On November 11, 1651, Xinhuaxia Island had entered the "preparation period" of the rainy season. In Xinhua Port, Tacheng Port, Guihua Port, Lobster Port and other places, the sky seemed to collapse, constantly "leaking water". Many rivers, which were originally extremely docile in the dry season (cool season), now suddenly had a slight hideous smell: the clear river water gradually became turbid, and the water level also rose rapidly in a few days. All of this seemed to indicate that the rainy season in Xinhuaxia Island was about to officially come.

However, on the strange New China Island, its climate diversity has long been well known to foreign colonists. In the southwest and south of the island, due to the wet southeast monsoon being blocked by the central highlands, the rain from the Indian Ocean remains largely on the highlands and its east side. In the west of the highlands, unless you are lucky, some wet clouds occasionally withstand the pressure from the northwest and bring a little precipitation to the arid grasslands. However, compared with the strong evaporation here, this vast land has been using drought for thousands of years - but fortunately there are rivers rushing down from the central highlands, right?

This is such a lucky place near Mianhe Port! The water source is sufficient, and the soil has been improved to a certain extent by vigorous composting. In addition, the light is strong, so the conditions for developing agriculture can be said to be quite good. When the army of the Manaber Kingdom came to the city a while ago, they had only had time to destroy some of the cotton fields located outside the city by the East Coast, but they did not destroy the canals, reservoirs and other facilities - or they had no way to start. Except for a few water trucks for water lifting, the rest of the water conservancy facilities outside the city were destroyed. This was a blessing for the East Coast people who resumed production after the war.

Some people may ask. Now that you are busy restoring production outside Mianhe Port, aren’t you afraid that the Sakaravas will come back and destroy your jars and jars? Haha, maybe you had this kind of worry before, but now there is no need! Why? Please open your eyes and look at my loyal and brave soldiers from the East Coast who are coming out of some sea boats on the dock! In order to punish the attacks of the natives, the Executive Committee decided to approve the request of the New China Development Team and mobilize South African troops to New China to help fight, so as to restore the local order - an order dominated by the East Coast people.

South African Infantry Company (the 5th Company of the Army before the disarmament. Sun Shengjun, the company commander of the "Western thief"), South African Artillery Company, South African Cavalry Company, New China Infantry Company, New China Artillery Company, and hundreds of Polish and German prisoners of war who were recently transferred to Xinhua Port from Suez. These losers in the Ukrainian war will meet with their compatriots who had participated in a battle at Mianhe Port and form the "Manhe Garrison" with a tentative quota of 800 people. The New China Development Team promised them that after the battle, they would immediately grant land and house divisions and give the colonial residents the official identity - as for those who are unwilling to divide the house and only want to get free return to their hometown, I'm sorry, they don't get the opportunity to come and participate in the war. The various plantations on New China Island are where they should go.

In addition, Shi Qinjie, the captain of the New China Development Team, intercepted more Ming people's immigrants than before. They were assigned to settle near the Mianhe River and received military training. They will be the basis for the future rule of the East Bank and the source of militia and reserves. If this group of intercepted immigrants, plus the amnesty Polish prisoners of war, the total number of them is likely to exceed 4,000. In addition to some of them immigrants to Mianhe Port, when the war is over, most of them will also move to the estuary of the Mulundava River and the new settlements in the Manggoki River Delta to develop agricultural production - mainly the cultivation of sugarcane, cotton, peanuts and tobacco.

Two simple wooden trests were filled with sea ships from East African transport companies. The dock workers used their original pulleys to unload a large number of military funds on the dock. In front of them, hundreds of soldiers were following the rope nets on both sides of the ship's side, carrying rifles, and climbing onto the dock with ease. Occasionally, one or two soldiers fell into the sea, which immediately caused a group of people to laugh and hold their pipes in their mouths, and used fishing nets to get these unlucky guys up.

The company Changshou Taoist priest of the New China Infantry Company (formerly deputy company commander of the 101st Company, combat hero, after the company was cut off by the white shirts, he was recruited by the New China Development Team as the company commander of the newly formed infantry company in the area) was wearing a yellow short-sleeved military uniform, a military sickle, and a leather boot, walking in the cargo yard by the dock, and handling the delivery procedures with the material managers sent by Ma Wanpeng.

"25 canned yellow peaches (24 cans per box), 25 canned oranges, canned apple sauce - this is a new product - 12 cans, 50 canned vegetables (carrots, ginger, green onions, etc.), well, there are 12 large bags of fish oil, which is enough for you to supplement various nutrients and vitamins." The material manager handed the list to a purchasing manager of the New China Security Command. After looking at it, he felt that there was no problem signing, he handed the list to Taoist Shou.

