Chapter 2431

After lunch, Tao Donglai followed Shi Diwen to visit the arsenal in the base. Due to Zhoushan's special geographical environment, the arsenal was specially chosen to prevent damage to the buildings on the island caused by various extreme weather conditions at sea.

It was built against the mountain. To be precise, a row of caves were dug into the mountain as warehouses for storing weapons and equipment. On the periphery of this row of caves, strong high walls and sentry towers were built with strips of stone as protection measures.

From a distance, it looks like a small castle.

Shi Diwen did not explain Tao Donglai's identity to the managers of the arsenal. He only said that he was an official who came to inspect Zhoushan on behalf of the Executive Committee. However, this was enough to make the relevant people alert and careful.

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"There is an infantry platoon stationed here all year round responsible for security work. The daily entry and exit registration and inspection procedures for weapons and equipment require the platoon leader on duty, the warehouse management officer and the representative of the security department to verify and sign for approval. As for the consumption and damage of weapons and ammunition, every day

I personally review each incident and strive to ensure to the greatest extent that weapons and equipment will not be leaked out."

After entering the high-walled compound of the weapons depot, Shi Diwen took Tao Donglai to the archives room where entry and exit records were registered, and asked people to move out the written records in recent years and explain the management measures here to Tao Donglai. Executive Committee

The arms trade will be very strictly controlled. Tao Dong repeatedly emphasized this point after arriving in Zhoushan. Shi Diwen felt that he had a clear conscience, so naturally he wanted to arrange for Tao Dong to come and see the arsenal in person to confirm the Zhoushan garrison's strict control of weapons and equipment.

Management has never been lax.

Of course, just reading these written records is definitely not enough. This thing can only be used to trace the person responsible when something goes wrong, but it is difficult to find the fault directly from the text. Tao Donglai has no idea how many weapons are in the Zhoushan arsenal.

In fact, he does not have a clear understanding of weapons and ammunition, but what he is good at is observing the reactions of others, and he pays attention not only to Shi Diwen, but also to the relevant people standing next to him to listen to orders. If there is something fishy about the arsenal

, perhaps we can see some signs from the expressions of these people.

However, seeing that these people looked normal and were not particularly nervous, they did not see any problems. Tao Donglai flipped through a few records and asked to go to the warehouse to actually check the inventory of weapons and equipment. Shi Diwen

He agreed immediately and ordered the warehouse officer to lead the way.

Tao Donglai randomly selected one of the several cave warehouses in this row. The warehouse management officer immediately stepped forward to unlock the door with the key, then opened the heavy door and brought several windproof oil lamps. Then he invited Tao Donglai and Shi Di

Text inside.

Open flames should be strictly prohibited in the arsenal, but there are no lights in this cave. You can only get some natural lighting through the opened door. Once you walk inside, the visibility is extremely low, so you still need to use auxiliary lighting. Wind protection

The oil lamp has a glass lampshade outside, which is considered a relatively safe lighting tool.

"The floors and walls in the warehouse have been waterproofed, and a large amount of quicklime has been put in as a desiccant, which is replaced regularly, so although the cave is a bit cool, the air is not humid." Shi Diwen personally took one.

A windproof oil lamp led the way, explaining the design of the warehouse to Tao Dong as he walked.

Tao Donglai noticed that the floors and walls inside the cave were hardened with cement. In addition to piles of wooden boxes, packages of quicklime could be seen everywhere in the warehouse. This shows that when these warehouses were originally built,

It is indeed very thoughtful. Zhoushan Island has a special environment, so such measures are naturally to prevent weapons from rusting and ammunition from getting damp as much as possible.

Tao Donglai stopped, pointed to a pile of wooden boxes next to him and said, "Move the top two boxes."

Shi Diwen made a gesture, and several soldiers immediately came forward and moved the boxes on top according to his instructions.

Tao Donglai pointed to the exposed box and said, "Just this box, take it outside and put it away first."

The soldier immediately followed his words and carried out the long box. Judging from its shape, it should be a rifle. Tao Donglai did this and randomly designated several boxes of different sizes for the next inspection.

Subject. Shi Diwen did not intervene in the command during this process, and only asked the soldiers to do so. In fact, inspection methods like this are not new. Even Shi Diwen himself occasionally conducts random inspections to ensure the management system of the arsenal.

can be strictly implemented.

