As the season gradually enters summer, the weather becomes hotter and hotter.
Zhu Hongyu gave instructions on the establishment of the research institute and ordered people to put the matter into practice as soon as possible.
He also brought up the matter of establishing the Women's Federation.
On the one hand, it is to take care of and ensure women's basic rights, and on the other hand, it is also to mobilize women under the military government.
As for the position of head of the Women's Federation, Zhang Yunxuan, who was determined to be the Prime Minister and Assistant Secretary, was vacated.
After Zhu Hongyu thought deeply, he decided to give this position to Li Lingxiu!
As his wife, Li Lingxiu was born with a certain amount of political energy.
It’s also appropriate to be the president of the Women’s Federation!
As for Kaya, Zhu Hongyu didn't ask her to rest, but asked her to become Li Lingxiu's deputy.
Li Lingxiu is responsible for women's work among Chinese people, and she will be responsible for women's work among mountain people.
Zhu Hongyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and felt like scolding his mother. The weather in Luzon was really too hot.
He casually flipped through the Liberation Army's war preparation report.
This report contains detailed records including the Liberation Army's recent troop expansion, training status, ordnance reserves, fortress construction, material hoarding, and mobilization capabilities.
Now that the time has entered May, the Spanish fleet of galleons may arrive at any time. The Liberation Army must prepare for war. Everything must make way for war.
The Liberation Army now has more than 3,000 soldiers, and they have basically completed several months of recruit training.
If you go to the battlefield and see blood, you can be considered an elite soldier.
In terms of ordnance, due to the full production of the weapons workshop, apart from the equipment used to equip the Liberation Army, there is still a lot of surplus.
A lot of consumables such as shells, bullets, gunpowder, and grenades were also accumulated, which was enough to support the Liberation Army and the Spaniards in several major battles.
In terms of fortress construction, Zhu Hongyu did not build a bastion, but used a lot of manpower and material resources to build a Chinese-style city defensive fortress.
It's just that when building the city wall, the structure of the bastion was used as a reference to enhance the city wall's anti-cannon attack ability!
The reason why Zhu Hongyu wanted to build a Chinese-style city instead of a Western-style fortress.
That's because Western-style fortresses can only be used for garrisoning troops and cannot be used by civilians. Zhu Hongyu built defensive fortresses to prepare for the worst case scenario.
If the Liberation Army were defeated in a head-on battle with the Spanish, Zhu Hongyu would lead the Liberation Army to retreat to the fortress and wait for new fighter opportunities.
The defensive power of a Western-style bastion is indeed stronger than that of a Chinese-style city, but it cannot accommodate the people.
If the battle fails and Zhu Hongyu retreats to the fortress, what will the Chinese people under the military government do?
Are they left outside the fortress and allowed to be massacred by the Spaniards?
Zhu Hongyu would not imitate the group of nobles in the West. When the war comes, he only cares about his own life and does not care about the life and death of the people under his rule.
Therefore, Zhu Hongyu could only build a Chinese-style city that could be used both for military and civilian purposes.
However, in order to make up for the lack of defense of the Chinese-style city, Zhu Hongyu ordered people to dig a series of trench traps inside and outside the city, and built many bunkers and fire points with cement masonry structures.
They were even prepared to fight the Spanish in the city after the city wall was breached!
In terms of material hoarding, the most important ones are food and medicinal materials.
Ever since he came out of the mountain, Zhu Hongyu has been consciously collecting and hoarding various supplies.
So much so that the supplies currently in the hands of the Liberation Army, even if there is no income from now on, can still feed and drink the more than 10,000 people under the rule of the Liberation Army for more than half a year.
Zhu Hongyu was preparing in advance to be trapped in the isolated city!
Also, counting the time, it’s almost time for summer harvest.
When the summer harvest is over, the military government will be able to store a large amount of grain again, and then they will be trapped in the isolated city.
If you add in the food supplies that you have hoarded before, it won't be a problem to last for a year.
And then there’s the mobilization situation!
Now under the rule of the military government, there are only about 10,000 people in total, but there are only 3,000 soldiers in the Liberation Army.
This is no longer a matter of militarism. To put it bluntly, it means that all the people are fighting!
Under the temptation of dividing their fields, almost all the young men in every household have joined the Liberation Army.
Other women, children, the elderly and the weak were also gathered together for simple exercises during the off-season!
Has a certain fighting power!
After reading this report, Zhu Hongyu showed a look of satisfaction on his face.
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Capello's carriage stopped outside Lingayen City. His eyes looked at the tall fortress that was gradually taking shape not far away, with a complicated expression on his face.
The green-gray building walls exude a heavy and solid atmosphere.
The turrets, turrets, arrow towers, firepower points, and the densely packed trenches, traps, and piers outside the fortress wall made Capello take a breath of air.
He really couldn't imagine how the Chinese rebels built such a fortress in such a short period of time?!
The defensive power of this fortress is no worse than that of the Spanish Royal City, which was built by the Spaniards for more than a hundred years!
It's like he can't imagine how the miners' rebel army of several hundred people could develop to this level in less than a year!
The Governor's Mansion was attacked and a small half of the central plain of Luzon was lost. Several forts and fortresses were breached successively, and more than 2,000 white soldiers and countless indigenous servants were lost.
The Governor's Mansion has lost all face!
Even now, the entire Governor's Mansion is preparing for a decisive battle with the rebels at all costs!
Shaking his head, Capello threw away the distracting thoughts in his head and silently thought in his heart that God bless him, the Governor's Palace will definitely not fail.
He came to Lingayen this time to redeem his son before the decisive battle between the Liberation Army and the Governor's Mansion.
A group of liberation soldiers came forward and searched Capello and his subordinates. After the search was completed, they were released.
Not long after, Capello was brought to Zhu Hongyu.
"Your Majesty the Governor, I want to redeem my son!"
"You can make whatever conditions you want, as long as they don't exceed the value of my son, I can agree to it!"
Zhu Hongyu looked at Capello in front of him, touched his chin and thought for a while before speaking.
"If you want to redeem your son, you can!"
"Anyway, it's useless for me to hold your son captive!"
"But I don't want money, I want supplies, food, copper, medicinal materials, gunpowder..."
Listening to Zhu Hongyu saying this, Capello's face turned green.
Good guy, these are all fucking war supplies!
No matter how courageous Capello was, he would not dare to send such a large amount of war preparation materials to the Liberation Army on the eve of the decisive battle between the Liberation Army and the Governor's Palace.
Otherwise, no matter how rich his background is, the Governor will definitely kill someone!
"This is impossible!"
"It's easy to talk about money, gold and silver, but these materials have been purchased in large quantities by the Governor's Office recently, and the inspection is extremely strict."
"It is impossible for me to provide you with these supplies, otherwise, the Governor's Mansion will definitely not let me go!"
Zhu Hongyu said with a smile on his face.
"No, no, no, I think Mr. Capello will definitely find a way!"
"No matter how high the price paid by the Governor's Mansion is for purchasing these materials, I will pay double!"