Chapter 196: The Great Parade of Victory

With the scorching sun gradually moving north, the original warm Taiwan has also begun to gradually become hot, although the whole land of China is still in the beautiful chūn season, but Taiwan on the Tropic of Cancer is already a song of birds and flowers, a midsummer scenery!

Although Huo Jiajun had already made the decision to transfer most of the departments of the Government Council to the municipality of Nanyang Machen, because the main office department of Machen City was still very small, it was difficult to accommodate all the personnel of the already very large Government Council! Therefore, except for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was preparing for post-war negotiations with the Netherlands and Portugal, and had already moved there first, the other departments basically had not moved!

Putting down the wireless telegram urgently sent from Ma Chen in his hand, Huo Shan smiled faintly! The attitude of the Dutch had long been expected by him!

"How's Huo Long, our army is ready?"

"Young Master! The 5th Army, the 10th Army, the 20th Army, the 39th Army, the 40th Army, the 42nd Army, the 43rd Army, and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Divisions of the Marine Corps! One regiment in each division, a total of 12 regiments, and 15,000 troops have all arrived in Machen! In addition, all the heavy equipment produced by our military factory in this three months has already arrived there, plus the heavy weapons we have stored in Borneo Province! We guarantee that in three days, there will be 400 70mm infantry guns, 250 105mm heavy howitzers and cannons, 180 152mm heavy army guns, and 50 203mm heavy army guns to participate in this parade!" Huo Longshen said excitedly.

Hear his words. Huo Shan couldn't help but smile and nodded! In order to deter the British, who were about to lose their patience, and to urge the Netherlands and Portugal to sign a treaty of defeat! Huo Shan put the family funds that Huo Jia's army had accumulated in the army for several years. I took out more than half of it, just to let these greedy European powers understand that the Chinese People's Army is not easy to mess with! Like the previous invasion of the Qing Dynasty, the matter of bringing tens of thousands of troops and erecting a few artillery pieces to make the Chinese surrender will never happen to the Chinese People's Army!

"Don't take out the machine guns and mortars for this parade, I'll be of great use if I keep them!" Huo Shan continued to command.

"Yes, understood. Young Master!"

"I believe that the face of the British will be very colorful this time!" Huo Shan looked at the back of Huo Long leaving in a hurry, and secretly thought in his heart! If it weren't for the fact that many of Huo Jiajun's warships were damaged in the last war and were being repaired! Huo Shan wanted to hold a unique ship parade, I am afraid that the British would not be as determined as they are now to interfere in the tripartite negotiations and force Huo Jiajun to submit!

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He Jingui was originally a senior soldier in the 3rd Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Regiment of the Fifth Division of the Army; since he retired from the army more than a month ago, he has become a Chinese teacher at a newly built elementary school in Machen City! Although he has to teach the students every day, he has a full schedule. But he can't get back the tense but very regular life in the army!

Shaking his head, he cleaned up the books on his desk and the student work that had not yet been corrected! He nodded with satisfaction! This is a habit he has developed in the army, and he can't change it even if he wants to!

Looking up at the rì head that had already passed noon, He Jingui grabbed a middle school Chinese textbook specially prepared for teachers on his desk, and then raised his legs and walked out of the office!

Although his school had its own cafeteria, there was no newspaper there that he needed. So almost every two days, he has to go to a teahouse across the street from the school for lunch, and buy a copy of the latest version of ** by the way!

Because all school-age children in the territory of Huo Jiajun must go to school. Therefore, there are no newsboys common in other places, and almost all newspapers are bought and sold in teahouses, restaurants, inns, and other places with a lot of traffic, and of course, the money sold, in addition to the cost, all the profits belong to the individual, which also makes these small bosses like this business! Although the money from selling newspapers is not much, it is also a way to make money, isn't it?

"Lao Gao, give me a copy of the ** that just came out today!" As he spoke, He Jingui threw out a dime copper round in his hand!

Looking at the bustling crowd in the lobby, He Jingui's eyes couldn't help but flash a trace of surprise! Although Chinese have always had a preference for drinking tea in restaurants and taking out the mountains! But now various constructions are in full swing in various provinces and cities under the jurisdiction of Huo Jiajun, everyone is very busy, and they usually have to go back to the construction site immediately after eating at noon! However, it is at least two o'clock now, and this tea house is still so lively, which is very rare!

"Lao Gao, today's business in your teahouse is much better than usual!"

"Why, Teacher He doesn't know?" Gao Wenyuan asked with some surprise. Although the person in front of him is a soldier, he is very kind to people, and there is no bad temper and behavior of those Eight Banners Green Battalion in the Qing Dynasty who go to the kilns, smoke big cigarettes, and bully and oppress the common people, plus he has often come to patronize his own small shop this month, so the two of them are familiar with each other! In addition, both of them are from Zhejiang, and they can be regarded as fellow villagers! Therefore, they are also very affectionate with each other!

