Chapter 828 West Coast Expansion Plan (3)

Li Heng felt very embarrassed, and after a hurried march down the way, the Governor, who was in good health, was already out of breath. The door of the head was densely covered with beads of sweat, and the rain fell like raindrops. The collar of the shirt was already soaked, and it was still a plate in his hair, otherwise his hair would be drooping into bangs one by one.

Before they could catch their breath, they began to move again, and the march in the darkness was like walking on the ground, and there seemed to be no obstacle to sight. One by one, they stepped on the sandbag mat and jumped forward. You know, this is fully armed, even if you don't have a shotgun and ammunition, it's a proper weight of more than 20 kilograms.

Dai Zhiyuan is no better, his clothes are already wet with sweat, and he can't ride a horse even if he doesn't count it, these guys want the two chiefs to look good. The two glanced at each other in the dark, and knew what the other was thinking by tacit understanding. In fact, there is nothing to think about, the two words "convincing" are worthy of being the elite of the elite of the Ming Army.

If they were marching on the road, the Marines could do it at this distance, and even better. But to be able to do this in such conditions of a field march would be a little scary.

"Two chiefs, ten minutes at most, you can all pass." Tanaka Jie is also cool, and he is a little ashamed. I used to think that the night march would not allow the torches to come, and I thought that people were too dark. This will come over with a flashlight, look at the embarrassment of the two chiefs, and the sarcasm on the lips will be retracted. In fact, he admired these two commanders quite a bit, and the rapid march just now was at least five kilometers. It was really unexpected that these two commanders could keep up and not be pulled too far down. That's the intensity of the march. It is estimated that few of the generals in the army can keep up.

Li Heng and Dai Zhiyuan didn't mean to be angry, but they secretly rejoiced in their hearts, the quality and scale of this army, many things can be solved. Now it's up to them to solve the problem of firepower in the last moment.

Nodding, Li Heng waved his hand and smiled: "It's still early." No hurry, let's take a breath. When he said this, Tanaka Jie was not worried at all. Luckily, I didn't catch up with the commander with a small belly, and the three-year service period is much better.

"There's still some time, let's talk here." Dai Zhiyuan smiled and handed over a cigarette. The rest of the matter is not too much of a problem. Li Heng stretched out his hand to the back. The communications soldier handed over the map and spread it out on the ground, shining a flashlight, and Tanaka Jie and Chief of Staff Gu Li, who had a poor sense of presence with a pair of glasses, consciously squatted down and stared at the map. Li Heng pointed to a certain point on the map and said: "Here, between the Spanish colony and our colony, one of our warships has surveyed this area and found that this is very suitable for building a colony. There were also quite a few Indians in the vicinity. Judging by the combat effectiveness of the natives near the colony, it is too extravagant for you to have so many troops in one place. Transfer a battalion over. Carve out a niche here. ”

Tanaka looked down and saw that the name of Los Angeles was marked on the map, and he didn't understand the origin of the name, and he didn't bother about it. Nodding his head, he said: "Soldiers regard obedience as their duty, and the commander orders are carried out." ”

Dai Zhiyuan heard the unhappiness in his tone, and explained: "This place is next to the Spanish colony, and I don't plan to do a lot here for the time being." The main task is to occupy the place first, although the Spaniards are not high in force, the Ming Dynasty can't be the enemy of the whole world, right? The Governor and I pondered that the gold mine had been discovered in the Golden Mountain, and that there would be a wave of immigration in the next five years, so there would be a time when the gold would be mined, right? Who knows how many people will stay and buy homes? Jinshan is a small place, and Los Angeles does not have this problem. Also, across the bay, there is a large area of land over there. Still that meaning, send a small force to occupy it first. ”

Tanaka Jie knows the urine nature of the Ming people very well, once the gold rush is triggered, the population that comes is not a carefully selected pioneer team, the good and the bad are mixed, nine times out of ten are the miserable masters in the Ming Dynasty, either farmers who can't survive, or criminals and adventurers and other characters. Just look at Nanyang, as long as you can live well, who wants to immigrate. When I get to North America, I look up and see my God, so much land is not cultivated, as long as you can clear the wasteland, it will be yours. At that time, those immigrants may not be willing to go back if they are forced with bayonets. The feelings of the Chinese people for the land, I can't say that.

Tanaka Jie understood that the thoughts in the hearts of these two big men were very clear, one was to develop to the south, and the other was to develop to the east. The main force is the 1st Regiment of the North American Army, which is changed from the Mountain Brigade, and its mission is to occupy territory. Let's not talk about whether the development is not developed first, anyway, the local area has to be occupied first. I guess these two have already included the Spaniards, and maybe they are still worried about the population of other people. After all, the east is the mainland, and the transportation problem is difficult to solve, so occupy a place across the bay, build a port or something, and explore along the water source little by little. It's different to the south, along the coastline, you can build a colony by leap, and the outpost is Los Angeles.

