Thang Long City was captured, and there was no longer a strong resistance force in Annam. Wherever the southern army passed, towns and cities surrendered and did not dare to resist, because the lessons of the massacre of Thang Long City were right in front of them.
Those who surrendered, all died.
Even if the city is opened to ask for surrender, after the southern army enters the city, it will be plundered. The Annan people can only watch helplessly, because anyone who disobeys will be killed on the spot. Only since the smallpox outbreak, the Annan people
The population of the southern country plummeted, from the original two
The population dropped from more than a million to over a million, and then was decimated by the Conqueror Army. Now the population has dropped to less than 500,000, and is dominated by the old, weak, sick, and disabled. The entire nation has directly become a minority group.
, simply unable to compete with the Southern Conquest Army.
From the perspective of population reproduction, if 500,000 people want to reproduce to one million, it will take at least several decades, and if they want to reproduce to 10 million, it will take two to three hundred years. Of course, this is without external force
The ideal state of interference, and Wan Lei will not let the Annan people recuperate in an environment without interference. He will use various means to assimilate the Annan people as a group, and eventually make them disappear in the melting pot of the Republic of China.
No, the whole Annan Kingdom was occupied in early May, and Wan Lei began to allocate and sell land. The good land was first allocated to the officers and soldiers who entered the Annan Kingdom to fight, and the worse land was set aside to be purchased by citizens who were willing to purchase land. As before,
, veterans have many preferential policies when purchasing land.
In fact, Wan Lei sent troops to capture Annan. Firstly, Annan was not very peaceful and was a threat. Secondly, he took a fancy to the geographical environment of Annan. Annan is located at a low latitude, hot and rainy, which is not only suitable for growing rice, but also in mountainous areas.
It is also suitable for planting rubber trees extensively.
Rubber is one of the most important raw materials in the light industry. It can be used to make shoes and tires, especially tires. There are a lot of tires made of rubber, which can replace the old wooden wheels with durable and shock-absorbing rubber tires.
, people will be more comfortable sitting on a carriage equipped with new wheels, and they will not suffer from bumps even if they travel long distances.
In addition to making tires, rubber can also be processed into gloves, hoses and other items. These items are widely used in medicine and can promote the progress of medicine.
Rubber has a wide range of uses, so it naturally needs to be planted in large quantities. In fact, it has been widely planted in Qiongzhou Island. However, the planting area is not insufficient, and the glue cannot be harvested in the short term, which is far from enough to satisfy the expanding consumer market. Wan Lei naturally
Just keep your eyes on Annan Country, and this is not the end. We will expand southward in the future to seek larger rubber plantations.
Of course, that is all for the future. The most urgent thing now is to summarize this military campaign to conquer the South. From the beginning of May, a large number of military reports from the front lines were collected into Wan Lei's hands. These military reports included every battle.
Fight, even a small battle with only a few dozen people.
The reason why Wan Lei wants to collect this information is to test the results of military reform and study newer and more reasonable military reform plans. Because now we have entered the era of colonial war, the main enemies faced by the Peking Army come from abroad, and foreign countries are different from domestic ones.
, all kinds of strange methods of warfare can be encountered. Sticking to the original tactics will often lead to disadvantages. It is necessary to adapt measures to local conditions and train a stronger and more professional army.
The most important colonial direction of the Republic of China in recent years has been the countries on the Southeast and South Islands. This place has a tropical rainforest climate and complex terrain, which is really difficult to conquer. Even the Mongolian cavalry, which was invincible in the world at that time, in this land
They didn't take any advantage at all. It's not that the Mongolian cavalry were not brave, but they were not professional enough. They were good at cavalry warfare, but not good at mountain warfare.
Although the Southwest Military Region of the Peiping Army has been fighting in mountainous areas for many years and is considered proficient in mountain warfare, Wan Lei is not satisfied with this. The so-called pursuit of excellence means that he wants to create a brand new special forces unit that can deal with operations in complex terrain conditions.
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To train special forces, it is not only necessary to train brave generals and soldiers, but also to be equipped with advanced weapons. Only the troops with an optimized combination of people and weapons can be considered the strongest troops. Especially now that we are in the process of handing over hot and cold weapons.
, how to deal with the issue of equipping hot weapons and cold weapons is also a top priority.
It stands to reason that thermal weapons have advantages in range and firepower and should be equipped in large numbers. However, the cost and ammunition consumption of thermal weapons are too high. As the saying goes, a cannon is worth ten thousand taels of gold once it fires. This is no exaggeration.
Hot weapons mean burning money. Poorer countries really can't afford it. Even as rich and powerful as the Republic of China, it's impossible for them to do this.
Since the military cannot be weaponized for the time being, it should start with some equipment. The so-called good steel is used on the blade. In Wan Lei's view, instead of mass-producing firecrackers with low cost performance, it is better to concentrate on the development of new rifles and sniper rifles.
They are issued to the scouts, while the sniper rifles are given to the snipers. This means that the scout battalion needs to add marksmanship proficiency, while the snipers need to be retrained.
And this time the Conquest of the South Army went out, it was also the first battle between the newly trained reconnaissance battalion and the newly built sniper battalion. What Wan Lei valued most was their actual combat performance. In fact, the Conquest of the South Army only had 2,000 rifles and 500 rifles this time.
