The Chinese Independence Army recuperated for seven days, and the reduced number of soldiers in the main force were replenished by selected soldiers from the garrison. There was no tactical training arranged for seven days, and the soldiers were fully relaxed from the fatigue caused by traveling thousands of miles.
After seven days of repairs, the Chinese soldiers carrying out the mopping up operations have cleared out several pieces of land where Brazilians live. These pieces of land were originally small towns where Brazilians lived. The houses, food, and farm tools are all complete. As long as the Chinese soldiers are stationed inside,
, production can be resumed within a few days.
The land in Rio Grande do Sul is fertile. The main industries of white Europeans here are rubber, tea and other plantations. Residents living in rural areas mainly plant corn, soybeans and other high-yield crops in South America. The Chinese Independence Army launched a sweep operation in July.
In the middle of the month, the corn harvest season in southern Brazil has just entered. There is a large amount of mature or about to mature corn in the fields and no one is harvesting it because Brazilian residents have been expelled. The Chinese Independence Army does not have much food, and they see large areas of golden corn lying waste in the fields.
, the Chinese soldiers who were used to being poor were reluctant to give up, so the officer of the raiding team below reported the situation that no one was harvesting the corn to Luo Linshan. After Luo Linshan got the news, he quickly conveyed the news to Li Mingyuan.
Corn, soybeans, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are famous high-yielding crops in the South American continent. However, due to different eating habits, the Chinese usually regard corn, sweet potatoes, etc. as omnivores to supplement the staple food of wheat and rice. The Chinese Independence Army does not have much food reserves. At this stage,
The main task of the Chinese Independence Army is to build and consolidate Rio Grande do Sul. There is no specific plan for building water conservancy facilities to increase food income. At this time, news came back from Luo Linshan that the corn planted by Brazilian residents in the rural areas was just in time for the harvest season.
Unowned corn can be used to increase the food reserves of the Chinese Independence Army.
With food in hand, there is no need to panic. With the captured food and the unharvested corn in the fields, the food reserves of the Chinese Independence Army can already meet the development of Rio Grande do Sul during the great construction period. It was originally delayed due to concerns about the rapid consumption of food.
Construction projects can also start immediately,
The food problem has affected the whole body. The state of war between the Chinese Independence Army and Brazil, Argentina and other countries has not yet been resolved. There was a famine in Paraguay not long ago, and the channels to purchase food from surrounding countries have been blocked. Therefore, for a period of time, the Chinese Independence Army's
Food can only rely on captured grain stocks and food grown by the Chinese Independence Army on their own.
Now that Brazilian residents have grown corn in the countryside, the food gap has been further narrowed, and there is no need to worry about the corn harvest. The Chinese Independence Army has completed its work of renovating and demobilizing soldiers. More than 80,000 Chinese who were separated from the main force stay in Are
Grigori Port is waiting for resettlement. As young laborers, the 80,000 Chinese can easily harvest corn in the countryside.
Because the corn left by the Brazilian residents was an unexpected surprise, Li Mingyuan did not plan to collect all the corn into the warehouse. Instead, he divided it into 28%, with 20% going to the retired Chinese soldiers who harvested the corn, and 80% being handed over to the warehouse to increase grain reserves.
The climate of South America is opposite to that of the Northern Hemisphere, and the harvesting time of grain is also different from that of the mainland. After getting some precautions for harvesting corn from the captured Brazilian residents, Li Mingyuan sent 10,000 soldiers as the first batch of resettled soldiers to the cleared land.
Settling down and harvesting corn.
Among the first batch of 10,000 soldiers who were resettled, 1,000 were meritorious soldiers who retired due to bravery and injuries in combat. Due to injuries, they could not join the battlefield like other field armies. However, Li Mingyuan did not look down on them because of their disabilities.
On the way, the injured soldiers had been following the logistics troops as part of the Chinese Independence Army. During the journey of thousands of miles, the vast majority of the disabled soldiers died on the road due to physical reasons. Less than 500 people actually reached Rio Grande do Sul alive.
