Chapter 141: Three Routes of Expansion

Things went very well, and after knowing the attitude of the Tsushima side, Chen Xin added a third route of expansion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

When Chen Xin left Uiju, he arranged for the headquarters of northern Korea to expand along the Yalu River to the eastern mountains, preparing to occupy the iron ore mines and coal mines there, which was the first expansion route to solve the problem of raw materials for heavy industry.

After fighting the third group of North Korean officers and troops from the south of Korea who came to encircle and suppress them, the southern detachment in Yeosu, North Korea, began to expand along Geoje Island and Masan all the way to the Pusan area in the east.

Now the surrender of the Ma Fan has given Chen Xin a base in the Japanese state.

Chen Xin immediately set about establishing a logistics base on the Japanese island of Tsushima, using this as a central point to expand towards the surrounding islands where the Japanese pirates were entrenched.

This expansion lasted for more than 10 days, and all the units successfully captured the original target.

In order to show his sincerity, Tsushima also sent a force to follow Chen Xin's action, and after seeing the powerful performance of Chen Xin's Tiger Camp in exterminating all kinds of pirates, everyone became more deferential.

At the same time, during this period of time, according to Chen Xin's plan, Tsushima continued to buy a large amount of sulfur, copper, and women from China.

Chen Xin also knew that he could not blindly coerce, so everything was paid according to the price of normal trade, and the happy Tsushima clan was more active in purchasing all kinds of materials and people that Chen Xin needed.

Sulfur is used to make gunpowder, copper is used to build ships, in addition to the ship's artillery, the latest ship models began to install copper alloy plates on the bottom of the ship, so as to facilitate the maintenance of the ship in the future, easy to know the marine life at the bottom of the ship, can make the ship last longer.

Women are because Chen Xin needs to use women to stabilize the morale of the army, of course, not for prostitutes or anything like that, but to set up a home for the single soldiers, so that they can have the idea of passing on the family and living a good life.

These women are not directly distributed, Chen Xin specially found a place to build a home economics training school, and created some female cyborgs, which are used to train the women they bought, so that they can become a strong support for the next generation of children under Chen Xin's education.

After these women have passed the assessment of all courses such as Chinese, Chinese, etiquette, and home economics, they can let the meritorious soldiers go on a blind date in the Taoist school, and only if both parties agree, can they get married.

At that time, the women who have received Chen Xin's long-term training will be able to educate their children from an early age and promote the integration of the Chinese nation.

Now that the trade channel with the Wa Kingdom has been opened, these materials and women can be bought, but it is impossible for craftsmen, and the shogunate and local daimyo have very strict control over craftsmen, and craftsmen are never allowed to move without permission.

There are also young and middle-aged laborers, who are also regulated, and no Japanese are allowed to go to sea without being reported, and if they stay overseas for a long time, they are regarded as treason and are not allowed to return, and if they return, they will be executed.

The most important thing is the problem of food, the guerrilla detachment and the southern detachment are in relatively warm places, and they can find ways to raise the grain and grass they need, but the northern Yiju and Mingju will soon run out of food.

After ending the war more than a decade ago, the Japanese began to focus on the development of people's livelihood, due to the centuries-long turmoil, the population has plummeted, and now the political situation is stable, people can cultivate with peace of mind, and the grain production is very considerable.

However, the shogunate was also afraid of hunger and did not allow grain to be exported, which was not in the interest of Shin, and after discovering that it was impossible to purchase grain by peaceful means, and after some reconnaissance and planning to solve the problem of the shortage of craftsmen, Shinshin decided to launch an attack and plunder against the Japanese kingdom.

This is the third line of expansion determined by Chen Xin, which is for the sake of population and materials.

In the early morning of the 10th day of the first month of June, 10 fast crabs-5 and 20 large sea ships quietly appeared outside Hirado Port.

After quietly sending 300 tiger ben ashore with dozens of small sampans and clearing all the sentry posts, all the ships were slowly docked on the dock by the guides.

"All according to the original plan, bring all the craftsmen and their families on board, and follow me from the Tiger Camp."

Chen Xin led the people to the Dutch merchant house on the other side, which the Dutch had built in Hirado, where they were responsible for trading goods from Taiwan and the Ming Dynasty with the many Japanese merchants.

Almost all Westerners in this era were scumbags, and the Netherlands at this time also established a colony in Taiwan, and clashed with the Ming Dynasty from time to time.

There were several places that could have been attacked, and Hirado was not the most suitable location, but when he learned that a Dutch ocean-going trading fleet had recently arrived in Hirado, Chen Xin decided that this was the first target.

You must know that the fleet of the Dutch is more than 20 ocean-going ships, and Chen Xin's thirst for transport ships now has no limit.

The Dutch Merchant House was on the east side of Hirado near the coast, and it was just dawning, and Chen Xin's troops had not done much sneak attack training after all, and when they were robbing the ship, they accidentally let people find out, and the sentry immediately lit the fire rope and sounded the alarm.

Although the leading officer immediately launched a strong attack, successfully shot the ship's sentry and captured all the ships, a loud cannon fire still alarmed the Dutch sailors and mercenaries in the merchant house.

Knowing that there was no way to sneak attack, Chen Xin immediately ordered a strong attack.

With the help of their teammates, some of the Tiger Ben occupied the commanding heights of the nearby houses, and used super strong bows and arrows to kill the enemies who rushed out, and after forcing the enemy back to the merchant house, Chen Xin ordered the commandos to approach the enemy stronghold with steel shields.

The enemy was constantly firing with arquebuses at the windows and on the rooftops of the building, and the commandos were holding thick steel shields and slowly approaching in the rain of bullets.

Chen Xin immediately commanded the archers to shoot in the direction of the artillery, and the steel shield could block those round leads, because the aerodynamic shape of the round lead bullets was poor and the armor-piercing ability was not enough, but the artillery was different, even if it was the smallest caliber artillery, it was not something that the steel shield held by manpower could block.

The Dutch also knew that they could not let the assault team get closer, and even if they suffered heavy casualties, they slowly pushed the artillery to the door under the cover of the door panel and sandbags, ready to aim and shoot.

At this time, the assault team also knew that things were not good, and they must not let the enemy take the lead in firing artillery, and after approaching a few meters again, the tiger ben covered by the steel shield threw out a few grenades, and the grenades accurately fell near the artillery, and after a few loud noises, the threat of the artillery was temporarily lifted.

The assault team then began throwing grenades at the firing ports.

The 1-pound grenade exploded indoors, and although there were not many fragments, the huge shock wave caused much more damage in a small house than in the field, and several firing ports immediately stopped moving.

The assault team immediately made a decision, bypassed behind the shields, and rushed straight into the merchant building.

The next tactic is to repeat the tactic of Chen Xin when he attacked the occupation point inside the Jin Kingdom, occupying the doors of each room in pairs, kicking open the door, first throwing a grenade in, and then quickly breaking in, using various weapons to clean up the remaining enemies.