In fact, this small building with a total of 22 rooms is also the office location of all government units in the Los Angeles colony at this stage, including the Military Bureau, the Industrial Bureau, the Commerce Bureau, the Propaganda Bureau and other units. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Of course, the leaders of these bureau-level units are basically members of the decision-making committee.

"Do you still need to think about this kind of thing, just take revenge directly on the Tongwa. Fortunately, there were no fatalities this time, but there were still more than a dozen comrades who were seriously or lightly injured, and if the safety of our surrounding area was not guaranteed, how could we still live here? Liu Tian first expressed his views at the meeting of the Decisive Committee, and he always believed that it was necessary to clean up the local Indian forces, and there was no need to reason with them. Now the Tunwa had attacked the prospecting convoy, giving him the best excuse to exterminate the hostile Indians.

Liu Fangwu, the commander of the hunting horses, said at this time: "We have also encountered the Tongwa people during this time, but most of them have avoided it from afar, and they also have enough knowledge of our forces, and this time they suddenly launched an attack on us, I think this thing is very abnormal." ”

Liu Tian said: "What's wrong with this? A lot of times, you can't measure the Indians against something like sanity, maybe they think they can deal with us. ”

Paiknam, who also attended the meeting again, said: "I think that our large-scale activities in Los Angeles have made the Tunwa people feel the pressure and crisis, and they may think that they have reached the point where they will die if they don't resist and respond." ”

Zhao Daling put down the big teacup in his hand and said, "Actually, it was like this." ”

"In any case, the presence of the Tunwa people has indeed created problems for our development in the Los Angeles area, and the blood of our comrades cannot be shed in vain, so I decided to send hunting cavalry and a part of the infantry to clean up the Tunwa tribe in the Los Angeles area." Zhao Daling cleared his throat and said.

Xue Yue immediately asked: "I have no objection to exterminating these natives, but if I really fought and defeated them, what should I do with their tribe?" Kill and burn all like the Japanese? What about the young and middle-aged people who came captive, and what about the old and weak women and children? ”

Xue Yue's question really made everyone feel more tricky, and Deng Xiyi spoke first with a cold face: "Prisoners of war have always been forced labor, and we can use our methods to force these Tongwa people to slowly abandon their traditions and even war hatred, and transform them into our own residents of the colony." As for women, well, you all know what the ratio of men and women is in the colonization, and I won't say much about it. Children can be cared for by us, thoroughly de-Indianized, and become the next generation that will grow up under our influence. ”

In fact, there were originally one or two hundred children in the colony, and there were no minors in the fleets of the modern and Ming dynasties, and there were some children in the families of the Republic of China who were coerced or took the initiative to flee to Taiwan, but the number was not large. But after all, this is a matter of the next generation, and the committee has been discussing the establishment of schools to nurture these children.

Xue Yue was a little mocking: "This kind of behavior is not like what you do when you are full of benevolence, morality and idealism." ”

Bai Nan said: "We have always been pragmatic, maybe for these Indians we are invaders, but this is the law of the world's survival, we are for our survival, people who talk about morality can only become the object of slaughter by others in the end." ”

Zhao Daling also said: "In our place, there is no difference between parties, regions and beliefs, everyone has common interests, and there is no need to deliberately divide them." ”

Xue Yue snorted a few times, and did not continue to argue with Bai Nan and Zhao Daling, in his opinion, Bai Nan was just a young boy, and arguing with him would lose his identity. Moreover, he doesn't really want to obstruct the use of troops against the Tongwa people, this "Republic of China God of War" who has the status of a commissioner, but actually has no real power, is just taking any possible opportunity to vent his grievances.

Unlike Xue Yue, Liu Fangwu's personality is not so strong, and he does not have many scheming, he is a sincere and down-to-earth person, which is why he can serve as a hunting commander.

