"Are there any other difficulties?" Liu Yiming asked, seeing Xu Hui hesitate to speak.

"There are many difficulties." Xu Hui replied.

"For example, researchers are responsible for not only technology, production, but also management. The work efficiency is actually very low. In addition, we have a lot of waste. Although many products are stored, the warehouse is almost full, and many products are wasted.

"

"There are also reagent raw materials. We don't have enough production capacity and the raw materials we produce are insufficient. But in fact, we have the theoretical conditions and all kinds of raw materials. We only need chemical plants, but we really can't spare the manpower."

…"There is also a supply of various ores. The mining is insufficient, the supply is unstable, and enough people are needed to mine it. I have estimated that it will take about 20,000 people to complete the production tasks in a short time and establish a small military industrial base.

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"I'm not complaining about asking for people, but the industry is now encountering this unsolvable problem. We need enough workers, the army needs soldiers, and the city needs people to run. I know it. It's just the objective conditions here. I said five thousand

People are actually the minimum requirement to complete military industry preparations, I hope everyone will consider it." After Xu Hui finished speaking, he sat down.

"Industry is the backbone of war. An agricultural country cannot defeat an industrial country. Don't worry, I will try my best to recruit people for you." Liu Yiming consoled him.

"Yi Ming, let me say a few words." Chen Jiangtao whispered.

"Uncle Chen, please tell me."

"Ahem, everyone, we are old acquaintances, so I won't talk nonsense. Now is not the time for us to consider other things. At this time, all Chinese must contribute. All the men in the Chen family who are between sixteen and forty years old are suitable.

They will be sent to the army, factories, and other places that need manpower. I have thought about it. If there are not enough men, there are still women. Yiming only wants men, so let women look after the business. Old guys over forty years old will

Go to the plantation and stare.”

"We are not pedantic. Women can also do very well. We can take care of business. It is enough for a business to have several men responsible for transportation. There are also children. There are so many children.

If you can help me, at this moment, throw everything away, throw everything away!" Chen Jiangtao waved his hand and said boldly.

"Uncle Chen is right." Liu Yiming's eyes lit up: "Women are also an important force. Besides, the factory just works normally. It's not like you don't go home, it's just that you work in a different place."

"We can use women who can use women, and we can use natives who can use natives. We put a gun to our foreheads and are not afraid of the natives being disobedient. How about squeezing out 30,000 people from all walks of life?"

There was another noise, but fortunately it did not last long, and this issue was considered passed. The Chinese in Southeast Asia are indeed different. Under the turmoil, the requirements for women's self-defense capabilities and independence are also quite high. In this environment,

There is no problem in further strengthening the role of women. As long as they are not demonized, equality between men and women is a normal development trend.

"Okay, let's move on to the next topic, regarding the management of Surabaya. Let me talk about the plan first. We will formulate the establishment of the Police Department to be responsible for the security affairs of the entire Surabaya City, and the establishment of the Government Affairs Department to exercise the daily management authority of Surabaya.

The courts and other departments are temporarily postponed, and the legislative branch has temporarily set up a deliberation bureau, and will slowly come up with a charter..."

Time passed little by little, and until the end of the meeting, the entire Caotai team was basically set up, but the name was never agreed upon. Over the name, people in the entire lobby almost got into a fight.

Finally, Liu Yiming made up his mind, and the government was called the Chinese Provisional Self-Government of Surabaya City. In order not to overly irritate the colonists, or other colonists, the army was called the Armed Forces of the Chinese Provisional Self-Government. The Provisional Self-Government was headed by Chen Jiangtao as the mayor and Xu Hui as the industrial

Director of the Department, Liu Wanhua is appointed Director of the Police Department...Liu Yiming is appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army.

I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but no one mentioned adding Surabaya in front of the name of the army.

Liu Yiming suspected that the reason why these people couldn't get a name was because they were waiting for him to make a decision. This feeling was a bit bad, but it was also a bit comfortable. It meant that these people did recognize Liu Yiming's leadership, but it also meant that their identities had changed and they were no longer the same as before.

, you can do whatever you want.

Liu Yiming has a new office area, Henry's office, a small manor. Although it was there before, it was a temporary command post at that time, and now it is a formal command post, although the difference is just a sign.

After that, Liu Yiming went to the dock, which is a recruitment office. There are six recruitment offices in Surabaya. More than 20,000 pieces of information were registered at the six recruitment offices. In the end, only 4,600 people were recruited, and the total number of troops was 6,000.

Three hundred people, three hundred for the navy, eight hundred for the coastal defense, and the rest are for the army.

Similarly, after the meeting, surgeons from Surabaya were gathered together, including Chinese medicine and Western medicine, to discuss the problem of hemostasis. Liu Yiming's request was to come up with an effective emergency measure. This discussion lasted three days, and finally there was

Based on the operation method of modern medical shadow, medical kits mainly composed of bandages and hemostatic powder were developed.