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The 500 soldiers who survived the expedition and the more than 500 soldiers who were injured and disabled in the decisive battle with the Brazilian army formed the first batch of 1,000 people. The 1,000 disabled soldiers who fought bravely and had great military exploits were Li Mingyuan, who was injured and disabled from the thousands.
Selected from among the soldiers to set an example, in order to commend them for their bloodshed and maiming, Li Mingyuan specially selected a thousand Paraguayan women from the twelve thousand and found a daughter-in-law for each of them, who would follow them a few days after their departure.
The soldiers who were later resettled reunited with them and formed a complete family.
Paraguayan women generally choose their husbands on a voluntary basis. They choose Chinese men they like as husbands. However, the scope of their selection is limited. First, the first batch of soldiers and officers who have made major military exploits are based on their military exploits.
Marriage candidates were selected by Paraguayan women, and in order to ensure that every meritorious soldier could find a wife, Li Mingyuan stipulated that every Paraguayan woman must choose a Chinese as her husband, otherwise the Chinese Independence Army would forcibly appoint a candidate.
The range of choices was limited, and the Paraguayan women who were already mentally prepared quickly made their choices and selected their own candidates.
According to this method, 12,000 Paraguayan women quickly formed families with 12,000 Chinese, forming a complete family. Naturally, the 12,000 Paraguayan women were officially classified as Chinese. More than 100 Chinese independent soldiers were literate.
Scholars were divided into groups, and they were taught to learn Chinese and Chinese customs and culture in their spare time in order to integrate them into the Chinese as soon as possible.
The newly formed 12,000 families lived in different areas according to the size of the soldiers' military exploits. Among them, the soldiers living in big cities such as Porto Alegre and Santa Maria were soldiers and officers who had made great achievements. In addition to those in nearby cities,
In addition to receiving 300 acres of land in the suburbs, they will also receive a house in the city. The land of ordinary soldiers is mainly distributed in rural areas and areas far away from the city. They also receive 300 acres of land per person, but the land
The geographical location and suitability of living are not as good as those of Chinese living in the city.
Don’t worry about poverty but injustice. Absolute fairness is the greatest unfairness. Li Mingyuan promised that each Chinese soldier will receive 300 acres of land. However, the fertility and geographical location of the land received by each person will vary depending on the size of the military exploits.
Soldiers who fought bravely received fertile land and comfortable housing in the city, while ordinary soldiers had to live in the countryside and cultivate three hundred acres of land. Only with clear differences can the fairness of Li Mingyuan's actions be shown and motivate the soldiers.
The competitiveness of fighting bravely.
Three hundred acres of land is not a small area of land either on the mainland or in Europe, because the first batch of Chinese laborers who followed Li Mingyuan were the founding brothers who conquered the world together. Even if they are not in good physical condition and are responsible for logistics supplies, they are still there.
The Chinese Independence Army played an important role in the early stages of their business, so Li Mingyuan allocated large tracts of land to reward them. However, in the face of more and more immigrants in the future, their treatment will not be so good.
Although there is a lot of land in Rio Grande do Sul, it was conquered by Li Mingyuan and his soldiers in battles. If Li Mingyuan was like the protagonists in other novels and gave large areas of land to the Chinese immigrants for free, maybe in the early stage
It will earn the gratitude of the new immigrants, but over time it will lead to their resentment. Fighting for favors and enmity for rice. Getting a piece of land without paying will only increase the greed and laziness of the new immigrants. Since there is land without doing anything,
and houses, so why bother farming?
With this mentality, they will not contribute to the development of the newly established country and will even ask Li Mingyuan to pay more to satisfy their greed.
