Yang Du's change of attitude was expected by Chen Hao, as a traditional Chinese literati, it was strange that he could accept being a pirate. Robbing a foreigner's warship to go to the South China Sea as a pirate clashed with Yang Du's values, if this was the case, he would immediately choose to leave Chen Hao and find someone else to assist.

Chen Hao waved his hand to signal Yang Du to be quiet, and said with a smile: "The Westernists once said, 'Middle school is the body, and Western learning is for use', of course, my ideal is not to be a pirate to plunder wealth, this is not worrying about Senior Brother Huizi." As I mentioned earlier, Yingkou is not suitable for development, and I am ready to shift my center of gravity to the south and re-establish a base area in the southwest. In the future, the base area in the southwest is the foundation of my development, and the wealth plundered by the South Seas is used for development and slowly accumulates strength. ”

Yang Du breathed a sigh of relief at this time, NPCs like him would not be easily betrayed, but if Chen Hao's ideal was really to be a pirate, he had to leave. The plan to snatch the foreigner's warship was crazy, but he thought it was feasible, so he pondered for a moment and said: "It's not impossible to rob wealth in the South Seas to develop, but the lord must guarantee that he can't rob my Chinese people." ”

Chen Hao said: "Of course, I will offend the foreigners after robbing the warship, and I am not afraid of robbing the foreigners to make them hate it even more, I will not move the Chinese merchant ships." ”

Yang Du nodded and said: "I will fully support the adults, but there is still a problem, if the warships robbed by the adults are not advanced enough, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do in the face of encirclement and suppression in the South Seas." ”

Chen Hao couldn't help laughing, Yang Du's Imperial Heart Stunt was really useful, and Yang Du could always point out the key after he proposed the plan. He had been prepared for this, and he could only choose to attack the fast-paced advanced cruisers, targeting the British Navy. Although Japanese and Russian warships occasionally docked at the Yingkou wharf, even after looting, they were not suitable for guerrilla warfare in the South Seas, and he would not do anything.

After Chen Hao said his plan, Yang Du asked again: "It's good that my lord has made careful preparations, but I have a question, how can you confirm that the British will let the advanced warships dock at Yingkou?" ”

Chen Hao has memories from the future, and knows that a player triggered the task of snatching a warship, and completed this crazy task, and that player snatched the British ** ship. In the game, he couldn't tell Yang Du about his future memories, so he found a reason and said: "Russia will definitely stay in the Northeast, Japan also has ambitions for the Northeast, and Britain will definitely send warships to the Northeast to show off its might in order to help Japan restrain Russia, and then it will be our opportunity......"

Chen Hao has four reasons for snatching warships, first of all, because of his own naval dream, as a Chinese person, he has a naval dream. The modern navy has always been a pain in the hearts of the Chinese people, and the Beiyang Fleet, known as the first fleet in Asia, was defeated by Japan. After the defeat of the Beiyang Fleet, China's navy never rose, and after the rise of New China, it vigorously developed its navy, but it was still inferior to Japan in naval strength.

Even in the game, Chen Hao wanted to change the plot, master a navy in his hands, and snatch a few advanced cruisers as naval seeds. It has also established a base in Nanyang and developed its strength on two legs. He has no background, and the funds needed to develop the base can only be obtained from the game, and working as a pirate in the South Seas can accumulate wealth for the development of the navy.

The third reason for abandoning Yingkou to grab warships is to cultivate naval talents, and having a few warships for internship can make NPCs who graduated from the Sailor Academy grow faster. To build a fleet that can compete with the Great Powers player, you need to buy a large number of warships. The looted warships are just seeds, and after training naval talents with the small fleets he looted, he will buy more cruisers, destroyers, battleships, and even build aircraft carriers after the game's technological advancements.

Huaxia players have an advantage in numbers, and players from the great powers are more advantageous in other aspects, and some players who have a relationship with the high-level NPCs of the great powers will have a fleet that is not weak in their hands after establishing a base. In my memory, after five years of running the game, many Western players have small and medium-sized fleets in their hands, and none of the Chinese players have mastered the fleet.

Even if you are a child of a family with a background in reality, don't think about developing the navy when the game runs for a few years, because the navy is too expensive. Although the proportion of game currency exchanged for real currency is decreasing, the decline is not large, and the amount of money required to build a fleet in the game is an astronomical amount, and it is completely dependent on real currency exchange, such as games, even the top Chinese families cannot support it.

The fourth reason why Chen Hao gave up everything to loot the warship was to make money, and the way to make money was also related to pirates, but it was not robbery. There are treasure hunts in the game, but the large treasures are almost all in the sea, and it is impossible to trigger the sea treasure hunt without warships. His future memories have some clues to the pirate's treasure hunt, and once he has a warship, he can go on a treasure hunt and find a large treasure battleship for pirates.

The most interesting thing in the game is not the story mission, but the treasure hunt mission, for the average player to find a pirate treasure may turn the chicken into a phoenix, and become a billionaire in reality. The trigger conditions for each treasure hunt task are very harsh and very difficult, and Chen Hao, who has future memories, takes a big advantage.

