Wild North America 1846

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More than half a month later

The old camp of Wu's team has moved here, and is methodically reclaiming land, cutting down trees to build new houses, and getting into the busy reclamation work.

When Wu Erbao first immigrated to Paradise Island, he participated in the initial colonization and development of the island. He worked in the road construction team, logging team, reclamation team, agricultural machinery team and housing construction team, and he was very familiar with the process of colonization and reclamation.

According to the plan;

Due to its own limited conditions, it is unable to carry out comprehensive construction.

In the early stage, the focus will be on reclaiming fertile land along the river, building farmland water conservancy facilities, planting food, and grazing cattle and sheep. Only by reaching the standard of self-sufficiency as soon as possible can we stabilize and build slowly.

Therefore, in the early days of starting a business, at least during these three to five years, the entire team will gather together to build towns, build farms, sawmills and brick kilns, build houses, temples and ancestral halls. The next step is to build the following village groups.

Various small ranches and estates.

Another factor is to huddle together for warmth.

This area of ​​Cordoba Province belongs to the central province of Argentina and has penetrated deep into the Argentine white settlement area. Firstly, we must prevent the Argentine whites from armed counterattack, and secondly, we must prevent our own people from intervening.

In other words, this fertile land must be defended after being occupied. The Imperial Expeditionary Force does not care about immigration and colonization, it all depends on itself.

According to the preferential policies related to the expansion of South America;

If there are conditions in the future

Fortunately, the expeditionary force has a powerful summoning weapon. After discovering a large or medium-sized Indian tribe, the expeditionary officer has the right to recruit armed militiamen to participate in the encirclement and suppression. The team will be credited with merit, share in captures and other benefits, including the friendship of the expeditionary force.

"How many people are coming?"

This distance is about 2,300 kilometers. There is only one cavalry division with about 13,900 people. The central part is completely empty. There are one cavalry regiment stationed in Crescent Port, Shuguang Port and Zhennan Port respectively, about 350~440 kilometers apart.

Each regiment can send out cavalry for rotational sweeps, and only has one battalion of troops. The cavalry company is basically the main combat unit during the expedition. Each mission lasts for one or two months, so the strength of the troops is really weak.

"We saw no less than nearly 300 cavalry. After they fired in pursuit, I withdrew with my men. I don't know how many more were behind?"

Port of Glory, south of Buenos Aires, is stationed with an organic cavalry regiment of the expeditionary force, with a total strength of more than 2,300 people. However, it has to manage a colonial area of ​​more than 1,500 kilometers from north to south. How can it be so busy?

The main force of the expeditionary force is placed in the north, from Glory Port to the south to Victory Port, Weiyuan Port, Crescent Port, Shuguang Port and Zhennan Port. A total of 6 ports will be built from north to south, and further south to the end of South America.

Southern tip of Tierra del Fuego.

As long as the land rights certificate is approved, you can get a loan from the bank for manor or ranch management, with an interest rate of about 6.8% to 8%.

Iba River

A tall wooden fence gate was erected. This is the large open plain in the east. The Iba River turns a bend here and flows eastward, so this place is named "Big Bend". It has been an alluvial plain for thousands of years.

Forming an extremely fertile black land.

Because I saw through the binoculars that Ferguson and others were white, I thought they were indigenous Argentines, so I shot and chased them for a while.

Some people followed Wu Abao into the half-built fortress in an orderly manner. By this time, the stone wall had been built up to the neck and had basic defensive functions.

Even if we are both members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, we must be wary of the other party's evil intentions.

The Tang Empire pursued a wolf culture, which was unleashed on the Pampas in South America. Bullying of the weak occurred from time to time, and there were even reports of vicious incidents in which small armed groups were annihilated.

Not surprising.

The words "Wujia Town" are written on the wooden fence gate. It is about 30 kilometers away from here to the town. More than 300 Indian coolies are building a stone fortress here. The fortress is about 40 meters wide and 72 meters long.

It is planned to build a 3.2-meter-high beacon and set up a beacon for warning.

Wujia Town covers such a large area, and there are so many armed militiamen grouped together. If the other Chinese armed groups are slightly weaker, they will also murmur in their hearts.

Now a year and a half has passed. In the remaining time, Wu Erbao is confident that he will build Wujia Town into a prosperous new colonial town, provided that he can hold on to this place.

Even if you suffer some losses, it is worth it as long as you win the friendship of the expeditionary force.

Friendship from the Expeditionary Force is the most precious, because the headquarters of the Expeditionary Corps has the things that the militia longs for, such as the issuance of land rights, boundary stakes, head bounties, loans and credit documents, and the convenience of importing materials, so no armed militia will refuse recruitment.

Combat.

Another part of the cavalry gathered together. Wu Erbao didn't say anything, but gave the order with a serious face: "Check the weapons and equipment, load the ammunition, and prepare for battle. Take the time to feed the horses some fine feed, and Ahu will lead 10 Echizen reconnaissance. Let's take a look."

