Wild North America 1846

Port of Veraquebrus, Gulf of Mexico

This is a newly developed port city located halfway between the two Gulf of Mexico cities of Antigua and Medellin. It is the terminal station of the Jinling City-Gulf of Mexico railway.

Veraquebrus has about 17,500 Mexican locals and more than 2,870 Chinese immigrants. The main economic lifelines of the city are all controlled by the Chinese. The gorgeous street buildings and shops, ports, warehouses, and railway stations in the center of the town also belong to the Chinese.

It is owned by a business group and has a monopoly on local commerce, ports and transportation.

This is a rare deep-water port in the Gulf of Mexico. The mountains surrounding the city are lush and rolling, embracing the valley in the middle. This is also the standard configuration of a world-class port.

In the coastal areas of any country, it is difficult to find seaports with excellent water depth conditions in plain areas. World-class ports are generally surrounded by mountains, such as Chang'an (San Francisco), Seattle, Panama, Marseille, Amsterdam, Qingdao, Lushun, Hong Kong, and Zhoushan.

, Pearl Harbor, Portsmouth, Cam Ranh Bay and other famous ports are all like this.

This is because the gentle continental shelf extends into the sea area, making it difficult to have superior harbor conditions. Only seaside mountains and hills can form steep incised terrain in coastal areas to meet the water depth conditions of a good deep-water port, as is the case in the Port of Veraquebrus.

Why does no one know about such good deep-water port conditions?

This is because Veraquebrus is not kind to people. It is the second largest city in Colombia, with a population of more than 1.6 million. It is famous for its mild climate and beautiful and elegant environment.

Unfortunately, the country of Colombia is too small and does not have any decent bulk materials that can be imported or exported. It is a congenital lameness, so the port transportation business has never developed.

At this time, there is no concept of Colombia as a country. It is still subordinate to the Mexican family. It is now firmly controlled by the Chinese capital of the Tang Dynasty and is included in the scope of coastal free ports.

Thousands of white seagulls fly up and down in the bay, making the calm harbor lively. The water rushing to the beach forms clear white swells, and the coconut palms sway, giving it a tropical Caribbean scenery.

This bay belongs to the southern part of the Sea of ​​Mexico, and further south is the Caribbean Sea. Because it is located on the seaside, with pleasant climate and lush vegetation, many Chinese immigrants fell in love with it when they came here.

The huge iron-hulled steam cruise ship blew a long whistle and slowly entered the surrounding bay. This was the arrival of the fleet carrying the expeditionary force back. There were four cruise ships and one cargo ship, carrying almost two people.

There were more than 4,500 officers, soldiers and their families in the regiment, not counting children, and the cargo ships were loaded with large amounts of trophies brought back from Europe.

The expeditionary force plundered several cities and dozens of towns in Europe, as well as countless landowners' estates. The loot included almost everything from silver candlesticks to high-end pianos, from gilded crosses to medieval knights' steel armor.

On the first-class deck on the third floor of the leading cruise ship "Phoenix Mountain", many officers and their wives and concubines in luxurious clothes had already come to the railings. They couldn't help but cheered as they watched the port getting closer and closer in front of them.

It has been two or three years since I left my homeland, and I feel like a wanderer returning to his mother's arms. I can't hide my excitement.

Brigadier General Fan Pengfei and Colonel Lin Feng stood side by side, holding on to the ornately decorated command sword with one hand and the railing with the other. They looked at the coast getting closer and closer in front of them, and couldn't help but have a look of eagerness in their eyes.

Thinking back to three years ago

Both of them have the rank of lieutenant colonel, one is the lieutenant colonel commander of the 5th Division, and the other is the lieutenant colonel commander of the 6th Division. They lead the soldiers who have just finished training and embark on a journey with high spirits to face the unknown war test in Europe.

At that time, it still started from the Port of Los Angeles and went south to the Port of Panama, which was more than 3,200 kilometers away. It was a long and hard journey. It took the entire division one and a half months to arrive in Europe.

Now, it only takes 12 days from Crimea to the Gulf of Mexico, and you can transfer to the train from here, saving more than 5,800 kilometers of travel distance.

These elite officers and outstanding soldiers of the 5th to 9th Divisions of the Expeditionary Force, under the arrangement of the military headquarters, successively served in the 1st to 4th Divisions or the Expeditionary Force Staff Headquarters or the Teaching Corps, becoming the precious firepower retained by the Expeditionary Force in the European War.

"Brother Pengfei, you have better information than I do. Do you know what arrangements the staff headquarters will make after returning to the empire this time? They won't let us retire, right?" Colonel Lin Feng asked with a worried look on his face.

Brigadier General Fan Pengfei knew what his friend was worried about. As an officer at the top of the kingdom's military circles, he had access to far more confidential information than Colonel Lin Feng.

Of course, we can't tell you what's confidential. There are some less sensitive information that will be announced after we disembark anyway, so we can disclose it in advance.

Brigadier General Fan Pengfei shook his head reservedly and replied;

"Brother Afeng, your concern is causing chaos. If the military doesn't want to use us, it doesn't have to go through all the trouble of transferring us out of the mercenary division and sending us to the Royal Sanchester Military Academy for further study. That's not purely

Do you fart when you take off your pants?"

"Brother Pengfei, you can't blame me for being impatient. According to His Majesty's usual practice, large-scale layoffs will be carried out after the war. Seeing that North America is calm and there is no decent war to fight, it still remains like this.

What does a large army do?”

"You don't understand, but I can reveal it." Fan Pengfei smiled slightly and said calmly;

"Today, the 1st to 5th divisions of the expeditionary force are all overstrength. The second division with the largest number of people now has more than 7,900 people. It will definitely not work.

According to the efforts of the Army General Staff Headquarters and His Majesty's arrangement, the plan is to retain the strength of one mobile division, then four shelf divisions, retire most of the soldiers, and retain experienced elite sergeants.

Thus

The 1st Southern Field Division that was finally retained was stationed in Jinling City. As the largest mobile corps in the eight northern states of Mexico, it had a rated strength of 6,170 people, all of whom were cavalry.

That is to say

All the cavalry regiments under the original five field divisions were taken out, resulting in a total of five cavalry regiments, plus an artillery regiment, forming a powerful mobile strike force.

The remaining four shelf divisions are the 2nd to 5th Southern Field Divisions. In principle, each division retains 2,200 troops, mainly officers and elite non-commissioned officers. Only one regiment of soldiers is retained, and all others are retired.

These four shelf divisions are stationed in various southern provinces. Some provinces are a regiment, and some provinces are a battalion.

This port city should be home to an infantry regiment stationed by the Fifth Division, with a total of 1,072 people.

You and I will make our own arrangements after the honors are awarded, so there is no need to worry."

"Brother Pengfei, if there is only one field mobile strike division, you must be the division commander!" Colonel Lin Feng asked with a tentative tone.

"Hehe..." Brigadier General Fan Pengfei laughed proudly and did not answer directly.

But his expression had revealed everything. Among the nine division commanders of the expeditionary force, Fan Pengfei was promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel and then to army brigadier general. His performance was much more dazzling than the other division commanders.

Needless to say, the General Staff Headquarters has long been registered. Maybe Jian is in the emperor's heart. This is an advantage that no one else can match.

But Colonel Lin Feng was not jealous either. The former commander of the 5th Division, Brigadier General Fan Pengfei, had earned his military exploits by solidly using the heads of tens of thousands of Russian soldiers. There was no trace of it. His colleagues could only admire him and could not bear any jealousy.