The Borja gathering hall has now been transformed into Li Mingyuan's temporary headquarters. Li Mingyuan carefully looked at the map of southern Peru and frowned. Peru has a population of 10 million, and the southern region is the most populated area in Peru.
It is very difficult to seize a piece of land in southern Peru and establish a country.
Li Mingyuan learned in his previous life that there are about hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers in Peru now. As long as he rescues them all, he can easily organize an army of tens of thousands.
The journey from the mainland to South America was arduous. Most of the Chinese workers in poor health died on the ship. Those who survived to come to South America were young and healthy people. Among the hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers in Peru, there were probably more than 10,000 old and weak Taiping soldiers. Others
They were all young men. It was impossible to establish a country in Peru, so Li Mingyuan set his sights elsewhere.
Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil is the southernmost province of Brazil.
The province of Rio Grande do Sul covers an area of 281,000 square kilometers, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Argentina to the west, and Uruguay to the south. It is a vast land east of the Uruguay River and south of the Pelotas River. The north belongs to the Paraná Plateau, with an average altitude of
Between 600-900 meters; in the south are gently rolling hills and plains; along the coast are many sand dunes and lagoons. The climate is mild and comfortable, and it has a good port, making it the most suitable place to establish a country.
Li Mingyuan drew a circle on the map with a pen and decided to use this place as the founding site.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Chen and Uncle Li have arrived." Wang Xiaoshan walked in and reported.
"Let them come in." Li Mingyuan put down the pen in his hand and turned around.
Shortly after Chen Guozhu and Li Sandou arrived, other important personnel of the Taiping Army also arrived one after another.
After everyone arrived, Li Mingyuan said, "Liu Pu, let me inform everyone of tonight's harvest."
"Yes, Crown Prince." The handsome-looking Liu Pu took out a list and said, "Tonight we seized a total of 300 muskets, 5,000 rounds of ammunition, one heavy machine gun, 3,000 rounds of bullets, 200 long knives, and silver coins.
Twenty thousand."
After Liu Pu finished speaking, he put away the list.
"My dear, this old dog Borja is so rich." Chen Guozhu said in surprise.
"What's the use of having so much money? A musket is better." Li Sandou had seen the power of muskets and machine guns and said, touching a short gun on his waist.
"Haha, money and guns are both good things." Li Mingyuan chuckled.
"Your Majesty, just now Anthony revealed that a Prussian fleet will arrive here tomorrow." Wang Xiaoshan quietly told Li Mingyuan.
"Very good, someone will give you a pillow if you feel sleepy." Li Mingyuan said happily.
"Your Majesty, why are you so happy?" Chen Guozhu asked curiously.
""I want to tell you some good news. A Prussian fleet will arrive here tomorrow to transport arms," Li Mingyuan said.
"Your Majesty, the foreigners will not collude with the Peruvians to encircle and suppress us." Li Sandou said doubtfully.
"Haha, don't worry, Uncle Li. The Prussians are preparing for war in Europe. They will not let go of the saltpeter in our hands and join the Peruvians in attacking us."
Li Mingyuan knew in his heart that Prussia was preparing to unify Germany. At this time, every material was important to them. They could buy saltpeter from anyone. They would not give up a large amount of saltpeter just because Li Mingyuan was a Chinese.
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"Liu Pu, how much saltpeter is there in the warehouse?" Li Mingyuan turned around and asked.
A total of thirty thousand kilograms, Liu Pu replied.
"Thirty thousand kilograms is enough," Li Mingyuan muttered.
"Your Majesty, the arrangements have been made for the family members in the rear camp, what should we do next?" Liu Pu asked.
"How many brothers are there in total now?" Li Mingyuan raised his head and asked,
"In addition to the injured and sick, there are a total of 1,500 people." Liu Pu reported the number.
In later generations, 1,500 people was the size of a regiment, but the shortcoming compared to the number of people was the serious lack of weapons. Peru had just been independent from Spain for several decades, and the domestic economy was very backward. All the weapons and equipment used by the army were imported from abroad.
