Hearing that these two commanders were clearly against him, Yu Wentao's face turned red when he was interrupted, and he even snorted regardless of the occasion: "This plan does not mean that more than 10 million yuan will be taken out a year, but a five-year plan, with an average of up to three million a year!" ”

Speaking of this, Feng Qin also lightly expressed his opinion: "The navy is going to be expanded, but it is difficult to say what effect this more than 10 million yuan can have!" ”

After Feng Qin also spoke, Yu Wentao almost took the case and scolded Feng Qin loudly: You bastard, you have been in the way when you applied for funding a few months ago, and now you are hindering the navy's plans. But after all, he is a naval colonel, the head of the navy in the national army system, and he can bear his conceit, but not scolding does not mean that he will not resist.

Immediately, he said: "If it weren't for my Fuzhou fleet, I'm afraid the 13th Army Regiment would have been gone long ago!" ”

Although the 13th Regiment of the First Division was finally rescued, and by the way, the war in northern Zhejiang was completely resolved, but the most important thing was the support of the First Regiment of the Guard Division that came by sea.

When he said this, Feng Qin's face also changed a little, and when he was about to open his mouth to refute, he heard Chen Jingyun cough.

Chen Jingyun saw that the atmosphere of these four people was a little tense, coughed and said loudly: "Don't make noise first, Yu Wentao, you finish the plan first!" ”

In this case, Yu Wentao was in no mood to continue, and after hurriedly explaining one side, he finished the rest, and then sat down.

Next, Feng Qin and the three of them were very unceremoniously and greatly criticized Yu Wentao's plan to expand the navy, the three of them were all sent by the army, in their opinion, Yu Wentao's navy can now survive is raised by the army, now it's okay, it turns out that a mouth will cost millions a year, the military expenditure is so much, the navy wants millions of troops, and the army must be a few millions.

For today's situation, Chen Jingyun also expected it, otherwise he would have nothing to do if he called Feng Qin and the others to do anything, that is, to be a bad person, it would be difficult for Chen Jingyun to oppose it again and again. In a certain way, the meaning of Feng Qin and others also represents the meaning of Chen Jingyun.

But on the surface, it can't be said like this, and Yu Wentao on the side also guessed that this might also be Chen Jingyun's thoughts, and he felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

At this time, Chen Jingyun took out another document, and then handed it to Yu Wentao and said: "Some time ago, I also asked Xi Zhixing how the situation of Mawei Shipyard is, and he said that it is acceptable to maintain, and after updating some equipment, it can also build a warship of small tonnage!" ”

After hearing Chen Jingyun's words, Yu Wentao, who was originally a little depressed, was suddenly a little happy: "What does the commander mean?" ”

"Everyone knows the situation of our army, this girder still has to be picked by the army for the time being, the expansion plan of the fifth and sixth divisions and the formation of the seventh division cost a lot of military expenditure, but our army now occupies Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and there is no way to maintain this without army expansion, so the expansion ratio of the fifth division and the sixth division is imperative. In this way, the military budget will be a little tight, and it is impossible to squeeze out too much for the navy! Chen Jingyun paused when he said this, and then said: "However, the role of the navy is also huge, and it is indeed necessary to purchase additional ships. ”

At this time, Feng Qin and the others also looked cautious and listened carefully to Chen Jingyun's words.

Yu Wentao was listening attentively.

Chen Jingyun paused before saying: "I think so, this year, an additional 500,000 yuan will be allocated to the Navy Department, which will be specially used to purchase warships!" ”

As soon as they heard the 500,000, Feng Qin and the others were relieved, thinking one by one in their hearts, the governor finally didn't faint. But Yu Wentao's side was a little dissatisfied, it was only 500,000, which was not enough to buy a gunboat. Although the other party is the governor, Yu Wentao feels that he should continue to fight.

"Commander, these 500,000 are really, I'm afraid it's not enough to buy a gunboat!" Yu Wentao made his tone look as aggrieved as possible, the child who didn't cry this year has no milk to eat, what is it to pretend to be wronged, if he can ask for millions of shipbuilding funds from Chen Jingyun, let him cry on the spot.

In fact, Chen Jingyun himself was embarrassed, he liked battleships very much in later generations, and when he talked about the navy, he would also call himself a BB party. However, he knows better that the establishment of a large navy needs the support of a strong country, and he alone cannot accomplish such a great cause by a local warlord, and what he can do now is to keep the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, so that this only naval school in China will not be closed due to lack of funds, and then allocate some funds to maintain the Mawei Shipyard and prevent it from completely closing down. As for the great cause of building ships and expanding the fleet, it is not something he is capable of doing now.

Among them, the Mawei Shipyard is good to say, because it was sold to the Fuzhou Arsenal by the Fuzhou Military and Political Axe, and then indirectly became a commercial enterprise, and the source of funds was also directly transferred from the original Military and Political Axe to the Fuzhou Arsenal to pay military expenses. After the Mawei shipyard was acquired by the Fuzhou Arsenal, it passed the system reform, and then used its original equipment to carry out the business of repairing ships, and even repaired a British destroyer in April, when the British destroyer arrived in the sea off Fuzhou, it ran aground and entered the water, which was originally to be towed to Shanghai to repair, but because of the urgency of the situation, it is expected to be towed to Shanghai and sunk, so it was towed to the Mawei shipyard to repair, and this repair also proves that although the Mawei shipyard has declined, the basic equipment and technology are still thereIt is not possible to build large warships, but it is still possible to repair warships and build small ones.

