Chapter 3579
Tao Hongfang and Shi Chengwu were in charge of the military and political power of Yingtian Mansion. Since they personally supervised this task, Qin Jian naturally did not dare to neglect it. After receiving the order, he put down the work at hand and took a carriage out of the city. Rush to Yanziji Pier in the north of the city.
Tao Hongfang had indeed found the right person when he handed this job over to Qin Jian. Qin Jian has been living in Yanziji Pier for half his life and is extremely familiar with the local environment. Since he took Shanghai Han as his big brother last year, while he was getting promoted, he gradually replaced all key positions at Yanziji Pier with his disciples, disciples, and grandchildren. Friends and family.
It is no exaggeration to say that the effect of Qin Jian's giving orders at Yanziji Pier may even be better than Tao Hongfang's personal trip.
After Qin Jian arrived at the place, he immediately summoned the stewards and foremen of the dock, as well as representatives from several major shipping companies, and began to arrange the adjustment of the berths at the dock.
Although Tao Hongfang's instructions are simple, the specific implementation process is actually quite cumbersome and requires coordination of all aspects. Not only must some of the ships currently moored at the wharf be moved away to free up berths, but the subsequent berthing order must also be arranged so that the passenger and freight business of Yanziji Wharf can continue to operate normally.
Fortunately, after Haihan took over the Yanziji Pier last year, it has become a dual-use military and civilian terminal, and multiple wartime plans have been formulated to adjust the berths. The current temporary adjustments are well-founded and will not cause major chaos.
According to Tao Hongfang's request, Qin Jian cleared out four large, four small and eight berths at Yanziji Wharf as a berthing area for the East China Sea Fleet.
Tao Hongfang's instructions did not specify how many warships would arrive, so Qin Jian could only set aside eight berths according to the navy's combat fleet organization. If parallel berthing is adopted, these eight berths are actually enough to accommodate more than ten or twenty ships.
As for the corresponding barracks arrangements, this is simpler than freeing up berths.
Yanziji Wharf has built a large number of new warehouses in the past year. In addition to basic cargo storage functions, some of the warehouses can also be converted into barracks or field hospitals and other facilities during wartime. The currently vacant warehouses can be converted into 2,000 people. A large-scale barracks can be handed over to the military for use only with some cleaning work.
In addition, there are some supporting facilities that need to be prepared immediately, such as public bathrooms, canteens, office areas, etc.
Although there are already these facilities on Yanziji Wharf, if there are two thousand more permanent residents here, it is likely that the public facilities will exceed the usage limit, so it is necessary to make arrangements in advance.
"Everyone, this job was entrusted to me by Masters Tao and Shi personally. There is no room for any mistakes. If it is done well, everyone will get credit. If it is not done well, everyone will be in trouble. You should also be more attentive and cooperate with each other. , don’t mess up this job!”
"Also, this matter involves the deployment of the army. Don't try to find out things you shouldn't know. I don't need to say more about what the crime of leaking military information is? Everyone, please keep your mouth tight and don't discuss it with outsiders, and don't let it happen. The people under my command know too much.”
After Qin Jian finished speaking, everyone in the gathering agreed and did not dare to have any objections to it.
Although this kind of errand is not very profitable, it is not an ordinary business. You must be 100% alert to deal with it. Once you mess up in any link, you may be punished.
In the next few days, after a lot of trouble at Yanziji Pier, they finally completed several arrangements requested by Shi Chengwu before the troops of the East China Sea Fleet arrived. Shi Chengwu returned from Hangzhou and arrived in Nanjing half a day later than the East China Sea Fleet. When he saw the fleet that had docked at the dock, he realized that the size of the troops mobilized by his father this time was far greater than he expected.
The fleet that arrived in Nanjing consisted of fourteen large and small warships, including two majestic-class warships, as well as ten troop transports, supply ships and other logistics vessels, carrying more than 2,400 naval personnel.
If coupled with the inland river armed fleet stationed in Nanjing, the surface armed forces currently gathered here should be enough to clean up all existing Ming naval forces in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
If according to what Shi Diwen said, this is just used to perform patrol tasks on the Yangtze River, it is indeed a bit overkill.
However, Nanjing has such an extra force out of thin air. Even if they are not dispatched to perform tasks, the required logistical support will incur a lot of expenses. This will also be a problem for the Nanjing Management Committee, which is not in a strong financial situation. It's quite a burden.
Before launching the next round of offensive against the Ming Dynasty, it is certainly impossible for such an armed fleet to be stationed in Nanjing for a long time. Therefore, Shi Chengwu must seize the time and use this fleet to deter the Ming Dynasty. It is best to take this opportunity to attack the Ming Dynasty again. Get some military honors.
Although the various local departments had done a relatively secretive job in preparing for the reception, the arrival of such a large fleet could not be hidden anyway. Starting from the morning, people who had heard the news came to the north of the city to watch.
The area where the East China Sea Fleet docked has been designated as a military restricted area in advance. These onlookers could not get close, so they tried to go to a nearby high place with a wide view. Those wealthy idlers even hired boats to sail to the nearby river to watch the excitement.
By the time Shi Chengwu and his party arrived at Yanziji, the nearby hills were already densely packed with onlookers, perhaps thousands of them.
When everyone saw this fleet appearing in Yanziji, their first reaction was to think of war.
The scene of the Haihan Army besieging Nanjing City last year has once again appeared in many people's minds. However, most people also understand that Nanjing City is already Haihan's territory at this time, and the target of this fleet will definitely not be themselves.
As for who will be the unlucky guy this fleet is targeting, basically everyone tacitly chose the same answer. I just don’t know if people on the other side of the Yangtze River jumped in fear when they saw this fleet appearing at Yanziji Pier.
The first person to feel the change in the attitude of the other side was probably Tao Hongfang.
When the fleet arrived at Yanziji in the morning, someone came to visit Tao Hongfang at noon. The visitor was a big businessman from Chuzhou on the other side of the Yangtze River. He often traveled back and forth on both sides of the Yangtze River on the pretext of doing business. He had dealt with Tao Hongfang many times, and he had some kind of personal relationship.
The purpose of his visit to Tao Hongfang was very clear. He wanted to know if Haihan suddenly increased his troops and assembled a fleet at Yanziji Pier, and whether he planned to tear up the armistice agreement again.