Later, the group returned outside, and Tao Donglai began to check the seals on the boxes and the serial number information marked on them against the written records. The weapons and equipment produced by the Sanya Arsenal will be sealed and stamped after being packed.

, and the serial number information marked on the seal can be traced back to the production batch and production date. When these weapons and equipment are transported to Zhoushan for entry and exit, the serial number information will be registered.

The warehouse officer reported the number on one of the boxes. Tao Donglai checked that the record was correct and asked the soldiers to open the box for inspection. He broke the seal and opened the lid. There was a lot of straw inside. After digging out the filling, he

Five rifles fixed on wooden racks inside the box were revealed.

Tao Donglai leaned over and took out one, looked at it in his hand, and carefully checked that the serial number engraved on the gun was indeed consistent with the one on the box seal, and then he put the rifle back into the box with satisfaction.

Then I opened a few more boxes, checked them in the same way, and found no problems. These boxes that were temporarily inspected will have new seals affixed with the date and reason for opening them.

"Well done." Tao Donglai complimented lightly after completing the inspection. Taking good care of weapons and equipment is the responsibility of the overseas garrison, so there is no need for special praise.

The garrison in the Zhoushan area is mainly based on the navy, and operations at sea are fine. However, cross-border military operations on land are relatively sensitive. The garrison rarely enters the mainland area, and rifles are rarely used. So it stands to reason.

Speaking of which, the number of spare guns and ammunition stored here will not be too large.

However, considering that the distance between several ruling areas in the north and Sanya is too far, Zhoushan, as the location of a major shipping port, also carries the function of warehousing and transshipment. A considerable part of the arms stored here all year round are for the northern garrison.

Be prepared. If the situation in the north becomes turbulent and it is necessary to enter combat status in a short period of time, these stocks in Zhoushan can be immediately transported to the north for emergency response. This is at least ten days and a half faster than organizing transportation from Sanya, which can effectively avoid delays.

A fighter plane situation emerged.

Therefore, in addition to guns and ammunition, the arsenal in Zhoushan also has many heavy weapons such as artillery, landmines, grenades and other special weapons, as well as a large number of military supplies such as tents, shoes, clothing and backpacks, and medical equipment. Last year, Haihan sent a large number of troops to attack Japan.

Hirado, and the year before last when Haihan sent troops to Korea to stop the Qing invasion, a considerable part of the combat supplies were transported from Zhoushan to the front line. With the scale of weapons and material reserves here, coupled with the delivery capabilities of the East China Sea Fleet, Haihan Army

A local war can be launched at any time in coastal areas or islands within a thousand miles radius.

Tao Donglai's attitude towards the use of military means overseas is actually relatively conservative, but he was very pleased to see that weapons, equipment and military supplies are all available in Zhoushan. In his opinion, these are not just

The supplies hidden in the cave provide Haihan with the confidence to negotiate with other countries.

"Seriously, if the executive committee allows it, I would like to find an opportunity to invite the big shots from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to Zhoushan to visit our fleet and arsenal, so that they can truly understand our strength and knock on the mountain to shake the tiger. Maybe we can

Let us encounter less trouble." Seeing that the verification passed smoothly, Shi Diwen felt a little emotional at the moment.

Tao Donglai smiled and said: "I remember there was a large-scale exercise in Hangzhou Bay the year before last, right? Wasn't it said that the effect was quite good?"

Shi Diwen nodded and said: "The effect was indeed good at the time, but as time goes by, some people with poor memories may gradually forget... We still have to find an opportunity to show force at the right time."

The military exercise Tao Donglai mentioned was that in 1637, when Korea was facing an invasion by the Qing Dynasty, it asked Haihan to send troops to help. At that time, Haihan organized a multinational fleet to go north. After completing supplies at Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, he organized it in Hangzhou Bay.

A wave of maritime military exercises was held, and officials from surrounding states were also invited to attend and observe. On the one hand, this military exercise shocked the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and on the other hand, Shi Diwen was building momentum for Ningbo Magistrate Qu Yutong, so that the superiors did not dare to easily

Replace this local official who has good relations with Haihan.

The effect of the military exercise at that time was indeed quite satisfactory. After observing the huge armed fleet on site, many officials who were originally hostile to Haihan lost the courage to continue to oppose him, because as long as their eyes are not blind, they can see clearly.

