Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

623 Expeditionary Fleet

In the basement of the manor where Ye Qingshan lived, the sound of ticking telegraphs echoed throughout most of the night.

In the middle of the night, when Ye Qingshan walked out of the basement, there was still an incredible expression on his face.

It was only because this time his negotiations with Chen Cheng went exceptionally smoothly.

After a midnight telegram negotiation, Ye Qingshan and Chen Cheng reached an agreement on the fleet issue.

Next, the command will appoint Ye Qingshan as deputy commander of the navy and commander of the expeditionary fleet.

This so-called expeditionary fleet is naturally Ye Qingshan’s escort fleet at this time.

This time, the headquarters changed its past practice and was unwilling to give Ye Qingshan any new army number.

Very directly, Ye Qingshan's fleet was given the number of an expeditionary fleet and was affiliated with the National Army Navy Command.

Although, at this time, the National Army Navy had long been in name only.

The few remaining warships were all sunk before the Battle of Shanghai.

Now, the Nationalist Navy only has some inland gunboats and torpedo boats, which perform escort missions near the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.

But now, the situation is different.

In name, their navy now has a new fleet under Ye Qingshan's command.

Even so, this fleet only belongs to the National Navy in name, and actually only obeys Ye Qingshan's orders.

But this was enough for the National Army Command.

At least in this way, the victory of Ye Qingshan’s fleet in this battle has something to do with them.

Moreover, there is such a fleet to show off overseas.

This will allow the top military brass to stand up straight and speak with more confidence in front of envoys from Britain, the United States and other Western countries in the future.

This is also why the negotiations between Ye Qingshan and Chen Cheng went so smoothly this time.

Ye Qingshan successfully got the fleet number he wanted.

There was not even any bargaining.

This is because Chen Cheng himself knew that doing so would be beneficial to both Ye Qingshan and the National Army Command.

All are happy.

At this time, the headquarters wanted to threaten Ye Qingshan again and take advantage of the opportunity to gain something.

It is likely to anger Ye Qingshan and end up with nothing.

Chen Cheng knew Ye Qingshan's character very well, so he dissuaded the senior officials in the headquarters who had such ideas.

In addition, Ye Qingshan’s current focus of activities is overseas.

Gradually, the headquarters realized that Ye Qingshan did not seem to pose any threat to their power.

On the contrary, cooperation between the two sides is beneficial to both sides.

Why make it so difficult? Those high-ranking officials in the headquarters are not really fools.

The only request Chen Cheng made at the end was that he hoped the domestic navy could send some officers to observe and learn from Ye Qingshan's expeditionary fleet.

In response to this, Ye Qingshan agreed immediately.

It just so happens that we are going to expand the fleet and are short of manpower.

These naval officers and soldiers in the country have some basic skills, which can be put to use.

But even so, the quantity is still not enough.

Fortunately, Ye Qingshan still has trained soldiers and pilots at the US Pacific Fleet base.

Ye Qingshan was in a good mood, but even in the early morning he did not feel sleepy at all.

He walked to the balcony, felt the sea breeze, poured a glass of red wine, and sipped it slowly.

In the next two days, Ye Qingshan took Alice to attend banquets hosted by some local dignitaries.

During this period, local dignitaries have been sending their wives to contact Alice, still hoping to obtain the position of new distributor of the penicillin pharmaceutical factory from Alice.

Ye Qingshan hung out with Charles and Frank.

"Frank, when will your fleet return to Pearl Harbor?"

Ye Qingshan asked Frank.

Frank looked at Ye Qingshan with a cunning look on his face: "Why, you want to go back with my fleet?"

Ye Qingshan nodded directly: "Yes.

When the time comes, you will send a fleet to take me to your west coast."

Ye Qingshan has a very good relationship with Frank now and is not polite to him at all.

"no problem."

Frank agreed readily.

Anyway, there has been no war recently.

Ye Qingshan’s safety is also very important to him.

"By the way, Ye, your warships were severely damaged in this battle.

Do you want them to follow me back to the base so I can arrange for them to be repaired?"

"Okay."

When Ye Qingshan heard this, he thought Frank was quite sensible.

Originally, Ye Qingshan was planning to let Tianshu and the others return to the west coast of the United States with him.

It was driven into Ye Qingshan’s own shipyard for repairs.

Now, Frank has proposed to use the US military's Pearl Harbor base to repair the Tianshu.

That would be best.

"When did you say you were going to go back?"

Ye Qingshan asked again.

Ye Qingshan has nothing to do in Australia, and he wants to go to the United States as soon as possible.

Solve the problem with your own phone, and then deal with business matters.

It's time for him to return home.

Ye Qingshan didn't want to waste any more time here.

Seeing Ye Qingshan's serious look, Frank stopped laughing and said, "It's an order from the headquarters.

It is to let our fleet return at the end of this month."

"Can you hurry up?"

"This……"

"You guys are here, isn't it okay?

It would be great if you could return to your Pearl Harbor base as soon as possible."

“You’re right in saying that.

But I have to follow the orders of the headquarters.

How about this, I will go back to the headquarters and ask for instructions to have our fleet return to port as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

Frank was very kind to do this.

Ye Qingshan couldn't say anything more.

Afterwards, the three of them continued chatting about a wide range of topics.

But most of them are about the international situation at that time and the views on the Japanese naval fleet.

Most of the time, Charles and Frank were talking, and Ye Qingshan was listening beside them, interjecting from time to time.

"If you ask me, the English are rubbish.

They have such a powerful navy and air force, as well as a lot of assistance from our country.

From funding to fighter planes to artillery, how could we lose to the Germans?

I just can’t figure it out.”

Charles had a look of disappointment on his face, complaining about the British's recent loss in the English Channel air battle.

"Who says it isn't?

In the end, we had to send an aircraft carrier fleet to help the British stabilize the English Channel.

Otherwise, the British, who lost the air battle, would most likely follow in the footsteps of the French.

The Germans sent troops to land on their homeland. By then, the elite German army would be enough to push the British back in one go."

Frank also followed up Charles' words and complained about the British.

Ye Qingshan was listening curiously and wanted to laugh.

At the critical moment, the American top leaders withdrew a fleet consisting of two aircraft carriers from their Pacific Fleet and headed for the English Channel.

Helped the British stabilize the front and stopped the German bombers from bombing deep into the British homeland.

Something to help the British continue their fight against the Luftwaffe.

Ye Qingshan also found out about it two days ago.