Chapter 816 Next Target

If you go upstream along the Tamsui River and go all the way west through the valley between Yangmingshan and the Central Mountains, you can reach the coast of Jilonggang. Although this journey is only about a hundred miles, there are actually no artificial structures along the way.

Basically, the whole journey is in the wild, which is really not an easy journey. Moreover, the indigenous tribes living in the mountains are also very hostile to the Spaniards due to past conflicts, and they will cause trouble for them whenever they get the opportunity. Spain

Although people have used this land transportation line several times after opening it, they are almost always forced by the situation. They cannot use sea lanes due to climate or other objective reasons, so they risk transporting materials and people through this transportation line -

-Of course, the people traveling between the two places through this passage are basically combat supplies and armed personnel, and civilians generally will not take this risky route.

On the first day of the war, the Spanish ships were sunk and damaged by artillery shells fired from the Tamsui River by the Haihan battleship. There was not even a complete small fishing boat left, and the Haihan people would definitely not be kind enough to use it.

Their own ship will send them away from here, and they will not wait patiently for Jilong Port to send a ship to pick up these people. The only way for them to leave here now is to rely on their own two legs. In terms of the size of the personnel, originally

It’s hard to say how big the risk is. There are at least a few hundred people. However, all the metal weapons they had were confiscated by the Haihan Army before departure. Currently, the only things they rely on for self-defense are wooden sticks, bamboo spears and the like. For the upcoming

For this team to pass through the area where the natives are active, it is indeed a big safety hazard.

Moreover, there are a large number of civilians in this team, plus all kinds of pots and jars of household items, so the traveling speed will definitely not be able to reach the level of the army. According to the estimates of military personnel, it would be considered a smooth journey if it could be completed in two to three days.

Of course, if you encounter troublesome tribal armed forces on the way, it will be difficult to say.

Gao Qiaonan watched the team slowly enter the jungle to the west, and then gave an order to his subordinates: "Let the brothers in the upper reaches of the Tamsui River hide themselves and not expose their whereabouts. Send others to follow the Spaniards, but don't

Just alert them and make sure they don't play tricks on the way."

Although the Spaniards chose to surrender and offer the city, Takahashi Nan was not so careless as to completely ignore their reaction. He knew that the other side would definitely refuse to admit defeat this time and might have some dirty tricks that they had not yet used.

Although the opponent has been disarmed, even if he comes back, he will not be able to cause too much trouble to Haihan, but it is always right to be cautious. By the way, you can also take this opportunity to explore the stretch from the upper reaches of the Tamsui River to Jilong Port.

River valley passage.

Gao Qiaonan was not in a hurry to enter the city, but sent a company of soldiers into the city to check whether there were any remaining personnel and other potential dangers. Then he personally operated the radio and reported the current combat progress to the Penghu base.

According to the prior plan, the troops led by Takahashi Nan will not be stationed here for too long. Other troops will soon come to this stronghold to take over the local garrison tasks, and it is very likely that a group of immigrants will arrive at the same time and start to attack Tamsui.

This area of ​​the river mouth underwent a new round of colonization.

The results of the search in the city surprised Takahashi Nan. He originally thought that all the residents in the city had evacuated, leaving only an empty city here. He never thought that there were more than 70 people in the city who chose to stay. Of course, this

There are no Spaniards among them. These people basically moved here from Manila, Luzon Island. They have a little bit of local industry. They are unwilling to just give up and leave, and plan to stay and give it a try. Although here

There has been a new owner, but the land nearby still needs someone to cultivate and manage it. They think that since they can work for the Spaniards, they can also work for the new owners.

Takahashi Nan was also a little bit dumbfounded about this. His plan did not include taking in the people who originally lived here, because no one knew whether there were spies arranged by the Spanish among these people. If these people were to stay, they would also be in trouble in the future.

It would be a hidden danger that had to be guarded against. Gao Qiaonan could only order these people to be gathered together for temporary resettlement. After the supply ship from Penghu arrived, they would be transported to the immigration transfer center at the Penghu base. From there

Scatter them up and redistribute them. When they go elsewhere, even if there are Spanish spies among them, it will be difficult to have a channel to pass the news, and the threat will naturally be reduced a lot.

