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"It seems that Lord Sa is doubting His Royal Highness King Qin's determination, of course I know that the consumption of the naval fleet is extraordinary, but His Royal Highness King Qin's determination is even more extraordinary. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe Great Nanyang Naval Fleet is already in full swing, probably the three of you should have heard of it, since His Royal Highness King Qin can even form a large-scale Great Nanyang Fleet in the South China Sea region that has just been conquered, could it be that the threat to foreign enemies on the ground of this empire can't build a larger Great Eastern Ocean Naval Fleet? Lord Sa, you can't help but underestimate the Western Frontier. Asked the other party with a smile, although the words were a little questioning, but the tone was full of ridicule, Ling Tianfang stopped and folded his arms and his eyes fell on Sa Zhenhai.

"Lord Ling, please forgive us for being ignorant, we have heard that His Royal Highness King Qin has formed the Great Nanyang Fleet in the South Seas, but the specific details are unknown because we live here, this Lord Lei is probably the main person in charge of the formation of the Great South Ocean Fleet, I don't know how the Great South Ocean Fleet is formed now?" Huo Yunfeng also joined the conversation.

"Hehe, Lord Huo, I haven't seen you for a long time, Lord Huo is still so clear. Lei Cangpu smiled slightly.

"Oh, please forgive Huo for being clumsy, I don't know when I met Master Lei?" Huo Yunfeng's thin cheeks showed a puzzled look.

"Lord Huo doesn't seem to have much impression anymore, I think Lei and Lord Huo have competed in the Great East Ocean many times. Lei Cangpu deliberately reminded the other party, "Ten years ago, the battle in the Kwun Tong Strait, didn't Lord Huo forget?"

"Your surname is Lei, Leilong, you are the thunder dragon of the Changfeng Society?" was taken aback, almost subconsciously rubbing his eyes, Huo Yunfeng took a long time before muttering to himself: "Sure enough, it's you, Lei Long, I didn't expect you to become the naval commander of the Western Frontier, could it be that the Changfeng Society has already surrendered to the Western Frontier? No wonder the Changfeng Society has disappeared in the past two years, it turned out to be to serve the Western Frontier!"

Zuo Shichang and Sa Zhenhai were also shocked and discolored, the name of the thunder dragon is powerful in the Great Eastern Ocean, the scoop of the Changfeng Society, the leader of the first sea bandit gang in the Great Eastern Ocean, has not fallen for decades, and has also clashed with the navies of various countries I don't know how many times, but it has never been defeated, and the Changfeng Society is forced to gallop and sail in this sea area, and even those Japanese wanderers have to let them score three points. Unexpectedly, this guy actually became the naval commander of the Western Frontier, and also single-handedly built the Great Nanyang Fleet, how could this sudden impact not shock them?

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Changfeng Society has already submitted to His Royal Highness the King of Qin two years ago, and now Lei Cangpu, which is what you call the Thunder Dragon, is now the commander of our Western Navy, and the Great Nanyang Navy Fleet is built by Cangpu. If the three of you still have any questions, you can consult Cangpu, anyway, Cangpu and you are also old acquaintances who have dealt with you for many years. Ling Tian smiled and circled on the side.

Acquaintances? The three of them all had a bit of a sense of ridicule, but they didn't expect that this pirate leader has now become his nominal boss, in the past, so many battles were fought without a victory, and now people see the situation and find another way out, but suddenly jump to the commander of the navy, and he is blindly persistent in pursuing, but he has ended up like this, is all this really fate? But then again, if this pirate leader is the commander of the Western Frontier Navy, it is really much better than those laymen who lead the navy, at least he is an expert, and he knows how to build the navy.

"The thoughts of the three of Lei also understand a little, His Royal Highness King Qin's attention to the navy is probably unmatched by our Tang people, just in terms of the Great Nanyang Fleet that is still being formed, His Royal Highness King Qin's preliminary plan is ten of the most advanced large military ships, and there are also thirty-five medium-sized military ships, as well as small ships that match them. At present, a large military port has been built in Eastern Samoa, and new military ports will be built on Egret Island and Princesa Island on the newly occupied Marbun Islands, and these projects have been in full swing, I don't know what the three of you think of His Royal Highness King Qin's plan?" Lei Cangpu calmly shook off the scale of the Great Nanyang Fleet and asked rhetorically.

"Good birds choose trees to perch, His Royal Highness the King of Qin is eloquent and strategic, and he must be a person who can do great things, how can I Lei Cangpu, since I can be favored by His Royal Highness the King of Qin, how can I refuse?" Lei Cangpu then smiled slightly, and said generously: "The three of them should seize the opportunity to seize this opportunity, this great Eastern Ocean is rampant and occupies many islands of our Tang Clan, can the three of them be indifferent? As a naval general, he can't defend the territory and the territory, what is the difference between him and the common people?"

Lei Cangpu's words were pulled and beaten, so that the three people who originally heard the scale of the Great Nanyang Navy Fleet were all moved, ten large warships, this is a big deal, and each fleet of the Imperial Navy Fleet was only six to eight large warships in its heyday, but I don't know how big the scale of this Great Oriental Navy fleet will be.

