Chapter 619: Night (First Update)
"Goal! Dublin! ”
Although night had fallen, someone had written in Geddell on the road to Dublin outside the small town of Kildel, which had been the gateway to Dublin two days earlier with the capture of Kildel, and which also meant that most of Ireland - the whole of Southern Ireland had been completely liberated, and the war seemed to be moving in a more favourable direction for the Sino-Irish coalition. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Ireland is about to be liberated!
Almost everyone is convinced of this, and millions of Irish people in Ireland are waiting, waiting for the day of liberation.
All eyes are on Kildal, where there are now more than 50,000 Chinese-Iritarian troops preparing for a campaign against Dublin, which will become the capital of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ireland and change the course of the war!
There were three or five homing birds flying quietly in the curtain, and on this day, the twilight was gloomy, as if it were a sign of ominousness. I don't know where a military horn sounded, which immediately made people feel solemn and serious in the air. In this solemn atmosphere, the flowers scattered in the streets of Kildel seemed to remind people that just a few hours before there had been a cheerful party here—that at the entrance ceremony a few hours earlier, the Irish in the city had gone mad and sprinkled flower petals on the bodies of the Chinese and Irish officers and soldiers who had entered the city, and flowers had been inserted into the breast pockets of the soldiers, and many of the soldiers had their faces stamped with the lip prints of enthusiastic Irish girls.
On this night, I don't know how many soldiers will indulge in the enthusiasm of the Irish girl, the war will always give birth to some unexpected gains - for those soldiers from China, the enthusiasm of the Irish girl cannot be refused, in such a night, they will be lost in the girl's moaning, and then in the next few days, indulge in it, and finally run to the battlefield in the tears of the Irish girl, many of them will not only be dewy love, they will leave the girl their own troop number, Names and home addresses, and of course all the money on them, maybe in ten months, a child of mixed Chinese race will be born, who knows?
In this regard, the army has never stopped, after all, all this is acceptable, understandable, the soldiers on the expedition also need the love of men and women, and even, if the soldiers apply, they will also officiate for the wedding, of course, the wedding is a standard Confucian wedding, this is after the opening of the Hong with reference to the Catholic ceremony, with the permission of the Holy Teacher, the witness as the premise, plus Confucianism and traditional wedding etiquette, the marriage ceremony began to be held. Before that, there was no so-called standard marriage ceremony in China. In contrast to the West, where Catholic adult men and women must obtain God's permission to marry, traditional Chinese weddings are rude and casual. It is precisely because of this that when formulating the model of aristocratic etiquette, the corresponding standard marriage ceremony will be formulated, and now this standard marriage ceremony has gradually been accepted by the people, and of course there will be no exception in the army.
Just like now, in Kildel, there have been a number of Confucian weddings - unlike the dewy Westerners, the Chinese are more responsible, and the passion of the vast majority of Irish girls will be rewarded, and marriage is their reward.
In the twilight, an officer in a ceremonial uniform walked silently through several deserted streets. He even had a rose on his chest and a bit of wine red on his face, apparently, he had just attended a wedding, and as a staff officer of the Intelligence Service, he had presided over the wedding of a soldier in the evening, who was the guard of the Intelligence Department, and as the chief officer, he had the responsibility to congratulate and officiate at the wedding.
"If we fight for a few more years, maybe these tens of thousands of expeditionary troops will marry Irish daughters-in-law......"
Thinking that there are now more than 4,000 officers and soldiers who have married Irish wives, Cheng Guoen muttered in his heart, 4,000 people seem to be not much, but they account for one-fifth of the total strength of the expeditionary force, and it is not only limited to ordinary soldiers who are not easy to find a wife in China because there are more men and fewer women, and even many officers, and even a lieutenant colonel and regiment commander married an Irish girl.
In addition to the worship of the liberators, there are also economic reasons - the Irish are generally poor, and the soldiers have a high income, and they can leave Ireland with the officers and soldiers in the future, and the more important reason is that the Chinese people are tolerant of religious beliefs, and they will not be forced to convert to Confucianism because their wives believe in Catholicism, and in fact the two do not conflict.
"Hey, they're marrying easily, but what if they sneak in with a spy?"
Of course, although he didn't say it, it doesn't mean that he won't turn a blind eye, just like he will investigate some people's marriage partners, but because this "integration" is supported by His Majesty, it is often only required for ordinary soldiers to be registered, and only officers and soldiers in sensitive positions will be investigated.
