Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1505 Terrace ([-])

"Captain Guo, the batch of ordnance that was supposed to be issued to you is gone. I'm sorry, but I need it urgently." On the pier of Luyang Island, a second lieutenant's logistics staff officer said to Guo Handong apologetically.He just brought two 72-ton small steamers upstream from the lower reaches of the Ludang River, loaded with supplies such as military cans, beer, medicine, cigarettes, sugar, etc., for the "suppression of bandits" in the area of ​​Neuquen in later generations. Guo Handong detachment of combat missions.

However, according to the original plan, there should have been a ship loaded with gunpowder and ordnance, which was the spare military resources of more than [-] people from Guo Handong's detachment.As a result, the logistics staff officer from the Ministry of the Army actually told him that there were no more. This surprised Guo Handong, and he especially wanted to know who in the Ministry of the Army dared to hack his equipment.

You know, my father is No. 1 in name in the national military system and the chief of staff of the national armed forces. My father-in-law is the former navy commander and the only general in the naval system, Major General Li Yi. Such a solid background and background , It's too late for others to curry favor with you, yet you dare to hack your own equipment? !

"The ambassador of Ottoman urged to register, and a large amount of military supplies in stock was urgently dispatched and shipped to the port of Smyrna. Therefore, please be patient, and save all kinds of military supplies for the time being. If it is not possible, slow down The offensive rhythm is also acceptable, anyway, those Tehuerqi people have already been beaten to pieces by us..." Seeing that Guo Handong's face was a little bad, the logistics staff immediately explained embarrassingly.

"The Ottomans? Ottomans are making big purchases of armaments again? Where did they get the money? It's just nonsense!" Guo Handong was a little surprised when he heard the words, and asked subconsciously.

"Isn't it something about Crete?" The logistics staff sighed and said: "I heard that the Ottoman Empire organized many bloody offensives against the fortress of Gandia in the first half of this year, and 2 people were killed or injured due to battles and epidemics. There are many people, it is extremely heavy, and the material consumption is also very huge. I heard that their grand vizier has become ruthless and must overcome the thorn in the side of Gandia City. Therefore, in the second half of the year and even next year and the year after, the Ottomans will continue Constantly launching strong attacks, so there is a great demand for all kinds of ordnance. Even, they can't wait for our production, and ask us to send them all the inventory to relieve their urgent needs. After discussion, the Ottomans This request is acceptable and will help strengthen the relationship between the two countries, so I agreed to it. At present, the military funds have all departed from Zhenhai Port, so..." The logistics staff shared some of the gossip he had learned I also explained a little bit to enhance the persuasiveness of my words.

Fortunately, Captain Guo Handong seemed to be persuaded by him—in fact, so what if he was not persuaded. Could it be that the warships were dispatched to recover the ordnance? He shook his head lightly, seemingly dissatisfied, but in the end he didn't say anything, but patted the logistics staff officer on the shoulder, turned and left the pier.

Luyang Island has almost become the largest material distribution center in the Ludang River Basin. The buffaloes captured from the north, the wool and tallow purchased from nearby herdsmen, and the Indians captured during the bandit suppression operations, etc. It can be regarded as the biggest "special product" in the Ludang River Basin—oh, by the way, when it comes to special products, how can we forget the most famous export commodity fruit in the Ludang River and Chubut River Basin?

Although melon and fruit cultivation in the Ludang River Basin started later than along the Chubut River, due to the continuous investment of large capitals—this may also benefit from the demonstration effect of the Chubut River Melon, Fruit and Vegetable Industry Zone run by Cai Huaze— At present, the development is very fast. A large number of non-citizens are dedicated to the orchards invested by Mashi Fruit Industry, Chuangji Investment Company, and the state-owned Pingan Canned Food Factory. They leveled the land, dug ditches, dredged rivers, and built warehouses. Both sides of the river have become a busy construction site, and the results are quite obvious: some fruit trees with shorter and faster growth years, such as peach trees, plum trees, apricot trees, cherry trees, etc., are growing very well. In the past two years, a lot of fruits have been borne one after another. Except for some nearby supply of military supplies and consumption of the construction army, most of them are shipped to the mainland for sale, and a lot of profits have been obtained.

