I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

The collapse of Milwaukee's defense line gave the British a head-on blow, and the "Great Wall of Britain" that had been placed in high hopes was broken through by the Ming people almost overnight.

The 15 frontier guards were surrounded and wiped out by the troops of the five divisions of the Ming Dynasty, and very few people escaped.

After Marshal Hugh Wells hastily delivered a speech in Chicago that the will of the British Empire must be with Chicago, he boarded the train back to Montreal overnight.

At this moment, he was very fortunate that he inspected the Milwaukee Fortress two months ago, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

At the same time, he also brought the genius French officer Joffre with him.

Back in Montreal, or even in London, there was still a war of words waiting for him.

The court-martial and the gentlemen of the parliament will not tolerate a general who abandons his troops and flees alone.

Unless you have something in your hands.

After all, Hugh Wells is a veteran who has been famous for a long time, so he naturally knows this.

Regarding the detailed list of defense budget, some people absolutely do not want it to be made public.

People who know too much die because you don't know enough.

When you know enough, you can find a way to make your brother have to give you a hand.

However, when Hugh Wells returned to the Montreal headquarters and summoned his confidants to plan overnight, there was no news of the fall of Chicago from the front line.

Ming's offensive once again came to a standstill.

Just like what happened in front of Milwaukee half a year ago.

Once again, Chicago's defenses were impenetrable, and the Ming people lamented that the city would thrive.

Looking at the map, Hugh Wells was puzzled.

But anyone who knows His Majesty Zhu Fugui must know that Lord Long Live is looking for a good teacher again.

This good teacher is none other than Zeng Guofan, who passed away not long ago.

Zhu Fugui naturally didn't like Zeng Guofan.

But Zeng Guofan has an advantage that Zhu Fugui appreciates.

The advantage is that he is more good.

It is precisely because he is more skilled that the method he uses to fight dumb can be replicated.

Zhu Fugui wanted to learn from Huo Qubing and Chen Qingzhi and fight in a chic and elegant manner.

but……

Isn't this condition not allowed...

With an absolute industrial advantage in his hands, Zhu Fugui felt that he didn't need to do those fancy operations, and the correct way of thinking was to "strengthen the stronghold and fight dumb".

Thousands of troops avoiding white robes are handsome, but where are thousands of troops avoiding tanks?

Of course, the "hardened fortress" here does not mean building a bastion in front of the city of Chicago. Times have changed.

Refers to infrastructure.

The reason why Ming Dynasty recovered the Great Lakes and Northern Yinzhou was to find and build a kingly paradise for the Chinese descendants, instead of grabbing it away like the Mongols.

Therefore, in this huge land, large infrastructure is indispensable.

Among them, the railway is the most important.

Historically, Sun Wen's "Founding Strategy" was regarded as a joke at the beginning of its birth, but as time passed, people gradually discovered that this thing is not a pure cannon, but some advanced ideas. Not too much.

Of course, if you surpass half a step, you are a genius, and if you surpass one step, you are a lunatic. Mr. Sun's surpassing is not two steps or three steps.

But in any case, the general direction is right.

In "Strategy for the Founding of a Nation", he proposed to build 10 miles of railways, equivalent to 16 kilometers, across China.

However, as of 2021, the operating mileage of railways in China will only be less than 15 kilometers.

From this, it can be concluded that "The Strategy of Founding a Country" is a fantasy.

But, there is a huge difference between railways and railways, trains and trains.

It is inappropriate to use the sword of 2021 to kill the officials of the last century.

What's more, it is only 1873, and it is the last century.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui also wrote a "National Construction Strategy" early in the morning, which comprehensively expounded the grand blueprint for the full realization of industrialization in Ming Dynasty.

My land in the Ming Dynasty starts from Congling in the west and reaches Xinxiang in the east. The sun and the moon never set, and summer and winter follow each other. Building a 300 million-kilometer railway shouldn’t be too much, right?

Zhu Fugui thinks that it is not too much.

Because Sun Wen is not a cannon, and Zhu Fugui is not a cannon (non-physical).

This is just a misunderstanding of later generations.

These indicators refer to contemporary America.

If Zhu Fugui's Ming Dynasty hadn't come out to disrupt the situation, the United Kingdom would have had 20 kilometers of railways in another 30 years.

During the 1880 years from 1890 to 10, the United States built 1.18 kilometers of railways every year.

That is to say, it took the United States only 10 years to build a 22-mile railway. Using this as a reference, Mr. Sun concluded that "China, which is similar in size to the United States, also has the ability and opportunity to complete the 10-year 20-mile plan." conclusion.

It's just that the huge differences between the Republic of China and Millikin in terms of financial resources, industry, talents, and geography at that time made the "Strategy for the Founding of the Country" remain on paper forever.

But Daming has the ability and determination to complete Zhu Tianzi's version of "The Strategy of Founding a Country".

Moreover, the land and strength of Ming Dynasty far surpassed that of the US emperor, so it is reasonable to build a railway mileage ten times that of the US emperor within this century... right?

probably……

Anyway, people have to have a little dreamland, otherwise what is the difference from salted fish?

Dewu 11 April [-]th.

noon.

A train slowly entered the freshly painted Xinlan Railway Station.

In the drizzle, the aroma of earth and meadow, mixed with the smell of sleepers, motor oil and soot, is intoxicating.

This train is called "Dongchu", which means "King Qin went out east and swept across the six countries". It is pulled by a Suanni-type steam locomotive, and its design speed can reach 60 kilometers per hour.

woohoo-

The train whistle sounded, and the train that had been staggering for more than ten hours slowly stopped at this time.

