Chapter 336: Heroes of the Sea in the Imperial Army
Director Zhang Hongfan had just said goodbye to Major Xin, but said that he had stopped shouting.
Major Xin asked embarrassedly, "I received an order a long time ago, saying that it was to protect the cultural relics of Nanyin Di'anzhou...... What are cultural relics? ”
Director Zhang Hongfan thought for a moment and said tentatively: "Maybe it's an antiquity...... Antiques and antiques or something? ”
"Ahh Is that one...... I also gave an order that everything with words and drawings should be protected! ”
Major Xin couldn't help but sigh with emotion and said, "The intelligence department of the empire is really powerful...... In the beginning, even the Incas did not know that there was a country called Maya in the northwest of them...... They didn't believe it until we said there was.
But the Empire's intelligence department was able to have very detailed information, and knew that the Mayans had their own writing, and were also good at architecture and arithmetic...... I've been afraid of arithmetic all my life. ”
For the follow-up operations of the Inca Kingdom, Major Sinda sent only one company of troops to follow them...... The strength of that company was not to help them fight, but to train the troops, and at the same time to supervise them not to kill prisoners indiscriminately...... They also brought a box camera to record the special sights they encountered at any time.
In the end, Director Zhang Hongfan decided to wait for the sixth batch of transport ships to come back before leaving...... He was waiting to leave with Guo Shoujing.
Guo Shoujing said that he still needed a year of observation to finish writing the "Southern Hemisphere Chronological Calendar".
The second is that he also wants to see if the Mayans are suitable to serve as laborers...... The three major mining areas were literally able to eat as much labor as they could, and with the help of the Inca kingdom in agriculture, they could ensure a food supply.
Of course, the development of the fishing industry in the silver mining area is also rapid.
The Incas did not dare to go to the sea, they took the initiative to stay away from the sea...... This makes the sea fish here particularly arrogant, and they take the initiative to burrow into the nets when they see them.
Dried fish, countless dried fish!
As a side note, the Incas, who had never eaten sea fish, eventually became very fond of salty fish, and they thought that a steamed cake with cornmeal and white flour with salty fish, a few baked potatoes, and a bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup was simply the best food in the world.
They think that with salted dried fish, there is really no need to bring salt anymore...... When you grill the dried salted fish over the fire for a while, the smell will be tangy!
You see, what kind of living habits in the world can not be changed...... More than 50 percent of the Inca youth learned to use chopsticks.
Director Zhang Hongfan wanted to see those Mayans, and Major Xin also wanted to see them.
However, it was not long before they had trained 10,000 young Inca spearmen when a telegram sent him back to the silver mines, where he was replaced by a new, younger officer.
At the army base in the silver mining area, Lieutenant Colonel Gangneung met him and handed him a document.
It was an order for the Imperial Army stationed in Nan Yin Di Anzhou to send personnel to a place called the mouth of the Buyi River at some point in time.
Lieutenant Colonel Gangneung said, "Look at the presentation on that document...... The Empire's Situation Department has discovered another grassland with beautiful water and grass. ”
Major Xin looked at it carefully.
The name of that grassland is the Pampas...... Maybe it was discovered by a person with the surname Pan, but this one doesn't matter.
It's a million-kilometer savannah!
Winters are mild and summers are warm, and the climate ranges from semi-humid to semi-arid.
It's so flat, and it's black earth as far as the eye can see.
…… It's just that there are no large trees and large areas of shrubs.
Major Xin didn't think about it, and when he saw this, he said directly: "Needless to say, animal husbandry, it is very suitable for growing cotton and soybeans......
Lieutenant Colonel Gangneung smiled and said, "Lao Xin, I'm not at ease with the new officer......
Major Xin was silent.
"Lao Xin, I know that the situation in the Inca Kingdom has just opened...... But we have to go there, and we have to build the forward base before the navy of the so-called Nankai naval base arrives. ”
Major Xin sighed and asked, "Will they be able to cross the Atlantic?" ”
"I don't know...... But they must have received such orders, in fact, it has nothing to do with us whether they come or not, we only obey the orders of the War Department. ”
Major Xin's mind turned the globe, and he said angrily, "The whole earth has been connected in a circle?" ”
"Yes. The Imperial Navy should be able to do it...... But we still need the help of our army......"
Major Xin thought for a moment and said, "It's just right for me to develop that place......
"Yes. Only you, who have some knowledge of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery...... I can let you bring Zhang Hongfan ......"
"No, he's going home soon."
"I can talk to him about ......"
"It doesn't have to be this way...... He has atoned for his sins and does not have to suffer this anymore. ”
"Well, you can pick and choose ...... manpower"
Major Xin nodded in agreement.
After the two exchanged military salutes, he began his preparations.
The map given to him showed that he only had to walk along the coastline, then cross a place called the Lao Mai Strait, and then go north along the east coast of Nan Yin Tean Chau.
Of course, if you look at the map, they will be closer by land.
However, that's just imagination.
The huge forests in the middle of the southern Yindi'an continent are simply a huge obstacle that they cannot overcome now...... I can't go out empty-handed, let alone carry a lot of production and living materials.
Lieutenant Colonel Gangneung pulled out three three-masted ships for him at once, which was already half of the ships in the silver mine port.
There is no naval base built here, and their army can barely control three-masted ships, but it is difficult to control five-masted ships.
But judging from the map, it was an easy voyage, however, the danger of that Laomai Strait was repeatedly emphasized in the documents.
It was a desert island with rocky clusters, and the westerly wind blew all year round.
The waters in that area are windy and rough, the rapids are fierce in all directions, and huge blocks of ice are often floating in the water.
If a sea vessel wants to pass through that strait, it must reduce its speed and sail strictly according to the given route...... Don't take your own route!
Major Xin didn't care about the west wind, the reef, the rapids, or anything else, they were all things that could be seen in the ordinary way...... But huge blocks of ice, where did that come from?
Big summer, where does the ice come from?
Well, when he had made his way to the southern Atlantic with three three-masted ships in horror through a sheep's gut-like strait, he realized that he had almost underestimated the cold, foggy climate that had been around all year round...... A strong westerly wind blows all year round!
The crashing waves made a loud noise on the rocky shore, rumbling and reverberating in the strait, and numb people's ears.
There was really a huge ice floating in the distance...... Fortunately, it did not float into the Laomai Strait.
At the dinner party that greeted Lieutenant Commander Zhou Tong, when the naval brothers heard Major Xin talk about this, they were in awe...... This is a sea hero in the Imperial Army!