Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty Secret Operations
In the end, Zhou Yunfei decided to eat the cake. [./First text
There is no other reason. Dragon City now urgently needs a stable south, and supporting the Duchy of Lorraine can erect a shield on the southern line of the empire to help Zhou Yunfei block threats from below.
However, Dragon City, which had just experienced a war, was obviously not suitable for provoking a large-scale war here. Therefore, after Zhou Yunfei found Pang Tong for discussion, he decided to send the First Marine Division to the Principality of Lorraine secretly to help Juno and Linda defeat them.
Offend the enemy.
At this time, the strength of the First Marine Division had reached its full strength of 20,000.
Like the 1st Cavalry Division, it can almost be considered an oversubscribed establishment. However, Zhou Yunfei did not upgrade it to a military-level establishment, and still maintained a relatively flexible strategy of division-level establishment.
The First Marine Division is the full name of the First Marine Division. It was established in the second year of Shenli. It initially had less than 500 people. Now after several expansions, it has finally become another powerful force in Dragon City.
Ground force.
Since the Marine Corps is affiliated to the Longcheng Naval Command, the First Marine Division is different from other army units.
As we all know, Longcheng's navy is unparalleled in the world. As the main ground force of the navy, the Marine Corps has always adhered to the theory of elite first. Almost every Marine Corps member is based on the training intensity of ordinary special forces.
of.
It can be said that in terms of the quality and ability of individual soldiers, the Marine Corps may be the strongest average among Longcheng soldiers. However, due to reasons such as the establishment of the army late and before, the Marine Corps has never had any major achievements.
Results.
In the Noir Empire in the fifth year of the Divine Calendar, the Marine Corps once made a splash, but after that battle, their names were not well known to the world. Then in the Northern Campaign that ended some time ago, the Marine Corps was once again active in
On the battlefield, it is a pity that they are still not the protagonists in this battle.
These dark blue heroes are very unconvinced, because there is no way to change the strategy of the Dragon City military, so these dragons in the sea and tigers on the ground can only continue to lie dormant.
Finally, Zhou Yunfei decided to use the Marine Corps in this mission to support the Principality of Lorraine. Firstly, because the army had just ended the campaign and related deployments were still in progress, Zhou Yunfei was not prepared to use front-line troops. Secondly, the battle in the Principality of Lorraine
It was neither strong nor weak, which made Zhou Yunfei give up the idea of letting the reserve troops go on the field for training. Then the only ones left were the idle Marine Corps and the 1st Cavalry Division.
Considering that the logistics and other aspects of the cavalry were too expensive, Zhou Yunfei finally decided to let the First Marine Division complete this task.
Pei Yong, who once served as the commander of the 1st Marine Corps Brigade, has now been promoted to the division commander of the 1st Marine Corps Division. His military rank has also been promoted from colonel to brigadier general. Since the 1st Marine Corps Division is a super-staffed division, the division commander's military rank is the same.
Commander Yu is about the same as the 1st Cavalry Division.
After the Northern Campaign ended, the two brigades of the Marine Corps participating in the war returned to Longgang, the naval station, along the Hengduan River. Today, Longgang has become a new city. With the developed Longcheng shipping, people arrive every day
There is a steady stream of cargo ships coming and going on the dock. In Longgang, there are more than ten shipyards alone. The original shipbuilding model of the individual workshop has been replaced by the factory model. The construction of the assembly line has greatly saved shipbuilding time. With the Longcheng merchants
His footsteps traveled across the continent, and the sea began to be filled with cargo ships from Dragon City.
In order to make room for the developing Longgang, Longcheng's navy moved its station southward, and the former station became a camp for the Marine Corps. With the development of Longcheng's maritime trade, Longcheng's navy also rapidly
Expansion.
In order to better meet future needs, Zhou Yunfei divided the navy.
As the Bitis region of the Nor Empire was completely controlled by Dragon City, the first overseas fleet garrison also appeared. Zhou Yunfei divided the navy into two, and the former first and second squadrons became the local fleet.
, the fleet commander is Lieutenant General Qin Ming.
The Third Squadron was reorganized into the Second Fleet, which was stationed at Port Linden, far off the coast of Bites in the Nohr Empire. The commander of the Second Fleet was Commodore Li Bowen.
The Home Fleet consists of 40 first-class battleships, 66 second-class fast battleships, 84 third-class armed ships, and 120 various supply ships.
The Second Fleet has six first-class battleships, twelve second-class fast battleships, twenty third-class armed ships, and thirty-three supply ships of various types.
Since the Home Fleet undertakes a considerable patrol mission, extending from the Hengduan River Basin to the outer sea and extending across the vast area on the west coast of the mainland, the Home Fleet's combat effectiveness seems very strong at first glance, but in actual practice it is still somewhat stretched.
