Rebirth of South America as King

At noon on December 8, 1868, the ships visiting Prussia for procurement returned to Rio Grande do Sul again.

In the Beijing Linhai Port, more than two hundred ships of various types covered the sea surface. More than ten large steam ships in front of the fleet rang the whistle. Four gunboats belonging to the Navy's Marine Division outside the port quickly cleared the way and guided the fleet. Arrival.

The fleet docked securely, and Sun Bin and the party accompanying the ship stepped onto the shore and saw Li Mingyuan leading a group of civil and military officials towards this side.

"Chen Sunbin met with His Majesty." Sun Bin quickly walked to Li Mingyuan, just wanting to tell the old people as before, and suddenly responded. South Rio Grande officially established the country, Li Mingyuan was registered as the Duke of Brazil by Brazil, the national administrative and political institution Formally established, and then as casual and out of season as before. So hurriedly bowed down on one knee.

"Mr. Sun's turbulence at sea is more than four months, and he doesn't have to make such a gift." Li Mingyuan quickly raised Sun Bindao and saw Sun Bin followed by a group of white men in various old military uniforms, asking "who are they?"

"They are retired soldiers recruited by the minister in Prussia and several other German states."

Sun Bin pointed to the white people behind, explaining that "there are frequent wars in the German region. After the war, a large number of outstanding soldiers retired home and could not find a suitable job. They could only resume their old career and serve other countries to fight.

When the minister bought a large amount of machinery and equipment in Prussia, the news did not know how they were known. More than a dozen retired German state officers took the initiative to come to the door and sell me their mercenaries.

Thinking of the lack of experienced officers in Rio Grande do Sul, and the new artillery purchased this time also requires professional officers to operate, Zhang chose a group of retired soldiers to bring them back, and hoped His Highness would forgive him. "

"You are fully responsible for the specific affairs of the mission to Prussia. Recruiting retired soldiers is within your authority. You have done a good job and do not count on unauthorized actions."

Li Mingyuan and Sun Bin said a few words, their eyes turned to the white soldiers behind. More than three hundred white men who came ashore were divided into two parts to adjust the queue. the same.

Seeing Li Mingyuan looking at the recruited foreign soldiers with interest, Sun Bin timely said, "His Royal Highness, the first two troops ashore were the Prussian retired soldiers and the Mecklenburg soldiers, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Principality of Mecklenburg. The relationship is close, so the two retired soldiers recruited came in the same boat.

The soldiers who were disembarking behind were mainly retired soldiers of the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Kingdom of Wurttemberg. Their country had fought with Prussia in the past two years. The Prussian Austria war ended. As a defeated country, the two countries were forced to join the Prussian-dominated North. Confederation of Germany.

Therefore, the recruited Bavarian and Württemberg retired soldiers were reluctant to make a boat with the Prussians, and their humble job could only separate them. "

"There are many princes in the German region, and Prussia needs to unify Germany, but it is a lot of trouble." Li Mingyuan commented as an outsider.

The soldiers on the ship quickly disembarked and assembled. About three minutes later, there were no white soldiers on the ship. Li Mingyuan glanced over the white retired soldiers standing on the coast, divided into five queues, about 800 people.

"Go, call the person in charge of them. I want to say a few words to them."

The soldier conveyed Li Mingyuan's order, and with an interpreter, he quickly found two tall foreigners. Through the translation, the communication became much simpler and easier.

"Since both of you have arrived in Rio Grande do Sul, you must have learned something beforehand. Everyone is from the military background, not much nonsense. I just want to know what you and the soldiers have, and then I can wait according to your ability Price. "

"His Majesty, I have 50 retired artillery, 32 retired cavalry, 120 retired infantry, 112 retired infantry from Mecklenburg and 200 infantry in other regions. Willing to fight with Prussian forces. "

"The artillery and cavalry are drawn out to join my army, and the remaining soldiers are under your unified command, Captain Frank, is it okay?"

