() Throughout 1893, Taiwan was undergoing chaotic construction and military reorganization. The original Huai Army was screened and replenished and became the New Taiwan Army, with a total of more than 30,000 people. Some of the old Huai Army soldiers who were abolished were
With high severance pay, they settled down or returned to their hometown in Anhui. There were also some former local officers or officers and soldiers from Fujian who were not satisfied with being dismissed and were secretly executed by Liu Fu's "stormtroopers". Even those who came to Taiwan back then
The inspectors on routine inspections were all killed at sea.
Speaking of "stormtroopers", they are actually the bought children who were brainwashed by Liu Fu. After 7 years of study, training and brainwashing, these children are now 16 or 7 years old, and the youngest is 13 or 4. The original 90
There were only more than 60 people left, and the remaining 20 people died or became disabled during training. Liu Fu had seen a movie about a killer organization. He had raised many children since he was a child, and used various cruel methods to
The training turned these children into ruthless killers. Although Liu Fu did not have many ways to torture the children, but according to this idea, what he finally gained was a group of people who were very loyal to him and had mastered many means of survival and killing.
elements.
Liu Fu is now very short of manpower, especially manpower he can trust. These children are all proficient in English, mathematics, Western history, chemistry, and physics. They have been brainwashed by Liu Dagui for so many years, and their mothers are all
We work in Liu Fu's factory, so all we can think about is that the Third Young Master saved us, gave us food, and clothed us. We have to spend our lives repaying the Third Young Master, so that my mother can live a good life, and we can always follow the Third Young Master.
Live a good life. Those companions who don't work hard are already dead. If you don't work hard, the consequences will be the same.
Children who have been bullied since childhood and abandoned by society, and who are used to seeing life and death, are all mildly mentally ill. They have a persistent attachment to the people who help them in the most difficult times without abandoning them.
, Liu Fu used this unethical method to gain their loyalty.
Liu Fu organized these children into a dutiful team, named them "Charge Team", and then dispersed them into various important departments in groups. They said they were responsible for security, but in fact they were just snitches. Although these children were young, they
They are very enthusiastic about work, and ordinary temptations cannot impress them, let alone not being alone. Any behavior that violates discipline will be reported to Liu Fu and will be punished accordingly, and this punishment is usually one way: disappear.
These "stormtroopers" were so motivated and inhumane that they caused a lot of uproar in the base. The American managers once threatened Liu Fu with resignation and did not allow his "stormtroopers" to enter various companies in Keelung. However,
They were all rejected by Liu Fu on the grounds that these were abnormal times, everything was under military control, and the Stormtroopers were part of the military control. In view of the huge fines for breach of contract and huge bonuses for completing the contract, the management team and some foreign engineers tolerated it.
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The cause of this mass massacre and dissatisfaction with military control was that the imperial officials who came to Taiwan for routine inspections every year received reports from these officials before leaving Taiwan, and met with representatives of those officials at their residences.
Every year, an official from the imperial court comes to Taiwan for a routine inspection, which is to inspect the work on behalf of the imperial court. In previous years, when the inspectors came to Taiwan, they would be stuffed with gold, silver and jewelry, and then taken to several demonstration sites by the governor's office.
After a performance, he left happily. Only the inspector surnamed Zhu who came this year seemed to be unhappy with Liu Mingchuan's foreign affairs. Although he accepted the money, both parties were still a little unhappy.
Just a few days before he left, representatives of those military officers who were dissatisfied after being dismissed found him and were received. As a result, before leaving, the inspector surnamed Zhu actually wanted to secretly take these officials back with him.
Mainland China, but was discovered by the "stormtroopers" who were secretly following him and reported to Liu Fu.
When Liu Fu heard this, he thought it was not bad. If they went back to make a fuss, their father must have stepped down. In the Qing Dynasty, arbitrarily changing the military system and replacing senior officers without authorization were all serious crimes, which were almost the same as rebellion. Liu Fu felt that it was wrong.