The muskets captured by Lun were all old equipment that had been eliminated by the European powers. There were less than 200 muskets that could be used normally. Using these weapons to attack the Peruvian army would result in huge casualties even if it succeeded. Li Wen regarded 1,500 people as a foothold.
The fundamentals of South America are that every casualty feels painful, so he must make careful calculations.
Li Wen thought about it for more than ten minutes and said, "Our weapons and equipment are not enough, and the brothers are exhausted. I decided to train for a day and wait until I receive new weapons to rescue other brothers."
Everyone in the hall was relieved when they heard that there was no need to rush to attack other mines. Everyone was tired from working in the mines during the day. If we attack other mines now, many people would not be able to bear it.
"Everyone, I am going to organize 1,500 people into a regiment according to the foreign military establishment. Do you have any opinions?"
"I agree with the prince's method. The Kingdom of Heaven has perished on the mainland. If we openly adopt the military establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven, it may attract the attention of the Manchus and cause unnecessary trouble to us." Liu Pu spoke first,
"I, Old Chen, have never read books and do not understand the military establishment. As long as the prince says it, I will support it." Chen Guozhu expressed his position loudly.
"Everything is at the discretion of the Crown Prince." As soon as the two confidants of Li Wen stated their stance, the Taiping Army officers and soldiers behind them all agreed in unison.
"Everyone agrees, then I will talk about the specific establishment," Li Wenli calmed down his thinking and continued, "The new army is named the South American Chinese Independent Army. It currently has a regiment under its jurisdiction, and I personally serve as the regiment leader. The new regiment includes
There are one, two, three, and three musket battalions. All the musket battalion soldiers use the muskets delivered tomorrow. There is also a teaching battalion composed of elite soldiers, a reconnaissance company, and a logistics supply company.
The whole regiment adopts a three-four system, with a squad of twelve people, a platoon with three squads totaling thirty-six people, a company with three platoons totaling 120 people, and a battalion with four companies totaling 550 people. In addition to teaching
The size of the battalion is 300 men, and all other troops are organized in this way."
After finishing talking about the establishment in one breath, Li Wen said, "If you have different opinions, you can put them forward."
"Your Majesty, according to your calculation, 1,500 people are not enough to form a regiment." Li Sandou frowned.
"Let me explain to you that this organization is planned to be adopted after we have established a foothold in South America. As for the problem of insufficient numbers, we will not be satisfied with the establishment at worst. We will first gather the manpower of the combat troops, and wait until the other affiliated units are rescued.
The other brothers will add more later." Li Wendao.
After solving the staffing problem, Li Wen began to arrange everyone's positions. The people standing in the hall were all subordinates of the former king, so there was no trouble in the arrangement. Allen, the commander of the three musket battalions, planned to let Chen Guozhu and Li Sandou
There is another old man from the Taiping Army, Zhang Ansong, who serves as the training camp. Li Wen is also the battalion commander. Li Wen is convinced that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The founding monarchs of all dynasties must have led troops to fight, even those with poor military abilities.
Liu Bang also spent most of his time in battle.
The training camp is where Li Wen decided to train officers. As the battalion commander, he can not only teach the soldiers the military knowledge of his previous life, but also capture the loyalty of the soldiers. Once the soldiers come out of the training camp, they will be transferred to the ordinary army to serve as low-level officers.
, Li Wen can control the grassroots soldiers through them and ensure that the troops obey his command.
As for the important commander of the reconnaissance company, Li Wen planned to let Wang Xiaoshan be the commander. After learning military knowledge from Li Wen for two months and growing up in a Taiping Army boy camp, it was not difficult for Wang Xiaoshan to command a company of troops.
In order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the reconnaissance company, Li Wen specially selected fifteen people from the fifty young guards who were trained to serve as squad and platoon leaders at the grassroots level.
Li Wen did not retain the other thirty-five people, and sent them all to the musket battalion as officers. With the leadership of these grassroots officers who had trained for two months, Li Wen believed that the newly established South American Chinese Independent Army would have more success.
Strong combat power.
Li Wen told the people in the hall about his plan, and everyone unanimously agreed with Li Wen's suggestion. All the officers were appointed, and they just waited for the arrival of the fleet tomorrow, took down the armament, and immediately formed an army.
