Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

Looking at the warship getting closer and closer, cheers suddenly broke out from the crowd waiting at the port.

Daxia has been waiting for its new battleship for too long! Countless Daxia people are very eager to rebuild the imperial navy. However, a battleship can easily cost millions or even tens of millions of imperial silver dollars, making the Daxia Empire's finances unable to make ends meet.

So much so that the majestic Daxia Empire can now only rely on some frigates to serve as the flagship of the imperial navy. This is simply a shame.

But now, a huge battleship appeared in front of everyone. The huge body of the ship shrouded the crowd in the port in its shadow.

"This, is this our new battleship?" Wang Hongchang looked at the huge body of the Dreadnought-class battleship, and his whole person seemed a little sluggish. He had never thought that there really was such a huge battleship. Is this really what people can do? Was it built?

"Yes, this is my new flagship of Daxia!" Lin Yi also nodded heavily.

Although he had already seen the detailed data of the Dreadnought class from the system, he knew that this battleship was 160 meters long.

But now after seeing the real thing, Lin Yi was also a little shocked.

However, Lin Yi is also a person who has seen the world, and he quickly reacted.

"Hongchang! Take the people with me to receive the battleship!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Wang Hongchang nodded heavily, and then called to the naval officers behind him.

Only then did the officers finally react. They quickly lined up in neat lines and followed Lin Yi to the gangway of the Dauntless, preparing to board the ship.

When the gangway was connected to the Intrepid, a middle-aged man with a Western face appeared in front of everyone.

"Dear Prince Rui, I am ordered to deliver the battleship to you." The man transformed by the system said solemnly to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi nodded, took a document from his hand, and signed his name without looking up.

After Lin Yi finished signing and handed the document back to the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man smiled and said: "Dear Prince Rui, from now on, these battleships are yours."

"We have other characters, so we'll leave first."

After saying this, the man boarded a speedboat that had been prepared long ago without looking back, left the dock directly, and headed towards the open sea.

Lin Yi knew that those people were transformed by the system, so he didn't care about the other party's attitude. But Wang Hongchang and others behind him frowned.

"Your Majesty, why do you think these people are so strange in your humble position? Is there any problem in this?" Wang Hongchang asked in confusion. He felt that these people seemed to be very anxious.

How can the handover of a battleship be so casual? I don’t even say a single unnecessary word to you. I just sign and leave as soon as I come up.

Of course Lin Yi knew the reason, but he had no way to explain it to others. He could only say perfunctorily: "Who knows? Maybe these people have such a personality."

"Okay, don't worry about these people. Anyway, we have a battleship now. You'd better take the people to take over the battleship and recruit sailors."

"Remember, I only give you half a year. You must master the performance of these battleships as soon as possible. You know that I will make big moves in the future."

Wang Hongchang heard Lin Yi mention this matter again, and he also knew what Lin Yi meant by the big move and what it meant to Daxia.

So, he nodded quickly, and then said to Lin Yi: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will be familiar with these battleships in the shortest possible time."

"Recruitment of new sailors has begun now. It takes at most a month to recruit all the sailors, and then they can go to sea for training."

"Well, I am very relieved that you are doing the work. Then I will leave this battleship to you. You can take care of it yourself. If you have any difficulties, please send someone to tell me and I will solve it for you."

"If I can't solve it, there will be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Majesty the Emperor. We will give you our full support."

Lin Yi patted Wang Hongchang on the shoulder and said solemnly to him.

"Yes!" Wang Hongchang nodded heavily when he heard Lin Yi's words.

"Okay, I have something else to do. I need to return to the Imperial Capital as soon as possible. I will leave the matters here to you."

"In addition, you should stay here in Jinghai first. The military port in Penglai has not been repaired yet, so you can only stay in Jinghai now. As for the defense of the military port, I have ordered that Qian Hongtao and his second division be temporarily Stay here."

"When you have recruited enough, they will return to their base."

Lin Yi reminded Wang Hongtao again that he knew that the First Military Command and the Navy did not yet have enough defense force. Wang Hongchang only had a few hundred people in his hands, and most of them were officers.

It is too wasteful to let naval officers serve as guards. Daxia was not yet so wealthy, so he ordered Qian Hongtao and his second division to temporarily guard the military port.

Qian Hongtao's second division was actually not at full strength at this time. After all, the last time he was asked to garrison Jinghai, two-thirds of his team suffered casualties. Now the entire division only has five or six thousand men.

Strictly speaking, such a small number of people cannot be considered a division-level combat force.

But Lin Yi recruited Qian Hongtao, so Qian Hongtao's staff was retained. And Qian Hongtao was equipped with weapons according to the scale of [-] people.

For Lin Yi now, he does not lack weapons. What he lacks now is people, especially soldiers who have been on the battlefield and seen blood.

He didn't have time to recruit young men and then train them into excellent soldiers.

However, the national conditions of Daxia are such that many combat troops are not of high quality. Better yet, if an aspiring commander has strict requirements for his troops, then his soldiers will have higher quality.

As for some officers who were able to get by, they could only get by with the soldiers they brought out.

Lin Yi's original plan was not to recruit recruits directly, but to select them from other main divisions. However, Lin Yi looked at the combat forces in Daxia and found that he could not select many such teams.

Many soldiers have either developed a loose personality or want to get by in the army.

Lin Yi didn't want to recruit such soldiers, so he could only select new soldiers and join the first army.

Of course, this does not mean that Lin Yi will not transfer some outstanding troops to the First Army. On the contrary, he will transfer them desperately, such as Qian Hongtao.

His original Third Division of the Beijing Camp was one of the top ranked among all the battle orders in Daxia. Otherwise, Lin Yi would not have let Qian Hongtao go to Jinghai in the first place.

The Yuan Jingying Third Division, which had fighting qualities, dared to fight, and had seen blood, was naturally classified by Lin Yi as his first army.

After all, he still has Zhao Xu's Shangfang Sword in his hand, which allows him to mobilize all the troops in Daxia to join the first army at will.