"How is the Navy's current situation?" Mo Ming, chief of staff of the National Armed Forces, put down the telescope on his chest, turned around and asked his followers.

A multi-army synthesis exercise is being carried out between the vast world on the banks of Milin Lake. The army's infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineering, baggage and other troops are all on the battlefield. According to the drill subject, this exercise involving thousands of people is carried out in a straightforward manner. To this day, the East Coast Army has three and a half battalions (the fourth battalion, which is being formed in Luoqia County, is a scattered battalion), each battalion is a mixed battalion with complete infantry, artillery, cavalry, labour, and baggage (the force is about 1,450). It has strong independent combat capabilities, and has conducted various trainings for many years, such as long-distance marches, rapid maneuvers, roundabouts, and sharp peaks. It can be said that it is extremely hard.

In addition, the number of live-fire shootings of its infantry and artillery is far higher than that of ordinary European troops. It can be said that in addition to lacking sufficient experience in large-scale corps combat (this is affected by innate conditions), they still have strong combat capabilities in small and medium-sized battles of more than a thousand people. It is not that their morale and fighting will are so high, but that their combat skills are very skilled and have almost become instinct under the deterrence of whips and military sticks.

Furthermore, the army on the east coast is a fully firearmed unit. The soldiers are equipped with bayonets of 32-C rifles, and the number of artillery remains extremely high. At this time, even in France, the Swedish army had a large number of cold weapons soldiers. The tactics and tactics are quite different from the East coast, and the density of firepower projection is also very different. In a small-scale battle of thousands of people, four battalions of the East coast army (with 32 artillery and 440 cavalry) opened a dignified formation and could definitely blow up the European army with a large number of spearmen. Of course, the results of the battle were affected by many aspects and could not be simply compared to paper data. However, the configuration of eight artillery in one battalion was several times that of the European army at this time, so it was naturally a big advantage to fight.

Such a small and elite army, coupled with extremely large-scale trained militias, solid fortresses and convenient transportation conditions, can’t do anything to the East Coast without more than 100,000 people in foreign troops. And cross-sea transportation of 100,000 professional army to go to the East Coast to fight, I’m sorry. No one on this planet has the ability to do this at this time.

Marshal Mo is the Minister of the Army. Since taking office, he has basically done two things: to hone the combat effectiveness of the army and actively expand the scale of the army. Of course, as one of the nine executive committee members, he also has the title of Chief of Staff of the National Armed Forces (commonly known as "General of the Military Department"), in theory, and has the authority to guide the naval business. That is, he can plan the direction for the navy from a grand strategy, just like Lu Ming, who was the Minister of the Navy before.

The previous decision made by the Executive Committee to send the navy to the East African coast to find food may not be without the strength of General Mo. The reason is also very simple: the military expenditure is limited, and the navy accounts for the majority. It is not a big deal to be idle at home for a long time, so you have to take the initiative to go out and create benefits. Since the Second Navy Fleet "takes hands-on" on the East African coast in May last year, ten months have passed, and the first batch of results have been counted and just sent to the country, so Mo Ming asked this just now.

"Reported to the Chief of Staff, Deputy Director Wang of the Logistics Department just reported yesterday that the inspection team led by him had counted a large amount of money and goods, including seven boxes of gold and silver, which was estimated to be more than 390,000 yuan in silver dollars by weight, but because of the poor quality, it needs to be sent to the Shipu Mint for re-molding. In the end, it may be slightly less than 390,000 yuan. Half of this money will be escorted to the First Prison of the Army. As the Ministry of Finance's emergency reserve, the other half will be freely controlled by the military (according to the Navy 50% according to the agreement); there are 1,278 ivory pieces, 118 leopard skins, 25 rhinoceros skins, and 371 antelope skins.

Zhang, 1022 buffalo skins...; Well, there are 152 baskets of dried fruits (whoever is reporting here is a black look. Do you even grab this?), 201 baskets of vanilla, 2088 bags of sorghum, 5063 barrels of cassava..." A staff member took a small notebook to report, and after the report, he added: "In addition, there are still 9448 livestock on the island of Comoros, 166 old wood dried in shade and 4699 black slaves have not yet been shipped. Because most of the seized materials are physical objects and are relatively scattered, it also takes a process to sell and cash. The specific amount cannot be counted for the time being."

"The harvest is quite considerable." Mo Ming praised softly and said, "All it has to be calculated. There are still 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, and even if the domestic sales are sold, it is limited. The army and navy have divided half of it and more than 200,000 yuan. It's not bad. It's not without a small amount of military expenses. At least the new battleships and frigates' maintenance and training fees have been earned. This kind of business cannot last long. The economy on the East African coast is not very developed, and the Navy can only make another year there. There will be no fuel in the future. Well, at the end of this year, people can be sent to New China Island to inform the people who returned to the local area for rest. After two years of fighting outside, the number of injuries and injuries has been greatly reduced, which is indeed not easy."

