Chapter 338 They? Speed up the end of the war?

In Kundian Port, more than a dozen 10,000-ton ships slowly leaned on the temporary wharf.

After several years of efforts, not only the combat troops, but also the engineering troops have developed rapidly. Some special mechanical ships have begun to join this team, especially after the construction corps specially cut them into use, which ensures that the engineering soldiers have enough human resources.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Chinese and Luzons recruited from Luzon, Nanyang and other places are stepping up their work. A package of cement has been turned into a solid pier and road, and small fast railway tracks are also being paved.

Perhaps only in this era can we see so many people working crazily for one thing. Although the efficiency of engineers in later generations is more than ten times higher than now because of the widespread use of large-scale machinery, we can't see such a spectacular scene of people.

At Pier 3 on the left, a freighter is unloading a bicycle. This reinforced bicycle is now the army's favorite means of transportation. Compared with the feet, the bicycle not only does not have high requirements for the road, but also can easily load dozens of kilograms of equipment, so the bicycle is very popular with the officers and soldiers after being equipped for the first time. Love, so that in the end, the general reference was included in one of the standard equipment after discussion.

Nearly 10,000 pieces of bicycles were continuously unloaded from the cargo ship, and hundreds of workers even built a temporary shed directly by the dock.

The neighboring No. 4 temporary wharf is also unusually busy. A cannon is being unloaded with the help of a crane. Since the founding of the army, it would rather have less equipment than be unified. The standardized Xinhua Army, after surviving the initial single offensive means, finally reached the harvest period and adopted the L2 of the management retreat technology. The 5/105mm Army is becoming the favorite support weapon for all units after mortars.

The second pier, which is closer to the land, was completely occupied by two troop carriers. A large number of troops from Luzon and even Liaodong began to set foot on this land. They looked around curiously and were extremely excited.

"Go!"

The sea bream kicked the nearest leading natives. Behind him were ten long lines of local prisoners. The soldiers stood on both sides, monitoring these once stubborn and hid in the rainforest to attack them. At this moment, they were meek like a sheep. They did not come to participate in Kundian. It was built, but it will be stuffed into the cabin and transported back to Xinhua immediately after the troop carrier is unloaded.

The reason why the Prime Minister's Office agreed to the military to add a total of six infantry divisions in one go is that most of them are for these free labor. In the past, it needed to be covered up by pirates, but now it is much simpler. Just send troops directly to catch them, which not only saves money but also saves trouble.

After years of slave hunting, the number of Borneo natives in the hardest-hit area has dropped from about 10 million to between 6 and 7 million. In addition to more than 1 million strong laborers being absorbed by more and more construction corps, more women and children have been directly killed by the arrested slaves.

With the unification of the Central Plains, the huge railway and road network have put more and more pressure on the construction corps. In addition, the natives are very uncomfortable with the weather in the north. Every year, tens of thousands of people die because of the weather, so the labor gap has been tense, especially after the rebellious northwest and Mongolia, which have been rebellious, have returned to the territory. It's normal not to see people in or even hundreds of miles.

In that kind of place, manpower is indispensable. According to the statistics of the Prime Minister's Office, if we want to build the northwest, we need at least about 4 million labor. Although recruiting from China can relieve the employment pressure, it will also increase a large amount of financial burden, so Li En The rich came up with the idea of the natives of Borneo.

The sea harper lighted a cigarette and looked at these natives, who were obviously satisfied. This was his first real military operation after he became the head of the fourth regiment of the Army Division. Finally, he lived up to the trust. More than 6,000 natives were escorted back this time alone. Unfortunately, the Borneo rainforest was so dense that he missed many opportunities to capture. Otherwise, I'm afraid tens of thousands of people will be brought back.

Just as he was thinking about how to continue to clean up the natives quickly and well, a familiar voice suddenly remembered behind him.

"Brother Houghper!"

"Hon? It's really you, Qiangzi! Haha!"

Haihouzi turned his head and saw a familiar figure rushing. He fixed his eyes at Luo Qiang, who was arranged to study at the Army Academy after breaking up a few years ago. He didn't expect to see him here, and suddenly hugged him with joy.

"Tongzi, what's wrong with you? Wait a minute!" Before the Hars couldn't finish asking, he saw Luo Qiang carrying the major's epaulettes on his shoulder. He immediately punched him and said in surprise, "Os, it's the leader of the major! That regiment?

Luo Qiang waved his hand with a smile: "Ha ha, it's all my sister's light. It's the new regiment of the Eighth Infantry Division."

"Well, others may think so, but I don't know yet?" Hai Harizi was happy for Luo Qiang from the bottom of his heart. He knew that over the years, Luo Qiang had been studying at the Army Academy and participated in the Central Plains War as an officer corps. In the end, he even fought to Jiangsu. Although the Qing army was vulnerable, he had at least worked with the strongest Huai army several times, so he was worthy of this in terms of experience and ability. The regimental commander, not to mention that the emperor is not the kind of person who will interfere with the personnel arrangements below. If he doesn't have the ability, I'm afraid he will be the first person to sweep you out of the house.

