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Chapter 681 Configuring Machine Guns
"Ten thousand troops are stationed at Angkor Kiln, and they want to cross Chenla and Siam and attack Toungoo. What do they think?"

"Angkor Kiln was the former royal city of our Chenla Kingdom. Because it was close to Siam, we couldn't beat Siam, so we moved here. But after all, it was our former royal city. How can we allow outsiders to station troops there? Doesn't it hurt the face of our king?"

"Siam is a powerful country on land. Even if we allow the Celestial Kingdom to garrison troops at Angkor Kiln, I am afraid that Siam will not allow the army of the Celestial Kingdom to pass through their territory."

A group of princes and nobles from the Chenla Kingdom suddenly exploded. Obviously, the decision of the Kyushu Army to enter the Angkor Kiln area made them very puzzled and disturbed.

"Everyone, be safe and don't be impatient!" King Zhenla stopped the impetuous princes and nobles, turned his head and said to the envoy of the Kyushu Army, "How much food does your country need?"

"The food that can be used by 1 soldiers and [-] civilians for one year." The envoy of the Kyushu Army said.

"There are too many. Our Chenla Kingdom has been fighting with Siam and other countries for years, and every year there is not one tenth of the grain. We cannot supply so much food to you, otherwise our subjects will starve." The King of Chenla said.

"How about the food for 2 people for half a year?" The envoy of the Kyushu Army seemed to have compromised, "We will buy food from you with silver taels."

"Uh..." King Chenla's heart was broken. The Nanyang Fleet led by Deng Qianlong invaded Udong City of Chenla Kingdom and looted about [-]% of the gold and silver treasures in the treasury of Chenla Kingdom. It is estimated that this batch of gold was used to buy food. The silver property was snatched from their treasury.Using the stolen gold and silver treasures to buy food is equivalent to giving it away for nothing.

"I need to discuss with many ministers before replying to your envoy." The two requests made by the King of Chenla to the Kyushu Army were very troublesome.

"Please also ask your country to give us an answer within two days, because the army will land from the Lancang River in Phnom Penh City in three days, so that we can make the right choice." The Kyushu Army envoy said.

When he said this, the King of Chenla and the princes and nobles of the Chenla Kingdom were shocked.

Reply within two days, and within three days the troops stationed by the Kyushu Army at Angkor Kiln will land from the banks of the Lancang River, which is equivalent to cutting first and then playing!That is to say, no matter whether the Chenla Kingdom refuses or accepts, the [-] troops of the Kyushu Army will land in Phnom Penh City and forcibly garrison Angkor Kiln.There is also a subtext that if the Chenla Kingdom does not provide food, the Kyushu Army cannot guarantee that the [-] troops will do anything crazy. It would be miserable if Deng Qianlong's Nanyang Fleet attacked Wudong City like the last time.The last time we robbed the property, it was alright, but this time we robbed the granary. If the granary is emptied, people will die, and many people will die.

The envoy of the Kyushu Army left after the banquet, and the officials of the Chenla Kingdom who led the way for the envoy were even more in awe of the envoy, leading the way carefully, not even daring to look at him.Behind the messenger is a powerful country, and this country can break through their royal city with only a part of their troops, so how can they not be afraid.

The King of Chenla left behind many officials, princes and monks. A group of people looked at each other and looked at you, feeling extremely depressed.Small countries have no diplomacy, and all choices must be swayed by big countries.If they form an alliance with Siam, Taungoo and other countries, it will be a little better, and they will have room to bargain with the Kyushu Army.However, Taungoo, Siam, Annam, Chenla, Lancang and other countries on the Indochina Peninsula are vying to be the hegemony, and the relationship between the countries is not harmonious. Even if they want to form an alliance now, it will not help.

Everyone discussed the countermeasures, but after much deliberation, there was still only one way, and that was to obey the meaning of the Kyushu Army, and then adapt to the situation.

Three days later, the Third Corps of the Southern Conscript Army led by Cao Bianjiao landed from Phnom Penh.The South Third Corps was formed by part of the Sixth Corps led by Cao Bianjiao and part of the Independent Corps.

After landing in Phnom Penh City, the Third Corps of Zhengnan First went to Udong City to show off its force, which frightened the Chenla defenders in Udong City, and quickly sent officials to approach.

According to the agreement between the Kyushu Army and the Chenla Kingdom, the Kyushu Army first took part of the grain to the Angkor Kiln to garrison, and then the Chenla Congress continuously transported the supplied grain to the Angkor Kiln.As a price, the Kyushu Army needs to pay gold and silver treasures. This gold and silver treasure was really plundered by Deng Qianlong from the royal family of Chenla...

"Cao Wenzhao, this time you will be stationed at Angkor Kiln alone, which is close to Siam. If we go to war with Siam, you will be under a little more pressure. Are you confident?" Deng Qianlong led the fleet to march to the south The Three Corps were transported to Phnom Penh City and will return to Hoi An Port.

"Everything is going according to the original plan. Our Third South Corps will attack Siam from the west of Siam. If we miss, I will take my head to the army to make amends." Cao Bianjiao patted his chest and said.

"When you are young and energetic, you still have to leave a little room for speaking, otherwise I will help you plead for mercy at that time." Deng Qianlong said.

"I took a look at the equipment of the Chenla army, and it was very poor. Most of them still used swords and spears, and there were very few armors. The only distinctive feature was the elephant soldiers. Elephant soldiers used to deal with Infantry and cavalry armed with cold-blade weapons are still effective, but in front of our musketeers, elephants look rough and thick, but in fact they can be injured with one blow, not to mention that we have cannons." Cao Bianjiao talked about his What I heard from Udong City, "According to the information collected by the Military Intelligence Department, there are also many elephant soldiers in Siam."

"Elephant soldiers are too heavy. When the chieftains of Toungoo Kingdom invaded the Chief Secretary of Yunnan, Deng Zilong, a brave general at that time, served as the general of Yunnan Yongchang Guards, and lured the Toungoo elephant soldiers into a narrow valley to restrain the movement of the elephant soldiers and cavalry. As soon as the enemy army arrives, the fire crossbows will be fired, and the sharp arrows will rain like rain, and the enemy will suffer heavy casualties." Deng Qianlong said.

"Decades ago we had to rely on ingenuity to break through the elephant formations, but now we have enough firearms to resist them, such as this good thing." Cao Bianjiao patted a cold Gatling hand-cranked machine gun beside him .

Since the Kyushu Army's first batch of Gatling hand-cranked machine guns were used in the Western Regions against the Tsarist-Russian coalition forces, mass production began.In order to end the war in Nanyang as soon as possible, the second batch of Gatling hand-cranked machine guns were shipped to Nanyang, and they were the first to equip the Nanyang Army.

However, the Gatling hand-operated machine gun has relatively strict requirements on supplies, and its volume and weight are relatively large. Most of them are erected on towering large wheel frames to ensure stable shooting. Moreover, it has a six-barreled barrel and uses metal shell ammunition, which can maintain stability every minute. The rate of fire of 200 rounds... the difficulty of supplying is no less than that of a cannon.

At present, there are three corps of the Confederate Army, and each corps is equipped with 20 hand-cranked Gatling machine guns.

(End of this chapter)