Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2270 Training ([-])

"The navy is getting richer and richer day by day." On the wharf of Yancheng Port, a group of army officers and soldiers who just landed are discussing.They just saw the "Bianliang" iron-clad warship being towed by tugboats into the Hailing Port military base for maintenance, and when they heard that this powerful warship was worth 35 to 40 yuan each, everyone listened straight Scolding mothers, especially those officers who had performed combat missions in Europe before, they kept yelling that they were born and died outside. The gang of the navy basked in the sun on the beach all day, but they managed to cheat so much money from the military. There must be something wrong!

These officers and soldiers came from the Third Mixed Regiment of the Army, which was the main body of the former Portuguese Garrison Army, headed by Lieutenant Colonel Mao Jun.After many years of fighting abroad, they all returned to China last year and were allowed to go back to their hometowns to visit relatives in batches.Now that the vacation is basically over, everyone was pulled to the Pampa Plain in batches for high-intensity military training.

Of course, this so-called high-intensity military training is still incomparable with the navy.Those in the navy had to spend more than 20 yuan for a trip to sea. All kinds of weapons and ammunition were consumed like running water, food and alcohol were openly supplied, and personnel subsidies were also frighteningly high.Compared with them, the army with two legs and one gun training is really incomparable, even the third mixed regiment, which is known as one of the five trump cards of the army (in fact, the army has only five mixed regiments...) .

In fact, after seeing the navy's "Bianliang" ironclad ship successfully undergoing sea trials, the army once clamored for an increase in the size of the army, that is, the establishment of a sixth mixed regiment, but it was rejected.The reason is that there are too many naval personnel in the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Many veterans of the army have either retired or transferred. For example, Yang Liang, the former head of the First Mixed Regiment, went to the Army University to serve as the principal Taken over by Lieutenant Colonel Wu Yiqun).Apart from Major General Guo Handong and Colonel Lan Fei (his position as head of the Fifth Mixed Regiment has been handed over to Lieutenant Colonel Zheng Dalin) among those still serving in the Ministry, there are no other senior army generals, which is very pitiful.

But there is no way, the geographical location on the east coast determines the extreme importance of the navy.Perhaps in the early days of the country's founding, when faced with the land threat of the Spanish colonists, the army could still have some say.But as time went by, Spain's national power was weakening day by day, the land threat had basically been lifted, and the military was gradually dominated by the naval faction.Not only have they repeatedly rejected the request for the expansion of the army, but they have also cut their military expenditures. For example, the expenditure on militia training has been cut by one-third, the construction of welfare housing for army officers has also been suspended, and the development of new weapons for the army has not received enough funding. funds, resulting in slow progress.In short, no matter from which point of view, the army is greatly suppressed by the navy, and life is very sad.

Just like their infantry battalion, which belongs to the third mixed regiment, came to the inland area of ​​Yancheng County for training. The time span was as long as three months, and each person was given a training allowance of two yuan. How embarrassing did everyone feel?Moreover, they also have to take on the additional task of sending a group of immigrants to the inland areas to reclaim wasteland and settle down. The National Development Administration saw that there was a full battalion of the army to train, so they gave them more than 8000 people from overseas. And immigrants from the old local areas, let them help escort to more than ten new settlements in the inland area.

Of course, not all of them went to newly established settlements, and a small number were allocated to the two newly established counties, namely Yongchun County and Zhongxing County.The former governs Yongchun Township, Gushu Township, Hongshi Township, Yinmi Township and Liqiu Township, and is the 164th county-level administrative unit in the country, while the latter governs Zhongxing Township, Xiaoxiao Township, Gaoqing Township and Ningshuo Township Township, the 165th county-level administrative unit in the country, was newly established in January of this year (1695).

In addition, between the Yanluo Highway (Yancheng Port-Luoyang Funan District) and the Shangyan Railway (formerly Yanbu Railway) under construction, a number of settlements have also been established, namely: Fangling Township (located in the later Colonel Suarez Township), Guangqian Township (located near the later town of Pigui), Yuemo Township (located near the later town of General La Madrid), Lixi Township (located near the later town of Guamini), and Dailuo Township (located in the later Daireaux Township), Gengyuan Township (located near the later Bolivar City), Anshou Township (located near the later Saikoro Township), Maming Township (located near the later Salazar Township), Hongren Township (located near the later city of Henderson), Jinhui Township (located near the later town of Pellegrini), Jinyan Township (located near the later town of Trenklauken), Jiacheng Township (located in the later town of Pevajo nearby), Huangxu Township (located near the later town of Carlos Tejdor), Tianjian Township (located near the later American town of America), Jinxi Township (located near the later town of General Pico), a total of ten Five new settlements.

