Chapter 146: Where the Harbor Was Built
"What name is it?" Meng Xiang didn't have any concept of this in his heart, and the familiar establishment was only eight and four, but he didn't know that it was not all military-level units.
"54th Army!" Pharmacist Tang didn't correct him for asking him like this, and replied directly.
“54?” Meng Xiang muttered in a low voice.
"The Central Army has just adjusted its establishment once this month, and the establishment of 54 has been given to us. It's much better to have an army! ...... in the future" Tang Yaoshi persuaded, he knew a little insider, some people disliked the bad luck of bringing 4, and finally pushed it on the head of the vanguard army. He thought that Meng Xiang also felt that this was unlucky, after all, on the battlefield, between life and death, everyone wanted to curry favor.
"Okay, it's the 54th Army. We are the May Fourth Vanguard! Hahaha! Meng Xiang suddenly clapped his hands and laughed.
Pharmacist Tang persuaded half of the words and immediately swallowed them into his stomach.
"Is there a letter of nomination, no, a letter of appointment?" Meng Xiang asked again, there is that thing in film and television works, and that thing represents a high hat.
"Not yet, it's just news! There is a congratulatory message! When Pharmacist Tang heard this, cold sweat broke out on his head, but the fan didn't shake.
"That's fine, I'll see!" Pharmacist Tang had no choice but to hand him the telegram in his pocket.
"Yes, I'm going to sleep!" Meng Xiang hummed a Jay Chou-style song and went directly to the command center of the sub-base, leaving the fan in a daze.
When he arrived at the center of the base, Meng Xiang did not fall asleep, there were more and more things to consider, and it was rare for him to have a good night's sleep. With the establishment of the army, it is necessary to consider how to arrange it appropriately.
"Tell me about the number of the vanguard now!"
"The quota of 50,000 people is full! Including the wounded soldiers from all over the country who came a few days ago, the number is a total of 56,533, including 12,315 clone warriors, 14,678 wounded under treatment, and 24,786 recruits! In addition, if you add 11,089 people from the Reading Brigade and 3,078 people from the First Reading Regiment, a total of 70,700 people. Rat Er reported directly. Sometimes Meng Xiang has to suspect that he is a brain, and he has installed a smart brain, and his good memory makes Meng Xiang envious.
"70,000 people!" Meng Xiang sighed for a while, in just half a year, he turned from a little white otaku to a commander of 70,000 people.
"Order, stop recruiting for the time being, and focus on digestion and absorption." The day before yesterday, Zhou Bai showed him a financial statement, saying that due to the military expenditure and social assistance of the war, as well as the expenditure on medical treatment for wounded soldiers, there was already a deficit in the finances.
Meng Xiang's original plan to explode 100,000 soldiers failed, and the taxes of the previous quarter had been collected by Han Fuyu in advance, and he would levy taxes again, which was somewhat unreasonable, and it was okay to impose a forced levy, but in terms of public opinion, it was going to suffer.
I have just been a big boy for a while, and I have to worry about money again, I used to worry about spending money on the base, and now I am worried about spending money on the territory.
In later generations, the mainstream has always said that the Republic of China does not talk about the economy, in fact, only when it is combined with the economy, you will discover more secrets. Meng Xiang, who was not familiar with the economy of the Republic of China, could not imagine that it would be so difficult to raise soldiers when he was poor. Han Fuyu only has a total of 100,000 soldiers, but there are not many elites, and Gai still has no money to support them.
Lao Jiang's rise is also related to the wealth of the territory, whether it is Guangzhou, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is the guarantee that he can be in a high position. At that time, he directly smashed the money of the Northwest Army and the Gui Army, and became the leader of China.
"Have fun playing in the front, pull the list in the back." The list of lists made Meng Xiang also worried, if it weren't for the subsidies for arms and medicines, and the mining plants that gradually occupied the mainstream of the base's cost sources, I was afraid that Meng Xiang's vanguard army would have collapsed long ago, even if there were cheap goods in the base, they also needed money.
"It's very profitable to open a mine, and it's also very profitable to sell arms, but why am I so loved by devils?" It will be more profitable to open more mines and carry out international arms transactions in the sub-bases, but the devils are now surrounded on three sides, and the base cars cannot get out at all. When the base car does not deploy, there is not a camouflage function. It is almost impossible to expect a large guy of thousands of tons to move far away at the speed of walking without being detected.
Moreover, at this time, the four divisions of the devil were eyeing the surroundings, and in order to prevent it, Meng Xiang did not dare to risk the decline of all kinds of protective functions of the seven-day base to produce production vehicles.
"Tangled! Tangled! Meng Xiang looked up to the sky and sighed. Xiaobai half a year ago, how could he have thought about this, he racked his brains so much. There used to be problems, and it was a big deal to shake his hands and fall asleep, but now he can let go?
