Chapter 849 The pleasant trip of being forced to conquer you Quanxu ended when he arrived in Xuzhou, because he received a report from the Tianzhu Expeditionary Force, because of a strong storm in the Indian Ocean, including one main warship, three Exocets, and thirteen civilian transport ships, a total of seventeen ships were lost.Five civilian transport ships and two Exocet battleships overturned or sank, and after emergency rescue, 51 soldiers were killed and more than 100 were missing.The difference between missing and killed is of little significance, the difference is that the dead soldier has found the body, and the missing soldier has not found the body, and Quan Xu has no other way than to give the order to let them rescue with all their strength and expand the scope of the search.It seems that he has really not managed the navy much in the past few years, and has been lazy, the army's equipment, training, and personnel changes are all grasped by Yang Yandong and Mao Yuanyi, he only occasionally runs to inspect it, or runs to help the navy grab some military budget, that's all, and he is really thorough enough to let go of the shopkeeper.However, this does not mean that the navy can ignore his existence, in fact, every officer of the navy knows that the navy can develop so smoothly, absolutely inseparable from his support, without his support, the navy's military spending will have to be cut by at least half, and its status will plummet!
It is said that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people, this product is neither hard nor laborious, and when the boss can be to the point where he is, it can be regarded as a kind of realm.After only a few minutes of worry, Quan Xu began to visit the countryside and urban construction of Xuzhou again, bicycles are a very common means of transportation for urban residents to go out in Daming, compared with horse-drawn carriages and ox carts, bicycle travel is fast, flexible, and do not have to worry about being fined by the chengguan.Moreover, it is cheap and has a low cost of use, and it is very popular in Daming.Today's bicycles are polarized, with the wealthy riding complex bicycles similar to those of later generations, with three to five people riding in front of them, with a sofa-like chair in the back.In Daming, now riding a bicycle to the countryside is the most fashionable leisure way for aristocratic youth, and it is an ordinary means of transportation in Daming.Xuzhou is a military and economic town, the scenery is pleasant, the air is fresh and natural with the refreshing smell of early morning dewdrops, the landscape trees on both sides of the road are lush and vibrant, and the bluestone slabs on the ground are clean and can see the texture of the stone.The flower cat slept lazily on the windowsill, the hound squatted behind the fence gate and watched vigilantly at every passerby, and occasionally the morning exerciser ran by sweating profusely, leaving a kind smile to every passerby.It doesn't matter if it's an acquaintance or a stranger.The changes in the Ming Dynasty are multifaceted, just like the establishment of the "Liaodong Industrial and Commercial Times" by Quanxu, which was later changed to the "Daming Times" and became the official mouthpiece, however, many people in the private sector have established newspapers, both public and private.When crossing the intersection and passing by the breakfast shop, Quan Xu bought two steaming steamed buns and a cup of freshly cooked soy milk for breakfast, and bought a copy of the Jingchu Times that had just been delivered to the newsstand.This was the last stubbornness of the Jiangnan gentry, who ran this newspaper and adopted the method of classical Chinese, and the sales volume was very low, and it became the last position for the old-fashioned literati to criticize the current politics.However, it has long learned from the experience of later generations in the management of public opinion, and the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty is regulated, and anyone can express any opinion, but if it is to confuse right and wrong, it will be dealt with severely.Just when Quan Xu had just sat down and had not yet had time to eat breakfast, two young people came to the breakfast shop one after the other, bought breakfast, and talked while eating, just like Quan Xu."
Brother Li, what do you think......
The matter?