As soon as the wheels stopped, a group of reporters holding cameras or even carrying cameras jumped out from the rear compartment of the train. From their slightly red faces, anyone could feel their arrival at this moment. Xinlan's excitement.

Xinlan, of course, does not refer to the "Xinlan" that the Xinai Party hates, but Xinlan City.

This important town in the Northeast of the Ming Dynasty will be reborn from Chicago's corpse.

Reporters from the North American bureaus of "Da Ming Times", "Fengdu Industrial News", "Armed Worker Daily" and "New Berlin News" pointed their cameras at the city of Chicago, which was faintly visible in the sky.

This North American pearl that the Anza people are proud of has a really beautiful skyline, no less than the third and fourth tier cities on the west coast of Daming.

Then, they aimed the camera at the endless farmland.

Because of the war, these farmlands have all been abandoned. Only workers from the Royal Railway Bureau and soldiers from the Railway Army reclaimed some fields in their spare time and planted a few delicious fresh vegetables.

Finally, the reporters invariably turned their cameras to the stuffy can-like carriages of the train.

A Master Chief wearing [German military uniform imitation woolen cospaly windproof warm security German stick painter field sketch] military uniform jumped off the train.

Chapter 672 Siege, Captives, and Cards

Around his neck hung a matte dark green whistle.

Anyone who has served in the Royal Army will be familiar with this post.

The specially treated surface can avoid metal reflection when lurking, so as not to be discovered by the enemy.

But that's not what's really scary about it.

When it was inconvenient to blow the trumpet, the low-level non-commissioned officers of the Ming Royal Army relied on it to issue a sharp and piercing whistle to command battles on a short-distance noisy battlefield.

In the early years, the U.S. National Guard called this Ming Dynasty whistle the "devil's whistle."

The trees in the Ming Dynasty can not only speak, but also whistle. Its whistle makes the enemy tremble uncontrollably.

The reporters holding the cameras held their breaths to reduce the ups and downs of their hands, and pointed the camera at the Master Chief with several medals hanging on his chest.

Only then did everyone realize that the sleeve of his right hand was actually empty.

But he didn't seem to notice the difference on the faces of the reporters, but skillfully picked up the military whistle with his left hand and put it in his mouth.

"Drip-drip-"

"Drip-drip-"

Whistles of different lengths broke the silence of the rain.

Following the whistle, there was a rattling sound from the eight carriages at the same time, and the sound of the doors being opened.

"Assembly!"

"Eight companies gather!"

"..."

Following the commands one after another, the soldiers who had just jumped off the train immediately lined up in front of the carriages according to their units.

The cameras of the reporters faithfully recorded this moment.

These young men who looked a bit dark due to years of training, like sculptures riveted to the ground, exuded the beauty of masculine fortitude.

The more than 2000 people who jumped off the train belonged to the two battalions of the 27th Division of the Ming Royal Army. They will quickly take over this newly born town and complete the transfer of defense with the Railway Army.

在随后的几天之中，皇家陆军第13、27、33师，外加一个榴弹炮团共3万2千多兵力陆续进驻新兰地区。

The fact that he did not launch an offensive against Chicago in the past three months was not due to Ming's fear of the city's defenses, but out of consideration for rapid reconstruction after the war.

To get rich, build roads first.

His Majesty Zhu Fugui repaired the road ahead of time even before the people who wanted to get rich didn’t exist. The economics of wealth and wealth can be described as boundless magic power, which is far superior to Abenomics.

Deploying heavy troops and cooperating with the Five Lakes Fleet, which had gained local advantages, Ming besieged Chicago from both land and water.

The engineering team and the railway army who completed the railway were not idle, and built layers of barbed wire around Chicago.

These barbed wire fences are not for defending against enemy attacks, but for preventing invaders from fleeing in all directions.

The lessons of the Australian war cannot be repeated in Northern Yinzhou. It will be troublesome to bring out the damn white horse bandits to destroy the railway bridge of Daming.

Eliminate evil and do all the work, full of firepower.

In the next two weeks, the Ming Army, Air Force and Fleet carried out round-the-clock air raids and shelling on the city of Chicago.

Among them, the airmen also air-dropped the best-selling novel "Miss San Diego" adapted from the movie to the city of Chicago.

His Majesty Zhu Fugui is short of white slaves, and Daming is even short of population.

The Ming Dynasty's consistent policy of avoiding unnecessary casualties in foreign wars and exchanging firepower for troops did not result in a large number of men being consumed in the war.

Coupled with the historical inertia of patriarchal preference in the old land of China, there are still a large number of young men in Northern Yinzhou who lack wives.

Japanese girls, Koryo maidservants, and Jiaozhi girls are all good choices, but it is also necessary to add some white women to hedge against the short-legged genes of the Japanese.

The current policy on captives is that if they are young girls from good families, Xinxiang Daming is not unable to participate in naturalization training.

They just have to go through rigorous training and examinations, and thoroughly brainwash, or in other words, education.

Wouldn't it be great if he could live a stable and prosperous life in Daming like the protagonist in "Miss San Diego"?

Of course, first of all you have to be lucky to survive under the indiscriminate firepower coverage of Ming Dynasty.

On the battlefield, Da Ming would not be sympathetic, as long as he appeared within the range of fire, he was an enemy.

Everything, leave it to fate!

……

Remaining in Chicago were the 35th, 36th, and 39th British Empire Infantry.

According to the tradition of the British Army, they also have their own nicknames.

They are the Dukes of Orange, the Grasshopper, and the Green Cardinal.