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Chapter 278: The Arsenal's Long-term Plan

After listening to Li Yunfeng's words, Huo Shan understood that what he was saying now was basically the true inside story of Huo Jiajun!

According to Huoshan's plan for the establishment of troops and the installation of weapons and equipment, almost every division-level unit of Huojia Army is equipped with 9,865 rifles, 2,345 pistols, 100 heavy machine guns, 145 light machine guns, 98 60 mortars, 62 82mm medium mortars, 48 70mm army guns, 24 105mm heavy guns, 12 120mm heavy mortars, 12 152mm heavy artillery, plus five grenades and 200 rounds of ammunition per soldier, even if not counting the mines and submachine guns that have just begun to be installed on a small scale！

Then, with the current level of weapons and equipment of the Huo Jiajun, even if it is obtained in the late stage of World War I a few decades later, it will be top-notch, let alone in the eighties of the nineteenth century when there were only rifles and artillery!

Of course, in this era, especially when the Huo Jiajun has only been established for less than three years, this level of weaponry and equipment can be imagined what kind of test it is for the military production of the Huo Jiajun!

According to the current Huojia Army Army, there are two Zhongyāngjing Guard Divisions, 36 integrated divisions, eight integrated regiments, and three provisional divisions. Pen, fun, court www.biquge.info chayexs... chayexs.. silu ke.chayexs.. chayexs.? As well as the two ~ four regiments in each province, as well as the navy's existing eight marine divisions, even if we do not count a few special forces and second-line regiments, we just want to organize these 47 divisions. Eight regimental formations are also equipped with nearly 500,000 rifles, 10,000 pistols, 5,000 heavy machine guns, 8,000 light machine guns, 4,850 60 mortars, 3,200 82mm medium mortars, and 2,400 70mm army guns. 1500 105mm heavy guns, 800 120mm heavy mortars, 800 152mm heavy guns!

In addition, as more and more people immigrate to Nanyang, more and more seaports in the ten provinces and two cities under the jurisdiction of Huo Jiajun have been developed and constructed. Therefore, at a time when the strength of the Navy is still far from meeting the requirements. It is necessary and necessary to build coastal defense facilities in all major ports! Otherwise, if the seaports and cities built at great expense are destroyed by the enemy in the flames of war, then the losses of the Huo Jiajun army will be great! Therefore, more than half of the heavy artillery produced by the Huojia military factory will be transferred to the coastal defense troops!

This has also caused the current shortage of heavy weapons in the Huo family's army, including machine guns and artillery!

Although, now the production of weapons and equipment in the Huo Jiajun army is seriously insufficient. After all, the Huo Jiajun was established in too short a short time and its background was too thin, even if it robbed a large number of achievements of the Qing court's Westernization Movement and used prisoners of war from the Netherlands and Portugal. It's only developed to the point where it has been!

Looking at the bitterness on Li Yunfeng's face, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile faintly. I believe that so many troops ask him for weapons and equipment, and it also makes him, the head of the Huo Family's Army, not very comfortable!

"Yun Feng, now that we have taken back a large amount of machinery and equipment from the United States, and the talent gap will also be solved because of the addition of a large number of Americans, the construction plan of the new military factory can be put on the agenda!" Huo Shan said with a smile.

"Really, young master!"

"Yes, in the past, the primary obstacle restricting the expansion of our industrial scale was the serious shortage of qualified personnel, but now the American theater has solved it for us, and with the outbreak of the global economic crisis, I believe that a large number of workers in the West will lose their jobs, and we can also introduce a large number of them! Therefore, in the future, there will be a period of large-scale explosive growth in our Huo Jiajun, including light and heavy industries such as iron and steel, shipbuilding, mechanical processing, coal chemical industry, cotton spinning, and garment making! The same is true for your military factories!"

After listening to Huo Shan's words, all the people in the conference room couldn't help but get excited! Jing Ying in this era is the purest, from the first Opium War, broken by the British, from the illusion of the Celestial Empire, and after realizing the advanced science and technology of Europe, as well as their own decay, almost all idealistic Chinese have a firm and unshakable belief, that is, let China regain the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties, and let the nation be recognized by the world again!

Now, watching Huo Jiajun move towards this ideal and goal step by step, it really makes those of them who have opened their eyes to the world excited!

After everyone's expressions calmed down a little, Huo Shan continued: "Yunfeng! In the past, our machinery and equipment and talents were limited, so there was no problem in concentrating more than 80 percent of Huo Jiajun's military production in the Taiping Military Factory! However, after nearly three years of uninterrupted expansion, the area of the Taiping Military Factory has exceeded 3,000 mu! Without affecting production efficiency, it can be said that it has reached the limit! In addition, as the most important military industrial enterprise of the Huo Jiajun, it is impossible for us to all gather together, and I think you also understand the truth of the three holes of the cunning rabbit!"

