Although the Shengli Port Shipyard is now facing the situation that the production capacity cannot meet the orders, Bai Kesi and Yue Zhiyun and others still decided to do marketing first and get the orders in their hands. As for when the ship will be delivered, it is possible to add some additional clauses to the ship purchase contract to extend the shipbuilding time, anyway, the potential customers of these warships are not most concerned about the price and delivery time, but whether Haihan can sell it. As long as they can obtain permission to buy it, whether it is Annam or Fujian, those in power who are eager to strengthen their armament will immediately pay for it, and even if the price of such high-end goods is expensive, they will grit their teeth and order a few ships first.

Of course, economic gain was not the only consideration for the higher-ups, and the sale of more high-tech mid-level warships to the Fujian military would further strengthen the local Ming army's dependence on Haihan military aid. There are many parts and components on the "Expedition-class" warships that can only be manufactured in Sanya, and some high-tech maintenance and repairs can only be completed in Haihan's shipyard.

However, on this occasion, Ning Qi will not talk in detail about the technical specifications, performance parameters and specific quotations of the ship, etc., as long as the information about Haihan's intention to sell this new warship is enough to the Fujian side. The most important thing is to let these people present understand that the premise of Haihan's sale of this new type of warship is that the Fujian military will continue to use troops against Shibazhi, instead of choosing an armistice and peace talks.

Of course, if you just provide the Fujian military with new warships, it will inevitably be a bit difficult to quench your thirst from far water, so Haihan has also prepared other measures to motivate the Fujian military. Ning Qi continued: "In addition, we are preparing to send a certain number of military advisers to Fujian within the year to assist Lord Xu in suppressing bandits. ”

Xu Xinsu immediately perked up when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know how many of these you will send...... Military advisor?"

Fujian is no stranger to the term "military advisers", and after purchasing guns from Haihan, it sent several officers with the title of "military advisers" to Zhangzhou to help the Ming army deploy artillery positions and train soldiers to use these imported weapons. During this period, when the Eighteen Zhi attacked, the military adviser would also assist in directing the operation on the front line.

Ning Qi stretched out his index finger and gestured, Xu Xinsu said, "One hundred?"

Ning Qi shook his head and said, "It's a battalion." ”

"A battalion!" Xu Xinsu couldn't help but be taken aback. He sent many officers to Sanya to study, and he knew how many people there were in a battalion of the Haihan military system, and according to the three-three establishment, it was roughly around 500 people, and if it was a special reinforced battalion, all of them were four-four formations, and the number of people could be increased by more than one-third, and it would be equipped with a special artillery unit.

If the Haihan people only sent about 100 people, it was obvious that these people were scattered to various strongholds in Fujian to command the construction of fortifications and train combat skills. But if a battalion of troops will be sent, it is likely that they will intend to intervene directly in the battle.

Sure enough, Ning Qi continued: "Considering the limited number of elite troops under Lord Xu, the military advisers sent by our side will also participate in the battle when they need it. But our armed men will only participate in the operation against the Eighteen Zhi, and will not care about the other military tasks of the Ming army. ”

Xu Xinsu was silent for a while and then asked, "Then among the military advisers you sent, is there a naval division?"

"Yes. Ning Qi nodded and said, "In fact, what we plan to send to Fujian is an amphibious combat unit, which can take into account both water and land operations." ”

The amphibious combat force mentioned by Ning Qi actually involved some resolutions on the adjustment of the garrison at the fourth anniversary of the crossing. At that time, the Executive Committee believed that the domestic situation in Annan had calmed down, and that it would be overkill to continue to deploy a large number of elite troops in Annan. The entire territory of Hainan Island has also been included in the control of Haihan, and there is no plan to use a large number of troops in the near future. As a result, the direction of Haihan's external expansion of influence has become the main consideration for the deployment of troops in the fourth year.

The planning of the Executive Committee is nothing more than two directions, one is to go south, and the other is to go north. In the South China Sea, after the acquisition of the Abuna Islands, the Haihan has been unable to continue to expand southward in the near future, and the Abuna Islands will be the southernmost part of the Haihan territory for the foreseeable period in the future. At least until the port of Cam Ranh on the Indochina Peninsula was completed and garrisoned, it was possible for Haihan to use the Ambuna Islands as a springboard to continue its march southward.

