On the bridge of the Happy, which is located in the town of Daping, which is located after the Jingtai River turns into the main channel, Malfis is desperately yelling at the unfortunate crew, several crew members are changing the ship's name at the stern, and the ropeman is replacing the British flag with the American flag that is going on to the end of the Civil War!

Muffys was very satisfied with his arrangement, but the dozen or so mysterious guests who took the boat temporarily did not seem to be simple, and the core of this group seemed to be a veiled woman? But the temptation of a hundred thousand francs made Maffei feel suffocated.

It was almost a lot of money that he couldn't make by running a ship for a few years, and compared to the small profit he could only make in the transportation of opium, the risk he took was not at all proportional to the benefit he obtained, and with 100,000 francs, Muffis didn't care.

Malfis knew very well that this territory was now owned by the Chinese Empire, and the defeat of the French also caused his business to suffer a blow to the surname, Malfits had heard that smoking tobacco chips and those kinds of longevity cream were not allowed in the Chinese Empire, and the vigorous ban on smoking in the Chinese Empire made Malfes's pocket deflated again and again.

Anyway, for Muffys, this trip is a life-saving job with his head, and it is nothing to carry a dozen more people to India, but Muffis had heard before that once the warships and patrol boats of the Chinese Empire captured the ships smuggling opium, they directly fired artillery to sink them, and wiped out all evidence. The anti-drug campaign will lose the axiom and justice that it has shouted for, and it will become the murder of small drug dealers by big drug dealers!

Looking at the changed American flag, Muffys checked the name of the ship that had just been re-eradicated, and then breathed a long sigh of relief, Muffys relied on this trick every time to pass safely for months.

Kashgar in the cabin. Duras stood next to Prince Ashina, and introduced him to the jewels and curios he had collected, provided that he gave them all to His Royal Highness, and Prince Athena promised to let him, who was familiar with the East, escort him. Duras got rid of his men, he seemed to see Paris beckoning to him, and with the amulet of Prince Athena, he could be said to have no taboos.

Shitu is now for Kashgar. Major General Duras is nothing anymore! Only when people have experienced the real edge of life and death will they realize that money and positions are nothing, everything is a floating and empty fog, like floating clouds, which can be seen but not touched!

After leaving Lin Haijiang, Jia Wuji and Ma Jiang divided the search and interception area and immediately launched a search operation, because time is the most precious thing for them now, and whether they can intercept the French Prince Ahena on the vast sea is absolutely vital to the strategic purpose of this operation.

And Xu Wenshu's First Marine Brigade began to move in the direction of Tushan, because Xu Wenshu received a piece of information that surprised him very much, that is, the French actually held such a Jedi as Tushan with almost all their troops?

Tushan in Xu Wenshu's telescope is actually a land island, which is often seen along the coast of China, because of the ignorance of the people of Annam, it is called the deep mountain and the fairy mountain, and the local officials in Annam are highly respected in order to cater to the Ruan family, so they are also highly respected as a certain person from heaven, after all, those in power like to whitewash the peace, in order to show their own merits and enlightenment, etc.

In fact, in Xu Wenshu's view, it is just a land island, and people who often live by the sea know that when the tide is low, the island-connected roads on the mainland are exposed to the sea, and when the tide is high, it is submerged by the sea, which is an ordinary natural phenomenon.

But what Xu Wenshu is very puzzling is the thinking of the French? They have lost their sea supremacy, and they have moved all their main forces to this small island that can be covered by a few hundred shells? What exactly do the French want to do? The fleet is blocking the sea, and it is closing their road to land, so is it really catching a turtle in an urn?

Soon, the scouts brought back the villagers of the nearby fishing village, with the help of the local interpreter who worked for the tiger, a few times to set out the information that there are dozens of caves in Tushan all over the mountain, Xu Wenshu can be said to be very satisfied with the intelligence agencies to attract and cultivate and after a short period of training, with the south of the annihilation can be described as invincible, whether it is to take the small road raid, or to avoid traps and roadblocks, this group of people played an unimaginable role, Xu Wenshu for the first time for this rich in the south of the nation has a good impression.

Return to El in Tushan? Colonel Raffarin did not see Kashgar. Major General Duras and his lieutenant colonel adjutant, only a few majors and captains with extremely depressed expressions gathered in front of the fire at the mouth of the cave, the sultry weather made the cave like a light rain, almost all the guns and ammunition were damp, and what was even more uncomfortable was the wet air, the clothes were always not dry, it was hot to death, and the sea breeze blew and cold at night, and the joints of the whole body seemed to fall apart, and it hurt when they moved, and no one knew why they wanted to concentrate all the main forces on the island.

