Chapter 1517 Attack
Although we are well prepared for constant resistance and guerrilla warfare, necessary landing counterattacks still need to be made. It is impossible to allow the enemy to land easily. In that case, it will be too detrimental to later operations.
The morale of the military and civilians will also be greatly reduced.
Nancheng Port is the largest port in the South and the most prosperous port. The imperial court collected as much as 80 million taels of customs silver from here alone.
Trade produces far more wealth than agriculture.
Because the agricultural output in some places is very high, cheap and large amounts of food can be obtained through trade.
There are more than 70 forts in Nancheng Port, all of which are tall and strong, and they are all in a circular defense, ensuring that there are no defensive blind spots.
There are 450,000 troops defending the city, and 1.2 million reserves, assembled in various places.
The governor of Nancheng has made preparations to live and die with the city. Of course, he has also prepared a million bottles of the fountain of youth.
After the Dacheng Dynasty carried out modernization and reform, its mobilization power was far beyond what the ancient court could match.
The core of the so-called modernization is the emergence and application of national consciousness.
Adults have their own national consciousness, and five hundred years of dynasty rule are enough for this consciousness to sprout and grow quickly in the face of external threats.
Although Westerners said it was to popularize the secret of the Fountain of Youth, the court was right. If the secret was taken away, everyone's welfare would be gone.
Every Spring Festival relief, unemployment insurance, and various job opportunities disappear.
The Department of Guangming posted the export volume of the Fountain of Youth:
For five consecutive years, the annual export volume has reached 1.5 billion taels.
Of this huge revenue of 1.5 billion, 800 million was directly allocated by the royal family for education, 300 million was used for medical security, 200 million was used for poverty relief, and 100 million was used for various social services. For relief, the royal family only retained 100 million into the pile sealing warehouse as a reserve fund for emergencies.
"If we hand over these secrets, can we still have these funds? If we no longer have the Queen Mother as the head of the family, but are replaced by an emperor and a president, will they be willing to invest so much money like the Queen Mother? To the people's livelihood?"
"It's impossible. Look at the prime minister and speaker of the country. Before they came to power, they were from ordinary families. But after they stepped down, in just five years, they were from ordinary families. The major financial groups received huge rewards, and they all became multimillionaires!"
"Is anyone holding them accountable? No, because they didn't accept donations when they came to power, but we did after they stepped down. Are you a fool? This is clearly a delayed payment.”
"Think about it, if it were replaced by a speaker like this, 1.5 billion silver taels, and 10 million would be in our hands, that would be great!"
Many real letters from readers are also published in the back.
“You’re right, I have three children, and my youngest son was seriously ill. Thanks to the free treatment quota at the Royal Hospital, the child was cured. If the Royal Family had no money, how could such a good thing be possible? ”
“Me too, I lost my job this year. Just when I was at a loss, the Royal Relief Foundation sent me a 6-month subsidy, which allowed me to breathe a sigh of relief and rent a new home. House, find a new job, otherwise, I will become a little match girl and freeze to death on the street."
"And me, I got seriously ill at work, tuberculosis, a black-hearted Westerner. The boss still wanted me to go to work, but the Ministry of Light and the Royal Workers’ Association helped me, allowing me to take a year off and still receive wages, and finally I was cured.”
"Have you ever read the novel written by the famous Western writer Thu Win? Sugar, getting up early and hard work. The hard-working Liya finally got tuberculosis. She got up early every day to work, believing that getting up early is good for her health. However, she still had to get up early when she was sick. Even if they drink sugar water, they still won’t get better.”
One case after another makes adults believe that if they lose this battle, they will be treated like Western workers.
The reason why they have so many benefits and protections is entirely the secret of establishing a royal monopoly on the Fountain of Youth.
So for yourself and the royal family, you must defeat the enemy!
The role of the Department of Light far exceeds everyone’s imagination.
Especially in terms of war mobilization.
Everyone's fighting spirit is high, and the recruiting grounds are nearly full.
Every restaurant and hotel is crowded with young and middle-aged people rushing to apply for the army.
“I thought that most adults were afraid of death and only thought about a piece of land, a wife and children, but I didn’t expect that they would have such a strong fighting spirit.”
< br> "Do you really think that all our land is given away for free? We are the real fighting nation, but the technology of agricultural civilization in the past was only so high. Now we should take advantage of this opportunity to occupy more land!"
"That's right, we clearly didn't offend them, but they still came to beat us. Why not beat them all down in advance?" "The court said that when soldiers become soldiers, they will be given pills made by the Fountain of Youth, and they can take a bite before they die in battle. You can be reincarnated, why are you afraid of death?”
After discovering these situations, Western intelligence agents immediately passed the news back to the coalition headquarters.
“The fighting spirit of the Easterners is so high that we are dumbfounded. We cannot imagine what it will be like when you land and face millions of militiamen. They come from all over the country, bring their own dry food and are well-trained. With similar weapons and ammunition, how are you going to deal with these people?"
The coalition commander read a piece of information, but was greeted with sneers.
"Let them talk to our cannons, planes, and battleships!"
"A group of militiamen with only rifles and grenades, can they still go to sea?"
"We can do whatever we want. Can they set up defenses everywhere on any coast? "
"They need food, and the Dacheng Kingdom imported more than 100 million tons of grain last year. Without these imported cheap grains, they would have revolted internally. ”
Everyone is still optimistic.
The commander of the coalition forces also put this intelligence aside. He still had many more important intelligence to deal with.
Millions of militiamen are terrifying.
But they are poorly trained and not elite enough, so they are destined not to play a decisive role on the frontal battlefield.
The military of this era does not take guerrilla warfare seriously, because they will easily destroy the means of guerrilla warfare - scorched earth invasion.
Everywhere we go is scorched earth, where is the soil for guerrillas?
…………
The war has begun.
The first cannonball was fired from the Dasu people's battleship, the Sea Monarch, but it fell far away on the land in front of the Dongshan Fort.
At the same time, the forts opened fire one after another and began to shoot at the enemy ships.
At this time, the coalition fleet had dispatched three squadrons to bypass the main fort and land in a roundabout way.
The way to deal with the fort is to use detours and land.
Many feudal troops were extremely brave when fighting head-on, but once they were detoured, their morale immediately plummeted.
It's simple, because they can't guarantee that friendly forces can help them resist the enemy.
It is easy to be cut off.
However, during this detour, we encountered an unexpected attack.
Groups of militiamen emerged from the fields.
A certain military chaplain recorded this in his notes.
“They shot at us from the rice fields, from behind the houses, from the ditches, and from behind the woods.”
“Most of them are terrible at marksmanship, but there is always one Both sharpshooters are well-nourished, and there are always one or two unlucky ones injured among the stray bullets."
"If you encounter a sharpshooter, you have no way of knowing where they are hiding."
"Some people are born with guns. They will even hide in a pile of dung that is common on the roadside and shoot you when you are alone."
"This is hell."< br>
"They say there is a fountain of youth leading to heaven. I believe there is only poison leading to hell."
(End of this chapter)