Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 1202 Dingjun Mountain ([-])

"The construction progress of Dingjun Mountain must not be delayed by anyone for any reason." On June 1659, 6, Chief of Staff Mo, who was standing on a high ground outside Shahu Fort, said firmly, "This is a national plan. If anyone fails to do a good job, if something goes wrong, they will be forced to retire and dismissed, or they will be tried by a court-martial!"

When Marshal Mo said this, the officers and soldiers of the brigade beside him, wearing khaki military uniforms, were marching forward with high spirits. They came from Chengshan County in the south (just established, the 36th county-level administrative unit in the country, under the jurisdiction of Chengshan Town, Changle Township, Shuangxi Township, Yuelai Township, Si'an Township, and Ankang Township), Hengtang County (newly established, the 37th county-level administrative unit in the country, under the jurisdiction of Hengtang Town, Fengguo Township, Xiaoxi Township, Tuqiao Township, Bailu Township, and Pingyuan Township) the militiamen had just arrived, so they were led by Marshal Mo himself.

Prior to this, four militia brigades (about 8000 people in total) from Xihu County, Xiayihe County, Shangcheng County, and Guangling County had entered the mountain for many days, and they were accompanied by the newly established Sixth Mixed Army Battalion (with Qingdao County as the recruiting place), most of the cavalry battalion, the first and second companies of the independent field artillery, the supply company, the engineering company, the guard platoon, the gendarmerie and a large number of staff and miscellaneous personnel. The two militia brigades in Beijing are about 1.5, which is the same size as in previous years.

Such a large-scale military force, well-equipped, trained for many days, and high in morale, is indeed not something that the Guarani barbarians or the Sao Paulo flag team at the southern end of the Brazilian plateau can resist.In fact, it is almost the same. Since the first troops arrived at Dingjunbao in late May, as many as four brigades of militiamen on the east coast began to gather into the mountains. The Brazilian plateau including the mountains—mainly the southern section of the Brazilian plateau, the Dingjun mountain range has been extremely "clean" after several years of suppression, and there are almost no aborigines. small grades.

In particular, a Sao Paulo flag team with a size of about [-] people was suppressed by the East Coast Army as "Guarani bandits", which made the Portuguese special envoy Vieira very angry. No, this guy is already in the Dingjun Fort He protested to the people on the east bank, but Boss Mo ignored him. On the contrary, he gave a credit to Major Zhu Liang, who was the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, which already explained the problem.

In fact, this kind of thing is a fart in the eyes of army officers who believe that power is the truth!You Portuguese have promised all the south of the Uruguay River to the east bank. Shall we take a look at the text of the agreement?Let's see if this place belongs to the East Bank!

Of course, in fact, the Portuguese are just protesting this routinely. Do you really think that they will confront the East Coast tit-for-tat or even fight each other?Don't be naive, that's impossible!Yes, strictly speaking from a legal point of view, it is not unreasonable for them to claim sovereignty over the Gerard Mountains. After all, it was clearly stated in the demarcation agreement that they handed over the Gerard Mountains to the east coast. Occupy Recife - but that's the problem, now the Portuguese Brazilian colonial authorities are mobilizing the army to attack Recife for the second time in a year, and the Portuguese fleet has just won a battle off the coast of Brazil, sinking and injuring the Netherlands The six armed merchant ships of the West India Company are going all out, how can they be distracted by some things in the south?

So, you can see that the Portuguese Governor Silva sent people to warn the people on the east bank not to go too far and not to endanger the property and lives of Portuguese residents. , St. Paul's flag team, Portuguese manor owners, big businessmen, etc. withdraw to the north bank as soon as possible, and the attitude of avoiding conflict with the east bank is already obvious.What's even more outrageous is that the Chief of General Staff of Mo vaguely heard people say that the Portuguese governor also secretly issued orders to the Portuguese officers and soldiers stationed at several military posts on the north bank of the Uruguay River, asking them to stop if they saw the troops on the east bank intending to cross the river. Withdraw immediately and try to avoid conflicts.In short, even if people from the east bank invade across the border, any Portuguese army is prohibited from resisting, so as not to intensify the situation.

Although it is impossible to prove the authenticity of this Portuguese version of the "non-resistance policy", the people on the east coast are too lazy to care what the Portuguese think. After clearing and suppressing, and then immigrating extensively, building roads frantically, and accumulating more reserves, if something happens, tens of thousands of tigers will roar from the south, then forcefully cross the Uruguay River, and attack the hinterland of Portugal northward, disintegrating any will of the enemy to resist.

As for the excuse for launching the war, hehe, there are many, and the Portuguese's theft of steam engine technology on the east coast is one of them.Although the people on the east coast have no definite evidence to prove that the Portuguese stole the technology, the question is, do we need evidence as a powerful party?Americans all know that taking some washing powder as "evidence" of Iraq's large-scale biological and chemical weapons, it is too easy for people on the east coast to concoct something, not to mention that it is true in the first place.