Miao, he immediately personally led the heavily armed "stormtroopers" on several speedboats of the navy, caught up with the inspector's boat, forcibly boarded the boat, and killed all the personnel, including innocent boatmen and many
family members, and then set fire to the ship. After returning, a hush-hush order was issued to all naval officers and soldiers who participated in the operation, and "stormtroopers" were sent to strictly monitor them.
This matter was not reported to Liu Mingchuan. It was not until the end of May that the imperial court discovered that the inspection envoy and his party had not returned, so they called to inquire. Liu Mingchuan quickly organized a boat and searched around, but to no avail, so he could only reply truthfully. Now the imperial court is still
To investigate this matter, Liu Fu's eldest brother in Beijing also called his father to tell him that someone in the court wanted to impeach him.
In May 1893, David received a telegram from the United States that the "Snowflake" brand refrigerator was officially put into production. It was divided into two models: gas and electric. It was produced in two factories and four production lines. According to Liu Fu's suggestion, the assembly line was tested and improved.
With this process, one refrigerator can be rolled off the assembly line in an average of 60 minutes, with an annual output of 1.5 million units.
The price of a refrigerator is 500 US dollars in the United States and 200 pounds in the UK, and the cost is less than 100 US dollars. Due to the season, the refrigerator sells quickly. The American middle class is eager for this small device that can bring coolness in the hot summer.
I love the boxes very much. At the sales points of Sandro Electric Co., Ltd., which was transformed from Sandro Pharmaceutical Company, Snowflake refrigerators are basically sold as much as they are delivered to restaurateurs and high-end hotels.
Employees queued up all night long to buy back the refrigerators to attract more customers.
Various patents for refrigerators have been applied for in the United States and Europe, using the name of "Shandru" Electrical Company. Liu Fu plans to wait until the refrigerators become popular for a while, and then gradually sell the patents or authorize production. At this time, Liu Fu
It probably won't take too long. Once the war starts, Liu Fu will need a lot of resources. Some things are not available in Taiwan and can only be purchased from the United States.
In October 1893, the Taiwan Navy Submarine Force was formally established and divided into two fleets, the First Submarine Group and the Second Submarine Group. The captain of the First Group was Wu Mingxue, a native of Fujian, who was the first batch of members of the water patrol.
; Headquartered in Keelung, it is stationed in Xiangshan and Keelung ports, and mainly defends the north and east sides of Taiwan; Captain Shi Renjie of the Second Battalion, a Taiwanese immigrant, native of Zhejiang, is the second batch of trainees of the water patrol, headquartered in Citong, branched
Stationed in the two ports of Citong and Hualien, it mainly defends the west and south of Taiwan.
The First Group has a total of 12 "Big Yellow Croaker" class submarines and 20 "Petrel" class torpedo boats. Since the main combat target at this stage is the Japanese, the Second Group only has a small number of submarines and torpedo boats for daily training and defense purposes.
The weapons mainly rely on laying mines outside the port.
Although submarines are a new weapon with a small amount of equipment in Europe, no one has paid attention to it. The reason is that the self-protection ability is too poor and it is subject to too many conditions. Because no one pays attention to it, there is very little experience in various aspects, and these submarine soldiers themselves are needed.
Explore slowly and learn more in battle.
As 1895 approaches, the training volume of the submarine force is now very large. Several or more than a dozen submarines often go to sea together, followed by large cargo ships, for ocean training, and practice ambush, pursuit, interception, sneak attack and other tactics along the way.
, the target is the ships of various countries on the waterway. Of course, torpedoes cannot be fired, it is just a rehearsal.
Small warships such as torpedo boats are equipped in the navies of various countries. They were called torpedo boats at the time. They were mainly used to take advantage of the chaos to fire torpedoes at close range, disrupt the enemy's formation, and cover the main force during retreat. Moreover, the ship speed was not fast, and the torpedo range was very long.
Close, only a few hundred meters.
The "Petrel" class torpedo speedboat has increased the speed of the ship, and the range and explosion rate of the torpedoes have also increased a lot. The tactic of collective ambush in large formations is also a new subject. Those retired German naval officers are also beginners and can only learn it together.