More than 1 people were allocated to as many as [-] settlements, and each settlement had at most about [-] people.But it was such a small task that it couldn't be smaller, and their army had to repeat it as many as fifteen times, which was really annoying.But there is no way, the military order is like a mountain, and the grandsons of the State Development Bureau said that they can send a batch of food, drinks, daily necessities and so on to work in the army, and the battalion commander who leads the team can only hold his nose and do it. There are reservations about sending heavily armed regular soldiers to escort the pioneers.

"Stop complaining. We don't care about the navy. Let's do the things right now." The speaker was Bai Chuanping, commander of the Ninth Infantry Battalion. He is the grandson of the former army veteran Baishui. He has already carried out dozens of missions to suppress bandits in the mainland and South Africa. At the same time, he also spent several years in the cold and humid trenches of the Southern Netherlands and fought face-to-face with the French army. His experience is so rich that it is difficult for ordinary officers Than.

Of course, he himself is very dissatisfied with the army accepting such a "nanny mission". He himself prefers to serve in the Far East. have been transferred back to China), they should not be able to get a chance in a few years, unless the military department makes adjustments and deploys two mixed regiments in the Far East, but is this possible?

"However, this road is bad enough. It has been repaired for several years. Why is it that it has not arrived in Zhongxing County?" The Bai Battalion Commander is also a ruthless master, only to hear him say: "Isn't it Those white shirts have embezzled traffic money? Damn, traffic lottery sales are so big every year, there are hundreds of thousands of them, and the road is still so ink-stained, it’s a scam.”

The road that Battalion Commander Bai complained about was obviously the Luoyan Highway, a pre-project for the construction of the Luoyan Railway.But obviously, this road has disappointed our army masters. The distance covered by the hardened road surface is not very long, and it is intermittent. It seems that the local government has not allocated funds or organized manpower for construction, and the completed construction is also due to heavy loads. The freight wagon had been damaged by years of stress, and it was a mess.

"Can this fucking be considered a first-class national highway? National defense dedicated line, hehe, Battalion Commander, there is a serious corruption problem here." The army staff officer also came over to talk, judging by his tone of voice, he probably has the same virtue as his superior , The mouth is not forgiving.

Bai Chuanping smiled after hearing this, but did not speak.After all, he was a major officer, and it was enough to say a few words of complaints. There was no need to keep yelling, although he really looked down on those civil servants.However, although the road was badly repaired, the farmlands on the left and right were well organized, which was pleasing to the eye.

They had just passed through Yongchun Town, and there were fields full of crops on both sides of the road.Peasants in sickle hats bent over to work in the fields, and stood up from time to time to look at the team walking on the road.This team occupies almost half of the road surface, and it is black and endless, but as far as these farmers are concerned, they are no longer surprised, because too many immigrants have passed on this road these days, even among them Many people disembarked at Yancheng Port and then entered various settlements along the road.Looking at this group of new immigrants, they still feel a little dreamy, and at the same time they are a little happy.There is no other reason, the popularity here is still not enough, especially for those young people from the old district who were born on the east coast, it is really lonely here, and newcomers are urgently needed to fill the vacancy, so every time I see new immigrants They were all happy when the team showed up, and they were willing to sell their best products when officials from the National Development Administration came to buy supplies.

"It's actually not that serious. Although these roads are planned and allocated by the Ministry of Communications, the specific construction is implemented by the State Development Bureau and the local government. They get the money. If there is not enough material or labor, the construction work The delay is actually normal. Well, some towns have more people, some towns have fewer people, some towns are determined and are willing to temporarily stop other work for road construction, but some towns are not willing to do so, this is what we There is a reason why there is no piece of the road that I saw, and the progress is different." The logistics staff is a kind person, he is already forty years old, and he doesn't speak like a young man, just listen to him continue: "It stands to reason that this It should not be opened, but there is no way, the resettlement work is very important, people and materials have to go this way, so it is like this, in fact, it is understandable.”

Yes, it's all understandable.The Pampa Plain is so important that people on the east coast poured all kinds of enthusiasm into it as soon as they took it down, vowing to build it into a livable home.At present, it seems that the direction of their reclamation is generally to advance along rivers, railways, and highways, taking advantage of the transportation advantages of these arterial lines to continuously transport personnel and materials, and then radiate to the two wings, and slowly spread on these relatively barren lands. Establish a stable rule and make it continue to produce wealth.

Of course, in addition to these, there is another direction of reclamation by the people on the east coast that deserves more attention, and that is the construction of the eastern foothills of the Andes.Although the traffic in those places is inconvenient, they were originally the core areas ruled by the Spaniards, with a large population, and it is impossible to abandon them for a long time.Moreover, due to some policies of the East Coast government, many local mestizos and Indians are very dissatisfied. Although the security situation is not bad, the atmosphere always feels wrong. These are the final destinations.The high-level officials of the East Coast government hoped that through the power of these well-equipped field soldiers, they would deter the aborigines who were unwilling to leave the Pampa Plain, so that the security situation would finally stabilize.

(End of this chapter)