The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 237 Background!

High military merit pensions and rewards are one of the most important means for the Liberation Army to ensure combat effectiveness!

Zhu Hongyu is indeed doing ideological education for the army, that's right!

It's just that if you just do ideological education and want people to kill you without giving enough treatment, then you are playing hooligans.

In addition to the high casualties and military rewards, the biggest source of combat effectiveness of the Liberation Army is actually the seemingly inconspicuous battalion of wounded troops.

Perfect wounded soldiers admission and treatment system, and excellent treatment for wounded soldiers!

These systems let everyone in the Liberation Army know that they will not be abandoned even if they are injured.

As long as there is still one breath left, they will be treated as best they can.

It can be said that it has greatly solved the worries of the soldiers of the Liberation Army after they went to the battlefield!
In the two fortified battles of Macau and Humen, the soldiers of the Liberation Army dared to launch attacks one after another, charging forward one after another.

Apart from the high military rewards, it was because they knew that even if they were seriously injured, they would not be abandoned.

Naturally dare to rush up!

The comrade-in-arms next to Wei Wu's bed was called Li Kai, the one who saved his life on the battlefield.

Compared with Wei Wu's injury, Li Kai's injury is much more serious.

The shoulder was stabbed hard by the spear, but the armor plate could not block it.

Just a little bit, his entire arm was completely useless.

But even so, whether Li Kai's arm can recover in the future is still unknown.

The military doctor said that Li Kai's arm might not be able to lift heavy objects in the future, and after the injury heals, there is a high probability that he will be discharged from the army.

Wei Wu comforted Li Kai cheerfully.

"Brother Li, don't make such a bitter face!"

"If you retire from the army, you will be discharged. You have at least earned tens of acres of military land in this battle. Even if you rent it out, these fields are enough for you to spend the rest of your life comfortably."

"Isn't it better than continuing to go to the battlefield and desperately dying at some point?"

Li Kai curled his lips and didn't care much.

He is different from Wei Wu. Wei Wu's family is very poor, and he joined the army for military merit and food.

But Li Kai's family is very rich. The family runs several shops, and they earn a net profit of several hundred silver dollars every year.

He has never been short of expenses since he was a child!

He joined the army not for military merits, not for food.

It is rushing to drive out the Tartars and restore China!
In other words, he joined the army to fight for his ideals, not for military rewards!
He doesn't care about military merits, but he has to be discharged due to injury, and he can't continue to contribute to the expulsion of the Tartars and the restoration of China, which makes him very uncomfortable.

Wei Wu spoke again.

"If you really don't want to leave the army, you can apply to the higher authorities and transfer to the logistics department!"

"The purpose of fighting on the battlefield is to "drive out the Tartars and restore China", do logistics, and ensure the supply of supplies for the army. Isn't it also contributing to "drive out the Tartars and restore China"?"

Li Kai rolled his eyeballs, and the expression on his face instantly changed, he nodded and said.

"Well, I will report to the higher authorities later!"

The two looked at each other and laughed loudly at the same time.

The atmosphere is very happy!

The atmosphere in the wounded barracks of the Liberation Army was not depressing.

Although from time to time, seriously wounded people died of their injuries and were carried out.

But everyone is an old soldier who is used to seeing life and death, used to seeing blood and killing, and has long been indifferent to life.

……

On April 16th, the [-]th year of the Yongli calendar, after the Ming army captured Humen, they recuperated for a few days.

Subsequently, the fleet entered the Pearl River and bombarded the banks of the Pearl River, shaking Guangzhou!
Jin Guangzu, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was shocked and ordered reinforcements to speed up the march and recapture Humen.

On the other side, the soldiers of the Pingnan Prince's Mansion led by Shang Zhixin had arrived in the Zhongshan area, not far from Macau.

Moreover, he also received news that Macau had fallen and the Portuguese rushed to the streets.

"The thieves are coming, I can understand it, but what is the situation in England?"

Shang Zhixin rode on horseback and asked the Portuguese Ribeiro beside him.

Ribeiro wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

"The country of England is the most powerful country in Europe!"

"Its fleet is the strongest fleet in the world after defeating the Spanish Armada."

"It's just that the country of England should not be able to reach the Far East!"

Britain, though powerful, is only a rising star.

Compared with the background, it is slightly inferior to the leading countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.

At the very least, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain all have their own colonies in the Far East.

We can barely scrape together a decent fleet!

But now the UK is still competing in India!
Ribeiro really couldn't understand, how could Britain participate in the war between Ming and Qing?

The British fleet is indeed powerful, this is true!

However, no matter how powerful the fleet is, it's useless if he can't sail to the Far East.

Across most of the world!

The fact that the Netherlands and other countries can organize a fleet in the Far East relies on their experience in operating the Far East for more than a hundred years.

But the UK does not have this background now!

Shang Zhixin said with a cold snort.

"Hmph, since the country of England doesn't care about life and death, and dares to help the Ming thief and our Qing Dynasty as an enemy, we must let them know what is called the Celestial King."

Having said that, Shang Zhixin ordered the army to speed up the march and head towards Macau.

As the Qing army got closer to the coast, the population became less and less dense.

Abandoned villages and overgrown farmland can be seen everywhere.

On both sides of the road, lying bones can be seen from time to time. Qing army scouts gallop past, and birds in the grass flap their wings and fly into the sky.

The surrounding quietness is a bit scary!
This is the consequence of the Qing government's move to ban the sea, and the prosperous coastal areas have become a wasteland.

I don't know how many people died in this process.

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for a thousand miles is not an exaggeration, but a realistic one.

……

Zhu Hongyu received the news that the Qing army was coming straight to Macau, less than fifty miles away.

Send an order to the Liberation Army to prepare to meet the enemy!

On the one hand, it is to lure the enemy to go deep, on the other hand, it is to go around by water, cut off the return route of the Qing army, and then encircle and annihilate them.

Zhu Hongyu boarded the ship himself and led the main force to walk by water, preparing to circle around.

Ships of all sizes set off quickly, and a large amount of supplies were transported onto the ships, heading for the Pearl River Estuary.

Landed from the cliff mouth and went straight to Zhongshan.

The usual high-intensity training of the Liberation Army was not in vain. The physical fitness and endurance of the soldiers were excellent, far surpassing other armies of this era.

After the military order to march quickly was issued, it took almost a day to kill from Yakou to Zhongshan.
Even Zhu Hongyu himself did not ride a horse, but walked with the soldiers.

A field cannon was pulled by a horse, and its moving speed did not slow down at the marching speed.

The prototype of the field artillery imitation of the Liberation Army is the Napoleon Cannon!

The Napoleon gun is originally a kind of artillery specially designed for field maneuvers, and its weight is not exaggerated.

And a well-structured cannon carriage!
If there is a horse, it can be moved by the horse.

If you don't have a horse, you can run around with a few more people pulling it.

The firepower may not be as good as some heavy artillery, but the maneuverability is great!

It won't drag down the marching speed too much!

(End of this chapter)