Chapter 364: Preparing for Negotiations

Li Yuan, who was stationed in the Foreign Legion, had already learned by phone that there would be a reinforcement army coming from Dongfang Harbor to help, but he was still shocked when he saw the size of this support army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 As the commander-in-chief of the Foreign Legion, he was well aware of the number of existing troops in the entire Senate army system, and in addition to the troops who were now stationed there, the reinforcements he saw in front of him were basically all the troops that could be mobilized in the port of Vostochny. What made him feel unbelievable was that even the Air Force, which usually had no sense of existence at all, sent two platoons in the only company this time. Soldiers in sky blue air uniforms were in the middle of the procession, and army soldiers in dark blue uniforms were walking at the front with the North Star flag of the Senate at this time, followed by army artillery units and the artillery they carried.

Among these guns were three 1629 smoothbore guns, all of which were now being dragged forward by pack horses, followed by flying thunder cannons drawn by oxen, and these guns were hung on the carts in front of the ammunition and drove on the road as nimble as four-wheeled carriages. The air force unit is followed by a company of the Marine Corps, from the new and old uniforms of the soldiers of this company, it can be seen that this unit should still be in a state of training, it should be newly formed by veterans of other units, they are accompanied by a few machine guns, these machine guns are now also installed on two-wheeled gun trucks, and there is no way to move forward by personnel, at this stage, the Senate is not short of steel, what is lacking is the traction of horses and cattle, you must know that if there is a lack of cars or something, you can increase production, But cattle and horses are not large animals that can be increased if they want to increase their production, the pregnancy period is there, cattle are really ten months, and horses are even more excessive, it takes eleven months. And cattle and horses are not born to be envoys, they have to be about three years old before they reach adulthood, that is to say, even if the military horse brigade begins to train horses now, it will be at least a year before the first foals can be born, if this batch of horses can be used, then at least until the beginning of 1633 can have the first batch of breeding war horses.

Not to mention it, as soon as it comes to 1633, the elders of the General Staff and the Great Library are very worried, because according to the historical process of the old time and space, the Dengzhou Rebellion will break out in Shandong around 1631, if you really wait for the first batch of horses to come out in 1633 and then gallop to help Dengzhou, I am afraid it will be really too late. If it is necessary to march into Shandong in 1631, then it is necessary to have enough maritime transport forces to ensure the possibility of logistical support for troop transportation, and in order to ensure the safety of sea transport lines, it is necessary to have enough naval ships to ensure the safety of sea lines of communication. Not to mention that the fleet of the Medeno people can be encountered within thirty nautical miles of the sea now, if it continues to the north, it is bound to face Liu Xiang's pirate fleet and Zheng Zhilong's forces, although the Senate is sure that it can crush these forces in the battle at sea, but if the other party can't dodge, if they gather the fleet and suddenly attack the transport fleet transporting logistics supplies when the war in Shandong is stalemate, then it will inevitably cause an adverse impact on the entire battle situation. As the saying goes, a century-old navy, even if the traversers have accumulated naval knowledge, but to operate one ship after another, it is not an overnight thing, just training this fleet is a worrying thing.

The next thing that makes people even more worried is that if the ground troops are deployed to Shandong, land transportation will be a big problem, first of all, the Senate army is not the army of the Wu Dynasty, and it must not belong to the Wu Dynasty moderation, and the ground logistics supply is quite a headache; Secondly, in terms of the bad traffic conditions on the official roads when the people just came to the new time and space, the road situation in Shandong can be imagined, although Shandong has always been an important hub of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but the ancients were too scummy for the protection of the road, so even if there are enough cattle and horses, it is not easy to ensure the smooth flow of logistics. Moreover, at this stage, the Senate troops are mainly infantry troops, and there are very few cavalry, on the contrary, the potential enemy is a cavalry force of 800 people when Kong Youdeng Prefecture mutiny, although the number of infantry has been increased after enveloping the people, but they have captured a large number of horses and donkeys in the battle with the local army, and the donkeys in Shandong are a bit different from donkeys, and many are even no different from ordinary horses in size, so that in the later stage of the Dengzhou Rebellion, there was a large scale of "donkey cavalry" in the cavalry of Kong Youde's rebels. If the ground forces, which are mainly infantry, are used to deal with the Kong Youde rebels, who have a large number of cavalry, then in many cases the fighters will be delayed because of the lack of maneuverability, and the encirclement cannot be stopped, and the pursuit cannot catch up, and if this problem is not solved, not only will the Kong Youde rebels not be able to get rid of the Kong Youde rebels, but it may even make the ground troops exhausted on the land of Shandong as a firefighting team, which is very unin line with the interests of the Senate.

