Lord of Ming Dynasty

Among them, there are relatively few naval officers, about five, plus Zhao Shuai, Wu Kejing and the others brought over seven naval officers, five from the mercenary regiment, and two naval officers developed by the Ministry of Intelligence. Of course, these will be brought over later. The officers of the mercenary regiment are not counted in the original assets of the mercenary regiment, because most of them have not experienced naval battles, or have experienced the last two naval battles against the French and the British.

Of course, there are naval officers brought over from other countries, as well as some naval professionals among the pirates. Why do we say professionals?Because they have not gone through systematic theoretical study, and have not experienced the training and combat learning of steam engine warships.

It’s just the combat literacy of sailing warships that I have cultivated in the sea battles in my life. If you say that you can conduct guerrilla warfare at sea, rob merchant ships at sea, or command small-scale sailing warships, you are suitable as a captain’s assistant. , first mate, second mate or something.

If they are to be inserted into the ranks of the Chinese Empire Navy for a decisive battle of sailing warships at sea, they can take the command of a small ship with a tonnage of about a thousand tons, but let them serve as a steam engine battleship, especially a large tonnage It is a bit uncoordinated to command the battleships and ask them to cooperate with the fleet.

They also need to study systematically, and those navies from other countries also need to re-learn, or run-in, train, and learn with naval officers from the Chinese Empire.

There are more talents in the army, and there is no shortage of cavalry officers. Almost everyone can lead a cavalry squad to attack the enemy, and can cooperate with the overall strategy of the mercenary regiment. There are also many complete cavalry officers, and there are more army officers. There are more than 20 people, including many professional officers, such as technical, command, staff, communication and technical liaison, and logistics.

It can be said that it is this group of excellent officers that has supported the operation of this small country composed of a small number of mercenaries with a small number of troops and a mess of people inside, and it has survived until now.

Perhaps the original surviving mercenary regiment from the Eastern European region conquered by Russia is not many. If you calculate it carefully, it may be less than a hundred, or dozens of people. At that time, not many Han Chinese survived, but they were the backbone. With the elite, after several expansions, the Han people have grown stronger, and the mercenary group has also grown, but generally speaking, it is these forty officers who support this group.

"Maybe we have other industries. For example, we can smelt some high-quality gun steel and the steel used for gun barrels. We also have good military craftsmen, and a fleet that can build merchant ships and armed merchant ships of less than [-] tons. Craftsmen in the shipyard, let’s put it this way, maybe our next industry, in addition to selling the countless fish here, we may be able to manufacture some merchant ships and armed merchant ships. Although they are all sailing ships, they are definitely marketable. It is more profitable to sell logs in Turkey, Spain, France, etc.

As for the production of weapons, cannons, and ammunition, I think you will definitely not allow such an industry to become our pillar industry, or a commercial industry, because there is no place to buy our own artillery, guns and ammunition, we need to build and manufacture , and then supplement our own consumption, and at the same time, we must support it under the next blow from the British. The British will definitely not stop there. "

"Okay, let's stop here first. Sweeping Thunder is fighting outside, Tang Yaweng is going to support him, Luo Zuo is maintaining the security of the territory around our Xianju Town, Chief Wu, you go and prepare according to what we discussed, While being in charge of intelligence and investigation work, while being in charge of business matters, whether we can survive in the future depends on you." Li Ya interrupted Wu Kejing's analysis, and at the same time he took the initiative to interrupt the discussion between the two of them. Xiang Luo left.

"What is it? Captain."

He saw that Luo Zuo seemed to have something to say, it was not urgent, it must be something big, but the two of them, although Wu Kejing was promoted by him, are now members of the Military Intelligence Department, representing Zhao Shuai and the empire. There was a leader Sarai who joined halfway, but Sarai died in the naval battle. This was a big loss, but it was also a good solution for an outsider to participate in the business of the empire.

Sa Lei's death can be said to have weakened his control in the navy, and also lost a civilian representative, or a representative close to the West, because Sa Lei often hopes that the foreigners in the West can gain some words in this group Quan, he sympathizes with those homeless people in other countries, maybe because he is also a homeless person himself.

Although he is a descendant of the Chinese Han people, his thinking is the western kind of thinking that wants independence and freedom. That is to say, during the past few years when he was running the ship, he was deeply influenced by the western kind of thinking that if you are not right, I will build it myself. one country.

A few people can form a group, and a large number of people is a country. The West likes to divide into groups, and the West is constantly splitting up, while the East likes to unify.

This kind of thinking has collided with Li Ya and the team many times. Li Ya didn't fight back, or kept silent, acquiescing to his activities, but this time, I don't know if it was really an accidental death, or the group of officers under him. What they push is dead anyway.

Li Ya felt very helpless, even in a small emerging country with only 1 people, this kind of struggle is inevitable, and it may become more intense in the future.

