Chapter 142 The first appearance of the sea wolf

Standing at the dock and looking at Du Dazhuang, who was finally checking his luggage, Li Mo took a deep breath. After half a month of waiting, while finally ushering in the good news, he had to leave immediately and return to Honolulu.

Fortunately, Tang Jingsong's telegram about the construction of the railway to the imperial court has been approved and can recruit workers from the southeast coast. Huang Zichen, who got the news, immediately established the Taiwan Railway Company in the name of Dadongyanghang, together with Governor Tang Jingsong, led by Qiu Fengjia to start construction on the spot. At the same time, he bought a large number of railway equipment and materials from France.

In addition, in order to finance, Li Mo also asked the State Council to invest 500,000 pounds for the first time to open a Bank of Taiwan in the name of the Great East Bank to establish a unified bank reserve experience for the future. This is also his first time to open his own bank.

The construction of the railway also means that the industrial zone, which was gradually depleted with human resources, can also take this opportunity to openly recruit craftsmen from coastal cities. In order to transport people to start construction as soon as possible, he also ordered Lin Yongxiang's branch in Taipei to fully cooperate with the transportation of cross-strait personnel.

Seeing that a vigorous wave of construction will begin in the northern part of Taiwan, Li Mo had to leave for Honolulu immediately. His plan to go to Guam suddenly died.

"Young master, it's all right."

"Let's go." Li Mo looked back at Keelung New Port, which was getting angry, and turned his head to the already on standby passenger ship. Just as he was about to walk up the gangway, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"I heard that the young master is going back to Honolulu. Can you let Yan take a ride?"

"Yan Fu!"

Hearing the sound, Li Mo's footsteps suddenly stopped. He hurriedly turned around and saw Yan Fu in a green shirt at the dock, wearing glasses, and looking at him with a smile with a rattan box.

"Haha..." Looking at Yan Fu, Li Mo suddenly laughed. He forgot the unfavorable news he had just received. He quickly stopped and made a gesture of invitation and said, "Of course, sir, please."

With a long whistle sound from the top of the bridge, the passenger ship specially designed to pick up Li Mo slowly left Keelung Port under the sight of Huang Zichen and Qiu Fengjia--

The whistle is long and thick smoke is rolling.

With the upsurge of Ryukyu construction, ships to and from Pearl Harbor seem to be more and more encrypted. After more than a year of expansion, the wharf has been nearly doubled, and the number of deep-water berths alone has reached more than 30. The throughput capacity has officially surpassed San Francisco and become the largest seaport in the Pacific region. There are more than ten goods transshipped from here every day.

Tan Wang stood on the deck and looked excitedly at the connected dock area. He couldn't believe that after two years, it had developed from a dock that could only four or five large cargo ships to the current scale. And this is not a special dock for the navy! If it hadn't been for the old man who had always frowned since he set out from Ryukyu, I'm afraid he would have jumped out of the boat and played.

Although it suffered losses for the first time, the Nanyang fleet still brought seven ships to Honolulu, tens of thousands of tons of pig iron raw materials, in addition to thousands of tons of rubber and tobacco leaves. If two of the goods had not been left in Ryukyu, the number would have increased, which greatly eased the tension of Honolulu raw materials. Although the fleet that arrived from Australia and Liaodong was not as large as the Nanyang fleet, it also made the staff of the State Council and the Equipment Department received on the dock very happy.

After getting off the ship, Long Guozhang immediately passed the Tan family and his son, sat in the car that came to greet him, and drove to the island. Tan Wang, who saw the car for the first time, was stunned, pulled his father, opened his mouth and asked, "Dad, what is this?"

"Car!" Tan Xiaozeng stared angrily, as if he was very unhappy with his son's lack of knowledge. He said, "Let's go. I haven't been back for several years. Your mother misses you very much."

"What are you looking at! It's not promising. I also have this thing!" Seeing his son drooling at the faraway car, Tan Xiaozeng pulled it angrily and kicked it again. Dad, really! Why don't you lend me a few days? Hearing that the old man had also got a car, Tan Wang suddenly smiled and said flattering to the old man.

