Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Xinshun Steel Century

Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the South Chapter 125: Grain Platform

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    Seeing that everyone had become silent, Gray Eyes turned around, nodded to Earth Walker, and sat down as well.  The Earth Walker coughed lowly: "I didn't hide it from you on purpose. The leader told me before he left that if there is any abnormality within five days, no trouble should be made. I discussed it with Gray Eyes before calling you together to discuss countermeasures!"  After that, he sat down and waited for everyone to speak next.  "Rise up immediately, gather all the people, surround the Shun Army camp in Bagan, and ask them to hand over their leader!" "Yes, if they don't surrender, just rush in!" "Yes! Just rush in!" "Absurd.  !" A voice was like a ladle of cold water poured on everyone's heads. The Earth Walker stood up and said, "Thousands of British people have cannons and warships, but they can't get in. How can they get in with just these thousand foreign guns?  You will only harm the leader!" "Then what do you think we should do, just watch the leader be killed by the Chinese?" A voice broke out from the crowd.  "Wait, as long as the leader is in the hands of the Chinese, his life is not in danger. It is the nobles who hate the leader, not the Chinese. They will not kill people for the nobles without enough benefits." "Wait, wait until  "When?" "When the Chinese have no strength to deal with us!" Tu Xingzhe shouted: "The Chinese have been sending troops to Bagan during this period, and they will have to fight again sooner or later.  If there is a war, then when we start an uprising, the Chinese will not have the strength to deal with us, so they will have to hand the leader back to us!" The crowd fell silent. These people were all middle-level leaders of the rebels. Tu Xingzhe looked back at Hui Xingzhe.  Eyes, loudly said: "What we should do now is to disperse the brothers we can trust to various villages, so as not to be wiped out by the Chinese. When the time comes, we will start a fight together! Raise your hands if you agree with my proposal!"  Here, Earthwalker was the first to raise his hand.  "I agree!" Gray Eyes was the first to raise his right hand.  "I agree!" "Agree!" Seeing everyone in the crowd raising their hands, Earthwalker showed a proud smile on his face. Suddenly, the muscles on his face twitched nervously, and the smile disappeared.  It turned out that the corner of his eye caught the gray eyes standing behind him, and he saw this man sitting there with an expressionless face, as unshakable as a boulder.  Mandalay, the Palace of the Protector of Burma.  "Master Chen, Master Liu, this is the message just sent back by Master Ba from Bagan. Take a look!" Zao Guoquan picked up a message from several cases and handed it to Chen Zaixing on his right, who was careful.  After receiving the telegram and reading two lines, his fingertips couldn't help but tremble and he almost dropped the telegram. Fortunately, he reacted very quickly and caught it in mid-air. After Chen Zaixing read it, he handed it to Liu Zhixing. After Liu Zhixing also finished reading the telegram,  After reading the message, Zao Guoquan said in a deep voice: "My lords, you have read the message. What do you think?"  I'm afraid the provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou will not be able to rest in peace. Since the British are going to use a large number of troops, we have no choice but to fight to the death! In my humble opinion, I should ask Lord Ba for more troops and weapons, and at the same time request the court for more troops and fight to the death with the British!  "What Mr. Liu said is true!" Zao Guoquan nodded, turned to Chen Zaixing and asked: "Sir Chen, you have been in Myanmar for many years and are resourceful. You must have great ideas!" "Sir Zaixing Surong!"  Said: "Master Ba is a veteran, so there is no need to talk too much about using troops to fight. Since the British are planning to use shallow-water armored ships to sail upstream and advance both by water and land, they will increase the number of heavy artillery, speed up the construction of forts, and lay out mines as requested by Master Ba.  "Of course you have to hurry up. It's just your responsibility to be in charge of Liangtai. I don't know whether to say something or not!" "There are only three of you in this room, so what can't you say?"  "Thank you, sir. I have been busy building the road from Mandalay to our border in the past few months. Although it has improved greatly after these days of hard work, the roads in many areas are still only paved with dirt.  Heavy rain or too many people and vehicles will make it impossible to pass. According to the following estimates, once a war breaks out, the consumption of food and ammunition will be huge, and the maximum number of troops that can be maintained on this road will not exceed 30,000. Therefore, the increase that Mr. Liu just mentioned.  When the soldiers said this, the subordinates disagreed! "Liu Zhixing immediately retorted: "Master Chen, the food can be obtained from the local area, there is no need to transport it from the country!" "Master Chen!  Since then, the chaos in Myanmar has been going on for nearly a year. The puppet king Meng has recruited a large number of civilians, and many villages have not grown grain for two seasons. A large number of farmers have fled, leaving some places where the rice is ripe but no one is harvesting it.  The food storage situation in Dele, Myitkyina and other places is not optimistic. I am afraid that once the war starts, it may not be possible.It¡¯s enough to get it locally!  " "Is this serious?  "After listening to Chen Zaixing's words, Zao Guoquan's expression immediately became serious. As a veteran, he naturally knew the importance of military rations. "Sir Zao, as far as I know, the food stocks under our control in the area near Mandalay are no more than  Fifteen hundred tons, and your majesties still have more than three thousand tons in their hands. This number seems not small, but once the war breaks out, refugees from all over the country will definitely flow into Mandalay. Once there is a shortage of food, the situation will immediately become unstable.  , the rear is unstable, how to fight in the front?  " "Is it possible to transport food from other places?  " "Morning, sir!  "Chen Zaixing immediately showed a troubled look on his face: "Originally, the main grain-producing area in Myanmar was the Irrawaddy Delta area in Lower Myanmar. In the past, during the grain harvest season, a large number of ships would go up the Irrawaddy River to transport grain.  to Mandalay and other places.  But now that the British have occupied this area under the pretext of the treaty signed with Meng, they will definitely not transport food to us.  As for the Central Myanmar and Upper Myanmar regions, in fact, food was enough to be self-sufficient in the past.  But the problem is that now farmers have fled their estates in large numbers and no one is farming. This problem cannot be solved in a short time.  "    "Um!  "Zhao Guoquan nodded. He already understood what Chen Zaixing meant: the supply bottleneck determined that Dashun's military power in Myanmar was limited. The British, who had maritime advantages and controlled the port, once again had the upper hand at this time.  "Thirty thousand people!  "Zhao Guoquan sighed. After retiring from the position of Governor Annan, he naturally knew how much troops the British could invest in Burma. As early as 1852, in the second Anglo-Burmese War, the British invested 20,000 people.  The above army does not include a powerful river squadron. Today, more than thirty years later, the British, who have completely digested India, can naturally invest more troops. Facing the world's most powerful country, their own numbers are huge.  Liu Zhixing interjected from the side and said, "Mr. Chen, you are the supervisor of the Grain Platform, and Mr. Hu Xianggong, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, is your advisor. No one else can handle this matter except you."  Who else can afford it?  " "I can't hold on to Mount Tai and cross the North Sea!  "Chen Zaixing's face darkened: "There are only two ways to open up a passage between Myanmar and China. The first is to defeat the British Far East Fleet and transport grain by sea; the second is to build a railway from Kunming to Mandalay.  If you do any of these two points, all difficulties will be solved!  " "Poof!  "Liu Zhixing almost laughed out loud when he heard this: "Not to mention your second thing, if we can defeat the British Far East Fleet, then I'm afraid not to mention Myanmar, even the three provinces of Annan, and even the entire Central South China.  The peninsula is also in my Dashun's pocket, but the problem is that the few broken ships in the ports of Fuzhou and Shanghai are not enough for the British. Aren't you kidding me?  " Chen Zaixing said coldly: "So Mr. Liu, you also know that this is a joke, so why bother to push this burden to Fusheng's side? Isn't it difficult to get down?  "    "OK OK!  "Zhao Guoquan saw that the two people were about to quarrel, and hurriedly said: "We are all ministers of the country, and we must take state affairs as our top priority. Now that the British are about to invade the country with their troops, we must come up with a countermeasure. Such anger  What's the use of saying it?  "The superior had already started to reprimand him. Chen and Liu quickly stood up and apologized: "I have spoken out against Meng Lang, I hope you will forgive me!  " "That's all, now that we are all in the same boat, we should work together as one!  " Chen and Liu looked at each other and apologized to each other unwillingly. For some unknown reason, Liu Zhixing had an indescribable dislike for Mr. Chen Zaixing who was killed in the slanting stab. Chen Zaixing was supposed to be leading the troops.  Breaking into Mandalay would still be a life-saving grace for him, but Chen Zaixing's subsequent actions in Myanmar made Liu Zhixing dissatisfied. This time when he heard the two conditions that Chen Zaixing had just proposed, he couldn't help but  "Actually, we are not helpless!  "Chen Zaixing walked to the table, pointed to the map spread out on it and said: "The rainy season begins in April every year in Myanmar. Large-scale military operations during the rainy season are very difficult. If the British cannot stop military operations before April, they will  Wait until after September.  As long as we get stuck in this place, it won't be a big problem!  "Zhao Guoquan and Liu Zhixing looked in the direction of Chen Zaixing's finger, and saw two Chinese characters written on it - Pyay. "The river here in Pyay is narrow, and it has been the trade link between the middle reaches of the Irrawaddy River and the delta area since ancient times.  Traffic channels from south to north.  The Arakan Mountains and the Bago Mountains are only a few dozen miles apart here, and the Arakan area controlled by the British and the Dongge Mountain Pass, a traffic artery in the Irrawaddy River Valley, are also not far apart. As long as we occupy this place, build forts, and block the river  , the British would not be able to enter the hinterland of Myanmar.  In the first Anglo-Burmese War, after the British occupied this place, the Burmese king had no choice but to ask for peace!  "Chen Zaixing beheadedHe replied bluntly that he had been doing business in Myanmar for many years and was a thoughtful person. He was very familiar with the military geography of Myanmar's interior and he immediately pointed out the key points.  "Well, strike first and strike later to control others. Since we have determined that the British are going to take action, we should take the first step!" Zao Guoquan, who was also a veteran, immediately made a decision and said to Chen Zaixing: "Tomorrow I will lead Manchu  Dele's army goes south and joins Lord Ba's army to go to Pyai. It will be troublesome for Lord Chen to guard Mandalay and transport military supplies and supplies! " "You should do your best to ensure that the soldiers on the front line have enough food and ammunition!"  Chen Zaixing said solemnly.  "Okay!" You want to recommend, you want to collect, the competition on the category list is fierce!  Please support!
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report