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Chapter 617 The plan to capture the Malay Peninsula
In December of the 14th year of Chengshun, after more than a month of quarreling, the army and navy finally finalized the allocation of military expenses and the allocation of troops.

In this army-navy cooperation, the principle of doing as much as you can with money is fully embodied.

As for the army and navy, the allocation of military expenditures and the subsequent distribution of spoils is based on the number of troops they use and the cost of military expenditures.

According to the combat plan finalized by the two parties, the navy will be responsible for maritime transportation and escort, and at the same time be responsible for defeating the maritime forces of the Kingdom of Johor at sea and preventing possible military intervention by the Dutch.

At the same time, the navy will also send a marine regiment to land and take control of the area controlled by the Kingdom of Johor in the easternmost part of the Malay Peninsula, which is the Lion City, and this place will be Singapore in later generations.

Control of this area, together with the necessary naval support, would enable control of the easternmost passage in the Straits of Malacca.

This is to ensure that the sea power of the Great Chu Empire can safely pass through the Strait of Malacca to support subsequent operations in the city of Malacca and the entire Malay Peninsula.

Even for the Great Chu Empire, the rest of the Malay Peninsula is not as important as Singapore, because the easternmost end of the Strait of Malacca adjacent to Singapore is the narrowest place in the entire strait, and there is also a small archipelago, namely Liao The inner archipelago, like the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula, is currently under the control of the Kingdom of Johor.

Based on the importance of the Strait of Malacca and the importance of the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca, the Kingdom of Johor naturally became the enemy of the Great Chu Empire.

Because the Kingdom of Johor currently controls the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca, the Chu Empire cannot control this area unless they are killed.

Relatively speaking, other places in the Straits of Malacca, such as the city of Malacca, which is now highly valued by the Portuguese and the Dutch, are actually not very interested in the Great Chu Empire.

The only interest is to rush in, and then confiscate many properties here to subsidize military expenditures.

As for building this place into a huge port, there is a lack of interest in garrisoning heavy troops.

Because the Strait of Malacca, where the city of Malacca is located, is already very wide, it is already difficult to carry out a comprehensive blockade, and it is far less effective than a direct blockade at the eastern end of Malacca.

Before the launch of the Malay Peninsula Campaign, the Great Chu Empire had finalized plans to establish a huge transit port and naval base in Lion City in the future.

With the Lion City, plus the naval base of the Great Chu Empire on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, it will be able to ensure the safety of the Strait of Malacca from east to west.

So there is also a battle plan that the Navy will send a regiment of marines to land in the Lion City and take control of the island.

Yes, the Lion City is actually an island... It does not directly border the Malay Peninsula on land, and there is a small strait "Johor Strait" in the middle. This small strait is also the main channel between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.

The navy's combat plan is relatively cautious. It did not choose to land on the Malay Peninsula as the first step, but chose to land in the Lion City, then control the island, and rely on the strait as a natural danger to prevent the kingdom of Johor from denying it.

As long as the Great Chu Empire Navy is allowed to stabilize its position in the initial stage of the Lion City landing, then relying on the strength of an entire marine regiment and the assistance of naval warships, the Kingdom of Johor should not expect to be able to counterattack and win the Lion City, even if the Dutch join the battle. It is impossible Take back the Lion City.

After controlling the Lion City, the naval warships of the Great Chu Empire will be able to anchor in the Lion City, supply, and rest, and use the port of the Lion City as a naval base to conduct operations in nearby waters.

If there is no Lion City as a naval base, then every battle of the Great Chu Empire Navy can only start from Beijia or simply Cam Ranh Bay, and fight the fleet of the Kingdom of Johor or the Dutch East India Company across a long distance.

If one fails, it will be finished.

Luo Zhixue expressed his approval and even gratification for the promotion of the navy.

Because unlike the army, which is ahead of other armies in terms of weapons and equipment, the warships of the Great Chu Empire Navy did not actually lead in terms of technology, at most it was just a large number.

And the technical advantages of personnel are not necessarily there.

The warships of the Great Chu Empire Navy still use sail warships, and they also use front-mounted artillery, and at most they are equipped with grenades.

In terms of firepower, there is actually not much absolute advantage.

In this case, even if you have more warships, you must prevent accidents and not be blindly arrogant.

Compared with the cautiousness of the navy, the army is much simpler. According to the combat plan, the army will send a division to participate in the battle, which is the fifth division of the army.

The division was deployed in the Yunnan area in the early stage and was responsible for operations in the direction of Myanmar.

Following the launch of the Nanyang strategy by the Great Chu Empire, the high-level army designated the fifth division, No. Adaptive training.

At the same time, a special refit was also carried out on the weapons and equipment, so that the above three divisions can be more suitable for operations in the Nanyang region.