Further searches of the city of Santo Domingo basically confirmed the military's judgment before the war started. This place really has no oil and water to speak of. There are no material reserves in the city at all, and the only food available was evacuated by the Spaniards.

Taken away. Although the Haihan soldiers noticed this during the search, their superiors did not order them to seize the grain, so they did not stop it. Of course, the grain that the Spaniards carried that had begun to go moldy also

No one will be interested in collecting it.

The most valuable thing in the city is probably the dozens of livestock that the Spaniards were forced to leave here, including eight cattle, more than 30 sheep, more than 20 pigs of various sizes, and two horses——

It is said that they are mounts belonging to Gesman and Lopez respectively.

When Takahashi Nan heard that he had found two horses, he immediately ran to the stable to find out what was going on. As soon as he saw the two horses, he knew he had found a treasure this time.

The two horses have thick manes and well-developed muscles, and their heads are a full head taller than Takahashi Minami. Although Takahashi Minami doesn’t know much about horses, he can tell that the quality of these two horses is quite good. If the money

Tian Dun was here, so he could tell Takahashi Nan that these two horses should belong to the oldest and purest horse breed in the world, the Andalusian.

Although there are only two horses, they are both stallions that have never been gelded. Harugong, who is responsible for stallion breeding and cavalry training in Sanya, will definitely jump up with excitement when he hears the news. You must know that the Haihan people a year ago

They have already purchased a batch of Lusitano horses from the Portuguese that are very similar to Andalusian horses, but they have not been shipped from Europe until now. When these two horses are shipped back to Sanya, they can be used for

The breeding of war horses.

"Take good care of these two babies. There must be a supply of fresh fodder every day." Gao Qiaonan thought for a while but still felt uneasy, and added: "Set up an isolation area outside the stable and arrange a class here.

Keep an eye on it, nothing will happen to you even if something happens to you or the horse before you transport it away!"

This windfall finally made Takahashi Nan feel a little better. The value of these two horses was much greater than the dozens of laborers left in the city. As for the rest of the seizures, they were lackluster. In Takahashi Nan's eyes, they were completely

It's just a pile of junk. If it weren't for the fact that the castle had certain military value, he really wouldn't have any interest in staying here.

In the battle plan drawn up before the war, if the special operations battalion's attack on the city of Santo Domingo did not go smoothly, the attack on Jilong Port would be postponed. However, due to a strange combination of circumstances, the special operations battalion captured Santo Domingo City.

Domingo City did not expend too much effort, and there were not even any casualties. The result was something that neither Qian Tiandun nor Gao Qiaonan had expected before the war. Naturally, Gao Qiaonan had no intention of giving up as soon as it was good.

, this hard-won combat opportunity was over before the special operations battalion officially went into battle, so we definitely couldn't let it go.

Since there was not much consumption in the battle at the mouth of Tamsui River, it is logical to continue to fight for the next target. The city of Salvador, located in Jilong Port, is not only the main stronghold of the Spanish on Taiwan Island, but also the main base of Haihan.

In the area in the northern part of Taiwan Island that they most wanted to occupy, the special operations battalion had already formulated a combat plan to attack the city of El Salvador before this expedition, and it could be put to use at this time.

Compared with Santo Domingo City at the mouth of Tamsui River, Salvador City in Jilong Port is larger in scale and has more defenders. Since Salvador City is located on Sheliao Island at the mouth of Jilong Port,

The depth of the battlefield left for the army is also very limited. If the military strength of the offensive and defensive sides is equal, then the geographical advantage of the defenders is quite obvious. The Dutch came several times in the past few years, but they all returned without success. They took the Spanish stronghold here

There is no effective way.

Of course, the Haihan Militia had an advantage that Western colonists could not catch up with, and that was weapons and equipment that surpassed the technological level of this era. Heavy weapons such as siege cannons had already appeared on the European battlefield, but the colonists definitely

I never imagined that I would see such a cruel weapon on the battlefield in the Far East, and the user would be an Oriental.

