Zhuge Weidao really didn't know that the Japanese and American devils in Texas were engaged in a dog-eat-dog fight, although the dog-eat-dog fight seemed to have been planned by him. He returned to Beijing by airship this time to report to the Navy Department and the Naval Staff on behalf of the Nanyang Fleet, and to participate in the meeting on the reorganization of the navy's three, one, and four fleets.
Just a few days ago, Viscount Beresford, commander of the British-Indian Malayan Corps, had signed the agreement for the peaceful handover of Temasek Fort. According to this agreement, the British and Indian troops in Temasek Fortress and some of the captured white-skinned British and Indian troops will leave Temasek Island and Malacca Prisoner of War Camp on Dutch warships and merchant ships, heading for India. The Temasek Fortress and the rations, silver coins, ammunition, weapons, and other miscellaneous things stored in the fortress by the British and Indian troops were all handed over to the Ming-Japanese coalition forces.
At this point, the Battle of Malacca has ended successfully! A Strait Province was soon added to the territory of the Ming Empire.
After seizing control of the Malay Peninsula and the Strait of Malacca, the Ming Navy's three main fleets, one large and one small, obviously needed to be reorganized. Because the Ming Navy's access to the Indian Ocean is now unimpeded, and at least half of the sea control in the Indian Ocean is also in the hands of the Ming Navy, the time is ripe to establish a Western fleet.
In addition, the Persian Gulf "existence" fleet blocking the Persian Gulf will also be incorporated into the Western Fleet and become the second detachment of the Western Fleet.
At the same time, the Ming Navy is also preparing to launch a campaign against the Dutch East Indies, Spanish South Luzon Islands and Oceania.
Therefore, it is necessary to reorganize the Nanyang Fleet and transfer the task direction of the Nanyang Fleet from the Strait of Malacca to the above-mentioned places. The focus is of course the attack on Oceania.
The Beiyang Fleet also needs to be reorganized into the Eastern Fleet, and its home port should also be moved from Busan to Pearl Harbor in the Kingdom of Hawaii. After the Ming Dynasty captured Hawaii last time, the construction of the Pearl Harbor naval base was in full swing. Until recently, the first phase of the Pearl Harbor Naval Base project has been completed, and the home port of the Eastern Fleet has finally been moved there.
After the Malacca waterway was controlled by the Ming Dynasty navy, the mainland coast of the Ming Dynasty was theoretically absolutely safe. Therefore, there is no need to retain a large local fleet. It is enough to establish a coast guard fleet.
Finally, the aircraft carriers directly under the jurisdiction of HNA Admiral Yamen will also be returned to the factory for renovation and upgrade after the Malacca Battle, and additional blocking cables, blocking nets, and assist mirrors will be installed. After the modification is completed, the three "Liaodong" class aircraft carriers will be used as training aircraft carriers, while the four Shuzhongwang class aircraft carriers (there was only one before, but the other three have recently been undergoing sea trials) will be used as training aircraft carriers after the modification is completed. Assigned to the three main fleets.
This series of adjustments is easy to say, but it takes a lot of work to actually complete it.
In addition, the first ship of the new 25,000-ton battlecruiser "Shihuang" class has recently begun sea trials. The Navy originally planned to equip this class of battlecruisers with all-oil boilers and a 75,000-horsepower steam turbine system. As a result, the development of the 75,000-horsepower host was delayed, so we had to settle for the next best thing and use an alternative 60,000-horsepower host.
The plans for a new fleet aircraft carrier based on the Shihuang-class hull and power system, as well as a plan for a 30,000-ton battleship based on the Shihuang-class power system, have been completed and will await approval by the Naval Armament Commission. Zhuge Weidao will also serve as a member of the Arms Commission and participate in the review and approval of these two plans.
When a large number of aircraft carriers and battleships from these two projects are put into service, the Ming Navy's advantage on the ocean will be even greater!
According to Zhuge Weidao's earlier idea, we had to wait until the 25,000-ton battle cruisers, aircraft carriers and 30,000-ton battleships were put into service in batches before the Japanese in Texas could attack the American in Texas.
By then, maybe the Ecuadorian canals will be repaired!
But I didn't expect that the two devils in Texas couldn't hold it back and started fighting first. It was indeed a bit of trouble!
When he got into Yu De's newly bought "Big Red Rabbit" luxury car and headed to his home in Goulan Hutong in Beijing, Zhuge Weidao suddenly felt that something was wrong, so he asked Yu De with a smile: "Brother Xiaoqian, this The Japanese and Americans in Texas are fighting, does it have something to do with whether the political council can’t be held?”
"Well." Yu De said with a smile, "Actually, the council is meeting today, but the matters discussed are not important, so I asked for leave to come to the airport to pick you up."
Zhuge Weidao laughed: "Xiaoqian, why are you so polite to me? Did Mr. Yu ask you to come? Or?"
"It's not the old man. The old man has no idea. What does Master Shi (referring to Zhuge Weiyi) say?" Yu De shook his head, "To be honest, he is your old acquaintance, the lord of the Mito domain of Japan and the commander of the navy. Tokugawa Saiaki. He arrived in Beijing one day earlier than you and also came by airship."
It turns out that Yu De was invited by Tokugawa Qi Zhao to persuade Zhuge to be the Taoist.
"That's it?" Zhuge Weidao smiled, "Isn't it right? We have spent so much money in the past two years to transport so many Japanese prodigals to Texas, isn't it just to make them fight against the United States? You don't need to come with me to do this? Say? Takaken, what does Tokugawa Qiaki mean?"
Yu De smiled and said: "Daozi, I don't understand what you mean. Why don't you drop by the big black house next to the big fence? Tokugawa Qi Zhao lives there."
Daikokuya's Daikokuya has become more and more prosperous in the past two years. It has moved from "specialty catering" to "specialty hotel". It's not that catering is no longer available, but that catering and hotels are combined, and they are both "specialty". "Yes, if you feel tired after eating, you can just stay in the hotel.
Zhuge Weidao nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, I am indeed a little hungry. Let's go to Daheiwu for lunch together!"
"Dele!" Yu De smiled and said to the driver in the front seat, "San'er, let's go to Rouge Alley, Daheiwu."
The Beijing branch of Daheiwu is located deep in Rouge Hutong, one of the eight famous alleys next to Dashilar. It rents a large courtyard at the end of the alley, and after a lot of renovations, it turned into a full-sized courtyard. It is full of "Tang style" buildings.
Although it is open for business, the gate of the courtyard where Daheiwu is located is always closed. It will only be opened for a while when regular customers come by car or carriage. As for ordinary guests, they enter through another small door. However, a "specialty hotel" of this level doesn't have many ordinary guests who come to visit. Oh, the people who come to stay are either rich or expensive.
Yu De's "big red rabbit" seemed to come often. The doorman saw him from a distance and opened one of the two closed doors for him without asking or asking for a reward. Let the "Big Red Rabbit Car" go in.
After the car drove in, it stopped directly in front of a "tenement building". A warrior from Mito Domain who was guarding in front of the tenement building came up and opened the door for Yu De and Zhuge Weidao, and then knelt down on one knee to greet them. .
As soon as Zhuge Weidao got off the car, he saw Tokugawa Qiaki, who was wearing a kimono, and a few little devils standing at the door and bowing to him. For this attentiveness, plus persuasion Yu De came forward, the little devil probably wanted to do something big this time!
Zhuge Weidao said in his heart: "You guys, you guys, didn't learn the wrong experience from the Malay Peninsula Campaign, and thought that the Westerners were weak and weak, so you started to colonize the United States, right?" "
(End of chapter)