After the Nanyang strategy was officially launched, the No.13 division was first transferred to Nanyang and participated in the Battle of Siam. The new immigrants of the empire freed up a large area of ​​living space.

After two consecutive years of overseas dispatch missions in the Nanyang region, considering that a large number of soldiers have extended their service years and need to retire and recruit new recruits, it is also considered that the morale of the army has been somewhat low due to excessive overseas service.

How should I put it, it’s fine for you to let them fight overseas, but you’ve left them overseas to deal with natives and mosquitos... Year after year, they haven’t seen them back, and many people have opinions.

Military orders cannot be violated, but the times will inevitably decline.

To this end, the Army's senior officials have launched an overseas rotation dispatch plan, that is, to rotate overseas garrison troops to avoid various problems caused by long-term garrison.

Although this will increase some transportation costs and adaptability problems, these can be overcome, which is better than the resentment of the soldiers below.

According to the rotation dispatch plan, the Fifth Division was sent to the Beijia area in the winter of Chengshun 14 to replace the No.13 Division to undertake a series of combat missions in the Beijia area.

The No.13 Division set off to return to the country, stationed in Guangdong for rotations, and when the time comes, those who should be retired will be retired, those who should be on vacation, and those who should be supplemented with recruits. Officers can also be promoted and transferred according to combat performance, etc.

At the same time, continue to maintain adaptive training, and then deploy overseas depending on the situation. However, if there are no accidents, it will take about two or three years before deployment.

If it is too frequent, the soldiers will have opinions.

Under such circumstances, the fifth division is now responsible for fighting in the Beijia area.

Not only the fifth division was sent overseas, but also a No.14 division dedicated to overseas landings in tropical operations, which will also be sent to the Nanyang region, but it is mainly used as a strategic reserve for the Malay Peninsula campaign.

The battle is mainly fought by the Fifth Division, the No.14 Division, which is used as a precautionary measure, and will take over the task of suppression and suppression in the Beijia area after the Fifth Division leaves.

Speaking of it, the current ruling pressure of the Great Chu Empire in the Beijia area is still not small, mainly because there are too many local aborigines, and these aborigines are not very friendly to the foreign Great Chu Empire, and often attack and resist .

You can’t blame them either. After all, if anyone wakes up from sleep, they will find that their land has become someone else’s. When others tell you to pack up and leave, you will be very upset, and those who are bold will resist.

As far as the Great Chu Empire is concerned, Nima, this Beijia area is already the territory of our Great Chu Empire, and it is also a spoil of war that was obtained reasonably after signing a treaty after the war.

This is the territory of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Chu Empire, what are you barbarians doing, get out of here quickly...

During this process, it is natural that there will be various turmoil. Before these things were in charge of the No.13 Division, and later they were handed over to the Fifth Division. Afterwards, it will be the turn of the No.14 Division.

Of course, these three units, as first-class combat readiness divisions, are mainly responsible for stationing in major cities and transportation nodes, and attacking large-scale and organized enemies.

The sporadic expulsion and suppression tasks are mainly the responsibility of the local armed patrols and even the militias themselves.

In order to protect the safety of the immigrants, the Nanyang Governor's Yamen made great efforts to deploy a large number of armed patrols in the Beijia area, equipped with matchlock guns, light artillery and light armor.

Then, a matchlock gun retired from the military was distributed free of charge to every new immigrant young and strong who went to the Beijia area.

As for the flintlock gun, this thing is still a high-tech ordnance, and the imperial military is still keeping it secret, while strictly controlling leakage.

Sporadic outflows are normal. After all, this thing has millions of equipment in the Chu army, and now even the armed patrols have begun to equip it... Coupled with the loss on the battlefield, etc., it is difficult for you to completely prevent the outflow of this thing.

However, sporadic and small-scale leaks are not a big problem, as long as there is no large-scale leak and the enemy's equipment is fine.

As for the enemy taking it as a sample for imitation... If it could be imitated so easily, European countries would have fully replaced the flintlock guns long ago.

You can imitate the appearance, but you can't imitate the material... If you don't have the corresponding materials and processing technology, you can't imitate it!
How should I put it, I will give you an F35, all the design drawings will be given to you, and I will give you a few more as samples. All the technologies will be disclosed, and you will be taught how to make it step by step, but still no country can imitate it.

Especially for the engine inside, the temperature before the vortex of this thing can reach more than [-] degrees Celsius, and the parts in it can still work normally at this temperature, and the high-temperature materials for making these parts are not yet available in other countries...

You don't even have the corresponding high-temperature materials, so why are you talking about imitation?

The same is true of the new flintlock guns of the Great Chu Empire. There are many things you can’t figure out just by looking at the appearance. For example, the inside of the musket barrel of the Great Chu Empire is smoother and the error is extremely small. This is based on better materials and processing. craft.

