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Chapter 617 Intricate Forms

Although the battle lasted only a short time, the intensity of the battle was still very high at the moment when the two sides met.

The remaining four battleships in Busey's naval right column probably have hundreds of cannons on one side.

At such a close distance, with bullets raining down from the sky, the Donghua Fleet seemed to have been hit by hailstones.

Such a blow is also a huge test for the psychological quality of officers and soldiers.

This battle was a kind of experience for the Donghua Navy.

Although they all participated in the Prussian-Danish War, that time they helped the Prussians fight.

The Prussians were the main force in the battle. They were just supporting actors.

Moreover, that time it was a sneak attack on the enemy's port, not an encounter at sea.

Compared with the last battle, this battle is more real to the officers and soldiers of the Donghua Fleet.

The fleet continued southward, and one day later, they passed the waters of Rio.

On the way, the fleet also secretly docked and dropped the two liaison teams on the shore.

Nie Dahua and the others finally decided to hand over the Portuguese supply merchant ships in the Tehuelche-controlled area in southern Patagonia.

There is a free port called Port of Santa Cruz. It is a simple port where local indigenous people sell some supplies to passing merchant ships.

Next, the fleet continued to sail south at cruising speed.

After a brief battle with the Busi people, the morale of the fleet officers and soldiers was greatly boosted.

They once again realized their advantage. Although there were enemies waiting for them ahead, what would happen?



On the Lancang River, Dong Shuheng, who had finished his trip to southern Yunnan, boarded the Lancang Navy warship that came to pick him up at Pu'er Mansion.

During this trip to southern Yunnan, Dong Shuheng mainly determined with Peng Yulin the focus of military activities in the southwest region for the next period of time.

The sudden increase in rebellions needs to be put down. But the most important thing to pay attention to is Annan's affairs.

The situation there worried Dong Shuheng. The entire vassal state system was created by Dong Shuheng.

It is divided into internal vassal and external vassal, such as those small Chinese countries in Nanyang, and the current Taiping Liao Kingdom, which belongs to the internal vassal. The internal vassal is like an autonomous state under the Renaissance Army.

It has no independent diplomatic power. There is also the vassal vassalage of Annan, Siam, the Kingdom of Burma, Gorkha, the Kingdom of Korea, and the three Central Asian countries. They have their own independent military and diplomacy.

The relationship with the mother country is more like an ally.

If something happens to a vassal country and the Renaissance Army does not take care of it, then the trust relationship between the vassal and vassal country will be broken.

If you can't protect others, then why should the vassal country still trust you and listen to you in the future?

The French's intentions are now unclear.

This potential danger is the most terrifying.

On the naval warship, in the living and office cabin temporarily assigned to Dong Shuheng.

Duji, wearing a blue embroidered Dai hip-wrapped skirt, walked in carrying a tea tray.

This kind of traditional dress worn by Dai girls particularly shows off their figure.

The waist of this kind of skirt is wrapped very high, making it look like all the legs are covered from the chest down.

"Du Ji, why are you wearing this outfit?" Dong Shuheng took a look and asked casually.

"Oh, President, it was given to me by Mrs. Peng when I left southern Yunnan. You don't blame me for accepting a gift from someone else, do you?"

"Oh, it's just a piece of clothing. It fits you very well. You can wear this outfit for the rest of the trip. The weather here is hot and our work clothes are too hot."

It's summer now, and although there are electric fans on the boat, it's still unbearably hot.

"Well, thank you, President. What we are brewing here is Pu'er Mansion's glutinous and fragrant Pu'er tea, your favorite." With that said, Du Ji walked to the side of Dong Shuheng's desk, put down the tray, picked up the kettle and gave Dong Shuheng a cup of tea. .

Dong Shuheng picked up the small cup and sniffed the reddish-brown tea soup, and a strong aroma of rice soup hit his face.

This is his favorite glutinous black tea.

He started drinking this tea when he was in Yangzhou.

In his opinion, this kind of tea is the most peaceful. When you drink it, it is not as bitter as ordinary black tea or green tea, nor does it have the rich fragrance of scented tea.

What it brews is the most ordinary rice aroma. This aroma of rice soup gives Pu'er tea a different kind of soul.

Dong Shuheng drank the entire teapot in one breath.

Just when Duji got up and went to refill Dong Shuheng's tea.

Wei Yuxiang walked in with a thick pile of materials.

"I'm sorry, President, for disturbing your rest." Wei Yuxiang said apologetically when he saw Du Ji holding a tea tray.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. Have you received any latest documents?" Dong Shuheng motioned to Wei Yuxiang to sit down and talk.

Having followed Dong Shuheng for so long, Wei Yuxiang has always been conscientious in his work, without the arrogance of a relative of the emperor.

