The Portuguese major admitted that he had failed, but in fact, neither side was the winner in this border conflict.

In this service, Catalonia lost three military policemen and 39 security regiment soldiers (most of which drowned). Sergeant Silva was also unconscious in the hospital. He was stabbed in the abdomen by a mob. Fortunately, the wound did not hurt the vital points and was rescued in time, so he was not in danger of life.

Although Silva on the bed missed the school interview for the reserve officer, Colonel Carls still gave a special place to the conscientious non-commissioned officers, and other military policemen also received various awards; Colonel Ramos, as well as the Catalan Security Corps' loyalty and courage, was publicly praised by the Five-man regiment and the Duke of Desay, and the security regiment was thus approved to be expanded to 1,200.

Afterwards, the effectiveness of the wire guardrail was unanimously recognized by the military. It was precisely with the protection of two layers of high-speed wire mesh that the military police could resist the attacks of nearly 3,000 mobs with an absolute disadvantage of 50 people for 40 minutes. Although the wire guardrail is expensive, its construction is convenient and fast, and it is not easy to destroy and overturn, which allowed the military to continue to issue bulk military purchase orders to the two professional workshops that produce wire mesh, and required suppliers to design another set of wire guardrails to protect the river pontoon bridges from being attacked by fire ships and other means.

Regarding the results of the battle, it seems brilliant, but in fact it is frustrating.

Although the 1,200 refugees with sticks and sabers were killed in the conflict, and more than 3,000 were captured. In fact, most of the latter did not participate in the riot. They simply surrendered and became the political and economic burden of the security regiment and the Manresa cabinet. According to convention, all those involved in the riot, whether surrendered or injured, were collectively executed after identification.

Soon, the Manreza Cabinet and the Gendarmerie Command jointly issued an order to the entire Catalonia: seven important refugee leaders who incited thousands of refugee riots in the "Flaga Border Checkpoint Incident" were wanted. The government issued a specific price for each head and encouraged all civil forces to offer rewards to arrest them. In a word, you must meet people alive and die with corpses.

As for the real behind-the-scenes instructing the conspiracy, Major Neves Costa and his special operations team, Catalonia has not mentioned it at all. In fact, this has caused great controversy within the five-man regiment.

Colonel Delney and Colonel Karls, who were purely military, strongly demanded that the army be organized to cross the border to pursue the British and Portuguese coalition forces. Even if Major Nevs Costa cannot capture, they would destroy half of their troops to comfort the 42 soldiers who died.

Professor Say firmly opposed this. It is undeniable that Major Costa was the mastermind behind the refugee riot, but they were not spies. They not only wore redshirt uniforms, but had never participated in frontal wars. According to the concept of gentlemen's war, once they retreated to the non-war zone, no armed force in Catalonia could retaliate unless they declared war directly.

Since last year, trade wars and spy wars broke out between Catalonia (formerly the Dominant of Gruna) and Portugal under the control of the British and Portugal coalition forces, but the two sides have never broken up. In essence, it was a type of revenge by General Wellington against the stolen top-secret information of the Military Intelligence Agency agents.

Only the Military Intelligence Agency can send agents to surround and intercept and secretly assassinate the British and Portuguese coalition forces, but Colonel Shener is not willing to escalate the intelligence war from the Sai Cabinet. After all, most of the personnel of the two official agencies stationed in Lisbon and London were dispatched by the Military Intelligence Agency. Colonel Shener does not want his subordinates in the enemy camp to become victims of the next round of struggle.

Among the five-man group, the votes that supported revenge and oppose recklessness were 2 votes to 2 votes respectively. Chief of Staff Rusty, the only one who did not make a statement, decided to remain neutral with a mixed attitude. Because of his military identity and political stance, he could not oppose one side nor support the other.

The even-matched vote was submitted to the Duke of Desai in Paris by encrypted telegram at noon that day. On the afternoon of the third day, Desai sent a reply, clearly instructing the five-man regiment to give up revenge against the British, but to speed up the preparations for war in Portugal. Before May, the personnel of the Lisbon Agency and all the agents exposed were withdrawn.

In the last sentence, the Duke of Desay asked the five-man regiment to re-examine the blockade policy of Aragon refugees. Since the British could successfully incite this refugee riot at the Flaga border checkpoint, more than 10 other border checkpoints would also face such problems.

Desai instructed that the five-man team did not need to take into account the gains and losses of a struggle, and must look at the overall situation. Under the premise of increasingly stable political, economic and social development in Catalonia, the Duke authorized the five-man team to let go and boldly carry out defensive offensive strategies in surrounding areas.

Especially during the power vacuum in the Aragon area, that is, the Governor Marshal Ney is about to leave office, hundreds of thousands of refugees are flooding, and the fields and pastures are deserted, they can whales and eat the former agricultural areas and turn part of them into a Catalan ruling area.

