When it was time to have lunch, Wang Gao came back again.
He personally led the recruits under his command to the canteen.
Wang Gao held a dinner plate in his hand and took Wei Wu and others to get food.
Buckets of white rice, pancakes, steamed buns, large corn cobs, large chunks of stewed fatty meat, sea fish cooked in various cooking methods, as well as fragrant fish soup, a lot of various
All kinds of tropical fruits... all made these recruits' eyes widen.
Where have they ever seen rich food?
Wang Gao just waved his hand and said.
"Meat, broth, and fruits are rationed, but staple foods such as white rice, pancakes, steamed buns, and corn cobs are free to eat as long as you can eat them."
“Just remember, no waste!”
"Anyone who dares to waste food will be dragged out, stripped of his pants and slapped with a board!"
"The first time wasted ten rods of food, the second time wasted twenty rods of food, and the third time wasted fifty rods of food and stacked in sequence!"
"As for the fourth time, there will be a hundred battles, and the military sticks in the army are not the imperial sticks used to hit civil servants. They are all real sticks. There are not so many bells and whistles. After a hundred sticks are used, the person will definitely die.
That is, disabled."
Wang Gao took the trouble to remind everyone.
"Also, just eat enough, don't eat too much."
"A few days ago, there was a new recruit who had never had a full meal before. As a result, he ate too much and strangled himself to death during his first meal in the military camp."
"Even the military doctors can't save him!"
"The man rolled on the ground and cried for a long time, and died miserably!"
After explaining this, a group of people began to line up to get food. More than ten people gathered together and ate the food with big mouthfuls.
Unlike later generations who preferred to eat lean meat, people at this time preferred fattened meat slices.
Wei Wu felt the oil exploding on the tip of his tongue, and his face was filled with unmistakable joy.
After lunch, everyone went to take a lunch break!
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Gao appeared again and led them to start formal training.
It’s said to be formal training, but it’s not exactly that!
Now these recruits have just joined the army, and their physical fitness is really poor. They are all too thin, and they cannot withstand high-intensity training.
You must eat and drink well for a period of time before you can really start high-intensity training.
Before that, the most they could do was practice goose-stepping, formation and the like.
At the same time as training, cultural education and ideological education are mixed.
While instilling the concept of loyalty and brainwashing nationalism into recruits, the intensity of training is reduced.
This is the purpose of the existence of the recruit camp!
If the Liberation Army is compared to a castle, the new recruit camp is similar to a brick kiln.
Shaping each of the recruits into qualified turning heads, and when the recruits come out of the camp and gather together, they will become an indestructible castle.
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Batavia!
Batavia was the largest Dutch colony in the East and a distribution center for trade between the East and the West.
Sea coachmen attach great importance to this colony!
The garrison alone has more than 3,000 troops, and there are also systematic bastion defense projects.
Although its military strength is not as good as the Spanish's Manila, in terms of prosperity, Batavia is even more prosperous than Manila.
On the one hand, this is because the Dutch are different from the Spanish. Before the Red Creek Massacre in the 18th century, there was no misdeeds of massacre against the Chinese.
In terms of the resettlement policy for the Chinese, it was much more relaxed than the Spaniards, so the first choice for Chinese going to Southeast Asia was Batavia, followed by Manila.
The influx of a large number of Chinese made Batavia extremely prosperous.
Also, although the Dutch are inferior to the Spanish in terms of military strength, their reputation as sea coachmen is not just for boasting.
The Netherlands is the shipbuilding center of Europe in this era, and Amsterdam is currently the financial center of the entire Europe.
Although the British defeated the Dutch in the first Anglo-Dutch naval battle, the Dutch still had strength.
Around 1665 AD, taking advantage of the restoration of the Stuart dynasty in England and the civil unrest in England, the Dutch launched a sneak attack and launched the second Anglo-Dutch naval battle, regaining this place.
All in all, the Dutch are still very powerful at sea!
Every year, there are so many sea ships going back and forth between the East and the West, and more than half or even 70 to 80% of them are Dutch. Most of these Dutch ships have to dock in Batavia.
However, there is a layer of haze hanging over Batavia today.
News of the fall of Jelanja City and Manila came one after another, and the two colonies that the Europeans finally established in the East fell one after another.
Let Batavia feel great pressure!
After surrendering to Zheng Chenggong, Governor Kuoyi of Dajuan led the remaining Dutch in the city of Geranje to leave Dazuan and return to Batavia.
After Kuei arrived in Batavia, he also brought to the Dutch all the Spaniards in Manila to be publicly tried by the Liberation Army.
The news that the Governor of Barossa was sentenced to halve, Bishop Sares was sentenced to death, and almost all Spanish people were sentenced to hard labor made everyone in Batavia feel a heartfelt fear.
Manila, which had a stronger military than Batavia, fell. How could Batavia be saved?
Kui opened his mouth and suggested to Governor Luo Bei.
"Your Majesty the Governor, the situation in the Far East has changed!"
"The war situation of the Ming Dynasty on the mainland has deteriorated. If they want to expand their living space, they can only develop towards the ocean."
"The successive losses of Taiyuan Island and Manila are the most obvious evidence that the Ming Dynasty has adjusted its strategic focus!"
"Although the sea is vast, the benefits on the sea are also limited."
"If Mingguo is allowed to continue to expand, it will greatly harm the company's interests."
"In this regard, my suggestion is to unite with the Tatars on the mainland who defeated the Ming Kingdom and completely eliminate the Ming Kingdom."
Kuiyi wanted to encourage Governor Luo Bei to expand the war with the Ming Dynasty and recapture Taiyuan Island to alleviate his guilt for losing Taiyuan Island.
Commander Vanderlaan on the side also suggested.
"Your Excellency, I second Chief Kui Yi's suggestion!"
Governor Luo Bei fell into deep thought, with an extremely bureaucratic expression on his face.
"If we just mobilize a small number of troops for a counterattack, carry out a raid on the Ming people, and attack their merchant fleet, I can make the decision and agree!"
"But if you want the entire East India Company's power in the Far East to participate in the war between the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty, the seventeen-member board of directors must make a decision!"
Kui opened his mouth and asked.
"Even if the Ming Dynasty has taken away the company's Dajuan Island and jeopardized the company's interests?"
Luo Bei nodded and said.
"Yes!"
Just when Kui Yi and Vanderlan had disappointed looks on their faces, Luo Bei spoke again.
"But we can send someone to visit the Tatars first!"
"If the Tatars are willing to pay enough, the company can help the Tatars build a navy!"
A cunning light flashed in Luo Bei's eyes, and his true nature as a shrewd businessman was clearly revealed.
Kui Yi nodded vigorously and said.
"My Lord Governor, I am willing to go!"
Kui Yi is now the one who is most active in advocating war against Ming.
Because only in this way can he be relieved of his guilt for losing Da Yuan Island.
He didn't want to be hanged by those distinguished gentlemen after returning to Amsterdam!
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