For the Haihan militia who had seen a big scene on the battlefield in Annan, the battle in Lijiazhuang was actually relatively easy, after all, the opponent was just a rabble, whether it was weaponry, command system or training level, it was far from being comparable with the Haihan militia, and the entire combat process was almost a crushing ...... For more up-to-date chapters, visit wèn:.

However, for the Li Jiamin Regiment who stepped on the battlefield for the first time, the bloodshed of facing the war for the first time made many people feel uncomfortable. In particular, this round of intensive artillery shotgun 'shooting' knocked down the bandits who rushed into battle in a row, and the scene made many people tremble, and there was even no shortage of guys who were incontinent at this time.

From the time when the 'chest' wall was torn down and the fire was fired, to the rout of the bandits' side and they began to flee, the whole battle actually lasted very short. None of the bandits rushed within fifty meters of the defensive line, and they basically fell beyond this distance. And the number of corpses of the bandits who died on the battlefield this time far exceeded the sum of the two results of the previous day.

"Do you want our people to go out and chase for a while?" Chen Yixin asked a little unwillingly as he watched his opponent collapse and flee so quickly.

Tom put down the binoculars in his hand, shook his head, and said, "There's no need, these people will probably never return to this place...... Inform the people of Lijiazhuang to prepare to clean up the battlefield. ”

The people of Lijiazhuang have seen so many dead people for the first time in their lives, and in today's battle alone, the bandits have left nearly 500 corpses outside Lijiazhuang, and there are no less than this number of wounded people lying everywhere in the field. In the past, it was only rumored how powerful the Haihan people were, but after this battle, the local people obviously have a more intuitive and clear understanding of such rumors.

At this time, the weather was getting hotter, and in order to prevent the emergence of the epidemic in the corpses, Xiao Liang had already made a request to the Li family before the war, asking them to clean up the battlefield and dispose of the enemy's corpses. After the battle, the people appeared outside the village with several flatbed carts, carried the corpses on the ground one by one, and then transported them to the corpse pit dug east of the village for burial.

"As you've just seen, a shotgun with a large killing area is an excellent choice to deal with this kind of large-scale charge. However, this tactic also has certain limitations, that is, the "firing" range of the shotgun is relatively short, and the target must be placed close in order to carry out effective killing. At this time, it is necessary to consider the frequency of 'shooting' in advance, so as to prevent the opponent from seizing the gap of 'shooting' and launching a close-range charge...... "Wang Tom seized the time to explain the tactics to the cadets of the military academy while the iron was hot.

A student raised his hand and asked, "Then why don't you try to increase the range of the 'shooting'?"

Tom Wang explained: "To increase the range of the shot, we need to increase the amount of 'shot' and 'medicine', so that the barrel may not be able to withstand the explosive force when the 'fire' is fired, and if the barrel is thickened for this purpose, it is equivalent to redesigning a new gun...... Zheng Ting, what's your problem?"

Zheng Ting asked: "I have never seen this kind of shell before, may I ask the captain, will this kind of shell be sold in the future?"

Tom Wang shook his head and smiled: "I don't know this, the agency that decides on the export of weapons now is 'Haihan Ordnance', not our military." If you Annan are interested in this new type of artillery shell, then you can go to the relevant units and ask about it when you return to Victory Port. ”

The military-industrial complex of "Haihan Ordnance" was officially established at the time of the annual meeting, and it has been more than a month ago. However, due to the fact that this organization involves too many aspects, most of the time after its establishment it has been straightening out its internal relations, and it has not been in a hurry to conduct business externally. Therefore, although theoretically he has taken over the research and development, production and external sales of military products, in fact, there are not many people outside the group who are aware of this change, so Zheng Ting still subconsciously asks Wang Tom for news.

