Chapter 21 The Era of Jīng Ying

"Huo Shi, have we arranged the second batch of troops?" Huo Shan then asked.

"It has already been arranged, the 6th Regiment Yueshan Division will go to Zhejiang, the 7th Regiment Qiu Heng Division will go to Yunnan, the 8th Regiment Huo Dongping will go to Guizhou, the 9th Regiment Sun Chengdong will go to Cambodia, and the 10th Regiment Huo Donglin will go to Sulawesi! However, young master, now as we send more and more troops abroad, replenish the arms and ammunition of the troops, and transport immigrants overseas, our transport ships are no longer enough! Therefore, Huo Long hopes that we will order another batch of sea ships from Europe!" Huo Shi said with a smile.

"Order a sea boat? Just ask Fu Bo for money to buy it!Why, does he have any other ideas?" Huo Shan thought of Huo Long, who had not seen anyone for more than a month, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Yes, young master, that guy has already built military bases on Saipan, Guam, Truk Island, and Nauru Island, and has transferred 5,000 people from the family's fleet, and is frantically training his marines according to the training program formulated by the young master. The more than 200 people we dug up from the Fujian Naval Academy were also asked by him, and now he has established a naval academy on Saipan. Now, seeing that our army is constantly forming an army and going to various places! That guy can't bear to be lonely anymore!" Huo Shishen smiled excitedly! Seeing that there were more and more troops under his command, he, the biggest leader of the army, was of course extremely happy in his heart!

"Send him and let him train well, the navy can't buy a few warships and become an army. I'll give him a year! In this year's time, he will make good use of the teachers we have 'invited' from Mawei! Let all these 5,000 people get rid of illiteracy, and then gradually get into contact with all kinds of naval theories! After a year, I believe that our own shipyard will be able to build cruisers of small tonnage! At that time, let them concentrate on training in battleships!"

"Understood, young master, then I'll go and inform him!"

"Well, you and Yun Feng should go back first!

After the two left, Huo Shan lay on the back of the chair tiredly, and slowly massaged the temples on both sides of his head with his hands.

Now, with the continuous expansion of the troops, all kinds of affairs of all kinds have become more and more numerous, and relying only on these people in their own family cannot at all alleviate the current Huo Jiajun's thirst for talents, but in China in this era, there are too few talents who can really open their eyes to the world and have their own ideals and ambitions! However, this is limited after all, after four months of collection, those who can be invited with money have basically gathered in Taiwan, and the rest is not very easy to do!

"It seems that we have to think of a way outside!" Huo Shan said secretly in his heart.

"Young Master, Huo Bao and Huo Wolf are here!" At this moment, Huo Lei, who was guarding the door, opened the door and said.

"Let them in!"

"Young Master, are you looking for us?"

"Sit!"

"I called you here today just to ask about something!" Huo Shan said after the two of them sat down.

"Huo Wolf, how is the task given to you going?"

"Young Master, Xu Shou and Xu Jianyin, father and son, Hua Yufang and Mr. Li Shanlan and their families, have all been taken to Taipei by us, and they will be arranged in the military camp in the back mountain!"

"Okay, hahaha! Great!" Huo Shan, who was happy in his heart, suddenly jumped off the chair.

"These people are the best scientists of this era, master-level talents!"

Xu Shou, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, is self-taught, and is well-versed in science, music, geometry, mechanics, minerals, steam engines, medicine, optics, and electricity. In his lifetime, he presided over the design and development of steamships in Anqing and Nanjing Ordnance Institute, and was known as the "originator of modern shipbuilding in China", and established a translation museum in the seventh year of Tongzhi, and with the assistance of British missionary Wei Liali and Fu Lanya, he translated and published 13 scientific and technological works, including 6 modern Western chemical works and 63 volumes, introducing the Western modern chemical knowledge system into China. At the same time, he is also the chief designer of Huoshan's preparation for his own shipyard.

Compared with his father's appearance, Xu Jianyin, as a son, is not inferior to him, especially in shipbuilding and military industry, there is no doubt that he is China's top talent.

