Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1327 Beining ([-])

On December 1662, 12, the Zhongguo Army crossed the Tiet River.They had no cavalry, no artillery, and not too much luggage, so they crossed the river very quickly. In just a few hours, the whole army of more than 8 people (the other 300 people stayed in Zhaoqing Township) crossed the river and formed a formation on the opposite bank. You can start again at any time.

On the north bank of the Tiete River, there are vast forests and seas, and wormwood is everywhere. Several paths stepped on by people and livestock lead to the distance in a winding way.The grass has grown very tall, and it is often necessary to distinguish carefully to see where the way is. Xu Xiangdong is a little helpless. There is very little information about the Indians. The gendarmerie only told him that these barbarians are active in a radius of more than 100 meters on the north bank of the Tiet River. Within a kilometer range, sometimes here, sometimes there, there is no particular fixed location, just like the nomadic and hunting Tehuelche people on the Patagonian grasslands.This is very troublesome. After all, it is not a good job to find people in this wilderness, not to mention that the enemy should be more familiar with the surrounding environment than them. Within a radius of tens of kilometers, these Indians have lived for so many years. Clearer than people on the east coast.

"They should not be the kind of out-and-out hunting tribe, but a tribe with a bit of fishing and hunting and nomadic farming nature. They have some ties to the Portuguese, but they can't talk about the deep friendship. I think they can go out two days before heading north. Set up camp on the spot after the journey, and then keep sending scouts to search more, and sooner or later they will be found, they must be here." Before the departure, the words of the gendarmerie officials were still in his ears, and Xu Xiangdong, who led the team, thought for a while and decided to obey. In his opinion, it is good to lead troops northward and expand the search area. Even if the so-called Chief Vargas and his tribe are not found, it is good to scare these barbarians so as not to affect the construction and land reclamation work in Zhaoqing Township.

On December 12, the Nationalist Army of the Zhongguo came to the edge of a muddy swamp more than ten kilometers north of the Tiet River.Captain Xu Xiangdong ordered to set up camp here. They picked a piece of dry land, pulled up barbed wire, and set up tents.Diligent non-national officers and soldiers cut down the large reeds nearby with cutting knives. First, they cleared the horizon. Second, these reeds can be used for weaving rafts, making sheds, lighting fires, and making beds. Its leaves are also one of the favorite foods for the mules and horses accompanying the army. After the messengers were sent to inform Zhaoqing Township, more than 10 members of the Zhongguo Army took this place as a temporary camp, and then used it as a coordinate to move to the left and right. And searched on a large scale before and after.

That afternoon, a scout came to report that an abandoned Portuguese village was found nearby, which might be the small town of Jundiai.As soon as Xu Xiangdong heard it, he thought how confused he was and forgot about this place!In fact, Jundiayi has also heard of it. The place said that the town is actually a bit reluctant, that is, it is a big village. Except for a few local residents who were relocated to the area of ​​Beining Town for centralized reclamation (it is also convenient for supervision and monitoring), most of them live here. A return to northern Brazil was chosen.At present, the village and town have been basically abandoned, and the people on the east bank are thinking about setting up settlements there in the next step. It is also a tragic trip to think about it. They bring carts, food, weapons, farm tools, gold and silver, and catch up with cattle. Sheep, walking through the forest trails, Portuguese colonists and their mixed descendants, either walked together or went alone on the road, just like what the Boers in South Africa did when they migrated inland as a family unit, just to reach Portugal In the northern region under control, I don't know how many people can successfully go back.

Since there are abandoned villages and towns, no one wants to live by the damn mosquito-infested swamp.So Xu Xiangdong gave an order, and the whole army of the Zhongguo Army marched northward for half a day, and then settled in this abandoned village in Portugal, which was almost forgotten by people, and then issued orders, asking the soldiers to continue to explore and find This Indian tribe.

At the same time, he also sent people to Zhaoqing Township again, requesting that there be a batch of food delivered there. The troops did not bring a lot of supplies before departure, and they did not know where to get supplies in the field, so let them go first. Send a batch over there.However, considering that Zhaoqing Township is also a newly established settlement, and currently there is no grain to be produced, all due to the difficult transshipment from Beining Town, Xu Xiangdong also wondered whether to send someone to inform the Jingsai further downstream Town (that is, Itu City), let them send a batch of supplies over.After all, there are agricultural facilities left by the Portuguese in Jingsai Town, and the population is quite large, with a total of [-] (a small number of Portuguese + people from the east coast). After two years of development, even if the food is not very If you are rich, it shouldn't be very difficult to squeeze out some of them to temporarily support hundreds of people in the Zhongguo * Army for a few days.You know, the brothers are going around outside, beating life and death, isn't it because you people can farm and herd with peace of mind?Otherwise, whoever is full will go to the Indians to play.

On December 12, the scouts searched nearby for more than two days, but still found nothing.The Indian tribe seemed to have evaporated, and they didn't come out for activities. Xu Xiangdong was very depressed, and there was no Portuguese nearby, otherwise he could ask him.In desperation, he could only send more soldiers to join the scouting team to expand the search area, hoping to find that hateful barbarian tribe as soon as possible.Otherwise, the first battle of the Zhongguo army to go out to find the enemy would end in vain due to the exhaustion of food, which is not very decent.