After a good greeting, Luo Qiang pulled out his cigarette and handed it to the sea falder. He looked at the long team of local prisoners and raised his eyebrows: "Brother falder, this battle looks quite smooth!"

"Is it easy?" If it were someone else, the sea rill will definitely despise it. Is there a simple battle in the world? However, Luo Qiang is not an outsider. He will definitely be sent to war in the near future, so he quickly put away his smiling face and reminded him, "Tiangzi, I don't want to tell lies. This war is not easy to fight!"

"Oh? What, is it possible that the natives have been armed?

"That's not it." The sea haler shook his head, took a cigarette and continued, "The previous intelligence said that the size of the local armed forces was about 40,000 to 50,000, but the Dutch were tight, with only 5,000 to 6,000 guns at most. In addition, this time we acted quickly and confiscated most of the weapons before he reacted, so the threat in this regard was not very big."

"Then why do you say it's not easy to fight?" Luo Qiang was a little strange and asked.

Haiqizi whitened his eyes and laughed dryly: "I said Qiangzi, you have also been in Nanyang for more than ten years. Don't you know what kind of virtue those natives are?"

Borcona is not big or small. The forest is deep and the mountains are high, and the miasma is rampant. These natives are familiar with the environment. They often fight as soon as they can. If they can't beat them, they can't be found in the woods! And they like to smear knives and arrows with poison. If they can't get rid of the skin, they have to see the Dragon Prince.

The sea bream took a puff of smoke again, looked up at the seemingly gloomy sky, and sighed: "This ghostly weather is also harmful. It's easy to say that we have been in the south for a long time, and the tropical training is carried out every month. Your soldiers from the north should be careful. Every time you go on a mission, Remember to let the medical officer bring more medicine. Even if you bring less ammunition, you must prepare enough medicine, otherwise you will cry!"

After listening to the words of the Haiji, Luo Qiang gradually understood that the biggest enemy at present is not the native armed forces, but those who hide in the deep mountains and dense forests like mice. It is indeed worth studying how to suppress them. And before leaving, I heard from my sister that the emperor hopes to speed up the progress here, but now it seems that it looks like it is still Very difficult.

" By the way, you have to be careful of the British in Sarawak. I heard that they are organizing armed forces to cross the border to share the cup, and I heard that our fleet and the British are facing each other in Sarawak. I don't know what's going on!"

"There is a confrontation with the British navy!" Luo Qiang's eyes widened.

However, they didn't know that when the two were exchanging experiences, Long Guozhang, the naval commander and deputy chief of general staff, also took a young man into the command center in the headquarters of Kundian.

"Come on, let me introduce you." Long Guozhang pointed to the young man who came with him and said with a smile, "Zhang Qiang, who studied in the Haber Laboratory in Germany for two years, is now one of the best chemical experts in Xinhua."

"Chemist?" Huang Fuqi, who had just been promoted to the commander of the temporary war zone, was full of puzzlement. Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, who happened to come to the headquarters to study the war situation, also shook their heads repeatedly. They knew some of chemistry, but they only knew it, so they didn't understand why Long Guozhang brought such a person here. Is there any much-needed experimental material in Borneo? Material?

Seeing several people puzzled, Long Guozhang was too lazy to explain, not to mention that he didn't know how to explain, so he immediately went to the open map and asked, "Have you done what I said to you a few days ago?"

Huangfuqi immediately walked to his side, grabbed the push rod and pointed to a marked red dot on the map and said, "This is called Gaoping. It used to be a gathering area of Lanfang. Later, after Lanfang was slaughtered, the natives occupied this place. Now there are more than 20,000 natives living here."

Before Long Guozhang could speak, Zhang Qiang stepped forward to the map and looked at it carefully. Huang Fuqi immediately pointed to Duan Qirui and said, "The commander of the regiment just brought people back from where to investigate. It's up to him."

Duan Qirui was not polite. He immediately pointed to Gaoping and said, "Gaoping is located in the basin and surrounded by mountains on three sides. Although the whole town is not big, the climate is mild, and the high mountains block the wind is not big. In addition, the surrounding rainforest is not as dense as other sides, so it is very suitable for living."

"It's a good place." After listening to the introduction, Long Guozhang immediately said, "Researcher Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Qiang nodded and immediately said, "Commander Huangfu, please immediately order the troops to drive the natives around Gaoping into Gaoping Town, increase the population density there, and then make all troops evacuate at least 20 kilometers."

"All of them rushed to Gaoping? Do you want all the troops to stay away from 20 kilometers? What are you going to do?" One by one, the doubts rose from Huang Fuqi, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang, but before they could ask, Long Guozhang, who communicated with Zhang Qiang for a few words, immediately turned around and said, "According to what researcher Zhang said, in addition, send an airship to researcher Zhang immediately. He needs to rush there immediately to see the field."

Although Huang Fuqi was puzzled, he did it immediately. After Zhang Qiang left, he quietly came to Long Guozhang and asked, "Commander Long, what on earth did Zhang Qiang do?"

Long Guozhang hooked the corners of his mouth: "They were sent by the emperor to help you speed up the progress of the war!"

They?

Accelerate the progress of the war?! ......

(to be continued)