Although Oahu is not big, since the equipment department made a sample car, the navy and army have also made a few cars without shame. With the most advanced transportation tools, Long Guozhang soon came to the Pacific Army Staff Headquarters in the center of the island.

Although the General Staff Headquarters of the Pacific Army has not been established for a long time, it is the brain of the entire Pacific Army. Previously, it had been nestled in a temporary warehouse in the factory area due to conditions, but now with the conditions, it has moved to the center of the island.

Because the staff, which is connected to the underground fortifications, has just been built recently, many signs of construction can be seen around, and even many workers are finishing work. However, the guard and security work have been very strict, and sentries with rifles can be seen all the way.

As he gradually deepened, Long Guozhang found that there were more and more staff officers and secretaries around him. Listening to the close footsteps like drums, he suddenly felt that even blood was boiling. As Russia suddenly sent warships to the Far East, the smell of smoke that had just dispersed seemed to become strong again.

"Oh? Guozhang is back. That's great. Let's go."

Before Long Guozhang opened the door, he saw Chen Ping preparing to go out with a document. When he saw him, he immediately dragged him out. I said Yuanshou, you won't be a vegetarian for a long time after I leave, just waiting for me to come back to eat meat, will you? Let me tell you, there is no door. I want to go to the young master's place for a meal. I have searched my salary for your sister-in-law this month.

"Come on, am I the kind of person who is greedy?"

"...yes!" Long Guozhang thought for a moment and said decisively.

"Get out of here! Even if I want to rub it, I will only go to the young master!" Chen Ping despised the iron rooster, handed him the documents in his hand and said, "Let's have a look."

"The young master hasn't come back yet?" Long Guozhang took over the document and didn't read it yet. He remembered the telegram he received not long ago and asked.

"The telegram said that it has been ten days since I left Keelung, and it is estimated that it will arrive in a few days."

"Did he receive the news?"

"I got it, but..." Chen Ping shook his head: "There has been no reply so far."

Long Guozhang pondered for a moment before putting aside the topic and opening the document, but before he looked at it, he suddenly stopped. Regardless of the strange eyes of the staff officers around him, he grabbed Chen Ping's eyes and said, "Is this thing really out?"

"Hmm! When the young master comes back, he can have a sea test. Chen Ping nodded: "I need a commander now. Who do you think is the most suitable?" Long Guozhang closed the document excitedly, turned his head to think about it, and reported the answer: "Just Qin Shou."

"Ha ha, I thought of it together. Let's go. He's still waiting in the conference room. Chen Ping laughed and dragged Long Guozhang to the conference room--

Sitting in the spacious conference room, Qin Shou always felt a little uncomfortable. He didn't like this harsh atmosphere. As the captain of the sturgeon destroyer, at this moment, he should have led the sturgeon to patrol the Chilean route and stayed on the ship to brag with the soldiers, but he didn't expect that the staff issued an order to end his mission. Hurry back.

Unlike those mainstays in the fleet, he was not an old man of the fleet, but later joined in the expansion of the fleet. He had neither the background from the North Ocean nor the gorgeousness of returning from abroad. The only resume he could show was that he worked in the Chilean navy for half a year when he was in Maste Island.

However, it was this internship that made him meet General Simmons by chance and participated in a Chilean naval actual combat exercise on his recommendation. It was also because of this exercise that he changed his fate.

Not long after returning to Hawaii, he finally stood out from the selection of destroyer captains with a solid score and became the first captain to go to Chile to receive destroyers.

Qin Shou believes that he is not the kind of talented captain, nor is he a staff officer who can grasp the overall situation. For him, it is very remarkable that an ordinary person who came out of a Chinese family who had only received secondary education in the United States could become the envied captain of everyone in the fleet. Even his uncle, who had always looked down on him, immediately moved from San Francisco to Hawaii after hearing about it.

Of course. As a captain, like all captains, his biggest dream is to lead a battleship, but he also knows that it is not a simple thing to become a battleship captain. It requires not only qualifications and military achievements, but also a long period of accumulation, so it is the first priority to do your work well.

It's just that he didn't expect it. Why did the chief of staff suddenly transfer him back at this time? Did you say that you have made a mistake recently?

Just as he was meditating and worried, the long-closed door was suddenly pushed open, and the chief of staff and the commander came in at the same time, which scared him to get up and salute.

