"Damn, let them run again!"

A British officer scolded loudly, raised his foot sharply, and kicked at the abandoned tent in front of him, but he suddenly felt something in the way.

From the grass, with a whoosh, a sharp bamboo stick was shot, which pierced the officer's stomach right on top of the officer's stomach, but it was less than half an inch, not deep. But he immediately felt that the wound was not painful, but a tingling sensation.

Poisonous!

The officer screamed in pain and fell to the ground, and the soldiers who followed him were also startled, and hurried over, dragging the officer, and were about to retreat. But in a panic, a soldier stepped on a grass, and suddenly an explosion sounded.

The right foot was blown off by this, and a piece of white bone was exposed. Immediately, the soldier let out a terrible scream, and the others were immediately frightened. Where is this to encircle and suppress the thugs, it is clear that they have fallen into the net, they hurriedly set up their wounded comrades, and immediately fled.

Just as he was fleeing, another British soldier stepped into the trap, and when the others came to take a look, their scalps were numb. The trap more than two meters deep is full of upside-down bamboo sticks, and these bamboo sticks have all been roasted with fire, which is similar to ordinary swords.

These British soldiers couldn't care about him anymore, so they could only run away, and just when these dozen people fled in a panic, they happened to come to a ditch. Two fishing boats came to a halt, carrying the wounded, and were about to be transported by boat, so four or five soldiers ran towards the fishing boats.

"Anyone?"

The British shouted loudly, but there was no response, and two British soldiers fired two shots at the fishing boat. The bullets passed through, and there was no one, and the British rushed over, trying to get the ship away. But suddenly, in the dense forest on the side, five or six loud noises sounded almost at the same time.

A dense piece of iron sand hit, and these British soldiers were covered at once, even the luckiest ones were hit by a dozen, and their bodies were beaten like a sieve, and they fell to the ground in pain. Blood stained the river red.

The remaining British hurriedly opened fire on this side, and were about to rush over, but on the other side of the creek, several sniper rifles were already aimed at them. Bang bang, a few sounds. Four or five more British soldiers were blown out in the head, and the remaining three British soldiers were already completely stupefied. They laid down their arms. Holding his hands high, he chose to be a captive.

At this time, the militia that ambushed them gradually all poured over, and it was Li Xun who was in charge of command. After such a long period of development, the resistance of the South Seas Liliang has become large-scale, and the soldiers sent over have matured rapidly, and they have learned how to fight in the rainforest.

Toxins are extracted from a variety of plants and animals. Then make all kinds of traps, only make simple bullet mines, camouflage sneak attacks, everything is handy. And their ranks are expanding rapidly. Especially more than two months ago, Xu Shuzheng came to Nanyang.

Since then, these resistance forces in Nanyang have had leaders, and the momentum of development is very rapid, and a large number of Chinese who can not bear the oppression have been involved. In addition to the Chinese, some local natives were also absorbed, and in short, all those who could deal with the British and Dutch colonial governments were used.

The militia who joined later was still seriously undertrained, and it was difficult to shoot accurately in the dense forest, so they were equipped with shotguns, a dozen large areas. They even set up their own base in the dense forest, setting up earthen workshops in them, specializing in the production of all kinds of earth-made weapons.

Don't underestimate these resistances, because the training and combat concepts they received were all far ahead of their time, the damage caused to the British was very great, in a few months, more than 200 British soldiers have been killed, and a large number of British plantations and mines have been attacked, causing tens of millions of economic losses.

Li Xun, these young people, who quickly became the backbone of these resistance teams, looked at the three British soldiers, waved his hand, and let people drag them in front of the recruits.

"One person, one knife, chop them all up for me!"

These young soldiers, who had just killed a few Britons with shotguns, were still in a state of excitement, but when they suddenly heard this order, they were a little overwhelmed.

Li Xun sneered: "Can't do it?" Relented? When did these brutes relent? Think of your relatives who have died unjustly, give you three minutes, and if they are still alive, you will get out! ”

Finally, just as Li Xun turned around, a terrible scream sounded, and the three British soldiers quickly turned into corpses, and then they were thrown into the river and became a delicious meal for fish and shrimp.

The chaos in the South Seas is getting worse and worse, first in Sarawak, and then spread to the whole of Borneo, and even Malaya is unstable, and in this situation, it can even burn to Burma and even India.

This is equivalent to the collapse of the British colonial order in the Far East, the British are simply anxious, in fact, they also guessed that the Chinese government may be behind the ghost, but there is no evidence, they can only increase the garrison and suppress it with all their might.

