Chapter 2947

For the Bangui camp, now that they have captured the local officials of the Spanish colonial authorities, the rest of the matter will be much easier to deal with.

In order to save the lives of his family, Vargas signed the surrender document overnight, announcing on behalf of the Spanish colonial authorities that Masbate Island would be taken over by the Haihan Army from now on. The people on the island should abandon all resistance actions and accept and cooperate with the Haihan Army.

Only by making arrangements can lives and property be preserved.

After Vargas signed and sealed the document, it was immediately sent to various temporary settlements where people on the island were gathered, and was read out by a Spanish translator to dispel the lingering illusions of some people.

Of course, the document signed by Vargas only unilaterally reflects Haihan's wishes, and is unlikely to be recognized by Spain afterwards. However, such details do not affect the overall situation, because Haihan's goal is far beyond that.

Masbate Island is just a springboard for the Luzon Region’s southern expedition plan.

Even if Haihan and Spain were to engage in armistice negotiations in the future, the dividing line dividing the spheres of influence between the two sides would never be located near Masbate Island.

The team led by Zheng Agui captured the Spanish magistrate from the secret cellar, which was naturally a great achievement. The battalion commander's praise was not just verbal, but even arranged for them to suspend the search mission and return to the station to rest early. In Bangui

The battalion will be temporarily on leave until they receive new assignments.

Of course, this holiday shouldn't be too long. According to the pre-war deployment, the Bangui Battalion's operation time limit on Masbate Island is only forty-eight hours. Maybe in another day, they will receive an order from the headquarters and rush down.

A place of action.

Zheng Agui and others started participating in the battle at noon and continued until midnight. They took a short break during dinner. They were indeed exhausted both physically and mentally. It was time to lie down and rest.

Bangui Camp has almost been in combat mode since the landing, and of course it cannot spare manpower to build a camp. Therefore, it has only requisitioned many houses in the town as temporary residences for various companies.

The company where Zheng Agui and others are based is the church in the town. It is also one of the few decent-looking buildings in the local area. The spire and stained glass windows outside the church are very typical Spanish style, which is different from the dilapidated and simple houses next to it.

In comparison, it looks even more gorgeous.

However, perhaps due to the local economic level, more than half of the church's construction cost was spent on the decoration of the exterior facade, leaving the interior looking a bit sloppy.

There are no beautiful painted murals or complex chandeliers in the church. There are seven or eight rows of benches on the floor, which are put together two by two and used as simple camp beds. There is a small altar at the end of the church.

A wooden cross about a person's height hangs on the wall behind the altar, which is almost all the furnishings.

Zheng Agui and others put down their belongings and instead of lying down to rest immediately, they returned and left the church. What attracted them was not the fresh air outside, but the simmering broth on the marching stove set up at the door of the church.

At present, the situation in Masbate Town has been basically calmed down, and the logistics department has also arranged for personnel to prepare hot meals in various temporary camps so that the soldiers who have been rotated can fill their stomachs and rest.

"What a fragrant broth!" Zheng Agui grabbed the big spoon in the pot and stirred it a few times, and praised: "There is so much meat! I said, Lao Li, I don't usually have so many dry ingredients in the stew. You guys are cooking.

Ben spent a lot of money today!"

The cook Lao Li responded nonchalantly: "The ingredients are all requisitioned on the spot. They are free things anyway, so if you don't use them, they will go free! This pot of broth has two whole pig legs chopped into it, which is enough for you guys."

Stop it!"

Zheng Agui said: "It seems that your cooking team is not idle either! We are arresting people, and you are arresting pigs! By the way, you are requisitioning ingredients on the spot. Doesn't the superiors care about this matter?"

Lao Li took the big spoon from Zheng Agui, knocked the edge of the pot and said: "No matter what, why don't you care! But this is an order from the battalion commander, let the cooking class use local materials to make hot food as soon as possible to supply the troops, we will obey the order

That’s it. Boys, don’t be stunned and get your own bowls!”

Lao Li was an old man in the army, so naturally no one questioned what he said. Everyone quickly took the bowls and chopsticks from the side and queued up to receive the food.

According to the military regulations of the Haihan Army, corresponding procedures must be followed when requisitioning private property from local areas during wartime to prevent anyone from committing private plunder in the name of requisition.

However, this town of Masbate has nothing to do with wealth. The livestock and poultry raised by local residents are naturally not valuable in the eyes of the Haihan Army. The battalion headquarters immediately confiscated them.

As for whether the victim will report this type of incident to the government after the local area is officially included in the Haihan rule, this is not something that the Bangui camp needs to worry about. When the time comes, there will naturally be an agency like the Hispanic Administration to handle it.

After drinking a large bowl of hot broth, everyone filled their stomachs and took the time to go into the church to sleep.

Since setting off from Manila, we have been floating on the sea for the past few nights. For an army unit like Bangui Camp that rarely goes to sea, it is indeed difficult to sleep soundly. Although the benches in the church are hard and cold, they are not

I couldn't help but feel sleepy, and soon I started snoring.

Everyone slept until noon the next day, but saw that there was still no one in the church. Zheng Agui went to ask Lao Li, who was taking a nap after a busy night, and found out that several groups of people had come here to rest in rotation while they were sleeping.

After dawn, they went in batches to gather local residents at nearby gathering points to help register personnel information. Since their class was granted a holiday by the battalion commander, they were allowed to sleep until they were full.

When everyone was having lunch, they saw that local residents had been released one after another, so they thought the registration process should go smoothly.

When it comes to how to implement governance after occupying a place, the Haihan Army already has considerable operational experience in similar matters. The first step is to register local residents, land and other information to ensure that the official grasps the basic situation of the local area.

Haihan will prepare new household registrations for the residents of Masbate Town and restrict their behavior in accordance with the "Regulations on the Management of Naturalized Citizens" so that they can gradually adapt to Haihan's social system.

People who are willing to cooperate with these measures can usually slowly integrate into the new environment within a few years. Many naturalized Spanish people in Luzon Island have even learned Chinese and Chinese characters, and the education received by their next generation tends to be more maritime.

Chinese.

For example, there are also young Hispanic soldiers among the troops sent out this time. Their allegiance is no longer to the distant and unfamiliar Kingdom of Spain, but to the extremely wise Haihan Executive Committee.

Of course, not all Spanish immigrants can adapt to the new rulers, and may even resist again in the process, but the ending is often not very happy. In the past ten years, thousands of such immigrants have been unable to adapt.

People whose environment changed were sent to mines, quarries, and lumber camps all over Luzon Island, spending the rest of their lives in endless heavy manual labor.
Chapter completed!