In the northward direction, after taking the Pearl River estuary and controlling the main choke point of Guangdong's maritime trade, the Executive Committee had no intention of continuing to expand inland at this time, which would probably cause the current tacit understanding and peace between Haihan and the Guangdong government to be lost. Extending the Haihan trade route along the coastline to the Taiwan Strait and beyond the north became a common goal within the Executive Committee.

However, the war in the Taiwan Strait has not yet ended, and this practice already means that Haihan may need to directly intervene in the war between the Ming army in Fujian and Shibazhi. However, Haihan's current military strength does not seem to be enough to support large-scale operations on an unfamiliar battlefield two thousand miles away from the base camp, so he can only send a small number of elite troops into Fujian to assist the Ming army under Xu Xinsu in attacking Shibazhi.

At that time, when the military proposed this kind of deployment, there was no news of the armistice and peace talks in Fujian, so there were some controversial voices within Haihan about this slightly radical and adventurous approach. However, after the news of Xu Xinsu's intention to negotiate peace with Shibazhi reached Sanya, the Executive Committee quickly unified its views and believed that it was necessary to adopt a feasible means to urge the Fujian Ming army to continue to use troops against Shibazhi, including sending a small number of combat troops to Fujian.

Both the Executive Committee and the military believe that as long as Haihan's side directly participates in the war, no matter how deep Cheng Dù's participation is, then the matter of peace talks will no longer be something that Xu Xinsu alone can say, and this is probably the most effective way to stop peace talks. On the other hand, sending only a small number of troops would not arouse the Fujian side to be unnecessarily wary of Haihan.

Ning Qi said it clearly, in addition to informing the people present, it was also to deter some people who had unstable thoughts. From the controversy about war and peace just now, he could already see that these people under Xu Xinsu's command were not monolithic, some wanted to continue fighting, and some also wanted to negotiate peace. It is difficult to say whether these people who want to negotiate peace are motivated by public or selfish motives. But whatever the reason, Ning Qi knew that the most effective deterrent was not a verbal threat, but a real-life presence of the Haihan militia stationed in Fujian. He had already seen a lot of such Ming people on Hainan Island, and he could scream vigorously, but when the Haihan militia really arrived, his knees were softer than anyone else.

Xu Xinsu continued to ask: "Then I don't know which general you plan to send to Fujian to preside over the overall situation?"

Ning Qi responded: "The Haihan Executive Committee attaches great importance to the war in Fujian, and after careful consideration and repeated discussions, we have decided to send Colonel Qian Tiandun, the general of the Haihan People's League, to carry out this task. ”

As soon as Ning Qi announced this candidate, all those present who knew a little about the military situation of Haihan let out a low exclamation. Among the Haihan militia, the most famous high-level figures are also well-known in the army here in Fujian. Although none of these soldiers had met Qian Tiandun, they had already heard about his achievements.

Qian Tiandun was the first military attache sent abroad by Haihan after settling in Sanya, and successfully trained an elite army for Haihan in northern Annan. The unit's enormous role in Annam's civil war made him the only person who was overseas and could still hold a senior position in the Military Commission. If you put aside Tao Donglai, who has a routine part-time job in almost every department, then in addition to Yan Chujie and Wang Tom, Qian Tiandun has basically been able to rank third in the militia army. And the Annan Field Army, which he personally trained, is also known as the unit with the highest combat effectiveness among the militia army.

Almost all of the Fujian officers who went to Sanya to study had learned several battles commanded by Qian Tiandun in the Annan Civil War in the battle case analysis course of the Shengli Port Military Academy, and a considerable part of the course on individual combat skills was also noted as being compiled by Qian Tiandun. It can be said that these Ming army officers who have received military training from Haihan can basically be regarded as half of Qian Tiandun's disciples.

