Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1147 Hejian ([-])

At the end of December 1657, the sun was shining.

Two ships belonging to the Navy's First Fleet quietly sailed to the Yong'an section of the lower reaches of the Wujiang River. Because of the unfavorable wind direction, the two ships had to put down their sails and start the steam power system to propel at a low speed, and slowly approached the west bank of the Wujiang River A certain section of deep water area - here is a simple pier set up by the colonists on the east coast.

Both ships are 1100-ton big guys with a heavy load draft of more than 3 meters. One of them is a troop carrier and the other is a fresh water supply ship.The reason why they drove here was to pick up more than 700 officers and soldiers from the [-]th Mixed Battalion of the Army who had been training in the Hejian area for several months ([-] new recruits were added a few months ago), and of course they also took them away from here A batch of supplies.

The training location of the fourth battalion is in the vast area between the two newly established settlements in the Hejian area, Guazhou Township (near the later city of Gualeguaychu) and Anding Township (later near the city of Concepcion de Uruguay) , Through the form of combat power training, with the assistance of some Gaucho mercenaries, they used violent means to cleanse many disobedient Kelandi people in the area, so that the colonists on the east coast who crossed the border had a safer place. Living environment - after all, many of them crossed the border into the Hejian area under the instigation of the government.

In this area called the Paraná River Delta (between the Paraná River and the Uruguay River, later known as the Province of Entre Ríos in Argentina) by the Ministry of Agriculture on the east coast, more than a thousand people are living today. East coast people.They are basically the second-generation citizens born after the founding of the People's Republic of China. They are generally relatively young and full of beautiful visions for the future. ), these people worked tirelessly across the mighty Wujiang River, and reclaimed it majesticly under the supervision of the Spaniards.

Their feelings about the land are undoubtedly complicated.On the one hand, the beautiful scenery here is intoxicating-a Greek writer who lived on the east coast praised this wonderful scenery, and called it the "Tampi" of the New World (Thessalia Valley in northern Greece , famous for its beautiful scenery).

But apart from the beautiful scenery, these young passionate pioneers also hated the troublesome natural environment, because this place is basically a wild virgin land: lack of necessary flood control facilities, lack of necessary traffic roads, lack of facilities to provide A market for consumer goods.After a day of hard work, many people lie alone in their huts and cry secretly at night; sometimes, an unexpected flood will make most of their previous efforts in vain, which is a blow. The confidence of many people—fortunately, so far no one can’t hold on (in fact, if they can’t hold on, they have to hold on, because they have nowhere to go), everyone is slowly getting through with the encouragement and funding of the East Coast colonial institutions. After overcoming the initial difficult period, he built dikes and dams on some higher terrains with his own hands, forming a series of man-made terrains.

And Tianzun is naturally loving and fair, and he will not let the hardworking and determined children not be rewarded. The fertile land and suitable climate here are enough to ensure that the rice fields opened up by the pioneers can have a good harvest.You must know that the Hejian region of later generations was originally one of the most important agricultural production areas in Argentina, providing about 60% of the country's rice, most of the country's soybeans (before Pampas was developed to grow soybeans), and most of the linen (and linseed oil), 15% of wheat and almost all of tung oil, tea, tobacco, sugar cane, coffee and tropical fruits. Of course, we must not forget that this is another important forest production area besides the Andes, which can be said to be the most important in Argentina. One of the agricultural areas - in a sense, if it was not developed too late (the second half of the 19th century), the development here must be far beyond the level of later generations.

At this time, on the banks of the Xiaogua River (that is, the Gualaiguayiqiu River) outside Guazhou Township—a tributary of the Wujiang River—Major Anda Fifteen, deputy commander of the Fourth Mixed Battalion of the Army, is finishing the last battle with the soldiers. training session.The content of the training course was simple and monotonous, just like the tactics of the East Coast Army in these years, it was always the rhythm of bombardment, cavalry cutting, and infantry crushing—the tricks were old-fashioned, but they worked.Especially when dealing with the Spanish colonial army or pirates with poor firepower, this level of firepower projection density is far from what they can parry, and they can basically win a battle. Of course, when facing the Indians with even weaker firepower, they Even the link of artillery bombardment can be omitted. As long as it is not being touched by someone on the way to march or camp, it is basically the result of random crushing.

The training ground is located outside an abandoned lumberyard on the southern edge of the Montiel Forest. Not far away, in the dense forest, various animals, birds and insects are jumping around amidst the sound of rumbling guns. The ripe fruits provided abundant food for long-tailed monkeys and night monkeys, but now these guys have all shrunk to the depths of the dark forest, even in the face of the bite of Asara vampire bats. The big jaguar, Olin cat, leopard cat, bobcat, and the small weasel and ferret all disappeared, letting the group of humanoid creatures on the edge of the forest wreak havoc there.

