In the naval aspect, among the warships at Dagukou, five warships, including the British ship Arora, the German ship Herta, the French ship Pascal, the American ship Newark, and the Italian ship Aiba, have been salvaged out of the water. Now the salvage team is salvaging the Russian ships Sissoi and the Russians. Because both Russian ships have exceeded 10,000 tons, they are the largest tonnage among the warships to be salvaged, so they are left for the final salvage.

In addition, the crossover also captured four large and medium-sized warships, namely the Japanese ship Akishi, the British ship Orlando, the German ship Lufthansa, and the Brandenburg. Although these four warships were in combat, they were mainly damaged by ship-based weapons. The entire hull was not damaged by any major injuries. Because the power system was basically intact, it was not only not difficult to repair, but also as long as you go to avoid fighting, you can use it immediately.

In Qingdao Bay, there are two large ships of German ships, Earl Bismarck and Election Emperor, waiting to be salvaged. In addition, three large ironclad ships, Saxony, Byrne and Baden, were stranded on the shore. These three warships are also well-powered and can be started as long as they are towed off the shore. In addition, although the docks of Qingdao Shipyard have not been built yet, most of the other equipment have been fully arrived, so some general repairs can be carried out. These warships with undamaged power can be repaired at Qingdao Shipyard. It can be said that as long as there is no war, there are at least six warships that can be used by the time and space warships.

Among the warships that have been salvaged, there are several that can be repaired and used. Therefore, it is estimated that in the near future, the crossover will have about ten large and medium-sized warships available, which is not a small warship. Moreover, the Tianjin Shipyard project has been launched. At the same time, the crossover is still continuing to dig the dock of the Qingdao Shipyard, and will also negotiate with Germany to complete all the projects of the Jingdao Shipyard. Once these two shipyards are fully put into use, they can not only repair ships, but also build warships themselves.

For time travelers, this is of course a good thing, because in this way, the navy will no longer rely on several time travel warships. For example, daily cruise, nearshore defense, and even medium- and low-intensity combat and conflicts can be completed by warships of this era. After the time travel warships, they will focus on maintenance and try to extend the service life of these time travel warships. It is just as the last trump card, and will be dispatched to use them during the construction of the city.

But in this way, how to place the crossing officers and soldiers on several crossing warships becomes a problem. Because the Buji ship is a non-combat ship, it can be basically confirmed that it will no longer be used. Therefore, only the most basic personnel are retained on the ship, and the rest are all transferred to other positions. Some go to a few small warships to serve as captains, and some go to the shore-based work. However, the other crossing warships still have their place to be used, but the chances of these crossing warships being dispatched will be greatly reduced in the future, so the free time of crossing officers and soldiers on the ship will also increase significantly, but these crossing officers and soldiers will also be idle, which will be a major human resources loss.

If there is a warship alone, it also requires enough naval soldiers. Unlike the 6th Army, a 6th Army soldier can basically go to the battlefield after two or three months of assault training. In extraordinary times, you can even go to the battlefield with just one gun. The training cycle of naval soldiers is much longer, and there are also high requirements for the soldiers' cultural quality. After all, a warship represents a country's highest industrial and technological level, and requires sufficient cultural knowledge to learn to drive a warship. Therefore, training for naval soldiers is also a very difficult task.

In addition, in the previous battle, the crossover captured 35 transport ships of various types, ranging from 1 ooo to 4 ooo to more than 4 ooo ton. Now these transport ships are managed by the army. However, with the current naval scale of the People's Army Navy, so many transport ships cannot be used. The Transportation Bureau under the Ministry of Construction has applied to the Executive Committee, hoping to obtain a part of the transport ships, establish a sailing company, and operate the sea shipping line between Tianjin and Qingdao. It can not only strengthen the circulation of personnel and materials in Tianjin and Shandong, but also make profits from them and increase fiscal revenue. Therefore, this is also raised as a question.

In response to these issues raised by Xiao Jianjun, the five members of the Executive Committee also recruited the captains, political commissars, and commanders of the 6th Army Zhu Yaping, *** and others to expand the Military Commission meeting to discuss and resolve these issues.

Xiao Jianjun first said: "The biggest problem of the People's Army now is that the number of weapons is insufficient. The number of heavy weapons is extremely short. The next step for us is to achieve self-sufficiency of weapons as soon as possible. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the functions of Qingdao Arsenal as soon as possible, and at least be able to produce large and medium-caliber artillery. However, this is not a problem that the Military Commission can solve, and it must be helped by the Executive Committee. In my personal opinion, it is best to classify Qingdao Arsenal as under the management of the Military Commission, and the Military Commission will directly issue a task plan without operating it to the outside world."

