Chapter 150: Desolate Oregon
The brigade of Indian soldiers marched in a row, walking through the wilderness with a weary and tired pace, led by a dozen local Indians. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Wang Qiming looked at the uninhabited scenery around him as he walked, and his troops had been in the Oregon region for three days after receiving an edict from the emperor of the Han Empire!
In addition to the small Spaniard villages at the beginning, what Wang Qiming saw the most was the endless jungle and wilderness!
If it weren't for the mild climate here, which didn't seem dry and hot, his army would have collapsed from the long march on foot......
Wang Qiming now understands why the main forces of the Kingdom of Spain are all concentrated on the Eureka line, this so-called Oregon region, but the Kingdom of Spain planted a few flags to declare sovereignty, and the Kingdom of Spain did not immigrate here at all!
Most of the people who live here are actually Indian tribesmen!
Wang Qiming also figured out why there were so many 'soldiers' in the previous main Spanish army, because the Kingdom of Spain had pulled all the pioneers in the entire Oregon region......
Including the citizens of Eureka City!
Women and children act as logistics, men act as soldiers, and the Kingdom of Spain has a real national soldier in the small population of Oregon at the time of the great war in Europe!
However, it turns out that the armed forces temporarily pulled up by civilians, even with fortifications and sufficient logistical support, are so vulnerable in the face of the real elite!
Of course, this is also due to the fact that the civilians did not go to war voluntarily, and the Kingdom of Spain may have enough shoddy weapons to arm them, but there is no way to arouse the passion of these civilians to go to war!
This is the reason why the number of prisoners captured by Wang Qiming and Paprov in the battle of Eureka is far higher than the number of kills!
Wang Qiming, who entered the hinterland of Oregon, learned through the accounts of the Indians that Spain had not established any decent cities in this vast area, and at most there were a few strongholds in the coastal areas for buying beaver furs, so to speak, it was not yet time to be developed......
Therefore, after Wang Qiming entered Oregon, his mission was no longer to command the battle, but to promote the slogan of the Han Empire - the Americas are unique to the Americans!
And, with profit and force, coerce those Indians to join him!
The current Han Empire has long lived up to the period when it had just been founded, and its style of acting has naturally become extra domineering, and it was discussed at that time, if the Indian tribe is strong, Zhao Dutian will also generously give the noble name, now......
Cannons and flintlock pistols are lined up to force up, whether you surrender or resist give a clear word!
I have to say that there are still Indian chiefs with their brains in the water, and along the way, the Spaniards have not killed a few soldiers under Wang Qiming's command, and the heads of the indigenous Indians have been harvested by almost thousands......
This is still in the case of Wang Qiming's people claiming that they are all 'his own people', and the skin color is indeed very similar, otherwise, the people killed by Wang Qiming will definitely be doubled!
Since it was decided to occupy and develop the Oregon region, Wang Qiming naturally could not come with the army alone, accompanied by hundreds of systematic Han people who were responsible for management and statistics, the Oregon region is not rich in minerals, the climate and natural wildlife resources are very rich, a large number of fields can be developed, and the production of grain and meat is absolutely fine!
Well, fur raw materials shouldn't be a problem either!
Therefore, the Indians who have taken refuge in this place are undoubtedly very happy, because most of them do not have to be miners!
Of course, for those Indian tribes whose brains are in water and have to try the power of the guns of the American Field Army, then I'm sorry, the Han Empire has time to slowly transport these people to the vast expanse of Louisiana to serve as mine slaves and pioneers!
Louisiana is much bigger than Oregon!
"No wonder the French have never wanted this land, and the population of the Europeans is not large, even if they want to open up the wasteland, I am afraid there is not so much population." Wang Qiming joked.
"I heard that there are still wars going on in Europe, since the colonial era, there have been wars in Europe every now and then, how can there be a surplus population to expand the colonies." Wang Qiming's adjutant echoed.
In this light-hearted way, the army of the Han Empire occupied the Oregon region little by little, and incorporated the Indian tribes!
In fact, the Oregon region really has little effect on the Kingdom of Spain, it is just a fur collection place, and the reason why Philip V does not want the Han Empire to expand is probably just to prevent Zhao Dutian from becoming big......
From Philip V's decisive transfer of the few regular troops in the Oregon region, it can be seen that Philip V never thought of defending the Oregon region at all, and those Spaniards who were temporarily pulled into the Ronald could not consume much military and financial resources of the Spanish Kingdom, and the cost of blocking the Han Empire was really not high!
Perhaps, the British Empire has long been aware of this situation, and also knows that the value of the Oregon region is not great, so it will generously let Zhao Dutian annex it!
Sometimes, a big territory doesn't necessarily mean a good thing!
Especially for the nascent empire with a small population!
Moreover, the border between the Han Empire and the French colonies will become wider, and the role of this North American thug deliberately drawn by the British Empire will undoubtedly become greater in the future!
Zhao Dutian of New Luoyang naturally received the news of the desolation and lack of resistance in the Oregon region not long after, and after receiving the news, Zhao Dutian issued a new order!
Now that the land part of the Battle of Oregon is out of suspense, it's time for those naval gunboats of the Kingdom of Spain to disappear!
On the naval port of San Francisco, the battleship of more than 1,000 tons, which had just completed naval training, was named Jinshan (a vulgar name...... With several Tier 4 frigates, they are heading in the direction of Eureka!
The Jinshan has a three-tier gun deck, equipped with more than 100 naval guns of various calibers, with a total of 825 seamen and soldiers on it, and the bottom deck is more than 63 meters long!
In this era, it is a well-deserved giant of the sea!
After the Jinshan was completed and joined the naval sequence, the second first-class sail battleship had begun to lay keels, and the rich forest resources in North America undoubtedly gave the Han Empire, which had technology, the confidence to catch up with the great powers!