Great Qing Dynasty talker

Meng Yun's face looked very ugly. He looked at the black smoke outside the city and blurted out:

"They want to take the city tomorrow."

Everyone around was silent, and no one scolded Wu Jun for being arrogant, because Wu Jun very likely had the ability to do so.

Major Barker came to visit late at night.

Ask in a low voice:

"My lord, if this is not possible, are you willing to go into exile in Bengal?"

Meng Yun's veins popped up and he picked up his sword. Looking at Buck's sincere expression, he felt inexplicably deflated.

Bang~
The saber hit the floor tiles.

His eyes were slightly red, and he held Buck's shoulders and asked:
"Tell me the truth, which one is stronger, the army of the European powers or the Wu army outside the city?"

Buck spoke with difficulty:
"I have never seen the Wu army in a field battle. But judging from the siege battle, they are probably about the same."

……

Meng Yun looked several years older in an instant.

He couldn't even stand steadily and could only sit on a chair, staring at the ceiling with empty eyes.

A sentence popped up:
"The Qing dynasty deserved its demise."

Before the words fell~
There was a great uproar from the city walls.

Thousands of soldiers were shouting and running in terror.

Meng Yun and Buck looked at each other and rushed out of the house.

When I look up~
Countless things with tails of flame fell from the sky, like a punishment from God.

moment,

A line from a Song Dynasty poem flashed through his mind: The east wind blows thousands of flowers into the night~
appropriate!

Especially appropriate!
This sentence was written simply for this moment.

The pressure from the superior country is so terrifying.

Even though my country is about to be destroyed, I still can't help but think of the brilliant poems of the upper country.

……

Wave after wave of rockets.

Explosions, flames, shrapnel~
It's hell tonight, Ava is on duty.

Hundreds of war elephants, terrified by the explosion, ran around the streets like crazy, and the same was true for humans.

If the soldiers cannot find the general, they will not find the soldiers.

Hundreds of thousands of people ran, trying to avoid the fire that kept falling from above their heads, but they couldn't find a safe area.

Something even more terrible happened.

The largest gunpowder depot in the city exploded.

Along with the earth-shaking explosion, a mushroom cloud rose up, and the violent shock wave wiped out all the people, animals and houses within a half mile radius.

A huge war elephant was blown several feet away by the gust of wind, struggling but unable to get up. Its internal organs were shattered.

There are corpses all around~
Major Buck was at least three miles away from the explosion point, but he was still shaken and lost his balance. He stumbled and fell, with tinnitus, dizziness, and confusion.

……

outside the city.

Wu Jun shouted in unison: "Fuck!"

Bai Jianren stood there in a daze for several seconds, hardly daring to imagine what an explosion of this magnitude would mean.

next to

4 positions.

More than 200 rocket launchers.

3500 heavy rockets transported thousands of miles from Ma'anshan.

Tens of thousands of people watched in shock.

The vassal troops were so excited that they went crazy, shouting "Ayigexiba", "Yo~si", and "Sawadee ka".

I am proud of it~
So shocking.

so horrible.

The heavenly soldiers are so terrifying that I am completely convinced.

The Japanese warriors silently wiped their ancestral samurai swords, their awe for the country was beyond words. The ancestral DNA of admiring the strong was activated.

……

That night, representatives from all factions in Indochina were present.

The launch of 3500 rockets took half an hour.

More than 8% of the rockets successfully landed in the city.

The city of Ava was engulfed in flames.

Avici Hell is nothing more than this.

The Wu army lit hundreds of bonfires outside the city to provide lighting, intending to intercept deserters leaving the city.

Bai Jianren glanced at his pocket watch and estimated that sunrise would be in half an hour.

"Commander, give the order."

"No hurry, surround them from three sides first, and then wait for the military order."

"Yes."

……

The vassal troops were extremely excited. They were eager to fight and asked to be the most loyal dogs.

Agui remained silent. The burning city of Ava made the last bit of pride in his heart disappear.

If you can’t beat them, then you can’t beat them.

It is right to admit defeat.

His son Attis whispered in the darkness:

"Ama, times have changed."

"Yeah~"

Ah Gui felt sad that all his proficiency in archery and horsemanship, and his invincibility in horse riding and archery, had been swept into the dustbin of history.

Cannons and rockets are the kings of the battlefield.

……

The city of Ava was engulfed in flames.

A few people opened the city gates and tried to escape, but not far out of the city they were intercepted by the vassal soldiers squatting in the dark and were hacked and stabbed with swords and spears.

There is a raging fire inside the city and fierce soldiers outside the city.

There is no other option except death.

An hour later, an officer came over.

Saluted:
"Reporting to the commander, the rocket battalion has completed its mission. 13 rockets misfired and 2 rockets exploded accidentally. One of our troops was killed and 1 were burned."

"You have done a great job, please step down."

"Yes."

Rocket flaws still exist.

Maanshan Heavy Industry has been making improvements.

At this time, two military technicians were carefully asking the injured soldiers about what happened at the moment of the explosion.