After listening to the young master's words, Li Yunfeng also nodded understandingly, with the continuous development of the Huo family's army, there will be more and more enemies in the later stage, and the war will become more and more intense, once the enemy blows up the arsenal by unscrupulous means, then the blow to the Huo family's army will definitely be fatal!

"Then, young master, where do you think we will set up the military factory next?" asked Li Yunfeng.

Hearing this, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile, "What's the matter? Don't you have a plan for the equipment department? I remember you mentioned it to me several times!"

Li Yunfeng's face showed a hint of embarrassment! No matter what happened, it had become his habit to find the young master first and ask for his opinion!

"Young Master, what our armament department means is to set up a new arsenal in Longbo City, the capital city of Longbo Province! First of all, it is located in the inland center of Borneo Province, and its safety is guaranteed, and in addition, Borneo Province is the center of the entire Nanyang, which is not too far from other provinces in Nanyang, and it is relatively convenient for supply! In addition, Longbo City is located along the Mahakan River, and it is also located at the intersection of the Dongsan Railway (Dongwanlu to Sanmarinda) and the Magu Railway, so the transportation is convenient! In addition, setting up the factory here is also conducive to our development and construction of the central part of Borneo Province!"

"Hehe, Yunfeng! You have considered it very comprehensively! It seems that you have made a lot of progress in the past few years, and you know that you have considered it comprehensively when you look at the problem!" After glancing at the trace of shame on Li Yunfeng's face, Huo Shan continued: "Longbo is indeed a good place to build an arsenal! This time we have harvested a large number of skilled workers and engineers from the United States, and we will definitely use them in large quantities for the expansion of the arsenal! However, now our weapons and equipment are very advanced, far beyond the standard equipment of the current European powers! Therefore, the secrecy and safety of the arsenal must be put in the first place! Longbo is located inland, and the population is relatively sparse......!

"Young Master, but what?" Li Yunfeng asked nervously. You must know that a new large-scale arsenal was built in the place of Longbo, but he led the equipment department and discussed the map of the South Seas for nearly a week before it was finally decided! If this was denied by the young master, then their previous series of work would be all in vain!

"Yun Feng, have you forgotten! The territory under the direct control of our Huo Jiajun is not only Taiwan and the South Seas! The vast Pacific Ocean, as well as the American continent that the American Military Region is opening up, will have a large amount of land belonging to us in the future. Therefore, just building a new arsenal is not enough!" Huo Shan said with a smile.

Listening to his words, Li Yunfeng and the leadership of the Taiping Arsenal, including the Minister of the Military Department, Huo Long, all showed joy on their faces, "What the young master said is that our arsenal needs to be expanded more?"

"Not bad! And they are all large arsenals that can produce rifles, machine guns, artillery, etc., all of our Huo family's military-standard weapons!" Huo Shanshen said affirmatively.

"Hehe, young master! This is great!" Hearing this news that was beneficial to their military department, even Huo Long, who had always been calm, couldn't help but laugh, you must know that in the past few years, the telegram to the military headquarters asking for equipment has not only been received by the equipment department, but he, the head of the military department, has been annoyed almost every day!

"Well, you are all the veterans of our Huo Family Army, so here I will briefly tell you about the new territory and new military region of our Huo Family Army in the future! As you all know, we are now engaged in a war with the Americans, and I believe that with our advanced weaponry and excellent soldiers, the probability of winning this war is more than 80 percent, which means that we can at least occupy the land of more than seven states west of the Rocky Mountains, and in addition, Alaska, an American enclave with an area of more than one million square kilometers, will also become our direct land. This means that by the end of this year, the land directly under the direct jurisdiction of our Huo Jiajun will more than double next year at the latest!"

"In addition, if the plan goes well, we will also acquire the British Yukon colony in the Americas and part of the colony in the Northwest Territories of Canada! And in order to protect these lands, we will build a new American Military Region on the basis of the two military regions of the South Sea Military Region and the Pacific Military Region, and build a new Northern Military Region with the land of the United States that we have seized, and a new Northern Military District with Alaska and possibly the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories of Canada in the future!"

"Because the four military regions are not connected to each other, but are far away from the vast Pacific Ocean and the vast and barren American continent! Therefore, if the logistics replenishment of the four military regions all depends on Taiwan and Nanyang, then it will not only take time and effort, but will also easily be cut off by people in the war! Therefore, in order to ensure our territorial security and integrity, it is very necessary for us to build a large arsenal for each military region! Thoroughly solve our logistical problems!"

Huo Shan's words were loud, but the news of the two new military regions, nearly four million new land, and the construction of four new large arsenals completely shocked dozens of high-ranking officials of the Huo family's military department in the conference room!