Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 79 A New Beginning ([-])

September 9st is already the theoretical beginning of spring, but Dongfang Port is still shrouded in bitter cold wind.Leonid Fedorovich slowly walked out of the national cemetery, where many of his comrades - 1 Cossacks from Zaporozhye were buried.Accompanied by these Cossacks, there were 58 fighters from various countries, among them there were even 79 time-travelers who fought to the last moment for this country in previous wars.

It was a bit windy outside, Leonid supported the sealskin hat on his head, and was about to take a step forward, but suddenly stopped because he found someone waiting for him at the gate of the cemetery.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Ukrainian." Ensign John Stone, wearing a dark woolen overcoat and a top hat covered with beaver fur, stood by a small pine tree and waited for Leonid. .

Leonid recognized this Englishman. When St. Christopher's Company came to attack Dongfang Port, it seemed that this Englishman was the captain of one of the ships, and it was Leonid who brought people to capture him.Leonid was not interested in getting to know this defeated opponent, so he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Stop! Ukrainians! I think there is something between us that needs to be settled." John Stone raised his voice, and he took his right hand, which was gloved, from his coat pocket, and held a purse.

"You'd better piss me off, Brit," Leonid said threateningly, looking at John Stone with a dangerous look.

John Stone walked right in front of Leonid, looked at the tall Cossack's rebellious eyes face to face, and said slowly: "Here is 100 yuan, almost all of my property. As long as you hand over one thing Give it to me and the money will be yours, that thing is very important to me."

Leonid vaguely guessed what John Stone wanted, but this made him even more angry. "Go away, Brit! You've managed to piss me off. You'd better get out of here, or I'll beat you up even if I'm picked up by the pickets! I'll say it again, I don't want to something you want."

"It's a ruby ​​necklace from the London Goldsmiths' Guild." John Stone stared into Leonid's fierce eyes without flinching, and said, "You snatched this property from me on the battlefield , and you gave it to a noble Chinese lady, but as far as I know that lady did not accept your gift. Give it back to me, young man, it is my wife Catherine gave me a marriage A commemorative gift is very important to me. Give it to me, and then you take this bag of money, we owe nothing, it's as simple as that!"

Leonid's face turned red immediately, and he took his hands out of his military uniform pockets, and grabbed the middle-aged Englishman in front of him who made him feel very bored.

Captain Johnston stepped aside, then grabbed Leonid with his backhand, and then twisted Leonid's hand joints and pressed him face down. "Hey, big Ukrainian man, don't try to fight me. I have been a captain for six years, and I have dealt with countless rebellious sailors or crews, and no one has ever caused me trouble. Now, promise me, give it back Me, I'll let you go, how? Maybe you are very good on horseback, but you are not my opponent now."

"Aw..." Leonid roared violently, struggling to break free from John Ston's control with his injured left hand, and then swung his right fist at John Ston with red eyes.

There were two muffled sounds, and both sides were punched almost at the same time.Leonid and John Stone hug each other and wrestle.

"Hush! Shh!" Two sharp copper whistles sounded, and several police officers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in black police uniforms rushed over with short wooden sticks.After seeing the situation, the two still punched each other for the last time, and then stopped under the loud reprimand of the police from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The two were taken back to the headquarters in the limestone mine by the police of the Ministry of the Interior.The police officer on duty made a brief record of them, and when he learned that both of them were second lieutenant officers, he couldn't help but gave them a strange look.John Stone was a little embarrassed, but Leonid didn't take it seriously, and instead glared back at the little policeman.

Ignoring the two brawling officers, the little Charuya policeman turned around and handed over the transcript to his superior, then went out, walking up to Leonid so that only two of them could hear him. The voice whispered: "Hey, you Ukrainian idiot, if you have time, you can come and fight with me, and I will definitely beat you to the ground. My name is Aiwani, everyone in the police station knows me, don't Don't dare to come here, idiot."

Leonid was furious, but suddenly remembered that this was a police station, so he suppressed his anger.He simply turned his head and ignored the kid, only to meet the mocking eyes of John Ston who was sitting by the wall.

