Chapter 849: My Fleet

In early October 1938, the Qingdao Naval Base on the Shandong Peninsula rebuilt the military port wharf in order to berth more than 100 warships, and all the facilities were completely new, especially the berths for the two aircraft carriers.

Everything is required to be in the best, the silver flowing huā out, Zhang Quan muttered, that was distressing, later, this old man was not at ease, deliberately rushed to Qingdao from the Huangya dòng base, personally supervised the progress of the project and the quality of construction, carefully reviewed every account, Tang Qiuli was also happy to hide, let the logistics minister get up early and be busy at night.

Not to mention anything else, but around the configuration of the air defense firepower of the military port, we can see Tang Qiuli's painstaking efforts, especially from Han Tie's troops, transferred troops from two air defense brigades, more than 1,000 mén equipped with the "Sky Eye" artillery aiming radar, straight barrels, and pointed to the sky with brushes, so as to prevent the birds guarding the entire military port from entering, this is to protect the warships from being attacked by superior enemy aircraft, especially to guard against the Japanese, Qingdao is too close to the Japanese mainland of the Korean Peninsula.

In the living quarters of the military port, there is also a barracks specially built for Soviet sailors, in the Russian style of Qingyi sè, and even in order to take care of the eating habits of the Soviet people, Tang Qiuli also specially hired a White Russian chef in Qingdao to prepare three meals a day for Soviet sailors, as well as bars and other entertainment venues.

For this, Major General Zhang Quan, the Minister of Logistics, didn't quarrel with Tang Qiuli, and almost scolded him on the spot for being a loser, and he didn't blame Zhang Quan for being heartbroken, huā's money on the old máo soldier can feed a corps, isn't Zhang Quanneng distressed? Looking at the old housekeeper who followed him all the way to North China, with a distressed look on his face, Tang Qiuli didn't explain too much.

Even if he explained, Zhang Quan, who has always been able to live, does not understand Tang Qiuli's painstaking efforts, his own troops are landlubbers of Qingyi sè, before this, not to mention aircraft carriers, even steamers running on the sea can be seen several times, the development of the independent division fleet, every qiē depends on these Soviet sailors, which is also the reason why Tang Qiuli ordered Qiuquan to bring these prisoners of war back safely.

If you don't give them a comfortable environment, can you keep their hearts? If the troops selected by themselves want to collectively transform into the navy, they have to learn from these teachers, these Soviet sailors are the originators of the creation of an independent division of the military, and the salary is higher, which is understandable; moreover, the navy is originally a luxurious service, and it is natural to pay attention to some things.

Fortunately, Zhang Quan was distressed, and Tang Qiuli's orders were still carried out to the letter, and the Qingdao Naval Base had expanded nearly five times on the basis of its original scale, and it had become a naval city.

These are three universities that can enroll more than 45,000 cadets, and they are open to students from all over the country, and the instructors are these captured officers and men of the Soviet Pacific Fleet.

From scratch, from scratch, Tang Qiuli from the very beginning, laid a good material foundation for the navy, his ultimate goal is to let the independent division of the naval fleet, to the vast Pacific Ocean, he sent a telegram to the old man Zhu Zixuan and Leddy in the United States, in the United States to order a complete set of naval teaching equipment, his only requirement is that these equipment, must be the world's leading, Tang Qiuli's wish, is to let the students who graduated from these three universities, directly stand at the forefront of the world's navy.

This is another staggering amount of money, fortunately, the factory in the United States, under the care of the old man Zhu Zixuan and Leddy's jīng, has begun to make a profit, although the profit is not particularly rich, and it is enough to buy these equipment, but Tang Qiuli knows that the profit from the production of Suomi submachine guns is just that the period of crazy demand in the market has not yet come.

With a large amount of real money and silver, he finally piled up that era, a large-scale naval base that was unique in China, and a complete teaching system, as well as a logistics system, and now, standing on the large-scale military port wharf, Tang Qiuli had a lot of emotions in his heart, armaments and armaments, what is needed is strong economic strength, and the current economic system of the independent division can no longer keep up with the development of the troops, and must be redesigned.

Tang Qiuli's outfit today is extraordinarily grand, wearing a general uniform with a pen tǐng, a general's coat covered with tweed material, four shining golden sè general stars on his shoulders, and a golden sè ribbon, hanging obliquely in front of xiōng, several medals on the coat, representing the owner's unusual identity and experience, snow-white gloves, big-brimmed hats, and armbands are the unique styles of the independent division troops, which is also the unique symbol of the current Chinese People's ** team, which is different from other troops.

Behind him were Major General Zhang Quan, director of logistics of the Independent Division and commander of the Joint Service Command of the Yellow River Basin Theater, and Major General Li Honggang, commander of the 29th Corps of the Independent Division.