What made Takahashi Minami a little unhappy was that this heavy artillery was finally transported to the battlefield, but it did not fire even a single live ammunition during the attack on Santo Domingo City. This made Takahashi Minami doubt the reality of this big killer.

There is never a relatively intuitive understanding of its effectiveness. It took a lot of effort to transport the siege guns here, and then they had to be reloaded and transported by sea to the next battlefield. To transport this heavy big thing to

Loading the ship at the dock is inevitably another hassle.

In fact, it can be expected that in the next battle to attack the city of Salvador, the special operations battalion will still be difficult to become the protagonist on the battlefield, and the four large-caliber siege guns will be the one with the most scenes in this battle.

Characters. Only after the siege artillery blasts through the city wall, will it be the turn of the special operations battalion to clean up the remaining enemies. But this does not matter to Takahashi Minami. Anyway, the credit for capturing the enemy chief alive in the end must belong to the special operations battalion and not to the special operations battalion.

Artillery unit.

The special operations battalion got a day of short rest, and Takahashi Minami ordered a few pigs to be slaughtered to reward the soldiers who had "worked hard." Although the food of the special operations camp was not bad at ordinary times, and meat was often available,

Almost everyone agrees that booty tastes better.

Early the next morning, the second transport fleet from Penghu arrived at the mouth of Tamsui River. However, because the capsized Spanish ships on the dock would be difficult to clean for a while, the fleet had to dock a little further away from the castle.

Along with the combat supplies, an army company was transferred from Guangdong. They will take over the special operations battalion's garrison here so that they can continue to carry out combat missions. At the same time, they also brought the Executive Committee's decision to set up here.

According to the instructions of the administrative agency, from now on, the area north of Tamsui River, west and south of Yangmingshan will be managed by the newly established Tamsui County, and its governance will be temporarily established in the city of Santo Domingo left by the Spaniards. Of course,

In the future, the city will also be renamed Tamsui City and will no longer use its original Spanish name.

The fleet transported more than 150 immigrants, most of whom were transported from Penghu for resettlement nearby. Since the Kaohsiung Port in the south is also in the development and construction stage, there is a huge demand for immigrants. Recently, the immigration base in Penghu

The supply was already in short supply. If Qian Tiandun hadn't personally ordered it, these more than 100 people would have been picked up by Kaohsiung.

Gao Qiaonan decided to divide the troops into two groups: land and water. The field ambush army originally deployed in the dangerous area upstream of the Tamsui River marched directly to Jilong Port by land, while the troops on the Tamsui River boarded ships and went by sea.

.The voyage from Tamsui River Estuary to Jilong Port is only fifty or sixty nautical miles, and it takes only one day by boat. Maybe when the Haihan army arrived at Jilong Port, the group of Spaniards who were sent back from Tamsui River Estuary had not yet put these ships back.

News of the fall of Bian was sent back.

It’s not that I haven’t sensed any abnormal atmosphere in the city of El Salvador. The two cargo ships carrying supplies to Santo Domingo City should have returned three days ago, but there is still no news at all. The ghost in Santo Domingo City

There is no entertainment in the place, and it is unlikely that the crew would take the initiative to stay there for such a long time. Besides, the weather conditions have been fine in the past three days, and it is impossible for the delay to be caused by poor sea conditions.

In addition, on the sea about ten nautical miles away from the port, fishermen discovered several unidentified armed sailing ships operating, and they did not belong to Spain's old rival the Dutch.

Alcarazo thought that there might be some kind of trouble at the mouth of Tamsui River, but before receiving the call for help, he could not take other rash actions. He could only send another boat to the local area to investigate.

News. Of course, after the ship left, it also disappeared into the sea without a trace.

But before Alcarazo could figure out what was going on, he received a report that afternoon that a large fleet of ships appeared on the sea outside the port. Judging from the flags hanging on its masts

, this fleet should belong to the Haihan Army, a new force that has emerged in the South China Sea in the past two years, known as the Ever-Victorious Army of the South China Sea. According to the observed situation, all combat ships in this fleet have been opened

The ship's side gun windows are obviously not a friendly move anymore.
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