high requirements for this kind of emergency port, as long as it can be used for ten or eight years without accidents, and the water depth of the wharf channel is more than 8 meters, it can not only dock warships of more than 10,000 tons, but also allow submarines to sneak down.

At present, it seems that this emergency strategy is not bad, and in just two months, the breakwater has increased by three miles, and the number of wooden trestles has also increased by twelve, which can dock twenty-four ships of 3,000 tons at the same time.

In short, the expansion project of Mojiagang looks pretty good, although it is just an expanded version of a fishing port, but it is not bad to be able to do it like this in such a short time, at least Li Yongji can safely get the two Iranian small submarines with Zhang Xinda and start formal submarine training.

Not only that, Li Yongji has just ordered three flying scissor armed merchant ships with the Americans in Shanghai, the money has already been paid, and the scheduled delivery time is today, which is why Li Yongji took Mo Haihu and his party to the beach.

In other words, they didn't just come to inspect the expansion, but they were also waiting to receive the new ship.

"My lord, it's almost noon, when will the new ship arrive?" Mo Haiwen is young in the end, and he can't bear it anymore, "These foreigners are too slow, they can't lie to us if they talk doesn't count, right?" ”

"Probably not." Wearing big sunglasses, bare arms, big pants, big slippers, and leisurely drinking cold juice on a beach chair under the umbrella Li Yongji smiled, "Those foreigners don't dare to lie to me, unless they don't want to mix." Therefore, Shao'an is not impatient, there should be something delayed. ”

"That's it!" A little girl next to her with a slightly dark complexion, a delicate face, and wearing three-quarter sleeves and cropped pants pouted at Mo Haiwen, "Brother Haiwen just can't hold his breath, if he continues like this, what kind of sailor will he be?" I think you should go home and pick up your children as soon as possible, lest you go to the battlefield and disobey orders in the future, which will be terrible. ”

"You!" Mo Haiwen was furious, "It's against you, Tang Xiaoya, you dare to talk to me like this?" ”

"What don't you dare!" The young girl called Tang Xiaoya glared at her waist, "Do you think it's before?" Can you yell at us casually? Sister is now the deputy commander of the female frog special combat team, and she is an official, which is different from before. Moreover, don't look at my young age, but we blew up the foreign devil's warship, you have such a big breath and great majesty, but what have you done? ”

"You, it's not like I can't do it!" Mo Haiwen jumped to his feet as soon as he mentioned this, "It's the adults who won't let me do it, if you want me to do it, I guarantee that it will be better than you!" ”

"You're not as breathless as I am."

"I, I'm stronger than you!"

"You're not as breathless as I am." Tang Xiaoya narrowed her eyes.

"I, I'm swimming farther than you!"

"You're not as breathless as me!" Tang Xiaoya drank the soda lazily.

"You!" Mo Haiwen's face turned red all of a sudden, "Wait and see." I'll ...... later."

"Okay, let's not say a word." Li Yongji interrupted their bickering. "Look, the ship is coming!"

It is indeed a ship coming, just on the sea level in the distance, three masts can already be seen, it should be three large ships, and the direction of travel is here, at this time. If there is no accident, it should be the three clippers ordered from the Americans.

The three scissor armed merchant ships were all made in the United States and had been in the water for only three years. Absolutely new ship. Although they are all pure wooden sailboats, they don't even have a steam engine, but because of this, it is convenient for their later transformation. If you add a steam engine paddle wheel. That's not beautiful.

In addition, the length-to-width ratio of this ship is more than 6:1, the tonnage is more than 2,000 tons, and if you use the sails, you can reach 14 knots per hour at full speed downwind, which can be said to be a balance between tonnage and speed.

Of course, the most important thing is that it is beautiful enough, Li Yongji liked it as soon as he saw these three ships, in fact, Li Yongji liked it, the streamlined shape was too pleasing. As the boat gets closer and closer, until it is near. Mo Haihu, Mo Haiwen, Tang Xiaoya and others also liked it at first sight.

