The Manila waters are now in a period of drastic changes. In order to defeat enemies from the West without spending too much energy in the local area, the Ming Dynasty was committed to combining it into an effective whole under the control of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the Western Manila Company came into being.

In addition to the entire commercial operation, the most important thing for the West Manila Company is to control force. All warships must be reorganized. In addition to the Pattaya fleet that was destroyed in the early stage, there are now more than 200 main warships. After decomposing some old and useless old ships, the finally reorganized fleet has 120 main warships.

On land, all the troops of the island countries were abolished, and only the kings of the island countries were allowed to retain a certain number of private guards. The remaining troops were unified and dispersed, and finally reorganized into an armed force of ten battalions.

Zhou Yangfan became the fleet commander of the Sinira Company, while Chen Ci was appointed as the supreme commander of the land armed forces, Lei Wei became the first president of the Sinira Company.

Of course, the completion of the reorganization does not mean the formation of combat power. Whether it is the navy or the army, they are undergoing intense training and running-in. In the past, the navy in various countries of Manila had their own combat habits, but now it is naturally not possible. The Ming Navy's complete military order system and combat system were completely transplanted. Like the army, the Ming Dynasty simply sent a teaching brigade to transform them in all aspects.

Of course, in order to make these two armed forces stronger combat power, the Ming Dynasty's weapons and equipment began to be transported into Manila continuously. The navy began to install the thunder fire and water catapults that the Ming Dynasty was about to eliminate to replace the long-range weapons on these warships, while the army, from armor to weapons, all of them were replaced with unified equipment from the Ming Dynasty.

Less than half a year after the complete pacification of Manila, the Ming Dynasty had basically completed full control of this sea area.

On the top of a mountain less than five miles from Manning Port, there is a four-story steel and concrete structure. This is the headquarters of the Ming Ximanila Company. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass windows in this building, it is almost completely visible to Manning City below and Manning Port further away. Although it is night, these two places are still brightly lit. Under the illumination of the gas lights made by the Ming Dynasty, these two construction sites are still working lively. Along the sides of the harbor, the lighthouses built one by one cast a sharp column of light into the sea, guiding the ships that are still sailing in the middle of the night to safely enter the port.

For people in this sea area, the changes here in the past six months seem to be more than the changes in the past decade.

But for Ning Zeyuan, it is still too slow, too slow.

At this moment, in the middle of the huge conference room, Ning Zeyuan was in the top position. On his left head was Lei Wei, the head of the West Manila Company, the head of the right was Chen Ci, the commander of the army, and further down, the commander of the navy Zhou Yangfan and other officials.

"Everyone, time is too late, I have to seize the day. I think everyone knows the news provided by the intelligence department before. The Tiger Dynasty has begun to mobilize. Judging from their mobilization orders, the scale of their eastward invasion is far beyond our previous estimates, and we will not face this enemy. It can be confirmed that when Manila starts, a full-scale war between Qi and us will also break out." Ning Zeyuan's eyes swept to everyone present like a shuttle. At this moment, except for Chen Ci, all the officers from the Ming Dynasty were officers from the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Ning Zeyuan could tell many secret situations without any scruples.

"Our defending Manila is the greatest help to the Ming Dynasty. Once Manila is lost, you can imagine what kind of dilemma the Ming Dynasty will suffer." Ning Zeyuan turned his head and looked at a person and said: "Mr. Yu Rongguang from the Ministry of Civil Affairs has done a good job. Now local production has basically resumed, and various strategic materials are being produced continuously, which not only meets our local needs, but also increases the amount of exports to the Ming Dynasty."

Yu Rongguang, who was above the seat, bowed slightly.

"But the Engineering Department is not so satisfying." As soon as the topic changed, Ning Zeyuan's eyes fell on one person: "The progress of building passes and roads at various key points lags far behind our plans."

An official stood up with a red face: "Mr. Ning, it's not that we are not attentive, but we have already tried our best. However, most of the passes are extremely steep, and it is really difficult to transport materials. The local people are not proficient in these new technologies, which leads to frequent rework. More importantly, bandits often attack our construction team and rob our materials, which greatly increases our difficulties."

Ning Zeyuan waved his hand: "I'm not here to hear you say that it's difficult. If you arrange the task, how to complete it is your business. What I want to see is the result, not the process. The difficulties should be something you find to overcome."

