Chapter Ninety-Five: Preparations for Sailing Again (5)

Mo Ming has been very depressed recently, very depressed. He was put together, to be precise, by many people, especially those in the white shirts of the civil service system (referring to civil officials, famous for wearing white shirts). I don't know where he touched the sensitive nerves of these guys, these people actually united with some forces in the military department that were dissatisfied with them, and constantly instigated in front of the members of the executive committee, and finally took themselves from the positions of captain of the South African pioneer team, commander of the South African security, commander of the South African garrison, and so on! It is said that his next position is the county magistrate of Zhenhai County, which has just been established for two days in the north, which is really unreasonable!

Mo Ming, who got the news, pulled out a knife on the spot and chopped up the desks and chairs, precious furs, oil paintings, ivory ornaments and other objects in the office, which slightly dissipated some of the anger in his chest. After hearing the news, a group of die-hard people such as Liu Ang, Xiao Baitu, Mo Dazhong, Leonid, Salvador, Sun Shengjun and others were also excited, and they all threatened to punish the national thieves, and to punish the white shirts and non-nationals in the military department one by one, so that the people with lofty ideals who uphold justice in the National Power Alliance will come to power.

After hearing the obviously angry words coming out of the mouths of these guys, Mo Ming was angry with them. He patted them on the shoulders one by one, and then looked at the nobles of the Eight Banners who were standing outside the door with a cowering bow, and saw the trembling appearance of these Banner Chiefs, Deputy Chiefs, Clare, and Thousand Households who were invincible in their respective tribes on weekdays, Mo Ming's heart was filled with pride.

This is the territory established by Lao Tzu! As soon as I am angry, even these great chiefs, who are usually in charge of thousands of people, will be so frightened that they will crawl to the ground! Even the Dutch, far south, are too nervous to sleep! There are two cities in South Africa, with a population of four or five thousand. Several businesses, dozens of villages, hundreds of soldiers, thousands of militiamen. Which cadre was not appointed by himself? Which officer was not personally promoted? Could it be that all this will change because I am gone? Of course not!

Men do this. What else is there to regret? What else can't be put down? I have it now, I don't lack money, the factory business with people is also booming, plus I have a group of like-minded partners, my position is also very stable, even if I lose power for a while, there will always be a chance to get up again.

It's just that there are always some unpleasant things in my heart, so that I see that there is always an irrepressible anger rising when I see those white shirts. Never mind. Mo Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, opened the door, and came to the balcony. This place is the Three Fortress Township, where one of Mo Ming's lakeside villas with an extremely large area is built. As far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse of blue water in front of the Duck Lake, and the lakeside is a lush forest. As far as the eye can see, there are a series of buildings - the city and factories of the harbor on the other side.

This city, which is centered on shipbuilding and its supporting industries, is now becoming more and more important in the economic and political map of the East Coast Republic of China. Just last month, the Executive Committee approved a resolution to establish Zhenhai County. The county is governed by Zhenhai Town, which has jurisdiction over Hekoubao, Xiangshan Township, Sanbaotai Township and other areas. If the county does not count the large number of new immigrants who are about to move in, the population of all towns, townships and forts has reached more than 7,000. In China, it is second only to the capital Dongfang County and the northern town of Ping'an County, which can be regarded as a prosperous place.

Mo Ming's villa was built relatively early, when the Three Fort Township was still barren, except for a coastal defense fort, there were bushes and dead branches and leaves everywhere, so he only spent a very low price to buy a large piece of land, and then began to build a very luxurious manor-style villa here.

According to some rumors, he will be the owner of the highest three-and-a-half-story (small attic) building (county government) in the center of the port city on the other side of the lake, and this is also the place where the white shirts "booked" for themselves. Zhenhai County is the "traditional territory" of Shao Shude, a member of the material committee, who originally pioneered the Yazi Lake basin and built Ping'an Town and Zhenhai Port, two pearl cities on the north and south sides of Yahu Lake. As the mayor of Zhenhai Town, he must be very eager to serve as the newly established county magistrate as the mayor of Ping'an Town, like Qian Hao, the mayor of Ping'an Town, and Shao Shude, a member of the Central Executive Committee, is naturally happy to see this.

It's just that now the situation seems to have some slight deviations under the manipulation of a group of white shirts. Mo Ming, the captain of the South African pioneer team, who was originally high-flying, was forcibly taken down, and was transferred to the position of Zhenhai County magistrate in Shao Shude's family, who had always been close to the military department. In this regard, the most depressed person should not be Mo Ming, but the chubby mayor of Bo Senbo, right? After all, it was almost certain that he would serve as the county magistrate here, but I didn't expect that a boiled duck would also fly, and this psychological gap can be imagined.

