The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

That’s right, not only was Zhang Chi not planning to pay any money, he was also planning to let Bai Ying pay his salary.

After all, in 43, Hans's Sea Wolf was still running around the world, and the White Eagle's transport fleets in all directions around the world needed concentrated escort, so there was still a shortage of escort fleet sailors.

As for the real naval command force, Zhang Chi plans to exchange a group of absolutely loyal synths to serve as captains, but for long-term considerations, he also needs to cultivate some local talents.

So later Zhang Chi took out 100 million dollars to set up a study abroad fund, and sent nearly a thousand international students from all walks of life, including naval command majors, to White Eagle to study.

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After looking at the distant sea (blue water) naval line, Zhang Chi opened the near sea (green water) naval line.

If the ocean-going navy is the guarantee of future maritime power, then the various boats on the near-shore navy line are powerful combat forces that can be used immediately.

Although there were not many Japanese ships on the rivers for the boat troops to attack, most of the development of the green water line was achieved by using anti-aircraft guns to sweep the Japanese on the shore, but the extremely high deployment rate enabled the system to complete the development of the Level II [PC-451 Anti-Submarine Boat] and [SC-497 Anti-Submarine Boat].

Among them, the [PC-451 anti-submarine boat] (the author says the picture is at the end of the chapter) is worth Silver Lion coins, has a standard displacement of 374 tons, a maximum speed of 19 knots, a 76mm dual-purpose anti-aircraft and anti-submarine main gun at the bow, 6 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, 2 4-tube rocket depth charge launchers, 16 conventional depth charge launchers, and anti-submarine sonar.

That's right, as a Green Water II-class vehicle, the PC-451, despite having a displacement of only 374 tons, is more expensive than the 1000-ton DD-336 of the Blue Water I class.

Regarding this situation, Zhang Chi, a veteran War Thunder player, can only say - it's quite reasonable.

The SC-497 anti-submarine boat, which follows the PC-451 in the technology tree, is naturally more expensive, costing Silver Lions, but has a smaller displacement of only 98 tons and a maximum speed of 33 knots.

It has a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun on its bow, three 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, several depth charge launchers and anti-submarine sonar.

Although its price is extremely high, its actual firepower is similar to that of the PTF-7 patrol boat of level I, which only costs 2100 Silver Lions. Both have 40 Bofors and 20 Oerlikon. The extra depth charges do not have much effect on Zhangchi, which mainly fights on the river.

Therefore, Zhang Chi chose to mainly purchase the [PC-451 anti-submarine boat].

He planned to remove the depth charge launchers and replace them with 80-tube rocket launchers removed from the Organ Sherman.

Such a battlefield-modified ground support ship was born. The combination of 76mm naval guns and multiple rocket launchers was enough to give the Japanese a hard time with their shore bombardment, and the PC-451's full-load volume of more than 500 tons was enough to withstand the recoil of these weapons.

With this modified ship, in the future, when conducting roundabout operations, even if the armored forces cannot arrive in time due to road problems, as long as the battlefield is along the river, the PC-451 anti-submarine boat can quickly rush to support by water.

As for the very small possibility that the Japanese navy destroyers would move north along the river, Zhang Chi was not afraid.

After all, the Irrawaddy River is not the sea. After entering, the Japanese destroyers can only sail in the central channel of the river. The two 533 torpedoes on the torpedo boat and the aerial torpedoes carried by the attack aircraft can easily feed the Japanese warships.

"One anti-submarine boat costs 10,000 Silver Lions. Even if we get 20 at first, it's only 200,000 Silver Lions. We can earn back this much just by bombing the Japanese. Buy, buy, buy."

Zhang Chi, who had already started shopping, started buying large quantities of goods without blinking an eye.

"Hehehe, my nephew Zhang Guangjun has been complaining for a long time about the navy's lack of large ships. This time, I, his uncle, will directly give him three destroyers and 20 submarine chasers, directly increasing the navy's tonnage by 15,000 tons. Wouldn't he call me good uncle?"

After Zhang Chi from the higher-up made a large purchase, he realized one thing: whether it was to maintain the destroyers or to install multiple rocket launchers on the anti-submarine boats, at least a thousand-ton dock was needed.

After all, these large ships are no longer small boats like torpedo boats and patrol boats. They can be directly maintained and modified by simply finding a shallow beach and carrying them ashore.

"Looks like it's time to convene a civil affairs meeting and start large-scale construction."

After finishing the military affairs and the front line was basically stabilized, Zhang Chi suddenly realized that it was time to focus on domestic affairs.

If he wanted to sweep across the entire Pegu and even the South Seas, in addition to an elite navy, army and air force, he also needed a stable rear.

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With the arrival of the rainy season, the fighting around Pegu basically stopped. The Allied forces and the Japanese were in a stalemate on many fronts. Several columns of Zhang Chi also confronted the Japanese on the approximate border of Kachin State.

During the next three months of the rainy season, Zhangchi will give priority to construction, accumulate supplies and ammunition, and expand the army in small batches to prepare for the campaign to open up land transportation lines required by Stevenson at the end of the year.

On August 1, the heads of various military departments, leaders of various civil departments and representatives of the Qian people in the committee all gathered in a temporary camp on the outskirts of Myitkyina city and held a meeting under strict security.

"Myitkyina originally had a population of over 100,000, primarily the Buddhist Saka and Christian Tuwana. Before the war, there were over 10,000 Qian immigrants in the city, most of whom had already fled into our controlled areas. Therefore, although they suffered significant property losses during the war, at least their lives were saved."

As the chief secretary, Zhang Guangsong naturally made the report at the beginning.

"In contrast, due to the Japanese's extortion and their last-minute use of the city's inhabitants as human shields, the rest of the city's inhabitants, aside from the Qian Nation immigrants, suffered heavy losses."

Having said this, Zhang Guangsong glanced at Zhang Chi, who was sitting at the top. Seeing the latter smile and nod, he boldly continued:

"Currently, many buildings in the city have been damaged by war. Therefore, if we want to restore its former prosperity, we must spend a lot of money and building materials to rebuild the city on the ruins."

Hearing this, Zhang Chi's expression remained unchanged, as if those houses were really damaged by fierce ground fighting, and not the result of him sending out the air force to bombard them with napalm bombs, earning a large amount of research and development points and Silver Lion coins.

"For the construction of the new city, Commander Zhang specifically hired someone to anticipate the possibility of rapid future development. They designed a new urban area separated by numerous wide north-south roads and a massive dock and industrial area."

Next, Zhang Guangsong took out the new city planning map that had been prepared long ago and explained the approximate budget required.

When the soldiers and civil affairs personnel present heard that Zhang Chi was going to mobilize three agricultural reclamation and construction groups, tens of thousands of civilian workers, and personal investment of about 5 million US dollars for reconstruction work, they were all moved.