Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1028 Advance Along the River ([-])

On June 1654, 6, outside the brand-new brick city walls of Jiaohebao (later South Cachoeira City), the newly appointed regional commissioner Xu Xin was urging the immigrants to widen the river, build reservoirs, and dig ditches.It seems that they are planning to do a big job after the spring of next year.

After sending two batches of immigrants here in a row, Jiaohe Fort, which was established only a year and four months ago, already has [-] settlers, and has produced a certain amount of food and vegetables—although the number is far away. It's far from being consumed, but it's a welcome start after all.

In addition to these immigrants, the newly established First Battalion of the Army was also sent here for training, and by the way, escorted the next stage of pioneering operations along the river.Speaking of the first battalion of the army, we have to mention Marshal Mo Mingmo, who is currently the chief of staff of the national armed forces and one of the nine "elders" of the executive committee.After defeating the navy forces and aspiring to the No.1 position of the army's chief of staff, this gentleman drastically transformed the army, and the first move was to disregard the navy's opposition and "company" the army that had been shelved for a while. The "reform battalion" plan continued to be carried out, that is, on the basis of the reorganization of the second company of the army into the second battalion, the first and third infantry companies were also changed into infantry battalions. The consensus was even passed by the executive committee, which obviously made the navy very angry.

However, the navy is back to its spirit, and there is a saying that Fengshui turns. They have been happy for many years, and now it is the turn of the army, which has been oppressed for a long time. If they deliberately suppress them, won't they force the army to rebel?Therefore, against such a background, the first and third battalions, which had never appeared in the East Coast Army establishment, came into being.

The first battalion of the army stationed in the area west of Jiaohebao is exactly the same as the second battalion. The whole battalion has 4 infantry companies, 1 artillery company, 1 cavalry company, 1 supply company, 1 engineering platoon and a few Miscellaneous guards, a total of about 1450 people - the third battalion of the army is relatively hard-working. Although the numbers of each company under its jurisdiction have been assigned, they are still resting in Zhenhai County (the county is the source of troops for the third battalion). Many officers , The non-commissioned officers are not yet in place, and the equipment is even more difficult to talk about. It is basically a shelf camp.The reason for this situation is mainly due to the shortage of military expenditures. It is believed that the third battalion of the Army will be difficult to replenish until the economic scale of the east coast reaches a higher level.

After the fully staffed First Battalion of the Army arrives at the front line of Jiaohebao, it will start the operation of "training with war" in the near future, and will continue to wipe out the remaining Guarani tribes westward, that is: those who are willing to move out of the deep mountains and old forests will move peacefully. Come out, and then wait for the opportunity to be transported to South Africa, New China or Australia to settle down; those who do not want to move out will be dealt with as rebels, and it is unclear what will happen.

In fact, after so many years of continuous attacks—especially the “great power” of the disease in this eradication operation—the Guarani aborigines in the entire Duck Lake and the hilly area to the west should have dropped to a very low level. Even in a biological sense, the aboriginal tribes living in this vast hilly and forested area are already on the verge of extinction.As long as the people on the east coast continue to fight unrelentingly, they will probably disappear completely in the long river of history, just like countless vanished nations in human history.

Along with the [-]st Battalion of the Army, there were [-] special "militiamen" who marched westward (more precisely, in the vanguard).Some of these people were soldiers of the Ottoman Ganisari Army who had fled to the east bank, some were Polish or Moldavian prisoners of war who had been trafficked, and there were also a few recruited gauchos. They were vigilant and skilled. And well-equipped, but the degree of organization is undoubtedly very low. The language, customs, and beliefs are completely different and they don't trust each other. It can be said that mixing them together to fight is a miracle in itself.

But this kind of chaotically organized troops may not be effective on the regular battlefield, but they are still barely competent in the security war against the primitive Indians in this wild place.Especially the soldiers of the Ottoman Ganishari Legion. They have been practicing how to fight since they were young. They have a lot of combat experience. In addition, they have all converted to Christianity. .Therefore, they simply took the opportunity of clearing up the aborigines, disrupted the establishment of the more than 1000 officers and soldiers who had exiled to the east coast, and then sent them to the dense forest in the upper reaches of the Jiao River to fight against the Indians. Cannot be rewarded", you must make contributions to "grant [-] acres of land".

In this way, there will inevitably be quite a few people lost in the depths of the forest where the environment is complex, snakes and insects are everywhere, and diseases are prevalent.And when it comes to the stage of opening up wasteland, a group will inevitably be lost (according to statistics, the first-year death rate of the residents of the East Coast Republic who reclaimed wasteland in the northern subtropical forest and swamp area reached an astonishing 8% or more), then the remaining Ottomans Human beings are nothing to worry about. Scattered resettlement, intermarriage, and religious oppression, decades later, there is not even dregs left, and they have been completely absorbed by the local society.

