() Chapter 223 Twenty-fifth Division

Looking at the lotus flowers swaying in the wind and rain outside the window, Huo Shan's face was calm!

"So far, the Americans have not answered?"

"Yes, young master! I have confirmed it again and again through wireless telegraph, although their parliament and zhèngfǔ have held several meetings in a row, but they have no intention of compromising with us!" Huo Long looked at the young master's tall back standing by the window, and replied softly with a somewhat solemn expression!

After listening to his words, Huo Shan nodded lightly, and sighed lightly with a somewhat complicated feeling! 'Chinese Exclusion Act', even though he came to this era and had already changed part of history, but this bill soaked in the humiliation of the Chinese still appeared in the United States! Knowing that at this time, Huo Shan realized that the status of the Chinese in the international community was really too low! Even though he led his troops to defeat the Dutch in the South Seas, Portugal and the two countries have shown great military strength, but the image of the cowardly Chinese has taken root in the hearts of the people of various countries and most of the people!

"Since he has lost the self-esteem and self-confidence of the nation, then I will fight him with one war after another!" Huo Shan secretly made up his mind in his heart! Thinking of this, he had completely given up the idea in his heart that he originally wanted to use the huge orders and various economic cooperation in exchange for the United States to cancel the Chinese Exclusion Act!

"Are our troops in place?" Huo Shan had already made up his mind to fight a war and regain the international status of the Chinese!

"Yes. The 20,000 men of the 6th Marine Division, as well as the naval warships participating in the battle, have already arrived at their intended combat positions. We will ensure that after the start of the war on May 16, we will occupy the Hawaiian Islands as quickly as possible and complete the first step of the battle plan!"

Looking at the large world map pasted on the wall, the string of islands embedded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a trace of fiery sparked in his eyes, no one understands the military value of this place better than him! As long as he takes the Hawaiian Islands, then most of the Pacific defense circle he has built in his heart will be completed, and the three island defense companies built by the Yankees in the future will also become a sharp weapon in Huo Shan's hands. Block any threat to China from the eastern Pacific!

Originally, according to Huo Shan's original long-term strategy, he took the Dutch East Indies, and used the Anglo-Egyptian War to delay Britain's military intervention in the Far East, and used the thirteenth economic crisis to plunder wealth from various Western powers, slow down their development, and use the money earned from the stock market to develop Huo Jiajun's own industry and consolidate its own economic foundation. After the development of the first five-year plan, the Huo Jiajun army was strengthened, and then the Qing-French War was used to defeat the black hand of the French in the Far East and the Pacific Ocean in one fell swoop, and to use the troops that they had planted long ago to completely occupy the Indochina Peninsula before the British could react! As for the Hawaiian Islands, according to Huoshan's original plan, he wanted to solve it after the formal establishment of the country! However, no matter how good the plan is, there will often be mistakes, and a tragedy in Shiquan Town, which should not have appeared in history, coupled with the introduction of the "Chinese Exclusion Act," completely disrupted his original strategic plan!

Took a few turns around the house. A few thoughts kept wandering in his heart, and Huo Shan kept weighing them in his heart! Although he had already made up his mind to fight the arrogant Americans thoroughly. However, he never thought of fighting a big war with these foreign devils, on the one hand, the strength of the Huo Jiajun itself is still not good, and on the other hand, the distance between the two sides is too far, and the vast Pacific Ocean is already doomed to make it impossible for the two sides to fight a big war at this time! In addition, at this time, the core of Huo Jiajun's interests has always been in the Far East, and at this time, the most important thing for them is to develop their own economy and industry! These Huo Shan knew very well in his heart, but since he had made up his mind to fight a war with the Americans, it was really not in line with the greedy Bing of Young Master Huo to take down only one of the Hawaiian Islands that did not belong to the United States in the first place!

"At this time, the United States is the weakest time, both the navy and the army are useless, don't cheat when she is weak, and wait for more than ten years, the United States will be strong, but there will be no such opportunity!" Huo Shan thought secretly in his heart!

"Huo Long, do you know the situation in Deng Shan?" Huo Shan asked softly as he looked at the huge land above the United States, his eyes flickering.

"Deng Shan, the 25th Division?" Huo Long was stunned for a moment, and then the location of the 25th Division's Deng Shan Division appeared in his mind! His eyes lit up, and Huo Long couldn't help but quickly replied: "I know that Young Master, since the Deng Shan Division of the 25th Division was divided into pieces and assumed garrison duties in accordance with the young master's orders, it already has nearly 20,000 regular troops that have undergone more than two years of military training, and 60,000 militia units that have undergone semi-military training!

