Chapter 81: War Comes

In San Francisco, on the west coast of the United States, there are about 50,000 Chinese living in the United States, and they all came to the United States as if they were 'selling piglets' to build the Pacific Railroad and pan for gold! Because of the different living habits of the Chinese and the habits of the group, in the northern part of San Francisco, close to the suburbs, two blocks have been formed, and almost all the Chinese live here! And the white, black, and Hispanic people in the neighborhood all call this Chinatown! At the same time, in the center of San Francisco's Chinatown, there is a blue brick house, a small two-story building full of Chinese atmosphere, the Qing Consulate General in San Francisco, is located here!

"Hui Ting, take it! This is a telegram specially sent to you by the young master!"

Taking the thin paper in Huo Wolf's hand, Ou Yangming couldn't help but smile and asked, "What did the young master say? It can't be that my cousin messed things up, right?"

"That's not true, it's to praise you, the consul general of the Qing court in San Francisco, for doing a good job! In addition, the second batch of 500 students sent by the young master is about to arrive, so let's make good arrangements!"

After reading the telegram in his hand and putting it away preciously, Ou Yangming looked at his old friend who was crossing Erlang's legs and raised his eyebrows, "What, how did you find out that you are so leisurely recently, and the task that the young master assigned to you has been completed?"

"It's almost done! The rest of the people are all the key people who are concerned about by various countries, and it's not easy to start for a while! Moreover, there have been too many people recently, and the young master specially told us to lie dormant for a while, and then act after the wind calms down! So, we don't have anything important to do recently, so we came to you for tea!"

After listening to his words, Ou Yangming nodded undeniably, he also knew a little bit about Huo Wolf's work! After all, he helped many people get out at the beginning!

"Then you don't go north to help, I heard that there is a shortage of manpower there!"

Huo Wolf shook his head, and said with some disdain: "No, now that even the western part of the United States has been developed for decades is so desolate, then there are even fewer Northwest people in Alaska and Canada! There are enough people from the special forces sent by the young master and the 25th Regiment of Deng Shan! I don't want to join in the fun!"

"Also, there are not many gold diggers who go to the northwest, plus our suppression in the past two years, there are even fewer people now, a while ago, I heard that the US Congress proposed to withdraw the zhèngfǔ institutions there! Because there are no people in Alaska now, except for forests, ice and snow, and natives, this land of more than one million square kilometers is simply a money-losing goods!" Ou Yangming said with some mockery.

"Hehe, it's our people who hit it too hard! And Alaska is not poor at all, but a treasure land!" Thinking of the thirty tons of gold shipped to Taiwan every year, Huo Wolf couldn't help but say with a smile. But these Ou Yangming didn't know, so he didn't elaborate!

"By the way, Huo Wolf! Recently, I have heard that the Netherlands and Portugal in Europe have formed a joint expeditionary force to jointly send troops to the East Indies to regain their lost colonies! Their strength is not weak, can our navy defeat them?" Ouyang Mingshen asked with some anxiety! He only joined the Huo Jiajun collective after he came to the United States, and he has been the Qing court's consul general in San Francisco until now, and has never been to Taiwan! Although, after seeing the soldiers of the 25th Regiment stationed in Northwest Canada, he also knew that the army personally formed by the young master was very strong! However, the impression of the foreigner's sharp guns, advanced armaments, and strong strength had already taken root in his mind, which made him feel a little bottomless in his heart!

However, Huo Wolf is different, he who is in charge of the Military Intelligence Bureau, with the abundant financial support of the young master, after two years of continuous development, now its eyeline has spread to almost all major countries in the world! Therefore, the military intelligence of various countries, especially the quality of soldiers and equipment strength of each ** team, he basically knows it in his heart!

"Huiting, don't worry! The Netherlands and Portugal are no longer the maritime empires of the past! Their armies have not fought any major battles for decades, and in addition to their lack of training and lax armament, even if such an army is doubled, our Huo family army is not afraid! But the only thing to worry about is the navy! After all, our own navy has only been established for less than two years, and compared with the century-old navy of Europe, it is really too far behind in terms of sailing experience and the quality of its soldiers! However, I believe that the advanced warships and heroic soldiers will not give these two hateful countries the opportunity to invade our territory!

