During this time, Yang Meng has always listened to good news as bad news, and bad news as good news.

And the results of the five major commercial ports, the more brilliant, the more unfavorable it is for Yang Meng, although he looks forward to the continuous expansion of the scale of the war, but the scale of this expansion must always have a certain limit.

Britain is not without soldiers in the Far East, there are 60,000 or 70,000 horses and nearly 100 warships in India, in case the British government pulls out its brains and sends these people to Hong Kong Island, how to fight this battle is also quite difficult for Yang Meng.

The new army is a new army after all, and if you want to defeat the British veterans one to one, Yang Meng basically doesn't dare to think so, two to one or even three to one, if you can encircle and annihilate the British army, it will also be a considerable result for Yang Meng.

The British army of 80,000 or 90,000 needs at least 24,000 or 50,000 new troops to confront it, and combat troops and support troops are all necessary.

After all, Yang Meng is fighting on his own, and he is relying on the Beijing division of the Qing Dynasty behind him, once the Beijing division is captured by the British army, this is a big stain on Yang Meng, so it is possible to destroy his previous plan.

Looking forward to the expansion of the scale of the war, but also afraid of too large-scale war, ambivalent psychology, is also very tormenting, in Yang Meng's expectations, 50,000 people, is already the limit of England.

Large-scale combat was also the first time for the new army, 200,000 horses, and Yang Meng decided to enter the war with 150,000 people. After this battle. The new army will be a success or a failure. Only then can it be truly tested, and with the experience of this battle, the new army can be regarded as a real army.

Most of the previous training was made by Yang Meng himself, and how effective it is on the battlefield still needs to be tested in actual combat, and the success method of later generations is not necessarily easy to use now. This is the experience of many examples to Yang Meng.

"Third master, reinforcements from Hong Kong Island are here."

"So fast? It's only been less than a month, and eighty percent of them are legions from India, right? How many people are there? ”

Qin Ziqi's answer made the big stone in Yang Meng's heart fall a little, it would be good if it wasn't the native army of England, it was good to transfer troops from India, without the base of soldiers in India, the British were all local soldiers.

Today's Indians don't dare to join the English legion at will. Otherwise, the liquidation of the revival group would be extremely cruel. Like Yang Meng's policy towards traitors, the Fuxing Group also used the means of destroying the door.

India's three major forces still occupy more than ninety percent of India's land, and the fall of the port city has not dealt much blow to the three major forces at all, as long as they occupy the grain-producing areas, these three major forces can fight with Britain for a long time, and Britain wants to transfer troops from India, and the number of people is extremely limited.

"Thirty medium-sized warships, more than 20,000 army forces."

Qin Ziqi's men and horses can accurately grasp the intelligence of the warship, but the detailed number of troops is not easy to grasp, after all, this also involves British military secrets, and it is not easy to obtain them lightly.

"Commander, let Taichen come here."

After listening to Qin Ziqi's intelligence, Yang Meng groaned roughly, and one conspiracy after another began to take root again around the reinforcements of Yingli.

35,000 men and horses are no more, no less, an army of this size is surrounded or annihilated, which is enough for England to launch a larger-scale war, and 35,000 British troops are enough to hone the combat power of the new army, no matter how much or less, it will be unfavorable to the training of the new army.

"Third master, there are ten French warships, three or four thousand French troops, and four Milican warships, and now Hong Kong Island has gathered 90 large and small warships, more than a dozen small gunboats, and nearly 40,000 men and horses, and the countries are still united."

Most of the 90 warships equipped with 60 or 84 guns were 60 or 84 guns, and 60 guns were 5,400 guns, which was enough to threaten the safety of Guangzhou.

Although Yang Meng said that he had arranged three lines of defense in Guangzhou, he had to deal with 90 warships at a time, and these three lines of defense may not be able to catch them, and the Guangzhou wharf, which has the most artillery, has only more than 1,500 coastal defense artillery, field artillery, and mortar artillery together, although these artillery pieces are enough to block the Pearl River waterway, but the battleships are not dead things, they can return fire, and after the intensive artillery fire is poured, how much combat power the artillery array at the Guangzhou wharf still has, it is not yet known!

Qin Ziqi said this, he intended to let Yang Meng leave Guangzhou, it is too dangerous here now, only ninety warships, may not be enough, but with 40,000 British and French troops, the result is unpredictable.

"Sure enough...... If it is not my race, its heart will be different! Damn it! Damn it!! Damn !! It's time to kill them! ”

He is so threatening, and Millican has such a large amount of trading with him, but unfortunately they still betrayed him, maybe this is the inevitable result of the weakness of the country, right? Yang Meng was very angry about Millican's betrayal, as a collaborator, although Yang Meng had never cooperated with Millican's government personnel, Renlei and Colt could fully represent Millican's government!

Although he is not out of good intentions to help Millican develop the military industry, but the huge Millican military industry, Yang Meng is the undoubted founder, today's Pan American Business Alliance, occupies a considerable share in the Millican business community, the rise of the Millicon company over the years, most of them are the handiwork of this business alliance, if you talk about commercial strength, Yang Meng, the largest shareholder of the Pan American Business Alliance, is undoubtedly the largest capitalist of Millican, such a betrayal, it is difficult to accept!

"Third master, I'm asking you to leave Guangzhou."

"There is no doom in Guangzhou, they want to fight Guangzhou, Lao Tzu let them annihilate their whole army, their target is not Guangzhou, they want to fight Jinkou."

"I have to guard against it!"

"Don't talk about this, let's talk about the equipment of the British army! Mostly rifles. ”

Attacking Guangzhou is a chicken rib for Erjin, and if he really wants to fight, his losses are immeasurable, and compared with the five heavily guarded commercial ports, Jinkou is undoubtedly the best target and the most effective target.