He was always polite in front of Dong Shuheng and never regarded himself as his brother-in-law.

"Yes, President." Wei Yuxiang picked up the document in his hand and said.

"The Far North Province reported that our advance team had many large-scale frictions with Tsarist Russia in the buffer zone between the two rivers in the summer. This time the situation was different from previous years. Tsarist Russia assembled three or four teams of more than 1,000 people, and initially fought Our advance team missed the target and suffered heavy losses, with thousands of casualties."

"The military region of the Far North Province has requested to expand the strength of the advance team." Wei Yuxiang paused as he spoke.

"Well, yes, reply to them, and we can recruit another group of Fuso warriors to expand the number to 5,000. We can let them negotiate with the Fuso Protectorate and recruit them in northern Honshu under the original conditions."

"We must resolutely retaliate against the friction provoked by the Tsarist Russians, and there is no need to worry that the conflict will escalate."

"In addition, the Far East Military Region is ordered to prevent the army from carrying out a long-distance march to the western border during the summer."

"Swish, swish, swish..." Wei Yuxiang recorded the orders dictated by Dong Shuheng. Later, he would draft these orders and wait for Dong Shuheng's signature before sending them out.

"The second thing was sent by the Western Region Protectorate, and it is somewhat related to the previous thing." Wei Yuxiang continued to narrate.

"The Western Region Protectorate reported that since this summer, a large number of cavalry mixed with Tsarist Russians and Kazakhs have appeared on the Kazakh grasslands. These cavalry have had many conflicts with our ranger regiments stationed west of Yibohai. The forces invested by both sides have There are more than a thousand people involved, and this scale is much larger than the previous conflict involving a few hundred people."

"Moreover, the Khiva Khanate and Bukhar Khanate in Central Asia have also been attacked by small-scale Tsarist Russian forces many times. The Tsarist Russians seem to have only looted this time, without occupying land or going deep into the hinterland."

"Da da da..." The sound of Dong Shuheng tapping on the table was heard in the cabin again.

This was his habitual action when thinking about problems. Seeing this, Wei Yuxiang temporarily stopped reporting.

"What does Tsarist Russian mean?" Dong Shuheng thought in his mind.

"Let the Western Region Protectorate strengthen their guard, and dispatch the third cavalry division to the Yibohai area." As long as the enemy enters the Gobi transition zone in the middle, we will resolutely eliminate them.

The transition zone Dong Shuheng mentioned refers to the Gobi zone in the central part of the Kazakh Plateau west of the Yibo Sea that the Renaissance Army delimited on its own.

The population here was originally relocated by the Renaissance Army.

Then the Western Region Protectorate sent rangers, mainly Kirgiz, to patrol in this generation.

All Kazakh herdsmen who entered here were either forcibly moved to other places or expelled.

In contrast, the Tsarist Russians often prevented the Kazakh cavalry under their control from carrying out infiltration activities here.

Military frictions between the two sides here continue to occur. They have never stopped.

But this place itself is a desert Gobi zone with a harsh climate, so there have never been large-scale conflicts.

Now the Tsarist Russia has suddenly escalated friction. Is it because they want to know the route of the Renaissance Army here to prepare for the next war?

At this time, no matter who wants to start a war on both sides, they must clear out the armed forces set up by the other side in the transition zone.

Because Dong Shuheng chose these transition zones very cleverly.

All of these places have harsh climates. If one party is attacking and the army is blocked by the other party in this area, then the harsh climate environment here will bring huge disasters to the attacking party.

Therefore, before attacking, you must first know the forces deployed by the opponent in the buffer area, so that the opponent cannot know when and where you will launch the attack.

thereby capturing an advance base across the buffer zone.

From this point of view, Tsarist Russia’s recent actions are worth pondering.

"Let's leave it like this for now!" Dong Shuheng did not continue to dwell on this matter.

After Zuo Jigao returned to the central government, the Western Region Protectorate implemented the separation of military and political affairs.

In terms of military affairs, Wang Congzhi, the original commander of the First Division, was in charge. He took the lead in establishing the Northwest Military Region to coordinate the military activities of the Western Region Protectorate.

The civil affairs were handed over to Li Cunwen.

Li Cunwen is mature and steady. He has done well in Zhejiang Province in the past two years and has developed the local economy very well. He is a good expert at exploring local economic potential.

Therefore, when finally choosing a successor to Zuo Jigao, Dong Shuheng selected Li Cunwen.

The Li family was Dong Shuheng's initial supporter. Although they were a local wealthy family, Dong Shuheng was not worried that the Li family would become bigger because of Li Cunwen's promotion.

Dong Shuheng has now made the cake big enough.