Major Durath glanced listlessly at El? Colonel Raffarin, twitch your ass, El? Raffarin didn't say a word after sitting down, but lit the cigar brought from Lin Haijiang in the surprised eyes of everyone, took a few puffs and passed it to Major Mafhimes. Raffarin muttered, "Can anyone explain to me what the hell is going on?" This damn island is a Jedi at all, and the Marine Brigade of the Chinese Empire is only an hour away from the nearest stronghold here, Kashgar. Where is Major General Duras? ”

Major Durat looked at his beard in a small mirror, looked at his listless colleague and said, "I'm afraid we were sacrificed as bait. Major General Duras just disappeared with his lieutenant and a couple of large boxes, and his last order was for us all to concentrate on the island and that's it! ”

El? Raffarin was shocked and rebuked: "There are at least a thousand navy and more than 4,000 army troops here, for the sake of damned honor or to create a chance for those shameless people to escape?" We all have families, we can't sacrifice in vain, it's pointless. ”

Major Durath looked at El in surprise? Raffarin was speechless, because in the first place, El? Raffarin was arrested and imprisoned in Kashgar. Major General Duras once said that it was the meaning of the big man from France, and now Kashgar. Major General Duras and the Janissary Light Cavalry and his mysterious big man all disappeared, and at this moment Tu Shan's highest rank was El? Colonel Raffarin!

Perhaps an oversight? Maybe the previous crime of abandoning the troops was simply a shameless frame-up? El? Colonel Raffarin has not been deprived of his military rank? The eyes of several major Durath suddenly came out eagerly, and now there is finally a leader who can be responsible, whether the steward surrenders or escapes, someone is responsible, at least he doesn't have to go to court-martialed for this afterwards!

El? Raffarin took a few puffs of cigar in a row, and then said solemnly: "Don't care about those things that are not boundary, I am your commander, I can't allow you to sacrifice in vain like this, I am responsible for you and your family, I order you to disarm and surrender!" ”

"It's an order! Am I? Colonel Raffarin's order! "El? Raffarin seemed to feel that his words did not carry enough weight, so he added.

The French soldiers and officers gathered around looked at each other blankly, and one soldier said worriedly: "Then if we return to China, His Majesty the Emperor will hang us!" ”

El? Raffarin paused and said disdainfully: "Kashgar. His Excellency Duras abandoned us for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, Prince Archina, we have been completely abandoned by those nobles who are equivalent to the Arc de Triomphe in Indochina, they only need Prince Ashina's safety, and at the right time to recover Indochina, the Indochina Peninsula of the Chinese Empire by means of rectification, we have no reinforcements at all, we have been abandoned by France! ”

El? Raffarin's words were like an earthquake, and many people immediately beat their chests and couldn't cry, the reason why they were struggling to persist was because they believed that the empire would not forget them, but the cruel reality was that they were forgotten and abandoned by the real aristocracy.

Dulatt said weakly: "The ammunition is damp and cannot be used, the only thing that can be used is the bayonet, if we persist in it, we will be wiped out, and if we escape back to China, the sea medicine will affect our families, and we will go to the gallows!" But if we surrender, will we be put to death immediately? It is said that those barbarians of the Chinese Empire were very cruel, and they even ate human flesh to exercise their courage? ”

El? Raffarin smiled helplessly and said, "That's Kashgar. Duras is deceiving us, let's cling to attracting each other's attention to buy them more time, the Chinese Empire is not a bunch of barbarians, they drink coffee, smoke cigars, talk about women like us, their Imperial Fortress has a very large number of Europeans where to serve, they get more than ten times the salary of Europe, and the Imperial Fortress is even as prosperous as Paris! ”

Oh, my God! O my God! Oh my! In a burst of exclamations, the rifle in the hand of the French soldier fell to the ground, and a second lieutenant asked excitedly: "I am a technician at the Dovip shipyard, do they need an engineer like me?" Or I don't care if the salary is lower. ”

El? Raffarin smiled slightly: "What they lack most is talents like you, as long as you serve them with your heart, they are very generous!" ”

El? Raffarin casually threw the gold coin that Lin Haijiang had thrown at him to the second lieutenant he didn't know, and the second lieutenant was stunned as he held the gold coin.

El? Raffarin saw that the atmosphere was almost the same, and then said: "Major Dulat, you are now bringing people to celebrate weapons and supplies, and the troops are ready to surrender!" ”

"Yes! My Colonel Sir! "Major Dulatt gave a very formal military salute very pleasantly, and it can be said that hardly anyone was against surrender, and they did not want to die in this far-flung land spurned by God.

El? Rafa's surrender made Xu Wenshu a little depressed, he was already ready to attack, and he wiped out thousands of French troops to add a long-awaited medal to himself, but the French surrendered? What's going on? In Xu Wenshu's opinion, capturing thousands of French troops is far less solid than destroying thousands of French military heroes. Rafa's attitude was really not enthusiastic.

However, Xu Wenshu soon discovered the advantages of the French, that is, they regarded the surrender of the emperor as the greatest humiliation very plainly, without the slightest frustration and uneasiness, and even used various Xiaodong ornaments on their bodies to try to exchange souvenirs with the marines who guarded them, and they did not have the consciousness that they should have as a prisoner?

