Li Shaoquan then negotiated with Governor Canning about the exchange of prisoners.
In fact, the Japanese did not have many coalition prisoners who could be exchanged.
Li Shaoquan proposed that the captives' families could redeem them on their own.
The method of ransoming captives has existed since ancient times, and this method was most popular in the Middle Ages in Europe.
Now the Fuxing Army has hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war in its hands. Some of them are Korean expatriates.
Fortunately for those soldiers, the Renaissance Army was able to drive them to build roads in the newly built Straits Protectorate.
The Straits Settlements, which were originally under the control of Great Britain, were divided into two parts. Among them, Singapore established a republic headed by several large families.
Several sultanates in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula established the Straits Protectorate.
As expected, Yang Guangquan, the original farm director, became the chief guardian of the Protectorate.
Li Xiucheng was temporarily transferred from the southward army, integrated the original farm militia troops on the island, and formed the Strait Protectorate garrison. He served as the commander of the garrison.
What Yang Guangquan is best at is farming and building plantations.
After taking control of this place, the first thing he did was to take back the land that was originally in the hands of the local nobles.
The aristocrats who originally controlled local resources were punished for their crimes and exiled for their innocence.
He transformed these lands into large plantations.
The tropical monsoon climate here in the Malay Peninsula is very suitable for plantations, especially the rubber industry.
The rubber trees that were first introduced here have become useful.
Yang Guangquan sold part of the land to obtain funds for local development.
In addition, some farms that have been well-established in the past were used to set up companies and issue stocks domestically as state-owned enterprises.
With a two-pronged approach, funds will be available for local development. Of course, as the newly established Protectorate, Dong Shuheng will also ask Xinjing to allocate funds to them.
The first step Yang Guangquan needs to do is to expand the original local port, build roads, and connect those large plantations.
From now on, the most important function of the Straits Protectorate is the large plantation economy.
Originally, the local people here will also be absorbed into the plantation.
Some of the captives controlled by the Renaissance Army were old and weak.
These people are freeloaders, and Li Shaoquan has long wanted to get rid of these people.
But you can't give it away for nothing, as that would be too cheap for these Chinese people.
It happened that Li Shaoquan proposed this solution during the negotiations with the Korean people.
The Korean government is unwilling to spend money to redeem them, but it cannot stop the families of those people from paying for the redemptions themselves.
Although this matter aroused some hatred, the Fuxing Army didn't care. The people of the country already hated the Fuxing Army.
A truce is definitely not possible for the time being, so let's continue fighting.
Now it depends on who lasts longer.
In order to recruit servants on a large scale, the Yin Army has basically exhausted places such as Bombay and Gujarat.
If they hadn't urgently transported a large amount of wheat from Egypt, they would have been unable to open the pot now.
But now the land and sea have been cut off, and the food production in the areas controlled by the Yin army has been severely damaged.
The food produced locally cannot satisfy the consumption of so many soldiers.
If the navy cannot reopen the sea channel within half a year.
The so-called million-strong army here may be about to drink from the northwest wind.
Of course, the coalition forces are not feeling well either.
The Holy Army controls a large number of newly occupied areas. To stabilize these areas and restore production requires a large amount of resource investment.
Of course, various countries also have the mentality of taking advantage of the big players, and they also want to take advantage of the Renaissance Army.
After all, these forces in the subcontinent have experienced wars for a long time and are somewhat poor.
The Renaissance Army is rich and powerful, and there are also troops from the Renaissance Army in the coalition forces.
The military uniforms they wore, the food they ate, and the weapons they used were all the envy of these forces.
In addition, the Renaissance Army had originally promised to provide free assistance to the coalition forces.
Otherwise, such a large number of coalition forces would not be led by the Renaissance Army, which does not dominate in terms of military strength.
Therefore, half of the supplies for the hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line are provided by the Renaissance Army.
Rice produced in the Nanyang region was continuously transported to the battlefield in the subcontinent.
Most of the soldiers from the subcontinent and those sent by the Renaissance Army are accustomed to eating rice.
The soldiers usually eat white rice topped with broth and some vegetables.
Every once in a while you can get some meat.
