"Captain Guo, the batch of weapons that I was going to send you were gone, I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry." On the Luyang Island Wharf, a second lieutenant logistics officer said to Guo Handong with apologetic expression. He had just brought two 72-ton steamer upstream from the lower reaches of the Ludang River, loaded with military cans, beer, medicines, cigarettes, sugar and other supplies to supply Guo Handong's detachment, which was carrying out the "bandit suppression" combat mission in the Uknein area in the future.

However, according to the original plan, there should have been a ship carrying gunpowder and ordnance, which was the backup military capital of more than 2,000 people from Guo Handong's detachment. As a result, the logistics staff from the Army Department actually told him that there was no more, which surprised Guo Handong. He was particularly wondering who dared to hack his equipment in the Army Department.

You should know that my father is the first nominal person in the national military system today, the chief of staff of the National Armed Forces, his father-in-law is the former commander of the navy and the only general in the navy system, Major General Li Yi. With such a solid background and backstage, it is too late for others to curry favor with him, and he dares to hack his equipment?!

"The Ottoman ambassador urged the household registration, and a large amount of inventories of military funds were urgently transferred to ship to Smyrna Port. So, please be patient and save some money for the sake of all kinds of military funds. If it really doesn't work, it's okay to slow down the attack. Anyway, the Tverches people have been beaten to pieces by us..." The logistics officer saw that Guo Handong's face was a little bad, and immediately explained embarrassedly.

"Ottomans? The Ottomans are purchasing weapons again? Where did they get the money? It's just a mess!" Guo Handong was a little surprised when he heard this, and subconsciously questioned.

"Isn't it the Crete Island thing?" The logistics consultant sighed and said, "I heard that the Ottoman Empire organized many bloody offensives against the Gandi Fortress in the first half of this year. More than 20,000 people were killed or injured due to the battle and epidemic. It was extremely heavy and the material consumption was also very huge. I heard that their Great Vizi had already been ruthless and must defeat the thorn in the eyes of the city of Dian. Therefore, in the second half of the year and even next year, the Ottomans will continue to launch strong attacks, so they will be attacked on all the people.

There was a huge demand for ordnance. Even they couldn't wait for us to produce it, and asked us to send all the inventory to them to solve the urgent problem. After discussion on the Shangfeng, the Ottoman request was acceptable and helped to strengthen the relationship between the two countries, so they agreed to this matter. At present, these military funds have set off from Zhenhai Port, so..." The logistics consultant also explained some of the gossip he had obtained to enhance the persuasiveness of his words.

Fortunately, Captain Guo Handong seemed to be convinced by him - in fact, what can I do if I didn't convince him? Should I send a warship to recover these batches of weapons? It would be better to let the Northern Arsenal and Dayuhe Arsenal speed up production - he shook his head gently, as if he was dissatisfied, but in the end he didn't say anything, but patted the logistics officer on the shoulder and turned around and left the dock.

Luyang Island has now almost become the largest material distribution center in the Ludang River Basin. The herds of wild buffalo captured from the north, the wool and animal fat purchased from nearby herders, the Indians captured in the bandit suppression operation, etc. are all considered the largest "special products" in the Ludang River Basin - oh, by the way, when it comes to specialties, how can we forget the Ludang River, the most famous export commodity fruit in the Chubut River Basin?

Although the fruit and melon planting in the Ludang River Basin started later than along the Chubute River, due to the continuous investment of large capital, this may also be due to the demonstration effect of the Chubute River fruit and vegetable industry zone run by Cai Huaze, it is developing very fast. A large number of non-nationals devoted their sweat to the orchards invested by the Mashi Fruit Industry, Chuangji Investment Company, and the state-owned Ping'an Canned Food Factory. They leveled the land, dug ditches, dredged river channels, and built warehouses, turning the banks of the Ludang River into a bustling construction site, and the achievements are naturally quite obvious: some fruit trees with shorter and faster growth periods, such as peach trees, plum trees, apricot trees, cherry trees, etc., have grown very well. In the past two years, many fruits have been borne one after another. In addition to some of the nearby supply of military supplies and construction army consumption, most of them are shipped to the local area for sale, and have obtained considerable profits.

