Chapter 571: Wartime Warehouse
A war that had been prepared for a long time, and in the end, the whole war, was nothing more than a two-day war, and it was over.
This is the difference between equipment and war thinking, to be honest, from the very beginning, the natives have no chance at all, Sun Yue's approach is a little radical, if the natives' resistance is a little more fierce, if the soldiers are a little more unlucky, maybe, the casualty figure will appear.
But now, all the battles, basically, were done by the hoplites, and after a war, they were tired, but few were wounded.
The entire indigenous camp has a total of 12 metal weapons, most of which are in the owner of the village and his subordinates, and they are set on fire at the first time, and they have no time to use these weapons, so they cannot cause damage to the heavy infantry.
Except for a dozen sprains, there weren't too many other problems, and even the longbow didn't consume much.
The war of 300 against 2,000 ended in the complete victory of the Ding navy, and the natives lost more than 1,600 people, captured 400 prisoners, and only less than 400 people in a short period of time, and fled into the depths of the jungle.
This part of the people, there will be no night to intercept, but how many can go back, then I don't know, the dense forest is not an absolutely safe place, if someone is injured, the smell of blood will definitely attract wild beasts, when the night and the beast appear at the same time, how many they can survive, how much they can escape, then I don't know.
Sun Yue was anxious to get the information of the natives and immediately interrogated, but unfortunately, there was no way, they didn't understand the words of the natives, and it was better not to interrogate them, after a simple inquiry, Sun Yue still gave up.
The settlement problem has been solved, not all, and no one can guarantee that there will be no problems in the settlements until the natives of the Ryukyus have solved it or annexed it, but it will be certain that there will be no problems in the short term.
After solving the danger, a problem was placed in front of Sun Yue, how to deal with the captives.
This is not the 21st century, nor is it the new China, and it is not a common perception that those who surrender their guns and do not kill them and give preferential treatment to prisoners are not universally recognized.
More than 400 captives, among which there are a large number of wounded, the natives are quite fierce, even in a desperate situation, they dare to fight, all year round in the natural environment, barbarism is certain, and martial arts are also, which is also the fundamental reason why they can become the first tribe around.
It's a pity that I ran into the Ding Navy, professional, armed to the teeth, as well as longbows and infantry armor, weapons that should not have appeared in China in this era, 2000 elite Western Xia soldiers of the Liao State, may not be able to win, let alone indigenous.
Captives are a good thing, but those who are injured, whether they should be treated or not, Sun Yue carefully considered it, and finally issued an order.
Kill some seriously injured and disabled, for a while, murderous.
Sun Yue is not Zhao Xin, he did not cross over from later generations, he is a native of the Northern Song Dynasty, facing the aborigines, it is not that he is ruthless, but on this Ryukyu, they only have such a small number of people, a large number of captives are a hidden danger, not to mention those who are seriously injured.
These people, if they are treated, consume too much, and there are still unstable factors.
Although there is no shortage of food or anything, and there are some medical means, it is still relatively difficult to feed so many natives, if it is not for the seizure of a large number of indigenous materials, even the captives do not want.
This massacre involved more than 180 people in total, and there were not many prisoners themselves, and after the killing, more than 200 people were left in total who were slightly injured and intact.
At the same time as defeating the natives, they also seized the other party's food, which could provide for these people to live for about 6 months.
The natives were not very wealthy, and most of the food was coarse grains, for example, some plantings, or local specialties here in the Ryukyus, and of course, some meat, which may have been used by the chiefs.
The natives came to attack, it was definitely not to prepare for a protracted war, conservative estimates, they brought 1 month's dry food, which is probably the root cause of the natives' eagerness to attack, once the time is too long, the food is exhausted, they have to return to the camp.
What was eaten, and what was destroyed, and the rest was enough for 200 people to eat for 6 months, so it can be said that the loss was very small.
Killing and food, one red face and one white face, in the end, let those natives succumb, the language barrier, nothing, knives and threats, this is the common language, as well as gestures and gestures, in the face of life and death threats, everyone is quite well-behaved.
The main battlefield has ended, but the battle has not stopped, the reconnaissance team, for the indigenous deserters, still carried out a certain pursuit, except for a certain result, there is nothing else, under the request of Sun Yue, they can not leave this side casually for more than 60 miles, after they get out of range, they stopped the pursuit.
200 captives can be regarded as having some effect, the attack of the natives has little loss to the surroundings, but the entire construction project requires some labor, which is why Sun Yue left them.
Ding Haijun's work is very professional and powerful, for example, building a house with reinforced concrete, in the middle, there are professional personnel, and they have also carried out a period of training, these natives do not understand anything, and even the language is not the premise, it is very difficult to communicate, let alone teach technology.
Sun Yue had prepared for this before, and the capture of these indigenous captives was to do rough work, such as digging earth, for example, cutting down trees, for example, moving bricks and cement to relative positions.
Although these cannot be communicated, simple instructions, coupled with whips and the like, can still allow them to complete the task well, these occupy the most energy work in the construction project, once these natives join, they can immediately speed up.
A sudden thing, it was solved so easily, this is something that no one expected, this native, Sun Yue couldn't think that he was a tyrant around, but 2,000 people couldn't solve it, and he was repelled so easily, even if there were big tribes around him, it would take time to transfer, 2,000 people would not work at least several times, and it would take time to seven or eight thousand people.
Sun Yue only needs to continue to prepare, from food, to construction, the preparation is good, there are reconnaissance troops outside, not afraid of sneak attacks, after seizing the food of the indigenous troops, the food problem, for a long time, there is no problem, that is, to go all out to build.