The shell casings were moved to a nearby location and carefully examined after daybreak.

……

The sun rises in the east, shining brightly with golden light.

The besieging Wu army looked relaxed and discussed with a smile:

"The country is destroyed."

“The Konbaung Dynasty is gone.”

Except for a very small number of people who escaped by boat or swimming across the Irrawaddy River, more than 20 people died in the fire.

The city of Ava is ruined.

Wealth, population, and cities were reduced to ashes.

The Wu army's brutality shocked the world.

The countries in Indochina Peninsula revered him as a god and vied with each other to express their acceptance of "protection from the superior country" and "free trade."

voluntary.

It's all voluntary.

……

The 7th Army seized the time window, pushed forward along the Irrawaddy River to the end, and planted the general flag in the important coastal town of Yangon.

10 days later~
An infantry battalion belonging to the 4th Corps arrived late and took over the defense.

A legion flag with a golden fox pattern was raised on the top of the city wall of Yangon, and at the same time, large-scale construction was carried out to build a bastion outside the city.

The 7th Corps organized a large-scale armed parade across the Indochina Peninsula in the east, southwest, west, and northeast directions.

We decisively arrested more than 500 criminals who killed our country's caravan and the criminals behind the scenes.

after that,

Under the guidance of the intelligence agency's spies, they defeated 12 tribes of varying sizes, killed 5000 people and captured 3000 bandits' families.

During the mopping-up operation, the samurai vassal troops sent by the Tokugawa shogunate were particularly active.

They were keen on killing people the old way, cutting them in half with one blow, and their brutality impressed the 7th Legion.

……

mid-December.

It started raining in Yangon, and the 4th Army began to escape the heat in the Bastion Barracks.

They were all in disheveled clothes, hugging the women shipped from Annan and admiring the scenery under the awning.

Hello, Annan ladies.

It’s especially good to wear Ao Dai.

The life-conscious 4th Legion has already figured out the rules of survival in the tropics.

7. Food must be fresh, and only live animals should be eaten. Do not eat every other meal, and only eat until you are % full at each meal.

Second, do your best to repel mosquitoes, including but not limited to burning vegetation, filling puddles, clearing dead corners, burning wormwood, and setting up mosquito nets.

Third, only drink boiled water. Never drink raw water and stay away from unfamiliar water bodies.

Fourth, patients should be isolated in time. Fifth, eat well, drink well, have fun, and stay healthy.

6. The fortress must be strong and have many cannons.

7. Be willing to spend money to improve the living conditions of overseas troops at your own expense.

……

All members of the 7th Corps retreated northward, most of them returned home, leaving only one infantry regiment garrisoned in Myitkyina City.

Since then,

All of Wu’s strategic goals were achieved.

1. Kill the little bully in Indochina.

Second, it trapped the Saxon's black hand.

Third, killing a chicken to scare the monkeys, and all parties were in awe. The semi-colony took shape, and the backyard of Southeast Asia was stable.

Li Yu told everyone clearly at the imperial meeting:

All areas east of Malacca are the empire's backyard and must be developed into the empire's resource production base, commodity export base, immigration destination, and exile destination.

Anyway,

The empire does not want any regional power to emerge in Indochina.

Otherwise, much blood shed in Ava would have been in vain.

……

on the map.

The empire had garrisons in Pontianak, Batavia, Ayutthaya, Cam Ranh Bay, Saigon, Rangoon, and Phu Quoc Island.

For combat needs and balance needs.

The above garrisons are all joint forces of the army and navy.

After repeated debates between the Army and Navy Ministries, His Majesty made the final decision that if there were any disagreements among the Nanyang garrisons, they should obey the naval commander.

This formed a three-way balance of power among the Intelligence Agency, the Army, and the Navy.

A large amount of iron products and cotton textiles from the Wu State flowed into Southeast Asia with 0 tariffs.

……

3 months later~
The 4th Legion of the Colonial Protectorate begins its first armed patrol.

It was the rainy season and the river was turbulent.

The Empire authorized the Shipbuilding Department to build a small inland fleet in Saigon, Rangoon and Ayutthaya.

The parts are shipped from home.

Teak wood is sourced locally.

Iron-ribbed teak hull, steam-driven paddle wheel, displacement of 200 tons, capacity of 30 people, and 7 guns.

……

In response to the strong request of the soldiers of the 4th Corps, the shipyard modified the patrol ship and added a cover to the deck to protect it from rain and sun.

Cruising is very practical during the rainy season~
The soldiers sat under the awning, keeping watch and making hot tea.

Behind the forehead, the three curtains of the baga hat fluttered in the wind.

The baga hat is a serious piece of equipment for tropical weather. It can protect your neck from sunburn and keep away mosquitoes.

Soon~
The new patrol ship, dragging a column of black smoke upstream, became the embodiment of the empire in Indochina and the embodiment of justice.

……

The Wu Dynasty attached great importance to shipping and was truly a water-based empire.

