Volume VIII 1262 The Inspiration of Gold

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Amami Oshima is located northeast of the main island of the Ryukyus, just halfway between the main island of the Ryukyus and the Japanese island of Kyushu, which is an archipelago that the Russian fleet pressed up from the southwest, and if you want to reach Amami Oshima, you must pass by a series of small islands such as Tokunoshima and Okinerabu Island in advance, and these islands have long been full of observation sentinels in the Ryukyus.

"There are a lot of smoke bands at sea level in the west...... The target appeared...... The smoke was thick and dragged out five kilometers away, it must have been the Russian fleet...... Send a telegram to headquarters immediately!"

The Ryukyu Islands are not coral islands, but an undersea mountain range with a ridge of peaks, so each of these islands has its own main peak, which is between tens and hundreds of meters above sea level, which is very convenient as an observation post.

The submarine telegraph line sent the latest intelligence to the islands, followed by the various armies began to act according to the plan, and Xiao Letian's 'golden trap' plan was officially launched.

It is not only the Chinese in the Ryukyus who are nervous about the battle, the Russian Expeditionary Force has also held their breath and devoted themselves to the battle at this moment, this is an extremely dangerous water, God knows what tricks Xiao Letian has.

Guarded by many warships, the St. Peter sailed north at top speed against the western side of the main island of the Ryukyus, and at that moment Stefansky even saw the black muzzle of the Shurijo Castle Fort with a telescope.

"We can't hide it from these people, and now the main island of the Ryukyus should have spotted us, and I just saw a figure running around on the island...... And their port, I found out that there are warships patrolling, they have blocked the port!"

Stefansky put down his binoculars and turned his head to look at Molière, the French ghost-faced knight who was also looking at the incomparably familiar island, and Molière's heart was full of mixed feelings.

He once led ten warships on an expedition here as a French envoy, and the sound of cannons resounded in the sky, and the bombing of Naha City was in the sky, and it was in this bay that they pretended to be negotiators and negotiators, and deceived them into going ashore, that is, where hellish street fighting took place.

When he closed his eyes, Molière seemed to see the fire all over the city and the soldiers who had died miserably, what brave lads he had brought them out of the Indian colony, but in the end they were laid to rest in the land of the barbarians, and many of them could not find their bones.

After taking a few deep breaths, Molière sneered and said, "It's been a long time, beautiful Ryukyu! You seem to be more prosperous than in the past, there weren't so many factories in the mountains and dense forests at that time, right? Now there are actually chimneys? Xiao Lotian is really good at it......

"Lord Commander-in-Chief, I officially mention to you, don't get too excited after getting the gold, the gold in the treasure cave will always run out one day, and the real gold mine is here, this bustling commercial port!"

"When the crisis in the Far East is resolved, I will build you to seize this great commercial port for the Tsar, and I think they will be able to provide no less than hundreds of millions of silver coins in taxes every year...... This is the real gold mine, inexhaustible!"

"There are so many?" Stefavasky's eyes suddenly lit up, this commander from Russia was a good commander, but after all, he was subject to the influence of the bitter cold land of Russia, and this vision was really too far away.

"Huh...... Do you know how many people there are on this island? No less than 700,000 people? Can you imagine that an island can have a population of nearly 700,000 people, and the people here are very industrious Chinese people, and their ability to generate wealth is beyond your imagination......

"They can only sleep five or six hours a day, and the rest of the time is all about work, and the amount of goods produced is innumerable, and you can't imagine the wealth of zào!"

"Don't say I'm laughing at you, in a small town with a population of 30,000 or 40,000 in Russia, you treat it as a big city, I'm afraid you really haven't seen the scene of hundreds of millions of people gathering together to create wealth...... China is such a miracle land, whoever can colonize here will be able to dominate the future world!"

Stefansky rubbed his hands excitedly, he was not an economist, he had not studied the number of comparisons of population and economic size, but there was one thing he admitted.

In Tsarist Russia, towns with a population of tens of thousands are already very rare big cities, and the fertility rate of the population in the bitter cold land has not been high, which is also the fundamental reason why Russia desperately wants to go south, in the end, no one wants to live in such a cold place for a lifetime.

A small city with a population of tens of thousands can already support a few marquis to live a very rich life, so what kind of concept will it be to have a population of 100,000 or even 450,000?

Stefansky could not count the accounts, but he believed that the place where 700,000 people gathered must be an inexhaustible gold mine, as Molière said.

"Tsar's boys, we have come to the mountains of gold in East Asia! Let us fight bravely for the sake of wealth...... I firmly believe that this glorious victory will even earn you a lifetime of wealth to eat and drink......!

The morale of the "Ulla, Ulla, Ulla......" fleet was boosted.

Molière waited until everyone's feelings calmed down a little, and then whispered to the commander-in-chief, "The only thing to worry about now is time, deduce on the map, this division of troops can buy us at least 24 hours, and after 24 hours, the Zhiyuan may appear at any time......"

"Can we find gold in one day? After all, is the army credible?"

Stefansky patted Molière on the shoulder, "Don't worry about my friend, the most powerful thing in Russia is the army, although I am from the navy, but I also have to admit that the army boys are powerful...... You French are just good at artillery, in fact, you are more capable of individual combat, and it depends on our Russian soldiers!"

"The army is credible and usable...... As for timing, you don't have to worry about it, I trust Vinya's judgment of the big picture...... If we can't find gold in 24 hours, then it will not be a problem at all to delay the enemy for another 12 hours or so with Vinya's command ability......"

"If 36 hours is not enough for us to grab gold, then we can only say that God will not bless us......"

Molière licked his lips excitedly, "What a glorious day! To be able to open the gold mountain of Asia with my own hands is really a gift from God!"

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