But they don't know much about Qian Tiandun, except that he has been leading troops in Annan, and there is no more personal information. In the minds of these officers, Qian Tiandun is also a character similar to a legend, and they never imagined that this kind of character would one day come to Fujian to lead troops, and even fight on the battlefield with him.

Ning Qi was very satisfied with the effect of this news, and then said: "However, because Colonel Qian Tiandun is still serving in distant Annan, it will take some time to hand over the local military affairs and complete this transfer. ”

Of course, Xu Xinsu was very aware of Qian Tiandun's status in the Haihan Army, and responded very respectfully at the moment: "Since the Executive Committee attaches so much importance to it, then Xu will sweep the couch and wait for General Qian to come to Fujian!"

On the one hand, the Executive Committee took into account the foreseeable peaceful situation in Annan in the next few years, and there was no longer any need to station elite personnel and troops there; on the other hand, Qian Tiandun had been stationed abroad for more than three years, and he was also a general leading troops, and the Executive Committee was worried that if he was stationed for too long, his influence in Annan would gradually solidify, and even produce some bad changes。 Perhaps Qian Tiandun himself will not have these wishes, but over time, the surrounding environment may also play a certain catalytic role in this trend.

In order to avoid such a situation, the most effective way is to transfer Qian Tiandun's position. However, it seems that it would be too much of a waste of talent for a high-ranking officer like him, who has rich experience in leading troops and operations, to be transferred back to Hainan Island to sit in an office. After consulting Qian Tiandun himself, the Executive Committee decided to transfer his area of office from Annan to Fujian. In addition to the one battalion stationed in the southern Anbuna Islands, the Military Commission allowed him to bring another reinforced battalion to Fujian with him to carry out the garrison mission. As for Annan's local defense, Hainan Island will be taken over by a separate unit, and the command will be temporarily taken over by Qian Tiandun's colleague Feng Annan.

As a matter of fact, the Annam garrison and the Hainan Island garrison carry out small-scale changes of guard almost every year, so this kind of transfer has accumulated a lot of practical experience, and the operation is not very complicated. However, the special feature of this transfer is that the scale is slightly larger, the scope of the transfer is much larger than before, and the number of personnel involved is also much larger -- although only one reinforced battalion of troops was transferred to Fujian with Qian Tiandun, the families of these personnel will all be given the opportunity to emigrate to Hainan Island, and the number of people involved may be close to 3,000. In the consciousness of these naturalized Annan people, only immigrating to Hainan Island can be regarded as truly joining the Haihan nationality, which is a long wait for many of them.

If it were the usual routine change of guards, such a large-scale military movement would certainly be opposed by civilian officials, after all, the amount of money required to move troops across the sea would not be a small amount. This time, however, the Executive Committee unusually smoothly agreed on the plan for the redeployment of troops, on the one hand, because of Fujian's shape, and on the other hand, because the military had long been relieved to hand over this account to Fujian.

Ning Qi smiled slightly: "Lord Xu is too polite. However, regarding the transfer of the militia army this time, there are some things that really need the cooperation of the Fujian side, such as arranging ships to transport military supplies, supply arrangements along the way, and the station after arriving here, etc., and I have to worry a lot about Lord Xu and you. ”

Of course, Xu Xinsu understood this overtone, and immediately said: "Mr. Ning, rest assured, the cost of the troops led by General Qian, as well as all the expenses after arriving in Fujian, will be borne by our side. ”

On the sea route from Annan to Fujian, the supply points of the Haihan are only much more than those that Xu Xinsu can provide, at least in the Qiongzhou Strait and the Pearl River Estuary, both of which have been designated by the Haihan as their own sphere of influence, and there is no need for the Fujian side to send people all the way to organize supplies. Ning Qi's statement was actually that he hoped that the Fujian side would be able to bear the cost of troop transfer, and Xu Xinsu was also very conscious, and immediately agreed to it.

This amount of money is certainly not a small amount, but if the stationing of the Haihan militia can help the Fujian military to speed up the defeat and even extermination of the Eighteen Zhi, then even if it costs an extra million taels of silver in the next year or two, Xu Xinsu thinks that this price is worth it.