"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, after more than half a month of hard work, the entire territory of Sakhalin Island has been completely controlled by our Royal Navy North Sea Fleet."

"In addition, the construction of the main wheel corridor has also been completed in the big port and port city here, and the 100-meter bluestone avenue extending from north to south outside the city has also been completed for 60 miles."

"Nearly 50,000 acres of farms along the Daguan Road have also been built and begun to resume production, and it is time to march along the Heilongjiang River towards the mainland."

Zhang Guangzhe sat on a large wooden bench in the conference room of the hall of the City Lord's Mansion that had just been completed, and said to Colonel Zhu You, who was sitting on the top, and to the admirals who were sitting in a circle opposite.

"The personnel and scout brigades of the Royal Military Intelligence Department have all been dispatched to start a carpet reconnaissance of the 300-mile area along the Heilongjiang River, and a rough map has been drawn up, laying the foundation for our expedition."

"I command!"

Zhu Youxiao stood up, "Everyone immediately go down and prepare, leave 10,000 naval officers and men, responsible for stabilizing Sakhalin Island and major construction work, and the rest of the officers and men will set off in three days!" ”

"Brush" ......

Everyone stood up in unison, "Obey Your Majesty's Divine Commandment!" ”

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Early in the morning three days later, six Leopard cruisers, escorted by a number of transports, returned to the waters near Nangharwei, and then crossed the Tatar Strait and headed for the mouth of the Heilongjiang River.

At this time, the Heilongjiang River was wide and deep, because the entire river did not have any reservoirs and barrages, and the road was unimpeded, which was completely able for the Leopard cruiser to easily sail into it.

In the future, Zhu Youxiao will not build any reservoirs and barrages in the territory of the Ming Empire.

In that case, the damage to the geographical environment is too great, and the gains outweigh the losses.

However, he will dig the Grand Canal on a large scale, connect all the rivers and rivers in the Ming Empire, and then dredge all the rivers to widen and deepen.

And on both sides of the river, bluestone embankments were built on a large scale, in order to divert the river water and try to prevent the occurrence of floods.

The construction of a large number of canals will not only not destroy the geographical environment of the earth, but also can greatly transform the geographical environment of those areas with harsh environments, expand the living space that can allow human beings to live and work in peace and contentment, and prevent soil erosion on the mainland to the greatest extent.

A day later, the Grand Fleet sailed into the mouth of the river, and the battleships were divided into two sides to dock.

The officers and men of the various divisions and regiments of the North Sea Fleet, with the topographic maps drawn up by the personnel of the Military Intelligence Bureau in their hands, began a sweeping and horizontal operation along both sides of the Heilongjiang River.

The 10,000 naval officers and men who stayed behind in the fleet drove the large fleet to meet back and forth along the Heilongjiang River, and were responsible for providing military supplies for various departments.

There were a lot of sporadic battles along the way, and most of the natives were fierce, but their distribution was too scattered to pose any threat to the soldiers.

All the villages encountered along the way were exterminated, and the remaining captives were also demolished by the soldiers and all of them were taken away.

This is the three-light sweep.

In order to eliminate the potential threat of this vast area, it can also add countless labor forces to the labor reform brigade.

After all, in the vast area here, the simultaneous construction of the Daguan Road and the Daguan Farm will also begin, and the number of captives will not be enough to use.

After marching nearly 100 miles, the number of enemies destroyed was not many, less than 20,000, but the number of prisoners collected reached about 500,000, which gave the soldiers a big surprise.

In fact, the population of this vast mountainous and forested area of the Heilongjiang River basin is at least a few million.

It's just that the task now is to first understand that the Heilongjiang River basin and the Ussuri River basin and the surrounding areas are not yet the time to really start the sweeping mode.

Otherwise, there would certainly not be only these 500,000 or so captives.

Although there were not too many captives, all kinds of rare furs and strange treasures were harvested, which made the soldiers have more expectations for this expedition.

A few days later, Zhu Youxiao stood in front of the Yongning Temple, where the Nuer Gandu Division was located, and looked around.

As far as the eye can see, the land here is fertile, the water and grass are fertile, and the eyes are full of dazzling beauty.

Especially here is located in the Heilongjiang River Basin area, there are many rivers, forests, vast grassy beaches, birch forests one by one, and abundant water and grass are everywhere.

In addition to the fact that the temperature is still slightly cold, it is a unique place.

Dense forests, willows, meadows, and meandering rivers, lakes everywhere, patches of birches and maples...... A must-read book

Now the geographical environment here is indescribably beautiful, and many leaves are slowly sending out tender green shoots.