It is clear that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions simply do not have enough military power to compete with the increasingly powerful Haihan armed fleet. The scene when Haihan troops came to Hangzhou and blocked the Qiantang River is still vivid in my mind. If there is an armed conflict with Haihan, it will last for a long time.

The thousands of miles of coastline, as well as the Qiantang River and Yangtze River basins, are likely to be targets of attack by the Haihan Fleet.

Although the Haihan Army has frequently taken action overseas in the past two years, places such as Hirado in Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Jinzhou in Liaodong are too far from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and the glorious achievements of the Haihan Army are not spread enough here.

Therefore, some situations gradually occurred that made Shi Diwen unhappy. Some newly appointed officials seemed to regard Haihan as a fat sheep who could get whatever he wanted. They had no idea what Haihan was doing in the first place.

Zhoushan was taken by force under the eyes of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang officials.

Considering the close trade between Zhoushan and various parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Shi Diwen would not hesitate to use force to solve such problems, but of course he is by no means a person who can swallow his anger after suffering a loss. Naturally, he will think about how to warn those who do not know.

What a bad guy. Since it is inconvenient to use force, maybe it would be a good idea to show force through military exercises. After all, it has been used before and it has been effective. It can be used for at least two or three years.

However, this kind of large-scale military exercise cannot be decided by him in just one sentence. The plan must be submitted to the executive committee and can only be implemented after it is approved. It happened that Tao Dong came to Zhoushan for inspection this time, and Shi Diwen saw the opportunity to propose

For your own plan, test Tao Donglai's tone. If the other party has no objection, then you can take advantage of the situation and propose the plan to the executive committee, and it will be more likely to be approved.

Tao Donglai said: "Military exercise? Do you have a corresponding plan? How to prepare for the expenses?"

"How about half of the cost be borne by the Ministry of National Defense and the other half be paid by the local government?" Shi Diwen seemed interested in hearing Tao Donglai's words, and immediately said that the cost could be discussed.

There was no such problem in the military exercise in Hangzhou Bay two years ago. That was because the coalition fleet was originally going north through the waters of Hangzhou Bay, and it was very likely that it would directly participate in the war after going to North Korea. The coalition fleet also needed to be adjusted.

, so it is a very reasonable arrangement to conduct a warm-up military exercise by the way, and the relevant expenses will naturally be borne by the Ministry of National Defense.

The exercise proposed by Shi Diwen did not have a similar environmental background. Tao Donglai naturally wanted to ask how the expenses incurred during this period would be resolved. If Shi Diwen planned to let the national treasury bear the responsibility, he could only follow the rules.

, write a report yourself and send it to the Ministry of National Defense and the Executive Committee for application. Of course, if the local finance is willing to bear the cost, the possibility of approval will naturally be greatly increased.

Tao Donglai said: "The budget of the Ministry of National Defense is also very tight! Do you know how many people file reports every year to apply for exercise budgets? For the military, actual combat exercises are of course essential, but the problem is that even if they are exercises, they consume

It will also be close to actual combat... You are leading the troops yourself, so you should know this very well. Moreover, naval exercises cost more money than the army. You can ask Tom Wang how long it has been since the North Sea Fleet he currently leads has arranged actual combat exercises."

Shi Diwen smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Tao, the situation at Tom's side is different from mine. The North Sea Fleet must sweep the Liaodong Peninsula at least once a year. That is actual combat, so there is no need to conduct special exercises! And I heard that he

This winter, I took the fleet all the way north to the Soya Strait. Isn't this round trip better than holding several military exercises? Look at my East China Sea Fleet. After the defeat of Hirado last year, there was nothing to do, officers and men.

We just guard this one-third of an acre of land in Zhoushan. If the sword is not sharpened, it will rust, and if the soldiers are not trained, they will fall behind. If this continues, the combat effectiveness of the East China Sea Fleet will definitely decline!"

Tao Donglai said: "Your ability to complain is really no worse than leading troops to fight! In that case, you first tell me where the East China Sea Fleet's military exercise is going to be carried out and how many troops you plan to invest.

What kind of training content is there? I'll listen to your arrangement to see if it's suitable."

"That's right!" Shi Diwen said happily: "Mr. Tao, please listen to me. If you think my arrangement is appropriate, it won't be too late for you to agree."
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