In addition, the two warships that the original Jihua sent to China, after arriving in Singapore, could no longer go and were used to stabilize the situation in the South Seas.

Britain used to be so majestic that the sun never sets, but at this time, it is in the afterglow of the sunset, there are beacons everywhere, there are holes everywhere, and they are no longer able to maintain a huge empire, let alone engage in a large-scale war with China.

The British also had to sit down with China and honestly negotiate a new agreement, the British revoked the concessions of Tianjin, Hankow, Jiujiang, Zhenjiang, Xiamen and other places, and only retained the public concession of Shanghai. In addition, the right to garrison troops under the Treaty of Xincho was renounced.

Waiver of consular jurisdiction, renunciation of Gengzi indemnity, establishment of a special loan clearance committee, sorting out all kinds of loans between China and Britain, and re-determining the amount of repayment in line with the principle of non-repayment of bad debts.

On the issue of tariffs, the UK returned all customs to China, but in order to ensure a smooth transition, China would need to hire British staff for three years......

A total of several articles were signed, basically abolishing all the privileges that Britain had seized since the Opium War, except for the Shanghai Public Concession and the Hong Kong issue.

After all, Shanghai is still the most dynamic area in China's economy, and the development and utilization of foreign capital is still inseparable, but the form of the concession must be changed, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun to negotiate.

One of Zuihou's problems is Hong Kong, which both sides have tacitly agreed not to talk about, Zhang Tinglan's hand can't reach the south, and he still has to save some face for the British Empire, otherwise they won't be so easy to comply.

The negotiations continued until May, when the agreement was finalized on June 28, 23. Through this agreement, China basically abolished the privileges of Britain, and in order to recover a large number of concessions, tariffs had been imposed, and the country's territorial and economic sovereignty were effectively safeguarded.

After the announcement was announced, the whole country rejoiced, swept away the influence of the rebellion, and the new government led by Fengjun was also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and peace was gradually restored to the north and south, and the country also entered a new round of development.

However, in order to thoroughly consolidate this achievement, there is still an important task, that is, the reform of the military system. To change Fengjun into a national defense force, Zhang Tinglan entrusted this crucial work to Jiang Fangzhen.

Among Zhang Tinglan's main assistants, Jiang Baili and Wang Yongjiang are very similar, both of them have no regional prejudices, and they are fair and reasonable, which is convincing.

"Vice President, this is the reorganization I just drafted."

Zhang Tinglan looked at it, and then nodded: "Brother Baili, you have this Jihua recruiting troops from different places, I don't know how you are going to operate?" ”

"Vice President, in the officialdom, Premier Tang and Mr. Min Yuan both proposed to be officials in different places, according to my thoughts, the army should be the same, if the generals and soldiers are in the same area, it is easy to form a small group, which is very unfavorable to the management of the troops, so it should be completely broken. I am going to have a major change of blood among the troops inside and outside the Guan, so that we can really dilute the local color and turn the Feng Army into a national defense force. ”

Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "I agree with this measure, but the three eastern provinces have been developed for many years, whether it is the quality of officers or the quality of soldiers, they have opened a grade with Guannei, if this is arranged, are you not afraid of breaking the strong alliance and affecting the combat effectiveness?" ”

"I have also thought about this problem, we are far from being at peace in the world, so in this army reorganization, the first 13 divisions basically retain the Fengjun system, only a small number of soldiers and officers are introduced into the Guannai, and the other 19 divisions are to implement this requirement."

Zhang Tinglan nodded happily when he heard this: "That's it, but these thirteen divisions can't always be like this, the change must be done in small steps, and strive to disrupt all the troops in three to five years, although some generals are still more assured, but with a troop for too long, it is not good after all!" ”

"Rest assured, Vice President, I have arranged a new conscription system, and the next step will be to balance the parties. In addition, in this reorganization, I divided the troops into four grades, the first of which was the first 13 divisions, which were the main force of the field troops, stationed in the northeast, northwest, and far east to guard against Russia and Japan. The second level is the garrison division, which, in principle, is one in each province in the areas under our control, North China, East China and Central China. The third grade is the backbone division, which is mainly aimed at those troops left over from the direct lineage, extracting the essence from them, and using them as strategic reserves according to small formations. The fourth level is the rapid reaction division, the number is not too many, the equipment must be capable, their main mission is to target the southwest and Liangguang, as a sharp sword against these small warlords. (To be continued......)