Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 346 Preparations before sailing again ([-])

Mo Ming has been very depressed recently, very depressed.He was put together, to be precise, by many people, especially the white shirts of the civil service system (referring to civil servants, because they are famous for wearing white shirts).I don't know where I touched the sensitive nerves of these guys. These people even joined forces with some dissatisfied forces in the military headquarters, kept instigating in front of the members of the Executive Committee, and finally insisted on pioneering themselves from South Africa. The team captain, South African security commander, South African garrison commander and other positions were taken down!It is said that his next job will be the county magistrate of Zhenhai County in the north, which has just been established for two days, which is really unreasonable!

Mo Ming, who got the news, drew his knife on the spot and chopped up the desks and chairs, precious furs, oil paintings, ivory ornaments and other objects in the office, and only then did he slightly dispel the anger in his chest.After hearing the news, a group of diehards such as Liu Ang, Xiao Baitu, Mo Dazhong, Leonid, Salvador, Sun Shengjun and others who came here were also excited, threatening to punish the country's thieves. The non-citizens were eliminated one by one, and the patriots of the National Power Alliance who uphold justice came to power.

After hearing the obviously angry words from these guys' mouths, Mo Ming was actually amused by them.He patted them on the shoulder one by one, and then looked at the nobles of the Eight Banners who stood timidly and bowed outside the door. He saw these chiefs, deputy chiefs, carats, etc. You and the thousands of households looked trembling, but Mo Ming felt a surge of pride in his heart.

This is the site established by Lao Tzu!When I get angry, even these great chiefs who are in charge of thousands of people will fall to the ground in fright!Even the Dutch far to the south are too nervous to sleep!There are two cities in South Africa, a population of 5000, several enterprises, dozens of villages, hundreds of soldiers, and thousands of militiamen. Which cadre is not appointed by himself?Which officer was not promoted by himself?Could it be that all of this will change a lot just because he left?of course not!

What is there to regret for a man to do this?What else can't you let go of?Now I have land, I am not short of money, and the business of the joint stock factory is also booming. In addition, I have a group of like-minded partners, and my position is also very stable. Even if I lose power for a while, there will always be a chance to get back up.

It's just that I still have some unhappiness in my heart, so that when I see those white shirts, there is always an uncontrollable anger rising.Forget it, Mo Ming let out a long sigh of relief, opened the door, and came to the balcony.This place is Sanpaotai Township, where Mo Ming's lakeside villa occupies a very large area.Looking ahead, there is a vast expanse of blue water in front of the duck lake, and there are lush forests beside the lake.As far as the eyes can see, there are continuous buildings—that is the urban area and factory buildings in the harbor of the opposite bank town.

This city, with shipbuilding and its supporting industries as its core, is becoming more and more important in the economic and political territory of the Eastern China Republic.Just last month, the Executive Committee had just approved the resolution to establish Zhenhai County.The county seat is Zhenhai Town, which has jurisdiction over Hekoubao, Xiangshan Township, Sanpaotai Township and other areas. If the large number of new immigrants who are about to move into the county are not counted, the population of the first town, the second township, and the first castle has reached seven More than a thousand, second only to Dongfang County, the capital, and Pingan County, an important town in the north, in China, it can be regarded as a prosperous place.

Mo Ming's villa was built earlier, when Sanpaotai Township was still barren, except for a coastal defense fort, there were bushes and dead branches and leaves everywhere, so he bought it at a very low price A large piece of land, and then began to build a very luxurious manor-style villa here.

According to some gossip, I will be the owner of the tallest three-and-a-half-story building (county government) in the center of the port city on the other side of the lake. Help the white shirts to "book" a good position for themselves.Zhenhai County is the "traditional site" of material committee member Shao Shude. He was the one who opened up the Duck Lake basin and built Ping'an Town and Zhenhai Port, two pearl cities on the north and south sides of the Duck Lake.Now the person in charge of Zhenhai Port is his political secretary at the time, Chuanzhong Bosen. As the mayor of Zhenhai Town, he must be very eager to be the mayor of Ping'an Town, just like Qian Hao, the mayor of Ping'an Town. Let's take up the post of the newly established county magistrate, and member Shao Shude and Shao of the Central Executive Committee are naturally happy to see this.

It's just that the current situation seems to have a little deviation under the manipulation of a group of white shirts.Mo Ming, the original domineering captain of the South African pioneering team, was forcibly taken down, and transferred to Shao Shude, who had always been close to the military forces, who were determined to win the post of Zhenhai county magistrate.In this regard, the most depressed person should not be Mo Ming, but the chubby Mayor Bo Senbo, right?After all, it was almost certain that he would serve as the county magistrate here before, but he didn't expect that cooked ducks could fly. This psychological gap can be imagined.