It is for this reason that all other development projects in the Heavy Industry Laboratory have been halted to ensure the development of small single-cylinder engines. At the same time, the chemical sector was entrusted with the development of synthetic rubber projects, because the development of small transport vehicles was bound to begin as soon as the single-cylinder engine was produced. No synthetic rubber, no tires, no tires, then you can only use tracks for transportation, in terms of the existing industrial level, tracks, transmission parts will become the logistics department of the Shandong Expeditionary Force densely need to ensure the accessories, so that those who are responsible for logistics of the naturalized people in front of the eyes black.

Li Yuan thought about these things, the reinforcements below had already begun to enter the fortress, and suddenly he saw a company of foreign legions also following the team, and now they were entering the fortress.

Since joining the Senate army system, the Foreign Legion has made great changes, and the structure has also been reorganized in accordance with the Senate army system, and now it has been equipped with a new type of 1628 rifle. But the military uniforms were not replaced, you must know that in order to help Ruan Jiao spend this large amount of money when the princess fund was entrusted to the Senate, they used to change their tricks to take money from it, and when they were ready to expand the army by 1,000 people, they directly customized 2,000 sets of military uniforms and equipment, and when the Foreign Legion joined the Senate, there were still more than 1,600 sets of military uniforms in the logistics warehouse in the backlog. After careful consideration, in the end, the uniform of the Foreign Legion was not changed, and the previous red shirt was continued, but a white octagonal hat was issued, and the cockade was changed, after all, it was already the army of the Senate.

The Foreign Legion soldiers who are now entering the city are wearing uniform red uniforms, white belts, and white octagonal hats, and the rest of the place is basically indistinguishable from the army troops. They were followed by the baggage troops, who were pulling more than twenty carts of cattle and horses, loaded with a large number of ammunition boxes, and the wheels were pressed so that they were slightly skewed to the sides, and were in danger of breaking at any moment.

The troops who entered the city immediately found an open field to unload the supplies, set up a camping tent area, and left the sentries to guard the ammunition supply, and then the officers ran up the road to the castle tower and waited for everyone to come for a meeting. Seeing the people in the city crowded in this small castle like ants, Li Yuan suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, as if he was standing on an ant nest and watching the ants inside run a small city.

"Chief" Suddenly, the sentry in charge of the lookout in the north shouted, "A group of people have come up on the official road to the west of the chief"

"A group of people" Several veteran officers were stunned, and hurriedly ran to the northwest city wall, although they couldn't see it really, but a group of people did appear on the official road in the west. The patriarchs raised their binoculars and looked over there.

At the front were several soldiers on horseback, these cavalrymen were unarmed, only holding a white flag in their hands, probably afraid that they would not be able to see this side, and they were still waving non-stop. Behind were two carriages, and there were a few people sitting on them, but because the distance was a kilometer, the most I could see how many people were sitting on them, and I couldn't see exactly who was sitting on them.

"What's going on" Liu Lihua was the first to muttered curiously, "Are you here to surrender?"

"Probably not." Zeng Zhigang stood next to him with a telescope and said to himself, "I should have come to negotiate, after the battle ahead, we already know the range of our firearms, so they began to attract our attention within the range." ”

"Pay attention," Li Yuan ordered the soldiers who came over to look at the binoculars, and then brought his eyes to the special binoculars at the lookout. The size of this telescope is much larger than that of the command telescope issued by the unit with it, and the observation multiplier is also much larger, and the objective lens alone is a full circle larger.

"It seems that there are people from us, wearing the auspicious uniforms of the special investigation team, but the oil paint on their faces has been erased." Li Yuan said while looking at it, "They are not bound, they should not be restricted from freedom." ”

"And the special investigation team" Li Zhen on the side was stunned for a moment, "Didn't their camp be attacked by the special investigation team last night and disturbed all night, how could they be with the people of the special investigation team?"

"Mo not" Zeng Zhigang said and looked at the telescope carefully, but he couldn't see anything clearly because of the multiple, "It's not that they want to take this opportunity to come over and attack us at close range."