Liu Yiming also added a new army doctor, who mainly trains ordinary people in basic medical operations, supplemented by apprentices. Ordinary people who have learned basic hemostasis, wound treatment, first aid training, etc. are assigned to platoons, and apprentices with more than one year are assigned to companies.

, only the battalion headquarters will have two or three formal doctors, and the regiment level is similar, but they also bear certain training obligations. The brigade headquarters has added a field hospital, consisting of thirty doctors, and another hundred or so doctors.

Apprentices, Liu Yiming is also working hard to train nurses. There are not enough men, so women are used. Not only nurses, but also half of the apprentices are women.

However, they were all in a field hospital, there was no company, and there was no way. All the educated men were snatched away by Xu Hui. Several college students with liberal arts backgrounds were gathered together to jointly deceive these educated people into going to the factory.

Liu Yiming knows the situation in the factory. Now it is not an assembly line, but manual operations. It is easier for those with academic qualifications to get started.

After three days, the grass-roots team of the Municipal Council was basically established. However, the system was not yet formal. However, the government led by this group of old people was stable and could fulfill the requirements of ensuring order and effectively accelerated the construction of the army and industry.

In addition, after Liu Yiming learned about the industrial capabilities, he quickly ordered two sets of seamless steel pipe production equipment, which are used in Calcutta to produce various pipes. The cost of the steel pipe factory was 10,000 pounds, and Liu Yiming paid three times the premium. The shipment was completed in three days.

We'll be there in three days.

Liu Yiming plans to use firepower to make up for the decline in combat effectiveness caused by insufficient training of new recruits. He produces a simple version of the mortar, which has a steel formula, equipment, and is simple to manufacture. Liu Yiming plans to equip the platoon level with a dedicated artillery squad. The mortar has a rate of fire of

It is unimaginable in this era. As long as the equipment is completed, Liu Yiming will stand firm on land.

Naval training had begun. There were no teaching materials, manuals, or instructors, so the Dutch were left alone. Under the temptation of bayonets and money, the Dutch happily taught the Chinese the basic training methods of the navy.

The same is true for the artillery. Part of the fort defenders were pulled out. Under the temptation of golden coins, even the commander of the southern fort became a mercenary. This was his own request. As long as he was given a monthly salary of two hundred pounds, he was willing.

Become a mercenary.

The current purchasing power of one pound is reflected in the book Sherlock Holmes. In 1890, it was roughly equivalent to one thousand dollars today. Renting a villa in the countryside of London only cost eighty pounds. At this time

London is a foggy city, and dignitaries and capitalists mainly live in the countryside.

This commander is an unlucky man. He is at odds with Henry. He has not made any money in the colony, and his property has been confiscated (captured in advance and there is no time to sort out the finances). The current situation is that even if he can be released, he will still be a poor man.

, for money, he dares to do anything.

There are quite a few such people. They found about a dozen artillerymen. After getting the Chinese army's promise not to spread the word, they hired five navy and five artillerymen at an average price of one hundred and fifty to serve as instructors. As for the army, there is a saying

First, Liu Yiming really looks down on the current army tactics. It is still a dense skirmish line, which means that heavy machine guns have not been adopted, and Singapore does not have them. Only in the UK, there are Gatling cannons, but Liu Yiming did not buy them.

The new recruits were trained according to the skirmish line, pincer offensive, and alternating attacks. Liu Yiming's information and the little knowledge in his head were drained, and a youth version of the three-three system was created.

The training of new recruits began in an orderly manner. Each infantry regiment used Martini Henry, and each fort, coastal defense, and police used captured Mauser 1871. More than a thousand of various models were seized. Fortunately, the bullets are universal.

Twelve more infantry guns have been added, all of which are German-made six-pounders. They are old guns from the Franco-Prussian War, but they are still usable. In addition to Britain, France, and Germany, other countries also have a large number of equipment, such as the Qing Dynasty, Japan, etc.

Liu Yiming divided the artillery into two six-gun batteries. In this way, Liu Yiming had four six-gun artillery batteries in the back hall, a mixed artillery battery, forty infantry guns, and some muzzle-loading guns.

, if necessary, part of the guns on the coastal fort can be pulled over.

Infantry training involves intensive training for a week. While training, they learn at the same time so that they understand why they fought the Dutch. Chen Minghan is responsible for this. This is very effective and can effectively improve the soldiers' fighting will.

In the rush, three days later, the seamless steel pipe equipment arrived at the Surabaya Port. To be honest, Die Ying was really reckless in order to cause trouble. In this era, the seamless steel pipe technology is very high-end, except that it cannot be used directly.
Chapter completed!