The work of cleaning up the battlefield continued until the afternoon when the sky was getting dark. According to the results of the count, in this two-day Lijiazhuang defensive battle, 673 rogues were killed and 322 people were captured, although the results were not as good as the battlefield of Annan, but it was quite good, at least Li Jifeng's family was very satisfied with this, thinking that this result was worthy of the blood they hired to hire the Haihan militia to 'spend'.

However, the vast majority of these prisoners were wounded, and the existing medical conditions were unlikely to treat so many people, even according to optimistic estimates, at least about half of these captives would eventually die from their injuries, so the actual hard labor obtained in this battle was not much, far lower than the pre-war estimates. Of course, this result was also caused by the limited number of troops invested by the Haihan militia and the inability to encircle and suppress the fleeing rogue forces in a timely manner.

Before dark, news came that after the identification of several captives, Liao Dabi, the bandit leader who organized the rogue to besiege Lijiazhuang, was found among the corpses. The officers were keenly aware of the political effect of this news, and immediately ordered the corpse to be retracted, but it could not be casually thrown into the pit and buried, as a famous bandit leader who had been wanted by the government for many years, Liao Dabi's subordination in Lijiazhuang was definitely a matter that could be hyped up positively, and the corpse was carried to the official when he turned around. The Li family may not need to pay attention to the reward of silver or something, but if Li Jiazhuang and the Li family militia can be publicly rewarded by the government for this, then there will be a lot less resistance when deploying armed forces in the local area in the future.

As for the other trophies, they are lackluster, and the broken copper and iron weapons are not even looked down upon by the Li Family Militia Group, so they can only be taken back to the furnace for re-refining, and the property found on the bodies of these rogues is only a few hundred taels of silver, which is not even a fraction of the combat military expenses of the Haihan Militia Regiment.

After counting the results of the battle, the next step is to calculate the military expenses for this battle. According to the agreement in advance, Li Jiazhuang will be responsible for reimbursing the expenses of the Haihan militia and pay in cash or the silver notes of the "Haihan Bank" within 10 days after the war. Taking into account the long-standing friendly and cooperative relations between the two sides, the military standard listed by the military for Li Jiazhuang is also a discounted friendly price, which is less than the cost of sending troops to Annam. However, Rao is like this, and the Li family father and son are still taken aback by the list issued by the military.

The basic expenses of the militia are divided into two parts: one is the salary of the troops stationed abroad, one yuan per person per day, and the other is the combat expenditure, which is one yuan and five jiao per person per day, and the treatment of officers at the company and platoon level has doubled on this basis. This time, the militia regiment has more than three companies in combat formation, totaling more than 400 people, and this alone has already exceeded 1,000 yuan per day, and this day's 'expenses' are at least enough for the daily expenses of the Li Jiamin regiment for two or three months. This expense was not calculated from the arrival of the militia in Lijiazhuang, but from the time of departure from Shengli Port.

The cost of impeachment 'medicine' is also calculated separately, and this number is counted by the Haihan military itself, and the Li family can't even review it, so they can only write as much as they want. Just for the shotguns fired during the battle the next day, the military's offer was as high as 20 yuan per round. For the Li family, that meant that more than 20 'guns' had lost more than 1,000 taels of silver in a short period of time.

Then there is another big expense is freight, the military cheekily calculated the fourth company that rushed to Panyu in the early stage as starting from Shengli Port, so the three companies plus the round-trip expenses of the corresponding ships are also about the same as the combat costs. As for the platoon that Xiao Liang brought over from Guangzhou, the military was very "generous" in erasing the travel expenses of this detachment as a preferential treatment -- anyway, this platoon ate and lived with the Li family back and forth, and there were no actual expenses.

The only thing that made the Li family father and son feel fortunate in the process of calculating military expenses was that there were no casualties in the course of this operation, otherwise according to their pension standards, 50 yuan for minor injuries, 200 yuan for serious injuries and 800 yuan for war death, it would be really a 'meat' pain to pay compensation.

