Hu Zhen arranged for Zhang Suan and others to set up the Pacific Shipping Company, which acquired and merged a number of small and medium-sized ocean shipping companies in European countries, and now its ocean-going steam engine merchant ships have reached 200 ships, with a tonnage of more than 200,000 tons, making it the largest marine shipping enterprise in the Far East in one fell swoop.

According to Hu Zhen's plan, the sailors and captains of the steam engine merchant ships will first use white Europeans, and gradually train Chinese sailors and captains, and in the future, all Chinese will be used as sailor captains, and the shipping tonnage will reach more than one million tons in the future.

The Tiger Ocean merchant ship is one of the merchant ships of the Pacific Shipping Company, with a tonnage of 4,000 tons, and is the first merchant ship of the Pacific Shipping Company to be composed entirely of Chinese sailors.

"Hello sir! You're here in person! ”

To the surprise of the two hundred and nine military academy graduates, their life-saving benefactor Hu Zhen personally came to the dock to greet them, and everyone ran to salute them, but there were various ways to salute: some people directly used the military salute stipulated in the German ** school to meet each other, some people used the fist-hugging etiquette on the old rivers and lakes in China, and many people wanted to kneel down and salute when they saw Hu Zhen.

"Get up, get up, men have gold under their knees, you can't kneel down to anyone at will!" Seeing a large number of people kneeling down with others as if they had an infectious disease, Hu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward to help, but there were too many people, and Hu Zhen didn't know who to help.

"Sir, you are our savior, and you deserve our knees!"

"Okay, hurry up and get up, from the day you enter the German ** school, you are all soldiers, and when you see me in the future, I will salute others according to the unified military salute I stipulate, if you are not a soldier, you only need to bow and salute, you don't have to kneel down and salute according to the old routine!"

"Yes, thank you sir!" Everyone was about twenty years old, and they didn't have so many outdated ideas, and when they heard Hu Zhen say this, they immediately got up and saluted Hu Zhen with a military salute, and the sailors on the ship also came over to bow to Hu Zhen.

"Good, good!" Hu Zhen looked at this group of energetic young people, and went up to greet them one by one, he was full of love, thinking that after he had the foundation of military strength, he could start the process of competing for global domination.

After meeting everyone for the first time, Hu Zhen immediately arranged: "Except for Liang Kunri, Ouyang Yu, Su Wenzhen, and Zheng Dingbang, everyone has dispersed!" ”

Liang Kunri, Ouyang Yu, and Su Wenzhen are the three most outstanding in their studies at the German School, while Zheng Dingbang is the captain of the Tiger Ocean, a graduate of the British Merchant Marine School for Chinese students in Nanyang, and the first Chinese captain of the Pacific Shipping Company.

"Are you having any trouble right now?"

Liang Kunri first asked, "Sir, where am I going to go back?" ”

"First go back to the Far Southeast Ocean to find a place for development, and then slowly try to find other development directions!"

"Sir, are you sure which place it is? Do you want to go back to our hometown? Liang Kunri had to ask to find out.

"Bring me the map."

Hu Zhen gave an order, and a large map was immediately laid out in front of everyone. Hu Zhen stepped forward and pointed to a place with a small stick and said: "This will be our first foothold, first stabilize it, slowly expand our industrial and military strength, and then develop around!" ”

"Borneo Island?"

"Yes, this is what the foreigners call Kalimantan, and we have to take it all into our hands." During the Sino-French War, Hu Zhen had no way to help the motherland, but only used the advantage of foresight to make a big profit when the French bond and stock market fluctuated violently.

After listening to Hu Zhen say the target place, Ouyang Yu, one of the four, pondered for a moment and expressed his opinion: "This was originally the territory of the Chinese Lanfang Republic, but now it has died at the hands of the Dutch, and I don't know how much residual strength there is." In addition to the power of the Dutch, there is also a large area of British territory on this large island, and there are many indigenous tribes, and we need a thorough plan to control this place! ”

"What's the matter, what Dutch, British, and indigenous tribes are afraid of him, as long as you give Lao Tzu enough guns and artillery, and hit all the way over, people block and kill, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha!" Liang Kunri's temper is hot, and he can't wait to rush up and do it now.

Zheng Dingbang put his hand on his chin and said slowly: "However, there are fewer of us, and we don't have any weapons in our hands now?" ”

When Liang Kunri heard this, he spread out a palm, stretched out his hand to Hu Zhen, and asked for a weapon, but suddenly realized that he couldn't be so rude to his benefactor, so he hurriedly shrank back, but said on his lips: "Yes, we need weapons!" ”

Hu Zhen showed a playful smile on his face: "People, I don't have anything else in China, but there will never be a shortage of people, as long as we mobilize the masses of people and teach them how to fight and work hard, are we still afraid of no one?" Weapons, this is better, I have already prepared, it is a weapon that is more advanced than when you were studying in the German ** school, in addition to ordinary weapons, there are radio communication stations, wired telephones and other guys that are not advanced in European powers! ”

"Great, such a good weapon! Where is it now? Liang Kunri looked around, eager to grab the weapon in his hand and fiddle with it now.

"Radio Radio?" Zheng Dingbang, Ouyang Yu, and Su Wenzhen noticed the new term that Hu Zhen said, wired telephones have long been introduced, although the number in Europe is very small, but it is not uncommon, but this radio station, they have never heard of any European and American power produced it.

"That's right, it's that we have already produced radio stations, something that will change the pattern of warfare on land and at sea, and it is still in the stage of secrecy, and it will take a few years to register in Europe and the United States to make a lot of money, but we will use it ourselves first." Hu Zhen looked at the shocked expressions of the three with a smile, and continued: "You all go back and prepare, tonight, the first batch of weapons will be transported to the ship, starting tomorrow morning, you must start to familiarize yourself with the performance of the weapons and master their use!" ”

At dusk, the Tiger Ocean left the port of London and sailed out to the open sea to rendezvous with another Pacific Shipping Company merchant ship, the Lion, which had set sail from the German port of Hamburg.

On the Shiyang, there were 10 million rounds of rifle bullets, 100,000 shells, 200,000 grenades, 50,000 catties of explosives, and a large number of machinery and equipment customized according to Hu Zhen's arrangement.

However, there was not a single gun on board, and not a single artillery.

Everyone was puzzled, and Liang Kunri took the lead in asking: "Without guns and cannons, how can these bullets and shells be shot?" ”

Ouyang Yu picked up a bullet and a shell, weighed it, and was also full of doubts: "Sir, judging from the specifications and caliber of these bullets and shells, as far as I know, there are no guns and artillery shells used in European countries?" ”

Hu Zhen smiled mysteriously: "Yes, you have good eyesight, this is what makes our customized weapons special?"

Ouyang Yu knew that the venerable gentleman in front of him had great powers, so he didn't say anything more. But Liang Kunri couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "When will these guns and artillery get into our hands?" ”

"Don't worry, after nightfall tonight, the guns and artillery will definitely arrive!"

According to Hu Zhen's request, the more than 200 military cadets and more than 100 crew members and sailors on the ship were all managed in a militarized manner, and after dark, they all returned to the cabin to start cultural study.

But Hu Zhen did not rest, he boarded a yacht ordered in the United Kingdom, and drove the yacht alone into the dark and dreary depths of the sea.

(Readers, I wish you a happy New Year's Day 2016!) Good luck! In good shape! Family happiness! ）