Chapter 2984
Chapter 2984
Chapter 2984
What does a copper mine with huge reserves mean to Haihan? Even Yu Tiezhu, who has never engaged in industrial production, knows that copper is an extremely important strategic material for the Haihan army.
From the bronze guns used in the early days to the ammunition made of brass now, the weapons and equipment of the Haihan Army in all dynasties required a large amount of copper to be prepared.On the Navy's most advanced steam warships, such as propellers, bushings, pump valves, pipe fittings, etc., a large number of components must be made of copper.
Thinking that when the Haihan Army entered the Shandong Peninsula, it did not choose Qingdao, which has better port conditions, as its destination, but went to Fushan County, which was poor and not peaceful. One of the reasons was to develop the local copper mines in Fushan.
Twenty years have passed, and the Fushan Copper Mine is still the most important copper producing area under Haihan's rule. Every year, a large amount of copper is transported across the sea from Shandong to Sanya for processing.
Compared with the distant Dengzhou, the voyage of Cebu Island to Sanya is undoubtedly much closer. If there are large copper mines here, it is indeed of great development value, and the annual shipping fee alone can save a lot of money. money.
If you want to start a war for this, in Tie Zhu's view, the reasons are sufficient.How could such a precious resource fall into the opponent's control.
The location of this copper mine seems to be not far from the port of Cebu. Yu Tiezhu originally planned to send troops to the area for investigation at dawn.However, the captives subsequently recruited more information. The straight-line distance between that place and Cebu was only more than 40 miles, but there were mountains and dense forests in the middle, and there were no ready-made roads at all.
Even if you don't get lost, it will take at least two to three days to reach your destination.The correct way to get to this place is from a small fishing village called Toledo on the west coast of Cebu Island, about twenty miles inland.The terrain there is relatively flat, and it only takes half a day to reach it.
The Port of Cebu is located in the middle of the east coast of Cebu Island, which means that it is necessary to bypass the long and narrow Cebu Island from the sea to reach the fishing village of Toledo on the west coast.It takes even more time to go this route, but it is relatively easier.
At present, the goal of the Fourth Division of Lu is still to eliminate the remaining enemies in the urban area of Cebu, and the task of going to Toledo to find out the situation can only be done by the Navy.
In the afternoon, Yu Tiezhu received a call back from Sanya, which basically confirmed his previous speculation.
"The Ministry of Industry said that Cebu Island is expected to become the most important copper producing area in the South China Sea in the next ten years, so it is necessary to clean up this area to ensure that subsequent development can proceed safely...Look, what I said, even if the mining industry Si has never been to Cebu Island, so he knows that there are big mines here!”
Yu Tiezhu handed the telegram to Jiao Fei, proudly showing off his previous judgment.
Jiao Fei replied, "That place is also [-] miles from the west coast. Presumably, a freight railway must be built before large-scale mining can be carried out... This is a bit like the development of the Shilu Iron Mine on Hainan Island in the early years."
When it comes to Shilu Iron Mine, Yu Tiezhu has a right to speak: "In the early days of Shilu Iron Mine, the environment was really difficult, and prisoners and prisoners of war could only be sent to work as miners. Fighting indiscriminately. To develop such a large mine is indeed not achieved overnight, it is estimated that it will take several years to build a road and build a port.”
Although the call back from Sanya has solved their doubts, there is still no clear answer as to whether the existence of this mine is one of the reasons for the initiation of this operation.
However, this is no longer important. It confirms the existence of the copper mine, which provides a new impetus to the Haihan Army in action, allowing them to step up their efforts to suppress the remaining enemies.
On the fourth day of the attack on Cebu, the scope of the Haihan Army's operations has expanded from the Port of Cebu to some surrounding coastal villages and towns.
Most of the people living in these places are not Spanish immigrants. The will of resistance of these people is obviously not as strong as that of the residents of Cebu City. For the arrival of the Haihan Army, their reaction is mostly fear and obedience, but not many people choose to flee from their homes. .
Of course, this is also related to the strength of the Haihan Army's local actions. If it wasn't for the fact that the city of Cebu had been captured, and the local people had no idea of a comeback, these people might not have behaved so honestly.
The tracking of the remnants of the militants who escaped into the forest was not so smooth. Next to the city of Cebu is the mountain forest that runs through the entire Cebu Island in a north-south direction, covering an area of thousands of square kilometers.To carry out the task of clearing and suppressing operations in such an unfamiliar environment, whether commanding operations or supplying materials, will face great difficulties.