In autumn, there will be a golden and fiery red, which will reflect each other, presenting a dazzling scene of stacked green and flowing gold.

Zhu Youxiao landed here with the Grand Fleet, visited the old sites of those historic sites, and let the 10,000 naval officers and men who had been in charge of controlling the Grand Fleet rest for a day, and then continued to advance.

The Heilongjiang River, which has just thawed, is rushing and roaring, carrying the snow water injected from the upstream, from west to east, and flowing into the sea day and night.

Wherever the Grand Fleet passed, I saw dense vegetation and forests everywhere on both sides, and from time to time you could see grass beaches.

Although it has really entered summer at this time, there is still a cold killing intention everywhere in this land.

Although the sky is high and the clouds are light, the wind is refreshing, and the grass has begun to gradually arch out of the frozen hard ground, but some of the grasslands in the mountains and rivers are still slightly yellow.

All the way forward, Zhu Youxiao stood on the deck of the flagship, looking out in all directions, and the birch forest and larch forest at the foot of the mountain in the distance also began to quietly change the color of the leaves, dyeing the woods with clusters of tender yellow.

In the riverside wetlands of Heilongjiang in the distance, migratory birds rushing back from the south are competing in flocks for their sphere of influence to lay the foundation for having children.

There are countless birds and animals such as swans, geese, hares, roe deer, foxes and other birds and animals in the wetland, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy, and suddenly felt that even his mind was much broader.

This northeastern land with many rivers and incomparably abundant water sources has a very different scenery from the mainland:

Swans, geese and other waterfowl are everywhere, white ones are like snow, black ones are like ink, and sometimes black and white are colorful.

The soldiers on both sides of the river bank who were in charge of guarding them rode away, and they immediately flew up, and the people swirled down and flew back among the weeds by the river.

On the Heilongjiang side, there are mountains and large jungles not far from the northeast, densely covered with white trees, coniferous forests, and birch forests......

In summer, the forest is bursting, and in autumn, it is golden and fiery red, and from time to time you can see yellow sheep, roe deer, rabbits and other large and small animals.

On this fertile and vast land, there are many sable skins, squirrel skins, black fox skins, ginseng, shengjin, Dongzhu and other specialties of the Heilongjiang River Basin, which are all available and countless.

For decades, the Tsar of the Russian Empire sent a vanguard army to occupy part of Siberia.

During the Wanli period alone, the state treasury obtained hundreds of thousands of sable skins, tens of thousands of black fox skins, millions of squirrel skins, and many beaver skins and various furs for the fur tributes they collected from the local natives.

In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the revenue of the Tsarist Russian Empire from Siberia was estimated to account for 30% of the country's total income.

The Tsar, in addition to paying for the administrative expenses in Siberia, still had a large surplus, which was very rich.

Cross the Trans-Khingan Mountains, go straight down the Aldan River to the confluence of the Lena River, and then walk south for more than ten days, and you will find Yakutsk, which was occupied by the Tsarist Empire.

In the area of Yongning Temple, where the Nuer Gandu Division is located, Zhu Youxiao once again ordered the army to rest for a day.

The next day, the armies of all walks of life continued to advance along the river and did a good job of sweeping their duties.

However, two days later, Zhang Guangfu, the commander of the First Division, who was in charge of directing the sweeping work along the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, sent someone to bring news that the troops in front had actually started a large-scale encounter!

"Oh? Who did Zhang Guangfu fight with? ”

Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised: In this ancient wasteland, are there other marching teams?

If there are some small battles, do you still need Zhang Guangfu, the division commander, to be in such a hurry to report?

And this unknown enemy is still walking in the same direction as us?

"It's the old hairy man of the Rakshasa Kingdom!"

A scout who hurriedly came back to report the news, his face was flushed with excitement, "There are four or five thousand old hairies, they are actually equipped with guns, horses, and dozens of ships at the same time, which can provide logistical support." ”

While excitedly drawing a circle, he kept gesturing, took a leather bag from the horse's back with one hand, and took out a bloody human head inside, which was a blonde, blue-eyed, hideous-looking Tsarist Russian.

Everyone now calls the people in the northwest of the Tsarist Russian Empire Lao Maozi, which is also very appropriate and reasonable.

The old Maozi of the Rakshasa Kingdom, the soldiers of the Ming Empire, still passed on and learned about it through the mouths of those merchants who came and went from the northwest of the Great Empire.

Legend has it that the people of the Rakshasa country are tall and big, with lush hair and a fierce temperament, and they are a very cruel type of people.

The famous Cossack cavalry, the fierce name has spread throughout the northwest region of the Ming Empire.