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Looking at the rising Jinpeng flag hunting and flying on the mast of the ship, the golden Dapeng bird with wingspan is like soaring above the nine skies and hula rising in the wind, Lei Cangpu's face is mixed with pride and passion rippling looks, this is already the third delivered large military ship obtained from the Napoli Royal Shipyard of the Kingdom of Milan, watching the lily Milan royal flag slowly land and replace it with the Jinpeng military flag of the Tang Empire, watching the warships neatly lined up on the dock, this kind of pleasure is difficult for anyone to experience. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Ling Tianfang's trip to Milan and the imminent establishment of the Tang Empire should be said to have played a great role in promoting the delivery progress of the Kingdom of Milan, seeing that the powerful Tang Empire is about to stand in the east, although the strength of their naval fleet is still very weak, but as a powerful empire, and has a long coastline of the southeast and southeast oceans, it is conceivable that the rise of their navy is also inevitable, not to mention that this empire has a super army strength, and it is undoubtedly the wisest way to make political investments at this time.

Lei Cangpu had to admit that the Milanese had an extraordinary level of skill in building large military ships, and their craftsmanship could be seen from the fineness of the sail ropes, and the different fabrics used for different sails, and even the materials on the sail lines were different, which alone was enough for the shipyards of East Samoa and Moro to learn. The slightly pointed bow was also a little different from the slightly rounded style of the original large sailing ships of the Tang River Empire, but Lei Cangpu knew that although this kind of bow required higher material in terms of ship stability, it could be better in terms of speed.

The establishment of the Great South Ocean Fleet was affected by the establishment of the Great Eastern Fleet, but Lei Cangpu still insisted that the Great Southern Ocean Fleet must set up a certain structure before considering the idea of allocating a part of the large warships ordered from Milan to the Great Eastern Fleet, after all, the Great South Ocean Fleet has spent too much time and energy to prepare, and the seafarers have been eagerly waiting for the Great South Ocean Fleet to be able to show the style of the Tang Empire in their hands as soon as possible, and the trainee officers of the Naval Academy are also eagerly waiting to get a real feeling from the new naval ships。

With three large warships, plus two that will be delivered by the Milanese next month, with small and medium-sized ships produced by local shipyards, a large South Seas fleet can barely build a shelf, although this shelf is still a little weak, it seems to be a little difficult to meet the big wind and waves, but without experiencing wind and rain, how to forge a navy that can resist storms? Time waits for no one, Lei Cangpu is already impatient to let this freshly baked naval fleet sail in the Great South Ocean, a country without a navy, how can the sea power be shown?

After the simple handover ceremony, the Milanese politely expressed their congratulations, for the other party's sincere congratulations, Lei Cangpu also reciprocated with enthusiasm, but he really didn't have much time to waste on these false words, the navy must be established as quickly as possible, this is the task given to him by His Royal Highness King Qin, and the military director from the southeast to the South Seas has unmistakably brought the instructions of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the development of the navy should even be placed above the development of the army, the development of the new continent route and how to ensure the development of the route will become the primary task of the Great Nanyang Fleet that has not yet been fully established。

From the factory to the sea trial, to the return to the factory for debugging and improvement, and finally to the delivery, Lei Cangpu almost wants to pay attention to the whole process, he knows that this is not something that a naval commander should pay attention to, but now the recruited seafarers have to practice and train on some leased civilian ships, how to make the naval ships replenish in place as quickly as possible has almost become the biggest heart of his naval commander.

The establishment of the Naval Academy was quite smooth, but the strict recruitment system of teachers made many instructors from the maritime powers of the Central and Western Continents stuck out of the door, and the harsh censorship system of the security department made a considerable number of teachers only appear in the Naval Academy as temporary instructors, which not only affected the mood and positive surname of the instructors, but also made many important courses unable to carry out according to the set goals.

Compared with the southeast of the empire, Lei Cangpu believes that the environment of the South Seas is indeed more suitable for the existence of the naval headquarters, not only the future development trend of the empire will be to the west, but more importantly, in the coastal zone of this region, the people's enthusiasm for serving as seafarers on ships is much higher than that of the southeast of the empire, and as a naval officer and soldier who is far better than ordinary civilian seamen in terms of political honor and economic treatment, the attraction to these people is greater, and the quality of the naval seamen recruited here is much better than that recruited in the southeast of the empire in any respect, which is also the main reason why Lei Cangpu strongly requested that the naval headquarters be built in East Samoa。

It should be said that Zhong Wenjing has achieved great success in the South China Sea, a land that did not belong to the empire and the Tang people, not only won the unanimous welcome of a large number of Tang people here, but also won the full support of the local ethnic groups, which of course has a lot to do with the various policies adopted by Zhong Wenjing here to support industry and commerce and encourage trade.