"In this case, the navy will have to cooperate a lot." Tanaka Jie made a small request and gave a step, which can be regarded as allowing these two to regain some face. Dai Zhiyuan immediately said: "Of course, the Indians also give a group of young men and women." ”

After a short exchange, the little mustard in my heart was eliminated, and I am not a narrow-minded person, and the days of fighting together in North America are still long. The two sides quickly reached a tacit understanding, after all, it was a militarized colony, and even if it was not a big deal, even if it could not be accessed. It's just that for the sake of future work efficiency, everyone is trying to adapt to each other.

At dawn, Li Heng and Dai Zhiyuan were blinded again, and the three infantry battalions were all in place. At six o'clock, in the bright morning, when the air was good and intoxicating, the firepower was ready to begin. The strange screams of the mortars are so distinctive, like a terrible ghost asking for his life.

A dense shot of Dong used Nima's live ammunition. Tanaka Jie also had the intention to show off, so he spared no expense and came with five live ammunition per gun. This almost caused him to have a heart attack. After the artillery fire was prepared, the lurking assault team jumped up, and the straggler formation at a distance of 300 meters advanced forward rapidly, and no one could be seen standing and shooting during the whole process. After finding a suitable hiding point, shoot the virtual opponent on the high ground with a rifle.

This acting has no practical reference value, it is nothing more than to let these two generals see that even if there is no road, the infantry regiment can achieve a fairly good level. For half an hour, the red flag was planted on the high ground, and there was no grudge against the navy and army, and any dissatisfaction was blown away by the wind.

The day passed quickly, and early the next morning the infantry regiment received an order to send a battalion, one man and two horses, to trouble the Indians. The nest of the Cheyenne people was discovered, and according to the interrogation, it was learned that the Cheyenne people were a very large tribe, and the specific population was unknown, anyway, after an internal split, it was divided into many small tribes, and some of them came west. It was a tribe in the south that attacked the town of Anhe, a distance of about forty kilometers, that is, a day's journey.

A battalion had just been sent out here to trouble the Cheyenne, and there was another alarm on the sea, and the wolf smoke was billowing from the fort at the entrance of the bay, and the whole colony was lively. A cadre of officers followed the two generals and boarded the battery to observe the sea, and found two ships coming, which meant that the Spanish ships had come from the south.

"Get the fleet ready, see what they want to do and decide what to do." Li Heng made a decision very decisively, and the rest of the people went back separately and prepared for battle.

Wolves were also spotted by ships on the sea, and Gomez on deck looked a little excited. That's right, this cargo is the Portuguese traitor in Port-Sangra-Santij, who took hundreds of scum scum under his command and ran to Brazil on five boats to find a place to run a business. In that part of Brazil, they also fought the Dutch a few times, and as a result, they were beaten badly, and they lost 30% of their men. In the first half of the year, by coincidence, I got a message from a captain that he had encountered a warship of the Ming Empire in the sea near Mexico.

This news made Gomez very entangled, this product did not go to North America at the beginning, and wanted to establish a place in South America to stand on its own, and occupy the mountain as the king and so on. I didn't think it was good to start, but after being beaten by the Dutch and losing my territory, I began to face the reality.

Because he never returned to Angloport, the main reason was that he didn't want to be under the command of Carnon, so he didn't know that Zhang Guangde, Hu Hansan, was back. Portugal is not as strong as before, playing fiercely in Brazil and the Netherlands, and is still on the defensive. Gomez wondered if he would come to the fleet of the Ming Empire again to see if he could hug his thighs again.

So, I decided to take a risk, take all my belongings and people, go around in a big circle, and then turn around and head north, along the coastline all the way north to find it. Of course, he didn't tell his subordinates the truth, but told everyone to come to the West Coast to do some unprofitable business. The journey was quite smooth, but it was a bit fatal when crossing the windless belt. He also made two deals, asking two people on the Spanish boat to do a multiple-choice question and ask them whether they wanted to eat pandao noodles or wonton noodles.

After San Diego, the pirates on the ship felt that something was wrong, but Gomez was too promiscitive, and no one dared to be the first bird, and the goods continued to instill the apocryphal news that the west coast of North America was full of gold and the like.

These two ships were also lucky, they escaped the patrol of the Ming fleet in the vast sea, and they approached the Jinshan colony. (To be continued......)