"Close attack" Li Yuan's eyes did not take off the binoculars, "No, the people of the special investigation team have Bayi rifles in their hands, it is impossible for them not to know that we have weapons that are fired at close range, even if they are close to the distance, we are not afraid." As he spoke, he stood up and rubbed his eyes, which were a little sour, "Besides, you see, there are only thirty or forty people who have come together, and even if they attack violently, one killing two of us, it will not cause much damage to us." I think they really came to negotiate. ”

The ship is far from the secret post of the hateful war moon

Sun Dike is not emotional, hateful, and ruthless

"Then who will negotiate" Liu Lihua immediately threw out a difficult question, the elders present, look at me, I look at you. When it comes to fighting, the guys present are all right, but negotiation is not something they are good at, "I won't go anyway, I'm not good at talking about it, I'm afraid that if I can't say three sentences, I can't help but draw a gun." ”

Sun Dike was reluctant to hate the cavalry of the two cavalry brigades at the front, they had been learning how to take care of the horses with He Yue during this time, they had long been familiar with the horses they were riding, and now they were riding on the horses like a fish in water, they held carbines in their hands, and stared nervously at the group of Japanese in front of them who were completely different from Annan or the Wu Dynasty in terms of dress and behavior.

"Why don't you send someone out of the army?" Li Yuan asked tentatively, but Zeng Zhigang's head shook like a rattle, "I'm too lazy to go, I've been having a little tinnitus in my head since I was injured last time, and if I hear something wrong when I speak, it will be troublesome to cause a diplomatic incident." ”

The land is not hateful, and the only ship is to observe the moon and refer to the secrets of the earth

"Why don't I go," Xue Ziliang volunteered on the side, "Although I'm not good at anything related to diplomacy, someone has to say it now." ”

"I'll go with you," Li Yuan nodded, "Just the two of us, just bring a few cavalry brigades together." ”

"No need" Xue Ziliang was timid, he didn't know how to ride horses, and now it was the time when there was a shortage of horses, except for the military horse brigade and the special reconnaissance team, there were really not many opportunities for other troops to practice riding horses at this stage.

"It's okay, I don't know how to ride a horse, just let the cavalry lead the horse," Li Yuan said nonchalantly, "How can we, as officers, walk like we have been captured by the cavalry." Ride a horse, just ride a horse, it's okay. ”

A few elders next to him laughed quietly, but Xue Ziliang and Zeng Zhigang didn't know what everyone was laughing at, and were about to ask, Li Yuan hurriedly pulled Xue Ziliang and went down the city wall. In fact, Li Yuan is definitely not a person who can't ride a horse, this guy who claims to be unable to ride a horse spent almost ten years in the United States in his early years, and the main area of activity is the ranch of his relatives in Texas, where he is famous for his western cowboys, and he can't ride a horse is no different from not being able to walk, you must know that people's public telephones are installed in telephone booths more than two meters high, just to facilitate people who ride horses to be able to make calls without getting off the horse. Li Yuan not only knew how to ride horses, but also learned a lot of skills in taking care of horses, and even learned to shoot with a rifle in Texas, so much so that in the defense of Champa Port last year, as a member of the veteran sniper team, he personally climbed to the head of the city of Champong Port and sniped a large number of barbarian commanders. However, Xue Ziliang and Zeng Zhigang, the two veterans who passively crossed with the anti-smuggling boat, didn't know him at all, and now Xue Ziliang followed him and climbed onto a gray pack horse in a daze.

The negotiators stopped their advance about four hundred meters and stood there waiting for a response, but they did not have to wait long for a small group of horsemen to come out of the north gate of the castle in front of them, and then turned west to meet the group.

At the front were the cavalrymen of the two cavalry brigades, they had been learning how to take care of the horses with He Yue during this time, they had long been familiar with the horses they were riding, and now they were riding on the horses like fish in water, they held carbines in their hands, and stared nervously at the group of Japanese in front of them, who were completely different from Annan or Wu Dynasty in terms of dress and behavior.

Xue Ziliang was sitting crookedly on the horse at this time, he knew that he had been fooled from the moment he saw Li Yuan on the horse, where is he not very good at riding a horse is an old rider at all, but before he could jump off the horse, he was already grabbed by Li Yuan and came all the way. Now he was already in front of the negotiation crowd, and it was too late to get off the horse now, so he kept his posture and said hello to the special investigator who was standing in the car looking at him, "Xiaoyang, why are you there?"

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