In the end, the Li family needed to pay nearly 13,000 yuan for this operation, which only lasted for one and a half days. In order to show the sincerity of the auxiliary partners, Wang Tom partially reduced the fee according to the intention of the executive committee, and directly erased the fraction and calculated it as a whole number. Li Jifeng did not bargain with Wang Tom on the specific amount, and happily admitted the account and took the money.

However, in addition to the pain of the 'meat', Li Jifeng was also thinking that if he took the money to invite the officers and soldiers to guard Lijiazhuang, about three or four thousand taels of silver would be enough, but the effect of this battle would definitely not be comparable to that of the Haihan militia. But after thinking about it, although the asking price of the officers and soldiers is low, it is not as easy as the Haihan people, and it is not as easy to drag the mud and water as it is. After thinking of this, Li Jifeng felt that the high price demanded by the Haihan people seemed to be worth it, at least he was talking, and he would not solve the matter more satisfactorily and leave no sequelae.

The Haihan militia was stationed in Lijiazhuang for another two days, and then withdrew by boat to Dawanshan Island at the mouth of the Pearl River. Xiao Liang and a platoon he led continued to stay in Lijiazhuang, waiting for the Li family father and son to return to Guangzhou City with them after dealing with the affairs of the village.

After a week of construction, Wanshan Port has begun to take shape, a number of passenger and cargo trestle bridges have been built in the harbor, a military barracks large enough to accommodate 400 people have been built on the gentle slope of the bank, and a reservoir with an area of about 100 square meters has been built in the mountain depression not far from the port, and a warehouse for storing armaments and shore fortifications located in the north and south of the port are currently being built.

In addition to the detailed field survey and engineering planning, the construction speed is also related to the use of a large number of prefabricated parts in the construction process. Due to the gradual acceleration of the frequency of colonization operations, the relevant departments have also made more detailed adjustments to the construction plans of colonization sites, such as the houses in colonization sites, which have adopted a large number of standardized designs. The advantage of this is that a part of the prefabricated parts can be produced in Shengli Harbor first, and after being transported to the local area, the foundation needs to be cleared, and the structure can be quickly assembled, and a habitable house can be built in a short time.

Although the dwellings are relatively rudimentary except for the load-bearing structure, and the walls and roof are even just bamboo-woven shards, their practical 'sexuality' is still much better than that of the traditional Qiongzhou boat-shaped house. In the past, it took at least ten laborers to build a boat-shaped house that could accommodate five or six people for two to three days, but with the new standard, the construction efficiency has increased at least twice as much as in the past. As for the military and political officials who have the status of traversers, their residences are still basically the prefabricated houses demolished in the Victory Fort. However, with the gradual increase of overseas bases, the stock of prefabricated houses is not very much, and the Ministry of Construction has begun to establish a project to study prefabricated houses based on the production capacity of time and space, and it is expected that in the near future, new prefabricated houses with metal structures and bamboo and wood planks will appear in overseas colonies.

A group of rogues captured in the battle of Lijiazhuang were also escorted to Dawanshan Island to serve hard labor, and the first task they were to undertake was very arduous - to build a road from Wanshan Port to Dawanding, the highest peak on the island, in order to provide better living conditions for the outposts stationed on the top of the mountain. There is basically no possibility of escaping on this island, so there is not even a need to build a special prison shelter, and if anyone tries to escape supervision and survive on a desert island in this place, they will probably only starve to death somewhere on the island in the dense forest.

"We need a 'drill' field, otherwise the troops stationed on the island will not be able to conduct daily training here. Chen Yixin pleaded with Liu Shanxia, who was in charge of the construction work, very strictly: "Commercial facilities can be built in no hurry, but the training of the troops cannot be stopped!"

Liu Shanxia shook his head and said: "Xiao Chen, you have also walked around the island, this island is full of slopes, and there is no suitable place to build a 'playground' near the port. It's all planned in advance, and now you want me to send hundreds of people to build a 'drill' field on your flat land, but I don't have that ability. ”

Chen Yixin thought for a while and said: "In that case, Brother Liu, you help us plan and select the site, and the construction will be handed over to our military by itself." ”

While the two were bargaining, Chen Yixin's orderly came over to report to him: "Captain Wang, please report to the combat headquarters immediately!"

