Chapter 3659
Due to his limited vision, Dong Shangyi certainly could not truly understand how important Qian Tiandun's plan was to the long-term development of Haihan. But one thing he was sure of was that if the special warfare division wanted to realize Qian Tiandun's plan, it would definitely require a large number of sea ships.
To establish a sea route with a voyage of more than 10,000 miles between the east and west ends of the Indian Ocean, a huge cargo fleet and an armed fleet are indispensable.
The special warfare division's own shipbuilding capabilities are obviously unlikely to achieve such a goal, and the need for external assistance will be very large. Even the current shipbuilding capacity in Fujian may not be able to meet the future needs of the special warfare division.
Dong Shangyi asked tentatively: "General, if you want to start the next plan, you will probably have to buy hundreds more ships, right?"
Qian Tiandun laughed and said: "Hundreds of ships? That's probably not enough! You see, to cover such a vast sea area, you have to have thousands of ships!"
Speaking of excitement, Qian Tiandun had no intention of keeping any military secrets from Dong Shangyi, and directly compared the chart: "The area east of Ceylon Island to the Strait of Malacca requires at least a fully equipped armed fleet. Ceylon The area to the west of the island is wider and there are many bays along the mainland, so the fleet must be larger in size!”
"As for the number of civilian merchant ships, it must be at least dozens of times that of the armed fleet to meet the trade volume that will be created after we control these areas!"
"In this process, how many shipbuilding orders Fujian can receive from us depends on your own performance!"
Dong Shangyi also understood that Qian Tiandun was drawing a pie for himself. If he wanted to eat it, he would have to negotiate many conditions slowly, but this pie was too big for him to refuse. degree.
Moreover, the expansion plan mentioned by Qian Tiandun is indeed a great achievement that creates history. Once completed, it will truly leave its name in history. Even though Dong Shangyi was just an outsider, he couldn't help but feel excited and eager to participate.
"General, after I return to Fujian, I will do my best to supervise the construction of more sea ships for the special warfare division!"
Hearing Dong Shangyi's somewhat excited statement, Qian Tiandun smiled lightly, as if this was completely expected by him.
Next to him, Takahashi Nanxin understood the idea and responded for Qian Tiandun: "Mr. Dong, we also hope to cooperate with Fujian Duoduo, but we must first check the execution of the first batch of orders before making arrangements for subsequent orders. .”
The implication of this is that we still need to see the performance of Fujian before we can decide whether to cooperate in this field for a long time.
However, this is reasonable. After all, the future shipbuilding orders of the Special Warfare Division may be frightening. If Fujian cannot provide satisfactory prices, production capacity and construction quality, Qian Tiandun will definitely ignore the rabbit.
If Qian Tiandun said these words when he was in Phuket, Dong Shangyi might not believe it, but when he came to Ceylon Island, he saw with his own eyes that the special warfare division was building infrastructure on this remote island. This was enough to prove that Qian Tiandun was Implementing his expansion plan step by step.
So now he had one idea: no matter what, he couldn't let the piece of cake fly away. Qian Tiandun needs Fujian to show sincerity, so he will show sincerity.
"Please rest assured, as long as the special operations division needs it, whether it is materials, personnel or other needs, I will advise Mr. Xu and ask him to arrange it as soon as possible. As for the price, I will also persuade Mr. Xu to give you as much discount as possible to ensure that I won’t let you down.”
With Dong Shangyi's authority, he could only speak so far. After all, he was not the one who made the decision in Fujian, and he could only make the final decision after going back to Xu Yuzhuo for instructions. But Qian Tiandun obviously wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible. He winked slightly and Gao Qiaonan said: "Mr. Dong may not know that there is also a radio station here at Hambantota Port. There is no need to go back to Mr. Xu can only be contacted after Fujian. If there is no bad weather, the news can be sent back to Fujian within one day.”
Sending a telegram from the Island of Ceylon back to Fujian. Because the distance is too long and the radio is limited by power, the signal cannot cover such a large area. Therefore, it needs to be forwarded three to four times in the middle. Delivery within one day is quite efficient. .
In fact, Dong Shangyi never thought of this. Just sending telegrams back to Fujian from here would have to go through other people's hands, so there would be no secrets at all. This still made him somewhat apprehensive.
But he also understood the urging in Takahashi Minami's words. If he refused now, he might make the other party doubt his sincerity, so he could only bite the bullet and agree.
So Dong Shangyi drafted a long telegram and asked Gao Qiaonan to send it back to Fujian. Out of caution, Dong Shangyi still used some code words in the telegram that were difficult for outsiders to detect, so that Xu Yuzhuo could confirm the authenticity of the contents of the telegram.
In order to receive a reply as soon as possible, Takahashi Nan specially sent this telegram with the level of "urgent military information", so that Xu Yuzhuo's subordinates did not dare to neglect after receiving the telegram in the middle of the night, and knocked on the door to wake Xu Yuzhuo from his sleep.
When Xu Yuzhuo heard that the urgent military information was sent from the special operations division station thousands of miles away, he thought that Dong Shangyi had caused some big trouble and was being held accountable for being chased to Fujian.
He quickly asked his concubine to light the oil lamp and check the contents of the telegram. After a while, the nervous expression was slowly replaced by a grinning mouth.
The concubine asked curiously: "The master is smiling so happily, must there be good news?"
Xu Yuzhuo was in a good mood. He pinched his concubine on the face and said, "God bless my Xu family. They will become prosperous now!"
Xu Yuzhuo no longer dozed off, so he asked his concubine to fetch some hot water to wash up, and then asked his guards to summon his staff and capable officers. He immediately reported to the mansion for a meeting, not caring that it was still dark at this time. At midnight.
The meeting in the Xu Mansion lasted until the morning. Although Xu Yuzhuo's body felt tired after staying up for most of the night, his spirit was still extremely excited.
Xu Yuzhuo determined several things at the meeting. First, Fujian needs to immediately establish a permanent presence at the location of the special operations division to ensure that many cooperation projects with Haihan can be implemented smoothly.
Second, the capacity expansion of Fujian shipyards needs to be further expanded, otherwise it will be impossible to complete the shipbuilding orders that are pouring in from all over the country at this stage. At least in the next three to five years, the expansion projects and manpower recruitment of shipyards in various places cannot stop.
The third is to immediately start recruiting and organizing immigrants specifically to supply the special operations division, and select specialized managers to follow the immigrants to the colonial settlements to assist the special operations division in completing the resettlement work.
Xu Yuzhuo originally prioritized this item after Luzon and Xingdao, but after hearing about Qian Tiandun's expansion plan, he realized that he could not neglect the special warfare division at all.
For the special warfare division's jurisdiction with an extremely limited population base, the introduction of a large number of Fujian immigrants will greatly increase Fujian's influence on the special warfare division. What's more, Qian Tiandun has made it clear that after the two parties establish a cooperative relationship, the children of the Xu family will also have the opportunity to join the special warfare division and serve.