These thugs seemed to have discovered this loophole. They even captured a remote indigenous mountain village as their stronghold. Because of its remoteness, it took a long time for the Renaissance Army's bandit suppression troops to discover it.
On the surface, such an attack would do little harm to the Renaissance Army.
In fact, their attacks on local villages greatly reduced the prestige of the FNA's local rule.
This invisible harm actually has a greater impact on the Renaissance Army.
Among the three provinces, the situation in Phnom Penh is the most serious.
Lancang Province is close to Yunnan, with the Shan Plateau to the west and Jiaozhou Province to the right. It is located in the hinterland of China and has the highest degree of development. It is the most stable of the three provinces.
Mekong Province is mostly mountainous and forested, and the local population is sparsely populated.
The mineral resources here are rich, but the scale of the mines is not large yet. Therefore, the development here is lagging behind.
The southernmost province of Phnom Penh is the most complicated. It was originally the Kingdom of Chenla, but was destroyed by the Siam and Nguyen Dynasties successively.
The land was also occupied by Siam and Nguyen Dynasty respectively. But the population here is not large.
After the Fuxing Army came, they expelled the Siamese and Nguyen Dynasty people.
Some locals feel that they should be allowed to return to the Kingdom of Chenla. If the previous Celestial Kingdom must have arranged this, they might even be given a fee.
But Dong Shuheng had his own plans. He needed an outlet in the Gulf of Siam.
If we want to firmly control Nanyang in the future, we must have a port here connected to the mainland.
Just being an outlying island in Luzon is not enough.
After all, Dong Shuheng had no way to guarantee that his navy would be able to defeat future enemies.
If the navy is not good, then leaving the island is not so safe.
Only land is the safest.
The Renaissance Army already has a water passage from Yunnan-Guizhou to Phnom Penh. In the future, Dong Shuheng will also build a railway here.
At that time, in cooperation with the Tanah area in the west, the Renaissance Army will stretch out two feet, one foot in the Southern Ocean and the other in the Indian Ocean.
In order to achieve hegemony over land and sea in the future, Dong Shuheng is now racking his brains in territorial affairs.
At the same time, it was also to deter Siam and the Nguyen Dynasty.
Therefore, the area of Chenla must be brought under the direct jurisdiction of the Renaissance Army.
After the Fuxing Army entered the local area, they treated the original people well.
Local Chinese businessmen, Chinese farms and foreign trade subsidized most of the government expenditures.
The land rent offered by the government to ordinary local farmers is not high at all.
Those native people have experienced so many rulers and have never seen the Renaissance Army be so generous.
Mainly because the Renaissance Army looked down upon the three melons and two dates they had there.
Moreover, the Renaissance Army suppressed those big landowners. These people had previously colluded with the Siamese and Nguyen Dynasty people and were notorious.
Dealing with these people allowed the Renaissance Army to acquire a large amount of land, some of which was distributed to local ordinary people.
Nowadays, those indigenous villages are basically homesteaders. They cultivate land in some remote areas. These places have inconvenient transportation and are not suitable for large-scale farming.
Not only did they divide the land, the Renaissance Army also sent people to teach them farming to increase crop yields.
However, if the Renaissance Army cannot stand up to protect them now, then they may still turn to those thugs.
Spring City, the office compound of the Southwest Military Region is located in the former Admiral's Mansion.
Since the buildings inside were not big enough, a four-story building was just built.
Peng Yulin works here most of the time. It was only because of the recent tense war in India that he went to Tengchong Prefecture to take charge.
Of course, the war in India is only one aspect. The remaining chieftains in Tengchong Prefecture have recently begun to come out again.
Peng Yulin was in Myitkyina, so he could direct and exterminate the remaining chieftains nearby.
"President, please sit down." He followed Peng Yulin around their military compound and expressed condolences to the officers who lived here.
Dong Shuheng motioned to Peng Yulin to find a small conference room that was convenient for chatting. Some things were not convenient to talk about at the conference, and he needed to communicate with Peng Yulin in private.
He had already seen that Peng Yulin seemed to have a lot of things to say to him.
After the two sat down, Peng Yulin was about to get up and pour tea.
Dong Shuheng raised his hand to indicate that he did not need to do it himself.
Then, Dong Shuheng gave Wei Yuxiang a wink, and Wei Yuxiang stepped forward to make tea for the two of them, and then walked out of the conference room.
"Xueqin, your Southwest Military Region suppressed more than 300 rebellions in the first half of the year. Why has the southwest suddenly become so chaotic?" Dong Shuheng asked.
"President, it's true. Although these places have just been conquered, there weren't that many rebellions before, and I know that the government's policies for governing local areas are also quite loose."
"When something unusual happens, there must be something wrong. Our military region has cooperated with the Intelligence Department to conduct some investigation activities."
"First of all, these rebellions are mainly concentrated in two places, one is Phnom Penh Province, and the other is the chieftain of southern Yunnan."