Especially in the Chubut River Basin, which was developed earlier, the fruit industry in HA County was huge in scale and almost became the third largest industry besides the sea animal hunting industry and ceramics industry. These fruits that grew in the Patagonian platform, which had a long time of sunshine, fertile soil and arid climate, had excellent quality. They won a great victory in the competition with the fruits in the East Coast Prairie and the Yazi Lake Basin, defeating the other side and occupying almost two-thirds of the East Coast fruit market. Don’t you see, Shenwu in the North Coast Lake area

The county invested in the establishment of the Mashi fruit industry, a large-scale orchard, and the state-owned Ping An canned food factory with a mature fruit industry base in Liming Town. They all searched for sites on both sides of the Chubut River and Ludang River to build their own fruit bases, which shows the superior status of this land in developing fruit planting, just like XJ in later generations. To be precise, there is a necessary environment for XJ to develop fruit planting, and also convenient transportation conditions far exceeding XJ. It is difficult for this fruit industry to develop it.

If nothing unexpected happens, these two ships transporting supplies come to Luyang Island's 72-ton inland/offshore universal steamer. They also need to pull a lot of fruit on the return journey to save the air flow of the cabin. Of course, some of the beef that was pickled on the spot was packed in wooden barrels with uniform specifications. They were all bisoned accidentally killed and killed when catching herds, and planned to transport them back to the local area for sale to stabilize prices.

Speaking of prices, the price of beef is probably the most unsold commodity in the East Coast. The Great Plain of La Plata, Northern Patagonia, is a conservatively estimated to exceed 20 million bisons (the species of Andalusian black bulls after the wildization), and because humans are too weak, the number is still growing. Some officials from the East Coast Ministry of Agriculture once speculated that when the East Coast people really finally take La Plata, how many bisons will increase here? 30 million? 50 million? In short, it must be a very exaggerated number!

Such a large number of wild bison really solved a considerable (perhaps most) problem of meat source for the two million people of the East Coast Republic of China. At the same time, its massive amount of tallow also provides sufficient raw materials for the soap industry. The cowhide is made into various shoes, shoes, wraps, saddles, etc. In short, it has made great contributions to the people of the East Coast. Moreover, stimulated by market demand, more and more people are now taking boats to the Ludang River and Baoxing River areas.

They tried to find and capture herds of bison in groups, hoping to get rich overnight. However, they were short of manpower and lacked organization, but their success rate was low, far less than that of the cattle hunting team organized by local governments or military forces. The team led by Captain Guo Handong had often gone out to catch bisons before, but in recent years, because of heavy combat tasks, they no longer engaged in these "side jobs", and instead let local governments and militias do such things. Of course, the full-time team sent by the Ministry of Agriculture is indispensable.

After the junction with the logistics department near the dock, Guo Handong threw all the follow-up affairs to the adjutant, and then he plunged into the military camp outside the city to check the training of each department. Since the first phase of the combat mission, they have defeated several Tverche tribes at the intersection of the Limai River and Neuken River in later generations. Not only have they killed and killed more than a thousand people, but they have also captured a large number of Indian elderly, weak, women and children. What these people did not say is that they will be pulled to the Ludang River and Baoxing River in the early stage to dig ditches and dredge them, and will be exiled to South Africa, New China, Australia and even the Black Water areas depending on the situation to enrich the local population and reduce the local future troubles.

At this time, there were four regular army companies stationed in Luyang Town, from three mixed battalions. There was also an artillery company (the reason why the artillery was so small was because the printing of the Nians did not require any artillery, and they had almost no strong fortifications), a baggage company, an engineering platoon, and a cavalry with as many as three companies.

