Chapter 515: Chaotic Landings and Food Crisis
Brigadier General McMahon, who had tasted the sweetness, immediately cleaned up the second wave of bandits with his hands after dealing with the first wave of bandits. The bandit camps were wiped out by Zhuaf soldiers as easily as hot knives cutting through butter, and all the bandits in the camp were killed at Ivankov's strong demand.
The bodies of the bandits were also bought by Ivankov for ten francs each and transported to the small town of Yevpatoria in a small cart.
The wealthy merchants of the small town of Yevpatolia, who had been afraid and disgusted with the French Empire, immediately thanked McMahon when they saw the cartload of corpses on the cart.
For them, who were engaged in the flour and wine trades, there was nothing more odious than the Tatar bandits.
In order to express his gratitude to Brigadier General McMahon and others, Kasinacheev organized the town's wealthy merchants to present honey, fruit wine, wine, and flour as gifts to the Zhuaf regiment stationed outside the town.
After a five-day sweep, the Tatar bandits within a radius of ten kilometers centered on the small town of Yevpatoria were swept away by McMahon.
The profits from the bandits amounted to millions of francs, including gold watches, gold jewelry, fine furniture, flour, etc.
Brigadier General McMahon, who made a lot of money, brought all the jewelry and furniture to the small town of Yevpatoria to sell them, and then turned all the money into bread, fruit wine and other necessities.
Under the operation of McMahon, the resistance of the small town of Yevpatoria to the French Imperial army basically disappeared, and the inhabitants of the town made a certain profit in this operation to eliminate the bandits.
As for the one million francs that ransomed the town, it was naturally turned into material by Brigadier General McMahon.
In order to store these supplies, Brigadier General McMahon also set up a warehouse in the small town of Yevpatoria, and the villagers enthusiastically enriched the warehouse of the French Imperial army.
After the warehouse was built, each villager was given a 5-franc bank note bearing Napoleon's face.
With bank notes that could be exchanged in equal amounts to France, a primary exchange system was being established on the Crimean peninsula that would break away from the Russian Empire.
Over the next few days, supply ships docked at the port of the small town of Yevpatoria, bringing to the town one thing after another that they had never seen before.
The originally ignorant town was also broadened a lot by the arrival of the French Empire, and the lively mayor of Kasinacheev immediately saw a business opportunity, and he hurriedly ran to McMahon's headquarters to carefully test where the things on the supply ships of Commodore McMahon came from.
"From the French Empire, of course!" Brigadier General McMahon replied indifferently, and then added: "Of course, the current machining center is in Rhode Island!" ”
Since Rhodes was acquired by Jérôme. After Bonaparte was used as a transshipment center and a processing center, a steady stream of machines from France were shipped to Rhodes.
Bread factories, canneries, weapons repair factories, artillery production lines, etc., were established in Rhodes, and the materials needed for these factories were obtained from the Ottoman Empire, which greatly saved the cost of French supply ships to transport supplies to the Crimean Peninsula through the mainland, and also helped to strengthen the French Empire's control over the Rhodes region.
"Your Excellency, can you discuss a matter with you?" The mayor of Kasinacheev said deferentially to Brigadier General McMahon.
"What are you discussing?" McMahon asked, glancing at Kasinacheev.
Commodore Kasinacheev made his own request, hoping that the next time the supply fleet arrived, he would be able to bring some machines for processing bread, and he would buy it at a profit of 20% higher than the market price.
"Processed bread?" Brigadier General McMahon glanced up and down Kasinacheev and scolded with a smile: "You old fellow, you're quite a chicken thief!" ”
"No way! I'm in this position, and I'm going to do something about it! Kasinacheev replied with a smile to Brigadier General McMahon.
"The price of a machine is not low, are you sure you want it?" Brigadier General McMahon asked again.
"Of course!" Kasinacheev replied categorically to Brigadier General McMahon.
"Good! If you are willing, then I will fulfill you! However, the price of a set of machines is higher than the market price! McMahon held out three fingers, and the meaning was self-evident.
The 30% discount to the market price did make Casinacheev feel a pain in his flesh, and when he thought that he could make up the difference by providing bread to the French Empire, Casinacheev gritted his teeth and nodded to Brigadier General McMahon.
"Good! I'll let you know! Brigadier General McMahon nodded and replied to Mayor Kasinacheev.
The next day the supply ship arrived in the small town of Yevpatoria as usual, and McMahon truthfully told them about Kasinacheev's needs.