"Three, the scale of this Great Nanyang Naval Fleet is also tentatively like this, according to His Royal Highness King Qin's assumption, this scale is far from being able to meet the needs of our Tang River clan for maritime rights, as for the Great Eastern Ocean Naval Fleet, hehe, I'm afraid the scale is far beyond the expectations of the three, let Lord Ling explain it for the three. Lei Cangpu saw that the three of them were still hesitant, thinking that the three of them had doubts about the scale of the Great Oriental Fleet, Suo surnamed threw this burden to Ling Tianfang, although Lei Cangpu knew the plan of the Great Oriental Naval Fleet, but the scale was too huge, Lei Cangpu didn't know how to realize this plan, he didn't want to be ashamed in front of people, this gaffe let Ling Tian do it.

Seeing the eyes of the three of them turned to him again, Ling Tianfang was not polite, and said loudly: "The Great Eastern Ocean Fleet was personally planned by His Royal Highness King Qin, and its scale is probably far beyond anyone's imagination, the expected headquarters of the Great Eastern Ocean Fleet should be located in Yuhang, following the example of the original Imperial Naval Fleet, with three standing fleets, the first standing fleet is stationed in Dengzhou, and the Huangdao Port in Yanshan (Yunzhou), In the future, we will lease the Crescent Peninsula in the Cook Islands and choose one of the above areas as a backup port in the northeastern part of the Great East Ocean. The Second Standing Fleet is stationed in Yuhang, the Gaolong Port on Baodao, the Sea Cucumber Port in Kamchatka, and the Yungang in Jinling Prefecture are all spare ports, and the Third Standing Fleet is stationed in Quanzhou, and the Huludao Military Port, the Songjiang Zhuangyuanao Military Port, and even the Ludao Military Port on the Mawen Islands can all be used as backup ports for the Third Standing Fleet. ”

Seeing that the three of them were shocked when they heard this plan, but they wanted to stop talking, Ling Tianfang naturally knew what the other party was thinking, "As for the size of each standing fleet, according to the plan set by His Royal Highness King Qin, the scale of each fleet cannot be smaller than the scale of the three fleets of the Imperial Navy in their heyday, that is, the main force should have more than eight ships, and other small and medium-sized warships should be equipped accordingly. ”

"Please stop, stop, Lord Ling, your idea is so beautiful, if you can have such a fleet, I think it will be an irresistible temptation for anyone, and it will also be a great disaster for the enemy. But have you calculated how much it will cost to build such an unprecedented large Oriental navy? If not, let me tell you that the price of each main military ship plus the basic weapons and equipment that the military ship must be equipped with is around 600,000 Imperial Gold Coins, and the price of medium warships is also very expensive, at least between 100,000 and 150,000 Imperial Gold Coins, even small auxiliary military ships also need to cost at least 50,000 Imperial Gold Coins, that is, it will cost at least 3 million to 3.5 million Imperial Gold Coin to build a combat cluster based on one or two main military ships, and the cost of a standing fleet in your plan will be between 12 million Imperial Gold Coin and 15 million Imperial Gold Coins, then the entire Great Eastern Ocean Navy attack will require 36 million to 45 million Imperial Gold Coins, and this is only my calculation according to the basic price. ”

"And according to what you said, His Royal Highness King Qin is asking for the most advanced warship technology, I'm afraid that the existing shipyards in our empire need to improve their skills if they want to build these ships, and the Milanese, will they sell us the best warships? In addition, so many military ports have been abandoned for a long time, and it is also a huge expense to renovate and renovate and replenish facilities. All of this is an astronomical amount of money. And to build a navy, of course, funding is the most important thing, but what about the personnel? After the tossing and turning of the Imperial Navy in the past few years, the personnel have withered to the point that there is not much left, and it will not be feasible to retrain it in three or five years? Lord Ling, I'm afraid you haven't thought about it so much, have you?"

Zuo Shichang really couldn't help it, the other party said wildly, the formation of such a huge naval fleet is undoubtedly the dream of every naval officer, but the construction of the navy needs to be based on reality, with the comprehensive strength of all aspects of western Xinjiang should be said to have no such foundation at present, rather than such rhetoric, it is better to do something down-to-earth. So he had to stand up and remind the other party, although it was a bit rude.

"Lord Shichang is right, the cost required is indeed an astronomical amount, but this does not stop His Royal Highness King Qin's determination to build this navy, the problem of funding is not a matter of concern to you and me, His Royal Highness King Qin told me before I came here, 10 million is not enough, then 30 million, 30 million is not enough, then 50 million, 50 million is not enough, then 100 million gold coins, in short, we must establish the Great Eastern Ocean Navy fleet in the shortest possible time, I think this is enough to prove His Royal Highness Qin's determination, right? As for the personnel issue, this is the main reason why I want to invite the three of you, we have begun to recruit sailors and seamen who have served in the imperial navy in various parts of the Yangtze River, and we have also established the first specialized naval academy in Western Samoa to train professional naval personnel, of course, this cannot solve the urgent need, so I will ask the three and other naval officers and sailors who are interested in defending the sea power of our Tang River people to stay and help His Royal Highness King Qin realize this long-cherished wish. ”

(To be continued)