"The British army has Enfield rifles, we have a couple of samples here, and I have brought them."

"Bring it up and I'll take a look."

Enfield. A well-known English firearms family. The casualties of this battle are not small!

"Third master. I heard that the British reinforcements are coming, and there are a lot of men and warships, is it time for you to go back to Yunnan Province. ”

"Bastard! Even if Lao Tzu dies, he can't run! ”

Ding Taichen's half-joking persuasion, but he failed to get Yang Meng's acceptance, now is a critical time, Yang Meng doesn't want to learn the four-color stick and run away.

"I knew that it was this, and you called me. Any commands? ”

"Hmmm! Recently, 300,000 guns and ammunition were sold to India, and it doesn't matter if you don't have any money, just advance 200 miles along southern Tibet and assign it to us, and the specific boundaries will be convenient for defense.

Let the people of the Renaissance Group do this, and when we start here, they can also attack the harbor city. ”

The transfer of troops to reinforce Hong Kong Island means that the number of British troops in India is smaller, and if Yang Meng supports a batch of arms, India's combat strength will also explode in a short period of time. The best result, of course, is a lose-lose situation. As for India, it has little to do with Yang Meng now.

"Got it, it's easy to do! Just let the camels know before they adjust their defenses! ”

The matter in India, Yang Meng solved it in a few words, and after seeing the Enfield that Qin Ziqi brought up, Yang Meng's brows also furrowed.

"Mini Bullet?"

"Exactly!"

"I'll look at the barrel,! Taichen, inform Yunnan that the new army entering Beijing this time will all be equipped with paper shell Dressey, this battle is not easy to fight! ”

Mini bullet, spiral rifling, in addition to being a frontload, this Enfield can definitely catch up with modern rifles, how lethal is this thing, Yang Meng looked at the bullet and looked at the rifling, and it was clear.

The use of a new rifle takes many years of verification, and Enfield's gun is the condensation of the English war experience, Yang Meng can say that the English Enfield rifle is definitely the pinnacle of breech guns.

The design of a firearm, there are also a lot of exquisite, the reason why Yang Meng improved Hall and Dresser, is to save this step, Dresser is also a condensation of the essence of war experience, but his design is not suitable for a few places, after a simple transformation, Yang Meng believes that his Dresser will also be one of the classics in the history of rifle in the world.

"Third Master, is this necessary?"

Changing clothes means spending money, Ding Taichen looked at Enfield on the table, and it was not much different from the previous starting gun!

"This Enfield team is by no means inferior to our modified Dresser in terms of range and power, but this shooting speed is not satisfactory.

It's a good thing to change clothes, so that we can have an income! Burma, Annan, and India all need firearms, and we can exchange them for some benefits and benefits by using our stocks. ”

Ding Taichen's worries, Yang Meng understood, but with the retired rifles of various countries, the new army will suffer a big loss in the war, Enfield's power should not be underestimated, even if the loading speed is slow, I am afraid that this time will leave a deep impression on the soldiers of the new army.

"This matter will be done immediately, third master, there are so many firearms, I'm afraid that the number of paper shells and bullets is not enough!"

Equipping a new gun means adjusting logistics, the third master speaks simply, the old gun is exchanged for money, how to calculate the cost of sorting out logistics?

"It should be too late to build a factory now, near Jinkou, find a ready-made boundary, and get on the machine.

As for Yiliang and Huang E, they stepped up the production of paper shells, 200,000 people, and prepared the first batch of ammunition according to the quantity of 1,000 rounds per person.

The ammunition of the artillery is prepared according to the base of 5,000, here at the Guangzhou shipyard, in two months, 50,000 anchor mines! ”

Hearing this, Ding Taichen could only smile bitterly, 200,000 paper shell bombs, dozens of ships can't be transported! 5,000 shells for one artillery, plus 50,000 anchor mines, a huge logistics expenditure of several million! With so many arms, it is enough to level the capital.

"Third Master, isn't this a bit much? Five hundred shells for one cannon are enough!

That anchor thunder of 50,000, isn't it a bit much? It's useless! ”

In a war, get so many supplies, not to mention the price of the materials, even if it is transshipment, I am afraid that it will also require thousands of ships!

"The first battle of Gyeonggi is only a small war, and defending Gyeonggi is the purpose of the new army, and I don't know what the situation in Jiangnan will be in the future! There is no harm in stockpiling more arms in the north, and this time, an additional 100,000 guns will be added to expand the army and replenish the battle losses.

As for those anchor mines, they are also your livelihood, after the Jinkou side is fired, you have to transport these anchor mines to the area of Denglai, where there are many small islands, so that the sea route between Denglai and Liaodong is the shortest.

After the war over there, poke the time on time, and use the 50,000 anchor mines to block the Bohai Bay, which is nothing more than our ships are inferior to the Bohai Bay.

The main sea routes are arranged in pieces, and the specific minelaying map must be clearly marked! Otherwise, this trouble will still be ours in the future! ”

This is the benefit of being rich and accumulating momentum for several years, guns and military resources in Yunnan can be said to have everything, and the machine and equipment can only be described in countless words, large and small steam engines, in addition to the ones in use, imported, self-made, and the inventory is probably hundreds of thousands of units, these are the foundation of the rise in the future, before there is no new power, a large number of munitions, a large number of steam engines, is the guarantee of the rise.

England uses the mainland as a base to reinforce, and Yang Meng uses several years of reserves as reinforcements, who wins and who loses, or that sentence, I don't know until after fighting. (To be continued......)