The free gift of land cannot really win the support of new immigrants. At the same time, the Chinese Independence Army soldiers who followed Li Mingyuan to conquer the world were also dissatisfied. Although Li Mingyuan was the head of state after the newly established country, all the land nominally belonged to his sole jurisdiction, but the people who supported Li Mingyuan's rule
The land occupied by the Chinese Independence Army in South America belonged not only to Li Mingyuan, but also to the soldiers who fought with him to conquer the world. Without considering the wishes of the Chinese Independence Army, they sent a large amount of land to the new immigrants for free, even though Li Mingyuan had the support of all the soldiers in the past.
You will also lose military morale and end up being driven out of power by your soldiers.
The policy for new immigrants to obtain land still needs to be implemented in detail. Li Mingyuan will not be so stupid as to grant land to new immigrants for free. The plan to obtain new immigrants will take some time to be implemented. The work of resettling disbanded soldiers is already in full swing.
unfolded, and the first resettlement team of 10,000 soldiers successfully arrived at the resettlement area. Some of the soldiers who completed the mopping up operations assisted the resettled soldiers in harvesting corn under the command of their respective commanders. The vast rural areas of Rio Grande do Sul were forced to expel Brazilian residents.
The empty fields became busy again. Groups of three to four hundred Chinese were responsible for harvesting a large area of land. More than a dozen Chinese soldiers with guns stood guard next to the fields to prevent the small number of Brazilians from escaping the sweep.
Guerrillas attacked working Chinese.
The mopping up operations were carried out at the same time as the corn harvest. Scattered Brazilian settlements were constantly raided by Chinese soldiers. The small group of Brazilian guerrillas who used the mountains, forests and plains as their hiding places gradually became difficult to deal with without the information and food and material support of their compatriots.
The Brazilian guerrillas, who lacked weapons, ammunition, and food supplies, were forced to leave their hiding places and attack and attack the resettled Chinese. As a result, they were constantly discovered by patrolling and vigilant raiding forces and then eliminated.
He Yanliang was one of the persons in charge of the resettlement of the disbanded soldiers. He was fully responsible for the resettlement of the first batch of 10,000 Chinese.
He Yanliang, whose left arm was amputated, is a well-known figure in the Chinese Independence Army. He Yanliang was originally a platoon leader in the Broadsword Team. During the battle, his left arm was shot and amputated and he withdrew from the main force. Li Mingyuan was assigned to the Wounded Soldiers Team to manage the wounded soldiers.
At work, Li Mingyuan's purpose in designing the Wounded Soldiers Corps was to teach the wounded soldiers to learn culture and management knowledge, and to boost their inferiority complex due to their disability. After the Chinese Independence Army stabilized, they served as grassroots managers.
Li Mingyuan paid attention to the physical recovery of the wounded soldiers in the Wounded Corps and the progress of cultural education for wounded soldiers. After every battle, he would always go to the Wounded Corps to express condolences and encourage the wounded soldiers, and encouraged them not to suffer from injuries because of their good life in the future, such as dividing their fields and marrying wives.
Cruel and self-defeating.
The Chinese Independence Army had settled down in Rio Grande do Sul, and Li Mingyuan had been designing the Wounded Corps for nearly half a year. During the half-year of serving as the captain of the Wounded Corps, He Yanliang's thoughts gradually changed.
Before the amputation of his left arm, He Yanliang's goal was to become a brave and capable general. After the amputation, although the idea of becoming a field army general always existed in his mind, the knowledge he learned from the staff officers who taught him in the wounded corps
And the contact with different wounded soldiers changed his mind,
It is impossible to be a strong general who charges into battle after amputation of the left arm, but without the left arm, it does not mean that it is useless. The management and combat command knowledge learned from the staff officer, and the experience of managing the wounded team are all valuable
wealth,
After training in the Wounded Corps for half a year, He Yanliang took the initiative to ask Ying to be responsible for the resettlement of Chinese people. Li Mingyuan checked He Yanliang's performance in the Wounded Corps and admired his progress, so he was given the responsibility for the resettlement of the first batch of immigrants without letting him go.
