A loud whistle woke up Miss Yue'er, who was chasing and playing in the water, and looked at the sea, only to see more than ten freighters lined up in two columns, slowly winding along the waterway to the vicinity of the factory.

As far as the eye can see, no matter which one of them, the red waterline on the side of the ship can no longer be seen, and the deep draft makes them like camels that are about to be crushed, staggering but not afraid of wind and rain, shuttling through the vast Pacific Ocean to come here.

After following the disciple for a long time, Yue'er has been able to recognize the flags of many countries, this should be a fleet from Chile, most of them are flying Chilean flags, of course, among them, there is also the ocean ** of the Pacific Freight Company, what surprised her even more was that he also saw two Brazilian steamers dragged at the end.

Glancing at the three men sitting in the distance talking about things, Yue'er and Xiaoxiao's lips were smiling, although they didn't know what the three were talking about, but they all knew that even Brazil, which was so far away on the map, had a big ship, and you can imagine how busy Pearl Harbor is now.

Li Mo also saw the Brazilian freighter dragging behind, and his eyes showed a sense of joy, more and more countries are coming here, which indicates that more and more materials are beginning to gather in his hands.

Looking at the fleet moving away little by little, the smile on Li Mo's face gradually faded, and in an instant, his forehead was full of trouble.

Expand!

Hey, that's another big problem!

In fact, after returning to Hawaii, the First Division had already carried out a reorganization, and the original 3,000 reserves were also incorporated into it, and the original Chinese security team was incorporated, and the total number of people had reached 8,000.

But compared to the future goals, this scale is far from enough! And as the navy grew larger, the guys in the first division had long been extremely dissatisfied with the navy occupying so many military resources, so they once again proposed the plan to expand, but because the equipment could not keep up with Li Mo, he never agreed.

Now, with the production lines purchased from Germany in place, weapons and ammunition have begun to be produced on a small scale, and the conditions for expanding the army are met, so Zhao Long dragged Chen Ping and chased him to the beach.

"Tell me, how do you expand?" Although Young Master Li has a headache, the expansion of the army is already a top priority, and the only thing that makes him a little embarrassed is the scale and the corresponding funds!

"Hehe, it's just a matter of adding a few pairs of chopsticks." Hearing the young master's words loose, Zhao Long's face was overjoyed, and he hurriedly took out the expansion plan and handed it over.

Making a plan, this is Li Mo's habit, he requires himself to have a detailed plan before doing anything, and gradually this habit is also accepted by everyone. "But who helped Zhao Long ghostwrite this thing?" Young Master Li glanced to the side, and Chen Ping hurriedly turned his head when he saw this, pretending to look at the scenery.

"Sure enough......." Li Mo smiled in his heart, but before he opened the plan, he was stunned by a few big words on the cover?

"Pacific Army Navy and Land Joint Expansion Plan"

"What? Joint proposals? Didn't you say that only the army was expanded? Why did the Fleet Birdmen come and intervene? Didn't the young master just spend a lot of unjust money to buy two battleships! Why are you still involved?

Young Master Li immediately opened the plan, and without looking at it, he jumped up, pointed to the page and roared angrily: "This is the plan you discussed to jointly increase chopsticks?" ”

Zhao Long rubbed his hands excitedly, and Chen Ping nodded vigorously.

"Let's!"

Young Master Li just wants to scold people, this is the so-called adding a few pairs of chopsticks? Phew!

Judging from the paper, the plan is very detailed, and it can be seen that the 1st Army Division and the group of birdmen in the fleet have indeed put in a lot of effort, but the plan is also very huge, so huge that Li Mo directly wants to throw the plan into the sea!

First of all, the number of personnel, the plan directly quoted the policy of elite soldiers once said by Young Master Li, the navy side asked for an increase of 5,000 reserve sailors for possible future expansion and replenishment, and the plan was to expand the Marine Corps into a regiment, a full 5,000 people.

At the same time, the 1st Army Division also hoped that each regiment could be expanded to 5,000 men while maintaining the current establishment of four regiments.

The Marine Corps is not bad, in addition to the guns and ammunition needed by the personnel, the main thing is to increase the number of Maxim machine guns, mortars, and purchase some light artillery, but the army regiment is much more complicated.

According to the plan, each army regiment will be divided into four infantry battalions, a training battalion and an artillery battalion, each infantry battalion is 800 people, equipped mainly with rifles, grenades, machine guns, and mortars that have just completed tests and begun to speed up production.

As for the artillery battalion!

Okay, Master Li gritted his teeth and looked down, the more he looked, the more he wanted to find someone to throw these two guys in front of him into the sea and soak them for a few days!