Fortunately, God paid off. On December 12th, when the Zhongguo Army was anxiously waiting, a group of people came back to report that an Indian village was discovered about ten kilometers away in the north. Not small, suspected to be the tribe of Chief Vargas.

Xu Xiangdong was overjoyed after hearing the news, no matter whether he was the target or not, he had to vote for it. Hundreds of members of the Nationalist Army had been mopping up for six days.Therefore, Xu who heard the news immediately summoned the soldiers and horses who were still in the village. After leaving some people with poor combat skills to guard the luggage, Xu Xiangdong led the remaining 250 people, under the guidance of this scout group, all the way to the north. Walking quickly, they soon arrived at the outskirts of this Indian village.

At this time, the scout who led the lead reported that the Indians in the village had already shown signs of transfer, and they should have been discovered by the people from the east bank when they marched over. The Indians, not the East Coast Army——Since the matter is so urgent, Xu Xiangdong doesn't plan to make any more complicated things, it's better to be simple and straightforward.

"The hunting company (that is, the southern youths who volunteered to join the Zhongguo Army and realize their dream of killing enemies for the country, and there are still 50 to [-] people in the army at this time), quickly detoured north to the small dirt bag behind the village, and intercepted Retreating Indians, remember, I don't ask you to stop them, you just need to shoot platoons of people passing below to cause casualties and confusion; there are all companies (full companies), follow me, The target, the Indian village, kill!" Xu Xiangdong drew out his sharp command knife and ordered to the officers around him.

The officers and translators quickly passed on the order, and the two to three hundred officers and soldiers of the Zhongguo Army were in a hurry, and then the hunting company, led by several officers and veterans, left first, bypassed a small forest, and headed towards the village behind the village. The small soil bag detoured away.After Xu Xiangdong watched them leave, he waved his hand and led the remaining main force along a small path towards the Indian village hidden in a forest glade.

It is not that the Indians did not organize defenses to cover the transfer of men, women, old and children in the village, but perhaps many of their main forces were not in the village—maybe they went out to hunt, maybe they went out to rob, who knows—so the blocking firepower was very weak, The projectiles fired by a few dozen matchlock guns were not even as great as the troubles caused by bows and arrows to the people on the east coast.Therefore, their line was taken for granted by more than 30 officers and soldiers of the Zhongguo Army, more than [-] Indians died on the spot, and more people fled into the depths of the woods, never daring to show their faces again. The intensive volley of guns fired by the people on the east bank just now really made them lose their hearts.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" More than 40 rifles on the hillside fired unevenly, and seven or eight Indians who were fleeing in a hurry on the path immediately lay down.Several East Coast officers looked at each other helplessly, and then shook their heads again. The gang of melon eggs in the Jaeger Company have said many times just now that they must obey the command and fire in a unified manner to cause maximum damage, but some people still endured it. I couldn't help but fired ahead of time, and then infected other people like a plague, causing the other forty or so muskets to fire one after another. Of course, the result was very unsatisfactory. The seven or eight Indians lying on the path People are the proof.

"Fire freely!" The oldest officer reloaded and reloaded his rifle, and ordered others helplessly.Hearing this, the more than 40 young men of the Jaeger Company, who were on the battlefield for the first time, immediately loaded their muskets with ammunition as if they were being pardoned.

The enemies at the bottom of the mountain were still running on their own. Being attacked by a company of more than 200 rifles, they couldn't stop them from resisting effectively. Therefore, they all lost confidence and wanted to run into the woods ahead with their heads covered. Others don't want to care about it at all, and can't care about it.And this gave the more than 40 recruits of the Jaeger Company an excellent opportunity to shoot moving targets. It happened that their nervousness was relieved at this time, so after loading the ammunition, they formed a group of several people and fired at them with volleys of guns. Shooting at the Indians running for their lives under the dirt bag.Even at the end of the fight, the tacit understanding between them came up, and they also faintly shot the effect of continuous shooting, which surprised the officers who led them. These children are not as bad as we imagined!As long as you are not nervous and your movements are not out of shape, the fight seems to be so serious.

The assault of the main company has hardly encountered any obstacles, and it can often be solved by a round of guns or bombs - if not, then two rounds - a few brave Indian fighters can't let them stay for even 10 minutes longer. To buy time for the old, weak, women and children who were fleeing for their lives, they were so beaten up by the dense volleys of gunfire from the people on the east bank that they could only retreat step by step.And in the end, when more than 100 of the bravest Indians were killed, the Indians had completely lost their resistance, and everyone became lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and fled in all directions under the guns of the people on the east coast. Its situation and scene are horrible.