The man opened his mouth, obviously not convinced, but finally nodded: "I understand Lord Ning, we will catch up with the construction period next."

Chen Ci smiled and said, "The army has been reorganized, and it is time to let them enter the actual combat stage. These people are considered veterans. Although they are not as good as the Ming Dynasty soldiers, they are enough here. Let's leave these bandits who do not accept the king's transformation to us next. In three months, our army will guarantee to wipe out all the bandits."

The head of the engineering department bowed to Chen Ci with gratitude: "Thank you, General Chen, General Chen, don't kill all the bandits. We are short of labor. Grab them. I want them to carry stones and carry cement to do the hardest work."

Chen Cilang smiled and said, "No problem."

Ning Zeyuan looked at Chen Ci and said, "Genius Chen, fighting with the Tiger Dynasty is definitely not just a water battle. This time, the Tiger Dynasty came west and occupying Manila as their logistics base is also one of their important combat goals. Therefore, land combat is also very critical. As long as they cannot have a fixed supply point and stop point, they are water without a source. When the veteran general sends troops, he must fully consider the subsequent combat requirements. After these troops end the bandit suppression, the area will be assigned to the corresponding bandit suppression troops."

"This is how our plan was formulated." Chen Ci replied.

"The teaching brigade should be dispersed and distributed among these army units. First, it is necessary to ensure the combat capabilities of these troops, and second, it is necessary to fully grasp the movements of these troops and ensure that they do not have any other intentions." Ning Zeyuan looked at an officer bluntly. "All members of the teaching brigade should be united with these subordinates, fully integrate into it, and exert their greatest strength."

"I understand!" the officer stood up.

"In order to deal with the next war, we must reserve sufficient materials, especially grain reserves. At the beginning of the war, if there is a problem in this regard, the whole situation will worsen." Ning Zeyuan looked at Lei Wei and said, "President Lei, how much is the gap in the entire material reserve now?"

"The gap is mainly still food." Lei Wei said: "According to the plan, we have to reserve more than three years of grain, but now this goal is only half completed. Due to the transformation over the years, grain production in Manila has been greatly reduced, mainly relying on imports from the Ming Dynasty. However, in the past month, we have been frequently attacked by Ning Zefeng's navy at sea, and the losses are considerable. Many maritime merchants have suspended their commercial transportation to Manila."

"Ning Zefeng!" Ning Zeyuan snorted: "Okay, let's talk about the naval troop of Qi. For more than a month, our waterway has been attacked by him, and the losses are not in a small number. A few days ago, another caravan was also attacked by them, and the losses were heavy, but this caravan was a little special. Most of them were armed merchant ships from the General Administration of Sea Trade. They were originally preparing to punish Sanfoqi for an island country, so this attack on them

The Qi Navy kicked the iron plate, and both sides suffered a loss. The fleet changed its course to us due to serious losses. Fortunately, they captured the captives of the Qi Navy who were not injured, which finally caught a little shadow of the movements of this navy. We knew the general direction of their nest. Next, we will launch a large-scale encirclement and suppression of them. General Zhou Yangfan, tell us about the specific plan!"

Zhou Yangfan stood up, walked to the wall on one side, pointed to the huge sea chart above the wall and said: "Everyone, the reason why Ning Zefeng's navy has always left us helpless is that we cannot determine their movements, but now that we have determined their general direction, things seem much simpler. It just so happened that our Western Manila company's navy has been reorganized and needs to go through some real battles to improve combat effectiveness. Eliminating them is the best experience."

His hand was heavily placed on the chart, "According to the confession of the captured prisoners, we analyzed that Ning Zefeng's lair should be within this range, so this time we divided the entire fleet into four teams, each with thirty main battleships, each team was escorted by a new type of warship, slowly surrounding a region from four directions. No matter which direction they were in, it was not something they could resist. Be sure to succeed in one battle and completely wipe them out."

"I will participate in this battle myself. When I am not here, all the military and political affairs will be temporarily taken over by Lord Lei Wei." Ning Zefeng's eyes said with a gloomy expression.

"Yes!" Everyone in the house generally knew the grudges between the Ning brothers, and Ning Zeyuan wanted to solve this matter himself, which everyone thought was normal.
Chapter completed!