This kind of food is already very poor for the Renaissance Army. Back home, their daily food is much better than this.
But for most of the coalition soldiers, this is already excellent. At least they can eat enough rice.
With so many soldiers, a ship would need to transport the food consumed every day.
Coupled with the consumption of clothes, equipment, etc., the daily cost is really not small.
Even the Renaissance Army cannot fight such a war forever.
Back to the battlefield in Nagpur.
The trenches of the Allied forces extended from north to south from the city of Nagpur.
Not far to the east, the Weingenge River flows from north to south.
Continuous rainfall caused the river to swell and become turbulent.
It is no longer possible to sail boats on the river, and the river can block the enemy's outflanking.
Two kilometers further west of the Allied trenches is the main trench of the Japanese Army.
When the Yin Army built the main trench, the Allied forces had already repaired the fortifications, so the Yin Army could only build farther away.
Otherwise, they will be attacked while repairing fortifications.
However, both sides extended many attack trenches from the main trench to the front.
The two sides were already within a few hundred meters of each other at the nearest place.
Both sides attacked from these attack trenches.
However, both sides now have heavy machine guns. Under tight protection, it is difficult for anyone to break into the other side's position.
At the forefront of Position No. 3, sharpshooter Yanlong of the Third Battalion and Fourth Company of the 113th Regiment of the newly formed Eleventh Division was competing with sniper Dong Xiaolin of the special operations battalion directly under the division.
Yanlong was originally a hunter from the Yi people in Cangyuan, and he was a militiaman in the village.
His family has been hunters for generations, and hunting all year round allowed him to develop good marksmanship.
Later, he was selected as a reserve soldier because of this.
This time we went to the subcontinent to fight, and many new divisions were formed in the southwest region.
Yanlong was naturally recalled to the army as a reserve soldier.
They followed the Tengchong-Dinsujia road all the way to Shengjing, and then took a boat from Shengjing down the river to Calcutta.
Before I had time to repair, I rushed to Nagpur again.
The rock dragon has never traveled such a long distance in his life.
Originally, the farthest place he had ever been was the troop training and assembly area, but that was also in Yunnan.
This time they spent more than a month on land.
This gave Yanlong a lot of knowledge.
The newly formed 11th Division defends the third area, and Yanlong's company is responsible for the second section of the third area.
Opposite is a group of British troops, not an army of servants.
Therefore, the pressure on their defense in this area is still quite high.
After so many days of fighting, Yanlong and his company had suffered more than a dozen casualties, five of whom had died.
Among them is Ganban, a fellow member of Yanlong.
It has been raining every day recently, so there have been almost no decent attacks.
The soldiers guarded the damp trenches, and each one of them was suffering from mental problems.
There is no attack, but the two sides can still fight across the trenches.
Snipers and sharpshooters have become the most popular among various armies.
Sharpshooters are wild snipers selected by each company.
Professional snipers are usually in special operations teams.
These professional special operations snipers have specialized sniper rifles and have received professional training.
Dong Xiaolin is such a person. Speaking of which, he and Dong Shuheng are still from the same family, but they have already released five servers.
As a native of Northern Jiangsu, Dong Xiaolin is not used to the climate here at all.
Fortunately, as a graduate of the Special Warfare Academy, his basic physical fitness is very good, so he doesn't have to worry about falling ill due to acclimatization.
As the division's ace sniper, Dong Xiaolin has completed a brilliant record of killing 76 people.
But today, there was a sharpshooter with only 16 players who wanted to challenge him.
The other party wants to bet on his special supply of canned beef.
As a special operations team member, he is also an officer.
Dong Xiaolin has his own special food.
The soldiers can only eat curry potatoes without beef. But special forces officers like Dong Xiaolin have a monthly quota of ten cans of beef.
The other party was too arrogant, but the Yi guy was really good at shooting.
The opponent can hit a target 500 meters away without a scope. He relies entirely on his own eyesight and experience.
Dong Xiaolin also developed a love for talents and wanted to accept this soldier as his apprentice.
So his condition is that if the soldier loses, he must become his master.
The two of them each chose a position, and they had to rely on their own abilities to snipe and kill the enemy.
