Lu Ming

Chapter 710 Take-up ([-])

What shopkeeper Gu saw was certainly not a hallucination.

The several ships that came at the critical moment were all equipped with artillery.Amidst the roar, the aborigines who were caught on the beach could not move, and watched helplessly as their own people were bombarded by the shotgun.

The natives on the back road were quickly killed and scattered, and the sailors on several ships immediately went ashore for reinforcements.The main force of the natives who were attacking Qianmen received a report of enemy reinforcements, and they were hit by muskets.

Psychological expectations were shattered, and the morale of the natives collapsed rapidly.At the moment closest to victory, he lost his struggle and withdrew to the dense forest.

After half an hour, God also seemed to realize that he had acted inappropriately before.So the rain stopped suddenly, and the sky was bright and sunny, as if the years were quiet and nothing had happened.

However, the broken guns, broken limbs and severed heads all over the place remind the survivors all the time that this place has just experienced a life-and-death battle.

Location: Inside the headquarters.

Shopkeeper Gu, who received the first-aid service in the field, reclined weakly in his chair.He was naked at the moment, his waist and shoulders were wrapped in thick bandages, his eyes were blue and his lips were white, and his face was pale.Because he had to resist the throbbing pain from the wound, the nerves on his face would twitch from time to time.

The master seat next to shopkeeper Gu is naturally the owner of the castle, Mr. Wu.Compared with shopkeeper Gu, the third master's appearance is a bit better, but it is limited: the arm suspended by the bandage, and the new medical armpit crutches beside his hand, all silently tell the third master Wu's middle-aged crisis.

The next moment, the third master raised his remaining arm and made a one-handed salute: "Shopkeeper Liu is in a hurry, and Wu Meng will accept the favor of shopkeeper Liu on behalf of his brothers!"

As soon as Sanye Wu finished speaking, Master Gu tried his best to raise his hand, coughing, and weakly COPY Sanye: "Gu Ming thanked shopkeeper Liu, and the Taihang Gang will make a note of this time."

"Hahaha, they are all from my own family, so why not be polite."

The hearty laugh was none other than Liu Xiang, the former pirate leader who had long lost popularity in the hearts of the people of Fujian and Guangdong.

Compared with a few years ago, the appearance of the shopkeeper Liu Xiang Liu has not changed significantly, and it seems that there is more flesh on his face.It's just that shopkeeper Liu, who seems to have a lot of Buddhism, occasionally inadvertently, there will still be a moment of cruelty and tyranny in his eyes.

"As soon as the Pioneering Army was established the year before last, my brothers and I were drawn over. Now we are a real family."

The black and thin shopkeeper Liu, wearing a dirty major military uniform, with the buttons unbuttoned, has already smoked golden yellow with his fingers holding the cigarette: "It's easy to talk about a family. From now on, the two shopkeepers will set up cabinets in Nanyang. It’s convenient to bother each other.”

Wu Sanye felt a lot more relaxed now: "Hehe, Shopkeeper Liu has auspicious words. Surely one day, Shopkeeper Liu will be able to come and go freely in Wu's territory."

Escaping from the dead, Gu Dangjia is naturally in a good mood, but his focus is different from that of the third master: "Did shopkeeper Liu get a military order to help?"

"That's not true." Liu Xiang also sighed after hearing the words: "It's also a coincidence, I was passing by on a mission, I didn't think to come here. I received a clear telegram."

"Good hanging!"

Wu Sanye and Gu Ming looked at each other, and they both saw fear in each other's eyes: the code telegraph was invented at that time, it was purely a will.No one expected that there was actually another fleet in the system nearby.

Taking a long breath, Gu Ming was still in shock: "Shopkeeper Liu's mission is really a coincidence!"

"The two of you are fighting fiercely with savages these days." Liu Xiang glanced at them with a half-smile, and found that they really didn't know what their mission was.So he beckoned: "Bring the chart."

In an instant, a high-profile top-secret military map of South Asia was laid out on the table.

"Ten months ago, it was verified that François and the Spaniards had linked up and praised the activities of the Nanyang natives besieging Fort Ridge, and the Commander's Mansion and the Spaniards turned against each other."

At this point, Liu Xiang first drew a large circle in the entire Nanyang area with his scorched index finger: "The Ministry of the Navy issued a military order immediately, and sent out several groups of gunboat formations to wipe out the Spanish ships in the entire area."