Li Mingyuan was disappointed. He Yanliang, who took over the 10,000 immigrants, based on the experience accumulated in the wounded army unit, divided the 10,000 resettled Chinese into five teams, each with 2,000 people, occupying a total of five small towns left by Brazilian residents.
Retired military officers among the resettled Chinese were responsible for leading each team to carry out production and construction work. After some arrangements and command, the resettlement team of 10,000 people quickly stabilized and entered into the work of harvesting corn.
The process of harvesting cornmeal was not smooth sailing. On the third day of harvesting, the weather suddenly turned cloudy and it was about to rain heavily. The corn harvested in the previous three days was still left in the open field and had not been transported back. Once the harvested corn was soaked by the heavy rain,
It is easy to moldy and spoil and is difficult to store. He Yanliang was in the field at that time directing retired soldiers to purchase corn. After seeing the change in the weather, he immediately gathered all the working retired soldiers to rush to transport the corn. Finally, before the heavy rain, all the corn was moved to a temporary shelter.
Rainy areas avoid losing a lot of corn.
There is abundant rainfall in Rio Grande do Sul. The heavy rain on the third day of harvest lasted for two days. The heavy rain lasted for two days. The Chinese soldiers who were deployed were unable to harvest corn, and several groups of Brazilian guerrillas active nearby were also uncomfortable. They were short of
With little food and clothing, hungry and always worried about the encirclement and suppression by the raiding forces, several groups of Brazilian guerrillas who could not bear the hard life of living in the mountains and forests got together and attacked a small house where Chinese people lived on the second day of heavy rain.
town,
Because the heavy rain kept falling, the Chinese in the town accidentally suffered a small loss. Some of the grain and livestock stored in the town were snatched away by the guerrillas. There were also more than ten Chinese casualties. News of the sneak attack by the Brazilian guerrillas spread quickly.
He Yanliang heard from He Yanliang that based on the damage done to the small town that was attacked, He Yanliang judged that the Brazilian guerrillas were seriously short of supplies, and the stolen grain and livestock were not enough to sustain the Brazilian guerrillas. The Brazilian guerrillas, who were short of food, succeeded in one blow, and they would definitely not be able to survive.
Will give up the opportunity to go down the mountain to plunder again.
Judging that the Brazilian guerrillas might attack again, He Yanliang organized two thousand militia troops, using muskets, knives and other weapons eliminated by the field troops to secretly ambush wherever the guerrillas might appear. As expected by He Yanliang, two days later, another
A group of more than 300 guerrillas attacked the small town. He Yanliang commanded the 200 soldiers ambushed in the town to hold back the Brazilian guerrillas. Then, after other ambush troops arrived, they completely annihilated the attacking Brazilian guerrillas.
Killing a group of Brazilian guerrillas is not He Yanliang's main goal. His plan is to interrogate the captured guerrilla members and learn from them the hiding places of various guerrilla groups in the mountains and forests, thereby killing them all.
The captured Brazilian guerrilla leader could not stand the interrogation methods of the Chinese Independence Army, so he confessed the information He Yanliang wanted. After the interrogation, He Yanliang handed over the captured Brazilian guerrillas to the mopping up force, and then led his militiamen and assigned them to
A part of the regular army under his command encircled and suppressed the guerrillas hiding in the mountains in batches. The encirclement and suppression operation lasted for five days. All seven nearby Brazilian guerrilla strongholds were annihilated by He Yanliang. In addition to annihilating more than 1,100 guerrilla members, this battle also included additional
More than a thousand Brazilian residents were captured in the mountains. They were ordinary residents who followed the guerrillas and hid in the mountains. However, after being caught by He Yanliang, they were also expelled from Rio Grande do Sul and were eventually taken over by the Brazilian government.
Due to He Yanliang's meritorious service in combat, Li Mingyuan took advantage of the situation and promoted him to the brigade commander of the 1st Guard Brigade and the placement manager for retired soldiers. He was responsible for commanding the 1st Guard Brigade and the militia forces in the area under his jurisdiction, and his military rank was promoted to lieutenant colonel.