Chapter 3417
After Zhang Tiangui heard Zhang Qianzhi's question, he couldn't help but pointed his crutch at him and scolded: "It's a shame that you are still an official in the Ministry of Security, and you didn't even pay attention to your own news! If Minister He knew about it, he would definitely scold you. Dayton! ”
Zhang Qianzhi argued with a wry smile: "Dad, I have been working on cases in other places some time ago. How can I have time to pay attention to the business of the shipyard!"
Zhang Tiangui shook his head and said: "You can figure out something even if you read more recent newspapers!"
Zhang Qianzhi recalled the recent news in newspapers and asked tentatively: "Is it possible that orders from Japan have increased?"
Zhang Tiangui said: "The ones from Japan are only part of them, the ones from South China Sea are the big orders!"
Zhang Qianzhi has been busy handling cases recently and has obviously not paid enough attention to changes in the international situation.
Under Shi Diwen's careful operation, Japan's civil war was gaining momentum, and various daimyo in the Kyushu region and the Tokugawa shogunate were scrambling to submit orders for building warships to Haihan.
Although Shi Diwen worked hard to promote the inventory of the East China Sea Fleet during his tour of Kyushu and suggested that all parties purchase second-hand warships to ensure the shortest possible delivery period, all parties still wanted to maximize their own strength in the early stages of the war.
Although the delivery period of the new ship is long, it may not be able to catch up with the start of the war next year, but if the opponent quietly places an order for a fleet in Haihan, and I foolishly only buy a few old ships, the consequences will be huge. disadvantage.
All parties in Japan have institutions in Hangzhou. On weekdays, you keep an eye on me and I keep an eye on you. There are no secrets in arms procurement. Once someone makes this move, the news will spread quickly, and Japan's domestic arms race will inevitably start.
Even if the vassals in Kyushu are allies in name, they will still be wary of each other. The world is in chaos, and one must not let one's own military fall behind others, otherwise it is likely to become the target of annexation and division by powerful neighbors in the future.
Although the financial resources of Kyushu's daimyo are limited, and the orders placed by each family are not too large, the number of warships to be purchased together with the additional funds from the Tokugawa shogunate is quite considerable. Sasebo alone can The several shipyards at the base will definitely not be able to take over, and they will inevitably return to the domestic shipbuilding industry.
Even the Zhoushan Shipyard, which has more shipyards and more employees, cannot fully accept the large influx of shipbuilding orders in a short period of time. In addition, in order not to delay the fighter plane, most of the investors had urgent requirements for delivery. The Zhoushan Shipyard could not afford so much, so it had to allocate part of it to the shipyard in the south.
Zhang Qianxiang, the person in charge of Zhoushan Shipyard, is Zhang Qianzhi's second brother. Naturally, for such a good thing, he must give priority to his own people.
Several shipyards in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, and Hainan Island managed by Zhang Tiangui's disciples have all benefited a lot from this wave.
However, as Zhang Tiangui said, the majority of Sanya Shipyard's current shipbuilding orders are not from Japan, but from the South China Sea.
To be precise, it comes from the Xingdao region, which expanded a large area at the beginning of this year.
After the convoy and anti-bandit operation ended at the beginning of the year, the Sing Tao Region publicly announced to various countries that it would station troops in Penang Island, Langkawi Island, and Phuket Island at the northern end of the Malacca Strait to maintain navigation safety in the Malacca Strait. With the rapid expansion of the territory under its jurisdiction, the Xingdao Region will certainly not continue to be satisfied with just the third detachment of the South China Sea Fleet in building its own maritime armed forces.
Roger has already reported to the Executive Committee. In order to adapt to the development of the situation, he is preparing to start forming another new fleet. Its scope of activities will mainly focus on the Bay of Bengal west of Sumatra Island and the vast Indian Ocean.
Although Roger did not type the words "Indian Ocean Fleet" on the report, the Executive Committee understood his purpose.
After Haihan controls the Strait of Malacca, heading west into the Indian Ocean is an inevitable step. At this time, relying on the South China Sea Fleet to maintain Haihan's presence in the Indian Ocean will obviously cause a lot of inconvenience. The establishment of the Indian Ocean Fleet is also a logical thing.
In addition to the expansion of the garrison size in the Sing Tao region, there is also a special operations division that has already established a garrison in Phuket, and there is also a need to form a maritime armed force.
Qian Tiandun gave up his foundation in the north and chose to go south. Of course, he did not come to the South China Sea to retire. His goal was to open up a sea route to the Western world controlled by Haihan, and to establish several overseas affiliated with Haihan along the way. colony.
However, when he led his troops to the south, he left a considerable part of his possessions to Chen Yixin and did not take many warships with him. Therefore, after arriving in the South China Sea, he could only rely on Roger's fleet to complete the projection of troops.
With Qian Tiandun's behavior, he would naturally not be satisfied with being dependent on others. After settling down in the South China Sea and freeing up his hands and feet, he will begin to make plans to reorganize a maritime force for his troops.
The battlefield of the special warfare division is mainly based on land warfare, and there is also the fleet support from the Xingdao region. Therefore, Qian Tiandun is not so urgent in the combat effectiveness of the supporting fleet, as long as it can meet the needs of amphibious operations and long-range troop projection. That’s it.
Of course, the Xingdao Region's own shipbuilding capabilities cannot be compared with those of "long-established" industry leaders like Sanya Shipyard, and it is impossible to meet the needs of Roger and Qian Tiandun in the short term. Therefore, a large number of shipbuilding orders from the Xingdao Region and the Special Warfare Division also began to pour into shipyards in Sanya and other places in the second half of the year.
If Zhang Qianzhi had paid close attention to recent newspapers and periodicals, especially newspapers with more market news such as "Sanya Express", he should have been able to see that there have been advertisements for shipyards recruiting workers appearing on the main pages recently, and the number of workers recruited is quite large.
The advertisements that also occupy a considerable part of the space are the main business promoted by major dental stores in Sanya recently-recruiting a large number of immigrants who are willing to settle in the Malacca area with preferential treatment.
After listening to his father's story, Zhang Qianzhi realized that he seemed to have missed a lot of information during his business trip. The expansion rate of the Xingdao Region in the South China Sea has far exceeded his expectations.
Zhang Tiangui asked with unfinished meaning: "As for the expansion of territory in Xingdao Region, hasn't your security department kept up with the pace and sent some people to put up the shelf?"
Zhang Qianzhi thought that the Security Department was short of manpower and could hardly send anyone for field liaison. How could there be any spare manpower to send to places thousands of miles away to open mines?
However, he did not want to discuss these internal affairs of the Ministry of Security in detail with his father, so he could only vaguely say that such matters were usually handled by the Military Intelligence Bureau. After the development of the new colony reached a certain stage, the Ministry of Security would set up a presence there. mechanism.