"I can't even see a bird! We have been training and suppressing here for so long, and the nearby hostile Kelandi tribe has killed 2000 people. Shouldn't the natives who don't have eyes come over to harass them?" Anda Fifteen looked at the officers and soldiers who were slowly gathering under the command of the training staff, and said softly.

This lumber farm is close to the edge of the forest, and there are a large number of high-quality timber resources nearby that are not found in the east coast, such as Gaffin acacia, Tibowa elephant ear beans, apple apples, thorn trees, palm trees, mesquite trees, white broken Ax tree, sea red bean and so on.It stands to reason that it is going to be robbed, and it is absolutely impossible to be abandoned.It’s just that late one night before, an east bank businessman and dozens of Italian laborers who were doing logging operations here somehow angered the Kelandi people, and then they were raided, causing heavy casualties, so they were abandoned. .

After Anda 700th heard the news, he immediately left the team and went to the Capital Joint Staff Headquarters to listen to the confidential instructions of the Chief of Staff Mo. Long Xu commanded more than [-] people in the whole battalion to pull out the camp overnight, and rushed here, and then told the offending Kelandi The tribe launched a bloody suppression, killing and injuring hundreds of people, and massacring the other two tribes with which they were related by marriage.

Deputy Battalion Commander Anda made such a thunderous move, and the nearby Kelandi savages suddenly fell silent, not daring to have any other thoughts.And after doing these things, Anda Fifteen simply set up the temporary camp of the troops in this abandoned lumberyard, and then used this as a base to continue to move forward, intentionally or unintentionally expel and wipe out a large number of Kelandi tribes, While providing a large amount of labor for the local mines, it also prepared a generous gift for the native immigrants-a piece of "clean" land.

In the face of such arrogance by the people on the east coast, the Spanish garrison in the Hejian area (half of the "gentlemen's group", that is, the white group) simply turned a deaf ear to it, pretending not to see it, and honestly acting like a turtle.Even if there were naturalized Kelandi tribe leaders who came to ask them to send troops, they were all rejected. There is no way, neither the international nor the domestic situation allows them to act rashly, not to mention that they themselves are not sure about defeating the East Bank. People are dead, so they just out of sight and out of sight, and blasted out all the Kelandi people (and some Jesuit priests) who came to intercede, so as not to fall into a passive position.

The officers and soldiers of the 700th Battalion who had completed the training quickly assembled. After the training staff reported, the marching staff stepped forward to submit the marching route, the intelligence staff stepped forward to describe the information collected, and the logistics staff handed over a supply After listening to the purchase list, Anda Fifteen waved his hand and gave the order to set off, so more than [-] people in the whole camp moved eastward amidst people shouting and screaming.

Before the large troops were dispatched, a liaison staff officer of the battalion had already led two people on fast horses to the riverside wharf more than ten kilometers away, intending to make a good junction with the coming navy, so that the fourth The battalion's men and supplies boarded the ship.The destination of their trip is Port Rocha (the recruiting place for the [-]th Mixed Battalion of the Army), where the [-]th Battalion will add another [-] recruits, and then under the leadership of the battalion commander, Major Long Xu, they will join the Navy Caribbean Temporary The order of battle of the task force, accompanied by several ships of the Caribbean Shipping Company to the port of San Juan on the island of Puerto Rico - although King Philip of Spain has not yet officially approved some of the requests of the East Coasters, but because of the country's special envoy Baron Bravo Eagerly urged, and at the same time considering the economic interests of the East Coast Republic, the executive committee formally approved the formation of the Caribbean Temporary Task Force, carrying part of the army, and stationed in San Juan Port together, and then used this as a base to launch " Military operations that are in line with the interests of the Eastern China Republic", such as eliminating pirates and combating smuggling.

The route of the Caribbean contingent is Rocha—River—Recife—San Juan. On the way, there will be more than 1000 Black Banners officers and soldiers with rich combat experience and their family members boarding the ship in the South African river port. Their final destination It is a place suitable for agricultural production at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The people on the east coast have bought a vast area of ​​land from the local tribe through the Indians studying abroad. Of course, the price is quite low.

According to the plan, part of the land will be assigned to the Caribbean Shipping Company to develop plantations, while the other part will be handed over to the Black Eight Banners officers and soldiers, who will distribute it equally to all adult men.From now on, even if they have officially set foot on the North American continent, their future depends on the arrangement of fate.

(End of this chapter)