Speaking of this, Liu Xiang drew a small circle with her little fingernail along Mindoro Island, Coron Island and other surrounding islands of Zheng He Island: "The Ministry of the Navy then ordered our Ministry and the second task force to go south to find an opportunity to land. Crack down on indigenous logistics. Copy nests."

"Fortunately not disgraceful." Speaking of this, shopkeeper Liu showed a faint smile on his face, and his eyes revealed the brilliance of "reminiscing about the past and the past": "All the elite natives have come to Lizhuobao. Brother, I also They are very familiar with the road, and in this month, the brothers have shoveled no less than seventeen or eight stockades."

Putting up his palms and making a knife-cutting gesture, shopkeeper Liu said, "Don't worry, the work is done smoothly. The rice fields are all overfired. No one will be left, and the weeds will be wiped out."

"So that's how it is! It's so strong!"

Shopkeeper Gu, who had never experienced an all-out war, was overwhelmed with emotion.

Shopkeeper Liu added complacently at the end: "Hmph, that means the rainy season is here, otherwise the brothers still want to go to Cebu for a visit."

"Come here, pour the wine!"

Wu Sanye, who was also happy to hear it, was in a good mood, regardless of his injuries, he was about to serve wine to start the whole day.

But a loud shout interrupted everyone's actions: "The fleet is here!"

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Usually, when the sirens sound, a movie is about to end.This large-scale fighting that took place in the seventeenth century also came to an end when the police uncle's large fleet arrived.

in the afternoon.

Only a few hours later, the patter of rain fell from the sky again.However, the rain at this moment can no longer submerge the soaring enthusiasm in the castle.

After the arrival of the large fleet, the ships docked at the pier immediately and "unloaded" more than 300 reinforcements with live ammunition.

When these reinforcements got off the ship, it heralded the turning point of the battle: from this moment on, the Fort Licone changed from a strategic defense to a strategic offensive.

What the second ship unloaded was military doctors, medicines, labor tools, and a complete set of equipment that could build a field hospital.

Now it's the third ship's turn.

Fu Youdi got out of the cabin, straightened his coat and hat, leaned on the side of the boat, and watched the side of the boat approaching the pier little by little.Finally, under the command of the iron horn and the flag, the ship docked steadily.

As soon as the pedal was put down, Fu Youdi jumped onto the trestle.

Today's Fu Youdi is no longer the country wimp lying in the grass waiting to die.On the shoulders of his uniform, there are epaulets composed of stars and stripes.This means that Comrade Fu Youdi has become a glorious low-level civil servant in the prison administration system of Dayan State.

On the trestle, the logistics lieutenant colonel of the large fleet in military uniform, the fleet dispatcher, and the logistics chief of Fort Ledcone with a bandage on his head were all together.Seeing Fu Youdi approaching, the lieutenant colonel hurriedly waved his hand: "Hurry up, hand over the formalities and let him out."

Hearing this, Fu Youdi opened his leather briefcase, took out the documents, and said carefully, "Qiongzhou Erkan was ordered to send the labor camp prisoners to your place. There should be three hundred people, but the actual number is 290 five."

"Just a few days, five less?"

The short, somewhat literati fleet dispatcher was a little confused: "Didn't you rest up in Saigon before going to sea? What's going on? Is there an epidemic?"

"No, no." The sweat dripped from Fu Youdi's forehead: "It was a fight, two groups were fighting in the cabin, and it was already too late to find out."

"Damn it, if you have the strength to come to me, are you afraid you won't be able to fight enough?"

The logistics officer with a bandage on his head was furious: "Hurry up, let people out, don't repair them, go to the front and rear doors to clean up the corpses first!"

"Yes Yes!"

Following Fu Youdi's order, the hatch cover opened, and bald men in orange vests came out one by one.

"Line up to disembark, all line up."

The short and stocky Guanjiao Fu completely tore off the cautious mask of a civil servant at this time, revealing his true colors.

He stretched out his hand to touch it, took down a shiny black leather whip from his back, and slapped two resounding whips on the head of the person as he spoke: "Have you forgotten all the rules? Come in groups, line up to get the belongings, first Ship the corpse!"

The dejected team of reeducation through labor prisoners suddenly let out a sigh of relief.

With a "snap", the gun went off.

A bald head at the front of the queue fell to the ground like a torn sack, and the bullet holes in his skull began to ooze blood.

"Those who don't make noise, and those who don't shrink back, will be served by military law!"