”With the development of Daming industry, it is not entirely good news, especially the improvement of production efficiency, taking the textile industry as an example, the profits of a large number of textile enterprises are getting lower and lower, so low that the people are dissatisfied.That's right, in the past, planting cash crops, the income of farmers was still considerable, but with the emergence of a large number of textile factories, a large number of cloth and silk flocked to the market, although the people of the Ming Dynasty had money in their hands, but the people who were accustomed to a hard life were not willing to add new clothes to themselves.It not only impacted the traditional handicraft industry, but also caused the people's income to plummet, and many people began to complain.Quan Xu actually expected this problem for a long time, and attacking India was not actually to occupy India, but to open the Indian market.After all, India, like the Ming Dynasty, has hundreds of millions of people.This time I went to India to grab a handful, and by the way, I forced India to sign a treaty of commerce.Strength is directly proportional to ambition, just like the current Ming Dynasty, although the strength is strong, it also has the overall strength to crush Europe, but, with the population and comprehensive strength of the Ming Dynasty, the expansion is also limited to expansion, that is, I am afraid that the territory is too large, and the troops are scattered and broken by the Europa.Just like the Spaniards, in fact, this is a lesson from the past.Because of the size of the territory, the Dutch, Portuguese, including the French and the British, were like wolves, gnawing at the vast Spanish Empire.For the direction of the Ural Mountains, Daming stubbornly resisted Tsarist Russia, with the strength of Daming, his hand was a little long, and he needed to wait for the railway to be repaired, which completely solved the logistics supply problem of Daming, so that he could slowly figure it out.As for Xinhua Province in South America, Daming itself is too far away from Xinhua Province, and there is limited support there, but Daming's desire for land, especially rich land, has a strong desire, even if Quan Xu does not give enough support to Xinhua Province, they also take various ways to expand.Quan Xu has never advocated unlimited expansion, expansion must keep up with governance, the Ming Dynasty is now unable to even match the local qualified officials, many town guards or county commander-level officials, even can't write official documents, which makes Quan Xu's plan can only be forced to postpone.Just like the current Negombo, a battleship ran aground, and this became the territory of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Yunfeng walked around, pointed out a few small holes in the defense line and asked the sappers to immediately start filling them, and after doing this, he began to arrange an exploration team to reconnoiter the surrounding situation.In his judgment, the huge expedition must have more than one ship in trouble, and there are Ming ships around.If it is a civilian transport ship, dozens of sailors who only have muskets and muskets, in the face of the Tamils and Sinhalese natives, there is also the power of self-preservation, but once they face the Dutch or Portuguese, they will suffer a big loss.About 700 miles from Negombo, the Jaffna semi-peninsula, which is a gathering place for the Tamils, coincidentally, a ship carrying 35 female nurses and 11 doctors also ran aground here.There were less than a hundred soldiers in charge of protecting this army of medics, and they were very worried about encountering the natives and were eager to be rescued by the Ming ships.For this reason, the captain named Ma Chenggong ordered the soldiers to collect wet firewood and pour it with fierce fire oil, and light a fire on the seaside, and the wet wood rose up under the smoldering black smoke, rushing into the air, very conspicuous, whether it is a ship at sea or a person who settles on the seaside, when you see such a big pillar of smoke, you will realize that there are people here, and it is good to say that it is your own people, if you are not good......
The only way to do this was to go to war, but the doctors and nurses did not feel the nervousness of the war, and they walked together on the white sand beach and among the coconut groves.The coconut trees in this area are frighteningly tall, twenty or thirty meters high, and the leaf canopies are huge, luxuriant, and covered with huge coconuts.Some of the female soldiers are picking up coconuts, for these girls, the luscious coconut water is their favorite drink, the coconut meat is also delicious, and the coconut oil can be squeezed out, which can be rubbed on the face to protect from the sun."
Bang bang bang bang......"
Suddenly a gun rang out, it was a revolver!
This is the self-defense weapon of the female soldiers, and the soldiers who are building the camp are all slightly shocked, stop all activities, and flee to the voice, only to hear the girl's crisp scream from the east: "Help......
Help......
"It's been attacked!"
Ma Chenggong immediately ordered: "Four teams and five teams stay in the guard camp, and the others follow me!"
”The sound of the gun is an order, whether it is a male or female soldier, or a sailor, the moment they shoot out, they throw away all unnecessary things in their hands, pull out their pistols and short knives and rush towards the gunshot, the reaction speed is really as fast as lightning!
