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After four days of arduous trekking, Long Yufei finally saw the tall walls of Flying Fish City again, which made him very excited. After this battle, he finally found that he was not a person who could endure hardships after all, and wanted to show that he would share the weal and woe with the soldiers, but his small body could not hold it at all.

The way back to Flying Fish City from Mount Manga Bang was relatively smooth. During this time, some natives tried to escape. However, these natives are tied together by dozens of people, which greatly restricts the movement of the natives. All the natives who escaped were captured and then beheaded in front of the other natives, which effectively deterred the other natives. When they return to Flying Fish City, they are shackled and sent to mine or farm work. Once these natives are separated, it is even more impossible to make trouble or run away.

When Long Yufei and the others walked out of the forest, someone from the Flying Fish Company immediately rushed back to report the news. Therefore, when Long Yufei and the others arrived at the city of Flying Fish City, the city was already surrounded by people from the Flying Fish Company. Almost all the Chinese gathered out of the city to welcome the victorious Flying Fish Army. In particular, the aboriginal captives tied up in a long line caused people to exclaim. Almost all of these Chinese who joined the Flying Fish Company had been bullied by the natives. Now, these captured indigenous captives are densely packed and can't see the edge at all, which makes these Chinese people once again see the strength of the Flying Fish Company and become more loyal to the Flying Fish Company!

"Yufei, you're back!" Luo Sangu said to Long Yufei with a concerned face. After Zhilu Dao was sure that Long Yufei was indeed not injured, her hanging heart was put down again. Long Yufei led the army to the expedition this time, and it took a total of ten days or so, which made her worry a lot.

"Ha Lu Ha! Yuhua, I don't have anything to do, nothing at all! You can rest assured! Long Yufei said with a smile. He's been under the protection of the guards, and if that's okay, he's really deserving it!

"Congratulations on the return of the Domination!" Minister of Political Affairs Li Decheng also led a group of dignitaries to welcome Long Yufei's return.

"It's all the soldiers' lives! We finally lived up to expectations and won! Long Yufei said with a smile. This time, he was completely a spectator, and the reason why the Flying Fish Army was able to achieve victory was inseparable from their hard training and advanced weapons.

"Commander, why is it that only one soldier from the infantry battalion has returned, and what about the others?" Zhao Yi, Minister of Logistics, asked.

"The other three infantry battalions are continuing to exterminate the indigenous people of northern Mindanao in the forest, and it is estimated that it will be some time before they return! To tell you the good news, we have discovered a gold mine in Mang Abang Mountain, and the reserves seem to be quite small. At that time, we still need to send people to explore, and strive to start mining as soon as possible! Long Yufei said.

"Found a gold mine? That's a great thing! Liu Mingde, who was in charge of finance, immediately came to his senses. At this stage, the Flying Fish Company has almost no income and has been spending money, which makes him very anxious. If a gold mine can be discovered, then this problem can be solved very well.

"I left an infantry company to garrison there, and two thousand native slaves to dig the mines! By the way, when we exterminated the Manga Bang tribe, we found thousands of kilograms of dog's head gold in their lair, and the fineness was not bad, and if it was smelted, it would be able to smelt at least 200 kilograms of gold! Long Yufei said.

Another piece of good news, which made the senior management of Flying Fish very happy. Everyone has joined the Flying Fish Company and is already in the same boat. Only when the Flying Fish company is stronger and stronger, they will get better and better!

"These young natives, plus children, there are almost 30,000 people! How to arrange it specifically, let the government affairs department and the logistics department look at the arrangement! Well, that's all for today, a few days of marching, but I'm tired enough! Long Yufei said.

"Ha Luha, okay. The commander will go back to rest first, and we will take care of the rest! However, tonight's celebratory banquet must be attended by the Commander! Li Decheng said with a smile.

"It's good, I'll be on time when the time comes!" Long Yufei did not postpone. Now that the Flying Fish company is developing rapidly, it is precisely the need for victory after victory to promote everyone's unity, which is very useful for uniting all the Chinese together. If the overseas Chinese cannot form a whole, they will not be able to fight against the local aborigines and Western colonizers! Lanfang Company, which is now rapidly declining, is a lesson from the past!

After handing over other matters to the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Logistics Department, Long Yufei and Luo Yuhua returned to their homes. I haven't seen him for ten days, which makes Long Yufei miss it very much. As soon as I closed the door, I couldn't help but start to get up.

"Don't make a fuss, it's daylight!" Luo Yuhua was unwilling to be harassed by Long Yufei, and begged bitterly.