The Navy will inevitably support, when the time comes, I don't know how much, they can't still live in tents, the previous 4 buildings, more than half of the completion, 200 more labor, even if it can't be used with confidence, it can be used partially, in this case, the progress of this construction, will be on the original basis, a little more.
After a brief rest, the reconnaissance team left, and they needed to continue to monitor the surroundings to prevent sneak attacks, and they were seriously searching the surroundings, but there were not many reconnaissances, and they relaxed their searches around the coast, focusing mainly on the south.
Near the settlement, there is a basin, and a basin means that it is surrounded by mountain peaks.
The Gaoshan people themselves live in the mountains, and the mountains are the most familiar things to them, that is, the rugged mountain roads themselves are accessible in all directions.
However, after investigation, the surrounding mountains were not easy to march, especially the passage of large groups of troops.
After this battle, the Ding Navy won the victory, with a team of less than 300 people, almost completely annihilated the 2,000 natives, this result is very amazing, and it also shows the combat effectiveness of the natives from the side.
This team with very weak combat effectiveness, really three or five hundred, even if it can enter the basin on this side of the mountain, it will not work.
As for the accumulation of a small number of people, the team of hundreds of people is quite conspicuous, whether it is a reconnaissance unit or a telescope, it can be clearly found, and it will not allow them to gather more at all, or get close to the interior of the camp.
It is precisely because of this that the Ding Navy spares both sides close to the sea surface, focuses on monitoring the mountainous areas in the south, and goes further into the mountainous areas to gain more reaction time.
The war ended, and there was no continuation of the fighting, the settlement developed steadily, 200 prisoners, who played a considerable role in the construction, a large amount of material was replenished to the buildings, and then built by professionals, and the construction of buildings began one by one.
Another week passed, and a transport ship arrived, probably the last one before the reinforcements arrived, unloading enough supplies.
The previous two, because of some uncertainty, may or may not usher in war, and it is impossible for him to let the transport ship carry out the wartime strategy.
But now, when war has broken out, and there are prisoners of war as proof, then it is possible to start a state of war.
The transport ship will not return to the Ding Navy, but will enter a temporary camp in Quanzhou.
Of course Zhao Xin can't, he only left a few hundred people to develop Ryukyu, which is extremely irresponsible, he must prepare, Ding Haijun is too far away, there is really anything, and it is not easy to react.
However, rashly building military bases and stockpiling all kinds of materials in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty can easily trigger a backlash, which is also the reason why the conditions for the activation of the wartime state are harsh.
After Sun Yue and the others went to the island, they set up a huge warehouse in Quanzhou, which has always been sealed and guarded by special personnel and even a part of the army.
Because it doesn't communicate with the outside world, it's closed for a long time, so not many people care about it.
Once the wartime state is activated, then this combat readiness warehouse will be activated, compared to the more than 2,000 miles of the Ding Navy, the distance here is less than 400 miles, to say the least, much closer.
Because of the proximity, after leaving the necessary food, the rest were unloaded to the Ryukyus, and more than 200 prisoners were taken away.
The captives have a role, but now, the 4 buildings have basically come to an end, and the rest is technical work, and there is not much strength work.
During the interval between preparations for the battle, the construction of these four buildings was basically completed, and only the interior decoration and some windows were left.
The reinforced concrete structure does not have a large number of combustibles, and it is not even afraid of fire, as for direct destruction, with a sledgehammer, it may take hundreds of people to clean up a building in a short time.
The natives have very few knives made of iron or metal, let alone sledgehammers, and they can break much if they rely on wood or stone.
The only helplessness is that once the natives attack again, then these four buildings must be abandoned.
Even now, the arrival of 3 supply ships has added at least 150 people to the settlement, but the team of less than 600 people, even if all the elite soldiers, can not have 5 buildings, this can only be built and placed there, fortunately, considering this problem at that time, the distance between the five buildings is some, at least 300 steps away, but there is no need to worry about the natives standing on the building to attack.
Since the building no longer needs prisoners, then send them away, at this time, the prisoners are left, they are only raised, and they don't have much effect, but in the camp, it is a time bomb, Sun Yue can't let this time bomb explode, so sending them away is a good choice
The sea ships will not directly send them to the Dinghai Navy, as long as they are sent to Quanzhou, which is four or five hundred miles away, where they can be properly resettled, in this way, the impact on the sea ships is really not great.
After the transport ship sent them to Quanzhou, it would replenish the supplies in the wartime warehouse and send them over.
Compared with 200 kilometers, 1,000 kilometers not only greatly shortens the time to go back and forth, but also depends on the situation, whether to supply some equipment or send people away.
This also guarantees that even if there is a problem, the whole army will not be wiped out, which is also Sun Yue's final bottom line.
The next period of time was the calmest time around the settlement, and the construction could not continue, only to stop, and the building was stable enough before that, and there was no need to increase it, and almost everyone stayed inside to ensure safety.
There is still no news, this kind of mentality is quite tormenting, and Sun Yue also knows very well that even if the Dinghai Navy receives the news and sets off in time immediately, then he needs it
It took a month to reach the Ryukyus, but now, it has only been more than 20 days, and three ships have come at once, adding 150 people to the settlement, and a large number of supplies, and the sea ships are in addition to a part of the supplies that go to the shore, at most 50% are reserved, and the rest of the supplies are taken out here, which also increases their defense to a certain extent.
With a fresh army of more than 100 people, even if there are more enemies, they can deal with it, not to mention the food, which is enough to live for 3 months, and now, what awaits them, yes, when will this reinforcement come, or when will the natives' attack come, and what kind of intensity.