During the run, several gunshots were heard, two female soldiers in black military uniforms and long hair were holding revolvers, shooting while throwing their legs to this side, while shouting for help, a large group of superskirts made of weeds and bark, tattooed natives holding bows and arrows and spears screaming and chasing, one by one, fierce and vicious, strange screams like wild beasts howling, making people fearful!
Ma Chenggong immediately understood what was going on, the high column of smoke attracted the natives living in the area, and the two female soldiers were probably having too much fun, ran too far, left their partners, and collided with the natives.Many natives have the custom of robbing relatives, and even start wars to snatch young women from other tribes as mates......
It's a pity that they found the wrong target, the soldiers from the army are not easy to mess with, although the female soldiers are either doctors or nurses, and they are all non-combatants in the Ming army.However, the problem is that the training of female soldiers in the Ming Dynasty is basically the same as that of male soldiers, and there are always many female soldiers who have achieved good results in the annual competition of the whole army, especially Fan Xinru, a female medical soldier belonging to the Fourth Marine Brigade, who broke the record of armed swimming in the Ming Royal Navy.Quan Xu personally awarded him a certificate of honor and a reward of one hundred taels of silver.In the horse racing event of the Anbei Governor's Mansion, a female soldier from the Mongolian ethnic group won the crown.The two soldiers pulled out their revolvers and opened fire on them, retreating, knocking down two on the spot, the lethal pistols startled the natives, and the two girls took the opportunity to run away, running so fast!
But the natives reacted immediately, and chased after them, they only had two pistols and few bullets, but there were nearly 100 people on the other side, and they couldn't fight at all, so they could only rush and shout for help with their strength!
The biggest problem was that the revolver had only six bullets, and soon the two female soldiers ran out of bullets, and more and more natives screamed with excitement when they saw that the female soldiers were out of bullets.Many of them didn't even bring their guys, and pounced with their bare hands, and smiled at the girls that they thought were bright.They didn't want to scare these girls, but their faces were painted green, and it was okay not to laugh, but when they laughed, they were no different from evil spirits, so as soon as these guys appeared, they succeeded in scaring those female soldiers, and the female soldiers screamed, threw down the coconuts and shells in their hands and ran away!
At this time, Ma Chenggong and the others finally arrived, and there was no need to give orders at all, and the soldiers began to shoot with guns.The rifle equipped by the whole family army is the Mosin Nagant rifle with a spinning type, especially the ammunition supply and firing action are crisp and neat, and the continuous firing is like a splash of water droplets, and the effective combat distance is 400 meters when using a mechanical sight, and up to 800 meters when using a scope."
Bang bang ......"
As Ma Chenggong's soldiers appeared in the coconut grove, they fired at the Tamil natives with a burst of gunfire, which was very fast and within four hundred meters, with very high accuracy."
Bang bang bang" gunshots rang out like popcorn, and the stunned tribe natives trembled like lightning strikes, spurting blood and falling to the ground screaming and rolling, rolling wherever the blood went.The Tamil had also fought with the Europeans, had learned the power of European firearms, and knew that these small pipes that would spew tongues of fire were not easy to mess with, but he never dreamed that muskets could be fired so quickly and accurately!
In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred Tamils fell dozens of them, and it can be said that there were heavy casualties.Fortunately, they were in the coconut palms, not in the open area, and the terrible musket seemed to be difficult to load, and after running out of bullets, these men in black thrust the short knives in their hands into the muzzle of the guns, and slammed them straight into the middle of them with bayonets.Ma Chenggong sighed lightly and said, "You bastards, who are you messing with, just messing with our baby pimple?"
”No matter what time it is, female soldiers are protected by male soldiers in the army, and they scream and cry when they look at these female soldiers.The male soldiers immediately turned into fierce tigers, and in a short period of time, this group of more than 100 Tamil natives were slaughtered all over the field and fled in disarray.It was good that they did not run away, after all, the efficiency of bayonets to kill people was far inferior to that of rifles, and as the Tamils automatically pulled away, the thumping gunfire rang out again.