Especially in the early development of the Chubut River Basin, the fruit industry in HA County is huge, almost becoming the third largest industry after sea animal hunting and ceramics.These fruits grown in the Patagonian platform with long sunshine hours, fertile soil, and arid climate are of excellent quality. They won a complete victory in the competition with the fruits of the eastern prairie and the Duck Lake Basin, and defeated the opponent. , occupying almost two-thirds of the East Coast fruit market.Don't you see, Ma's Fruit Industry, which invested in setting up a large-scale orchard in Shenwu County, Beiyazihu ​​area, and the state-owned Pingan Canned Food Factory, which has a mature fruit industry base in Liming Town, are all looking for sites on both sides of the Chubut River and Ludang River. The construction of its own fruit base shows that this land has a superior position in the development of fruit planting industry, just like XJ in later generations of China—to be precise, it has the necessary environment for the development of fruit planting industry in XJ, and at the same time, it has convenient transportation far beyond XJ Transportation conditions make it difficult for the fruit industry to develop.

If there is no accident, the two 72-ton inland river/offshore general-purpose small steamers that transported supplies to Luyang Island also had to pull a lot of fruit on the return trip to save the cabin.Of course, those who went back together also had some marinated beef on the spot, which were packed in wooden barrels of uniform specifications. They were all bison that were accidentally killed when catching cattle, and they planned to transport them back to the mainland for sale. Stabilize prices.

And when it comes to prices, the price of beef is probably the most unaffordable commodity in the East Coast.It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 2000 million bison (the wild Andalusian black cattle) living in the Great Plains of La Plata and Northern Patagonia, and the number of bison is still low because of the weak human hunting. growing.Officials from the East Coast Department of Agriculture once speculated that when the East Coast people finally took down La Plata, how much would the number of bison here increase? 3000 million head? 5000 million head?In short, it must be a very exaggerated number!

Such a large number of bison has really solved the problem of a considerable part (probably most) of the source of meat for the 200 million people of the East Coast Republic of China. At the same time, its massive tallow also provides sufficient raw materials for the soap industry, cowhide It has been manufactured into all kinds of shoes, packages, saddles, etc. In short, it has made a great contribution to the people of the east coast.Moreover, under the stimulation of market demand, more and more people now go to the Ludang River and Baoxing River by boat, trying to find and capture bison in groups, hoping to get rich overnight by this, but the manpower Insufficient and unorganized, they have a low success rate, far inferior to the cattle hunting teams organized by local governments or the army.The team led by Captain Guo Handong used to go out to hunt bison before, but in recent years, due to the heavier combat tasks, they no longer engage in these "sideline jobs". Instead, they let the local government and militia do this kind of thing. professional team.

After meeting with the people from the logistics department near the pier, Guo Handong left all the follow-up matters to the adjutant, and then he plunged into the military camp outside the city to check the training situation of each department.Since the end of the first phase of combat missions, they defeated several Tehuelche tribes at the confluence of the Limai River and the Neuquen River in later generations, not only killing and wounding more than a thousand people, but also capturing a large number of people. There are many Indians, old and weak, women and children.What these people didn’t say is that they will be dragged to the Ludang River and Baoxing River to dig ditches and dredge the silt in the early stage, and then they will be exiled to South Africa, New China, Australia and even Heishui area according to the situation, so as to enrich the local population and reduce the population. The troubles of the native future.

At this time, there were four regular army companies stationed in Luyang Town, each from three mixed battalions.There is also an artillery company (the reason why the artillery is so small is that the Indians do not need any artillery, and they have almost no solid fortifications), a supply company, an engineering platoon, and as many as three companies of cavalry.

If these soldiers plus the miscellaneous personnel of the command headquarters, it is basically the size of a reinforced battalion, and the combat effectiveness is extremely tyrannical.Moreover, in order to facilitate Guo Handong's command, the superiors deliberately did not transfer those "veteran" to participate in this bandit suppression operation, but appointed all of them to Guo Handong's command as the detachment leader.With such careful "care", it is no wonder that some people in the Ministry of the Army have rumors that when the battle is over, Captain Guo Handong Guo is likely to be the first to be promoted to the rank of major among the second-generation soldiers. Li Zemin, the eldest brother-in-law who is serving in the army, has to go one step faster.