The combined number of sniper rifles, reconnaissance battalion and sniper battalion is only 3,000.
From an actual combat point of view, these three thousand people did indeed explode with the combat power they should have. Especially in the attack battle of Thang Long City, the sniper battalion was responsible for ambushing the enemy's elephant troops. Almost every 500 snipers
Killing a mahout trainer directly defeated the enemy's most powerful elephant troop. On other battlefields, the sniper battalion also dispatched some snipers to cooperate with friendly forces and achieved good results.
However, the new reconnaissance battalion has some minor problems. The most important problem is that the shooting accuracy is not enough. Some scouts shoot as soon as they see the enemy, regardless of whether the enemy enters the shooting range, resulting in a large increase in ammunition consumption, which takes several months.
The bullets that were just produced are almost used up.
Due to the large amount of ammunition consumed by the reconnaissance camp, the cost of this southern conquest increased, nearly 200,000 silver dollars more than before. Although this money can be recovered from the treasury of Annan Kingdom
Come, but it is better to save such a huge consumption if you can. After all, not everywhere can draw money like Annan. If you attack some very poor and backward countries at such a high cost, it will be a loss-making business.
"Mr. President, this is the national registration and customs defense atlas of Annan. Please take a look at it." In mid-May, Li Guobao came back from the front line and brought back some important atlas of Annan. In fact, Annan was really a projectile.
This small country is not as big as a province in the Republic of China. It took two months to pacify it because of the terrain. If it were some plain areas, the Southern Army could directly sweep through them and capture them all in ten days.
Wan Lei did not look at these books, but asked calmly: "How many Annan people are there in Annan now?"
"There are more than 2.47 million people with national registration. Now they are running to death. The maximum is only 450,000. The population has lost nearly 2 million." Li Guobao's voice was trembling.
Although more than half of the 10,000 people died from smallpox, nearly 800,000 died from the war.
"From now on, Annan Kingdom will be changed to Guangnan Special Zone, and military control will be implemented. All officers and soldiers will seal their swords and no longer kill people for no reason. By the way, Guangnan Special Zone is still under the direct jurisdiction of the Southwest Military Region. The next phase will focus on immigration development.
The focus of your work is to maintain local security and ensure the safety of immigrants."
"I understand and will ensure that Guangnan Special Economic Zone is well managed."
Wan Lei nodded and said nothing more. There are only hundreds of thousands of Annan people in Annan. These small fish can no longer make big waves. He left these people alive not out of kindness, but out of mercy.
For the sake of colonial development, after all, some dirty work still had to be done by people. If the noble citizens of the Republic of China refused to do it, it was natural for the Annamite people who had been deprived of their land to do it.
"By the way, we have captured the king and royal family members of the former Annan Kingdom, as well as some senior bureaucrats. I have brought them back. I have to ask my husband to make up my mind on how to deal with them." Li Guobao added.
"Take him back to Peiping and let the court judge him. The culprit will be punished. The person who coerced the person will see the situation. Those who are not guilty of death will be exiled to the Japanese country." Wan Lei said calmly.
"Sir, will there be any external use of troops in the near future? If Myanmar and other countries in Occupy South China raise provocations on the border, will they fight back?" Li Guobao asked again. Now that the Republic of China has occupied Annan, there is no guarantee that some countries will not be jealous.
It is possible that they forcefully want a piece of the pie.
"For the time being, the priority is stability. If these countries dare to invade, we will attack them, but do not expand the war. As for diplomacy, I will try to find ways to stabilize these countries so that they will not lose their minds like mad dogs."
"Then what happens next?" Li Guobao asked again. He knew Wan Lei very well and knew that the use of troops against Annan this time was just the beginning. He would definitely use troops against other countries on the southeastern peninsula in the future, because occupying the southeastern peninsula would open up the frontier.
The outlet of the Indian Ocean is one of the master plans of the Peking Army.
"There will definitely be wars in the future, so don't relax in military training, especially the sniper battalion and the reconnaissance battalion. These two battalions must continue to increase their training to improve their combat effectiveness. From now on, they will be the vanguard in the war."
"The sniper camp must strengthen training, but now there are only 500 sniper rifles. This..." Li Guobao scratched his head in embarrassment. He wanted more guns. These things are so useful. But he also knew that this
The five hundred guns are the latest ones to be produced. It is already a great honor to equip his military region. After all, the Military Commission also needs to coordinate various military regions to comprehensively improve the equipment level of each military region. It is impossible for one military region to dominate.
"When new guns are produced in the future, we will naturally allocate a batch to you, but don't expect too much. You have to let the sniper battalion take care of the guns. These things cost a lot of money, and each one is as good as three of my guns."
Month's salary, if anyone breaks or loses it, military law will be dealt with." Wan Lei said angrily.
"Haha, among those young soldiers in the sniper camp, who doesn't treat the person in their hands as their lifeblood? They won't let others touch them even if they want to, and they treat them more closely than their own daughter-in-law." Li Guobao said with a smile.
"It's good that they understand. They say that if you don't live in a country, you don't know how expensive food, rice, oil and salt are. As the president of a country, I have to spend money everywhere. You should also understand the difficulties of the country's finances."