Desay hinted that the Five-member Group, Emperor Napoleon and the Paris Cabinet would not object to the above. As for the King Joseph in Madrid and the base of the Spanish resistance forces, the Sevilla government ignored it. The only trouble was the attitude of the British, but as the Portuguese war approached, they could not worry about it.

For financial considerations, Desai allows the five-member group to misappropriate 2 million francs from the Catalonian Food Reserve Fund as the first-term startup fee. Other follow-up funds can be raised using conventional or unconventional means.

As a result, the internal dispute of the five-man regiment ended. The four soldiers were naturally happy to open up the territory. Professor Say also admitted that it was necessary to focus on the overall situation and consider the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Aragonese refugees, and said that the Manresa government would do its best to cooperate with the military's actions.

Within a week, the administrative office led by Say invited officials from various provinces, representatives of parliament, and religious figures to hold an emergency meeting in Manresa to discuss the increasingly serious humanitarian disaster in the Aragon region and the impact and harm caused by hundreds of thousands of victims gathering on the border, which caused.

Although the Catalans are not willing to pay for the Aragonese refugees, they have to admit that the more than 200,000 Aragonese refugees gathered outside more than 10 border checkpoints did pose a great security risk to the province of Lerida and even the entire Catalonia. The previous conflicts in the mob attack on the inspection station may repeat themselves at any time and anywhere.

After five days and five nights of emergency consultation, coupled with Professor Say's efforts to coordinate and mediate with Archbishop Amat, officials and parliaments of Catalonia finally reached an agreement during the quarrel: it agreed that the total amount of 50 million riyals, equivalent to 8 million francs, will be used to rescue Aragon refugees. Among them, Barcelona and Gruna account for 68% of the share.

50 million riyals may seem like a lot, but they can only meet the ration supply of hundreds of thousands of victims for 6 to 8 months; as for the funds for disease prevention and control, agricultural support, home reconstruction, etc., it is a huge number. The Sai Cabinet cannot occupy the huge military's military expenditure, but can seek military help, especially the strong assistance of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Soon, under the participation and control of the Military Intelligence Bureau, grassroots Aragon immigrants or refugees who entered Catalonia with legal or illegal identities were organized one after another. After the consent of local gendarmerie teams, they "spontaneously" established more than a dozen political groups of all sizes.

Then he issued an open initiative to the Duke of Desai, to the Cabinet of Manresa, to the officials of the four provinces and the parliament, to Archbishop Amat and the bishops of various districts, to the dignitaries, business celebrities, and ordinary people, begging the Catalans who live in peace, tranquility and wealthy environments to be able to make money and fund money to save the Aragon victims in the famine from a moral standpoint.

In order to impress the donors and be willing to donate generously, these political groups organized by Aragonian immigrants and refugees "spontaneously" also carried out a variety of publicity activities in the densely populated cities of Barcelona, ​​Gruna, Taragona and Lerida.

For example, they will describe the various tragic situations of the disaster in major newspapers and leaflets; hold speeches on personal experiences of immigrants (disabled people) in cafes, opera houses and bars; hold large-scale peace pleas and public fundraising in civic parks, city squares, and on both sides of the main traffic roads.

Among them, two "comics" described to the victims are the most tear-jerking: In order to prevent their children from starving to death, some mothers had to feed their children with leaves: a skinny child was exhausted due to hunger and was lying on the hard ground without any vitality, while a rotten vulture stood beside a child who was about to die.

Soon, Professor Say publicly announced to the outside world that the kind and just Duke of Desai would take out 10 million riyals in his private name to use for various aids for the Aragon victims. Under the leadership of the Duke of Desai, Archbishop Amat, Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Member of Descha Sanluge, Member of Rash Holt, and other dignitaries generously donated money, either directly donating cash, providing disaster relief substances, including food, or holding various charitable charity sale to raise funds, etc.

In just one month, in addition to the 50 million riyals of government financial aid, charitable funds and various substances raised by private funds amounted to 70 million riyals; in addition, the "Pan Mediterranean Commercial Investment Bank" also agreed to rebuild bonds for disaster victims underwriting the total value of 100 million riyals in the next 12 months.

While political and economic preparations are being prepared militarily, the various armed forces in Catalonia are fully prepared.

In the fourth week after the riots at the border checkpoint at the Fraga, a humanitarian military rescue operation jointly initiated by more than 10 Aragonian immigration groups, the Manresa Cabinet, officials from four provinces, and religious figures jointly proposed that the Duke of Desay finally signed and recognized, officially launched,

On April 1, 1810, with the order of the Supreme Commander, General Rusti (Interim Brigade General), the Second Infantry Brigade of the Desai Division, a unit of the Engineer Regiment, two artillery companies, and five guard regiments, and two military police battalions, totaling 8,300 people, crossed the long border between Catalonia and Aragon region and advanced all the way westward.