Guo Handong himself naturally understands these things, so he is now extremely strict with his subordinates, and the soldiers of the bandit suppression detachment are also extremely hard-working.Naturally, these efforts were not in vain. A while ago, when they robbed the lush and lush Neuquen River Valley, they wiped out a large number of Tehuelche people in one fell swoop through their skilled combat skills and with the cooperation of the militia, and then returned in triumph. .

Now, the people on the east coast have established an outpost settlement near the town of General Luoka in the future, called "Suixi Township". At present, there are about five or six hundred residents who have gone to reclaim wasteland in advance.In order to protect their safety, the war supplies stored at the front line have been guarded. There are also more than 300 militiamen under the command of Captain Guo Handong, mostly from the four counties of Hai'an, Yancheng, Daliang, and Xuanwu. Basically, they are on duty in rotation.The militiamen from Yancheng County are currently stationed in Suixi Township. Because the area is relatively rich, the training is okay, and they can still be useful when fighting the natives. They will not be as flustered as some new militiamen who obviously lack combat experience. .

After Guo Handong carefully inspected every corner of the camp, he finally responded to his own affairs with confidence.And after resting for a while in Luyang Town, the only place that can be called a town in the middle and upper reaches of the Ludang River, the whole army also broke out of the camp in the middle and late December of 1667. The masters drove a large group of camels and pack horses, marched westward in a majestic posture, crossed Suixi Township, and after many days, they arrived again near the city of Neuquén in Argentina and now in the east coast. The place marked on the map as "Dingnan Town" (this settlement was to be established in 12) was then guarded on the spot.

When they evacuated last time, they had dug a proposed field camp at Le Stone Memorial, the place where the Indians were defeated. This time the army came again, and it happened to be able to use the facilities here.According to the plan formulated in consultation with the State Development Administration and the Northern Patagonia Regional Administration, more than [-] settlers will arrive at Luyang Island by boat in January, and then walk through Suixi Township to Dingnan Township for reclamation .The task of Guo Handong's anti-bandit detachment is to ensure the safety of these land reclamation immigrants and some of the materials they carry while eliminating the threat of the nearby Tehuerqi people.And only when the land reclamation farmers on the east bank successfully established a firm foothold in Suixi, Dingnan and other settlements that will be established one after another, his mission by Mr. Guo will be considered complete, otherwise he will continue to live in this land. Eating sand on the vast platform, the promotion to the rank of major is even more distant.

On the second day after arriving in Dingnan Town, after leaving all the infantry, guns, workers, and luggage in the excavation and guarding the four directions, Guo Handong himself led three cavalry companies, brought enough water and ammunition, and marched along the Limai River. Along the way, I plan to see if there are any remaining Indians in this area.In the last battle against the Indians, the defeated Tehuelche people retreated all the way to the southwest along the Limai River.After a lapse of many days, Guo Handong plans to take people there again to have a look. It would be best if there are no Indians, and it will also be the focus of the next step in the development of the Patagonia Taiwan area (the Taiwan area currently has about six Thousands of immigrant quotas are also very pitiful), so that no one will jump out to make trouble; and if he can meet Indians, then he believes that with three well-equipped cavalry companies, if he does mental calculations or not, he will definitely be able to break Enemy, achieve a brilliant victory.

The east bank cavalry continued to search for several days along the Limay River, but as expected, they found nothing, and they did not know where the Indians had gone.Maybe it was because the last attack left a deep impression on them, so they all fled far away and disappeared, right?fair enough!

On January 1668, 1, Guo Handong and others arrived at the shore of Nahuel Huapi Lake in Argentina, and then stopped in this beautiful place.It was not far from Shangbao Township and Danfeng Township, and it was almost the end of their operation. Guo Handong planned to go there to ask for some supplies, and then led his troops back to Dingnan Town.

(End of this chapter)