Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2079 Unity River ([-])

"I am your mother, call me!" On October 1689, 10, on the outskirts of Shatang Township, Captain Xiao Guang picked up a rifle and shot forward.

On the opposite side of the river bend and by the bushes, there were shadowy bandits resisting.These birdmen are getting more and more courageous. They even dare to rob the government's transport team. Is this desperate?He, Xiao, has served in the army for many years, and he has been to many places before he came to the Tuanjie River Basin, but he has never encountered such an arrogant gangster.

The Tuanjie River Basin is really a land beyond the fragmentation!Bankrupt gold diggers, lazy hooligans, profit-seeking bandits, and Tupi Indians who came out of nowhere in the old forest, everyone regards the government and the East Coast Gold Company's transportation team as their sweet pastry, and wants to pounce on them. Go up and take a bite.

The transportation team of the East Coast Gold Company is nothing more than that, what they transport is high-value items, whether it is mining, gold smelting machinery, chemicals, or boxes of gold bricks and gold coins shipped back. It is enough to make people take risks, go up and do him a favor, and immediately disappear after winning, "deeply hiding his identity and reputation".

However, in recent years, with the influx of more and more people into the Tuanjie River Basin, even the public transportation team for food and daily necessities has been robbed, which is really too much!It seems that the country is too conservative and too confident to mobilize a mixed battalion to unite the river basin.These more than 1000 people were scattered on a vast land of tens of thousands or even 10,000+ square kilometers. It was like pepper powder being sprinkled in noodles, and they disappeared all at once.Even if the security regiments from the five counties south of Zhuoshui were mobilized to guard the north in turn, it would not be enough, because there were more people than ever before, maybe tens of thousands, which was a huge challenge for them. It is too difficult a challenge for them to effectively manage the law and order here.

But no matter how tight the force is, it is unacceptable for the government transport team to be attacked on the main road—well, the standard of this road is very low, not even a third-class national road!Maybe because their team only had more than 40 armed police escorts, maybe the gangsters got wrong information and thought that there were high-value commodities in this team. In short, they came and launched a surprise attack on them.

The armed police launched a counterattack at the first time. At this time, they had already downed four people. At the same time, a guide and a groom were killed, and an engineer was shot and wounded. There was no worse start than this, so Xiao Light was very angry, and led the rest of the people to fight back.

The police counterattack was fruitful.They were well-trained and had excellent psychological qualities. They quickly recovered from the initial chaos and used various bunkers to fight back. The other non-combatants from schools and government agencies in the team calmed down very well.Gradually, they also opened their respective bags, took out long guns and short guns from them, and began to reload and load ammunition tremblingly, ready to fight back at the gangsters in front at any time.

"Come on, bring the cannon!" Xiao Guang, who was hiding behind a big tree, fired a shot and roared angrily.

The team brought an ultra-light 30mm caliber cannon, which can shoot shotgun shells, explosive shells or solid shells. It is also very light in weight, which reflects the advanced military manufacturing level on the east coast. At least half of the more than 40 armed police officers are retired from the army. This is a new policy that has only been introduced in the past two years. Now, it perfectly reflects the effect: two policemen dropped their rifles and crawled with their waists bent. In front of the small cannon, he first untied the rope on the cannon carriage, then called two grooms to help them push the cannon out, and then reloaded and loaded the cannon.

"Boom!" A solid shell flew out of the barrel with a whistling sound, and then crashed into a big tree with great force, where several gangsters were firing their guns.The direct shell did not intend to hit the thick tree trunk, but was bounced to one side, then bounced several times, brushed a bandit and took his thigh away, and finally hit the side with his head On a small cart, the things on it were scattered all over the place.

"Boom!" The second shell quickly flew out of the barrel.This time, the gunner deliberately cut the lead wire of the shell short so that it exploded as soon as it hit the ground.The scattered fragments immediately caused terrifying damage. At least four bandits screamed and fell to the ground, losing their fighting power.

The two consecutive shells made the gangsters who were still firing aggressively pause for a moment, followed by horrified shouts and scolding, Xiao Guang knew that they were scared and shaken!In a battle, whether there was a cannon or not, the result is really different. The God of War only made two threats, and immediately reversed the situation, giving the police the upper hand.

It is only recently that the transport team brings light and small artillery on the road.It can also be seen from this how the security in the Tuanjie River Basin has deteriorated to what extent.The army and the militia had to focus on protecting the newly established settlements, and the Dongjin Company had more than enough protection for itself and was unable to take care of other places, so the situation could be expected to deteriorate.