When El? After Rafah successfully organized the French army to surrender en masse, El? Rafa proposed to Lin Haijiang the idea that many technicians in the French army would serve in the Chinese Empire. Rafa's idea Lin Haijiang was taken aback, these French were not ready to exchange prisoners after the war and return to Europe? Rather, they intended to stay and seek a technical position where they could use their expertise, and some of them intended to renounce their French nationality and apply for imperial Chinese citizenship.

Lin Haijiang Jean El? Rafah went back and counted the number of French prisoners who were willing to stay in the service of the Chinese Empire and their specialty, after which they would be reviewed by the intelligence department, and those who passed the examination would be able to work in their essential professional positions and enjoy normal salaries and benefits.

Lin Haijiang knew very well that for Europe, which was not in a sluggish economic situation, and for France, where employment was difficult, the salaries given by the Imperial Fortress to technicians from Europe were indeed very high, so high that even those Prussians who were proud of their homeland dragged their families from Europe to the East to look for employment opportunities, and the Imperial Fortress and Hainan became the places where foreigners' services were most concentrated.

Except for some foreign experts and engineers of the General Administration of Scientific Research, which basically involve the core secret projects in the military field, the rest such as shipyards, smelters, precision machining industries, etc., all accept foreigners' employment services, and if they pass the inspection, they agree in principle to join the nationality of the Chinese Empire, and obtain the same guarantees and rights as the citizens of the empire, but for the time being, these naturalized foreign engineers and technicians are not required to serve in the military.

For the high salary to attract European technicians and engineers to serve in the empire, Lin Haijiang is really helpless, China's own scientific research and technical personnel have industrial engineers and technicians There is a large fault, and this fault can not be made up in a short time, recruiting foreign engineers and technicians is a simple and effective, in a short period of time can quickly produce results, and after their own technicians grow up, this situation can appear to be reversed.

China's foundation is too weak, 98% of the population is illiterate and semi-literate, such a basic quality of the people if not focused on training, not to mention the industrial age of engineers and technicians, even industrial workers can not be trained, and handicraft workshop R & D manufacturing production can not meet Lin Haijiang's needs, this has become an indisputable fact.

After Jia Wuji demarcated the search area, Ma Jiang began to command the 011, 012, and 013 ships on the Zhiyuan to intercept and inspect all suspicious ships passing by in the designated sea area.

But Ma Jiang knew very well in his heart how unlikely it was to intercept a suspicious ship in the vast sea, but it was better than no hope at all, Ma Jiang stood in the bridge and looked at a sailing merchant ship named Yuanwang in the distance, with an American flag flying on board.

"Honk the horn to let them drop anchor and stop the ship for inspection!" After Ma Jiang gave the order, he sat back in the captain's command position slightly tired.

Malfeuis looked at the warship in the distance that frequently whistled in the distance and notified him to stop the ship for inspection in standard flags, took a deep breath, and then immediately sent someone to inform Kashgar. Duras and the others disguised themselves as cooks and sailors, mixed in the crew, Malfeis otherwise knew the rules of the sea, and had also seen the speed of the Chinese Empire's ironclad ships and the power of the cannons, so when he escaped, he didn't even think about it, and the only way to get through the customs was to get through the customs, because Malfez had the impression that the Chinese Empire had close business contacts with the states of the Southern Union of the United States, and the inspection of ships registered in the United States was generally not particularly strict.

Soon, the marines who boarded the ship in a dinghy checked the whole ship and found nothing wrong, but the lieutenant Fang Ming, who boarded the ship, kept flipping through his record book, there was indeed an American merchant ship named Yuanwang on it, but in Fang Ming's memory, the Yuanwang was not so big? Moreover, the Yuanwang was not armed, but Fang Ming also knew that in nautical freight, it was common to change ships without changing names, and the ship was getting bigger and bigger to prove that its merchants had business talent.

Muffis kept smiling at the inspection of the Marines with a cigar in his mouth, and even took the initiative to send someone to lead the way and open the warehouse, so the speed of the inventory was particularly fast!

Fang Ming inadvertently inquired about the destination of the Malfis cargo ship, and Malfis said helplessly that he had something at home and needed to return to China!

Fang Ming, who didn't find anything suspicious, quickly returned to the battleship, and when he boarded the ship, he suddenly found that although the Yuanwang was very old, the name of the ship at the stern was unusually new? This is a very unusual phenomenon, because no ship owner will repaint the name of the ship alone, and generally choose to do it together when the whole hull is embalmed, and the ship is flying the flag before the American Civil War? And at this moment in the Great War of the North, the southern states and the northern states have already used new flags to distinguish them.

Fang Ming immediately asked the subordinates who inspected the cargo ship, what kind of cargo was the other party transporting? Several Marines inspecting the cargo hold told him it was all some fruit!

Fang Ming immediately reported the situation to Captain Ma Jiang, and Ma Jiang looked at the name of the C ship of the Yuanwang with a telescope?

(To be continued)