After declaring discipline in plain words, the logistics lieutenant colonel put the smoking pistol back into his waist with a blank expression.Then he waved his hand to signal the armed soldiers standing guard at the pier to be alert.

Looking at the fresh and hot corpse on the ground, Guanjiao Fu standing at the bow of the boat spread his hands helplessly, showing an awkward and impolite smile: "Should it be Qiongzhou's blessing nest? Everyone should go to work quickly. Sigh, It's because I'm too kind-hearted in my daily life, and I've hurt you!"

In this way, the reform-through-labor prisoners who rushed to the shore rushed to clean up the battlefield.

There was no other way, the original personnel of Fort Licone had suffered heavy casualties, and the follow-up troops needed to be repaired to prepare for battle, so these prisoners could only be left to turn around.

Fortunately, these pirates and bandits were fattened in Saigon before they set off, and they did not lose food and drink along the way, so they had some physical strength.Under the urging of bayonets, bullets and leather whips, the labor camp team of 300 people quickly began to clean up the corpses inside and outside the fort.

Fort Licone must now quickly dig a pit to bury the bodies of its own people, and then ship the bodies of the natives and throw them out to sea.

Cleaning up the battlefield is the highest priority item.In the tropics, it was raining again, and corpses would quickly rot and deteriorate if soaked in water, which was the source of infection for large-scale plagues.

The cleanup continued into the night.This aspect is a high priority, even if the logistics are hung up with kerosene lamps everywhere.

During this period, Fu Youdi also conscientiously did his job well. In fact, it was no different from directing reform-through-labor prisoners to build roads on weekdays, except that one shoveled sand and the other shoveled corpses.

The next day, in the morning, it rained lightly.

The reform-through-labour prisoners who had been busy in the middle of the night huddled under the canopy and slept like dead dogs.

Disciplinary Fu, who has been supervising the whole process, can finally take a break in this session.Smoking a cigarette, sitting at the back door, Fu Youdi watched the ants-like flow of people on the pier, feeling deeply moved in his heart.

Two months ago, the sudden escort task fell on the head of the lowest-qualified guard in Qiongzhou No. [-] Kan without any suspense.

Considering that it is extremely dangerous to go to Nanyang, a place where savages are haunted by stormy waves, the director of the detention center thoughtfully organized his colleagues to arrange a ceremony for him to be promoted to a police rank before Fu Youdi's departure.

Originally, I thought that I would go to work day after day like this, happily eating public rations until Fu Youdi died of old age, but during this mission, I had the opportunity to appreciate the vastness of the world.

Disciplinary Fu, who has opened up his knowledge, is now a person with great ideals: sooner or later, I will be the director of the department, and sooner or later, I will be the master of Fu.

Inadvertently, it was already noon.

Guanjiao Fu, who had smoked enough cigarettes, watched the empty ship slowly give up the berth, so he got up and patted his butt, planning to go to eat on the hour, and then find a place to take a nap before talking.

No, the next moment, he saw the flag guiding the flagship to berth in the rain and fog.

"Hey, I'm afraid the general is about to disembark."

Fu Youdi didn't want to leave again, he wanted to verify his guess.

After a while, all the sails were lowered, and the new steam cruiser "Moon Harbor" with only a little boiler pressure left slowly docked at the pier.

Then, first a large number of pioneering army gunners disembarked.Afterwards, the deputy commander of the Pioneering Army, the commander of the temporary large fleet, the Imperial Rear Admiral Tian Lihui, surrounded by a large number of followers, stepped off the sideboard.

Tian Lihui, former Navy retired personnel, travel time: two and a half years.

With the distance between Fu Youdi, it is not clear which one belongs to Tian Lihui. However, the umbrella on the head of Major General Tian betrayed him. In the current Lizhui Fort, only Major General Tian is qualified to wear an umbrella.

When Major General Tian climbed the gentle slope, the dazzling pure gold star on the shoulder patch betrayed his position again, which made Fu Youdi tremble.

"Take a rest, stand at attention."

Fu Youdi stood up immediately, and at the same time shouted the password to himself, he assumed the most standard standing posture by the side of the road.Then, when Major General Tian and his party passed by, Officer Fu saluted the standard police officer salute.

The high-ranking and powerful Major General Tian naturally didn't care about a short staff member of the prison administration system by the roadside.Surrounded by so many people, he didn't even see a certain dwarf.

But at this moment, Fu Youdi's eyes were full of envy: Except for the big shot who rescued him and gave him a new life, this was the closest he was to other big shots.

