On December 10, the Nanhua troops who entered the city began to mop up the remnants of the enemy in Buenos Aires. On July 9 Avenue and the streets of the city, there were uniforms left by Argentine soldiers everywhere. Many Argentine soldiers
They put on the clothes of ordinary citizens and fled home. It became very difficult to find them after they were hidden among the citizens.
The resistance in the city did not stop with the official's escape. There were still some defeated soldiers persisting in the city. They fought in the corners of the city, using their lives and will to prove the tenacity of the Argentines.
But this kind of resistance is indeed futile, or even meaningless. It just adds unnecessary sacrifices, but their courage is also admirable.
In order to show their admiration and respect for them, the soldiers of Nanhua would always use cannons or fierce firepower to see them off. Perhaps this is the sympathy between soldiers.
The sporadic resistance in the city lasted for almost three more days before it gradually began to subside and calm finally returned.
Blair Manor on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, this manor built at the end of the 18th century originally belonged to a Spanish noble. During the War of Independence, as royalists, they were forced to leave here, so this luxurious manor was
An upstart who was said to be related to a prominent figure in the May Revolution took over. After Rosas was overthrown, the manor changed hands again and changed owners, finally falling into the hands of a British expatriate.
Now, there is a new owner here.
Outside the gate of the manor, two teams of heavily armed soldiers in green uniforms were standing guard on both sides of the gate. Their stiff green military uniforms and weapons also revealed the identity of the current owner of the manor - Nan Hua.
Well, as an occupying force it is natural to receive some fruits of victory.
However, no one thought that before the remaining enemies in Buenos Aires had been cleared away, the boss of the American Company, the master of Nanhua, and the king of Araucania and Patagonia would come together.
"The title holder, Zhu Xianhai, has already arrived outside Buenos Aires.
Standing in the corridor, Zhu Xianhai was enjoying the oil paintings on the wall. The former owner of the manor seemed to have good artistic taste. These oil paintings may not be art treasures, but many of them are antiques with a history of hundreds of years.
"Commander, although Bellucci Manor is nearby, it is a long way from the railway, so I chose this place."
Sun Hu said respectfully from the side.
"This manor is very good, I am very satisfied."
Bellucci Manor... It's been a long time indeed, but Zhu Xianhai prefers this place to revisiting his old place!
This place was occupied...oh, no, it was taken over.
It's more comfortable to live in someone else's place than to live in your own place. Even if you are accepted, your surname is now Zhu.
This is the reward that war gives to the victor.
"By the way, what do you think about going to the city?"
Turn around and continue walking along the corridor.
"Well, Marshal, everyone thinks we should work harder. At least we should relax our hands and feet, let go of the previous restrictions, and give the frontline officers enough autonomy so that they can let go and fight."
Wang Dewen's answer immediately aroused Liang Shan's approval, and he chuckled.
"Haha, I think so too, Marshal, we have already seized their enlistment rolls from the Ministry of War. We just need to arrest people according to the rosters. If we arrest them according to the rosters, we can arrest almost all the men in the city as prisoners of war.
"
There was a hint of excitement in Liang Shan's voice, and Zhu Xianhai knew what the commander of the Second Division was excited about.
How many men did Sarento recruit into the army to defend Buenos Aires?
56,000 people!
For this city with a population of only 270,000, it is equivalent to recruiting almost all adult men. Where are these people now? Many died on the battlefield, and some fled, but there are still quite a few
Some people fled back home.
What does it mean to arrest those people as prisoners of war?
It means that this city will become an empty city - an empty city with almost only women left! Of course it will not be an empty city. In the future, tens of thousands of soldiers will be stationed in this city, alone men and women, and firewood will always be lit.
The fire of passion, and this is obviously in Nanhua's interests.
Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but reveal a sly smile.
"Although those people are soldiers, according to wartime rules, of course we should arrest them, but we are merciful... we only need to arrest some adults, those in their prime."
The elderly and young people do not need to be arrested at all. They will not have much impact on the "integration plan".
"Even if you are in your prime, you don't need to catch them all, catch some, imprison some, and release some. After all, we also need collaborators, and keeping some collaborators is also very important to our image."
Even as an occupying force, you need to maintain your image. Even the Japanese devils know how to hand out some candies and pretend to carry an old woman across the street to confuse the public and hide their identity as butchers.
