1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 168 War Preparation ([-])

"Dalu, why are you back? Where's Master Cao?" Chen Dalang saw Qi Dalu who hurried back in Xinxiangpu.

"Uncle is taking the time to transport people. I will come back early and report to everyone." Qi Dalu jumped onto the bank of the river from a small boat, "The Spaniards are coming to attack us!"

"Spanish?... Isn't it Portuguese?" Chen Dalang was stunned.

"It's all wrong!" Qi Dalu shook his head, "It's the Spaniards who are coming to attack us. They are preparing supplies and personnel at this time, and they are estimated to come in late April or early May."

"How many ships and personnel do they want?" Chen Dalang asked.

"The Dutch said that the Spaniards will come with no more than ten ships at most, and no more than 1000 troops will land and attack our Hanzhou." Qi Continent said: "However, my uncle said that the Dutch may deliberately send the Spanish The strength of the human attack has shrunk, and I want us to work hard with peace of mind!"

"Won't the Dutch come to our aid?"

"The shitty Dutch want us to consume the strength of the Spaniards! Not a single ship will come to support us!" Qi Dalu said with some grief and indignation.

Half a year ago, Hanzhou and the Dutch were still close allies, and the coalition forces cooperated to break the port of the Kingdom of Aceh together.Today, Hanzhou is facing the Spaniards' retaliatory attack, but the Dutch are watching from the sidelines, watching Hanzhou independently fight against the mighty Spanish Kingdom.Those barbarians are all unreliable!
Qi Dalu's "Tuochan No. 3" transport ship unloaded a dozen unwell immigrants. The next day, he turned around and headed south, heading straight for Jianye City.

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At the Jianye City Wharf, the "Flying Fish No. 2" commanded by Dong Fengshan was filled with living supplies and construction materials, and slowly sailed out of the port.After a short stop at Beikou Fort (Nulumbai), they will head straight to the place named Cape Fort to establish a supply point.Cape Fort is located in the small town of Bamaga near Cape York, Australia.

A month ago, Haijiao Fort had transported more than [-] people and some supplies, and hastily established a camp.Cape Fort and Beikou Fort have the same positioning. As a transit supply point leading to the eastern coast, the population and construction scale will not be too large.

After the construction of Cape Fort is completed, Hanzhou will begin to expand and immigrate to the eastern coastal area, laying the foundation for eventually occupying the rich land in the southeast of Hanzhou.

The three towns to which Hanzhou belongs are like three huge construction sites.With the arrival of the first batch of more than 200 immigrants transferred from Xinxiangpu in late January, it means that Cao Xiong and his fleet have collected thousands of hungry people, and began to transfer to Hanzhou one after another.

What is gratifying is that the immigrants arriving in Hanzhou one after another are all hungry people from Shandong and Hebei.Qi Tian and Pan Qifeng waited for the immigrants to pass the quarantine period, and immediately moved all of them to New Huai'an, trying to dilute the large number of Huaibei immigrants.

Seeing the tens of thousands of acres of farmland reclaimed, Qi Tian and Pan Qifeng felt extremely refreshed.When a large number of people come in and start to plant all these farmlands, it is certain that Hanzhou will achieve food self-sufficiency by the end of this year.

Tens of thousands of acres of farmland near the river bend in Heishan City have been rehabilitated, and wheat and rice have been sown.Although the yield per unit area will definitely not be very high, the sown area is large enough, and it is possible to produce thousands of tons of grain.

"Hey!..." A cavalryman on the road rushed towards the farmland.

"Chief Chief, Deputy Chief Pan!" The cavalryman reported panting, "Commander Yu asked you two to return to Jianye City immediately!"

"Do you know what happened?" Qi Tian was a little surprised. Could it be that the Portuguese came again?

"Commander Yu didn't say anything, he just asked me to find you and return immediately! He said yes, it was very urgent," said the cavalryman.

Qi Tian and Pan Qifeng didn't say any more, they got on their horses and headed towards Jianye City.

"Uncle Kun!...Third Brother, why are you back?" Qi Tian and Pan Qifeng came to the Commander's Mansion in Jianye City, and suddenly saw Qi Dalu sitting beside Yu Fukun.

"The mainland said that Spain is coming!" Yu Fukun said in a deep voice.

"Spanish? What's the situation?" Qi Tian was a little surprised, we were still guarding against the Portuguese, why, the Spaniard also came to make fun of it.

"Dalu, tell them again." Yu Fukun frowned and sighed.

Qi Dalu then informed Cao Xiong of how the Dutch were going to attack Hanzhou, and how the Dutch ignored the cooperation agreement and would not save them. Day organization prepares for war.

"Oh, Spain is calling, there are still two months." Qi Tian nodded, and said calmly: "There is still plenty of time for us to prepare."

After finishing speaking, he raised his head and looked at Yu Fukun, "Uncle Kun, since the Spaniards are coming to send us coolies, then we will accept them all bluntly!"

"The mine is short of people again?" Yu Fukun smiled. The powerful enemy attacked, and he did not appear to be flustered. Instead, he was full of confidence to wipe out the incoming enemy.This kid has grown up!

"Yes, more than 200 people have died in the mine for half a year. Fu Jinbiao is really useless. After a few months, two indigenous tribes have been discovered. Is there a big shortage of coolies?"

Qi Dalu foolishly watched as Qi Tian and Yu Fukun talked about the shortage of coolies in the mines, without any mention of how to deal with the Spanish attack.He looked at Pan Qifeng and seemed to be asking, did I not make it clear when I said the Spaniards were coming?