In Lei Cangpu's eyes, Zhong Wenjing should be a guy who is quite good at using all the resources in his hands, and the close relationship with the local garrison makes him have a strong backing, and his smooth hand and shrewd scheming make the industrial and commercial class of the four provinces of the South China Sea admire this governor and are also a little afraid, although some of the governor's actions have exceeded the power of a local governor, but it cannot be said that this guy has succeeded in using threats and intimidation to force those neutral countries and city-states in the west to reduce the transit tax and port entry fees for the trading fleet in the South China Sea, which has also laid a solid foundation for his industrial and commercial circles in the four provinces of the South China Sea, His iron-blooded methods in dealing with those merchants who have been with the thieves of the Great Nanyang Sea have also made the Nanhai people see his iron fist, and the use of Zhulian means has won him praise and also made him some infamy, but in his own words, he doesn't care, he doesn't need to be responsible for the people, he only needs to be responsible for the central government, and he is responsible for His Royal Highness the King of Qin.

Zhong Wenjing gave great support to the navy's foothold in the South China Sea, and Lei Cangpu knew that this was not just a personal relationship, it should be said that a strong navy could gain a firm foothold in the South China Sea, and it had a great deterrent to the South China Sea Alliance in the east, the neutral region in the west, and the East Peninsula Alliance, so that the situation in the South China Sea could gain a more stable space for development.

Zhong Wenjing looked at Lei Cangpu who was a little excited with a calm face, this naval commander has never been able to get rid of the style of being a naval general, Zhong Wenjing doesn't think there is anything bad about this style, maybe a soldier should be like this, vigorous and resolute, and the sword is within reach.

Zhong Wenjing does not think that the shipbuilding technology of the Milanese people is much higher than that of the South China Sea, but there are indeed some deficiencies in the shipyards of the South China Sea, the manufacturer of large military ships, and Zhong Wenjing very much hopes that the next batch of naval ships can be built by the shipyards of the South China Sea, and the fertile water will not flow into the fields of outsiders.

Zhong Wenjing is quite satisfied with the current situation in the South China Sea, although he still has some regrets that the trade to the west in the South China Sea is still firmly stuck by Sikkim Island, in his opinion, if the empire can control Sikkim Island, it will be perfect, and if he controls Sikkim Island, it is almost to hold the key to the Central and Western Continents of the Eastern Continent, and any fleet in the Eastern Continent has to accept the imperial constraints if they want to enter the Central and Western Continents, and once this constraint is invalid for the South China Sea region, the trade volume of their own territory to the Central and Western Continents will increase exponentially。 It's just that even the military commanders stationed in the South China Sea region have no ability or power to solve these problems, and the current naval commander is also not good, and the last time the military affairs director arrived, he also specifically mentioned this issue in his conversation with him, but the military affairs director was vague, which made Zhong Wenjing a little disappointed.

But with a good personal relationship with the naval commander, Zhong Wenjing vaguely realized that the situation was not as he imagined, His Royal Highness King Qin seemed to have an inexplicable complex for the Central and Western Continents, especially after the news of the discovery of the New World, the situation has changed a lot, and even the naval commander bluntly proposed that the future goal of the navy is to point directly to the Latin Ocean, not just the Great South Ocean, and if you want to enter the Latin Ocean, Sikkim Island, that is, the Sikkim City Republic, is undoubtedly the best springboard and bridgehead, and Sikkim, which is in a neutral position, should also be the first target of the empire's next consideration。 And the crazy expansion of the navy seems to reflect this, watching the warships coming from Milan, and the shipyards in the South China Sea are also filled with a large number of orders from the navy, Zhong Wenjing has to wonder if the primary target of the new empire will be to point to the Central Continent?

But this may just be a good idea of himself as the governor of the South China Sea, thinking of this, Zhong Wenjing couldn't help but laugh at himself, he seems to be a little overstepping, he always wants to think more about the issues that he shouldn't think about, but if he wants to make his own territorial economy to a higher level, then he, as the governor, seems to have to think more and farther.

(To be continued)