The difficulty in Soya's development lies in the quality of its population.

There is no universal basic education in Soya, and more than half of the country is illiterate.

The government conducted a census last year, and statistics showed that in 2002 Soya had a permanent population of 380,000, including 220,000 people over the age of 10.

Among the 220,000 people, there are more than 60,000 who have never attended school, 120,000 who have only received primary school education, 20,000 who have junior high school education, less than 10,000 who have high school or vocational education, and 7,000 who have college or above.

There are 42 primary schools, 15 middle schools and 1 university in Soya. Currently, about one-third of school-age children and teenagers are studying. According to this trend, the semi-illiteracy status cannot be changed.

On the coastline of the capital, Honia, there are some palatial mansions and very beautiful resort hotels. However, if you leave these beautiful resorts and walk a few kilometers into the island, you can see the real situation of the local residents.

Among residential communities built of thatched houses, only large tribes have schools, and the school facilities are very simple. They usually consist of two wooden rooms, a blackboard, and several wooden boards used as desks, where children of different ages attend classes together.

Another point is that there is a lack of teachers here.

Those who are educated and knowledgeable are basically in wealthy areas. They are either rich people or people who serve the rich.

Another phenomenon that is also very problematic is that Soya people who have received higher education often go abroad.

Statistics show that the total population of Soya is growing positively, but the population with high education is experiencing negative growth. Last year, the number of people who migrated out of Soya was close to 5,000, and the young people among them were basically those with higher education.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, it is somewhat difficult to rely on local people to build and defend Soya.

This is the helplessness of a small country with few people.

The islands of Soya are rich in forests and have a bauxite mine, but transportation is inconvenient, power resources are scarce, and there is a lack of industrial workers... Extracting resources, developing industry, and making the country rich and powerful require huge investments!

From the current point of view, Sawyer really has nothing worthy of the world's covetousness.

Without the intervention of Donghua Capital and the arrival of Hao Yueming and others, Sawyer would not have changed, or there would be no need to change.

However, Sawyer has already entered Chen Lidong's sight.

Why include Sawyer in the bag?

One reason is based on the consideration of "three cunning rabbit holes".

On Bear Island, after Lovich withdrew from the army and retreated behind the scenes, his control over the local forces became even weaker.

Nowadays, the Mao Xiong government and various countries are constantly infiltrating, and they all want to know the secrets of Bear Island. Some people have already proposed to revoke the lease of Bear Island and take back the development rights of Bear Island.

In fact, the industry on Bear Island was originally a cover-up created by Chen Lidong. Various inventions, super batteries, offshore platforms and other black technologies have nothing to do with Bear Island in general. It doesn't matter if Bear Island is handed over.

But now, with the "help" of the system, Chen Lidong has gained a certain level of strength and can actually engage in some black technologies, so he has set his sights on Sawyer.

That is, rather than relying on others, it is better to dominate one side.

At the very least, Soya is considered a sovereign country with an area of ​​600,000 square kilometers, including nearly 30,000 square kilometers of land and 1.6 million square kilometers of maritime exclusive economic zone.

Also, its location is very good. It is located near the equator. It is not only the transportation hub of the northern and southern hemispheres, but also a node for communication between Sam and Southeast Asia.

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The various forces on the island, headed by Manasse, have been attracted by Hao Yueming under the temptation of wealth, and only then have large-scale investment and development in Soya begun.

The purpose of building Soya's national defense is, of course, to protect Soya's industry. After Soya's economic take-off, it will inevitably attract the attention of all forces. Without corresponding force, it will be dangerous.

As the old saying goes: "Every man is innocent, but he is guilty of carrying a jade." If you don't have your own army, then let your children carry gold through the busy city.

To develop national defense in Soya, we must start from scratch.

Sawyer did not establish a military service system, build an army, and sign up to join the army. Who should he rely on?

In the newly built military camp, Du Changhai saw the soldiers assigned to him.

These people were even naked from the waist down, wearing just shorts.

They were 5,000 Soya youths who were apportioned by Manasse to the congressmen, and then recruited by the congressmen like strong men. The situation they faced made Du Changhai's head as big as a bucket.

In terms of language communication, it is not a big problem to have local Chinese translators to assist, but how to make these black-skinned monkeys become warriors?

They don't know how to form a team, and they don't know how to "organize the military appearance."

In front of the "officers" brought by Du Changhai, some were trembling with fear, while others kept making small moves.

Two weeks later, Du Changhai, who looked unlucky, came to Kong Fanjie and said, "I really can't handle training the Soya people. How about hiring another expert?"

Kong Fanjie pulled Du Changhai to sit down, handed over a cup of coffee and said, "Brother, don't be anxious, sit down and talk."

Du Changhai sat on the bamboo chair, sighed and said: "I estimate that it will take three months for these people to learn to queue up and perform exercises normally.

The difficulty lies behind, I have counted and found that only a few dozen soldiers in this batch understand simple Chinese characters, so how can we teach them?"

After Kong Fanjie listened, he digested it for a few seconds before he understood the general meaning, "You mean, these soldiers are all illiterate, right?"

"Not all of them are illiterate, probably less than half, but they have learned English, not Chinese.

If the soldiers I brought over were to be their instructors, the instructors would have to learn English first and also learn the local Piruan language.

But even if you pass the language barrier, it won't work. Boss Chen said that the firearms and equipment used by Sawyer are domestic, but the equipment instructions are all in Chinese."

Kong Fanjie thought for a while and said, "Then teach them Chinese."

Du Changhai was stunned, "That's fine, oh, that's not right, I brought people here for military training, not teaching.

Also, if you teach them from scratch, it will take years and months to equip them with combat capabilities.

The boss said that he wanted to build a modern army in Soya.

What is a modern army? It must be mechanized and informatized.

If you give me such soldiers, I probably won’t be able to modernize the country by the time I retire.”

Kong Fanjie understood what Du Changhai meant, "What should we do? The boss said that you have the final say in military construction. Besides, I can't help with the problem you mentioned."

Du Changhai said: "How about recruiting teachers from China and coming to Soya to teach Chinese?"

Kong Fanjie thought for a while and said, "It's difficult."

"Why?"

"The official language of Sawyer is English. Government documents, store signs, and school textbooks are all in English. If you ask us to teach them Chinese, that will definitely not work."

Du Changhai picked up the coffee and took a sip, then sighed, "Where's your tea? I can't drink coffee."

Kong Fanjie had no choice but to look through his desk to find the package of Longjing he had brought over at the beginning of the year.

Du Changhai stood up and looked outside the door, then walked over, got behind Kong Fanjie who was rummaging through boxes and said, "Mr. Kong, do you think the boss has some agenda for doing this in Sawyer?"

Kong Fanjie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Wucao, you scared me! Lao Du, there is no such thing as you, you are so sinister. According to you, what is the boss's plan?"

Du Changhai walked to the door, looked outside again, then closed the office door and said, "Okay, you are his classmate, I won't tell you.

In short, you invested so much money in Soya, and then transferred us from the country to train the army, you must have a plan.
Chapter completed!