Chapter 2932
Chapter 2932
Chapter 2932
Port of Cavite Base, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, October 1656.
According to the traditional lunar calendar, the "Frostfall" has passed at this time, and it is time for late autumn to enter winter, but Manila Bay, which is located in the tropics, is not cool, and the temperature is still around [-] degrees.Moreover, this time is the handover between the dry season and the rainy season, and the weather changes rapidly. It is often half a day of exposure and half a day of heavy rain, and the air is hot and humid.
This day was no exception, it only cleared for half a day, and suddenly a dark cloud came from nowhere, covering the entire Manila Bay, eliminating the need for thunder and lightning, and it started to rain directly.
A Barracuda-class troop carrier was slowly approaching the pier, and the sailors on the ship threw out cables for the dockworkers to put on the bitts and secure them.A mobile gangway has been prepared on the pier, and after the ship stops, the dock workers will push it to the nearby side to connect with the ship's side, so that the people and goods on board can land as soon as possible.
Fourteen or fifteen troop carriers of the same model floated on the sea beside this ship.They all have to send the troops on board to the shore before dark, so in order to save the docking time of each ship, all berths on the dock are operating at the highest efficiency.
Most of these troop carriers came from various colonial points in the northern part of Luzon Island. They came day and night after receiving orders from the Manila Command. The furthest places even required five or six days of sailing at sea to get here.For many soldiers who enlisted locally, this large-scale transfer can already be called an "expedition".
After a few sharp whistles sounded in the cabin, someone ordered loudly: "Everyone obey the order, put on your raincoats, pack up your personal equipment, and line up to disembark. The platoon leader is in charge of the entire team and counts the number of people! Get together, don't walk around at will!"
Soldiers took out oilcloth rain capes from their backpacks and put them on. This cloak-style rain cape can be covered with a person and a backpack, and the rainproof effect is very good.In the Philippine Islands during the rainy season, if this thing is missing during the expedition, the injury rate of the troops will increase by at least [-]%.
And this kind of oilcloth poncho has many functions. It is not only for the soldiers to keep out the wind and rain. It can also be used as camouflage clothing, rainproof cloth, moisture-proof pad in various battlefield environments, and can also be used as materials to transform into hammocks and stretchers. use.
Of course, good things will not be cheap, and the Ministry of National Defense is not so generous, and the number distributed to the Luzon Region is far from reaching one for each person.However, there is no local textile industry chain in the Luzon region, so they cannot make this kind of poncho by themselves, so they can only pay for it to make up the difference.
In fact, except for a few leather military products that can be made locally in Luzon, most of the weapons and equipment must rely on the channels of the Ministry of National Defense.It was not until the executive committee decided to start a new round of military expansion in the South China Sea that the Luzon region received a large amount of military supplies from the Ministry of Defense again.
As for whether the support of the Ministry of National Defense can be obtained in the future, it may depend on the actual performance of the Luzon region in this round of operations.
In the dark cabin, after Zheng Agui finished his raincoat three times and five times, he saw that the kid next to him was poking his butt and messing with it for a long time, so he went up and kicked him and said: "First pack, then put on raincoat, and finally Take the gun!"
After teaching this idiot, Zheng Agui looked around by the light leaking from the cracks in the top of the ship plank to check the preparations of the other men under his command.If the disembarkation time is delayed because these guys haven't packed up later, he will inevitably have to be disciplined.
As a newly promoted squad leader with only one year of military experience, Zheng Agui is actually not much better than the few recruits under his command. This is also the first time he has performed a mission away from his station.
Zheng Agui's home is in the settlement of Balanga on the west bank of Manila Bay, only a few dozen miles away from the Cavite base, but the place where his troops are stationed is in the Bangui area in the northwest corner of Luzon Island. Opening the Bashi Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island, it is thousands of miles away from Manila Bay.
Bangui is one of the places closest to the East Asian mainland in Luzon. There are two rivers converging into the sea, forming a seaside plain surrounded by mountains near the coast.
The closest distance to the mainland, rich water resources, fertile land, and various preferential treatment provided by the local government to immigrants, these conditions in Bangui have attracted many Han immigrants to settle here.