And because my country is on the edge of Europe, the edge of North America and Oceania, generally speaking, it is the West, so the splitting activities of this small group will be very rampant, and there will be no shortage of such things in the New Qin Empire in the future.

Before he could figure it out, Luo Zuo said, "Two of our small islands were captured by the British. A total of 360 people died and 320 were captured. In addition, three of our sailboats were destroyed, all of which were 180 tons. , The two captured ships were all done by the escaped British, they are located in the sea area of ​​the British side, the one in front of us, and the captured island on the other side are surrounded by the enemy."

Chapter 240 Total Victory

"We have no more ships to send. The British still have more than a dozen steam engine battleships hanging around outside, but our steam engine battleships only have three that can move, and there are only two sail warships, and all five of these warships have been dispatched. On the premise that we win the enemy, although Morin's fleet is smaller, it is absolutely deterrent enough.

Forget it, some small islands, let’s talk about it after the repairs of the warships on our berth are completed, Maureen will take care of them when he comes back, what you need to do now is to quickly count our battle damage this time, and we can send The personnel who went out to guard the stronghold.

If possible, organize troops as soon as possible to take back our coastal strongholds in the west. Where are they placed? Regardless of whether the commanders and fleet commanders of the British were captured by us, the troops and warships they fled are still It is possible to land in other places, and then use those strongholds to launch an attack behind Tang Yaweng and Sweeping Thunder. "

Li Ya waved his hand and touched his face. Since the start of the war, he hasn't slept well for more than ten days. He only sleeps for a few hours every day. He is afraid that when he wakes up, the neighboring peninsula will already belong to the British. He also became a prisoner.

But the situation is better now. They once again used the artillery from Xinxianju Town to instantly kill the British fleet. The previous time they killed the French offensive force and seriously injured the British army. They gained the adjacent peninsula and the entire peninsula.

Now it depends on whether the sky sweeper can block the enemy's attack.

Blocking the enemy's attack, of course, it must have been blocked, and the blocking was successful. Major Thomas had nothing to say about it, so the opposite port, no, the opposite town, alas, is still wrong, the opposite is the fortress.

He didn't know why overnight, the three port strongholds of the enemy who had been beaten by him with a brain hemorrhage would create wave-like trenches on the same terrain as "," and expand the battle line to three miles in front of his camp. , and built countless forts behind Sanlidi. Although these forts are very simple, they are heart-wrenching under the firepower of the old French bronze artillery, 18-pound guns, and 24-pound guns captured by the British. Destroyed by solid bullets, ignited by flowering bullets, but the enemy is still very tenacious.

At least he couldn't pass through the trenches in front of him, and the enemy's forts were not useless. After spending the ammunition and tons of gunpowder from the old French artillery seized on his side, he also blew up nearly half of the French bronze cannons. , Killed and wounded the surrounding Inuit tribe warriors, and even caused the two tribes to retreat relentlessly.

In addition, the attack on the United Kingdom caused 300 casualties, a total of more than 1000 offensive troops. There were not many casualties in the initial attack, 57 casualties, 100 wounded, and almost no artillery damage.

For this attack, Major Thomas asked Colonel James for all the old French guns, thirty-eight, and nearly one hundred six-pounders, nine-pounders, twelve-pounders from captured French armed merchant ships. There are 38 32-pounder guns and 72-pounder guns, as well as 28-inch field guns, 33-inch field guns, and [-] old bronze guns brought by the British, making a total of [-] guns.

The total number of artillery has reached nearly 150, and 2000 people were recruited to transport and operate these artillery by British immigrants. For the transportation of artillery, shells, carriages, and materials, fifteen nearby Inuit tribes of one hundred households were recruited. 3000, plus 300 nearby Newfoundland warriors and 100 cavalry.

With such strength, the British colonial regular army is the main force, supplemented by Newfoundland soldiers, and with the help of nearly 150 backward artillery, at the beginning, it pushed the enemy's Iliad cavalry with 150 cavalry and wiped out the enemy's Han Chinese cavalry squad. A small team, and quickly approached the enemy's three stronghold fortresses, they had already entered, and there were not many casualties.

But suddenly the enemy emerged with countless troops, attacking from all directions, disabled three Inuit tribes, killed nearly 800 people, had nearly 100 tons of supplies, [-] carriages, and [-] pack horses He and the mule were killed or captured by the enemy, more than [-] British in one company were killed, and the other company was captured.

The Newfoundland cavalry ran fast, and ran for fifty miles in one breath. They almost penetrated into the core area of ​​the main island before they stopped. Then they were found by the British cavalry sent by Major Thomas. Cart, as a handyman.

This is because reinforcements from sweeping the sky mines have arrived. Previously, they were only guarding the stronghold. For this line of defense, Li Ya spent a little money. Not only did the stronghold be rebuilt, fortresses were added, and guard towers were added. Patrol cavalry was also added.