"Who says that you can't do the rites of husband and wife in broad daylight?" Long Yufei ignored it and directly hugged Luo Yuhu to bed.

In the evening, the Flying Fish City held a grand dinner to celebrate the great victory of the Flying Fish Army. All the Chinese participated in this banquet, and everyone's faces were beaming, as if it was the New Year! The Flying Fish Army's big victory this time inspired their confidence, and also made them know that the Flying Fish Army is strong, and their safety is guaranteed!

At the dinner, Long Yufei announced to everyone. The annihilation of the Mang'abang tribe was only the first step in the victory of the Exoces. Later, the Exoces will continue to make progress to exterminate the indigenous people of Mindanao and make them atone for the sins they have committed for the past two hundred years! Mindanao will become a paradise for the Chinese!

If before this, the Chinese would have doubts about Long Yufei's words, then at this moment, they have unconditionally believed in Long Yufei. The nearly 30,000 indigenous slaves brought back by the Exocet Army today gave them a great shock, which also showed the strength of the Exocet Army.

The Exocet's extermination of the Mangapong tribe caused a sensation throughout Mindanao, especially among the indigenous tribes. Among all the indigenous tribes, the Mang'abong tribe was among the top five tribes in terms of strength, and as a result, it was easily wiped out by the Flying Fish Army, which made the other tribes feel a personal crisis. Moreover, the troops of the Flying Fish Army are still continuing to wipe out the indigenous tribes, which makes these natives know that the Flying Fish Army will not stop there. Some powerful natives have begun to think of ways to curb the development of the Flying Fish Army and keep their tribes!

The Chinese in Mindanao didn't believe it at first, but when the news was confirmed, they boiled. Some villages even rushed to Flying Fish City immediately, hoping to get the protection of Flying Fish City. At first, they were worried that the Flying Fish Company would be as powerful as other Chinese people at the beginning, and it would be short-lived. But now it seems that the Flying Fish Company is strong enough to compete with those natives! If they join Flying Fish, they will be able to live a stable life!

More and more Chinese people are pouring into Flying Fish City, which makes the population of Flying Fish City further increase. However, Long Yufei handed over these affairs to the Ministry of Government Affairs, and the recruitment of new recruits was handled by the Flying Fish Army Headquarters. And he himself focused on military research and development. In the last battle against the Mang'abong tribe, the Exocet performed very well, and the Thunderbolt mortar was even more effective. However, Long Yu Fei said that so far, the Flying Fish Army still lacks a real artillery that can not only be used on warships, but also be able to suppress the artillery of Western powers!

Previously, due to the influence of steel quality, the military research and development of the Exocet Army was greatly restricted. But as steel mills continue to improve their manufacturing processes and new alloy formulations are successfully tested, these constraints are no longer there. When the steel mill produced the right cannon steel, Long Yufei could finally develop the cannon according to his own requirements!

Unlike the current mainstream breech guns, Long Yufei developed breech guns. Compared with breech guns, breech guns have a simpler firing process, and at the same time, they are more powerful and have a greater range, which is more suitable for the Flying Fish Army, which has weak industrial strength. The navy of the Western powers has as many as one hundred and forty guns on a first-class battleship, and the Exocet cannot be compared with it at all, so they can only find a way from other places.

Long Yufei spent almost all of his time in the arsenal in the next two months, and after repeated tests, he finally built the first artillery, a field gun with a caliber of 75 mm!

On April 6, 1836, the Exocet's arsenal secretly tested the field gun on the beach. For the sake of secrecy, very few people participated in this test, except for the people from the arsenal, only the high-ranking officers of the Flying Fish Army participated.

This field gun designed by Long Yufei has a caliber of 75 mm, a barrel length of 20 times the caliber, a gun weighing 800 kg, a shell weighing 5 kg, a firing range of 4,500 meters, and a rear-loading method, with a rate of fire of one shot per minute. In the beginning, the barrel length was 14 times the caliber, but in this case, the firing range was only more than 2,000 meters and less than 3,000 meters. In order to increase the firing range, Long Yufei adopted the method of extending the barrel, although the weight of the cannon was increased, but it was able to increase the firing range to four thousand five hundred meters, which was completely worth it!

"Commander, you're ready!" The artillerymen who participated in the test asked Long Yufei for instructions.

"Let's get started!" Long Yufei nodded.

Several gunners skillfully pulled the bolt, stuffed the shell into the chamber, loaded the propellant, and closed the bolt.

"Boom!" I saw a burst of fire shining at the muzzle, and the shells had already flown out at high speed!