There are about 5000 Han Chinese settled in Bangui today, and there is an infantry battalion and a small maritime patrol stationed there.The pirates in the Bashi Strait had been wiped out by the Haihan Army many years ago, so the task of the local garrison was only to maintain local law and order, and to do some disaster relief work after the typhoon passed. There are few high-risk combat missions.
Zheng Agui spent his first year of service in this environment. He only needs to stay in Bangui for another four years, and he will get a considerable amount of retirement pay and [-] acres of land after retiring. Just guaranteed treatment.If you can get an official job during your service, you will probably be recruited by some government offices when you retire, and you will be offered a golden job directly.
For civilian children like him, joining the army is not only a way to make a living, but also an opportunity to break through class.It's just that the place in Bangui has always been calm, and there are at most some rough and tumble civil disputes, which can be resolved by the police. It is rare for the garrison to be dispatched. It is really not easy to earn military merit.
It stands to reason that with his military experience, it is not up to him to lead recruits, but Zheng Agui is clever and good at handling things, which is appreciated by the company officers.After this year's recruits joined the army, the company commander transferred him to train the recruits, and after the [-]-day training was over, he was naturally promoted to be the squad leader.Of course, he would continue to lead the recruits he personally trained.
Zheng Agui thought that most of his military career would be spent in Bangui for the past few years, but he didn’t expect that the troops suddenly received an order from Manila ten days ago, asking Bangui to start a wartime system and let the police and militia take over the local security. For affairs, the garrison troops only stay with a small number of personnel, and the large troops need to bring their own equipment and supplies, and report to the Cavite base within ten days.
As soon as the military order came out, although Bangui had been at peace for a long time, it was inevitable that it would suddenly enter a wartime system.It took two or three days for the garrison to hand over to the temporarily organized security forces, and then set off for Manila by boat in batches.
Although Zheng Agui led recruits, the transfer order did not say that recruits were exceptions, so he followed the company on the troop carrier in a daze, drifted at sea for six days, and finally arrived in Manila Bay before the time limit.During the period, he also tried to find out the news, but the biggest officer on the ship was the company commander, and he was also at a loss about the purpose of the trip.
(End of this chapter)
Port of Cavite Base, Manila Bay, Luzon Island, October 1656.
According to the traditional lunar calendar, the "Frostfall" has passed at this time, and it is time for late autumn to enter winter, but Manila Bay, which is located in the tropics, is not cool, and the temperature is still around [-] degrees.Moreover, this time is the handover between the dry season and the rainy season, and the weather changes rapidly. It is often half a day of exposure and half a day of heavy rain, and the air is hot and humid.
This day was no exception, it only cleared for half a day, and suddenly a dark cloud came from nowhere, covering the entire Manila Bay, eliminating the need for thunder and lightning, and it started to rain directly.
A Barracuda-class troop carrier was slowly approaching the pier, and the sailors on the ship threw out cables for the dockworkers to put on the bitts and secure them.A mobile gangway has been prepared on the pier, and after the ship stops, the dock workers will push it to the nearby side to connect with the ship's side, so that the people and goods on board can land as soon as possible.
Fourteen or fifteen troop carriers of the same model floated on the sea beside this ship.They all have to send the troops on board to the shore before dark, so in order to save the docking time of each ship, all berths on the dock are operating at the highest efficiency.
Most of these troop carriers came from various colonial points in the northern part of Luzon Island. They came day and night after receiving orders from the Manila Command. The furthest places even required five or six days of sailing at sea to get here.For many soldiers who enlisted locally, this large-scale transfer can already be called an "expedition".
After a few sharp whistles sounded in the cabin, someone ordered loudly: "Everyone obey the order, put on your raincoats, pack up your personal equipment, and line up to disembark. The platoon leader is in charge of the entire team and counts the number of people! Get together, don't walk around at will!"
Soldiers took out oilcloth rain capes from their backpacks and put them on. This cloak-style rain cape can be covered with a person and a backpack, and the rainproof effect is very good.In the Philippine Islands during the rainy season, if this thing is missing during the expedition, the injury rate of the troops will increase by at least [-]%.
And this kind of oilcloth poncho has many functions. It is not only for the soldiers to keep out the wind and rain. It can also be used as camouflage clothing, rainproof cloth, moisture-proof pad in various battlefield environments, and can also be used as materials to transform into hammocks and stretchers. use.