Chen Hao persuaded Yang Du, and then went with Wu Peifu to inspect the army in Yingkou, and during this time he studied in the Wubei Academy, the Yingkou army was mainly in charge of independent three and Feng Yong. Yingkou is the base he established, so when he reviews the army, the army information will be displayed in his attribute panel, and he couldn't help but shake his head after reading the army's attributes.

When Chen Hao left, the combat effectiveness of the 3,000 base army was 2,548, and after more than half a year, the combat strength was only 2,633, and the average combat strength was not even 1. Although Du Lisan and Feng Yong have a certain command ability, they are only suitable for leading a small group of troops, and it is a little difficult for them to control all the Yingkou troops.

Regardless of the increase in the commander-in-chief of the military, the combat effectiveness of the army depends on the quality of the soldiers, weapons and equipment, training results, and so on, and the combat effectiveness of each army is different. The average combat strength is equal to the total combat strength of a unit divided by the total number of people, and the highest in the game is the German Army, and the most elite German Army has an average combat strength of 2.

The highest average combat effectiveness of the Navy is the United Kingdom, and the average combat effectiveness of the British elite Navy is also 2, but the average combat effectiveness of the Army is only 1.8. At present, the armies of Britain, France, and Germany have high combat effectiveness, while the United States, Japan and other countries are in the middle and high range, and the average combat effectiveness of the Chinese army is very low.

The average combat effectiveness of Chen Hao's 3,000 private army is less than 1 point, but it is already an elite army in China, and the average combat effectiveness of the six towns of Beiyang trained by Yuan Shikai in the future is only 1.2. Due to the poor quality of soldiers and backward weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the Manchu Green Battalion set by the system was only 0.5.

Chen Hao was bent on taking the elite route, and the three thousand private troops he recruited came from the imperial army in Yingkou, all of which were selected potential NPCs. Today, the average combat effectiveness of these 3,000 troops is still less than 1, and in addition to training reasons, there are also reasons for incomplete weapons and equipment and the lack of junior officers.

Du Lisan and Feng Yong couldn't help but feel uneasy when they saw Chen Hao's unkind face, Wu Peifu made a round and said: "My lord, although the quality of these soldiers is good, there are no middle and low-level officers to supplement, and it is normal that the combat effectiveness is not high, it should be better to arrange the officers brought this time into the army." ”

Chen Hao nodded and said, "Senior Brother Ziyu, you are responsible for arranging the positions of the cadets, and I will hand over the training of the army to you in the future, I hope to see a strong army as soon as possible." ”

Chen Hao originally planned to arrange more than two hundred officers in the imperial army, after all, these NPCs had not yet pledged allegiance to him. After seeing the slow improvement of the combat effectiveness of the private army, he changed his mind, the training of the army in peacetime mainly relied on officers, he hoped that the private army could quickly improve its combat effectiveness, and had to arrange NPC cadets to serve in the private army in advance.

He couldn't let these students know the truth, because serving in the imperial court and serving in the private army were two different concepts, in the imperial army he was a government official, and in the private army he was the leader of the anti-thieves. This is difficult for Chen Hao, Yingkou is that he and Wu Peifu have the final say, arrange for the trainees to serve as officers, change the establishment, and organize the 3,000 private troops in the imperial army to receive military salaries, and the three battalions of the imperial court can use his private money to support them, anyway, only he and Wu Peifu know.

After more than 200 officers joined the army, they immediately rose up and had an immediate effect, and the average combat effectiveness of the army increased to 0.93. As these officers become more familiar with the army, the training of the army will become better and better, and there is no problem with an average combat strength of more than 1.

However, Chen Hao was still not satisfied, and after deciding to take the elite route, his goal was to achieve an average combat effectiveness of more than 1.5 for his private army. For an army with an average combat strength of more than 1.5, let a famous general like Wu Peifu command, under the increase of his commander attributes, as long as he does not encounter the armies of foreign famous generals, he will have the power to fight.

In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the private army, there is another way to improve the weaponry after having grassroots officers to conduct training. The 3,000 private troops were all equipped with advanced Mosingana rifles, as well as 12 artillery pieces and 24 heavy machine guns, which was the fundamental reason why the average combat effectiveness of the troops could reach 0.87 in the absence of middle and lower officers.

Before Yuan Shikai trained the six towns of Beiyang, there was no unit in Huaxia with a combat effectiveness of more than 1, and the weapons and equipment of Chen Hao's private army in China were not bad. His goal is to have an average combat strength of more than 1.5, which cannot be compared with China, and compared with the advanced foreign armies, the weapons and equipment of his troops are still very shabby.

Since the troops are only 3,000 people, continuing to increase the number of artillery pieces will not help the combat effectiveness of the troops much, and twenty-four heavy machine guns can ensure that each platoon has one, and this firepower is enough. Nowadays, the best equipment that can continue to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops is the mortar that the arsenal is trying to produce.

The system has a hidden setting that additionally increases combat power when an army is equipped with a new weapon. Mortars are undoubtedly an important new weapon, and after they are installed in the army, before other armies are generally equipped, Chen Hao's private army can enjoy this increase. (To be continued.) )