Chapter 166 Adjustment of defense strategy

The Crossing Group named itself "Haihan" and has always attached great importance to maritime control. Relevant units such as the Military Police Department and the Shipping Department almost spend their free time studying information on contemporary maritime competitors.

Of course, most of the information they studied came from the collection and compilation of amateur historians like Ning Qi and the Ministry of Information Industry.

Super-large pirate gangs like Shibazhi are naturally the focus of research. Zheng Zhilong’s history of making a fortune was to strengthen himself by continuously annexing other forces, first annexing Yan Siqi, then Li Dan, and then various gangs of Shibazhi

Pirates. If he realizes that there is a force at the southern end of Hainan Island that can threaten him in the future, then he will definitely not sit back and let this force continue to develop.

Correspondingly, it is equally impossible for the Time Travel Group to watch Zheng Zhilong develop and strengthen himself step by step - Zheng Zhilong in 1627 and Zheng Zhilong in 1635 are completely different things. It really makes his power develop to a level never seen in history.

scale, that is definitely not a good thing for the Crossing Group. The executive committee will definitely not agree to its ship paying so-called "protection fees" to pirates like Zheng Zhilong. It should only be a matter of time before the two parties have conflicts of interest in the future, so with Zheng Zhilong

The possibility of peaceful coexistence is extremely small, and some things must be prepared now.

Tao Donglai said: "For Zheng Zhilong's opponents, we should strategically provide some support. For example, we need to consciously tilt the arms sales strategy."

Schneider nodded understandingly and said: "I will discuss this matter with Mr. Li and ask his firm to adjust its arms sales strategy and try to sell as little or as little as possible to Zheng Zhilong."

"Delaying the pace of the Zheng Zhilong Pirate Group's unification of the southeastern coast as much as possible is actually giving us time and space for development." Tao Donglai continued: "Our future maritime trade wants to reach Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and even further north.

, then we must ensure the stability of the shipping routes. The existence of the Zheng Zhilong Pirate Group will obviously become a big stumbling block for us to develop northern sea trade in the future!"

"But at the same time, we cannot let him notice our existence prematurely." Yan Chujie pointed out a loophole that no one paid much attention to: "If Zheng Zhilong learns that there is a place on Hainan Island that can produce muskets and artillery, what will he do?

Is he bringing money to do business? I can't see, maybe he will lead his men to attack here directly, and take people and goods back to Taiwan."

"It's not difficult to get Furifeng to agree to keep trade secrets, but it's difficult to prevent interested people from inquiring into this information." Schneider shook his head and said, "As long as they sell the first batch of arms, someone will soon find out.

The origin of these arms. I think that instead of thinking about how to keep commercial secrets in trade across three provinces, it would be more practical to think about how to strengthen our defense measures here."

Tao Donglai frowned and asked Yan Chujie: "When will the coastal defense artillery fortifications at Victory Port be completed?"

Yan Chujie said: "If we only build forts and fortifications, more than 80% of the first phase design plan can be completed by the end of the year. But the problem is that we still have two big gaps, one is the cannon, and the other is the gunner."

"The turrets of coastal defense artillery are all designed according to 24-pound or larger artillery. However, there are some minor technical problems in the casting process of 24-pound artillery. They are still in the research stage. The military industry department cannot say when.

Able to finalize production.”

"The other 24-pound muzzle-loading gun is very heavy. Even if we use mechanical braking and guidance devices, it still requires at least six gunners to operate it. We mentioned this issue when we held the artillery seminar. The gunners have to be trained.

The cycle is relatively long and the investment is large. This gap cannot be made up in a short time. According to the fort design of the first phase plan, there are eight 24-pound guns, so we need at least about fifty gunners. In fact, considering

We still have to set aside some replacement personnel for possible attrition during combat, so the actual number will increase by at least one-third."

"This is only the first phase of the project. The second phase of the project will build the same number of forts on the steeper Yulinjiao side, so the number of garrisoned gunners will probably be needed. As for the coastal defense artillery fortress conceived by the Military and Police Department

system, because the fort modification cannot be carried out until the rear-mounted artillery is finalized and put into production, and I am afraid that construction will not be carried out within one or two years."

Tao Donglai sighed and said: "This means that if we want to complete the preliminary coastal defense artillery system, we must equip at least one company of artillery?"

Yan Chujie nodded solemnly, but before he could speak, Ning Qi had already said, "Including the third phase of militia that was just recruited, there are only three companies of militia in the country. It will be difficult to train so many artillery.