"Prepare all kinds of supplies for the troops that are about to go on an expedition. This matter cannot be sloppy. It must be done well." Xu Xin returned to work at the local level for the first time. He was really not used to it, and there was a lack of capable assistants around him, so in the first period of time, he decided to fully trust his subordinates and entrust them with some routine work defense, while he himself Study on the sidelines and observe your subordinates by the way.

The supplies provided for the troops, except for a few vegetables, are supplied locally, and most of them rely on the help of surrounding counties and townships.For example, Yiling County and Dingxi County are close at hand, and the newly established Shenwu County in the south (listed and established on January 1654, 1) - under the jurisdiction of Shenwu Town, Aoshan Township, Rushan Township, Lingshan Township, Nanshao Township, Kaixuan Township and Nanshan Township consist of one town and six townships, with a population of more than 1, mainly engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry and logging.

In fact, if you spread out the map and take a closer look, it will be clear that in today's East Coast Republic, the Beiyazihu ​​area is probably the most densely populated area with settlements. Industrial products in Ping'an County, building materials in Dingxi County, Yiling The agricultural products of the county, as well as the wood and grain of the newly established Shenwu County in the south, have begun to show a certain degree of surplus. The North Duck Lake area continued west along the river.And as for why you want to go west along the river?In fact, the reason is easy to understand.

Due to the special geographical environment of the North Duck Lake area, the construction cost of the popular railway in the southern area will become extremely high here - soft and wet land, dense forests, rolling hills, natural environment for the breeding of germs and local The complex security situation, all these are doomed that the State Railway Administration is basically unlikely to devote its main energy to this place in a short period of time.

And because of this, the Jiaohe River, which has good navigability (even if there are occasional shoals, can be dredged by manpower and boats), has become a "railway" for people on the east coast to expand to the inland areas.The Jiaohe River is in the lower reaches (the lower reaches are called the Duck River because it joins the Takwali River), and the flow is basically east-west, with plenty of water and torrents; while in the middle and upper reaches, the water is not so abundant, but it is almost enough for navigation. There are small inland river steamboats with shallow drafts, which provides a solid foundation for the development of land further upstream - Dingxi, Laojunmiao, Shifangdian, Jiaohe and other towns are not all advancing step by step along the banks of the river Did you come here?

This time the army moved westward, the first destination was to set up a stronghold in the west of Jiaohebao, near the later town of Yakui (that is, the confluence of the Yakui River and Wakakai River), and then carry out environmental improvement and resettlement. sincerely, and finally digest and occupy this territory.The last Guarani tribe on this land has surrendered to the people on the east bank a few days ago. It is expected that the westward troops will not encounter any systematic resistance. The real battle will probably continue westward for dozens of miles. It is possible to encounter it after a kilometer.

"Recently, the villagers will be organized to go to the animal husbandry station to learn how to artificially inseminate livestock. This matter cannot be sloppy. They have to go if they go, and they have to go if they don't." Xu Xin took out a small note from his pocket. This is his Recording the work that needs to be arranged recently, I only heard him say: "Jiaohe Fort has been established for more than a year, but so far only some wasteland has been reclaimed (in fact, these wastelands have not been completely reclaimed, and the yield is very low), The output of both grain and vegetables is very small, let alone non-staple food. Next week, people from the Northwest Reclamation Bank and the Ministry of Agriculture will come to distribute livestock to everyone. Of course, this is not free, it is a low-interest loan, so everyone They have to go to the village offices to learn how to artificially inseminate livestock."

"Our current non-staple food still relies on imports from the outside world, bacon and ham from Xihu County, pork from Ping'an County (Northern Gunpowder Factory has a very large-scale pig breeding workshop, which is used to make strategic materials such as manure), Dairy products and alcohol in the south, poultry eggs from Dingxi County, etc., and even some agricultural products imported from Brazil..." Xu Xin still said to himself, "How can this be?! This is very important for us regional leaders It is simply embarrassing! The status quo must be changed. The three-crop crop rotation system must be firmly implemented, and the alfalfa-rice-wheat-soybean crop rotation must be firmly promoted so that the agricultural output rate will increase. Meat and other non-staple foods There will be more sources of resources. For a newly established area like ours, don’t think about industry for a while, but build on the foundation first, and let’s start with agriculture.”

(End of this chapter)