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Time flies, and another five days pass in a flash.

During these five days, the big fleet kept loading and unloading every day, and finally moved all the personnel and materials into the Fortress.

Today's Licone Fort has strong soldiers and strong horses.There are no less than [-] regular combat soldiers alone, and this is not counting the reform-through-labor prisoners and skilled workers who can be converted at any time.

The aborigines probably also observed the torrential flames of the outsiders, so they began to die down.From that day on, the rainforest was quiet, and no natives came up to die.

In fact, the series of iconic battles known as the Battle of the Fortress in later history books was completely over from the day when the Grand Fleet arrived at the port.

Five days later, on a rare sunny day, Tian Lihui, the deputy commander of the Pioneering Army, held a memorial ceremony at the cemetery outside the fort.

At the ceremony, Commander Tian delivered an impassioned speech.

Next, is meritorious deeds and rewards.All the heroes who survived the Battle of Lizhuobao were awarded medals, silver coins, and land certificates. At this moment, Dayan National Lizhuobao Group was successfully listed, and hundreds of landlords were born in an instant.

However, the newly distributed land probably needs to be demolished by the new landowners themselves. The land is all on nearby islands, and the property rights are still owned by savages.

On that day, Guanjiao Fu, who was in the corner of the crowd watching the ceremony, was undoubtedly envious and hated.It's just that Guanjiao Fu, who is naturally timid, thought to himself that he didn't have the ability to earn the benefits of licking blood with a knife, so he felt sad.

After handing out the prizes and boosting morale, it's time to find the savage to settle the score.

In the early morning of the next day, when the injury was still not healed, Mr. Wu, who was on crutches, stood on the stage and kicked the silver round box off the stage with his remaining good leg.Accompanied by the silver coins rolling everywhere, Wu Sanye raised his remaining good arm: "One, I only want a savage head. Those who come back will be my brothers from now on, and they will be treated equally for money and land!"

The scumbag prisoners who had been tortured by hard labor and who were desperate for life, were stimulated to become ferocious, and they called out to join the gang, and went to the pile of weapons piled up beside them to pick out their usual weapons.

Immediately afterwards, the Qingxiang Brigade, with hundreds of reform-through-labour prisoners as the front and thousands of gunmen in the rear, formally broke into the dense forest in front of Fort Licone.

Facts have proved that in the group combat mode, the terrain advantages owned by the indigenous people will be minimized.

Technology is technology.Crowds of gunmen form a group, and there is no blind spot observation mode. Even in the dense forest, a satisfactory casualty exchange ratio can be achieved with the natives.

After breaking in that day, not long after, a soaring column of smoke rose from the dense forest.Next, pillars of smoke continued to rise, advancing towards the central mountain range. Each pillar of smoke represented the capture and burning of the native barracks.

Such repeated attacks for several days.With a high exchange rate of 50% casualties of reform-through-labour prisoners and 15% casualties of regular members, the Pioneer Army cleared all the jungle natives in the front and east sides of the Fort.

When the last round of assault to the north began, it didn't take long for the exciting news to come back: the native villages were all empty and the troops were withdrawn.

The siege of the aborigines, which lasted for more than a year, was finally raided in their old nest, the front line encountered a counterattack, and the warriors suffered heavy casualties. Under the background of heavy casualties, they were completely disbanded and became history.

At this moment, Fort Licone finally gained a firm foothold in this barren land.Next, it is time to move from wartime to full-scale construction.

The Battle of Fort Ridge is undoubtedly groundbreaking in the history of imperial expansion.The far-reaching impact brought about by this campaign will still leave traces a hundred years later.

Don't talk about the distance, just talk about the present.After this battle, the permanent support points established by the empire in the tropics in the future will give high priority to the construction of the gunpowder depot.

In addition, based on the experience and lessons learned from the Battle of Fort Licone, the cabinet finally had no choice but to approve the proposal to set up a grenade production line, and the military system of Dayan State has thus developed by leaps and bounds.

Then, the civil servant Fu Youdi also received an order about himself: From now on, the official will be promoted to a higher level, and the organizational relationship will be transferred from Qiongzhou to Guangzhou Second Kan. Immediately set off to Guangzhou to receive the next batch of labor reform prisoners and transport them to Lizhuibao. without delay.

On June 1636, 6, Fu Youdi went north with the large fleet.

Destination: Saigon.

(End of this chapter)