Ten minutes later, after returning to the headquarters, Cheng Guoen, who had drunk a cup of tea, immediately devoted himself to his work after recovering some of his spirits; compared with other troops, the work of the intelligence department is extremely important; in the operation, intelligence is directly related to the victory of the war, and is the most fundamental basis for the commander to see through the fog of war.
Although the expeditionary force is now fighting in Ireland, it can obtain a staggering amount of information, which is collected by intelligence agencies, as well as provided by the Irish Brotherhood, and of course more information is provided by ordinary Irish people, who will always do everything possible to collect all kinds of information, and even pay a very heavy price for it, but patriotism drives them to be willing to pay for it.
The enthusiasm of the people is amazing, but for the intelligence services, the enthusiasm of the people can sometimes be unhelpful, just like now, more than a dozen analysts in the intelligence department have to distinguish from tens of thousands of various pieces of information, some of which are even contradictory, true and false information is affecting their judgment, but they dare not ignore any detail.
As the chief officer, Cheng Guoen's task is to select more useful information from the summary of his subordinates and report it to the commander.
"It's ......"
Suddenly, the intelligence in his hand was summarized, attracting Cheng Guoen's attention.
"On August 13, 300 tons of iron wire arrived at Dublin Port, and on the 14th, Dublin City Iron Works received a production order to produce a special-shaped barbed wire ...... On the 27th, barbed wire appeared on the British defense line outside Dublin......"
Looking at this information, he no longer had to look at the name of the person who reported it, he also knew who submitted this newspaper, it was Shi Dingyi, he was an analytical sergeant in the intelligence department, and unlike the rest of the intelligence department, he was a naturalized person - he was Japanese, and he was naturalized as a Chinese in his early years.
Naturalization as Chinese is the "privilege" of only Koreans, Japanese and Vietnamese, because as a vassal state, they have been deeply educated by Confucianism for more than a thousand years, so in the eyes of the imperial domain, they all belong to the category that can be "educated" and "close in blood", naturally not comparable to other "Fanbang barbarians". They were also the highest-ranking "feudal states" in the domain.
For the past five years, the Imperial Domain has been promoting education and promoting the Chinese language in the three countries by sending teachers to establish schools. Although the Imperial Ministry of Governors has never stated that it will turn the Three Kingdoms into Chinese provinces and incorporate them into China, the encouragement of them to naturalize as Chinese is supported by the Imperial Domain, if it were not for the fact that the colonial authorities, in order to ensure the interests of domestic immigrants, only agreed to give these naturalized naturalized people the status of "honorary Chinese" in the colonies, I am afraid that there will only be more naturalized people, but even so, in the past five years, because of the many benefits enjoyed by naturalization, the number of naturalized people in the three countries has been no less than four or five million, and the number is increasing every year. And Shi Dingyi was the first "naturalized person" to be naturalized.
But now, the colonial ministry seems to be ready to give naturalized people a higher status, which seems to mean the loosening of colonial policy regulations, Cheng Guoen doesn't care about this, he only cares about one thing, the ability of his subordinates, and what is Shi Dingyi best at?
It is a detailed analysis, and he is good at analyzing many details to make accurate intelligence judgments. Continuing to look at his report, Cheng Guoen saw that Shi Dingyi had gathered hundreds of seemingly unrelated pieces of information one by one, and in the end, he came to a conclusion.
"The British are ready to hold on to Dublin, and they will make up for their lack of strength by semi-fortifying the whole of Dublin, and at the same time, because Dublin is off the coast, they will also have support from the sea in battle, sir!"
Facing the chief's inquiry, Shi Dingyi said in fluent Chinese with a Shanghai accent that he was not only a naturalized person, but also moved to Shanghai as early as the first year of Kaihong, when there were no immigration restrictions in the empire, but now, there are many restrictions on naturalized Chinese entering the mainland.
"What is certain is that now the British commander is planning a very different battle than before, and he expects to stop our attack in Dublin!"
"Dublin ......"
Whispering the name of the place on his lips, Cheng Guoen glanced at his subordinates, and then spoke.
"This is clear to everyone, after all, there are now as many as 70,000 defenders there, and he will definitely hold out there......"
"Sir, I don't think it's a problem with the defenders, the real question is who will be the main force attacking Dublin!"
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