It’s too realistic. But don’t continue to think about expanding recruitment. The ratio of our military personnel to ordinary civilians is close to ten to one. I think you should know what this number means.”

As veterans, Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie certainly understand what it means when the proportion of military personnel in the total population is too high. This will force all aspects of politics, economy, culture, education, production, etc. in the control area to tilt towards the military.

Social thought and political systems will also be greatly affected by it. If it is not controlled well, it will only be a matter of time before it evolves into a **** regime.

Although the Military and Police Department has always advocated strengthening armaments, it is not crazy enough to turn the crossing group into a base camp for the Communist Party. The huge disasters and defeats caused by Germany and Japan due to their aggressive militarization during World War II are the consequences of every soldier.

Both of them must learn lessons from experience. So when faced with Ning Qi's beating, neither of them could argue.

Ning Qi continued: "Of course the shore defense gun fortifications should be repaired, and the gunners must also be trained, but I think it cannot be done overnight under our current conditions, but should be carried out in stages like planning and construction plans. Our defense

It’s not that we can only rely on coastal defense guns. In fact, the No. 1 base we are currently in has been built stronger than Yazhou City. Even if thousands of enemies attack from the sea or land, we can rely on it.

Carry out effective defense. And foreign enemies cannot stay here for too long, because there are no supplies nearby except our farmland."

Tao Donglai thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Ning Qi: "After we start selling arms, we may attract attention from Fujian, and may even attract external armed attacks. But we must not forget that from Fujian or

The straight-line sea distance from Taiwan to here is more than 600 nautical miles. It will take at least ten days for a large fleet to complete this voyage. It is not that easy to launch an expedition against us. The parties currently at war in the Taiwan Strait,

No matter which side is stronger than us, no one can spare too much power to launch an expedition against us at this juncture."

After discussion, several people came to the conclusion that Victory Port may be attacked by external forces in the future, but the intensity will not be very strong and should be within the range that the local defense capabilities can withstand. The current external shipping routes of Victory Port

There are only two routes, one long and one short, going to Yazhou and Heitu Port. In addition, there are radio stations for easy communication. You don’t have to worry too much about the boat returning to Shengli Port being blocked by people outside the harbor due to poor news.

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Of course, this does not mean that the Executive Committee underestimates the possible dangers. The Military and Police Department will continue to expand the scale of gunner training, speed up the training process, and strive to train at least forty gunners when the coastal defense forts are put into use at the end of the year.

There are qualified gunners on the left and right. But there is no need to think about recruiting new recruits for the time being. The cost of subsequent gunner training will definitely be expensive, and the budget of the Military and Police Department has indeed begun to be tight. This situation will at least wait until the arms export trade of the military industry department reaches a certain amount.

Relief can only be achieved after scaling up.

Li Nai was raped by some old men the night before, and he and his entourage were arranged to live in a guest house in Base No. 1. It was said that it was a guest house, but it was just a row of prefabricated houses, because it was quite large.

Some people have moved to the No. 2 Base in Tiandu Industrial Zone, so there are a lot of vacant houses here. The civil affairs department has packed up a few rooms and used them as guest houses. People from Yazhou, like those from Yazhou, have to stay in Shengli.

Overnight stays in Hong Kong will also be arranged here.

When Li Nai was in a deep sleep, a burst of loud music woke him up from his sleep. Li Nai didn't know where the loud noise came from, so he jumped out of bed in a panic. His roommates

He Qiang was also in a panic. The two of them hurriedly opened the door, but saw that it was already bright outside. The Haihan people, who were also sleepy-eyed, walked out of the barracks one after another. After saying good morning to each other, they went in the same direction.

The two exchanged glances in confusion, then quickly went back to the room, changed their clothes, and followed. However, they soon discovered that this was just a false alarm. It turned out that the place where these people went was just a breakfast stall. This breakfast stall

The entrance was located outside the gate of Base No. 1. When they arrived, there were already two long queues. Li Nai had long heard that the Haihan people had a "queuing" rule, so he and He Qiang followed it conscientiously.

The person in front is at the end of the queue.

Li Nai noticed that not all the people in the team were Haihan people, but there were also many Ming people, Li Miao people and even yellow-haired and white-skinned Westerners. He couldn't help but marveled. He Qiang discovered another important point and touched it.

Li Nai's arm whispered: "Third Young Master, look ahead."
Chapter completed!