Mo Ming smiled unkindly, but the matter was not over yet.Those white shirts thought they were in control of everything, but they didn't know that things were still changing.Moreover, there will be results in about two days, and I want to see the depressed faces of those white shirts at that time.

At this moment, Mo Ming's orderly knocked on his door suddenly. Mo Ming walked over to open the door and saw that there was a letter from him.Originally, it was his adopted son Mo Dazhong who was by his side to handle these letters, but after he learned that he was about to step down as the captain of the South African pioneering team, Mo Ming suddenly appointed a group of cadres.Among them was his adopted son Mo Dazhong. This young man was sent by him to the Gaodabao area as the castle owner and the Minister of Armed Forces, in charge of the military and political affairs there.

After waving the orderly to leave, Mo Ming opened the letter, which was written by his friend Liang Jian, who was Secretary of Army Minister Peng Zhicheng.Liang Jian has served as a secretary beside Peng Zhicheng for many years, and has a wide range of contacts, so the news is always well-informed.

The content of the letter is very simple, to the effect that the position of the captain of the Blackwater Pioneering Team that Mo Ming is striving for is almost inseparable, please rest assured.In addition, the Blackwater Pioneering Team this time is not about how much land they occupy or how many resources they rob. Their main task is to plunder the population, the more the better.This was all expected, Mo Ming continued to look down.

The following is more trivial. For example, the main force of this dispatch is the 102nd Company of the Army, which is assigned to a battalion of Eight Banners Warriors and the 1st Company of Independent Field Artillery (reinforced to 8 artillery pieces).After Mo Ming's calculations, the strength of the army is already more than a thousand, and the executive committee and the military department have really paid for it.A battalion of Eight Banners warriors has about 800 people. This is a newly established unit after Mo Ming clarified the Eight Banners military system in the first half of this year.

After the rapid expansion of the Eight Banners Warriors over the past year, the current population of South Africa alone has reached more than [-], of which more than [-] are young and middle-aged men, the largest in history.Mo Ming deeply felt that the original military system of the Eight Banners, which used tribes as combat units, was too chaotic. For example, in a tribe with a large population, a Keral led one or two thousand troops, while in a tribe with a small population, it was only three or four hundred. Arranging troops and commanding operations.For this reason, he established a new military system for the Eight Banners Tribes.

In this new military system, all the more than 250 Eight Banners soldiers who had won the title of warriors were organized into one association, the First Association of the New Army of the Eight Banners.The first association has three bids under its jurisdiction, namely the first bid to the third bid; each bid has three battalions under its jurisdiction, and each battalion has three whistles under its jurisdiction.The standard strength of each sentry is 765 people, and a battalion is [-] people (including messengers, flag bearers, drummers, cooks, etc.).These warriors are still stationed in different banners on weekdays, but they conduct regular training. Individual exercises, joint exercises, and parade exercises are the same as before. Now they have added confrontation exercises with battalions and flags as units to maximize their combat effectiveness.

The Eight Banners new army selected this time is the first and first battalion with a relatively complete organizational system. Liu Zhong, the commander of the standard, personally served as the battalion leader, and followed the people from the east bank to the Heishui Port in the Far East.Mo Ming is still very familiar with Liu Zhong, he is dull and reticent, but he has a ruthless spirit, and he doesn't show affection at all from the beginning to the end.The blacks of this era are in the early days of the slave society. They are simple-minded, brave and militant, and they are far from comparable to those blacks in later generations who can't get on the wall with mud.Coupled with the years of careful training of the people on the east coast in all aspects from culture to social organization, they are already a very advanced force in Africa, and the combat effectiveness of their troops should not be underestimated.Their weapons are mainly spears and sabers, supplemented by a small number of archers and artillery. Each archer and artillery is assigned a set of leather armor and a saber, while spearmen are uniformly assigned rattan hats. (produced in New China), breastplate, skirt armor and gauntlets, the armament is extremely sophisticated.

With these more than 1000 troops, it is natural that a large number of logistics supplies cannot be left behind.For this reason, the scale of the long-distance fleet mobilized locally is extremely large, including two flute-shaped transport ships, four multi-purpose expedition ships, an armed transport ship and a fast cruiser of the South China Sea Transport Company; A flute-shaped transport ship will also join in. This is the size of nine ships, which can be described as the largest fleet in the history of the East Coasters.

The letter is almost over here, and the following are some gossip news, and Mo Ming has no intention of reading it again.After carefully collecting the letter, he declined the visitors and concentrated on staying at home waiting for the news.

On November 11, Director Qi Wangping and Director Qi Da of the Central Personnel Department of the Executive Committee paid a visit in person.After reminiscing about the old days, with a complex expression, he formally handed over the appointment letter of the captain of the Blackwater Pioneering Team to Mo Ming.

(End of this chapter)