"The veteran general should have a preliminary understanding of the Shanghai defense fleet. I wonder what suggestions do we have for our veteran general in the Shanghai defense fleet?" Just now, Mao Yuanshan had already conducted a survey on the Wusong Military Port, which is subordinate to the Shanghai defense fleet. Now it is time to hear what others have to say. After all, this place will be the head of the veteran general in front of us in the future. Although Mao Yuanshan is a time traveler, he does not have much knowledge of the navy. He has a good understanding of the army.

"The advice of my old man may not be able to catch up with the times. Since the commander-in-chief asked me, I want to know what the commander-in-chief wants to develop the Shanghai defensive fleet into. When I was in the north, I heard someone say that the commander-in-chief would form a Pacific Fleet in the future. I wonder if this matter is true? If the commander-in-chief just wants to establish a defensive fleet, the scale is enough now. If you want to establish a Pacific Fleet, or even a future squadron is not enough, I hope the commander-in-chief can give me a complete answer." Unexpectedly, Mao Yuanshan did not get the answer he wanted from the old general, but instead asked someone to ask.

"The veteran general is his own person. No important strategic measures will be hidden from you. At this stage, we must establish a defensive fleet to assist Shanghai's defense. If we use the army alone to defend Shanghai, the final result will be the same as before the Battle of Songhu. No matter how good we do on land, we will be killed by the enemy in the end. Therefore, we must have a fleet in this area. Even after the fleet is expanded into the Pacific Fleet in the future, Shanghai must always have a very strong fleet. This is the most important area in the entire China. If we can't even defend this place, then we don't talk about the road to rise. Does the veteran general understand what I mean?" Mao Yuanshan's meaning is very obvious. At this stage, we are going to establish a defensive fleet, and it will be the Pacific Fleet in the future. However, after the establishment of the Pacific Fleet, the defensive fleet also exists.

"I understand the meaning of the commander-in-chief now. It can be said that the goal is quite large. This place is indeed a place that military strategists must compete for. Now that our Chinese economy has begun to develop, the Shanghai area will definitely be more prosperous than other times. If the enemy wants to attack us, I will choose this place first. But I just looked at the location of the shore defense artillery construction in the surrounding areas. If I were to take charge of this area, I hope to get all the power, even if it was spent more money and material resources. I hope to build an Eastern fortress." Because at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, some forts were indeed built here, but the situation at that time was completely different from the current situation. Mao Yuanshan had just taken over the defense of Shanghai and renovated the forts. Later, some auxiliary small forts were built based on those forts. It should have been very good at that time, but now, the positions of those forts are some outdated and should be established according to the new defense system. However, this cost a lot of money and material resources. Xie Tianhua has not done it for a long time, and he did not expect that the old general could see it at a glance.

"What? Our commander-in-chief is starting to feel sorry for spending money now? As far as I know, if it is for the sake of doing things, the commander-in-chief never feels sorry for him. Why do you still have to hesitate here today? Although some of the money is spent now, if the enemy attacks in the future, we can definitely rely on the artillery to hold on for a while. At that time, the money rescued will definitely be much more than it is now. Although it is better to defend against warships, there should be shore defense artillery and other things, so we should also have them.

However, if we want to build a complete defense system, we should build the best one, and we should not make do with it." Seeing Mao Yuanshan not speaking for a long time, the old general smiled and said that he felt distressed if he had been. He had seen this place a long time ago. If it were himself, he would probably not have the courage. If it were to demolish these turrets, you should know that each turret is hundreds of thousands of oceans, with 280 mm heavy artillery on it. It would cost a lot of money to transport these heavy artillery to other places.

"The old general is right, but my situation is a bit shallow. In fact, this matter should have been done long ago, but our funds are limited, and the surrounding areas are not so peaceful. Now that we have won a peaceful environment, we naturally have to rebuild these turrets. The original plan is a bit out of date compared to now. The old general just let go of his hands and feet to do it. I am going to allocate 30 million oceans to the old general." Mao Yuanshan said proudly. When he said this, Xie Tianhua, who was sitting on the side, was a little unhappy. Why was the 30 million oceans so easy to spend? It turned out that it was not so easy when I applied for you.

"It should be enough to renovate these turrets and shore defense facilities of 30 million oceans, but I have another idea, that is, to form a river defense force. Now the inland rivers of the Yangtze River also require patrols, and there is not too many ships. It takes about 20 to 30 small ships, and 30 tonnes are the best. If the tonnage is too large, it will not be easy in the Yangtze River." I just received the grant of 30 million oceans, which is basically the same as what he thought in his mind. This number can just renovate the defenses of the riverside.

The money I just wanted to get was to rectify the entire river defense, and there was a river defense fleet immediately. Mao Yuanshan smiled bitterly. It was indeed a money-making job to let these old generals serve as naval commanders here. They used to saving money and thought about how to save money for these things. Now a rich man has finally come. If he doesn't get all these things done quickly, it would be really a pity for his dream of the whole life. However, the old general said that this is indeed a very important thing. There are still many bandits in the Yangtze River. However, this river defense fleet can rectify the bandits, which can be regarded as giving the people a clean Yangtze River so that everyone can not worry about these water bandits.
Chapter completed!