1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3772

For Qian Tiandun, if he wants to ensure the steady development of the oil industry in his jurisdiction, he must have a professional technical team stationed in Fubo Port to guide local production operations.

It is impossible to expect the special operations division to train such a professional team on its own, nor can it rely entirely on the mobilization arrangements of the Ministry of Industry.

The safest way, of course, is to establish good relationships with industry leaders like Tian Yeyou, and then have Tian Yeyou use his personal resources to make some special deployments for the special operations division.

However, the Arabian Peninsula where Fu Bo Port is located is not a habitable place, and Qian Tiandun did not expect the environment there to allow Tian Yeyou to stay permanently, but he had to at least arrange for some capable and reliable people to stay there to keep an eye on these treasure chests for the Special Warfare Division.

Therefore, he agreed to some special conditions for Tian Yeyou in exchange for the other party's long-term technical support. In Qian Tiandun's view, this itself is also a part of the cooperation.

But compared to "outsiders" like his disciples and grandchildren, it seems that Tian Yeyou obviously trusts his blood-related descendants more, and plans to let his own children come here to take charge of related work in the future.

Qian Tiandun knew without even asking that Tian Yeyou probably had some unique skills that were passed down within the family and not to outsiders, and would only be quietly passed on to the Tian family's children, allowing the family to always occupy a leading position in related industries.

This practice is the norm among the time travelers, and even Qian Tiandun himself does the same. For example, he plans to hand over the command of the special operations division to his son Qian Shaobao in the future, and pass it down to the next generation.

No one can predict what will happen in the long term, but before closing one's eyes and leaving this world, one must of course make sure that the empire built over the past few decades can be passed on along with one's bloodline. This is also human nature.

Qian Tiandun originally planned to visit Goa Port again during the trip to Fubo Port to discuss the division of interests between the two countries in the Persian Gulf with Governor Fernandez. However, after receiving Gaoqiao Nan's report halfway, Qian and Shi both thought that this was not the right time to discuss this topic with the Portuguese, so they temporarily canceled the stop plan.

They are unable to confirm whether the Portuguese on Hormuz Island are causing trouble with instructions from the Governor's Office of Goa, so they can only assume that this is a possibility.

Since the Portuguese were dishonest, all high-level contacts at this stage seemed superfluous, and there was no need to waste precious time on diplomatic activities. When the Portuguese were frustrated in the Persian Gulf, the offensive and defensive positions would change, and they would have more capital to bargain with the other side.

In late July, a task force led by the East China Sea Fleet arrived at the Strait of Hormuz.

After the last Middle East cruise, half of the ships of the Special Warfare Division's subordinate fleet had to be repaired and maintained immediately. Since Hai Han's shipyard facilities in the Indian Ocean were still under construction, many ships were still waiting in line in Phuket and Hamban Harbor for repairs when they set out this time, and therefore could not catch up with this trip.

Of course, the visiting fleet that traveled a long distance to the Indian Ocean is not much better off, especially the several ships that came all the way from North Korea, all of which are currently stranded in Phuket.

The North Koreans had to adjust their plans and arranged for several officers to be stationed on ships of the East China Sea Fleet to complete the subsequent itinerary as military observers.

The Annan fleet's journey was not that long, so the condition of the ships was slightly better, but one-third of the ships needed repairs and could not participate in the second half of the operation in the Arabian Sea.

As for the numerous civilian ships that had followed from China, more than 80% of them had left the team for various reasons and stayed in various ports between Xingdao and Hamban. At this time, there were only a dozen civilian ships that could follow the large team to the Strait of Hormuz. These ships were all exploration-class and exploratory-class civilian models. None of the traditional Fujian and Guangdong ships could survive. It can be seen that the advancement of shipbuilding technology is one of the necessary conditions for achieving sea power.

The only team that remained relatively intact was the East China Sea Fleet. When it arrived at Fubo Port, it only had about 80% of the lineup that it had when it set out from Hangzhou Bay.

Of course, the most important thing is that the flagship Zhoushan has withstood the test of long-distance voyages and no major problems have occurred so far.

However, during this process, the ship's steam power system was rarely used, because Shi Diwen was worried that if there was a problem during use, no major maintenance work could be carried out in the Indian Ocean region, and it would be embarrassing if it was useless at the critical moment. Therefore, during the entire voyage, it was only used once during the military exercise in Ceylon.

Of course, the benefits of this caution are not limited to this. It also saves the trouble of replenishing coal and fresh water along the way for ships equipped with steam power systems such as Zhoushan. Although the speed is slower, it also takes care of the civilian ships accompanying the fleet.

Although Fubo Port was notified in advance and preparations were made to welcome the arrival of the fleet, when the Zhoushan appeared on the sea, the soldiers stationed at the port were still collectively stunned.

In people's impression, the Majestic-class battleships serving as flagships in various fleets are already first-class large ships. However, the tonnage of the Zhoushan is twice that of the Majestic-class. The visual impact it brings is indeed quite strong, and it also brings considerable challenges to berthing operations.

Fortunately, there are many natural anchorages around Fubo Port, which can accommodate large ships like Zhoushan. However, there are no port docks built in these anchorages, so materials and personnel must be transferred by small boats.

Even the well-informed Gao Qiaonan was somewhat surprised after seeing the Zhoushan. Although he had heard Qian Tiandun mention that the East China Sea Region had built a new generation of large warships, it was beyond his imagination that they were this large.

The first question that came to his mind was exactly the same as that of his superior Qian Tiandun, that is, whether the Special Operations Division could also purchase such a large warship as a powerful weapon to support the fleet under the Special Operations Division.

Of course, the people who were most shocked by the Zhoushan were the Arabs who were trained and working in Fubo Port.

No matter how much the Hai Han people said about how powerful the national strength and military strength of the Hai Han Kingdom were, it was not as intuitive as seeing the Zhoushan appear before his eyes.

There is no doubt that no country in the Persian Gulf can build such a large ship, not to mention that the ship is equipped with several conspicuous huge cannons.

Little Abdullah looked at the Zhoushan slowly approaching the coast with envy in his eyes. He also understood why Hai Han had such great confidence in supporting the Xihu tribe to establish a nation.

"Isn't it amazing? I'll find a chance to take you to the boat to have a look later!"

After hearing what Takahashi Minami said, little Abdullah nodded rapidly, wishing that the trip could be made immediately.