Li Mingyuan called by his military title before he retired.

"You are the employer and are willing to obey your arrangements." Frank did not hesitate.

The two mercenary chiefs, Frank controlled more than 500 soldiers, and the Bavarian Oderrich had 300 soldiers. He picked out the artillery and cavalry among them, and there were 700 soldiers left.

"Two people, I will use the soldiers under you as the basis to form the South Rio Grande Mercenary Corps. You are the first foreign army soldiers. I hope you two will cooperate well when I need foreign army groups to fight. Exert their due combat effectiveness. "

"His Majesty, how does our weaponry and treatment count? Sun promised us when he was in Prussia that he would pay military expenses based on three times the salary of Prussian Army soldiers.

The soldiers do n’t have much money. I hope you can fulfill your promise and pay a month's worth of military expenses in advance. "Audricht said.

"I will arrange for military expenses to be issued to you later. We will equip newly purchased Dresser rifles in accordance with field army standards." Li Mingyuan promised: "During peace training, ordinary soldiers and officers will pay military expenses according to three times the treatment of Prussian troops. When the war broke out, military treatment was quadrupled, and if someone died in the war, pensions would be given to their families.

The Kingdom of Prussia has a liaison officer in Rio Grande do Sul, and his pension will be transferred to the hands of the fallen soldiers. You do n’t have to worry about it. "

Li Mingyuan gave generous treatment to the first batch of white mercenaries, not only to win people's hearts and set an example in the form of horse bones, but also for practical purposes. In the second half of the nineteenth century, until the Second World War, white Americans in Europe and America occupied the hegemonic status of the world. Although the Chinese established the nation in South America, some things were more convenient to do under the guise of whites. Therefore, Li Mingyuan made plans in advance.

Use good treatment to stabilize the hearts of white mercenaries, temporarily appoint Frank as Rio Grande do Sul, commander of the foreign legion, and Oderrich as deputy commander. Li Mingyuan led people to arrange their accommodation, and then began to command the soldiers to load and unload machinery and equipment. arms.

Most of the more than two hundred ships were hired from Prussia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and other North Sea countries after arriving in Prussia.

Machinery and weapons and military equipment occupy nearly half of the ships in the fleet. The remaining half of the ships were mostly loaded with artillery and personnel, and purchased 10,000 rifles, which cost the least in several procurement projects.

Gathering two-thirds of the garrison and retired soldiers in Xinjing, busy one afternoon, unloading only a quarter of the machinery and equipment and half of the artillery to the shore, it was getting late, and the sun was about to fall below the sea. Li Mingyuan ordered The soldiers stopped working, and Sun Bin, who was busy going back and forth, walked to a shore to rest under a tree.

"Shizi, this mission enshrined a lot of good things ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Under the rain cloth on the north side is a set of 105mm howitzer production equipment, including barrel processing and ammunition processing equipment.

Five Dresser rifle production lines, two sets of 75mm field guns, and three sets of 65mm mountain guns have not been unloaded on the ship ... "

Sun Bin had just taken a break, and did not feel tired at all. He introduced the purchased military equipment to Li Mingyuan like several families.

In fact, the number of main weapons and equipment has been introduced in the Asian Telegraph. Li Mingyuan did not interrupt his interest, and said, "Rifles, three types of field artillery and supporting ammunition production equipment. With these, South Rio Grande will have The initial system of the national defense industry system, coupled with the procurement of mining and smelting iron and steel equipment, will give the South American Chinese a qualitative improvement over time. "

From scratch, owning an industrial system belonging to the South American Chinese, although it is only a small industrial system composed of more than a dozen types of industrial equipment, it is still of great significance to the Chinese forces under the leadership of Li Mingyuan.

Old Lopez is in charge of the inland country Paraguay, and has developed Paraguay into a South American hegemony that can challenge Brazil. The area of ​​South Rio Grande is not much different from Paraguay. Li Mingyuan believes that he can do better than Old Lopez.