Through ship repair and construction of civilian ships, the Mawei Shipyard can be maintained to some extent, and there is no need to post too much from the Fuzhou Arsenal.

As for the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, it was accepted by the Nationalist Army together with the Fuzhou Army Primary School, and later the Admiralty clearly asked Chen Jingyun to cede the management of the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Academy to the Admiralty, but Chen Jingyun ignored it, but after hindering the overall situation, he said that the cost of the Shipmaster School was still complicated by Fujian, and the relevant personnel trained could be called by the Admiralty. The Admiralty was due to the shortage of funds, and if Fujian was willing to provide funds, they would acquiesce, and anyway, the whole Chinese Navy was like that, and the trained naval officers had only one place to go.

Chen Jingyun wanted to leave some seeds for the Chinese Navy and avoid the closure of this military academy due to revolutionary factors, and on the other hand, he could also spread the Kuomintang Socialist Party in the Fuzhou Shipbuilding School, and at the same time, he could personally train the navy's descendants and generals to pave the way for the future.

Generally speaking, the current Chen Jingyun is helping the Admiralty to maintain this ship master school, which can be regarded as a good thing.

Apart from these two, Chen Jingyun has no other way to deal with the current state of the Chinese Navy.

Navy, in addition to the word century-old navy that can be described, there is another word that can be described: "gold-swallowing beast". This monster is a bottomless pit to play, basically tens of millions of dollars are thrown out and there is no actual effect, there is no precipitation of decades, and there is no massive capital investment to see any effect at all.

This is also destined for Chen Jingyun to not be able to play the big navy.

This big navy can't afford to play, but it can still be done with a few gunboats, small boats, etc.

Chen Jingyun's consideration is also very simple, he does not expect the navy to play any big role, in other words, he has no hope for the navy, and the only goal of investing money in the navy is to establish a continuation surname.

Now give the navy tens of millions of money, then the navy will order warships at the Mawei shipyard, and then the Mawei shipyard will use this batch of money to update machinery and equipment, train relevant personnel to accumulate technology, and so on and so on after a few years, Chen Jingyun estimates that he will invest several million, in exchange for those gunboats, what is more important is the technical experience accumulated by the Mawei shipyard, which is the most valuable.

Maybe in a few years, the Mawei shipyard that has been supported in this way will be able to build large warships, but it will be battleships, aircraft carriers and other behemoths.

And the money is also a trickle, at least in the first few years, there is no need to invest too much. As for the future, it depends on how far the Nationalist Army can go, if it is defeated by other warlords, and if it goes well, Chen Jingyun may be able to control most of the south of the Yangtze River, or even half of the country, and then unify China. At that time, the investment will not be considered from the perspective of a local political axe, but from the perspective of national strategy.

The future is still too far away, and Chen Jingyun will not say that he will invest all his limited military spending in the navy for the sake of the illusory navy, and now giving 500,000 yuan a year is already the result of the trade-off.

But seeing that Yu Wentao was not satisfied, and looked at himself with a pitiful expression, Chen Jingyun gritted his teeth and said: "In this way, I will give you another 300,000 yuan from the special funds of the Governor's Mansion, and as for next year's funds, I will talk about it when the time comes!" ”

Seeing that Yu Wentao still wanted to continue to open his mouth, Chen Jingyun said directly: "You don't need to say it, there will be no more!" ”

When Yu Wentao heard this, he stopped thinking about continuing to fight for funds, and immediately said: "The commander is sympathetic to the difficulties of the navy, and Tao knows it, and I thank you here!" ”

"Thank you, this money is not for you!" Chen Jingyun felt a little sorry for his 300,000.

The special funds of the Governor's Mansion in his mouth are not military expenses, and the current financial system is still a little chaotic, basically except for the funds of the military and political axes, all the remaining revenues are used for military expenses, and the standing funds of the Governor's Mansion are also counted in the military and political axes, and the limited number is not enough to spend, so Chen Jingyun transferred a part of the special funds for the establishment of the Governor's Mansion from the income of the Anti-Smoking Division, that is, a small treasury, which is specially used for various expenses of the Governor's Mansion, such as Chen Jingyun's bonus for the scientific research personnel of the Fuzhou Arsenal some time ago. It is used for the special funds of the Governor's Office.

Although he Chen Jingyun has private money, his private property belongs to private property, and it will not involve public funds.

"Also, if you buy a warship, you must buy it from Mawei Shipyard!" Chen Jingyun felt that he needed to remind Yu Wentao: "What kind of ship to build and how to build it, your Navy Department and the people of Mawei Shipyard will negotiate it, but it must be built in Mawei Shipyard to improve the technical level and ability of Mawei Shipyard!" The reason for this is that you Yu Wentao is also an old navy, and you should be able to understand the important surname of supporting your own shipyard! ”

Yu Wentao nodded and said, "I understand!" ”

"So, let's all disperse!" Chen Jingyun said to Yu Wentao: "After determining the type of ship, I will go this time!" ”

Subsequently, these four people left one after another, Yu Wentao was still a little unwilling before leaving, but Chen Jingyun promised 800,000 yuan for building a ship, and he had nothing else to say, but he didn't look at Feng Qin and a few others, obviously still resenting the opposition of these people just now.

Feng Qin and the others didn't care about Yu Wentao's cold words, anyway, today's goal was barely achieved, although they said that they had taken 800,000 yuan for Yu Wentao, but 300,000 of them were the special funds of Chen Jingyun's Governor's Mansion, and he Feng Qin and other army people had nothing to say.

Generally speaking, this is the end of the first army-navy dispute since the founding of the Nationalist Army.