There is also the spring that seems to be a gadget, but it is extremely critical. The performance of this thing is directly related to the firing rate.

And any technical problem involving materials is a tiankeng. Don't expect other countries to solve it if you don't organize a large number of people and spend a lot of money.

That's it, it depends on luck when you can get it out!
Therefore, in fact, the Great Chu Empire is not afraid that other countries will imitate it on a large scale during this period, which is impossible.

Therefore, as long as the Great Chu Empire itself does not take the initiative to sell it on a large scale, then in the future, only the military and police of the Great Chu Empire can be equipped with such high-firing flintlock guns on a large scale.

Of course, if other countries have to equip flintlock guns with a low firing rate, it is also possible, but a flintlock gun with a firing rate of only 5.00% [-]% all-weather has no practical value, and it is not as good as an arquebus.

Relying on the regular army to take charge of the overall situation, and the armed patrols and militia to take specific measures to suppress and expel them, the immigration operation of the Great Chu Empire in the Beijia area was relatively smooth.

Of course, what is more important is that the imperial government has provided multiple guarantees for immigrants going to the Beijia area.

The first is official immigration. As long as you sign up for official immigration, the official will cover all expenses except for free land distribution. Even if you don’t have a copper coin in your pocket, you can sign up to Nanyang immigration.

When going there, there will be official ships for free transportation, usually using naval ships.

Anyway, naval ships often go to the depths of the South China Sea for various cruises and training. It used to be a matter of incidentally carrying immigrants, especially those transport ships. Anyway, the naval officers and soldiers in these transport ships also need to go to sea for training. It's okay to run around at sea for training, it's better to help transport immigrants.

After arriving at the place, free temporary rent, necessary food seeds and tools will be provided, and young and strong will also be issued an arquebus for self-defense.

In short, as long as you go to immigration, all the expenses will be fully covered by the official!

Of course, this kind of official immigration also has limitations, that is, it needs to obey the official distribution.

However, the officially arranged immigrant settlements are often not so good, not too remote, the land is not so good, and there are indigenous barbarians nearby, which is more dangerous.

Because of the good conditions, the Nanyang Governor's Yamen is reserved to attract immigrants at their own expense in order to reduce the official immigration expenditure.

After all, the official funds for supporting and subsidizing immigrants are also limited, and Nanyang has too much demand for immigrants. If only relying on official immigration, the number of immigrants coming is limited and the time required is long.

Therefore, some benefits are naturally needed to attract immigrants at their own expense.

These immigrants at their own expense, they carry the ships of major trading companies to the colonies in Southeast Asia by themselves, and they can freely choose where to settle after arriving in the local area. The official will not interfere in any way. If you want to immigrate, you can go there.

In addition, the government will not provide free housing, rations, grain seeds, and tools for these self-funded immigrants with certain financial capabilities.

How to put it, if you want to choose to immigrate and settle in a good place, you will naturally need to pay more than official immigration.

However, regardless of whether they are official immigrants or self-funded immigrants, they can obtain a large amount of free land. This is the treatment that all immigrants enjoy. The only difference lies in the region, the quality of the land, and the size of the land obtained.

However, the local officials basically give more... Anyway, there is a lot of land, and there are few immigrants... When there are fewer people and more land, the land is naturally given more.

And if you have the ability to cultivate more land after cultivating the basic quota land, you can also apply for additional land, which is also free... But the premise is that it cannot be abandoned within a certain number of years, and once it is abandoned, it will be taken back .

As for you want to hire people to farm, and use this to get a large piece of land, you can think beautifully... The new immigrants from the Great Chu Empire can get land for free from the government, who will farm for you... As for letting the natives help Do you farm?

I'm sorry, the Great Chu Empire is currently in overseas territories, and the natives are not allowed to live and live in the actual control area of ​​the Great Chu Empire.

Slaves were banned in the Great Chu Empire, and human trading was prohibited...

Even the slaves of the Ming Dynasty are illegal, let alone pure slaves. If you dare to hire a native slave to help you work, the police will arrest you directly, and the court will sentence you to death within two days. .

Prohibition of slavery, this is a matter of principle, even if you want to make a native slave, it is not allowed.

Of course, if you go to an indigenous country, such as Luzon, which is now under the control of the Spanish, and get a lot of slaves, the government of the Great Chu Empire will ignore you.

But as long as you dare to bring these slaves back to the country, you can catch them every minute.

The Great Chu Empire strictly prohibited even native slaves, and ordinary natives were generally not allowed to enter the actual control area of ​​the Great Chu Empire.

Therefore, in the several overseas colonies of the Great Chu Empire, especially in the areas actually controlled by the Great Chu Empire, you can't actually see any indigenous people.

In these places, or in the past, there were many indigenous people, but they were basically expelled.

