War!

For the citizens of Cologne, Panama, a small Caribbean coastal city in New Grenada, they have just experienced a war, and now they are also in the midst of it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In one corner of the street, a new Grenada flag of red, blue and yellow was discarded haphazardly on the ground, covered in dust, while the inhabitants of the city looked at it as if they did not even pick it up.

A five-color flag fluttered over the city, the national flag belonging to the Chinese Empire.

Cologne, now the second largest city in Panama Province, has been occupied by the Chinese Navy -- half a month ago, at the protests of the mayor of Cologne, more than 200 marines and sailors from the Imperial Chinese Navy occupied the city, during which less than 30 shots were fired, and the fleet fired three empty cartridges, and the sailors suffered zero casualties......

In short, there was no resistance in the city, in fact, for the Panamanian army guarding the city, when they saw these ironclads, the first thought in their minds was - to give up resistance, for them who operated the front-loading guns, they naturally knew that the guns on the batteries could not pose a threat to the ironclads. It is better known that under the shelling of the fleet, the entire city will be destroyed by artillery fire, so surrender has become the most rational choice.

At the intersection leading to the city hall, there is a soldier with a gun, standing quietly in the middle of the street, there is a fortification made of sandbags in the middle of the street, and in the fortification, there are several soldiers sitting in it, this is a typical Chinese fortification, this circular barricade can control this intersection, and between the barricades there is a Gatling machine gun mounted on a gun carriage - this is removed from the mast of a warship, this machine gun gate allows the soldiers guarding here to repel thousands of enemies.

The existence of this barricade is doubly inconvenient for the Panamanians in Cologne, because every time, they need to pass by the barricade, even so, because three days ago, the civil magistrate of Cologne, Mibal, who is a councilor of Cologne and a local businessman, was elected by the Chinese as a civil affairs officer because he has always had good cooperation with Chinese businessmen and is willing to cooperate with the occupation authorities, and the opening of closed roads is the first "popular support" move he issued after becoming a civil official.

But the open road does not mean that the soldiers have withdrawn from this place, in fact, the army still controls the vital points, such as here, every time the Barnabas pass here, they will look at the foreign soldiers with complex eyes, and the soldiers will also look at them with vigilant eyes.

"We are the occupying forces!"

As a soldier, Zhang Xiangbei, who was carrying a rifle on his back, stood in the center of the street, and when he saw the Panamanians passing, he would always keep a straight face and look extremely vigilant.

"Okay, to the north, it's not a big deal, these Panamanians don't dare to resist at all!"

The squad leader in the fortification looked at Xiang Bei's nervous appearance, and immediately reminded him.

"Squad leader, it's always right to be careful!"

Zhang Xiangbei said that in fact, the occupation of Cologne was not zero casualties, three days after the occupation of Cologne, there was a fighter who went out to die on the street, although the investigation later proved that his death in the street was not Panamanian resistance, but in a fierce fight with the local people in a bar, but this incident reminded the big guys that there is always resistance here.

Be careful!

"Well, be cautious of you kid,"

Zhao Huayou, who was in the class, lit a cigarette, looked at his comrades-in-arms beside him, and squinted his eyes and said.

"I'm done on duty today, and I'll leave the camp tomorrow, and when the time comes, we'll go to that brothel, where the white bitches have chests that can suffocate people......"

"Haha, squad leader, I didn't see you suffocated last time......"

As a group of young and vigorous youths, as soon as the squad leader opened his mouth, the soldiers immediately began to talk about it, for men, women are an eternal topic. Especially for these soldiers, who have long been lonely during the voyage, whenever they call at the port, the "flower building" has always been the most popular place for them, and for the prostitutes in the port city, the navy is far more popular than the ordinary sailors, because the navy is cleaner, and unlike ordinary sailors, who are likely to contract infectious diseases.

"Squad leader, you can't mess around with that kind of place, didn't the chief say it? If you want to go to the designated place, you can't look for a flower girl who hasn't passed the inspection......"

Zhang Xiangbei's reminder made Zhao Huayou stunned for a moment, and then he said.

"The designated place, what kind of inspection, isn't it still all done yet, and when it is done, the brothers will have to suffocate to death, maybe, they will all change their guards when the time comes......"

Just as Zhao Huayou was saying this, a carriage stopped at the former mayor's residence, now the headquarters of the occupation army, after Mibar got out of the car, he looked at Martin beside him, and saw that he was a little nervous, so he said,

"Martin, don't be so nervous, these Chinese are all as polite as aristocrats if they put aside their prejudices......"

The reason why Mibal said this was because most of the officers he came into contact with were extremely respectful of etiquette, of course, oriental etiquette.

"But after all, they are the occupation forces......"

Martin's voice was not loud, and even though he spoke Spanish, he was still looking to the left and right as he said it.

"But the Huayuan in their hands is as cute as the peso! Isn't it? My friend! ”

As a businessman, Mibal appeared to be a philistine, which is why he chose to work with the Chinese, for whom he had always believed only in money.

"My friend, only money is the most real, and as for the new Glenada, maybe soon the country will cease to exist, and when the time comes, Panama will also have its new life, what do you think? My friend! ”

The words of his friend made Martin smile helplessly, from Gran Colombia to New Glenada, and now to the Civil War...... Yes, everything is illusory, only money is the most real.

“…… I own a hotel in the city, and there are 35 flower girls in the hotel, and these flower girls have been examined by local doctors and your military medical officer to ensure that there are no infectious diseases, Your ......Excellency."

When Martin said his "flower building", Wang Zhengang, as a logistics officer, frowned, but his face was a little helpless.