This military rescue operation code-named "Humanitarian Shield" was carried out at the same time as the north and south. The Second Infantry Brigade and a Security Regiment undertake the South Road offensive. Under the direct command of General Rasti, they walked upstream along the Ebro River and pointed directly at the capital of the Aragon Region, Zaragoza; the North Road is four security regiments, including the Catalan regiment and two military police battalions, and are unified in command by Colonel Ramos. The Huesca Provincial Capital of the Aragon Region will be their primary target.

From the beginning of the military rescue operation of the "Humanitarian Shield", the army of the two north and south was unstoppable and unstoppable. In fact, there was no force in the entire North Aragon area willing and able to block the "disaster victim rescue" army from Catalonia.

The 7th French Army stationed in the Aragon area followed the orders of Marshal Ney and peacefully handed over all defenses on the north bank of the Ebro River to General Rusty's southern troops. The soldiers of the 7th Army took their trophy and exchanged various items with the Irish people (note: most of the Second Infantry Brigade are Irish people); the officers of the two places joined each other, drank red wine, and discussed their shares in the investment bank at present. What is their current value? How many dividends can they get in the middle of this year? And so on.

In a friendly and harmonious atmosphere, General Rusti's troops arrived in the northern suburbs of Lhasa Goza and continued to go up the Ebro River to reach the small border town of the Aragon Region and the La Rioja Autonomous Region, Gallur. The entire South Road operation took only 18 days to complete all the predetermined goals.

Although the French Seventh Army had a weak presence in Huesca Province, only controlling 25 of the 202 towns in the province, thanks to Aragon immigration and refugees, who voluntarily acted as the leader of the Northern Route Army-Party, Colonel Ramos's troops also acted quickly.

Facts have proved that in the face of hunger, the power of bread and canned food is far stronger than the deterrent power of bullets and shells. Those Aragonese immigrants or refugees who voluntarily act as guides waved their food and told their compatriots in their hometown language that after the purpose of the Duke of Desay's troops' trip, most defenders or guerrilla leaders chose to open the city gate and surrender without fighting.

People who have never been hungry will never know the profound meaning of pale face and thin skin, and eating with a change of child.

In fact, most Huesca residents once thought of seeking to go to Catalonia with sufficient food and stable society. It was just a long journey, coupled with the extremely harsh immigration conditions, so they had to stay hungry and wait in their hometown. Now, food and livelihoods have come with the troops of the Duke of Desay, and not many people are willing to give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Of course, there are also many guerrillas who abide by the creed of national freedom and national freedom.

These people were neither willing to surrender to the enemy nor to see their compatriots starved to death. Usually, Colonel Ramos would send immigrants to lead the way - the party negotiated with them, allowing them to carry weapons and give them a large amount of food. Under the escort of the Catalan army, they went south across the Ebro River and reached the southern region of Aragon; or went westward and directly into the Navarra Autonomous Region.

During this period, except for several small firefights caused by suppressing several refugee troops or bandit armed forces that occupied the mountains and became kings, Colonel Ramos' troops never encountered other violent resistance. By April 28, the Northern Route Army also completed its intended target, and the western border border was bordered by the Navarra Autonomous Region.

At this point, the "Humanitarian Shield" military operation ended successfully, and instead carried out comprehensive rescue of victims and reconstruction of homes. The Duke of Desay's actual control area on the Iberis Peninsula includes the entire Aragon area north of Catalonia and the Ebro River (including all of Huesca and half of the province of Zaragoza).

The entire Catalonia and Northern Aragon region have a total area of ​​52,000 square kilometers and a total population of 4.2 million. Among them, Catalonia has 32,000 square kilometers and a population of 3.6 million (including some immigrants from Aragon); the Northern Aragon region has about 20,000 square kilometers and a population of 600,000.

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At the beginning of the "Humanitarian Shield", it encountered serious protests from two Spanish hostile governments. Whether it was Madrid or Sevilla, they sent official missions to Manresa to negotiate.

Adhering to the consistent position of the Duke of Desay, the Military Intelligence Bureau incited Aragon immigrants or refugee groups to gather at two hotels where representatives stayed. They "warmly welcomed" the arrival of the two places as the arrival of the central government missions.

As the Duke of Desay and the representatives of Emperor Napoleon reached a compromise, Paris recognized the fait accompli; as for the British side, they neither supported nor protested, and in fact they had accused the defense of Manresa's cabinet, and the invasion of the Norte Aragon area was based on a defensive attack by humanitarian forces. After all, the initial cause of the incident was first provoked by the British-Portugal coalition.
Chapter completed!