The captain of the supply ship readily agreed to McMahon: "This is no problem! You just have them ready for 200,000 francs! ”
"I'll tell them!" Commodore McMahon nodded to the captain of the supply ship, and then asked him about the landing of coalition forces in Katami Bay.
Why did it take more than a week to get it, and the coalition forces have not yet completed the landing!
"Hey!" The captain of the supply ship sighed and complained to Commodore McMahon, "You don't know how chaotic the situation is over there! ”
"Impossible!" Brigadier General McMahon asked in surprise: "I remember that our army has practiced many times!" How can there be chaos? ”
"Not us!" The captain of the supply ship paused and said with a wry smile: "It's those so-called allies of ours!" ”
"What's wrong with them?" Brigadier General McMahon asked suspiciously.
The captain of the supply ship said: "According to the original plan, the 60,000 men of our French Empire should be the first to land. After we have all logged in, the Kingdom of Britain, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire will land again.
However, on the eve of the landing, Commander Raglan suddenly changed his mind and insisted that the army of the Kingdom of Britain be the first force to land, and Commander Raglan said that Prime Minister Palmerston had asked him to do so.
For the unity of the saints. Field Marshal Arnault could only promise the Kingdom of Britain to be the first force to land, and gave the Kingdom of Britain plenty of time for them to land.
However, St. Marshal Arno still underestimated the speed of the landing of the Kingdom of Britain.
It took a week for the Kingdom of Britain, which was supposed to be able to land in just one day.
After the British landing, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire also surrendered to the Saints. Marshal Arno begged to let them land early.
Saint. Marshal Arnaud also agreed to their advice, and the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire were still landing, and it was expected that it would take two to three days to land them all.
If you want me to say, this war is not as good as ourselves. None of these allies are reliable guys! ”
McMahon, who heard the captain of the supply ship complaining, only smiled slightly, of course he knew that these teammates of the French Empire were far inferior to France, but the French Empire really couldn't do without their help.
Once the French Empire lacks them, then I am afraid that it will be France vs Austro-Russian three countries, which is like the current Russian Empire is isolated by the whole of Europe.
A few days after the supply ship left, an ironclad ship flying the flag of the French Empire appeared in the waters near the small town of Yevpatolia.
Brigadier General McMahon hurried to the docks to meet the guests on the ironclad, and after the ironclad docked in the harbor, the commander of the 1st Division, Rear Admiral Conrobert, and his adjutant, Jérôme. Captain Patterson disembarks from the ironclad.
"Major General!" Brigadier General McMahon hurriedly saluted respectfully to Major General Conrobert.
After carefully examining the surroundings, Major General Conrobert nodded with satisfaction and said to Brigadier General McMahon: "You did a good job!" ”
"You're overrated!" Brigadier General McMahon modestly responded.
Subsequently, at the invitation of Brigadier General McMahon, Major General Conrobert and his adjutant Jérôme Murphy were joined by his adjutant. Captain Patterson entered the camp and had a feast.
After the meal, Major General Conrobert made a serious request to Brigadier General McMahon, who came here to say that he had been consecrated. The order of Marshal Arno asked him for assistance.
"Is something wrong with those of our allies?" Brigadier General McMahon responded to Major General Conrobert.
"Hey!" Maj. Gen. Conrobell sighed and told Brigadier General McMahon.
It turned out that the rations of the three families had been exhausted during the landing, and their supply ships could not provide them with enough food, even if they had scoured the surrounding farms as best they could, and the supplies they obtained were a drop in the bucket compared to the size of their army.
So the three Anglo-Saxon troops turned to the Holy Saint for help. On the head of Marshal Arnault, there is no way to St. Arnault. Field Marshal Arno could only accede to the request of the Anglo-Saxon family.
However, they need to buy food from France.
"Can you even bring out some here and give them over there!" Conrobell asked Brigadier General McMahon.
"I'll have to ask Mr. Mayor about this!" Brigadier General McMahon called the mayor of Kasinacheev over and asked if they had enough bread.
"How many?" Kasinacheev asked Brigadier General McMahon.
"About 30,000 servings!" Brigadier General Konrobel replied to Kasinacheev.
"I'm afraid our town can't supply it!" Kasinacheev responded, and then added: "If your army is willing to spend a little money, I can help your army find a way!" ”
"The way? What's the way? ”
"Odessa!"
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