"That's it!" Chen Yixin picked up his military hat and put it on his head, and walked out of the grass shed office of the port construction headquarters as he spoke.

When Chen Yixin arrived, he saw that several officers who had crossed the island had all arrived, and it seemed that there was some emergency.

"Everyone has arrived, right? Let me report the situation first. Wang Tom got to the point succinctly: "This morning, the hilltop outpost has discovered three times in a row that an unidentified ship is moving back and forth in the northern waters of the island, and according to the observation results, the possibility of a Ming warship can be basically ruled out. ”

"Could it be fishermen? The waters around this area have always been famous fishing grounds, and the Ministry of Agriculture is also planning to develop a fishing industry in this area of Wanshan Port. "Someone has expressed their opinion.

"The fishermen are not very likely, and the vessels observed at the outpost are not fishing boats. Tom Wang responded.

"So someone has already discovered our deposit?" Chen Yixin was not surprised by this: "Since you have been wandering around the island, it is possible that you are observing our movements?"

"It cannot be ruled out that you are talking about the possibility of 'sex'. So I'm going to gather sailors and go to sea to meet each other for a while. Wang Tom looked around at the officers present and said, "During this period, the defense of the island is temporarily in charge of Lieutenant Chen Yixin!"

Regarding the decision of Wang Tom to lead the team to sea, the officers did not raise their voices against it. When it comes to the ability of these officers at sea, no one can compare with Tom Wang, who is almost a professional navigator. Moreover, the three warships of the "Exploration class" are now resting and waiting in Wanshan Port, except for the last two ships, whose shipboard guns have not yet been fully assembled, the other facilities have reached wartime standards, and there is certainly no problem in patrolling at sea.

Soon the assembly call sounded on the docks of the harbor, and the sailors quickly came from the barracks to the docks to assemble, and then boarded the ships under the command of the officers to prepare for departure. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, King Tom ordered three ships to be dispatched together.

The fleet sailed out of the harbor on the west side of the island and then headed north from the Nanping 'Gate' waterway between the large and small Wanshan islands. According to the observation of the hilltop outpost, the unidentified vessel should be operating in the waters between Baili Island and Dawanshan Island.

An hour after the flotilla departed, the telescope observed that the target was found in the northeast of Dawanshan Island, near the southern end of Baili Island. It was a sloop, and Tom Wang estimated that its displacement was about sixty or seventy tons, and it was heading west. However, when the other party also discovered the existence of the Haihan fleet, they immediately turned the sails and tried to turn back to the east. "I want to run!" Tom put down his binoculars and gave the order to pursue. In this kind of pursuit at sea, the speed advantage of the "Exploration-class" warship is fully revealed, and the new soft sails that can make full use of the wind power and the optimized streamlined deep V hull make it more than double the speed of its opponents.

After chasing more than ten nautical miles to the east, the distance between the two sides was shortened from the initial few miles to two or three hundred meters, and even with the 'naked' eye, it was possible to see the panicked crew on the deck of the ship. "The bow of the ship fires the cannon, first aiming at the front of the opponent's ship, and three quick 'shots'. Wang Tom decisively gave the battle order. With the sound of a cannonball, a cannonball flew by in a trajectory almost parallel to the ship in front of it, and fell into the water about thirty or forty meters in front of its bow, splashing a "wave" and "flower". When the second shot was fired, the gunner apparently corrected the angle of the shot, and the landing point was probably less than twenty meters from the bow of the ship. During the third shot, there was a slight situation, and under the turbulence of the 'wave' and 'wave', the course of the shell after the discharge of the gun changed, and it almost grazed the side of the ship in front of it and fell into the sea. If it had been a little bit higher, the shell would have probably had to tear off a large part of the ship's side.