Taoist Shou waved his hand and more than ten soldiers came up behind him. They saw that they had sampled and inspected some boxes. After finding that there was no problem, Taoist Shou also signed the material handover list.

However, the signing of the word is not finished. According to the "1647 Military Food Regulations" which perfected the Second East-West War, they still have many supplies to collect, such as canned spiced whale meat, canned soybeans and beef, canned cod, canned spinach, canned soft fish, canned snapper, mushroom sauce, cheese, biscuits, sugar, etc. In addition, the baggage team composed of the Eight Banners of the Island (more than 1,000 new people were transferred, and about 2,000 people were merged with the previous remaining personnel) will also bring a large amount of bean cakes, dry alfalfa and other feed to feed some dairy cows carried with the army to provide some fresh milk supply to the wounded and sick in the army - of course, these dairy cows need to find a way to collect them on site.

The food stipulated in the Military Food Regulations has been collected (usually a week to half a month at a time), and there are other fragments of things under it, such as bandages, medicines, etc., and even the straw paper used to wipe the butt can be obtained by everyone, which is extremely luxurious.

When receiving these supplies, Taoist Shou was also shocked, and at the same time he had a deeper understanding of the modernization of the East Coast army. What does the combat power come from? Many times it often comes from these seemingly inconspicuous logistical support. Of course, sufficient logistical support often means huge expenditures. When the East Coast army fights, the money is now fought!

After receiving the supplies, Taoist Shou asked the soldiers to go back and call the chief officer, and asked them to bring some camels over. These livestock imported from the Ottoman Empire were very suitable for the drought New China Western Grassland, and it was the best to transport supplies.

The dock was still unloading supplies. Some ships at sea were impatiently waiting, so they simply put down many small boats and organized soldiers to carry supplies to row ashore by themselves, so as not to line up to enter the port. Dozens of people wearing gendarmerie uniforms on the dock were sweating profusely to maintain order, but this was useless. There were chaotic landing scenes everywhere, with noises such as clamoring, shouting, scolding, neighing mules and horses, collision of vehicles, and ship whistles, turning the entire dock into a vegetable market, which was extremely chaotic.

"Any landing operation is a complete tragedy." Ma Wanpeng, who came to inspect the village of Mianhe Port, sighed and said to the left and right: "I hope these arrogant soldiers and generals from South Africa can lead the matter. There are five hundred people, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, well-equipped, well-trained, and rich combat experience. In addition, our three or four hundred soldiers who have been trained for a long time, are almost enough to use them to suppress the formation. This battle was mainly dominated by Poland and Germany mercenaries as the vanguard. Our warriors have a total of more than 3,600 auxiliary soldiers, and they are used to fight an indigenous kingdom with a total strength of only more than 5,000 people in the country. They are already very respectful to them. The lion fights rabbits and uses all their strength. They are talking about this kind of thing. You must also remember that you must not be careless and underestimate the enemy!"

"We will remember it in my heart." Bingtaro, Zhai Xiaoshan and other officers of the former Mianhe Guard garrison immediately expressed their opinions that the mercenary system was led by the two of them, Bingtaro was the chief and Zhai Xiaoshan was the deputy; while the army from South Africa was led by Xiao Baitu, a former militarist who had been dormant for many years and an activist of the National Power Alliance. As for the command of the entire army after the two armies merged, it was naturally the oldest officer. After this comparison, the command of the entire army also fell into Xiao Baitu's hands. This guy jumped from a cold bench reserve officer who had "made mistakes" to a senior commander who commanded more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. I don't know how many people's eyes were broken. I don't know how much effort he and his supporters had put in order to make him recover again.

However, no matter what, Xiao Baitu's recovery was unstoppable, and the East Coast people's conquest against the Sakarava people had entered the final stage of preparation for the expedition. On November 19, 1651, with the return of the reconnaissance cavalry, the commander-in-chief of the war zone, Ma Wanpeng, signed a commander-in-chief of the war zone. With the signing of this order, Xiao Baitu, the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, also confidently carried 3,600 soldiers, a large number of ox carts and camels, embarked on the road to the fake punishment of the Monaber Kingdom.

After the army set off, Ma Wanpeng led more than a thousand militia left behind (the servants and soldiers who were eliminated from Shandong) to take care of the cotton fields while stepping up patrols to prevent the enemy from raiding. (To be continued...)

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