"The rioters in Phnom Penh are very close to Annan and Nanqi. There are traces of French missionaries here. But our power is very weak in Nanqi. The key problem is that even the Annan court's control there is very weak.
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"The local forces have developed rapidly with the support of the French. They have controlled the military and political affairs in Nanqi and have become warlords. Moreover, their attitude towards us is very bad. A large number of them are
We were driven out from Phnom Penh.”
"The situation here in southern Yunnan is lighter. Only small groups of rebels infiltrate from time to time and attack villages near the mountains and forests. We think this may have something to do with the Burmese people?" Peng Yulin said.
"The Kingdom of Burma? How dare they?"
"President, Galloya has been in Dhaka for nearly two years. In the past two years, he has been transferring the power of the Kingdom of Myanmar to Dhaka. He has been implementing the westward strategy arranged by us, so there should be no problem."
"I asked someone to go to Mr. Li who was stationed in the Kingdom of Myanmar from the Lifan Yuan. He also had doubts about this. A small group seemed to have formed around the Prime Minister Min Aung Chun in Awa City, Myanmar. These people had the old aristocracy as the core.
, they hope that Galloya can refocus Burma's focus on the east. They feel that going to the west to confront the Great Empire is completely thankless."
"It's just that I haven't found any specific actions on their part. But I suspect that the few chieftains who emerged in southern Yunnan have something to do with the people in Ava City."
"Think, thump, thump..." Dong Shuheng listened to Peng Yulin's analysis and tapped the table with his fingers.
He listened carefully, hoping to find some correlation.
"Let's talk about things in Phnom Penh first."
"There have been many religious incidents in Nanqi in the past six months. The French jumped very fiercely, and the local parishioners were also dissatisfied with the Annan government. The local army was infiltrated by the French and became a warlord. They supported the local
Aboriginal people have infiltrated into the Phnom Penh area to cause trouble."
"One more thing, you should know that the French sent a fleet to the Far East, which has been sailing from Europe for more than two months."
Dong Shuheng said that he took out all the information about Nan Qi that he had.
Peng Yulin's eyes lit up after hearing this. There is no problem in interpreting each of these incidents individually, but when they are connected together, it really gives people a strong sense of conspiracy.
"President, it seems that this matter is not simple. We currently have only one regiment of troops stationed in Phnom Penh, and the Lancang Navy is also permanently stationed there to protect the security of the Phnom Penh section of the Lancang River."
"In addition, we have established 13 large-scale farms in the local area in the past two years. Including the Chinese who originally lived in the local area, there are a total of 15,000 registered militiamen."
"It's just that these forces are located in various parts of Phnom Penh, and currently they can only protect the security of the Chinese area."
"Now it seems that our enemies have also learned the lesson and started looking for our weak points to attack."
"Xueqin, I can't send you troops from other places now. You can recruit two new divisions in Yunnan and Guizhou." Dong Shuheng said.
The number of standing troops in the Renaissance Army has hardly increased in the past two years, but the number of officers has continued to increase.
So Dong Shuheng discussed with the military department to form some shadow troops in various military regions.
These armies are not standing. Officers serve in active military units and gain experience, usually serving as deputies at all levels.
When needed, soldiers were temporarily recruited, and these soldiers were selected from the militia.
These shadow troops conduct joint training every year during the off-season to hone the cooperation between officers and soldiers.
This is Dong Shuheng's idea of building an army by hiding troops from the people.
This is also why for such a large territory, the Renaissance Army has less than 500,000 standing troops.
"President, since you said so, I am not worried anymore. Our Southwest Military Region has seen quite a lot of wars. The officers of the shadow force all have actual combat experience."
"In the past year or so, I have sent officers from the general area to the Indian battlefield in rotation to serve as advisors to the Burmese Army or the Holy Army. Let them see more of the real battlefield. Especially where they are fighting against the British army. In this way
The opportunity is very rare." Peng Yulin said with some pride.
"Well, you have done a good job in this regard. Good officers are all produced on the battlefield. Our Renaissance Army has not fought many battles for more than a year. I guess many people's bones have become loose." Dong Shuheng nodded and said.
"If those chieftains in southern Yunnan who escaped originally dare to come out to cause trouble, then show no mercy to them. There is no need to capture these people. We gave them a chance, but we will not give it a second time. In addition, I will let the Military Intelligence Bureau
There are also people from the special operations team here to cooperate with you. It is not cost-effective for our regular army to go into the ravine with them."
The chieftain rebels here in northern Myanmar are some of the people who escaped originally.
When the Renaissance Army came over from Yunnan, some chieftains voluntarily surrendered and accepted the transformation of the Renaissance Army. Some of the chieftains retreated into the mountains to fight guerrillas with the Renaissance Army.
Some of them were eventually forced out because of the lack of food and grass. Others have been hiding in the mountains and have not come out.