The Mekong River is the focus of the cruise, and 10 patrol ships are deployed in Saigon Port, numbered from Mekong No. 1 to No. 10.

It is the rainy season now.

The water surface is wide.

The patrol ships Mekong 2 and 6 trailed columns of black smoke as they passed through the Kingdom of Chenla and into its northern neighbor, the Kingdom of Champasak.

The voyage ends when we see Khone Falls.

Cruising in the upper reaches of the Mekong River has yet to be developed and requires the establishment of a separate base.

……

"Return."

The two ships were one in front and one behind, keeping a distance of half a mile.

On the return voyage, the boat went with the flow at a very high speed, and the Khmer villages and towns on both sides of the river quickly retreated.

When approaching the capital of the Kingdom of Zhenla, the two patrol ships slowed down and docked for supplies.

This wharf is jointly funded and operated by two Guangdong businessmen.

See the colonial protector is coming~
The guys immediately prepared fresh water, rum, fresh food, and coal, and sent them to the patrol ship with a smile.

There are seven supply points like this along the Mekong River.

At the end of the year, the Legion and these merchants settle accounts together.

……

The two patrol ships followed safety principles.

Half of the people got off the boat to rest, and the other half stayed on the boat.

No matter how warmly the merchants invited the soldiers to come down for a drink and a bath to relieve their fatigue, it was of no use.

The military discipline of the 4th Legion is Schrodinger's: when it comes to making money, the military discipline is extremely lax; when it comes to matters related to life, the military discipline is extremely strict.

Internal gun and artillery training, coordination training, and flag identification are never slackened.

Patrolling and standing guard are meticulous.

From Commander Huang Si to ordinary soldiers, they firmly believed that "those who are not of our race must have different hearts."

The 4th Legion has always been vigilant towards the indigenous people of Indochina. They don't believe in the so-called "conquering others with virtue" in the world.
……

After bathing and changing clothes~
The soldiers ate Cantonese food while listening to slang songs.

A handsome young man dressed up as a woman, singing Yunnan folk songs in a humming voice, which was very cultural and refreshing.

The soldiers generously rewarded him with a silver dollar.

suddenly,

There was a gunshot outside.

The lazy soldiers immediately picked up their weapons and rushed out of the house.

Next to the patrol ship,
A shirtless indigenous man was lying in a pool of blood, with a woman crying beside him.

The soldiers on the deck raised their guns again~
The Guangdong businessman who ran the dock changed color slightly, as he guessed what the sentry was going to do.

……

However, there are faster ones.

A kind-looking officer took out his dagger and threw it in front of the wailing woman.

"pick it up."

The woman didn't understand and her eyes were full of hatred.

The officer patiently pulled out his pistol.

Word by word:
"Pick it up."

When the woman's hand was about to touch the handle of the knife, gunshots rang out again.

The two local police officers who had just arrived at the dock were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They quickly dropped their iron bars and raised their hands.

Poor Chinese:

"Sir, don't shoot. We are one people."

The officer smiled and waved him to clean up the scene.

……

The young man dressed as a woman was still in shock and said to the shopkeeper:

"These soldiers are so cruel."

The businessman sighed and said quietly:
"If a person is not ruthless, he cannot stand firm."

"what?"

"These military officers have seen the world and see things clearly."

Saying,

The two steamships left in a leisurely manner, trailing black smoke.

There were many onlookers on the shore.

As the merchant said, the natives of Southeast Asia both hate and fear the people of the upper country. As the fear grows, the hatred fades.

More importantly,

Local government officials and local gentry were terrified.

Whenever there was a conflict between the people of the upper country and the local natives, the natives would be captured and put into cages to be sun-dried to death.

With the example of Ava City before them, the monarchs of Annan, Cambodia, Champasak, Vientiane, Siam and Chiang Mai were silent and dared not show any sign.

Say it again~
The upper country has no other requirements except money, and it does not touch everyone's fundamental interests. Just bear with it~
……

The 4th Army's notoriety spread up and down the Mekong River.

Among the lonely dogs of the “Nine Dogs of the Red Banner” exiled to Southeast Asia, Mr. Ying finally smelled an opportunity to make a fortune (4 dogs went to heaven, and the remaining 4 dogs were living off of food and drink in Songjiang).

Except for one son, the rest of the family died in the 5000-mile exile.
The father and son were separated from the main group, lost their way, and became beggars in a foreign country.

but,

Wu Jun is here.

The gears of fate suddenly started turning.

Master Ying cut off the braid at the back of his head, washed his face by the river, and said to himself: "From today on, I am a Han Chinese, I am the master of the upper country, and I am a Jiangning person."

Yanjing is the capital, and Jiangning is also the capital.

The only two Beijing
……

Master Ying felt from the bottom of his heart that being a Jiangning native was not a grievance to himself.

After some psychological preparation,

The father and son walked with steady steps toward the house of a nearby Khmer landlord.

dong dong dong.

Smash the door.

"Open the door, your grandfather from the country is here." (End of this chapter)