"Chief of General Staff, what's the next step for this navy after robbing the coast of East Africa? Is the Caribbean? I heard that since our navy's privateer fleet withdraws from that area, smuggling ships from France, Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Northern Europe are now rampant, and the pirates are becoming increasingly popular. Will it allow the navy on the east coast of our Greater East coast to enter this area again, so that the owners of the smuggling ships from the old continent can also increase their memory, and by the way, they can also unite the front of some pirates?" asked a young staff officer.

"There is no need for pirates to unite the front, and there is no need for them." Mo Ming laughed twice, no longer watching the military exercises in front, but instead chatted with a group of young staff members: "In the past, pirates were wanted by various countries in the old continent and had nowhere to stay, so they could be attracted by us. But now the British have no choice but to recruit pirates without regard for their face, and Spain has also vaguely released goodwill to attract pirates. If we can still be pulled over, there would be some problems. This sailor should be more at ease, the officers of the Corps Fort, the sailors commissioned by the fishing company, this model is the most reliable."

"But when it comes to whether to go to the Caribbean, this matter is very complicated. I personally support it. I believe the navy has the same attitude." Marshal Mo never dared to express his views on a certain matter in public. At this time, his words aroused the interest of many staff officers. Although they are not naval officers, they are still very interested in going to sea to attack enemy countries. After all, these young people who are deeply influenced by militarism are born to be enthusiastic about war.

"Chief of General Staff, you need the authorization of the Executive Committee to go to the Caribbean Sea? Maybe it also requires the invitation and assistance of the Spanish." Someone interrupted. The navy is not as good as the army, it is a technical branch, and its logistics preparation is much more troublesome than the army. The cost of fighting is also very large. If the executive committee authorization and national financial appropriations are not approved, it is okay to say that it is a small scale in a short time, but if a large group of battleship formations leave the port for a long time, it will not be sustainable.

Moreover, the Caribbean is more sensitive. In order to avoid being collectively hostile to Europeans, the East Coast people had disappeared under the negotiations of various countries. The privateer activities were obviously seeking death and had completely left the sea. Fortunately, the English now ignored their face and openly mingled with the pirates, which in fact broke the tacit understanding that European countries have maintained their official privateer for twenty years. In this way, if the East Coast Navy takes the opportunity to return to the Caribbean again, it will not be as blinking as before. Of course, it would be better if they had the authorization and invitation from the Kingdom of Spain.

"The Executive Committee is now undecided," Mo Ming said, "There is nothing to say about those conservative and cowardly white shirts. If you tell them that the navy returns to the Caribbean for the country's strategic considerations in the future, they will probably push back and forth; but if you tell them that the navy goes to the Caribbean to fight smuggling ships and pirates (some pirates themselves also smuggled part-time), which can effectively increase the market share of our goods in the New World in the Southern region, then they will most likely be a little moved. Now those guys have a problem with the situation.

It is believed that based on the consistent performance of the Cromwell government, if our navy rashly intervenes in the Caribbean, it is likely to arouse hatred by the British. The worst case is to be involved in the war, and at the same time, facing Portugal, France and England, indirectly help the Spaniards get out of the trap. The benefits have not fallen too much, but the European market may be lost, which will lead to a complete collapse of the national economy and the country will fall into turmoil. So they are very conflicted and undecided, waiting for the Spaniards to offer better conditions to convince themselves."

"How is this possible! How could the British fight us in full swing! They now have a lot of foreign debts and are seriously insufficient in military expenditure. If France hadn't subsidized a little from time to time, how could they be so arrogant!"

"If you always look back, what else can you do? The country does not need bureaucrats with deep breath, but requires enterprising politicians!"

"These traitors have really ruined the country!"

Mo Ming waved his hand and suppressed the excited young officers and said nothing. After nearly ten years of peace, the conflict between the civil servants on the East Coast and the military general group has gradually become increasingly serious, especially those gradually formed "military aristocratic" groups. They are extremely eager to launch a new war, after all, this is related to their vital interests. Of course, the civil servants are harshly opposed to this. Even if they cannot stop the outbreak of a new war, they will try every means to postpone the outbreak of the war. It depends on the result of the game between the two sides.

A whistle sounded on the lake, which was a ship for transporting immigrants. Recently, the Executive Committee has set up several settlements on the border between Brazil and Uruguay in later generations, namely Tuqiao Township near Eval (ERVAL), Hengtang Township near Senturion, Bailu Township near Pedras Altas, Zhaoniang Township near South Lavras and Liantang Township near South Casapawa. The five settlements cost a huge amount of money and the investment was small. Perhaps the white shirts are silently protesting to the military officers in this way: Look, all the money is used to build, I'm sorry, I don't have money to fight for the moment. (~^~)
Chapter completed!