Chapter 82 Logistics Support

At this time, the British Empire was still in its most glorious Victorian era, and the Royal Navy, which was crisscrossing the seven seas, protected its colonies of more than 33 million square kilometers around the world, contributing to the prosperity of the British Empire! Britain, which had not yet experienced the weakening of the two world wars, was synonymous with strength in this era! Even the United States, which was later called the world's jǐngcha, could not compare with Britain's control and influence over the world today!

Therefore, after Huo Long spit out the last four words, the study, which was still a little noisy, immediately fell into silence! If you are not really in this complicated era, you can't feel the power of Britain! Even Huo Hu, who has always been bold, became silent, looking at the large Nanyang map hanging on the wall and was silent!

Feeling the strange and solemn atmosphere around him, Huo Shan couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart! The current Huo Jiajun is still too lacking in foundation, even if his troops are training strictly every day and are equipped with advanced weapons that far surpass the enemy, but the defeat of the Qing Dynasty in foreign wars for a long time, and then a large amount of land and reparations, make the whole of China no longer confident!

Therefore, it was no problem to fight those second-rate Dutch and Portuguese before, but now that they have met the powerful British, this lack of self-confidence has come out of my heart again!

Glancing at them, Huo Shan understood what he should say at this time to boost their fighting spirit!

"Hehe, British Empire! Actually, defeating them is not very difficult for us now!"

"Oh, is there any good way for the young master?" Huo Jiajun, the head of the navy of the Huo family, who was directly threatened by the most powerful navy in the United Kingdom, Huo Feng couldn't help but ask anxiously at first.

You must know that although Nanyang has a lot of land and rich resources, it is an island country, and all construction is heavily dependent on shipping, and in order to protect the security and economic development of these provinces, the role of the navy is even more irreplaceable, so at this time, the Huo Jiajun navy is under great pressure!

"Actually, there is nothing surprising that Britain is indeed very strong! But in terms of land they are still too far behind Germany and France! Moreover, in terms of strategy and tactics, their army is still stuck in a few decades ago! In addition, with our leading advantage in equipment, it is not too difficult to defeat the British army! And without the occupation of the army, no matter how strong their navy is, it will not be able to reach the shore! All the land in the South Seas is still in our hands!" After a pause, Huo Shan continued: " Looking at their navy again, in the Far East they mainly have two fleets, namely the Indian Fleet stationed in India and the Far Eastern Fleet stationed in Hong Kong and Singapore! Although the strength and total tonnage of these two fleets in the British fleet rank in the middle, compared with the powerful Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet, the Indian Fleet and the Far East Fleet, which have not been replenished with new ships for more than ten years, are not at all the opponents of our Admiral-class destroyers! Taking the Far Eastern Fleet as an example, there are only five warships of more than 1,000 tons, and there is only one 'Odisha' ironclad ship, and the other four are all outdated Iron Cruisers! As for the remaining mosquito ships of several hundred tons, I believe that they will not have much combat power except for patrolling! Moreover, Britain's core interests will always be in Europe and India, and these islands in the South Seas are not indispensable to their huge colonies! I believe that as long as we make certain concessions on the issue of the Strait of Malacca, Britain, which cannot defeat us in the army, will not fight with us to the death! Therefore, we don't need to worry too much, as long as we give full play to our strength, then the final victory will definitely belong to us!" Ladies and gentlemen, don't forget, we have been working hard for two years, and now we are getting closer and closer to the goal we set at the beginning, and this war is the first test that our regime has encountered since its establishment.

"Yes! Together, we will tide over the difficulties! We will win the final victory!" the four military officers shouted loudly, and their loud voices passed through the windows and flew over the entire Huo family manor, showing their unquestionable determination!

Looking at the firmness on their faces, Huo Shan couldn't help but nod secretly, "My words are finally not in vain!"

"Okay, you sit down first, and after the meeting is over, you will draw up a detailed battle plan according to what I just said, and try to strengthen our garrison forces on the islands of the South Seas, especially Sumatra, which is likely to be the main battlefield of our confrontation with the British!"

"Understood, young master!"

"Well, Yunfeng, are your equipment departments ready?"

"According to the young master's orders, 200 million rounds of rifle and light machine gun shells, 4 million rounds of heavy machine gun shells, 1 million rounds of pistol shells, 5 million grenades, 2 million rounds of 60mm mortar shells, 1.5 million rounds of 70mm infantry shells, 1.2 million rounds of 82mm mortar shells, 1 million rounds of 105mm heavy artillery shells, 800,000 rounds of 152mm heavy artillery shells, 500,000 rounds of 203mm and 254mm heavy artillery shells! All of them are already in our ammunition depots on the islands, and a third of them are in the Sumatra base! In addition, we have also stockpiled 200,000 Type 80 rifles, 15,000 pistols, 1,000 light and heavy machine guns, 800 60mm and 82mm caliber mortars, 150 70mm infantry guns, 230 105mm and 152mm heavy guns, and 96 203mm and 254mm coastal defense guns in accordance with the current equipment level of various armies. Li Yunfeng said confidently.

"Okay, in this case, our guarantee of victory has been strengthened a little!" Huo Shan nodded and said.

"Teacher, our army is about to go to war, I believe in the logistics preparations, you are also ready, right?" After motioning for Li Yunfeng to sit down, Huo Shan turned his head to look at Huang Sheng, who was sitting with the various ministers, and asked with a smile.

"Don't worry! I won't hold you back, for this battle, our government affairs yuan has already prepared 50 million silver dollars of war funds, and all kinds of war materials such as food, clothing, and medicine have been prepared for centralized procurement! In addition, we have also mobilized the students of the National Taiwan University School of Medicine, and when the time comes, they will cooperate with the military doctors of our army to form a medical team to treat the wounded!" After speaking, he took out a thick list from the handbag carried by Zhan Tianyou, who was attending this kind of meeting for the first time with him, and placed it in front of Huo Shan!

"It's all in here!"

After picking it up and looking at it roughly, Huo Shan couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, it can be seen from the detailed data here that the Government Council has been preparing for this war for a long time, and the work is in place!

"Zhengqing, the materials are ready, when the time comes, your logistics department can't drop the chain, and you must transport weapons, ammunition and combat materials to all our soldiers who are preparing for war in time!"

"Understood, young master, don't worry! Our logistics department guarantees to complete the task!"

There are so many things that need to be prepared for a war, especially against the British Empire, a powerful country in the world! Therefore, everyone took into account all the details related to the war as much as possible, and the supply quantities of various military materials were taken out by everyone and discussed over and over again, and weapons and ammunition were asked to continue to replenish on the basis of what was just said!

It is not easy to lead an ever-growing regime, and the slightest mistake can lead to the defeat of the whole situation! Therefore, these officials of both the military and the political departments, who are dedicated to serving the country, have exerted their greatest strength to ensure that the departments under their jurisdiction serve the coming war!

The time of the day passed slowly, and since they entered Huoshan's study at eight o'clock in the morning, it was not until night fell that they formulated the logistics support plan that had been doubled!

After seeing these tired subordinates leave, Huo Shan was also physically and mentally exhausted, pinched his somewhat swollen eyebrows, turned his head to look at the night sky that had completely darkened, and said secretly in his heart: "I have been preparing for two years, the Netherlands, Portugal, and even the British Empire! This time, I will use you to test my troops first!"