A stronghold originally only lived with captured British immigrants and nearby Newfoundland and Inuit tribesmen, probably between 500 and 150 people. The British stronghold troops were pitifully small, although for defense The French, they have increased to [-] people, but this number is still not enough for Sweeping Thunder and they fought. It only took one night. Xianju Town trekked here, and in one day, [-] troops took care of each stronghold, plus some old French artillery to solve the British defenders here.

Afterwards, these 300 people were stationed in three strongholds. The population of the British and their tribes did not move. They just increased their control and collected taxes and supplies from them, which was equivalent to turning the British into the common people of their territory.

After a series of battles, many people were transferred, and 300 people were replaced by Spaniards, Russians, Romanians, British and French soldiers who surrendered, and several Han soldiers who were under surveillance.

Later, on the eve of the British raid, one hundred African mercenaries, one cavalry squad, and some Indian and Iliad captives who refused to surrender were added to farm, build fortifications, and build fortresses. .

Including the nearby captives farming, building roads, mining, and logging, there are a total of more than 500 people here.

When the British attacked, these captives were transferred to dig trenches, build forts, and more guard posts. This is why the British didn't take it down at once, but waited until reinforcements from the sky mines appeared.

About 60.00% of the troops in the island strongholds on both sides of the mines are concentrated, plus 80.00% of the troops of a Han brigade brought by myself, and a squadron of African mercenaries, a squadron of Turks, a squadron of Han Chinese cavalry, and Nearly [-] captives transported supplies, just in time for Larry and Wen Ruxin to attack the neighboring town, and they felt that they were not far from the defense line of the three strongholds.

Before he came, he informed the stronghold that it might be attacked by the enemy, so the stronghold strengthened its defenses, or else it was attacked like the neighboring town and other strongholds.

Major Thomas only fought in the middle of the night, and the thunder-sweeping brigade arrived, so Thomas had to retreat with heavy losses.

Of course, it was not a complete retreat, but retreated a few miles, took a rest, and called more Newfoundlanders and Inuit to attack together, but faced with the attack of thousands of tribal fighters, squatting in the trenches The African mercenaries and Turkish mercenaries, no matter how bad their marksmanship, finally blocked the enemy's attack, and then the two sides fired at each other, and the cavalry detoured. They fought here for nearly two days. When the battle ended, Tang Yaweng also came with a Han brigade, and then killed them in waves. Thomas, thousands of tribal fighters, and hundreds of British were beaten to pieces.

So the battle ended. The New Qin Empire survived the attack of the French, survived the attack of the British, defeated the French, disabled the British for the second time, and won the overall victory of the war.

The first thousand and 240 chapters are not very satisfactory

A message delivered by a fast horse told Li Ya that the sky-sweeping mine blocked the British attack and defeated the enemy.

But what is more depressing is that the enemy general ran away again. The damned Major Thomas, who had been defeated by the New Qin Empire several times, ran away with 100 cavalry.

Another depressing thing is that 3000 to 1 French people have just been sent away, and more than [-] Newfoundlanders and Inuit people have been captured, as well as hundreds of British people. Most of these people are wounded and seriously injured. The population of several enemy tribes was captured, about [-] people, and all the tribes participating in the war were captured within a radius of nearly [-] miles from the peninsula and the main island.

The food consumption of the population alone is a huge and desperate thing, and there are medicines, and they have to treat their wounds. At the same time, when the British attacked, nearly 90 British immigrants from the three strongholds, as well as Inui The tribal population of the Tetes and Newfoundlanders has also been captured again. In addition, there are Africans and Turks who surrendered, as well as Spanish and Russians. There are also 4000 people. How many people are there? More than [-] Population.

What are their identities now?

The captives, and the captives are actually slaves according to the theory that the Han people are in charge and all outsiders are auxiliary population.

And Tang Yaweng defeated Larry and Wen Ruxin who were attacking other ports everywhere behind the sweeping mines. Finally, after Luo Zuo cleaned up the defeated soldiers of these people, he captured another 800 people.A total of 700 British people were captured, as well as people from other countries who were defeated and captured by the enemy. There were 200 people from other nationalities in the mercenary regiment, plus those captured by the African mercenary regiment and the Turkish mercenary regiment. 2000 people.

These people are all classified as captives, or slaves. Most of them are slaves. After they are captured, at least they have to be screened for a period of time. That is to say, during this period of time, most of their troops and population have been lost. There are more than 3000 Han Chinese, including 200 Han who can fight, and 2000 foreigners who can fight and have not been captured by the enemy.

This time, a large number of stronghold populations were lost, so now there are more than 200 civilians left, and more than 700 combat effectiveness left, and this is still including the combatants of the Navy.

In this battle, the original population of 1 people plus the combat force is now less than half, and the population is more than 5000.

And the enemies and prisoners they captured, plus the remaining 3000 captives and slaves held in repeated small-scale battles, now have a population of more than 5000 to take care of 2 captives and slaves.