Of course, good things will not be cheap, and the Ministry of National Defense is not so generous, and the number distributed to the Luzon Region is far from reaching one for each person.However, there is no local textile industry chain in the Luzon region, so they cannot make this kind of poncho by themselves, so they can only pay for it to make up the difference.
In fact, except for a few leather military products that can be made locally in Luzon, most of the weapons and equipment must rely on the channels of the Ministry of National Defense.It was not until the executive committee decided to start a new round of military expansion in the South China Sea that the Luzon region received a large amount of military supplies from the Ministry of Defense again.
As for whether the support of the Ministry of National Defense can be obtained in the future, it may depend on the actual performance of the Luzon region in this round of operations.
In the dark cabin, after Zheng Agui finished his raincoat three times and five times, he saw that the kid next to him was poking his butt and messing with it for a long time, so he went up and kicked him and said: "First pack, then put on raincoat, and finally Take the gun!"
After teaching this idiot, Zheng Agui looked around by the light leaking from the cracks in the top of the ship plank to check the preparations of the other men under his command.If the disembarkation time is delayed because these guys haven't packed up later, he will inevitably have to be disciplined.
As a newly promoted squad leader with only one year of military experience, Zheng Agui is actually not much better than the few recruits under his command. This is also the first time he has performed a mission away from his station.
Zheng Agui's home is in the settlement of Balanga on the west bank of Manila Bay, only a few dozen miles away from the Cavite base, but the place where his troops are stationed is in the Bangui area in the northwest corner of Luzon Island. Opening the Bashi Strait between Taiwan and Luzon Island, it is thousands of miles away from Manila Bay.
Bangui is one of the places closest to the East Asian mainland in Luzon. There are two rivers converging into the sea, forming a seaside plain surrounded by mountains near the coast.
The closest distance to the mainland, rich water resources, fertile land, and various preferential treatment provided by the local government to immigrants, these conditions in Bangui have attracted many Han immigrants to settle here.
There are about 5000 Han Chinese settled in Bangui today, and there is an infantry battalion and a small maritime patrol stationed there.The pirates in the Bashi Strait had been wiped out by the Haihan Army many years ago, so the task of the local garrison was only to maintain local law and order, and to do some disaster relief work after the typhoon passed. There are few high-risk combat missions.
Zheng Agui spent his first year of service in this environment. He only needs to stay in Bangui for another four years, and he will get a considerable amount of retirement pay and [-] acres of land after retiring. Just guaranteed treatment.If you can get an official job during your service, you will probably be recruited by some government offices when you retire, and you will be offered a golden job directly.
For civilian children like him, joining the army is not only a way to make a living, but also an opportunity to break through class.It's just that the place in Bangui has always been calm, and there are at most some rough and tumble civil disputes, which can be resolved by the police. It is rare for the garrison to be dispatched. It is really not easy to earn military merit.
It stands to reason that with his military experience, it is not up to him to lead recruits, but Zheng Agui is clever and good at handling things, which is appreciated by the company officers.After this year's recruits joined the army, the company commander transferred him to train the recruits, and after the [-]-day training was over, he was naturally promoted to be the squad leader.Of course, he would continue to lead the recruits he personally trained.
Zheng Agui thought that most of his military career would be spent in Bangui for the past few years, but he didn’t expect that the troops suddenly received an order from Manila ten days ago, asking Bangui to start a wartime system and let the police and militia take over the local security. For affairs, the garrison troops only stay with a small number of personnel, and the large troops need to bring their own equipment and supplies, and report to the Cavite base within ten days.
As soon as the military order came out, although Bangui had been at peace for a long time, it was inevitable that it would suddenly enter a wartime system.It took two or three days for the garrison to hand over to the temporarily organized security forces, and then set off for Manila by boat in batches.
Although Zheng Agui led recruits, the transfer order did not say that recruits were exceptions, so he followed the company on the troop carrier in a daze, drifted at sea for six days, and finally arrived in Manila Bay before the time limit.During the period, he also tried to find out the news, but the biggest officer on the ship was the company commander, and he was also at a loss about the purpose of the trip.
(End of this chapter)