New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Company commander, these yellow-skinned natives cannot understand human language. We'd better find a place to camp as soon as possible."

The adjutant of the Mexican reconnaissance company urged his company commander.

Just now, when they were about to cross the boundary marker and continue their investigation, they unexpectedly ran into the Oriental soldiers who were camping here.

So the scene of the confrontation between the two sides just occurred.

Twelve Oriental soldiers confront more than 500 Mexican soldiers?

Who gave these Eastern soldiers the courage? Do they think that a dozen soldiers can scare their entire reconnaissance company?

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I believe they can understand what this action means."

The company commander also felt that they could not delay any longer, otherwise they would be punished if they did not determine the camp location within the specified time.

After finishing speaking, the company commander spoke towards the boundary monument of the Xinming Empire, and then looked provocatively at the Eastern soldiers on the opposite side.

Waving his hand, he was ready to ignore these idiots who didn't understand the situation and quickly let his men pass through.

Unexpectedly, the moment he turned around, the Eastern soldier's bayonet plunged directly into his chest.

"Fuck you, grandma, do you know what the boundary monument represents?"

The patrol squad leader twisted his face and turned the rifle in his hand, letting the bayonet inflict greater pain on the guy who insulted the Xinming Empire.

If it were the Eight Banners soldiers of the Puppet Qing Dynasty, they might stand aside and watch the fun.

Because they are very indifferent to the concept of national territory, but the National Defense Force does not.

The ideological education work in the army has always been the focus of Li Mingqi. If even the soldiers of the National Defense Force do not have a clear understanding of the integrity of the country's territory.

Li Mingqi couldn't even imagine what other people's attitudes would be, so now the National Defense Forces have a deep sense of honor and pride in the flags, boundary monuments, medals, etc. that represent the New Ming Empire.

Spitting in front of them at the boundary marker has offended these National Defense Force soldiers who value honor as much as life.

So a small-scale encounter broke out, and a squad of twelve patrols was quickly overwhelmed by more than five hundred Mexican soldiers.

When Zaragoza passed by with the main force, he saw the bodies of six Eastern soldiers hanging next to the toppled boundary marker.

Not far away, there were some broken limbs and broken arms after the explosion, including those of Eastern soldiers, but more of them were parts of Mexican soldiers.

"What happened here?" Zaragoza asked the Mexican reconnaissance company soldiers who were waiting here to collect the bodies of their own soldiers.

"These Easterners used despicable means to sneak attack and kill our company commander, so the soldiers are very angry..."

A soldier from the reconnaissance company reported in detail what had happened before, and then waited for Zaragoza's instructions.

"You mean these Eastern soldiers attacked you for no reason?"

There was obvious disbelief in Zaragoza's voice, and he pointed at the toppled boundary marker covered with excrement and asked: "What is that thing?"

The soldier just looked at it and then replied hesitantly: "I don't know, it seems to be an Eastern thing that marks the dividing line. Just now..."

Having said this, he hesitated and looked at Zaragoza's face, and continued: "Our company commander just accidentally got his saliva on this stone monument, and those...those Easterners brutally attacked and killed him..."

After taking a deep look at the soldier, Zaragoza took out the map and looked at the surrounding environment.

Then he searched the map against the nearby large river. Soon, he found where this place was.

"This is our border with the Orientals. These Orientals are the soldiers who patrol the border."

Zaragoza's expression became serious, not because he was dissatisfied with his soldiers for killing several Easterners, but because he saw the corpses of Mexican soldiers neatly placed aside.

Judging from the scene, these Eastern soldiers numbered less than twenty at most, but the number of Mexican soldiers who fell now was several times that of their opponents.

This discovery made Zaragoza even more repulsive to the government's hasty move to tear up the agreement.

He had long heard that the Oriental army had defeated the British expeditionary force with tens of thousands of people. At that time, he reminded Juárez not to let him make any moves that would cause conflict with the Orientals.

Now that the conflict was unavoidable, he intuitively saw the combat effectiveness of the Eastern soldiers.

Sighing, he did not punish these Mexican reconnaissance soldiers, but asked the messenger to inform the main force to pass through here as soon as possible.

It was getting dark, and they had to set up camp before the sun went down.

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At this time, all the warships under Song He had already made preparations for the battle, and were only waiting for his order to set off towards the planned ambush location.

"Now I order the fleet to set off!"

Song He's voice rang in the ears of the captains of each ship. After replying "received" on the intercom, the Xinming Empire's royal fleet began to accelerate slowly.

At this time, it was time for the changing of the guard for the crew leading the British Expedition Fleet during the day.

"The pulley on the left side of the sail is a little stuck. You need to pay more attention when controlling them..."

An older crew member told the two young crew members who were changing posts with him:

"Don't smoke on the mast, and if I find out who's smoking on the mast, don't blame me for kicking his ass!"

"These sails are not something you can afford with your salary. You must... What is that?"

As a senior sailor on the flagship, he has a very keen sense of the sea.

Just now he seemed to see thick smoke appearing at the end of his sight.

His idea was soon verified, and an alarm bell rang from the observation deck.

Just before the two young crew members could react, the sound of a snare drum sounded again near the cabin.

At the same time, the meaning of this scene emerged in their minds: discover the enemy ship and prepare to fight!

"Quick, return to your posts, the Eastern fleet has appeared!"

The boatswain's voice kept ringing on the deck, and then all the crew members began to clean up the debris on the deck.

Items such as cables are stacked where they should be, and some animal passengers on the ship, such as boxes containing goats and hens, will be pushed into the cargo hold that will not affect the battle.

"These damn Easterners didn't choose to hide and tremble within the range of the fort, but how dare they appear on the sea?"

The first mate turned the rudder vigorously a few times, and ordered the navy soldiers to lower the propeller into the sea and fill the boiler with more coal.

When traveling at sea, the boiler will generally not be completely extinguished, but will retain a little fire to facilitate ignition.

In this way, you can prepare faster when you suddenly encounter an enemy.

The reason for putting down the propeller is that warships with steam power as an auxiliary at this time will usually lift the propeller when sailing to avoid affecting the speed of the ship.

But if there is a battle, the propeller will be put back into the sea. Then when the steam engine starts to work, the propeller will cooperate with the sail to greatly increase the speed of the battleship.

"Isn't it better for the Orientals to choose brave naval battles?"

After the commander of the British expedition fleet put away his telescope, a smile appeared on his face.

"Although I admire their courage, when the battle is over, if I am lucky enough to capture the opponent's commander, I will laugh at the opponent's overestimation of their capabilities."