On February 27, 1629, after several days of train journey, we finally arrived in the city of North Bay, located on the northern peninsula of Australia.

I jumped off the train, took Jiang Xiaobai's salute, and stretched hard. Over the past few days, we've crossed the entire East Coast and sat on the train until we were sore.

After Jiang Xiaobai came down, he took a deep breath of the air that seemed to have a salty taste: "It's this sea breeze, I haven't been here for a few years." ”

I shrugged my shoulders, the train station was four or five kilometers from the sea, and I couldn't smell anything of the sea.

North Bay City is not your average residential city. In fact, when it was first built, the designers of the previous generations were ready to make it a military city on the North Sea coast, but after a long period of peace, this plan to be too warlike was rejected by the parliament.

Now when we go to the city of North Bay, we can also see more than a dozen kilometers of coastal fortifications in the western part of the city, of course, most of them are now abandoned, and a few lucky facilities have been sold to merchants to build seaside bars and hotels.

But speaking of which, our cadets at that time would also go to some well-preserved fortifications to study civil engineering. I heard that it is no longer used now, because the development of artillery has made those fortifications of hundreds of years old lose their reference value.

Jiang Xiaobai and I have lived in this city for more than three years, and we have no less affection for it than our hometown.

When we sat in the public carriage to the military region, Jiang Xiaobai and I were looking at the window, reminiscing about our youth at that time.

The old and slightly dilapidated urban ring road has been renovated, the cranked road like the surface of the moon has been resurfaced with gravel roads, and the city government has invested in a lot of cement to make it look a bit like the roads of Chang'an.

As for the public lighting, it can only be regarded as unsatisfactory, only the main roads are installed with sufficient street lights, and the side roads and alleys still rely mainly on the light from the windows of residents and the mandatory street lighting in front of residential buildings.

The military district was established in the northern part of the city, along the River Youth, which penetrated deep into the land.

When we arrived at the gate of the military district, it was the time when a new batch of recruits who had completed their adaptive training were ready to be assigned.

In front of the previously somewhat empty barracks stood thousands of recruits, all dressed in neat gray uniforms. At this time, the North Bay is no better than the rainy Chang'an, the summer sun close to the equator is terrifying, Jiang Xiaobai and I changed into a pair of short-sleeved shorts and the sweat wet the hat, and the scattered sunlight on the road stimulated the eyes a little uncomfortable.

But the uniformed recruits remained motionless in the blazing sun, in rows and columns, basically straight from any angle.

Jiang Xiaobai looked at the recruits from a distance for a while, and subconsciously asked me in a low voice, "You were like this at the beginning?" ”

"How is that possible?" I glanced at him, "I'm a graduate of the command department of the Navy, and I've been a captain since I started, how can I bask in the sun?" ”

"Besides, it's all the gray-clothed army who is so disciplined in the queue, and our navy's marines won't be so strict."

As he spoke, a group of low-ranking officers wearing straight caps ran out of the barracks door, led by one holding a tin horn and shouting: "Now start the barracks!" Start with a battalion and come in order! ”

The squares near the gate of the barracks began to move at the command of the officer, and from the sky they looked like clouds scattered in the sky were blown by the wind.

I looked at the recruits who didn't say a word throughout the whole process, and I still felt quite satisfied. According to Qi Jiguang's training method, the army that can remain silent during maneuvering has reached the threshold of a strong army in classicism, at least in terms of discipline.

Jiang Xiaobai and I walked through the side door, where was the registration office for soldiers on leave and reservists. Jiang Xiaobai and I were separated there, and goodbye should be in Mingguo.

I was in charge of the receptionist who I had been in charge of when I joined the army four years ago, and now he has been promoted to the position of director, but he obviously doesn't remember the fresh navy student who only met him a few times.

I handed him the document given by the ancient elephant, and he asked the clerk to take it to confirm the authenticity, and he first introduced to me the arrangement of the voyage and the general situation of the Ming Kingdom, as well as my companions.

"Major Li, two battalions of the army in this recruit will be transferred to the Chinese Governor's District to supplement and replace an army battalion stationed in Lushun." Wang Zhijing introduced. Wang Zhijing is the director's name, and I can see it on the name tag on his chest.

"That is, there will be two battalions of marines and two battalions of the army in Arthur?"

"Yes, one of the army battalions will strengthen the field artillery."

Hearing this, I lift my spirits. "Strengthen the field artillery?" This is a very sensitive place, and if you want to consolidate the Golden State Fortress, it is better to deploy more field guns than to bring in some cheap shotguns.

"Will rifled guns be mounted?" I asked. Relative to more artillery, one rifled gun per person is the right way.

Wang Zhijing shook his head and said: "The military department has limited funds, and it does not support the installation of rifled guns in China for the time being. ”

I nodded in understanding, and Wang Zhijing said, "There are a few other students who went to China with the ship this time. ”

He handed me a document: "You can take a look at it first, and I'll take care of some things first." ”

"You're busy." I took the papers and sat down in the hallway.

The surname of the first person on the document is Mao, I took a look at the profile, and the full name turned out to be Mao Chengzuo.

At that time, I was about to bounce off the chair, what's going on, the plot is wrong! Why did Mao Wenlong's son come to Australia and Song to study?

Originally, I was surprised enough that someone from the Ming Dynasty came to study in Australia and the Song Dynasty, so I couldn't figure out whether it was the late Ming Dynasty in the early 17th century or the late Qing Dynasty in the late 19th century. But this rhythm is not right, Ao Song is theoretically Chinese orthodoxy, if the old Zhu family sends someone to study in Ao Song, then he is not afraid that the dragon chair under the ass will be unstable in the future?

I steadied myself and didn't think about meat eaters as a little major.

The introduction introduced Mao Chengzuo was the beginning of 1626 in the Australian Song Dynasty, in the National Army University transfer, three years to complete the study of guerrilla and field studies, but did not enlist in the army for practice, this month after the end of the junior course applied to drop out of school and return to Liaodong.

There are three more students in the back, fortunately I didn't send the king of Sanshun over, or I have to find a way to bow down to them, maybe I can become the commander of the Chinese detachment when they are developed in the future.

One is named Ma Delong, who studied artillery, was originally a gunner on a Japanese merchant ship, and the old slave slaughtered his hometown after the uprising, he voted for Mao Wenlong in a fit of anger, and then passed the assessment by chance and came to Australia and Song Dynasty for further study; There is also a hometown named Sun Yixing, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and Mao Wenlong, who should be a cronie, and he also came to learn in the field. The last one is named Wu Jianzhong, and the introduction to him is much more detailed.

I took a closer look, his resume is indeed a bit legendary, in 1627 when the Jin slammed into Korea, he alone crossed the Houjin occupation area to the Guanning army, and handed over the information to Yuan Chonghuan.

Well, I, Yuan Dudu, naturally put the overall situation first, take the lead prudently, and refuse to send troops to attack Liaoshen.

This person took the initiative to ask to come to Australia and Song, but he studied intelligence science and reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance science, which could not be on the table in the Ming Kingdom at this time, and completed three years of courses in two years, and spent one year traveling around the country, and practiced in the police system and intelligence system.

The photos on the document were painted by the painter realistically, and it can be seen that Wu Jianzhong's eyes left a deep impression on the painter, and he highlighted Wu Jianzhong's resolute eyes, and his steel-like sharp look almost showed through the back of the paper.