"In a few days, the shadow company will show its face, so let's contact the Germans first!" Finally, Meng Xiang said tiredly.
"Prepare me a list of international arms prices, and let's see what is the most profitable!" Meng Xiang instructed again. This was something he had ordered to collect a long time ago, so that it could be used as a reference for selling arms.
Rat Er quickly came up with a thick price list, although the efficiency of Rat Er made Meng Xiang appreciate, but this thick catalog did give him a headache. But it is a matter of future safety, so I have to settle down and read page by page.
"Won't it?" Suddenly, Meng Xiang shouted, stood up, and looked at Rat Er.
"What's wrong, Commander?"
"Nothing! Isn't that right? Meng Xiang pointed to the third page, although the previous transaction made him frightened by the huge profits of the arms, but the number on the third page made him startled.
"There is an error, but it will not exceed 10% up and down!" Rat Er looked at the place he was pointing and replied calmly.
"Then this warship trade is too profitable!" Meng Xiang couldn't help but sigh.
He saw that the battlecruiser Hood during the First World War had been refitted, and the reference cost was six million pounds.
"That's a pound!" Meng Xiang was extremely excited, the fiat currency now belongs to the sterling area, and it is pegged to the British pound, and one pound can be exchanged for more than ten yuan of fiat currency. A Hood can be sold for seventy or eighty million fiat currency, and if one is sold, the financial problem will be solved.
"Shipbuilding! I want to build a ship! Meng Xiang shouted excitedly.
When the time comes, it will be sold cheaper, and it will be sold at half price, and it will be sold for 40 million fiat currency, which is enough for a year's consumption. You know, the Hood is classified as a World War I weapon, and the base production is only 1/24 of the cost. It's almost pure earning.
"The number of large warships is limited, and there is a danger in foreign trading!" Meng Xiang suddenly thought that large warships are not firearms, and each of them is attracting much attention. The origin of the warship that suddenly appeared became a question.
"You can't use Hood, the British hate it and will chase it directly. It was possible to build warships for the Germans, but after the First World War, their talent and technology were seriously drained, and it was not attractive to build their warships, and they could be sold to the Germans easily. The more Meng Xiang thought about it, the more excited he became, "The battleships of World War I can also be slightly modified if they buy them, and they also have a great threat!" Didn't the Germans have insufficient capacity to produce warships, I'm here to help you! If you drag the British, there will be hope in the south, and if you drag the Soviets, there will be hope in the north! ”
"I order, immediately build a shipbuilding center!" Meng Xiang slapped the table and said, the tiredness and drowsiness just now had disappeared.
"Please choose a location!" The little flower on the big screen never sleeps.
Because only the main base shows the terrain within the jurisdiction, the rest of the area is only a general diagram.
"Where do you choose?" Meng Xiang had made this choice when the Zhaoyuan sub-base had just been upgraded. But for a long time, Meng Xiang has not dared to build a shipbuilding center. Of the three current bases, only the sub-base of Zhaoyuan has excellent port advantages, and Longkou and Yantai can build wharves and shipyards. But it's true that the security surname has never been solved. The devil watched the ports of these two places very closely.
The base does not have a stealth function at the moment, and can only camouflage the exterior of the building. A building as big as a shipbuilding center, no matter how camouflaged it is on the seashore, there are times when it is exposed. It's a good harbor there, but the big warships of the devils are also easy to come and go.
Once the stuffing is exposed, the loss is great.
"I order, start building a shipbuilding center in Giejiaogou!" Meng Xiang pondered for a moment and then ordered directly.
Yangjiaogou is an unknown place in later generations, but before the Yellow River was diverted in 38 years, this port located at the mouth of the Xiaoqing River was famous. 37 years ago, 1,000-ton ships could enter and exit freely, and from the sea to the river directly to Jinan. Although it is not as good as Yantai Longkou, it is the only port in the security zone at this time.
"Without the escort of warships, it is impossible to build shipbuilding centers in Qingdao, Yantai and other places." Meng Xiang said regretfully.
Although the Sheephorn Ditch is not good, it can build some torpedo boats to protect the coastal coast, and it can also protect the Yellow River defense line, killing two birds with one stone.
"The German S-series fast torpedo boats are good!" Meng Xiang's knowledge still has a bit of a role.
"If you can't develop the navy, let's develop the sailors first!" Meng Xiang said helplessly, even if the sailor is completed, Qingdao is out of reach.
Meng Xiang couldn't finish the order just now, but he remembered something again, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Stop!" Take back the order! ”
"Once the ship is built, it can't be transported! Selling it to others exposes the secrets of the base! Meng Xiang said in frustration, it seems that he still has to develop the sub-base and go out.