Besides, the Nanhua army is still a civilized army, how can it not perform... no, show off its image?
You must know that when this war broke out, until now, South China has shown itself as a righteous army, but what is Argentina? They are barbaric and cruel, like a butcher-like army.
Of course, Nanhua is different from them. After all, this war of public opinion has never stopped.
"You just need to implement this matter in detail. By the way, how is the implementation of the Navy's plan?"
Zhu Xianhai turned around and asked.
"Commander, the plan has been implemented very smoothly. Now the ironclad "May 25th" is sinking at the bottom of the La Plata River, less than thirty meters from the water surface. Our divers can go down to salvage the ship at any time.
Supplies.”
When the sunken ironclad ship was mentioned, everyone looked elated. After all, it was not just a sunken warship, there was also a huge fortune on that warship.
"Um!"
Zhu Xianhai nodded and said with a smile.
"Then send divers to avoid long nights and nightmares. The things on the ship are not only from Argentina, but also gold and silver from other private banks deposited in the Central Bank. Gold and silver coins worth 48.12 million pesos. To be honest, we should be grateful.
According to Argentina’s laws, if it weren’t for the fact that they stipulate that when issuing banknotes, reserves must be deposited in the central bank, we probably wouldn’t have been able to make this windfall!”
That’s nearly 50 million pesos!
If converted into pounds, it would be almost 10 million. Less than 20% of this huge sum belongs to the Argentine government. Who does the other silver coins belong to?
It’s dozens of commercial banks in Argentina!
All the gold and silver that should have been stored in the national treasury were "rolled" abroad by Argentine officials. However, they did not know that Nanhua had already obtained this information when Sarento implemented this plan.
Faced with such a huge sum of money, who wouldn't be tempted? Even Nanhua's military expenditures in this war were not that much.
If we can get this huge sum of money, we can not only make up for the huge military expenditure, but also use the money in more urgent places.
Therefore, after learning about the Argentine's plan, everyone racked their brains to discuss how to intercept this huge sum of money.
In the end, Zhu Xianhai approved the No. 001 submarine attack plan. The reason why he chose this plan was because among all the plans, only this one was the safest.
The plan went even better than expected. The ironclad "May 25", loaded with tens of millions of gold and silver, was hit by a torpedo and sank into the mouth of the Rio de la Plata.
Both the British and the Argentinians thought they had encountered a mine. They did not expect that they were attacked.
That’s the great thing about submarines!
The most important thing is that no one in this era knows about the secret weapon of torpedoes! This is the fundamental reason why the plan can succeed.
What now?
The warship, loaded with tens of millions of pesos in gold and silver coins, lay quietly at the bottom of the La Plata River, where the water depth was only a few dozen meters.
Just send out divers to salvage the treasure on the ship!
diver!
This is exactly why Zhu Xianhai chose to use a submarine to sink the treasure ship, because Nanhua had more sophisticated diving equipment that other countries in this era did not have.
In fact, they are just simple backpack diving equipment. Although these equipment seem simple, they are enough for divers to salvage gold and silver from sunken ships.
"After the money is salvaged, it will be distributed according to the plan! 40% will be used as a naval construction fund to develop the navy, 40% will be used to invest in the defense industry, 15% will be used for education, and the other 5% will be used for special expenditures."
Staring at the oil painting in front of him, Zhu Xianhai felt particularly comfortable. This was for sure. No matter who made this windfall, he would definitely be so happy.
Moreover, this windfall is of great significance to Nanhua!
4 million pounds was spent on building the navy, which was enough to make the South China Navy join the ranks of the world's major naval powers overnight!
Now even the cost of building a 10,000-ton ironclad ship is only a few hundred thousand pounds. With this money, the South China Navy can start buying and buying with money.
Although it is impossible to say that the rhythm of making dumplings has started, one thing that is certain is that the construction of the Nanhua Navy will be accelerated a lot. At least four more capital ships and auxiliary ships such as tens of thousands of tons of cruisers can be purchased.
As for the defense industry expenditure of 4 million pounds and the education expenditure of 1.5 million pounds, they are enough to ensure the future development of Nanhua.
Compared with the construction of the navy, industry and education are the future!
And where does the funding for all this come from?
Thank you Argentina for your kind sponsorship!
This chapter has been completed!