Xiao Guang's transportation team carried a full ton of gold to Fangshan Township this time, but now it seems that some news leaked somewhere, which led to some bandits taking the risk to attack them.This matter must be thoroughly investigated after returning home, but what is most needed at the moment is to rush to another settlement dozens of kilometers away as soon as possible, and borrow some people from the army stationed there. Even a platoon is good. Can greatly increase their safety factor.

"Boom! Boom!" The artillery continued to fire, but the gangsters were already discouraged and a little at a loss.Back then, Tiger Wang's strength was wiped out by the "blue skins". Now, although there are only some black skins in front of them, they actually have cannons. This is not something they can compete with!Moreover, from the short shot just now, it can be seen that there must be quite a retired blue-skinned player among these black-skinned players, so what a fart, life-saving is the most important thing!

As a result, the gunfire from both sides quickly faded away.Xiao Guang, who was hiding behind a tree and reloading his ammunition, was very sensitive, and immediately understood that the gang of desperadoes were about to withdraw when they saw the idea was sticking to their hands!He wanted to pursue, but thought that there was more than a ton of gold in the convoy, so he finally suppressed his thoughts, took a gun and fired a few times in the direction where the bandits were retreating, and then gave up resentfully.

"If it weren't for these national properties, I would never let you go!" After sending someone to check the dead bodies of the bandits, Xiao Guang visited the wounded on his side—unfortunately, this mechanical engineer may need amputation—and then Sitting on a powder keg, he said irritably.

The results of the autopsy came out soon.A policeman ran over panting and told Xiao Guang that there were several Latin-faced corpses inside, suspected to be Portuguese, which made Xiao Guang very worried.

He can basically conclude that those people must be Portuguese, at least they came from Portuguese Brazil.The news that many gold deposits have been discovered in the Tuanjie River Basin is no longer a secret, and many people in Portuguese Brazil know it.After all, the main stream of the Tuanjie River meanders north, and finally enters the sea in the Bahia General District of Portuguese Brazil.When Portugal was still ruling Eastern Brazil, their officials started from San Salvador (the capital of Portuguese Brazil), then went upstream along the Unity River, and finally arrived in Sao Paulo and other places to take office.In other words, this is a mature route from Portuguese Brazil to the Beining area on the east coast, and it is quite normal for Portuguese to come here.

Xiao Guang even suspected that among the tens of thousands of gold diggers scattered in the Tuanjie River Basin, quite a few were from the Kingdom of Portugal.The East Coast Republic's control over this area is weak, and the Europeans have a religious passion for gold. It's strange that they don't flock here to pan for gold.

"The Portuguese are running over, so will the Italians, French, Germans and even the English come over in the future? With Portugal's backward management system, these crazy gold diggers may be able to pass through unimpeded People come to the Unity River to pan for gold. As long as one person makes a fortune and goes to San Salvador - which is almost inevitable - then the effect will soon be activated, attracting more and more poor Europeans to come to pan for gold. The public security situation in the mining area is likely to worsen. A mere mixed battalion plus two thousand militiamen may not be able to control the situation, so we must find a way." Xiao Guang thought for a long time, and even thought about it. How to deal with the increasing number of Chinese and foreign gold diggers.

He remembered the news that his friends in the War Office had told him.The army is now planning to "reform battalions into regiments", that is, to gradually reorganize the existing [-] mixed battalions into mixed regiments to increase the army's strength and voice.At present, the East Coast Army has only two mixed regiments, which are in the hands of two big men, Guo Handong and Yang Liang.Lieutenant Colonel Mao Jun's Portuguese garrison who is in Europe at this time can barely be counted as one. It is estimated that there will be a "temporary third regiment" in the future, and there will be nothing else.

The deterioration of the security situation in the Tuanjie River Basin is actually a good opportunity.If the upper echelons of the army are smart enough, they will ask the army to add more troops here, and then make changes to its organization, adding 1-2 mixed regiments, and expanding the army's strength in a legitimate way.

Now the East Coast Republic of China has more than 700 million citizens, and the land area is getting bigger and bigger, and the situation it is facing is getting more and more complicated.Relying on just twelve mixed battalions to guard the Quartet is indeed somewhat powerless. It is time to continue the work of reforming battalions and regiments. After all, the navy has expanded its army first, so why look down on the army?Are you playing double standards?

Moreover, people from the navy have occupied the throne of the chief of staff of the military department for a long time, right?It's also time for someone from the army to sit down.Everyone is the country's armed forces, and they all fight for the interests of the east coast. Why is the army like a stepmother?There are some opportunities, it is time to make good use of them!

(End of this chapter)