However, if the Haihan Army did not thoroughly clean up the island, relying on the various temporary shelters and material warehouses that the colonial authorities had built in the mountains and forests in the past few years, these resisters could still deal with the Haihan Army very well on Cebu Island. long time.
Of course Yu Tiezhu didn't want to let the Spaniards on the island go. The people who suffered the most casualties in this operation were the troops of the Fourth Division of Lu. At present, the combat attrition has almost reached two companies, which really hurts his flesh.Having made such a big ups and downs here, if he didn't settle the account clearly, he wouldn't have the face to go back to Manila to deal with Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang.
Yu Tiezhu has led soldiers for more than 20 years. Although the situation in front of him is a bit difficult, it still can't help him.The most urgent task is to cut off the connection between the resisters hiding in the mountains and the outside world.At the same time, more information is obtained through the confessions of prisoners of war to determine the next target.
Even if the Spaniards built temporary shelters in the mountains and forests ahead of time and stored their survival supplies, it was not their way of life after all.As long as the limelight passes, they will still take the initiative to walk out of the forest, inquire about information, and obtain supplies.Cutting them off from the outside world can speed up the process.
Yu Tiezhu ordered a restricted area on the edge of the urban area near the mountains and forests, and organized the people to build several miles of fences and a large number of sentry towers to cut off all passages between the urban area and the mountains and forests.
Of course, such a measure is more appropriate to call it bait than to prevent the Spaniards in the mountains from returning to the city.If the Spaniards are not willing to take Cebu away like this, they will naturally show up soon.
After a day of rest, Zheng Agui's team began to perform combat missions again.Although two people were attrition, there was no way to replenish manpower now, so he and his subordinates were assigned to a post under construction in the west of the city, and they were mixed into a platoon with several other teams in the Bangui camp that also suffered attrition, and they were on duty together. here.
In addition to the Haihan Army, there are about [-] local people here, who will build a two-mile-long fence wall and two three-zhang-high sentry towers under their supervision.
After arriving at the camp, Zheng Agui relayed to his subordinates the order he received at the link: "If anyone tries to escape, don't warn, just fire! These people can die, but they can't escape under your nose! "
(End of this chapter)
What does a copper mine with huge reserves mean to Haihan? Even Yu Tiezhu, who has never engaged in industrial production, knows that copper is an extremely important strategic material for the Haihan army.
From the bronze guns used in the early days to the ammunition made of brass now, the weapons and equipment of the Haihan Army in all dynasties required a large amount of copper to be prepared.On the Navy's most advanced steam warships, such as propellers, bushings, pump valves, pipe fittings, etc., a large number of components must be made of copper.
Thinking that when the Haihan Army entered the Shandong Peninsula, it did not choose Qingdao, which has better port conditions, as its destination, but went to Fushan County, which was poor and not peaceful. One of the reasons was to develop the local copper mines in Fushan.
Twenty years have passed, and the Fushan Copper Mine is still the most important copper producing area under Haihan's rule. Every year, a large amount of copper is transported across the sea from Shandong to Sanya for processing.
Compared with the distant Dengzhou, the voyage of Cebu Island to Sanya is undoubtedly much closer. If there are large copper mines here, it is indeed of great development value, and the annual shipping fee alone can save a lot of money. money.
If you want to start a war for this, in Tie Zhu's view, the reasons are sufficient.How could such a precious resource fall into the opponent's control.
The location of this copper mine seems to be not far from the port of Cebu. Yu Tiezhu originally planned to send troops to the area for investigation at dawn.However, the captives subsequently recruited more information. The straight-line distance between that place and Cebu was only more than 40 miles, but there were mountains and dense forests in the middle, and there were no ready-made roads at all.
Even if you don't get lost, it will take at least two to three days to reach your destination.The correct way to get to this place is from a small fishing village called Toledo on the west coast of Cebu Island, about twenty miles inland.The terrain there is relatively flat, and it only takes half a day to reach it.
The Port of Cebu is located in the middle of the east coast of Cebu Island, which means that it is necessary to bypass the long and narrow Cebu Island from the sea to reach the fishing village of Toledo on the west coast.It takes even more time to go this route, but it is relatively easier.
At present, the goal of the Fourth Division of Lu is still to eliminate the remaining enemies in the urban area of Cebu, and the task of going to Toledo to find out the situation can only be done by the Navy.