Liu Fangwu's thinking had already entered the stage of marching and fighting, and he said: "If the cavalry is full of troops, it is enough to level any tribe of the Tongwa people, and the task of stepping on the camp is also suitable for our cavalry." I ask the Commander to organize sufficient logistical forces to support our Hunting Operations. At the same time, I found that in the previous rescue operations, Chumash's riders also played a significant role. I suggest that this time we contact some ethnic groups that do not have a good relationship with the Tunwa and gather a coalition of Indians to crusade against the Tunwa. ”

Bai Nan also agreed with this idea, and said, "This is a good way, we can take some innocuous things and give them to Chumash and other tribes, so that they can send men and horses to act with us." Aren't there still many bows and arrows made in the Ming Dynasty in the warehouse of Commissar Zheng's fleet? We don't need it, we can give our friendly Indians and let them do their best for us. ”

Commissioner Liang Zhenhai, who was in charge of industrial work, frowned, "I'm afraid that we have given benefits to other Indian tribes on the front foot, and they will come back to deal with us." ”

Deng Xiyi said: "Seeing the strength of our colony, coupled with the strength of our troops, if you lend them more than a dozen guts, you will not dare to take the initiative to be our enemy. ”

Zhao Daling made a decision and said: "That's it, Major General Liu is the commander-in-chief of this campaign, and the hunting cavalry is the main mobile attack force, I will transfer two infantry companies and logistics troops to support the hunting cavalry. Even if we don't make it, it will be easy for us to destroy the Tongwa people with our own strength. ”

Zhao Daling was actually like a mirror in his heart, and it was definitely useless to count on some Indians to fight with cold weapons such as bows and arrows. But if such an Indian coalition can really be organized, it will actually accomplish the effect of a similar alliance. The Los Angeles colony will enjoy great prestige in the region, influencing all the surrounding Indian tribes, and will also be of great significance for the future naturalization of Indians.

After Bai Nan received Zhao Daling's order, he found Su Muli and roughly explained the matter to him. Although Su Muri does not yet fully understand Chinese, the two sides can communicate with each other more or less. In the matter of forming the Indian Alliance, Bai Nan enjoyed relatively large autonomy, and even Zhao Daling thought that it didn't matter if it was messed up.

The advantage of Bainan for the Indian coalition was to provide the Indians with some daily necessities, such as textiles, tools, and of course, most importantly, weapons. Every Indian warrior who joins the Indian coalition army can get a waist knife and a pair of bows and arrows made in the Ming Dynasty. As for things like armor, don't think about it, the colony doesn't want to make trouble for itself. The cold weapons carried by the Ming Dynasty have basically lost their use in the colonies, and most of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have either gone to move bricks or go fishing, and the few who continue to serve, most of them are unarmed sailors, or have begun to learn to use weapons such as the M1903 like Tarahchi. But among the Indians, iron weapons that are sharp enough are invaluable, and high-quality bows and arrows are treasures they can hardly imagine.

Naturally, Bai Nan would not give weapons to the Indians so easily, and the conditions for his recruitment were also very strict, they must be adults over 16 years old, with strong physique, excellent endurance, and certain combat skills. Many Indian tribes had horses, but there were not many of them, such as the Sumuri tribe, which had only a dozen horses.

Bai Nan required that all the participants in the coalition must be riders, which also ensured that the Indian coalition army had the same excellent mobility as the hunters, and could better cooperate with the battle.

Moreover, the Chumash people are a merchant people, and there are often Chumash people who go to various different nationalities and tribes to do business, which also makes them have a certain relationship and credibility.

Several of the more powerful tribes around, including the Serrano and Cahuilla, could not withstand the temptation of materialism, especially the young warriors who wanted to obtain better weapons, and several tribes that did not deal with each other were even more afraid that if the other party had good weapons, they would not have them, and they would suffer later. I have also heard that the newly emerged "Chinese tribes" are very powerful, and if they are rejected this time, it may be themselves who will be hit by the Tongwa people in the future.

Whatever the reason, Bai Nan and Sumuri roughly pulled out a force of more than 160 Indian cavalry within a week. These Indians came from more than 20 tribes, large and small, and did not even understand each other's language, let alone discipline. Because such a makeshift army could not be particularly well organized, Bai Nan agreed with all the Indian cavalry that when the trumpet of the charge sounded, it would be an attack, and when an unusually large red flag was raised, everyone would gather under the flag.

In addition, Bai Nan appointed Su Muri as the captain of this Indian mercenary cavalry unit, and Su Muri was also able to command so many people to fight for the first time, and he hung the charge number that Bai Nan gave him on his waist, which was very precious.

A week was enough time for the hunters to prepare, and it was not very difficult to mobilize troops or even prepare logistics, and the time spent was mainly spent on reconnoitering several surrounding Tongwa tribes and Liu Fangwu formulating battle plans.