Similarly, Hua Yufang's achievements in mathematics and shipbuilding, and Li Shanlan's achievements in heaven, are also the masters of this era! If you can gather these talents under your command, then many of your own plans can be carried out in advance!

"What's their attitude?" Huo Shan then asked.

"When I first came, I didn't speak, and I didn't pay much attention to us! But after reading the "Theory of China" and other books compiled by the young master, he began to keep inquiring about the young master! Now in addition to constantly asking us for books, he always tells us that he wants to see the young master!" Huo Wolf said with a smile.

"Well, I know, you can bring your book to them later! Let them stay in the barracks for a few days, see the training of our army, and be sure to take care of them!"

"Yes, young master!"

"By the way, our industrial development has just begun, and we need talents from all walks of life, in addition to the normal means of recruitment, your intelligence bureau must also make more contributions, education in Europe is very developed, and the number of workers is also large, you have to find a way to recruit them to Taiwan! In addition, like the Russian Empire and Austria-Hungary, there are many political prisoners in the prisons of these countries, and they are all rare talents, and similarly, there are also many talents in the prisons of Britain, France, Germany, the United States, and other Western countries, and they are bought with money! Enriching our scientific and technological and worker teams is also an effective way for us to shorten the talent gap with Western industrial countries!" After finishing speaking, Huo Shan took out a blank piece of paper full of names from the drawer of his desk and handed it to Huo Wolf!

"The people above are very important to us, your intelligence bureau must find a way to bring them and their families to Taiwan, pay attention to the allocation of time, and don't let people notice!"

Nikola Tesla (Austria) S

Charles Parsons (UK) S

Rudolf Diesel (Germany) S

John Philip Holland (USA) A

Joseph John Thomson (UK) S

Anthony Henri Becquerel (France) A

.........

"These 124 people are high-level talents involved in power, basic materials, military science and technology, machinery, and other aspects, and they are of great importance to our future national construction, and you must bring these people to Taiwan within three years, and this will be the most important and core work of the Military Intelligence Bureau!" Huo Shan commanded solemnly and carefully.

"Got it, young master!" Hearing the young master's words, Huo Wolf looked quite serious.

"This list is kept by you, and only you know! When you take a specific action, let Huo Bao's special forces help you!"

"Understood!" both of them replied at the same time.

"Okay, Huo Wolf, go and prepare!"

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"Huo Bao, how is the training of your special forces?" asked Huo Wolf after sending him away.

"Young Master, the 'Cheetah' special forces have officially become an army, with a total of seven squadrons, thirty squads, and two hundred and fourteen people!"

"Are you still planning to expand?"

"Young master, I think these two hundred people are just right, the cheetah is the real jīng sharp, and the little jīng is its jīng marrow!" Huo Bao thought for a while, and slowly said his understanding of the special forces.

"You're right, Cheetah is the most sharp special forces, and it is a special force that performs combat missions! But our army and navy also need other special forces to carry out tactical missions! Therefore, we need more special forces! This is one of the reasons why I called you here today!" Huo Shan said slowly.

"Please command, young master!"

"Divide your people into three parts, go to Alaska in the United States and the northwestern regions of Canada, build a training base, and set up a special forces unit to fight in extremely cold weather, named 'Snow Wolf'! In addition, establish a training base in Borneo, and set up a special forces unit to fight in the Hotland area, named 'Cobra'! Then, you go to Huo Long and ask him to provide you with personnel and venues, and set up a special operations force of the exclusive navy, named 'Sea Lion'! These three special forces, like cheetahs, first recruit 400 people for training, and then, select and expand the number of personnel from each unit every year, and there is no upper limit on the number of people!" Huo Shan said slowly.

"Understood!"

"Also, you have a mission to train in Alaska! and that's to kill the gold diggers who go there! I don't want to hear that Alaska has any other resources besides endless snow and ice, forests, and natives!"

Looking at Huo Bao's distant back, Huo Shan muttered: "Alaska's rich resources can only be owned by hardworking Chinese!"

It was 1880 now, and he remembered that Alaska's development was developed by a gold prospector named 'Enna' who discovered a huge vein of gold!

"But now that the young master has taken a fancy to it, the Americans don't have to think about it!" Huo Shan secretly said proudly in his heart.