How many troops does the other party have? Where is it coming from?"

"As ordered, sir." Wu Ahu replied seriously.

After the approval is correct, the last step is to pay the fee, and then you can get the land rights certificate and become the owner of your own large manor safely.

"How far is it?"

"About thirteen or four kilometers, we should be getting closer now."

All the boundary stakes in Wujia Town have been driven down, and the hand-drawn map application has been sent to Glory Port. It is unknown when it will be approved?

This bank loan is very important for colonial construction. With it, you can buy sawing equipment, agricultural machinery, cloth, cement, nails, various steel tools, salt seasoning, rifle ammunition, needles, thread, and a series of other things.

, these are industrial products needed for daily life.

These newly colonized lands are exempted from tax for six years and half taxed for four years, for a total of ten years of preferential tax period.

Generally speaking

You can dig out ridges or pull up barbed wire, or even if that doesn't work, you can build a road to separate them. At the very least, patrolling will be much less labor-intensive.

The wooden fence gate was erected about seven or eight kilometers east of the big bend, and extended for a dozen meters to both sides. The remaining vast plain was covered with boundary stakes at intervals, forming a boundary line.

Wu Erbao's face darkened after hearing this, and he immediately ordered: "Everyone gather, prepare for battle, light the beacons to warn, A Bao and 40 people will hold fast in the fortress as a fire support point."

As long as you don't invade the territory of Buenos Aires Province and cause unnecessary trouble, there is basically no problem in getting the land rights certificate approved.

Going in from the boundary line is a big belly terrain, with vast plains and dense rivers and dense forests. The land is fertile and the vegetation is lush and green. It falls within the demarcated Wujia Town and is also private and sacrosanct property.

As long as you stand on the mound at the back, you can shoot outwards, providing reliable fire support.

more than half an hour later

Wu Ahu galloped back with two cavalrymen at high speed, bringing news that made Wu Erbao laugh and cry; the visitors were the Eighth Company of the Cavalry of the Third Battalion of Glory Port, and three civilian armed groups expanding to the north.

Interest rates are lower in areas with good public security conditions, and higher in areas prone to conflicts.

This fortress is called "Big Bend Fort". After it is completed, it can station 45 to 50 cavalry. They can defend against the wall during defense. On a daily basis, they can patrol the approximately 47-kilometer long open border between the two mountains, both in peacetime and in wartime.

The military in Glory Port is only responsible for forwarding the application. Specifically, officials from the Colonial Department stationed in Glory Port will handle the land ownership certificate. This requires sending personnel to Wujia Town to conduct a survey in person, and only after comparing it with the map is correct, can the final approval stage be entered.

Wu Ahu quickly selected 10 cavalrymen, formed three cavalry teams on the left, center and right, and galloped towards the southwest. They were already familiar with executing similar orders.

The beacon was lit and covered with a large amount of moist licorice. After a while, thick smoke rose into the sky, which was particularly conspicuous on the clear plain.

It is more than 1,300 kilometers from Glory Port to Wujia Town. How many civilian armed groups submitted applications along the way?

Even if we send people down to survey one by one, it will probably take more than half a year to reach Wujia Town. The place is too big and there is really no way.

When banks review interest rates, they mainly consider whether the situation in the area is stable? Are there any roaming Indian tribes? Are there any regional disputes with white colonists?

"Reporting to the commander, a group of unknown armed forces is approaching us. They have crossed the mountain range in the southwest and are shooting at us." Ferguson was one of a dozen white Germans picked up by Wu Erbao at the dock of New York Harbor.

He has grown rapidly over the past year and become his right-hand man.

The warning gong rang rapidly, and the busy Chinese armed militiamen quickly dropped their work, quickly picked up their rifles and gathered together.

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Due to the importance of Big Bend Fort, Wu Erbao led more than 110 armed militiamen and more than 300 Indian coolies, who were busy building a solid stone fort day and night. At this time, Ferguson led several patrol cavalry and ran back at high speed, attracting his attention.

Unexpectedly, Ferguson was also a bit of a thief. He didn't get close at all. When he saw the cavalry outflanking him from behind, he immediately greased his feet and ran away. As a result, he made a huge own mistake.

"I know, continue to monitor." Wu Erbao is a cautious person and will not let down his guard until he fully understands the other party's intentions.

After a while

A large number of armed cavalry appeared on the grassy slope in the distance, densely covering the hillside. This made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly tense, and many people couldn't help but clenched their weapons.

Fortunately, after the beacon warning was sent out, many groups of armed cavalry from the direction of Wujia Town came to support them. The armed cavalry force on the side of Wujia Town grew rapidly, and they gained some confidence.

Wu Erbao raised the copper monocular telescope in his hand and observed it carefully for a moment. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and he said, "It seems that it was a false alarm. It is the brothers of the expeditionary force."