On the surface of the Yellow Sea in early winter, there is already a chilly sea breeze, a few seagulls are flying freely on the sea surface, the deep blue sea water and the blue sky are infinitely expanding in the field of vision.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, the quiet crowd suddenly moved, and I didn't know that the person shouted: "Look, the fleet is coming" Tang Qiuli looked up, and on the sea level of the water and sky, a mast lù came out of the corner, and then, the huge figure of the warship, as if jumping out of the sea, appeared in front of people's eyes.

One after another, more than a hundred warships, all of them appeared, in his previous life, Tang Qiuli had also seen many times the warships returning home, but they were not as moving as they are today, it was difficult to suppress the surging in his heart, how to say it, just like a father looking forward to returning from a long trip, and like a lover who had been waiting for a long time, he threw himself into his arms step by step.

The corners of Tang Qiuli's eyes couldn't help but moisten, full of eagerness, the fleet came by the wind, and the gunwales on the hull could already be seen, the two aircraft carriers, like giants, were particularly eye-catching in the fleet, people exclaimed for a while, and suddenly, more than a hundred warships sounded their whistles together.

The low but extremely penetrating flute sound, through the sea, was clearly sent into people's ears, and there was a burst of resonance in the xiōng, Tang Qiuli probably knew that this was the etiquette of the navy, saluting the supreme commander on the shore, equivalent to the military salute of the infantry, there are connoisseurs, he thought secretly.

The warships docked at the berths one after another, in an orderly manner, without any luàn, it can be seen that the training level of the Soviet Pacific Fleet is very good, Tang Qiuli's location is the berth of an aircraft carrier, and when the hilly-like bow approaches, it gives him a sense of oppression, thinking that this behemoth is his own, he looks a little stupid.

The military band played military music, and the command to stand up was issued, and the honor guard formed by the 29th Corps used the most solemn etiquette to welcome the soldiers of the returning special operations detachment, Qiu Quan and Colonel Manikovsky got off the ship together, and when they saw Tang Qiuli, the heat in Qiu Quan's eyes flashed, and he had a momentary impulse, and then calmed down.

Standing in front of Tang Qiuli, he raised his hand and saluted: "Report to the division commander, Tang Qiuquan, the leader of the special operations detachment of the independent division, complete the task, one hundred and twenty-eight warships of all sizes, and a crew of 13,687 people, now return to the team, please instruct" Tang Qiuli returned the salute solemnly, and looked at Qiuquan eagerly.

It should have been more than three months since they saw each other, Brother Qiuquan led a lone army deep into the tiger, maneuvering between hundreds of thousands of Kwantung troops, it was not easy to complete the task smoothly, he lost a lot of weight, the brothers looked at each other, and from each other's eyes, they read the deep emotions in their hearts.

Colonel Manikovsky, who followed Qiuquan, was a little confused, this general who made Commander Qiuquan salute, that is, the legendary General Tang Qiuli whom he often mentioned, how could he be younger than Commander Qiuquan, at this age, in the Soviet Union, at most a lieutenant, but the general star on his shoulder, in the Soviet Union, was the rank of general, the Chinese really did not understand.

Qiuquan turned sideways and introduced Colonel Manikovsky to Tang Qiuli, as soon as the eyes of the two touched, Manikovsky's heart was like being pierced by an awl, and his whole body tightened, this young general, the sharpness and murderous aura in his eyes, not a soldier who has gone through countless bloody battles, will not have such a penetrating gaze, he secretly thought.

And Tang Qiuli exuded from his body, the strong iron-blooded military atmosphere, which made Manikovsky feel a little suffocated, the medal in front of this general xiōng, shook his heart with great surprise, no matter which country's soldiers, they all have great respect for the honor of soldiers, which is the testimony of military exploits.

Instantly impressed, as soon as he met Tang Qiuli, the Soviet captain was completely conquered by Tang Qiuli, "Report to Comrade General, Captain of the aircraft carrier 'Konizov' of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, Manikovsky, report to you, please instruct Comrade General" Manikovsky said loudly, although he is more than 20 years younger than Tang Qiuli, it does not prevent him from respecting Tang Qiuli, this is a soldier's respect for the strong, and it has nothing to do with age.

Tang Qiuli returned the salute and cordially greeted the Soviet captain a few words, and asked Qiuquan and the soldiers of the special operations detachment to lead the Soviet sailors to rest, and Li Honggang hugged Qiuquan, who had been old comrades-in-arms for many years, and had already had a brotherly friendship from the northeast to North China.

Zhang Quan on the side leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Qiuquan, are these the big guys you came back from?" Qiuquan nodded, but unexpectedly Zhang Quan said something like this: "My God, how much oil do you have to drink?" Qiu Quan and Li Honggang were speechless for a while, and then laughed heartily.

The news that the Independent Division had more than 100 warships in Qingdao spread like wings, but for Tang Qiuli, it was not known whether this news was a blessing or a curse, and some people were red-eyed and it was certain.