Chapter XVIII Civilization Brigade
On the parade platform, Liu Weiguo stood straight and straight. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info was so tight on time that he didn't even have time to go back and change his clothes, so he was still wearing the blood-stained uniform. It's just that this not only didn't affect his image, but also added a lot of color. makes the whole person faintly exude an iron-blooded military temperament.
For Liu Weiguo's performance, Yang Chong is very satisfied. patted Liu Weiguo on the shoulder and encouraged: "It is a very correct choice for me to hand over the People's Army to you." ”。 Looking over the audience and looking at the neat and tidy People's Army, he was in a trance.
Is this still the People's Army that couldn't stand in line and didn't even kill chickens?
In fact, when Liu Weiguo was appointed as the general of the People's Army, Yang Chong still regretted it a little. After all, for a person in power, the army is a weapon to maintain rule. What's more, it is in the case of the beginning of the country's establishment and the foundation is not stable.
At that time, he just wanted Liu Weiguo to set an example and set an example. Therefore, the hot-headed appointed Liu Weiguo as the general of the People's Army. But the so-called people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and he doesn't know what kind of person Liu Weiguo is in private.
It's just that since he was appointed, there is no special reason, and he is embarrassed to change his words. However, he also kept an eye on it, and asked Zhang Yang to follow Liu Weiguo, so that he could observe Liu Weiguo's personality.
But now, Yang Chong doesn't have those careful thoughts. Because he saw loyalty to the republic in Liu Weiguo's eyes. As long as there is this, it is enough.
He then met with several outstanding soldiers in turn, which aroused the excitement of all the soldiers.
Gu Liyang and Ou Ziwen were also among those who were interviewed. When the president clenched their hands, their whole body was fluttering, and they were proud to be from the Ming Kingdom! Especially when they heard the president's words of encouragement, they were even more ambitious!
It can be said that the role of the People's Army in the war against the indigenous people this time is very huge, and it is not only the army that has been trained but also the birth of the People's Army. A large number of people and materials were also seized, which alleviated the manpower gap in the republic to a certain extent.
And the People's Army also found doghead gold from the indigenous tribes. That's amazing news! Because gold is hard currency at all times. With it, you can conjure up money and buy supplies.
This was a surprise for a poor and panicked republic. Although they also know that there are gold mines in Australia, they also need to be found. It's just that what they lack most now is people, so except for a few minerals around Hope City, they haven't had time to explore other places.
Now it's good! You don't have to look for it, the gold will be automatically delivered to your door.
After realizing the benefits of gold, the presidential palace held a cabinet meeting overnight. After discussions, they decided to create a brigade, called the Civilization Brigade, which would be subordinate to the People's Army. The soldiers inside were all natives, and the maximum number was 150. However, the officers are all outstanding soldiers of the People's Army, and they basically control the entire civilized brigade.
In this way, the entire brigade remained in the hands of the republic, not afraid that they would have different intentions.
And the purpose of this brigade is the same as their name, to spread civilization to the natives. Of course, in the process, bloodshed is always avoided. After all, this is the throes of civilization, and they must be experienced.
To this end, the Republic also equipped them with the latest weapon developed by the arsenal - muskets. In appearance, it is similar to the bird system used by Europeans. But in terms of performance, it is several times more than the latter.
However, compared with the pistols used by the regular KPA troops, it is several streets behind. There's no way around it! Because the scientific and technological level of this era is like this, and the industrial level of the Ming Republic is also low. For example, some basic parts are not available, and there are no conditions for production, so only the lowest level of technology can be made first.
Anyway, let's make do with it first! Something is better than nothing. And against the natives, the spear does not need to be very powerful.
When the indigenous soldiers of the Civilization Brigade trained for a month and learned to use muskets, the Civilization Brigade left Hope City according to the expectations of the Ming Republic. In the following month, with Hope City as the center, the indigenous tribes within a radius of thousands of miles were visited by the Civilization Brigade. The tribes that did not obey the Ming Kingdom were directly exterminated, and everyone was also taken prisoner. The tribes that obeyed the Ming Kingdom were forcibly sent a part of the young Zhuang into Hope City to engage in national construction.
According to the official words of the Ming Dynasty, this is to allow the indigenous people to better integrate into the civilized society and learn basic life skills. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty is selfless, everything is for the indigenous, everything is for the spread of civilization.
As for those natives sent to the Western Heavenly Bliss, they are interpreted as thugs who rebel against civilization, have extremely stubborn resistance to civilized society, and are the poison and tumor of civilized society, and the public enemy of civilized society. Therefore, in order to speed up the process of civilized society, in order to promote the development of civilized society. The Civilization Brigade was only in a state of grief and had to send them to the Western Heavenly Bliss.
Perhaps under the care of the Buddha, they were able to realize the fruits of civilization.
In the following two hundred years, this set of rhetoric has aroused fierce discussions among historians of the Ming Kingdom. Some historians criticize the official whitewashing of the Civilization Brigade, because after reading the relevant materials, they found that at least 100,000 indigenous people died under the guns of the Civilization Brigade. The other part agrees with the official interpretation, arguing that although the civilized brigade is more bloody, it is beneficial to the natives. Because they have promoted the integration of indigenous people into civilized society and accelerated the process of world civilization. It plays an immeasurable role in the development of civilized society.
However, the Civilization Brigade did not stop after completing the cleanup of the indigenous tribes around Hope City. Instead, they continued to aggressively expand outward to gain population. As a result, in less than three months, the population of the Ming Kingdom skyrocketed to more than 50,000 people. Of this, indigenous people account for almost 80 percent.
In response to this situation, the top of the republic also sensed the danger of invisibility. Let the Civilization Brigade change the expansion mode of flowering in all directions, all the way to the east, all the way to the south, along the sea, to carry out fixed-point expansion. And there is no need for the civilization brigade to acquire the population as fiercely, but as long as the indigenous tribes show submission, it will not change the local living conditions.
Anyway, take it first, and when the time comes, others will grab it, and Daming Kingdom will also have a reason to fight back. And most of Australia is also deserted, and it can't produce anything if it occupies it. Only the coastal zone, with flat terrain and sufficient precipitation, meets the conditions for human settlement.
By October 7, the operation of the Civilization Brigade was still continuing. In Hope City, it is peaceful. Due to the great replenishment of manpower, the speed of infrastructure construction in Hope City has also accelerated suddenly. Up to now, the urban area of Hope City has reached 79 square kilometers. Although in later generations of China, such an urban area can only be regarded as a large town.
But in the eyes of the self-made high-level of the Ming Kingdom, this is already a great achievement. After all, this is a city they built themselves, a city that they have watched grow up with their own eyes!
And in building the city, the staff of the Department of Infrastructure learned the lessons of later generations. At the outset, a series of complex urban issues such as the city's land area, drainage channels, and industrial layout were taken into account. Ensure that there will be no such 'urban diseases' as in later generations, such as flooding the city, smog locking the city, and car jams.
Although the Department of Infrastructure was newly independent from the Ministry of Industry, it had not been established for a long time, it was part of the Cabinet, and there were no highly qualified engineers in the house. But before they came here, they were ordinary workers in various infrastructure industries, and they had rich experience in infrastructure construction.
So a lot of professionals don't take into account, they take it into account. And plan in more detail and build better. Even the high-ranking officials of the Presidential Palace could not help but praise their city plan after looking at their city plans.
Anyway, in October, when the rainy season begins, the entire City of Hope is thriving and prosperous.