Some of these people have always been in contact with the nobles in Burma and received support from those Burmese nobles, so they have been hiding in the mountains.
However, they have never dared to come out before. Because once they come forward, it will be difficult for them to retreat.
This time they came out to cause trouble, there must be a reason for it.
Dong Shuheng had no time to think about what was wrong with them now. He could just leave this matter to the Military Intelligence Bureau.
The Military Intelligence Army is affiliated to the Military Ministry and is a newly established military intelligence organization established by Dong Shuheng.
The establishment of this organization, on the one hand, hopes to separate the Intelligence Department from military-related activities, and on the other hand, it also means decentralization.
As its role increases, the intelligence organization will continue to expand and is an organization that can easily get out of control.
Due to work reasons, they feel a little outside of the Five Elements. They have their own independent source of funding, and their management is still directly under the hierarchy and responsible for individual items.
It is easy to breed careerists.
Originally, Dong Shuheng gave some power to the intelligence department through personnel adjustments.
However, with the establishment of various overseas branches, the expansion rate of the Intelligence Department is still a bit too fast.
So Dong Shuheng learned from others and established a military intelligence bureau, which was affiliated with the military department.
This can also enhance the strength of the military and balance the strength gap between the military and the cabinet.
Dong Shuheng now wants to provide more opportunities for people in the Military Intelligence Bureau to accompany the military activities.
Enhance their collaborative capabilities.
Under normal circumstances, intelligence personnel should go first before military operations.
As Dong Shuheng said before, war is not only about the strength of both sides, but also about the information they have.
"President, your arrangement is the best. There are not many of them, but they are as hard to catch as flies. It is indeed a bit troublesome to deal with them in conventional combat."
"In addition, President, I think the situation in the Kingdom of Myanmar is not that simple. I'm worried about Mr. Li that he can't control it. There are many precedents for the Burmese nobles and below."
"Galoa's confidants are basically in Dhaka now, and his control here in Ava City is too weak." Peng Yulin said worriedly.
"Xueqin, what you said makes sense, but now is not the time. Maybe they are indeed brewing some conspiracy, but this matter is not necessarily a bad thing. Let Galloya handle it. If we do it for you, it is possible
It will make Galloya feel grudged." Dong Shuheng thought for a while and said.
"Well, I understand. Peng Yulin didn't say any more. He knew that Dong Shuheng must have other plans, and this was beyond his scope of consideration."
"President, in order to solidify the border with the Kingdom of Myanmar, our military region is planning to build three fortresses at the three transportation arteries of Mogu, Memei, and Daxi." Peng Yulin revealed his latest plan.
"Hey, Xueqin, you have to prepare for a rainy day. This is no problem. You can mobilize the engineering troops to build. If there are not enough people, just recruit another engineering division."
Dong Shuheng knew Peng Yulin's plan as soon as he heard it.
The current top-heavy situation of the Kingdom of Myanmar is indeed very prone to problems.
It seems that things in the Dana area will be settled soon.
"How is the situation in Danna?" Dong Shuheng asked.
"That's right. Our main business focus in the Tanah area is still Mawlamyine. There are many Chinese here and the port facilities are complete."
"The British navy attacked Moulmein a few months ago, but we were repulsed. We did not fly the flag of the Renaissance Army, but used the name of the 'Chinese Independence Army'."
"The political aspect is dominated by our people, and then the local Chinese elect representatives to participate in the government's important decisions. The framework of an autonomous government has been set up."
"In addition to our army, we also selected some young people from the local Chinese to form the Self-Defense Force."
"Now there is a regiment of our second division locally, a regiment is in Mawlamyine, and a garrison regiment transferred from Yunnan is stationed in Moji City in the south."
Fortunately, this place does not directly border the British on land.
The Siamese people have already been invaded by the Renaissance Army, and they will not care about the affairs here.
"It seems that by the end of this year, our plan to annex the Mawlamyine and Tanah areas can be implemented." Dong Shuheng said thoughtfully.
"Well, yes, President, as time goes by, it will lead to longer nights and more dreams."
"Xueqin, the war situation in India is the most important. Now the British have invested two groups of expeditionary forces. But the number is still not enough. The British must invest at least 200,000 troops to have an impact on their country's finances.
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"President, this may be a bit difficult. The British have invested less than 100,000 local soldiers now, and the coalition forces are almost unable to withstand it," Peng Yulin said.
"Xueqin, don't worry. After all, the strength of the British in India is gradually weakening. One is one and the other is ebbing. The local Indian states will gradually come out to join in the fun. When the time comes, they will have to divide their forces to deal with these states."
"Don't you see that the alliance of princely states in northern India has become a thing now?" This area is the most elite place in the Indian subcontinent.
Without this place, their strength in the Indian colonies would be weakened by at least one-third.
ps: I may speed up the pace later. Otherwise, I don’t know when this book will be finished. Finally, I continue to ask for monthly votes and recommendations.