For example, every time a caravan departs from Longgang, as a rule, the Longcheng Navy must dispatch a protective force to escort it. However, because the number of ships is far less than the number of caravans, in many cases only one or two can be dispatched.
Fortunately, because Longcheng implemented the formalization of the caravan armed forces, the caravan's own armed forces can very well make up for the navy, so the pressure is not too great.
Even so, Longcheng is still strengthening its navy, and the military expenditure invested in the navy every year has almost caught up with the army.
While maintaining a huge army, he also continued to strengthen the navy. This made Zhou Yunfei feel for the first time that money was not enough. To be honest, Zhou Yunfei was also considering whether to appropriately reduce the military expenditure invested in the navy. After all, with the current
Judging from its strength, within a few years the Dragon City Navy will still be in a lonely position seeking defeat.
However, in the end, Zhou Yunfei gave up this idea. The weakness of Deep Blue in his previous life almost gave Zhou Yunfei obsessive-compulsive disorder. After two large-scale battles, Dragon City's finances will finally run into a deficit this year.
After five consecutive years of continuous development, Dragon City has been able to have a large amount of financial surplus every year. Even if it continues to invest in infrastructure construction and has abundant human resources, it still has a huge financial surplus. But as soon as the war started this year, it immediately appeared
The fiscal deficit has been reduced, which is a true reflection of the golden value of a cannon.
Zhou Yunfei is not surprised. With the rapid expansion of Longcheng's military power, this situation will become more and more common. The problem of fiscal deficit is inevitable unless he changes the existing tax system or reduces military investment. But these two
None of them are possible, because both of them are related to the foundation of Dragon City.
So Zhou Yunfei has to find a way to fill these deficits. What should he do? Naturally, he has to do business. Businessmen pay attention to buying and selling goods. And how does Zhou Yunfei do business? In front of him, the Principality of Lorraine has given him a ten-percent effect.
Quick way.
arms!
Of course, this arms is different from the arms we are familiar with. The arms of the ancient cold weapons actually refer to swords, bows and halberds. Can these things make money? Of course they can! And they are far more profitable than the hot firearms of later generations!
Why? Because in the cold weapon era, these forged standard equipment were often national strategic materials and would never be bought or sold. Therefore, it was difficult for such arms dealers to appear in ancient times.
Dragon City's current army is almost ready to upgrade its equipment. With the development of gunpowder technology, some things are about to appear. Zhou Yunfei is also wondering whether the barriers to standard equipment can be relaxed.
Take the sword used by the swordsmen and shieldmen of the Dragon City Army as an example. This forged iron sword has initially looked like a steel sword. In the Rus continent, even the nobles are flocking to such a sword, not to mention half of the soldiers.
Yes. This kind of weapon is an heirloom for some small families. And those big families can't produce many such good knives.
Think about it, if you want to sell such a weapon that can be used as a family heirloom, how much can it cost? Even if you exchange it for the same weight of gold, you will lose money!
Of course, Zhou Yunfei will not sell such a standard sword. After all, it is quite troublesome for Dragon City to make such a sword by itself. However, those sub-level weapons can be sold to the outside world. The sword can be reduced a little and does not need to be tempered. With a little effort
Processing can outperform the ordinary weapons on the road today. Moreover, the effect is fast, and the production time is short enough. For outsiders, such a weapon can be regarded as a dream.
Therefore, Zhou Yunfei began to secretly instruct the merchants in Longcheng to promote this secondary equipment.
In fact, as early as a few years ago, someone asked the Dragon City merchants whether they could sell the weapons used by their caravan guards. They ranged from a few small ones to hundreds of large ones. But the merchants did not reply because they themselves
There is no excess. Occasionally I sell a few, which is no big deal.
Now, almost every caravan that goes out will bring an extra batch of weapons with them. Although they don't sell them to everyone, local people who have close contact with the merchants can still quickly find out about these weapons.
Slowly, weapons began to become popular. Whenever the dignitaries of Ross Continent met merchants from Dragon City, they would subconsciously ask if there were weapons for sale. This habit gradually became a tacit understanding.
And with the help of these channels, Longcheng's annual gray income is surprisingly large! Because this can be regarded as smuggling with official acquiescence and is not included in the formal financial income statement, Zhuge Liang came to see Zhou Yunfei several times and continued to do so.
, will it affect Longcheng’s finances?
Zhou Yunfei just told Zhuge Liang to be calm and told him to count this part of gray income into the official finance. Didn't the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets also have the official behavior of plundering ships? Although the style was different, the final result was
It is still very different. It is disguised plundering to enrich oneself. This behavior can be called colonialism. Of course, the current Dragon City is far from reaching the standard of "colonization". At best, it has just begun.
As the financial problems began to ease, Zhou Yunfei turned his attention to the Principality of Lorraine. According to the report of the Intelligence Bureau, the First Marine Division was doing well there.
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