These soldiers and the command center staff are basically a strengthening battalion with extremely strong combat power. Moreover, in order to facilitate the command of Guo Handong, the superiors did not specially transfer the "veterans" to participate in the bandit suppression operation, but appointed them all to Guo Handong, with him as the detachment captain. With such careful "care", it is no wonder that some people in the Army Department are rumored that when rewarding merits after the war, Captain Guo Handong and Guo is likely to be the first among the second generation of soldiers to be promoted to the rank of major, one step ahead of his brother-in-law Li Zemin, who served in the navy.

Guo Handong himself was naturally understanding these things, so he is very strict in the control of the troops now, and the soldiers of the bandit suppression detachment are also very hard to train. These efforts are naturally not in vain. When they were snatching the beautiful water and grass of the Neuken River Valley a while ago, they used their skillful combat skills and the cooperation of militias to wipe out a large number of Tevech people in one fell swoop, and then returned triumphantly.

Now, the people of the East Coast have established a front settlement near the town of General Luoka in the later generations, called "Suixi Township". At present, about five or six hundred residents have gone to reclaim land in advance. In order to protect their safety, they have guarded the combat preparations stored on the front line, and more than 300 militiamen who are also under the command of Captain Guo Handong are stationed there, most of them from Hai'an, Yancheng, Daliang and Xuanwu counties, and are basically on duty in turn. Currently, militias from Yancheng County are stationed in Suixi Township. Because the place is relatively wealthy, training is OK. It can still be used to fight the locals, so they will not be as panicked as some Xinding militias who obviously lack combat experience.

After carefully checking every corner of the camp, Guo Handongzai responded with confidence to his own affairs. After resting for a while, the entire army set off in Luyang Town, the only town in the middle and upper reaches of the Ludang River, which could be called a town, and then headed west in mid-to-late December 1667. The soldiers carried rifles, sang officers, baggage soldiers and masters drove a large group of camels and pack horses, and marched westward in a proud and proud manner, crossed Suixi Township, and once again arrived near the city of Neuken, Argentina in many days. Now, on the map of the East Coast people, it is marked as "Dingnan Town" (this settlement will be established in 1668), and then guarded it.

During the last evacuation, they had stoned memorials at the place where the Indians were defeated and excavated a suggested field camp. This time the army came again and could also use the facilities here. According to the plan formulated with the State Development Administration and the Northern Patagonia Regional Administration, in January, more than 6,000 settlers would come to Luyang Island by boat, and then walk through Suixi Township to Dingnan Town to reclaim the land. The task of the Guo Handong bandit suppression detachment is to clear the threat of the near Tverches while ensuring the safety of these reclaimed immigrants and some of the materials they carried. And only when the east coast reclaimed farmers successfully settled their feet in Suixi, Dingnan and other settlements that are about to be established one after another, Guo's mission will be successfully completed, otherwise he will continue to stay in this vast platform to eat sand, and it will be far away to promote the rank of major.

The day after arriving in Dingnan Town, after leaving all the steps, artillery, workers, and baggage to excavate fortifications and alert all directions, Guo Handong himself led three cavalry companies, with enough water and ammunition, and went all the way along the Limai River, intending to see if there were any remaining Indians. In the last battle to clear out the Indians, the defeated Tverches retreated southwest along the Limai River. After many days, Guo Handong planned to lead his men again.

Go there and take a look. If there are no Indians, it is best. It is also the focus of the next step in Patagonia's development of Taiwan (Taiwan can currently be allocated about 6,000 immigration places every year, which is very pitiful), so as to avoid people coming out to cause trouble; and if they can meet Indians, he believes that with three well-equipped cavalry companies and with intentional calculations and unintentional calculations, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy and achieve a brilliant victory.

The East Coast Cavalry continued to search the Limai River area for several days, but found nothing unexpectedly, and I don’t know where the Indians had gone. Perhaps the last offensive was too impressive for them, so they were all escaping from a foreign land and missing, right? That’s good!

On January 1, 1668, Guo Handong and others arrived at the shore of Lake Nahuelvapi in Argentina, and then stopped in this beautiful place. This place is not far from Shangbao Township and Danfeng Township, and it is almost at the end of their operation. Guo Handong planned to go there to ask for some supplies, and then led his troops back to Dingnan Town.
Chapter completed!