No way, beautiful things are the common love of human beings, as long as they are not special tastes, ordinary people can't refuse this streamlined beauty.

In short, although this kind of clipper ship with a single displacement of 2,300 tons is a merchant ship, its durability is not very good, and it is not very resistant to fighting, but its speed and load are quite good, and it is much stronger than the green-eyebrow ship with a displacement of only about 200 tons, and it is not a heavyweight, that is to say, this kind of big ship can be regarded as a real warship, can really cross the ocean, and can train a real navy.

What the? Why not order a ship from modern times? Li Yongji had already asked that the cost of building a wooden retro ship in modern times is not expensive, and it is much more expensive than building a steel ship.

However, the appearance of steel ships is still too eye-catching, and power is also a trouble, before there are enough qualified naval personnel and a mature industrial system, the rash appearance of steel ships is to deliver food to people.

It's better to buy a few wooden merchant ships here to practice first, train the naval talents, let those fishermen know what the real navy and naval warfare are all about, and wait for the people to practice it, and then build steel warships, in addition, this can also save more money.

For example, the three flying scissors merchant ships that Li Yongji bought this time were bought by him in a bartering way, which is much more cost-effective than ordering retro ships in modern times.

Moreover, because of the high tonnage and good design of the clipper, it is closer to the design of modern warships and is also convenient for modernization.

For example, adding modern alloy armor plates on the outside of the hull can instantly turn into an ironclad ship and improve the ability to resist strikes; Install modern navigation equipment, communication equipment and night vision equipment to improve communication and night combat capabilities; Equipped with modern artillery and machine guns, as well as computers, radar and artillery aiming equipment, it can improve the attack capability; Get another propeller thruster to lower the sail height...... If you make such a modification, then immediately change the shotgun to the gun? Even if it is not comparable to a real armored cruiser, it is no problem to run rampant in the China Sea in the posture of an ironclad ship.

In addition, if you buy a flying clipper boat, you can also fool outsiders like that kind of copycat Sharps rifle, after all, if you buy a boat, even if you are on the number, even if you have modernized it, but the appearance is still about the same, as long as the secrecy is strict, it is impossible for outsiders to get on the ship to check carefully.

In this way, in the future, the navy will be able to drive these three ships to the waters of Jiaxing Harbor, train the naval units at the same time, crack down on smuggling and piracy, and even directly enter the Yangtze River if necessary, as a real deterrent. Li Yongji already felt that if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Yangtze River valley in the future, it was necessary to have a fleet to survive.

In fact, at the same time as purchasing the three clippers, Li Yongji also finalized an order with US Consul Howard, that is, to use the method of barter, to order three larger clippers with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons at one time with major shipyards in the United States, which are expected to be delivered in one year, and the requirements are to be on the same level as the "Great Republic" clipper that has just been launched.

After seeing the three ships docked on the dock in turn under the guidance of the pilot, Li Yongji said to the Mo brothers and Tang Xiaoya who were still looking at this qiē in amazement: "Okay, guys, it's time to officially go up and hand over, and you will have to study and live on these three ships in the future." But at the beginning, you have to learn from the foreigners first...... I can emphasize again, don't always be so hostile to foreigners, even if you want to be hateful, you must first learn the skills of others. Also, keep your mouth in order, if you let me know who leaked the slightest bit about the special combat team, watch your heads! ”

"Don't worry, sir." Mo Haihu replied, "We have long been convinced, and this time we are learning from foreigners with an open mind, and we will never express hatred on our faces." As for the affairs of the special combat team, not to mention, the Tang family girl came here just to keep an eye on this matter. Besides, those foreigners don't know Chinese, and they have to rely on translation, so as long as we keep an eye on it, there will be no problems. Hmph, if someone has a lot of mouths, I won't pull out his tongue first! (To be continued......)