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Xu Yu, who was on vacation, hurriedly changed into his military uniform and rushed towards the police headquarters in the mine outside the city.Knowing what happened, he cursed Leonid, an ignorant idiot, and at the same time had no choice but to comfort his new girlfriend—Wu Xiaoli, a former post-90s female high school student who worked in the Ministry of Agriculture.Xu Yu is average-looking, and his height is only 1.6 meters [-]. Before crossing, he was just a small nightclub security guard. It can be said that he has nothing to do. The only advantage may be that he can ride a horse.Originally, among the time-traveling crowd, she also belonged to a silk-like existence, not to mention getting married, even finding a girlfriend was difficult.Originally, he also gave up his mind and planned to spend money to buy a European big horse.

I just didn't expect this guy to shine in this war with the Spaniards.In battle, he was unparalleled in bravery. He personally led the charge three times, was wounded twice, and beheaded a Spanish cavalry with his own hands.After the war, he was honored by the Ministry of the Army. Not only did the words "acting battalion commander and former agent of the cavalry battalion" be removed, but his military rank was also promoted to captain.At this time, there is naturally no obstacle to finding a girlfriend.

Xu Yu quickly rushed to the police station. He entered the door and saw, hehe, his old acquaintance, Navy Captain Lu Ming, was also there.Lu Ming is the captain of the "Eagle of the East Coast", and he just returned to China with Yunsheng No. [-] a few days ago.After the two met, they looked at each other and smiled, and then began to sign the transcript, ready to lead people.

"Old Xu, I heard that your army's military system will be changed again this time?" While waiting for the arrival of the officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the two simply started chatting.

"I just heard some rumors. According to the most popular saying now, the current six infantry posts and two field artillery posts will be cut in half to form a mixed battalion. In addition, the cavalry battalion should also be appropriately streamlined. I guess It will be reduced to two posts." Xu Yu said, "Now the infantry battalion has been preliminarily determined to consist of three infantry posts with 246 people, one artillery post with 51 people, one engineer platoon with 16 people, 4 drummers and 2 flag bearers. , 2 military doctors, 1 veterinarian, 2 gun repairers, 1 orderly, 1 battalion commander, 328 battalion deputy, 72 training officer, 400 people in the whole battalion; two posts for the cavalry, [-] people in the whole battalion; The total number of troops is above [-], which is cut down by nearly half compared to what it is now, and the executive committee is really ruthless."

"Haha. Isn't that the case?" Lu Ming said with a smile, "Who makes us lack people now. We will soon go to the north to explore and develop mineral resources, and we need people everywhere. In a word, the population is still small. Your army Difficult, our navy is not easy either. More than 300 turret gunners have been reduced to 120; Yunsheng No. 256 is now decommissioned, and the navy only retains three warships, and the establishment is also stuck. The entire crew There are only 376 people in total; the entire navy has [-] people, which is about the same as your army."

"There is a real shortage of people now." The two sighed together.

While the two were sighing, Jiao Tang, the internal affairs committee member, came out of the inner office, smiled when he saw the two, and said, "Okay, so you don't have to go all the way, come, sign this document."

"What document?" Lu Ming picked up the document and asked casually, "Huh, the transfer order? Coal Working Group? This name was obtained, and the soil is so dregs. Go to the north to dig coal? Why transfer me?"

"Not only you, but Lao Xu is also going." Jiao Tang explained, "This time we are going to develop coal mines in the Patus Lake Basin. You all know the importance of coal mines to our country. It is said that some coal there is buried in the open air. , it can be mined with just a little digging, and even some Indians can pick up some coal from the mountains to burn. This time, the executive committee made a big decision, and prepared to collect coal from various departments and departments under the situation of extreme shortage of personnel and materials. The unit has dispatched a group of elite soldiers to go there for development. The coal working group has been formally established today, and this time the material committee member Shao Shude personally served as the team leader. The team members come from various departments of industry, agriculture, construction, military, and police. The first thing to do is to explore for resources, and the next thing you have to do is to protect an exploration team to go to the destination safely for exploration. The Joint Staff Headquarters has reached a consensus, and the third post of the army, the second post of the cavalry, and the navy' The Galicia Flying Fish and the East Coast Eagle are temporarily assigned to the working group and accepted the leadership of Shao Shude. Well, after signing, go back to the administrative building in the city to report. By the way, don't forget to put these two A guy who fought in public took them away. They are first-time offenders, they will be fined for three months, and the whole battalion and the whole fleet will be criticized once. Okay, don't dawdle, let's go, I have a lot of things, the Spaniards The sky came to urge us to release the prisoners, alas, the headache is dead."

(End of this chapter)