Mo Ming smiled unkindly, but the matter was not over yet. The white-shirted men thought they had manipulated everything, but they didn't know that things were still changing. Moreover, there will be results in about two days, and I want to see the depressed faces of those white shirts at that time.

At this moment, Mo Ming's orderly suddenly knocked on his door, and Mo Ming walked over and opened the door to see that there was a letter from himself. Originally, it was his righteous son Mo Dazhong who used to follow him to deal with these letters, but after he learned that he was about to step down as the captain of the South African pioneer team, Mo Ming suddenly appointed a group of cadres. Among them was his righteous son Mo Dazhong, a young man who was sent by him to the Fort Gouda area as the lord of the castle and the head of the armed forces, in charge of the military and political affairs there, which can be described as a young man's ambition.

After waving his hand to the orderlies to retreat, Mo Ming opened the letter, which was written by his good friend Liang Jian, who was the secretary to the Minister of War Peng Zhicheng. Liang Jian has worked as a secretary by Peng Zhicheng's side for many years and has a wide range of contacts, so he has always been very well-informed.

The content of the letter is very simple, to the effect that Mo Ming is trying his best to fight for the position of the captain of the Blackwater Pioneer Team is almost eight or nine, please rest assured. In addition, the Blackwater Pioneer Team is not about how much land they occupy or how many resources they have robbed this time, their main task is to plunder the population, the more the better. This is all expected, Mo Ming continued to look down.

The following is more trivial, for example, the main force of this dispatch is the 102nd Company of the Army, with a battalion of Eight Banners Samurai and the 1st Company of Independent Field Artillery (reinforced to 8 guns). Mo Ming calculated, this strength is already more than a thousand hundreds, and the executive committee and the military department have invested in it. There are about seven or eight hundred people in a battalion of Eight Banner warriors, and this is a newly established unit after Mo Ming clarified the Eight Banners military system in the first half of this year.

After a year of rapid expansion, the population of South Africa alone has reached more than 28,000, of which more than 10,000 are young and middle-aged men, the largest number in history. Mo Ming deeply felt that the original military system of the Eight Banners with tribes as combat units was too chaotic, for example, a tribe with many people led one or two thousand troops by a Clair, but only three or four hundred people with few people, the difference was extremely large, which was really not conducive to arranging troops and commanding operations. To this end, he determined a new military system for the Eight Banners tribe.

In this new military system, all the more than 6,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners who had obtained the title of samurai were organized into a single association, that is, the First Association of the Eight Banners New Army. The first association has three bids, which are the first to the third bid; Each standard has three battalions, and each battalion has three posts. The standard strength of each post is 250 people, and a battalion is 765 people (including heralds, flag bearers, drummers, men, etc.). These samurai are still stationed in various flags on weekdays, but they regularly conduct training, and they have been conducting single, joint and meeting drills as always, and now they have added confrontation drills based on battalions and standards to maximize their combat effectiveness.

The New Army of the Eight Banners selected this time is the first standard battalion with a relatively complete structure, and Liu Zhong, the standard commander, personally serves as the battalion management band, and follows the people on the east coast to the Heishui Port in the Far East. Mo Ming is still very familiar with Liu Zhong, who is silent, but he has a ruthlessness, and he is not merciful at all when he practices his hands. The blacks of this era were in the early days of slave society, and they were simple-minded, brave and warlike, far from being comparable to those blacks who could not be put on the wall in later generations. Coupled with the continuous and meticulous training of the people on the east coast for many years, from culture to social organization, they are now a fairly advanced force in Africa, and the combat effectiveness of their army is naturally not to be underestimated. Their weapons were mainly spears and sabers, supplemented by a small number of archers and artillery, each of whom was given a set of leather armor and a saber, while the spearmen were uniformly assigned rattan hats (produced in New China), cuirasses, skirt armor and gauntlets.

With these more than 1,000 troops, a large number of logistical supplies naturally cannot be left behind. To this end, the local fleet of long-distance ships mobilized is extremely large, including two Flute-type transport ships of the South China Sea Transport Company, four multi-purpose exploration ships, one armed transport ship and one fast cruiser; After arriving at Xinhua Port, a flute-type transport ship of the East African Transport Company will also be added, which is the scale of nine ships, which can be said to be the largest fleet in the history of the East Coasters.

The letter is almost over here, and the following are some gossip news, and Mo Ming has no intention of reading it again. After carefully putting away the letters, he turned down the visitors and stayed at home waiting for news.

On November 30, Qi Wangping, director of the Personnel Department of the Central Committee of the Executive Committee, personally visited the house. After some reminiscence, with a complicated face, he officially handed over the appointment letter of the captain of the Blackwater Pioneer Team to Mo Ming. (To be continued......)