Wang Yunpeng and Xu Ji both frowned when they heard this. They were worried that too much resource tilting towards the military would affect the economic development. After all, from the time of landing to the present, the fiscal revenue of the entire Travel Group has not been high, and it mainly relies on the support of the silver obtained from Tianjin. However, this is not a long-term solution. Half of the silver obtained by Tianjin has been used up. Therefore, the Travel Group must achieve fiscal normalization as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the silver is used up, the Travel Group will collapse financially first. But this requires a large amount of investment and construction of factories and produce enough industrial products for sale, so that the economy can be promoted, fiscal revenue can be increased, and the finance will be healthy. If the military wants to show, it will inevitably squeeze out the current limited silver.

But the two also knew that without strong military power, the time-travel group could not have a stable environment, so this investment had to be paid, but the military and civilians must maintain a good balance.

At this time, Xia Bohai said: "I have no objection to the division of the arsenal to the Central Military Commission. In the current situation, the arsenal implements a task planning system rather than marketization, which is also conducive to saving resources and cost savings. But I don't think it is realistic to make the arsenal have the ability to produce artillery in a short period of time, because we lack corresponding mechanical equipment now. The machines we import now, except for steam machines, are basically civilian machines."

Wang Yunpeng said: "Looking to another country to buy a batch of machines and one to solve any problems. We will slowly produce them ourselves later."

Qin Zheng shook his head and said, "This era is like the old time and space. All mechanical equipment linked to military industry is a key industry of various countries. They can sell cannons, rifles, or even warships for you, but they will never easily sell mechanical equipment that can make weapons. Therefore, it is probably difficult for us to buy these machinery and equipment."

Wang Hailong said: "I remember that didn't Zhang Zhidong buy a batch of mechanical equipment for producing rifles from Germany? Germany also bought all the drawings of the Commission's 1888 rifle to China, but it just lied that it was Mauser's 1888 rifle. As a result, Zhang Zhidong introduced the patent, drawings, and machinery of the Commission's 1888 rifle, and then it was imitated. It was Hanyang's 88 rifle, which also shows that other countries still have the possibility of selling machines."

Qin Zheng smiled and said, "This is because among weapons, the threshold for manufacturing rifles is the lowest, and the selling effect is not too great. Moreover, the German army is equipped with the Mauser Type 98 rifle. The Committee's Type 1888 rifle is an eliminated product. Therefore, the patent, drawings, and machinery of the Committee's Type 1888 rifle are equivalent to waste utilization. However, I think it is possible to import a batch of weapons-producing machinery from Germany. After all, Germany now needs us to provide them with the drawings of battleships. In addition, we have captured a large number of German troops and can propose to Germany to exchange for these mechanical equipment. I think Germany will agree. If it is really not possible, we will give them a few drawings of other warships and simply give them the drawings of the dreadnoughts."

Wang Yunpeng nodded repeatedly and said, "If the negotiation can be done, that would be great, so that we can save a lot of money."

Xia Bohai shook his head and said, "It is so easy to build a military industry system. In addition to machinery and equipment, it also requires corresponding steel, iron parts and chemical industries. Because gunpowder is also needed, you shouldn't want to use black gunpowder. Therefore, a perfect military industry system represents the overall industrial level of a country. It is not just about building a few arsenals."

Qin Zheng said: "Let's go step by step. Rome is not built in one day. Food needs to be eaten one bite at a time. Whether it is the military system or the industrial system, we have to take one step at a time. Before we build our military system and industrial system, we can only rely on imports. Machinery can be imported and steel can be imported. It's just a little more money."

Xu Ji smiled bitterly and said, "There are too many places we need to spend money now. If we were to fight Tianjin, we would have a fortune of six or seven million silver, and then our silence would be much better."

Xia Bohai's heart moved and said, "It's useless to say that these are now. After the German envoy arrives, it's better to see how the talks are going. It's good that the Qingdao Arsenal can produce rifles now. At least let the soldiers have a rifle first. As for the steel materials used to make rifles, we can buy them first. Anyway, we only make rifles, and we don't use much steel, and we just use ordinary steel."

Wang Yunpeng nodded and said, "Okay, after the meeting, I will ask the Business Department to find a foreign business to import some steel materials."
Chapter completed!