According to this plan, Young Master Li needs to equip the artillery battalion with only 500 people with 36 105 mm guns that have just been imported from Germany, and then develop or purchase a large-caliber long-range artillery, the number of which is 16.

Just one artillery battalion, five hundred people need fifty-two cannons, these guys dare to speak! Let's not talk about where I went to get you so many large-caliber artillery, just the German-made 105mm assault gun that was just introduced, Tang Xiao didn't know when he would be able to figure it out!

As for the problems of ammunition support and logistics brought about by the development of a new type of large-caliber artillery, it is not something that can be solved in a day or two, and the money spent here is much more than the purchase of artillery!

And what made him even more troubled was that according to Qiu Zishan's call, the Chilean Parliament had passed a neutrality law and was about to declare neutrality! In that case, even the lease of Maasti Island will be a problem, where will I get you an artillery training base!

Coupled with Makqin machine guns and other equipment, are you going to fight the United States? Or are you going to go back and overthrow the Qing Dynasty? Could it be that the young master recently sent someone back to Liaodong to make these guys misunderstand that I was going back to be the emperor?!

Young Master Li was furious, and he didn't make it clear because the time had not come! Instead of giving you a chance to blackmail the young master!. "Do you know how much it costs?" Before Lykel came, it was nothing to get so much money, but now it's ......!

The six million pounds extorted from the American businessmen were all handed over to the Government Council for the management of Hawaii's construction and regular expenses, and the three million extorted by Laker were still the young master's own gritted teeth and pockets!

The income from the gold mine cannot be moved considering the future financial reserves, and if it weren't for Thomas Mining and Petroleum Company to bring a stable income to Master Li, he might have to drink the northwest wind!

Do you still want the young master to live!

Besides, how many Chinese are there in Hawaii? Even if Lin Yongxiang can bring back 30,000, it will not exceed 150,000! Even if you add the Canadian camp, according to this plan, one out of every ten people under your jurisdiction will be a soldier in the future, and this proportion will not be found in the world!

Population! Land!

Young Master Li bit his tongue, he had never been so eager to look forward to these two things!

Rubbing his neck, he looked at Zhao Long with an excited face and Chen Ping, who was breathing rapidly, and finally turned into a sigh when the words came to his mouth, expanding the army is necessary, he knows better than anything, but expanding so many people at one time really makes him a little in a hurry.

"I can ask Germany to buy a batch of 105 mm guns first, as for large-caliber artillery, you go to Tang Xiao and ask him to see if he can use the 152 mm naval gun to develop an army gun. In addition, he was told that the caliber should remain the same, and the shell production line should be used as much as possible, but the weight of the projectile could be appropriately reduced, after all, it was reloaded by people. ”

Hearing that the artillery was hopeful, Zhao Long nodded again and again.

"Conscription ......." Li Mo was silent for a while before looking at Chen Ping: "Change the telegram I just sent to Lin Yongxiang, and tell him that I still need at least 50,000 people here!" It's best to find more young adults, or you can send someone to assist him, and directly select materials on the spot! ”

Chen Ping, who had already made up his mind, saw that the young master had agreed to the army expansion plan, and nodded happily and said, "Young master, I think we can make more ideas with the Chinese in the United States and Nanyang." ”

"That's right! Didn't Tang Xiaozeng say that the Chinese in Nanyang are not doing well, if we go there to recruit people, we should be able to get supplements! Zhao Long also hurriedly added.

Unexpectedly, these guys had already made plans and communicated with each other. Li Mo had no choice but to smile and throw the plan into Zhao Long's arms: "Just do it according to your plan!" The four army regiments and one Marine regiment were all expanded to 5,000 men, and the fleet could also recruit 5,000 recruits as reserves, and then form two 1,000-man reading battalions to be used for the peacetime defense of the two islands. ”

After speaking, Li Mo's face suddenly turned cold: "I promised to recruit you, but the quality of training can't be left behind!" Tell them that in the future, when that unit comes out of the basket, I will revoke the number of that unit!" ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that Li Mo was extremely serious, Chen Ping and Zhao Long hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Get out of here, and go to Fuber to get the money yourself." Seeing that the two of them answered extremely seriously, Li Mo also put his mind at ease, stretched his waist and suddenly squinted his eyes: "By the way, I heard that Luo Feng and a few of them have a reconnaissance company with Nighthawk?" ”

Zhao Long, who was just about to leave, heard the words, and immediately stopped, not understanding why the young master suddenly asked the reconnaissance company about it?

"Go, tell them to choose a few people, and I'll use them."

"Use?!"

Zhao Long and Chen Ping glanced at each other, and they both saw the doubts in each other's hearts.

"Where to use?"