"Oh, there are already so many troops?" Huo Shan couldn't help but ask in surprise! Because of the long distance and the inconvenient communication, there has been very little news about the 25th Division in Western Canada, and during this time, the entire Huo Family Army was busy with the war with the Dutch and the Portuguese, let alone the 25th Division! Therefore, even Huo Shan, who controlled the entire Huo Family Army, did not have much news about them!

"Yes, young master! With the continuous transfer of immigrants from within the Qing Dynasty and the United States, there are now more than 1.5 million Chinese scattered throughout western Canada! Most of them are mainly young and middle-aged, and the area is vast and sparsely populated, so the proportion of militia is relatively high!" Huo Longshen replied calmly!

"That's right!" Huo Shan touched his chin, his eyes constantly wandering back and forth between Canada and the West Coast of the United States, this vast and desolate land!

Looking at the young master's appearance, Huo Long, who was standing next to him, was unnaturally a little nervous in his heart, he knew that the young master was already brewing in his heart how to slash the arrogant Americans! Although as the minister of the military department, he knew that the national strength of the Americans was many times greater than that of the Netherlands and Portugal, the two small European countries, but their military strength was really not worth mentioning, so in this war with the Americans that was about to start, Huo Long never thought that he would lose!

"Huo Long, let the navy help you, inform Deng Shan by radio, I will give him a week to assemble troops, and after a week, he will give me at least 20,000 people, and put them on the border between the western United States and Canada, waiting for orders!"

"Yes, young master!" Huo Longshen replied loudly and excitedly, it can be seen from this order of the young master that he has given up the plan to force the Americans to submit by striking at the economy and commerce of the United States!

The most direct and effective means of pulling out troops to fight vigorously with the Americans has become the strongest desire within the Huo family army, and the Huo family army, which has already played a confident fight in the war with the Netherlands and Portugal, has realized that the foreigners' army is not invincible! If we dare to bully us Chinese, then we must use our fists and guns to let you know that we Chinese are not bullied! This kind of idea that if you punch me, then I must fight back tenfold, and finally bite you with a piece of meat, has been engraved on the bones of hundreds of thousands of Huo Jiajun under the continuous indoctrination of Huo Shan!

"Well, after you go back, according to what I just told you, let the General Staff make a specific plan of action! This time we will let the Americans have a good blood!" Looking at the land in the western part of the United States, Huo Shan bared his teeth, and a sneer appeared on his face!

"I understand, young master! I'll go back and prepare!"

"Well, let's go!We don't have a lot of time!" As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Shan twisted his eyebrows, and he always felt as if he had forgotten something, but after his eyes quickly scanned the map, he understood! "Huo Long, come back! I forgot to tell you something just now!"

Hearing the young master's words, Huo Long, who had just stepped out of the door of the young master's study, didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly turned around and came back!" "Young master, do you have anything else to explain?"

"Well, I'll go back later, and let the people from the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Security Bureau pay close attention to Rì's own movements! In addition, let the Navy transfer four destroyers to Taiwan!"

"Is the young master worried that Rì himself will take advantage of the opportunity of our war with the Americans to our disadvantage of us?" asked Huo Shanshen with some surprise. As a Taiwanese, although he was blocked from plundering Taiwan on several occasions, his ambitions for Taiwan were indeed exposed! During the period when he was also in charge of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he received more than 50 cases of his own spying on Huo Jiajun's various intelligences, and captured more than 300 spies! This shows his ambitions for Taiwan!

"I don't know, but it's not a big mistake to be careful! Now that our economy and industry here are becoming more and more developed, and more than half of the output of weapons and equipment, advanced warships, and various machines is concentrated in Taiwan, although we can use various means to hide the corrupt Qing Dynasty, we certainly can't hide it from the greedy and cunning Rì himself!" Huo Shan said in a deep voice! Huo Shan, who came from later generations, knew very well the madness in Rì's bones, and during World War II, when millions of troops on the Chinese battlefield were mired in war, he dared to provoke the tiger's whiskers of the Americans! Moreover, he also knew that Rì himself was greedy for the Hawaiian Islands, if it weren't for the mutual scruples between the United States and Rì, I am afraid that the Kingdom of Hawaii at this time would have become their colony and disappeared into the long river of history!

As a military leader, Huo Long also understands that the island of Taiwan is important to the Huo family's army, and more than 70 or 80 percent of the important industries such as military industry and shipbuilding are concentrated on the island of Taiwan, and even if the enemy fires a few cannons at the shipyard, it will be an unacceptable heavy loss for the Huo family's army!

"I understand, young master, after I go back, I will order the troops to pay attention!"

"Hmm!

Although Huo Shan hated Rì himself in his heart, who had brought great suffering to the entire China, the strength of the Huo family army at this time was not good, and he had not completely solved the strength of the entire rì in one go!

"You still need to be patient for a while!" Looking at Huo Long's back disappearing around the corner, Huo Shan secretly sighed in his heart!