Looking at the confidence and composure on the face of his old friend! Ou Yangming's originally somewhat apprehensive mood gradually calmed down! Now that he is in the United States, he cannot intervene in the big war that is about to break out in the South Seas! Instead of worrying about the war that does not know the outcome, it is better to do his own job well first, and make arrangements for those young students who are about to come to the United States to study, they are the future of the country!

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"Young master, this is the latest information from the Intelligence Bureau from Europe! The Netherlands and Portugal have formed an alliance, Portugal has sent 30,000 troops, and the Netherlands has sent 10,000 troops! They have now assembled in the port of Porto in northern Portugal, and are organizing escort warships and transport ships, if nothing else, they will arrive in Nanyang in early December!" Huo Long said meticulously, these intelligence special staff officers have just received not long ago!

"Thirty thousand in Portugal and 10,000 in the Netherlands, this is a bit strange? Most of the colonies in the East Indies are Dutch! What can such an army do in the South Seas?" Huo Shan frowned and asked.

"Hehe, that's right, the Dutch and the Portuguese have signed a secret treaty! After defeating us and regaining the Dutch East Indies colony, then Nusa Tenggara and West Timor will be incorporated into the Portuguese colony of the South Seas!" said the Minister of War Huo Shi, who was sitting on the side, with a smile.

"TMD, these two robbers are quite calculus, this battle has already divided the territory before it is fought, it is really muddy when our army is muddy!" Huo Hu, who was hot-tempered, said with a somewhat angry expression.

Huo Shan raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help but say with some sarcasm: "Of course, if you don't negotiate their respective territories in advance, then the two families will have to fight in the future, and then they will have to talk with their own rifles and cannons!"

"Okay, leave them alone!Huo Long, are our troops ready?" Huo Shan then asked.

"Young Master, you're ready!" As he spoke, Huo Long strode to the large map of the South Seas hanging on the wall, and pointed to the Dutch East Indies Colony with a whip in his hand, and said confidently on the remaining islands of Java and Sumatra: "At the beginning, we did not form a regular army in Java in order not to irritate the Netherlands too much, but there are more than 500,000 Chinese in Java, and after half a year of our efforts, there is now a 4,000-person second-line army reserve regiment under our control!" But apart from rifles and a small number of machine guns, they had no heavy weapons such as mortars and infantry guns! Their combat strength was limited! But the Dutch had only 6,000 troops there! Plus a regiment of the 40th Division that we had supported from Bali! Therefore, with the help of the navy, there should be no problem in taking Java in a week!"

Then he swiped his whip upward, pointed to the long and narrow island, and said: "Sumatra Island, we have been operating there for almost two years, and there are not only more than a million Han people on the island! Moreover, the Liang Zhanshan Department stationed there is also an old unit that has been trained for more than a year, except for the heavy artillery of 100mm caliber or above, all of our army equipment is fully equipped! There is no difficulty in dealing with the 3,000 garrisons of the Dutch who are only equipped with rifles and a small number of 57mm caliber guns! But...!" Huo Long paused, and after glancing at everyone solemnly, he pointed heavily at the narrow waterway that haunted the navies of various countries, "The Strait of Malacca, the most important international waterway, is likely to attract us with another more powerful enemy, that is, the British Empire, which controls Singapore and Malaysia! When the Dutch, who were originally weak and controlled by the British, controlled Sumatra, controlled by the British, the British needed the Netherlands as their own." But when we, in an uncertain state of power, defeated the Dutch and occupied the island, which borders the Strait of Malacca, would the proud British agree to divide this choke point equally with us?" After a pause, "I think this is obviously impossible, especially since we also occupied all the lands of the Brooke dynasty founded by the British!" Therefore, we are likely to have to deal with three European countries, one of which is still the world's most powerful empire!"