New Ming Empire mixed in America

After listening to Song He's report, Li Mingqi thought about it and said:

"The Pacific Fleet is now officially established, with two new ironclad ships from the New Ming Empire serving as the main and deputy flagships for the time being."

"Two level 2 ironclad battleships, four level 3 ironclad battleships, one level 4 ironclad battleship, and fifty gunboats, equipped with appropriate supply ships."

After Li Mingqi finished talking about the size of the Xinming Empire's Pacific Fleet, he made arrangements for the remaining warships:

"The remaining three new ironclads and the Black Prince will stay at home. After the squadron from South America returns, we will form a home fleet."

After making these arrangements, Li Mingqi asked Song Hedao: "Do you have anyone to choose as the commander of the Pacific Fleet?"

When Song He heard that he was asked to recommend the commander of a fleet, he quickly said: "It's all up to your Majesty's arrangement."

Just kidding, it's okay to recommend some talents to the Xinming Empire, but Song He didn't dare to speak randomly when it came to senior officials.

"Hmm... Wait a minute and you can send me the information of an officer with better performance."

After Li Mingqi finished speaking, he put down the phone, and after a while, he called Ying Tianfu again.

He planned to mobilize a regiment of the 3rd Brigade to set off with the fleet, and another regiment of Guards was enough to make the Kingdom of Hawaii pay the price.

After waiting for a period of time, Song He sent the navy's senior officers' information via telegram.

Based on the evaluation information given by Jin Yiwei, Li Mingqi finally chose Cheng Yuanliang, who had been serving as Song He's adjutant.

This man performed well as an adjutant and had his own battle ideas. Together with Song He, he compiled the first edition of the naval drill code.

Later, some information given by Li Mingqi was added to this naval training code and became the current naval training code.

Therefore, Li Mingqi was very satisfied with letting Cheng Yuanliang serve as the commander of the Pacific Fleet.

On the day when the Pacific Fleet was officially established, it was reviewed by Li Mingqi in the San Francisco port area and received its first mission.

"I'll give you half a month to get your fleet ready as soon as possible. By the way, a regiment of the National Defense Force and a regiment of the Imperial Guard will come over for maritime training in a while."

After hearing the mission given by Li Mingqi, Cheng Yuanliang knew that something big had happened. Maybe the sudden establishment of the Pacific Fleet this time was to prepare for the operation in half a month.

Although he thought a lot, Cheng Yuanliang didn't show it on his face. He just gave a neat military salute and replied: "I promise to complete the mission!"

Hearing Cheng Yuanliang's answer, Li Mingqi patted him on the shoulder and said kindly: "Relax a little. You will also be a fleet commander in the future, so there is no need to be so reserved."

When the Pacific Fleet began to intensify maritime training, Ding Yi's 303rd Regiment also rushed back from Yingtianfu by train.

As soon as they got off the train, the 303rd Regiment was notified to receive new weapons.

For this expedition to Hawaii, Li Ming transferred the submachine guns to be distributed to the mountain special forces to the 303rd Regiment.

Previously, because Sun Changying led the mountain special forces to perform missions in Mexico, these weapons were temporarily left in the warehouse.

The use of the three regiments now transferred to Ding Yi also shows how angry Li Mingqi is against the things done by the Kingdom of Hawaii.

"Captain, what a good guy...these weapons are all good guys."

After test firing for a while, Xiao Song held the submachine gun in his hand and refused to put it down.

"Commander, do we belong to the National Defense Forces?"

Xiao Song raised his thumb and shook it and said: "How else could we use such a good treasure? This is a good guy that even Master Sun's security company doesn't have."

After saying that, he ran to the logistics office to find a piece of deerskin and began to wipe his favorite gun.

"Okay, let's calm down for a while. The oil on the gun hasn't even dried yet. Why are you wiping it?"

After Ding Yi played with the submachine gun for a while, he saw Xiao Song's behavior and couldn't help but go over and give him a kick, saying:

"Just put it there after cleaning. I'm going to set up a submachine gun battalion with these new guns. If you take a submachine gun, then someone will be missing one."

Xiao Song's hand wiping the new gun froze in place for an instant, and then he begged with a grimace: "Captain, I think I helped you steal the brigade commander's dumplings back then. It's hard work but no credit..."

Ding Yi couldn't help but give him another kick and cursed: "Fart, how many dumplings are left after you get them back? You have a lot of hard work."

Ding Yi finally understood why his old squad leader was always swearing in the first place. It was because the guys under his command were so annoying.

"You must think clearly. If you take this submachine gun, your battalion will become a submachine gun battalion, and those long guns will no longer belong to you..."

After finishing speaking, Ding Yi stretched out his hand in front of Xiao Song and pulled hard~

Didn't move!

Using another force, he snatched the submachine gun back from Xiao Song's hand.

"What kind of long spear or short spear? Tell me and let me hear it."

At this time, a burst of laughter rang out from the entrance of the 303rd Regiment.

Ding Yi looked back and found that Li Mingqi had arrived, followed by several imperial guards.

"Hello, Your Majesty!"

Because Li Mingqi stipulated that only military salutes could be performed after putting on military uniforms, so Ding Yi and Xiao Song immediately stood at attention and performed a military salute in an upright manner.

"Okay, tell me how you plan to use these new guns?"

Li Mingqi waved his hand, and then asked Ding Yi.

"I plan to use these new guns together, so that a submachine gun battalion can be formed..."

After listening to Ding Yi's plan, Li Mingqi said: "If we concentrate the firepower, wouldn't it be a waste? Why not distribute these submachine guns to each squad?"

"In this case, each squad has a submachine gun as automatic firepower, and the combat effectiveness should be much stronger. There are also those sniper rifles..."

After listening to Li Mingqi's introduction, Definition scratched his head and said:

"I didn't think too much about it, I just concentrated on using it."

Li Mingqi came here simply to inspect the 303rd Regiment. Just now he also visited the Guards Regiment that was preparing to go to sea together.

After walking around the regiment headquarters, Li Mingqi walked towards the San Francisco shipyard.

There are a lot of people going to sea this time, so a lot of transport ships are needed.

So Li Mingqi was going to see if the number of transport ships was enough for future use.

Although it is a shipyard, it is currently only responsible for the modification of transport ships.

After the large merchant ships bought by the Umbrella Youth League and the Lightning Regiment from Europe were sent over, steam engines were installed on these merchant ships and the accommodation of the soldiers was planned.

In addition to these, there is also a position on the deck for a navy-style rotating machine gun. These rotating machine guns, which have bulletproof steel plates and shooting racks, require a lot of space.

After arriving at the shipyard, the person in charge who had received the news in advance came over to report the situation to Li Mingqi.

"Your Majesty, more than thirty transport ships have been prepared, enough for two regiments of soldiers and equipment to take aboard."

Walking to the dock area of ​​the shipyard, the person in charge asked Li Mingqi to see the transport ships being refitted.

"Where is the supply ship? This trip to sea will take a long time, and the supply ship must be well prepared."

As soon as Li Mingqi finished asking, the person in charge immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the supply ship is sufficient. Chile sent a lot last time, and they are all new ships they ordered from Europe."

This was the first time Li Mingqi had heard about the ship being sent to Chile, and he quickly looked at the Jin Yiwei who was accompanying him.

"Back to Your Majesty, these were all brought back by Ambassador Chen Hong when he returned from Chile. Well... he said they were 'gifts' given to him by the Chileans..."

Li Mingqi nodded clearly.

He also gave me gifts, I'm afraid he didn't extort them from others.