Dong Shuheng could not remain indifferent to the aristocratic families who initially supported him.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be heart-warming.

As for the aristocratic family doing big things, Dong Shuheng is not too worried.

He doesn't want to wipe out all the great families, that's impossible.

In that case, ordinary people may not necessarily live a better life. Rich families may not necessarily be bad.

Some patriotic families sometimes make greater contributions to the development of the country.

In addition, Li Cunwen is now in his forties and has rich experience in politics, having also served as a Manchu official.

There are more ways to deal with the complex environment in the Western Regions.

The vast land and complex population structure there require a long-sleeved officialdom veteran like Li Cunwen to operate.

To be honest, Zuo Jigao was a bit too upright. At the beginning, he was okay for suppressing the local chaos.

But now that the local area has stabilized and entered a period of great development, Zuo Jigao's tactics can no longer be used.

Dong Shuheng really wanted to develop the Western Regions. All dynasties in the past dynasties recognized the strategic role there (outflanking the prairie dynasties) and the economic value of the Silk Road.

No Central Plains dynasty developed it like the mainland.

Perhaps they were concerned that it was too far away from the core of the Central Plains dynasty’s rule.

But Dong Shuheng need not worry, the railway has now been built through Jiayuguan.

When this railway is connected with the railway in the Western Region, the Western Region will truly be integrated with the mainland.

Moreover, the western region also has unique advantages in developing industry.

Dong Shuheng wanted to build it into the economic and cultural center of Central Asia.

This will provide a steady source of power for the Renaissance Army to expand its influence to the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea.

Where does this source come from? It is to establish a complete industrial system in the Western Regions and form a complete industrial circle.

Let’s talk about the resources there. There is the highest quality cotton there and a large area of ​​land suitable for industrial cultivation.

The water sources in the Tianshan Mountains can provide the driving force for sustainable development of these lands.

There are also a lot of mineral resources here.

At the same time, developing industry here can also attract a large number of people engaged in industrial labor.

Dong Shuheng moved people here, which would help improve the population ratio here.

After the current Western Region includes the entire Tianshan Mountains, everything east of the Tianshan Mountains is considered the hinterland.

The Tianshan Mountains and the Yibohai and Congling areas to the west of the mountains are considered the frontier.

From a military perspective, only the northwest of Yi Bohai Sea is the military border.

Because the Congling area in the south borders Aiwuhan, Bukhara Khanate, and Khiva Khanate. These three khanates are all vassal states of the Renaissance Army.

They were deeply influenced by the Renaissance Army both militarily and economically.

It is also equivalent to the military buffer zone of the Renaissance Army in Central Asia. Therefore, there is no problem at all from the perspective of military security for Dong Shuheng to develop industry in the hinterland of the Western Region east of the Tianshan Mountains.

Even if there was a full-scale war with Tsarist Russia in the future, Dong Shuheng was sure to completely block the opponent to the west of the Tianshan Mountains.

Now the Kirgiz people living in the Tianshan Mountains have been relocated by Dong Shuheng to pastures that are more suitable for survival.

It is now a restricted military area. The army has built many permanent fortresses at strategic transportation points between the mountains.

Some places suitable for grazing have also been turned into military pastures.

Anyway, there are no ordinary people here.

A large number of alpine wastelands have been artificially returned to their original state.

Dong Shuheng named them "Nature Reserve". Except for a small number of scientific researchers and anti-poaching staff, this place has completely become a paradise for wild animals.

Now that he has more land in his hands, Dong Shuheng has no intention of using it all. He has set up a large number of protected areas in places with poor farming or grazing conditions.

These protected areas are not only to protect wildlife resources, but also to leave a pure land for future generations.

The population under Dong Shuheng's control now can reach 50 million. Compared with the nearly 20 million square kilometers of land, this population is still too small.

The three Khristenko provinces in Indochina that Dong Shuheng is currently inspecting can accommodate hundreds of millions of people.

Dong Shuheng has just entered Lancang Province. It is said to be a plateau, but the altitude is not high at all.

It’s just that there are really many mountains.

He was sitting on the navy's warship, and there were mountains everywhere he could see.

It's just that the mountains here are not high or steep, and they are not barren at all.

The mountains are covered with lush trees. If the trees can grow so well, it means that fruit trees can also grow here.

The rainfall here is abundant, and these mountains can actually be converted into terraces.

But Dong Shuheng, who has no shortage of land now, feels there is no need to do this.

Occasionally on the boat, you can still see the new immigrant villages built along the river. Although their houses are all bamboo buildings and wooden houses, at least they are all new.

There was newly opened land behind the village, which suddenly opened up Dong Shuheng's sight that had been blocked by trees.

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