As a logistics officer, he not only has to ensure ordinary logistics problems, but also needs to solve some problems, such as the physiological needs of soldiers. Infectious diseases have always been the biggest enemy of the navies of various countries, in order to avoid the harm of infectious diseases to the navy, so the navy will set up "franchisees" in some specific ports, through regular physical examination of the flower girls in the building, in order to avoid the harm of infectious diseases. Although the combat effectiveness of the navy has been ensured to a large extent by reducing the incidence rate of the navy to less than 5% in Europe and the United States since the implementation of this measure, it is undoubtedly uncomfortable for a Confucian believer to talk about these issues. Although this is not an "official prostitute" or a "military prostitute", the general rules are not a glorious thing.

"Do you understand the rules?"

Looking at the report in his hand, Wang Zhengang asked rhetorically.

"Yes, Your Excellency, each person needs to pay a security deposit of 100 pesos......"

When Martin explained the rules, Wang Zhengang just looked at the report, which listed the local and military medical officers' examinations of those people, when they were in New York, they didn't need to think about this problem, but now, they had to think about this problem, because in the future, here, to be precise, the whole of Panama will become the most important overseas base of the Navy in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific, and there will be a large number of navies, but also a large number of land forces. And many things must be prepared in advance, and this is just one of them, which seems inconspicuous, but in fact it is extremely important for the stability of the military's morale.

"The army will sign a contract with you, but ......"

After reading the other party's price tag, 0.5 pesos, this price is comparable to the price in other regions, and it is within the affordable range of ordinary soldiers, Wang Zhengang nodded, and then looked at the "contractor" in front of him and said.

"35 people will definitely not be able to meet the needs, and in the recent past, at least double it needs to be doubled because ......"

Looking up at Martin, a Panamanian businessman, Wang Zhengang knew that a very important reason why the headquarters asked to hand over some business to the locals was to buy off the locals, especially the local merchants, so that their interests would be tied to the imperial army, and then become the empire's supporters in Panama.

This is the most basic strategy for thousands of years, of course, this is not all, eventually a large number of immigrants will pour here, and then change the proportion of Panama's population, so that Panama can be "Chinese" in the future, if compared with European countries, China's biggest advantage is probably population.

China, with a population of 40,000, can export tens of thousands of people overseas as long as it wants, so that the overseas colonies can quickly complete the "sinicization", and this is also the fundamental difference between Chinese colonies and other colonies, for other countries, what they need is the market and resources of the colonies, and for China, China only needs the land of the colonies, and needs the overseas colonies to settle the surplus population at home.

"What is a soldier's mission?"

As the commander of the long-distance fleet, he led the most powerful ironclad fleet of this era, and since the fleet left the mainland, it has always attracted the attention of the world, and the reason why people pay attention to them is not only because of the warships but because this is the first time that China has carried out "gunboat diplomacy" against the Western powers -- through the inspection of the African colonies, it has sent a signal to the Western countries -- that China will never give up its African colonies.

For China, the African colonies are equivalent to a lifeline, especially when the world's most extensive New World has been completely occupied by Western countries, and the South Seas are also occupied by Westerners, plus nearly 10,000 Nanyang natives have long occupied the most fertile land there, and now immigrants have to march into the rainforest to reclaim Borneo.

In order to prevent the empire from falling into civil war due to overpopulation in the next few decades, the imperial soldiers must use the weapons in their hands to open up land for the country and the people, and turn our swords into plowshares......"

After saying these words, Li Cunyi's voice became low.

"However, Westerners will never allow us to join this club of dividing up the world, for them, they cannot accept the reality that the "colored people" in their eyes are actually on an equal footing with them, although in history, they have admired us, worshipped and studied Chinese civilization, but they have classified us as inferior people with skin color......

After pondering for a moment, he looked at the chief of staff in front of him and said.

"On the one hand, there is huge population pressure at home, and on the other hand, it is completely occupied by Westerners overseas, and the cruel reality makes us choose Africa, which is still a wilderness, and ask for land from that terra nullius land to settle the surplus population in the country, and at the same time will not harm the interests of the West, but even so, even if China chooses where they don't want it, they still don't want to see us occupy those lands, do you know why?"

"Because they don't want to see people of color on their footing, or even as part of the World Club!"

As the chief of staff of the fleet, he graduated from the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, England, and knows Westerners, especially the British, very well, and it is precisely because of this that he knows their psychology and understands the arrogance of white people!

"Yes, that's the root! Unless ......"

After a slight pause, Li Cunyi was silent for a moment, and then looked at the world map on the wall and said.

"Unless we can defeat them on the battlefield, they will never accept the reality of our entry into the World Club so calmly!"

Although he did not want to go to war, as a soldier, he knew very well that great power status could only be achieved through war.

"The Battle of Tragarfa established Britain's status as a great power, it was the war that made Britain the number one power in the world, it was the war that established their position, and if there was no war, even if he had the largest industry in the world, the most powerful national power, so what?"

Owning industry does not necessarily win respect, standing up, Li Cunyi, a young naval lieutenant, looked at Cologne City outside the porthole, and his eyes looked a little solemn,

"So, in the end, a lot of problems still have to be solved by war, and respect still has to be earned through war, and other ...... On the contrary, it is secondary! ”

"So, you're not optimistic about the future?"

Looking at the commander, the chief of staff asked.

"I don't know how to avoid war, after all, we can't give up Panama! In fact, the choice of war is not in our hands, but in the hands of the British! ”

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The two shifts will return to normal next month, and I will ask for a monthly ticket with confidence!