In the afternoon, Yu Tiezhu received a call back from Sanya, which basically confirmed his previous speculation.
"The Ministry of Industry said that Cebu Island is expected to become the most important copper producing area in the South China Sea in the next ten years, so it is necessary to clean up this area to ensure that subsequent development can proceed safely...Look, what I said, even if the mining industry Si has never been to Cebu Island, so he knows that there are big mines here!”
Yu Tiezhu handed the telegram to Jiao Fei, proudly showing off his previous judgment.
Jiao Fei replied, "That place is also [-] miles from the west coast. Presumably, a freight railway must be built before large-scale mining can be carried out... This is a bit like the development of the Shilu Iron Mine on Hainan Island in the early years."
When it comes to Shilu Iron Mine, Yu Tiezhu has a right to speak: "In the early days of Shilu Iron Mine, the environment was really difficult, and prisoners and prisoners of war could only be sent to work as miners. Fighting indiscriminately. To develop such a large mine is indeed not achieved overnight, it is estimated that it will take several years to build a road and build a port.”
Although the call back from Sanya has solved their doubts, there is still no clear answer as to whether the existence of this mine is one of the reasons for the initiation of this operation.
However, this is no longer important. It confirms the existence of the copper mine, which provides a new impetus to the Haihan Army in action, allowing them to step up their efforts to suppress the remaining enemies.
On the fourth day of the attack on Cebu, the scope of the Haihan Army's operations has expanded from the Port of Cebu to some surrounding coastal villages and towns.
Most of the people living in these places are not Spanish immigrants. The will of resistance of these people is obviously not as strong as that of the residents of Cebu City. For the arrival of the Haihan Army, their reaction is mostly fear and obedience, but not many people choose to flee from their homes. .
Of course, this is also related to the strength of the Haihan Army's local actions. If it wasn't for the fact that the city of Cebu had been captured, and the local people had no idea of a comeback, these people might not have behaved so honestly.
The tracking of the remnants of the militants who escaped into the forest was not so smooth. Next to the city of Cebu is the mountain forest that runs through the entire Cebu Island in a north-south direction, covering an area of thousands of square kilometers.To carry out the task of clearing and suppressing operations in such an unfamiliar environment, whether commanding operations or supplying materials, will face great difficulties.
However, if the Haihan Army did not thoroughly clean up the island, relying on the various temporary shelters and material warehouses that the colonial authorities had built in the mountains and forests in the past few years, these resisters could still deal with the Haihan Army very well on Cebu Island. long time.
Of course Yu Tiezhu didn't want to let the Spaniards on the island go. The people who suffered the most casualties in this operation were the troops of the Fourth Division of Lu. At present, the combat attrition has almost reached two companies, which really hurts his flesh.Having made such a big ups and downs here, if he didn't settle the account clearly, he wouldn't have the face to go back to Manila to deal with Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang.
Yu Tiezhu has led soldiers for more than 20 years. Although the situation in front of him is a bit difficult, it still can't help him.The most urgent task is to cut off the connection between the resisters hiding in the mountains and the outside world.At the same time, more information is obtained through the confessions of prisoners of war to determine the next target.
Even if the Spaniards built temporary shelters in the mountains and forests ahead of time and stored their survival supplies, it was not their way of life after all.As long as the limelight passes, they will still take the initiative to walk out of the forest, inquire about information, and obtain supplies.Cutting them off from the outside world can speed up the process.
Yu Tiezhu ordered a restricted area on the edge of the urban area near the mountains and forests, and organized the people to build several miles of fences and a large number of sentry towers to cut off all passages between the urban area and the mountains and forests.
Of course, such a measure is more appropriate to call it bait than to prevent the Spaniards in the mountains from returning to the city.If the Spaniards are not willing to take Cebu away like this, they will naturally show up soon.
After a day of rest, Zheng Agui's team began to perform combat missions again.Although two people were attrition, there was no way to replenish manpower now, so he and his subordinates were assigned to a post under construction in the west of the city, and they were mixed into a platoon with several other teams in the Bangui camp that also suffered attrition, and they were on duty together. here.
In addition to the Haihan Army, there are about [-] local people here, who will build a two-mile-long fence wall and two three-zhang-high sentry towers under their supervision.
After arriving at the camp, Zheng Agui relayed to his subordinates the order he received at the link: "If anyone tries to escape, don't warn, just fire! These people can die, but they can't escape under your nose! "
(End of this chapter)