Listening to his question, He Jingui couldn't help but be stunned, "What do you know?"

"Military parade! Our People's Army will parade on Zhōngyāng Street tomorrow! You don't even know about such a big thing! Didn't your school already issue a notice yesterday?"

"Military parade?!" He Jinguishen was shocked, something happened at home yesterday, so he took a day off! So he didn't receive a notice from the school! However, as a veteran of the Huo Family Army Army who has been in the army for nearly two years, watching the Huo Jiajun Taiwan Island grow step by step to now control the entire East Indies and most of the Pacific Islands, defeat the Netherlands and Portugal, and finally rise in the Far East! Of course, he understands the meaning of the military parade! Moreover, in this Chinese People's Army is fighting with the Netherlands, An important moment for the post-war negotiations between Portugal and Portugal. He understood better than the average that the purpose of this military parade was not to celebrate victory in the war, but to show force. Deter enemy nations!

"That's right, you see that the news was published on the front page of today's **! Tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, a military parade will be held on the newly built Zōngyāng Street in Machen City! It is said that the participating army has reached 12 divisions, nearly 20,000 people!" Gao Wenyuan shook his head with excitement and some puzzlement, although he has been in Nanyang for more than a year! But until now, he still does not know how many people there are in a division, but the army of 20,000 people is already a lot in his heart!

"Lao Gao, it's still the same old rule today, I'll send it over later!"

"Okay, you find a place to sit first. I'll send it to you in a moment!"

Nodding, He Jingui clutched the newspaper tightly in his hand, and didn't care about anything else, so he casually found a table in a corner and sat down! Flatten the newspaper in his hand, and looked at the newspaper that still exuded a faint scent of ink without blinking! Because he had been in the army for two years, he already had a good cultural foundation. Reading the simplified Chinese characters in the newspaper and the way of writing are not as unaccustomed as those Chinese who have just come to Nanyang!

"The Great Parade of Victory in 1882!!"

The big italics as the title are very eye-catching, and it also attracts people who see it and can't help but be attracted by the article above! He Jingui is of course no exception!

The above article is not too long, about 3,000 words, and it roughly describes the specific process and results of the Huo Jiajun's war with the Netherlands and Portugal! Of course, it also inevitably exposes the history of the Dutch. After all, a just war can still be supported by more people among its own people and in international public opinion!

"Alas!" sighed with some regret, He Jingui put down the newspaper in his hand!

"What's the matter, brother! Our army has defeated the Dutch and the Portuguese! It has greatly increased my Chinese morale, and I should be happy about this kind of thing. Why is the old brother so worried?" The middle-aged man, who was about thirty-four or five years old, said with a smile after sitting down on the stool next to him!

"Hehe, there is still a vacant seat at your table, don't mind if I sit here for a light meal!" the middle-aged man continued.

"Of course I don't mind! Brother, please take a seat! Junior brother He Jingui, a teacher! I made my brother smile just now!" Looking at the kind expression on the middle-aged man's face, He Jingui couldn't help but smile and said.

Hearing his words, the middle-aged man was stunned, and after looking him up and down, he asked with some hesitation: "Brother, are you a teacher?"

Seeing his suspicious face, He Jingui couldn't help but smile, he knew that the sitting posture he had cultivated in the army was different from that of ordinary people, and it was easy to see it!

"Don't hide it, brother! I just left the army a month ago! I sighed just now because I missed the military parade of this unit!" Speaking of this, He Jingui's face couldn't help but reveal a deep sense of regret!

"Oh, I see! It's a shame to say! But since it's a foregone conclusion, let's let it pass!

"Hehe, what my brother said is! I'm a little too persistent!" After a pause, "That's right, I was only talking about me just now!" Look at my brother's dress, it's not like a person who can come to such a small place to eat!" He Jingui couldn't help but ask with a smile!

"Brother has good eyesight! My name is Li Wenhui, and I am Taiwanese! I came to Machen this time for some business matters, just in time for the big military parade held by our People's Army! Therefore, I also want to see it, but I am not familiar with the people here! I don't want to take today's opportunity to find the right place in advance, and I won't be able to find a good location tomorrow!"

"Oh, yes! That brother has a heart! But this Machen City has already been designated as the political and economic center of the People's Army, and if the People's Army is founded, then this is the country! Therefore, the number of people who have come here in the past month or so has been several times higher than before! Therefore, if the old brother wants to see the military parade, then tomorrow will be early!"

"Yes, we don't want our brother to be a soldier, there will be a special stand for you tomorrow! But you don't have to grab a position like us!" Li Wenhui said with envy in his tone.

Hearing his words, He Jingui couldn't help but smile faintly! There are two kinds of people who are the most respected and have the highest status within the jurisdiction of Huo Jiajun! The first is a teacher who teaches and educates people, and the second is a soldier who is born and dies to protect his family and defend the country! Now he has both!