"Do you want the Chinese people to provide a batch of grain bricks?" Russell looked at Major General Perez Mycenae and General BuckKirkman sitting not far away, "This is unlikely, right?" ”

Kirkman nodded, "That's right, we and our people are actually in a state of war right now, but the two sides are not really at war. ”

"It's not like someone who always thinks that we can easily suppress all the countries in the world." Kirkman glanced at Mycenae helplessly, and Mycenae could only touch his goatee helplessly, "Yes, I didn't expect that the Chinese people would really have such an ability, and they could beat us to the ground under such a heavy siege." ”

"Yes," Mycenae nodded, "our naval forces are only unloaded so fast, and there is no way to do it, who let almost all the marine troops under the control of the Southern Fleet be transported in one fell swoop, the fact is that the number of people is still far from enough, we are still transporting mercenaries from Europa and some other countries to come here, but the more troops are transported, the more troublesome it is, and the more time it will take to delay the troops on the transport shore." ”

They did not have a landing plan, nor did they have staff officers in terms of material allocation, basically whose ship arrived at whose shore, and the personnel landing in this era was not the "professional" ticket crossing of the Dongfang Harbor, they did not have professional landing ships, and the infantry was better, and they could be sent ashore by rowing in small boats; But the cavalry was inconvenient, the horses were tall and strong, but they had a bad temper, and were susceptible to pestilence, or during the voyage a large number of horses had already died in large numbers on the ships for these reasons. Even the horses of some of the cavalry that had landed were mostly dying and needed a long time to recover.

Even though the landing fleet outside the mountain harbor has now become a mess, according to the original plan, a steady stream of ships from all over the ocean are joining the chaos every day, making the existing chaos more and more chaotic and uncontrollable. The longer the time drags on, the more likely it is for the people at sea to get tired and exhausted, the more difficult it is for the personnel on the shore to get supplies, and the more materials are consumed in vain, so to speak, if the materials wasted outside the mountain port are exchanged for funds, it is enough to build a detachment of fifteen sharp ships, but these funds are so wasted, and in the current situation, they must continue to be wasted.

And the problem of the Medeno people now is that they lack enough funds to purchase grain from the Wu Dynasty, even if they purchase grain from the Wu Dynasty, they have no way to transport it to the shore, and the entire mountain port is densely packed with ships everywhere, not to mention unloading the grain, even if the ships that have unloaded the materials inside want to turn around and leave, every day they have to face the captains of the Medeno merchant fleet who come to complain, While denouncing the extreme inefficiency of the fleet outside Shangang for unloading supplies, the captains expressed envy for the efficient port throughput of the Vostochny Harbor.

"It's too late to blame you now, and I'm also responsible for not being able to resist the pressure to stop the war at that time." Kirkman said, "Now that we are in such a mess, we have to find a way to solve it, and now that the negotiating team has arrived at Vostokhar, we are waiting for negotiations, and if we can reconcile with the people, we may be able to ask them to help us solve this problem." ”

"No," Kirkman shook his head, "I've read the information, they came to Orient Harbor more than two years ago, and Orient Harbor was just a barren beach and woods at that time. According to the records of the Wu Dynasty, these people began to land at dawn in the morning, but on the third day, a large open space had been opened up on the beachhead and the city wall had been built, although they were only more than 500 people, but their supplies were far more than us! Not only did they not mess up, but they also sorted out their supplies in an orderly manner, which can be seen from the fact that they quickly resisted the siege of thousands of Wu Dynasty troops head-on. Kirkman walked back to his seat and sighed, "Tell me by touching your chest, if an enemy of 10,000 men approaches us and attacks us, will we be able to win?" ”

"Are we going to ask the countrymen to help?" Mycenae asked a little embarrassed, and Russell also felt a little embarrassed, "Yes, this kind of military matter, even if we go and ask the countrymen to help command, will our people obey the order?" Even if our people obey orders, will they genuinely help us? ”

"We thought, but how do we go about learning? In this case, there are no corresponding teaching materials for Chinese people, right? Mycenaeus stopped as she spoke, her eyes looking at Kirkman, "No, you must have a solution!" ”

"What?" Russell hurriedly jumped up and took the paper, looked at it carefully, and the square words written on the face were all Chinese square words, although it was very similar to the square words of the Wu Dynasty, but many of the words were written in a completely different way, and he looked at it for a while and shook his head to indicate that he didn't understand.

"Wait!" Mycenae quickly interrupted Kirkman, "You mean these fishermen can read?" ”

"What? Can fishermen read and write? It's incredible! Mycenae exclaimed, "They taught the fishermen how to read and write!" What are they going to do? ”

"Oh my God! Are these people really fishermen? Not a spy of the countrymen? Russell asked in disbelief, Kirkman shook his head, "Not really, we interrogated, the Chinese not only taught them the skills of sea navigation, mapped the nearby reefs for them, but also mapped the ocean currents, the Chinese have always wanted to expand the fishing fleet, and now they are still building a large number of fishing boats, so they are now training every fisherman with the attitude of a captain." ”

"What's written on the surface?" Mycenae was a little impatient, and he was a little dissatisfied with Kirkman's sale and Russell's not looking at it.

"What? Landing exercises? Mycenaeus almost screamed, but Kirkman nodded, "The people of the country are not going to be able to stay in such a corner of the seaside city, they must have more ambitions, and if I am not mistaken, they should soon be ready to expand outward." ”