The battle finally came to an end after more than an hour. This Indian village whose name is still unclear was killed, wounded and captured more than 300 people, and perhaps less than [-] escaped. It can no longer pose any serious threat to the people on the east coast.After all, although this village is temporary (the nomads have no fixed villages), the property in the village is real. This will be turned into spoils by the people on the east coast, which should be enough to make them feel distressed for a long time.In addition, the loss of a large number of people (many of whom are women and children) is also a big blow. After all, Indians are not gods. They also want to eat and cultivate land. Now the tribe has so many casualties, such as women and slaves who farm or gather They were killed or captured in large numbers, who will provide them with food in the future?These are very real problems.

The brief post-war interrogation ended quickly. A military policeman who was proficient in the languages ​​of several tribes of the Tupi Indians told Xu Xiangdong with a smile on his face: This is the tribe of Chief Vargas, and their chief seems to have taken some soldiers out. I don't know what to do, and the left-behind personnel in the village can't tell clearly (of course, it is more likely that the local language of the military police on the east bank is too poor)-this makes Xu Xiangdong a little bit, this guy is not going to attack Beining Town. Is it the supply convoy at the front line of Jingsai Town?I hope not.

Xu Xiangdong then ordered people to search for all kinds of valuables in the village, such as grain, livestock, leather, etc., and packed them away. They were transported to the town of Jundiayi first, and then notified Zhaoqing Township to send people to move them. Pick.They are currently engaged in construction, and there is a lot of waste to be done. There should be a great demand for food and livestock. Considering the special terrain of the Beining area (which is relatively isolated from the outside world because of the Mar Mountains), it is also quite difficult for the local materials on the east coast to be transported here. It is not easy and the cost is extremely high, so it would be great if bulk goods such as grain can be raised on the spot.Now the Nationalist Army has brought Chief Vargas' old nest, and the grain and livestock they have harvested are transferred to local towns on the spot. As long as the procedures are complete, there will be no problems, and the superiors will only praise them, because it saves them a lot of trouble.

On the afternoon of December 1662, 12, the loyalist army escorting a bunch of Indian captives returned to the abandoned town of Jundiai, and many teams scattered outside also returned at this time.Xu Xiangdong, who is strong and strong, is naturally not afraid of the revenge of Chief Vargas. He even vaguely expects that this man who has been taken to his nest will get dizzy and attack them, a group of loyal nationalist troops with 16 fully armed officers and soldiers. Just think about it, the Indians should not be so stupid.

Chief Vargas, the biggest scourge in the vicinity, has been hit hard, and the pressure on reclamation and pioneering has been greatly reduced. So, can we build more settlements nearby?The small town of Jundiai where they are squatting right now is not bad.Although the farmland outside the city has been abandoned and overgrown with weeds, it would save some effort than opening up new land from scratch, right?Moreover, it is only a hundred or ten kilometers away from Beining Town, which is not very far. If the road is repaired a little, the convoy can arrive in three to five days. Just change the name to Rongcheng Township, move a thousand children and eight hundred new immigrants from Huai'an Mansion, and add a hundred old citizens who can shoot guns, and the place can almost be digested.

And once the number of settlements increases, and the exchanges of personnel and materials between the settlements become more frequent, the control of the people on the east bank over the countryside will naturally increase.And when the patrol and militia system is established again, even if the tribal strength of Chief Vargas is not severely damaged by the loyalist army, he may only be squeezed out by the people on the east coast step by step.This process may be slow, but it is irreversible. Xu Xiangdong has never doubted this, because this is the suppression of barbarism by civilization. Chief Calderon, who used to hang up the sky in Cheng'en Township, is now living a sad life Very good?

This guy who used to be awesome has recently swept away his arrogance at the beginning-maybe it was a stink that was used to by the former Portuguese colonists-after several head-to-head duels with an infantry squadron of the Southern Railway Guard Team , he finally couldn't stand it anymore with a lot of casualties under his command, so he sent someone to ask the people on the east bank for a "truce".After all, Chief Calderon only has so many fighters in his hand, if one dies, where can he replenish it in a short time?

On the contrary, the East Coast Republic of China, which has a complete training system for reserve soldiers, can replenish its soldiers quite quickly. For example, the first brigade of the South Railway Guard Team only needs to send an email to Xingnan Port, and then they can sit and wait for the trained troops to arrive at the rear. Supplementary troops were continuously sent in, and the combat effectiveness recovered very quickly.After all, their troops have not been damaged by the established system. Officers, non-commissioned officers, and veterans are still there, so the matter is very simple. Just keep filling them with rough-trained recruits. Being able to improve quickly is something that Chief Calderon, whose civilization level is extremely backward, does not possess.

Of course, Chief Calderon proposed a truce, as if putting himself in a very high position.Little did they know that the people on the east bank didn’t pay much attention to him at all. Cheng’en Township, where a lot of old militiamen (funded by the government and the whole family moved here), has now been added. Under the leadership of Liu Houfei and Qiao Yu, they are determined not to treat the natives like the Portuguese. Compromise, but persist to the end with a tough attitude, so that over-expanded native chiefs like Chief Calderon understand who can be offended and who must not be offended!I believe this guy is probably a little sober now.

(End of this chapter)