Pan Qifeng was shocked when he heard that Xiyi was coming to attack Hanzhou, but after thinking about it, he didn't seem to be too worried.There are more than 2000 people in Hanzhou, and they are all young and strong.Even if the enemy comes with [-] people, we in Hanzhou can gather [-] to [-] soldiers and annihilate them.Guns, cannons, swords and other weapons can all be produced in Hanzhou, so why not worry.

"Let's get ready!" Yu Fukun said, "Come here!".

Qi Tian nodded, and then signaled to the dozen or so teenagers gathered outside the door to come in.

"Notify the two chief officers of the Marine Corps to the Commander's Mansion!"

"Notify the battalion officers of the township barracks to come to the commander's mansion!"

"Notify Captain Zhang of the Coastal Defense Team to the Commander's Mansion!"

"Notify the chief officials of all the affairs offices under the civil government to come to the commanding mansion!"

"..."

Qi Tian continuously ordered all the youths to go to various parts of Hanzhou to inform the relevant chief officials to come to the Commander's Mansion for a meeting.

"It will take about an hour until everyone arrives. What can Uncle Kun say?"

"I don't have anything to say. I'll go to the pier fort to have a look, and I'll be back in a while." Saying that, Yu Fukun walked out of the room slowly.

"Yuan Shan, go and notify the patrol office. All personnel are dispatched. If anyone gathers to spread rumors and cause trouble, arrest them first, regardless of the reason." Qi Tian turned his head and ordered Qi Yuanshan.

Pan Qifeng nodded, the enemy is coming, the most important thing is to maintain peace of mind, don't let yourself get into trouble first.

"I'll go to the civil government and ask people to inspect the warehouse first to ensure that the accounts are well documented." Pan Qifeng said.

Qi Tian watched many people leaving the room one after another, sitting on chairs, thinking and calculating with his head down.

"Xiaotian..." Qi Dalu shouted.

"Huh?" Qi Tian came to his senses, and looked back at Qi Dalu, "Third brother, we've been traveling all the way, why don't we take a rest first?"

"I'm not tired." Qi Dalu looked at Qi Tian firmly, "Fourth Brother, you really looked like a...like a...leading general!"

"General? I haven't fought a war!" Qi Tian smiled, "I'm the chief manager, I'm in charge of many of these things."

The first person to come was Zhang Jiawen, captain of the coastal defense. After entering the door, he bowed his hands to the sky and sat quietly on a chair.

Afterwards, the chief officers of various offices under the civil government, the Marine Corps, the township barracks... came one after another.Everyone saw that Qi Tian was just sitting there silently, writing and drawing on several pieces of paper with a quill pen in his hand.They all sat quietly in chairs, exchanging glances with each other.

After a while, Yu Fukun walked into this spacious room, first glanced at the many Hanzhou officials, big and small, then walked to Qi Tian and sat down.

The whole room was full of people, and for the first time, all the middle and high-level managers of the military and civil affairs in Hanzhou sat together, looking up at Yu Fukun and Qi Tian who were in the front seats.

"Is the calculation clear?" Yu Fukun asked softly when he saw that Qi Tian had stopped writing.

Qi Tian smiled at Yu Fukun, "I can win!"

Yu Fukun also laughed, "Tell them about it."

Qi Tian stood up, looked at the officials at all levels below, and then said: "In two months, someone will come to attack us. It's the Spaniards, and the other party will come with about ten large ships to land and attack the soldiers in Hanzhou. , There will be about 1000 people. They have muskets, artillery, and some cold weapons."

After speaking, he stopped and looked at the crowd.

Some civil affairs officials of the civil government showed a trace of worry on their faces.However, the chief officers of the Marine Corps, the Township Barracks, and the Coastal Defense Corps had smiles on their faces.Most of the other officials looked at Qi Tian calmly, waiting for him to continue.

"Let's talk about the predicted results of the battle against the enemy first." Qi Tian paused, and said: "We will win! Don't think that I am stabilizing the morale of the army, I am talking about the real predicted results. The probability of our winning is [-]%, as long as We make no mistakes. Therefore, I am announcing some orders now, and you must implement them unconditionally. Because, from now on, Hanzhou has entered a wartime state, and all orders are military orders!"

When everyone heard this, their hearts shivered, and they straightened their bodies a little.

"First, the Marine Corps began to expand, and the second company of the Marine Corps was established. The source of the expansion was selected from the village barracks, and the chief officer was split from the original Marine Corps First Company. The formation was completed within a week!"

"Second, to recruit township soldiers, in addition to supplementing the vacancies, expand two township barracks."

At present, a production village in Hanzhou has formed a township soldier team with a staff of 30 people.A township forms a township squadron with 150 soldiers.Three township squadrons form a township battalion with a staff of 500, and there are 50 artillery squadrons and logistics squadrons in the battalion.

"Third, all vacancies in the coastal defense team should be filled, and training should be stepped up to prevent the enemy from leaving the port."

"Fourth, the artillery casting, musket manufacturing, iron making and other workshops under the fortification department are all transferred to military production. Moreover, the workshop operates in three shifts. It must be in late April that all township barracks can be armed."

"Fifth, all the construction teams under the construction supervision department, the construction of residential buildings outside the city is suspended, and all of them are transferred to the construction of the walls of Jianye City, Heishan City and New Huai'an City. At the same time, schools, libraries, government offices, warehouses, etc. The construction of large buildings such as guest houses has been stepped up in an all-round way. If there is no heavy rain or heavy rain, there will be no delay!"

The purpose of building large-scale public facilities in the city is to serve as temporary residences for immigrants arriving in the next few months.After all, the dwellings outside the city will definitely be attacked by the Spaniards after landing.

"sixth,……"

"seventh,……"

Qi Tian issued more than ten wartime orders in a row, so that all the soldiers and civilians in Hanzhou can make complete preparations to win the first foreign invasion.

(End of this chapter)