The only thing restricting the actions of the people on the east coast now is probably timing and determination.A bunch of fatuous and conservative people in the Executive Committee (Army language) lack enough aggressiveness and hesitate to declare war on Portugal, so the Army can only figure out its own way, that is, first clear the Guala in the Dingjun Mountains Ni tribe (most of them are hearted to the Portuguese), and then drive away the Sao Paulo flag force that has been operating there for many years, and then migrate from the native land to fill the gap.At the same time, they continued to build dual-use military and civilian facilities such as railways, roads, warehouses, forage fields, and camps, and tried their best to rapidly develop local agriculture and animal husbandry so as to provide convenience for future wars.

It is not difficult for smart people to see that once the local land reclamation operations of the people on the east coast have achieved initial results, and the construction of railways, roads, warehouses, barracks, and hospitals has been generally completed, then maybe the next day there will be people on the banks of the Uruguay River. A border conflict broke out among the Portuguese, which in turn caused the long-planned east bank army to cross the river to the north, and the "big news" that the army loved would appear on the front pages of major domestic newspapers and foreign media. The matter was actually that simple.

Chief of General Staff Mo stayed in Fort Shahu for several days, waiting for the arrival of the mule and horse train. On June 6, a huge logistics team with more than 6 mules and horses arrived outside the city of Shahubao and stationed there. They also came with more than 3.7 immigrants. They will go to the front with the logistics team The Shengxing Township, Shenglong Township, and Shengyun Township settled down and reclaimed wasteland in order to strengthen the influence of the East Bank government in the local area.Anyway, 90 Far East immigrants came here at once this year (the total population of the country officially exceeded 91.7 at this time, reaching a historical high of [-]). With the promotion of the Ministry, what is the point of sending more immigrants to the Dingjun Mountains area!

On June 6, Chief of General Staff Mo led the vanguard to Shengxing Township.The conditions here are far worse than those in the Dingjunbao and Shahubao areas. Not only has the land not yet been harvested, but even the construction of settlements has just begun, which made Boss Mo sigh: If the army wants to build a new land in Brazil Some actions in the plateau area, I am afraid we have to wait a little longer, the road is not repaired, and the logistics supply is insufficient, all of which mean that it is difficult for the brigade to move forward.Regardless of the fact that the people on the east bank have stored a large amount of supplies in Dingjunbao and Shahubao, but they are not enough for them to consume for a long time under the chewing of people.If a large-scale land war breaks out with the Portuguese in the future, it is conceivable that without decent transportation facilities, the war will be extremely long, and the intensity will naturally not be much higher. The main reason why Lao Ming wanted to extend the railway to the Brazilian plateau - without the railway, it would be impossible to quickly mobilize troops and supplies, so there would be no absolute advantage over the Portuguese.

After the new forces of the two brigades arrived in Shengxing Township, they immediately split up under the command of the officers, searched for some nearby areas that had been selected long ago, and launched a brutal sweep.In the sweeping area, any surviving Guarani tribe and Sao Paulo flag team will be mercilessly attacked. After all, people on the east coast have to think about the security environment of their immigrants in the future. If these potential hostile forces are not wiped out, how can they Can you rest assured to cultivate?In addition, the big sweep can also harvest some food, fur, livestock and other materials to subsidize the family, not to mention that the captured population is also urgently needed on the railway construction site.Well, the matter is actually very simple, if you don't hit me, who will you hit?

"Six county militia brigades carried out large-scale sweeps within tens of thousands of square kilometers, which will probably last until the end of August. At that time, they will almost retreat. After all, there is still a lot of farm work to be done in the field, so we can't delay too much outside. Long time." Chief of General Staff Mo said to Lan Fei, the military management committee member who came to receive instructions, "But you can also rest assured that the stay of the army will definitely be enough to wipe out the larger local indigenous forces one by one. As for the remaining small groups of resistance Power, you have to worry about it yourself. Of course, your main task is actually construction and land reclamation, especially all kinds of facilities related to military depots. You must be so sad. Mid-1660 is a time node. The construction of barracks, barracks, and forage yards must be completed, and bridges and outposts on some arterial traffic lines must also be rectified, so as not to cause obstacles to the march of the brigade. In addition, food is not difficult for you, but some necessary vegetables, fruits and For meat, we still have to raise as much as possible, and provide as much as we can, in short, the more the better..."

On June 6, when Chief of Staff Mo was about to go to Shenglong Township for inspection, a letter from the capital said that the executive committee had summoned and there were important matters to be discussed, so he had to entrust all military affairs to Major Zhu Liang. He hurried back to the south.

(End of this chapter)