Otherwise, how do you think the new immigrants of the Great Chu Empire got the land in their hands?

Without a continuous expulsion and suppression campaign, how could so many immigrants from the Great Chu Empire have been given so much land to them after they came here!
The immigration and a series of ruling measures implemented by the Great Chu Empire in the Beijia area are actually different from those of European colonists such as the Dutch.

The European colonists were seeking money, so they practiced slavery, and then captured a large number of indigenous people to farm and mine for them.

But the overseas expansion of the Great Chu Empire, on the surface, is all kinds of business, trade and other things, but strictly speaking, the overseas expansion of the high-level empire is not for money, but for resources and land itself.

In Luo Zhixue's mind, overseas expansion is more important to alleviate the local population problem.

Nowadays, there is naturally no population problem in the mainland, and now there are only about [-] million people, but you have to know that in the period of peace and stability, the population growth is very fast, especially the living standard and medical level in the Great Chu Empire are still improving. Among the improvements, these have further extended the average life expectancy.

On the one hand, the number of births is increasing, and on the other hand, the average life expectancy is gradually increasing.

And then that leads to a larger and larger population, and it's going to grow very fast.

Luo Zhixue estimates that in 20 years, the local population may reach 50 million, and it is possible to reach [-] billion within [-] years.

With such a rapid population growth, it won’t take long, at most, within 20 years, the Great Chu Empire will have the problem of overcrowding and less land. If there is no major breakthrough in agricultural technology, especially if there is no technology such as grain cultivation and chemical fertilizers, If there is a big breakthrough, then there must be not enough food.

At this time, a huge overseas territory is needed to share the pressure.

On the one hand, through continuous immigration to overseas territories.

On the other hand, food is transported back from overseas territories to increase local food supply.

A two-pronged approach can reduce the pressure brought by the population and maintain stable development.

As for what to do after the population continues to skyrocket to billions in 100 years or more.

Luo Zhixue estimated that there would be no accidents. At that time, the Great Chu Empire had entered the modern society, and in modern society, there was no need to worry about the problem of overpopulation, but the problem of population decline...

Besides, if the population is too large, it will definitely cause various conflicts. When the conflicts are too severe to be resolved, war will be inevitable.

As soon as the war came, the population plummeted!

After the war, the prosperity of the Great Chu Zhongxing or simply the new dynasty will naturally come.

You have counted through the dynasties, the so-called ZTE is basically established after war or various disasters, why?Because at that time the population was greatly reduced.

With few people and a lot of land, a fool who becomes the emperor can engage in a so-called ZTE...

On the contrary, the population is not small, and the food is still so small, ZTE is a woolen yarn!
What Luo Zhixue is doing now is to get the overseas territories ready in advance, and then slowly start emigrating to continue to relieve the local food pressure.

Now it is Nanyang, and the follow-up may be the Western Regions, Central Asia, and then America, India and other places.

In short, it is through continuous external expansion, while emigrating abroad, while using food from overseas territories to feed back to the mainland.

The expansion of the Beijia area and the current immigration plan are the experimental fields for this series of overseas expansion.

As for the previous four colonies of Cam Ranh Bay in Annan, Bangkok in Siam, Dagon in Myanmar, and Jiulongjiang in Cambodia, they could not afford the function of experimental fields.

Because these places are not large in size, and they are not key areas for immigration development.

Most of these places still serve as military bases and trade outposts, and a small amount of immigration development is also for the garrison and the supply needs of ships.

The Beijia area is different. This area is large enough, and the existing cultivated land and potential cultivated land are large enough to accommodate a large number of immigrants and conduct a series of experiments for the empire's overseas expansion policies.

Over the past year or so, the overall experiment has been relatively successful.

The more than 3 new immigrants who have settled in the Beijia area are the most obvious examples.

And because of the good results, the Great Chu Empire is still organizing more official immigrants and conducting propaganda, calling for more self-funded immigrants to go to the Beijia area.

Strive to increase the number of immigrants in the Beijia area to more than 10 as soon as possible, and then stabilize the control foundation of the Great Chu Empire in the area.

The good results achieved in the Beijia area also made the high-level empire determined to include other places in the Malay Peninsula.

To expand the scale of immigration development in overseas territories, and further verify the effects of various measures such as overseas expansion and immigration development.

Therefore, the high level of the Great Chu Empire decided to launch a war to seize other areas of the Malay Peninsula. A comprehensive plan that has just been finalized.

After all, in the Great Chu Empire, it is not that the military generals fight as soon as they want to fight, but they must obey the overall interests of the empire.

Under such an overall situation, the Great Chu Empire also officially launched a plan to capture the Malay Peninsula.

A large number of ships transported a lot of supplies and began to go south. The Fifth Division also received an order to go to the Beijia area, and then went south to Beijia on a transport ship.

(End of this chapter)