"Sit down."

Seeing Qin Shou's nervous face, Chen Ping quickly patted him on the shoulder. Long Guozhang also laughed and said, "Tell me honestly, have you done something wrong recently? Are you targeted by our chief of staff?

"Get out of here!" Chen Ping almost wanted to smash the document in his hand into Long Guozhang's face and quickly said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. Sit down." The chief of staff and the commander joked that Qin Shou did not dare to get mixed up blindly. He scratched his head and smiled and sat down.

"Do you feel that it's a little sudden to transfer you back this time?" After sitting down, Chen Ping spread out the documents in his hand and looked up and down at the young captain with Long Guozhang.

To be honest, being able to become a captain at the age of 26 is inseparable from Simmons's recommendation. Although he is not a genius commander, he is solid, bold and courageous, especially the desire to endure hardship and be willing to start from the bottom, which makes him The main reason for entering the eyes of the staff.

Seeing that the commander and the chief of staff had been looking at him, Qin Shou was even more shivering and couldn't help swallowing. Seeing this, Long Guozhang smiled and said solemnly, "Qin Shou, have you ever heard of a submarine?"

"Submarine?" Qin Shou thought for a moment and then said, "Is it the kind of submarine that can dive into the bottom of the water? I heard that the French are studying this. I also listen to people, and I don't know anything else.

"Yes, that's it."

"Take a look." Chen Ping pushed the document in his hand to Qin Shou and said, "This time I transferred you back for the submarine you mentioned. We plan to form a new submarine force with you as the commander.

"Me? Commander!" Qin Shou's eyes suddenly lit up, but soon faded, and the corners of his mouth collapsed slightly: "Chief of staff, commander, I don't understand submarines?"

"It doesn't matter whether you understand it or not." Long Guozhang said slowly with a cigar, "I don't understand, but I can learn if I don't understand. Now the first submarine developed by the equipment department is about to be launched for testing. We need not only a tester, but also a person who can lead soldiers, find ways to use submarines, and become the commander of the submarine force in the future.

"That's you." Chen Ping took the conversation and suddenly pointed his finger at Qin Shou.

Qin Shou looked at the detailed submarine information in his hand, and his heart beat suddenly. Even Long Guozhang's words were almost not heard clearly. It was not until the chief of staff pointed a finger at him that he woke up and hesitated, "Commander, chief of staff, do you mean to let me lead the submarine force?"

"Yes. But..." Chen Ping nodded, paused for a moment and continued, "But that also depends on your own performance. We just want to give you a chance."

"They are all men who run horses on the sea. Say it, do it or not." Long Guozhang smoked a cigar and stared at Qin Shou's face.

Pinch the document, look at the detailed data above, and say that it is false. After all, I am the captain of the destroyer now. If I behave well, I may be able to lead the cruiser or even the battleship in the future, but compared with the captain, the information in my hand is brought to me two worlds!

Qin Shou is not a fool. Although he doesn't know much about submarines, it doesn't affect his general judgment. A new warship, an opportunity to be promoted to the position of commander and become the core of the fleet!

It's done!

"I'll do it!" After saying this, Qin Shou seemed to feel relaxed. Even Long Guozhang smiled and looked at each other and said, "You can find it yourself. You can choose the second officer of each ship. There are a total of 60 places. We only have one requirement. Pull up the team as soon as possible and prepare to receive the first submarine. The boat."

"Yes!" Qin Shou saluted.

" OK, Lao Long, sign the document. Our submarine force is also going to open." Chen Ping quickly signed his name from the result document in Qin Shou's hand, which also means that the formation of the submarine force is in effect.

"Qin Shou, beast... I said, your name is... interesting!" Long Guozhang took over the document and was about to sign for approval. Suddenly, he read Qin Shou's name twice and laughed.

The laughter made Qin Shou, who had just become the commander of the submarine force, full of black lines. He couldn't wait to grab the thick cigar and then trample it hard. Even Chen Ping next to him was happy and said with a smile, "What a coincidence, the young master said that the submarine is a sea wolf that will be underwater in the future! Isn't it a bunch of beasts?!"

Sea Wolf!

Qin Shou's eyes lit up.

(to be continued)