Sniper killing cannot be completed in a short time.
Especially since the two sides have been facing off in the trenches for several months.
The Chinese people opposite are also very careful when doing activities, and usually don't show up.
"Yanlong, what are you doing? If you don't rush to find the enemy and kill them, why are you planting grass here?" the company commander asked anxiously.
"I heard that Captain Dong of the special operations team has killed ten people," the company commander continued.
This Rock Dragon is the treasure of their company. He doesn't want Rock Dragon to lose and be abducted by the captain of the special forces team.
Yanlong was still stabbing the straw man in his hand seriously. He remembered that his father said when he taught him how to hunt, you must be careful when preparing bait, just like making delicious food.
It's normal to entertain one's most distinguished guests.
Only in this way can the prey be rushed to the door.
While pricking the straw man in his hand, he asked: "Company commander, how did Captain Dong kill the enemy with a sniper?"
"I heard that he rushed out by himself, attracted enemy fire, and then looked for opportunities to shoot. Damn it, the special forces are all a bunch of lunatics," the company commander cursed.
Yanlong imagined that scene.
Although both sides are in the trenches now, they are very nervous. The slightest movement will cause loud gunfire in the trenches on the opposite side.
Dong Xiaolin dared to do this because he was very familiar with the opponent's firepower position.
Able to avoid the intensive shooting from the opposite side by moving.
While the enemy was shooting blindly, Dong Xiaolin had already jumped into the crater he had chosen in advance.
Start looking for the target on the opposite side.
The heads hanging out of the trenches were his targets.
"Bang bang bang..." Dong Xiaolin's sniper rifle was modified from the Type 54 rifle, with a longer barrel and a scope.
Because there was mud everywhere, Dong Xiaolin wrapped a layer of oilcloth around his favorite gun. The dark oilcloth also enhanced the concealment of the gun.
Dong Xiaolin fired six consecutive shots in the single soldier position formed by the bomb crater.
Although he is not using an automatic rifle, as an experienced sniper, he can easily shoot a super high rate of fire, almost as fast as an automatic rifle.
A qualified sniper must be confident and decisive, not only with accuracy, but also with speed.
On the battlefield, for snipers, sometimes speed is more important than accuracy.
Dong Xiaolin's actions angered the other party.
Suddenly, countless bullets were fired around the crater.
Dong Xiaolin was so suppressed that he could not lift his head.
At this time, if the enemy concentrated their mortars on the crater, Dong Xiaolin would be in danger.
At this time, the New 11th Division position in the rear finally began to counterattack, and the enemy's firepower was suddenly suppressed.
Taking advantage of this gap, Dong Xiaolin rolled on the ground and finally returned to his own position.
Then he used the magazine he had just installed in the crater to fire another wave of bursts at the enemy's position.
The first shot knocked out the British machine gunner. The British army still used a rotating machine gun. The machine gunner had to kneel there, which was not conducive to concealment and easily became a living target.
The Baath Army's own troops no longer use this backward manual machine gun.
Moreover, the machine guns on the coalition side have special machine gun forts.
The configuration of the Yin army, which started to build trenches later, was not so complete.
"Company commander, can you help me find some old military uniforms?" Yanlong has already made several straw men.
He connected the limbs of the straw man to long bamboo poles, just like a puppet.
In this way, the comrades can control the puppet soldier to pretend to crawl on the ground.
If the enemy sees it, they will definitely start shooting.
These shooting British soldiers are the prey of the rock dragon.
These four grass men are the scented bait prepared by the rock dragon for its prey.
"Okay, Yanlong, you really have a lot of tricks up your sleeve. Just wait, I'll get it for you right away. Don't worry, our entire company will support you." The company commander finally saw Yanlong's plan.
Soon Yanlong began to implement the plan.
The Yin army was indeed fooled, and the Yin army directly in front started shooting after the lookout noticed something unusual.
Yanlong seized the opportunity and shot decisively.
Almost a headshot.
After firing a gun, the comrade next to him immediately handed over a loaded rifle.
Yanlong never uses a scope when shooting, he relies on his own eyes and his own intuition.
Intuition is exactly the essential quality of a talented sniper.