Chapter 067: The Spaniards Are Coming!
The recruitment process went smoothly and not so well. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
said that it was smooth because the soldiers didn't have to worry at all, and there were many people, more than 10,000 people.
It is said that it is not smooth because there are too many people who want to be soldiers, and it is a lot of work to pick out the 1,000 in the early stage from so many young people.
"Are you sure you're only twenty-two?" Sun Tiezhu, who was in charge of the first gatekeeping procedure, smiled bitterly and asked a middle-aged man in his forties.
The middle-aged man wiped his wrinkled face vigorously, and said with a smile: "Brother Bing, I am really twenty years old!" ”
Sun Tiezhu waved his hand and eliminated this middle-aged man who was the same age as his father.
A little boy who was only eleven or twelve years old at most stood in front of Sun Tiezhu.
Sun Tiezhu didn't even bother to ask, and just let the boy go and play.
Hong Zhi wrote an age limit on the recruitment notice, the minimum is seventeen years old, and the oldest is twenty-two, but these people who are too old or too young also want to try their luck, which brings additional workload to the recruitment work.
In the end, the 1,000 people selected were all sturdy, well-proportioned, and even handsome in appearance.
For this thousand people, a second round of elimination is still needed, and the second round of elimination is even more stringent.
Don't be strong but inflexible, don't have a dark physical disease, don't have a weak head, don't have a rough or weak personality...... In short, all those who stayed were promising young people.
The following group of people are busy working, and Zhuo Shijie is not idle in the Governor's Palace, he is thinking about when to take the Spanish stronghold in the north of Taiwan Island.
On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly!
Since you have come to Taiwan, you must hold the entire island in the palm of your hand.
Although Spain does not have many people on the island, it has several bases in the northern region, and he is considering how to send troops.
Will only surface ships be dispatched, or will only ground forces be dispatched, or will both land and water forces be dispatched at the same time?
And if the ground forces are used, it will be necessary to travel long distances, and at this time, the question of whether to build several personnel carriers is involved.
In the past, it was only possible to fight on the sea, without the need for infantry fighting vehicles and personnel carriers, and it was inevitable that they would march long distances on land later, and it would certainly not work without high-speed personnel carriers.
If a personnel carrier is to be built, what kind of personnel carrier should be built?
Ordinary large trucks are definitely not good, although a car can carry dozens of soldiers, but if someone is ambushed in the middle of the road and a shot is hit, there will definitely be heavy casualties.
Therefore, this personnel carrier must have a minimum of defensive firepower, as well as good cross-country ability, and must also have defense against attacks of ordinary intensity.
In Zhuo Shijie's impression, there seems to be no one of the troop carriers during World War II that meets these requirements.
But fortunately, after the battle of Geranza City, the intimacy between Zhuo Shijie and Anne has increased by 2 points again, reaching more than 7 points, and I don't know if we can produce more advanced weapons.
Zhuo Shijie called Anne and asked her about building a personnel carrier.
Anne regretfully told Zhuo Shijie that although the intimacy has increased by two points, this is still only a quantitative change, not a qualitative change, and she can only produce World War II-level weapons at present.
Zhuo Shijie was a little disappointed.
"Commander, we can modify the truck, add two machine guns, add defensive armor, increase horsepower, add tracks, or add more wheels, and that's pretty much enough."
But Zhuo Shijie felt that the off-road ability of this kind of car was not good, and it was changed back and forth, and the appearance after forming must be very strange and uncomfortable.
"Then Commander, we can build some light and small armored vehicles, each vehicle only carries 6 to 8 people, fully enclosed, can be tracked or wheeled, with a machine gun installed on it, this kind of car is highly mobile and has good cross-country ability, what do you think?"
Zhuo Shijie asked, "So do you have a prototype?" ”
Anne swiped her hand in front of her, and a colorful light curtain immediately appeared between the two of them, and in the light curtain was an ancient armored car.
"This is the M3 half-track personnel carrier, which can carry 13 soldiers, and is a troop transport vehicle equipped by several Western countries during World War II and the Cold War. We can make it smaller, we can build a smaller version of it. ”
Zhuo Shijie took a closer look for a while and found that the car really met the various requirements he wanted, and the appearance was acceptable.
"Well, this is good, fully enclosed, armed, able to cross the road, and it won't be a big problem to take one or two shots, then, that's it! You take the time to build a few of them, and you may need them later. ”
Now that this model has been finalized, the next two have a more in-depth discussion on the details.
"This horsepower and fuel consumption must be balanced, neither too slow, nor just 180 kilometers and then run out of fuel......"
"The internal comfort can not be considered, but there must be a certain amount of space for weapons and food, our current team is still relatively small, and we cannot build a logistics transport vehicle for the time being, this type of personnel carrier must also bear part of the transportation task......"
The two were discussing, and Zhuo Shijie suddenly saw Anne in a daze as if she had died, frowned and asked, "Anne, what's wrong with you?" ”
Only then did Anne come to her senses and said, "Commander, it seems that Black Wind Island is in trouble. ”
Zhuo Shijie was stunned: "Black Wind Island? What's the trouble? ”
The Dutch have already settled, and there are several pirate gangs nearby, and there don't seem to be any enemies, so who will be looking for trouble?
"Jiang artillery sent a message that several large warships had appeared on the western sea."
"Western...... Westward? ”
Zhuo Shijie only thought about it for a few seconds, and immediately understood.
"In the west, who else but the Spaniards?"
Zhuo Shijie smiled, needless to say, this must be a Spaniard from the direction of Luzon.
He was about to attack the Spaniards on Taiwan Island, but he didn't expect that before he could make a move, the Spaniards attacked him first.
"Tell Jiang Cannon to keep an eye on the movements of the enemy ships, and we will be there soon!"
Although Taiwan Island is not close to Black Wind Island, the speed of the Cherry is very fast, and it will not take long to rush back, and the Spanish warships are as slow as snails, and when his Cherry arrives, it may not be within the range of the Black Wind Island Battery.
Zhuo Shijie immediately went out and issued a battle order.
As soon as they heard that there was another battle to be fought, the gang became excited.
"These Spaniards haven't been beaten yet! I really don't know whether to live or die! ”
"This time we must hurt them, let them flee back to their hometown with their tails between their legs, just like the Dutch!"
The captains of several squads all asked for orders.
"Sun Tiezhu requests to lead the first team to go to Black Wind Island with the ship!"
"I, Kuroko, also request to lead the second team to go with the ship!"
"You two stand aside! This time it's time for my Wu Tianming's third squad! ”
In the end, Zhuo Shijie ordered Wu Tianming's third team to go to Black Wind Island with the ship.
Wu Tianming excitedly led his third squad aboard the Cherry, accompanied by Anne and Andre, and the others stayed behind in the city of Geranza.
Due to the hurry, the Slower Exocet and Asuka also stayed at Fort Geranza this time.
The Cherry was at full speed and headed for Blackwind Island.