When Philip was complacent in India and was preparing to encourage the coalition forces to move eastward again, the countries in East Asia, led by the Ming Dynasty, were actively summing up, licking their wounds, and preparing to make a comeback after their naval equipment was updated.

"Your Majesty, the railway extending from Guangzhou to the Chief Secretary Siming's Mansion in Guangxi has been fully connected. Now, there is only the section in the middle of Annan. Because of the quarrel between the Zheng family and Ruan Phuc's family, it has never been connected."

"Hmph, I used to think that having two powerful officials in Annan interfering with each other would be good for the security of Ming Dynasty's southern border, so I tolerated the existence of these two guys. Now they dare to hold back my Central-Southern Railway, then all

Stop being a powerful minister. Chen Zizhuang, you personally write a letter to the heads of the Zheng family and Ruan Phuc family, asking them to come to Beijing to live permanently. In addition, tell Li Weixin that I will move the Zheng family and Ruan Phuc family to Beijing and let him become a powerful man.

King Annan asked him to work well for me. If the progress of the Central-Southern Railway project is delayed again because of Annan, I will slaughter the entire Li family!"

"I accept the decree."

Phew, he took a deep breath, and Zhu Youdong felt a little better.

The Ming Dynasty was defeated in India. As the leader of East Asia, this prestige must have been affected. Those clan vassals that the Ming Dynasty enfeoffed were fine. For countries like Annan, they must be properly beaten, otherwise these monkeys will be very

It’s easy to have thoughts that you shouldn’t have.

Of course, the sovereign state pays attention to the magnanimity when doing things. Even if you want to deal with the vassal state, you have to find a reason. Unexpectedly, there is a pillow when you are sleepy. On the Central-Southern Railway that Ming Dynasty spent a lot of money to build, the Zheng family and Ruan Phuc family actually because of their own separatism

The standoff does not want to see rail connectivity.

Then it’s time to take action on your two families: all the vassal states have clearly seen that although the Ming Dynasty has temporarily failed in India, the suzerain is the suzerain!

Since the Ming Dynasty successfully developed a steam engine 22 years ago, Zhu Youdong has urged Fangshan scientists to suppress the steam locomotive as soon as possible. In the first year of Tianqi, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway was opened to traffic. In the following twenty years, the mileage of the Ming Dynasty's railways began to increase rapidly. To the present

In the 22nd year of the Apocalypse, the railway mileage of the Ming Dynasty has reached 18,000 kilometers.

Among these railways, the most important is the Beijing-Guangzhou Line: This railway starts in Beijing, passes through Kaifeng, Wuchang and other big cities, and finally ends in Guangzhou after running through the entire central China. This railway, except for the Yangtze River in Wuchang,

Except for the need to use trains and ferries, other places are basically unobstructed. The entire line is 2,400 kilometers long and has a design speed of 60 kilometers per hour. From Guangzhou to Beijing, it used to take more than two months by land and more than half a month by sea, which has been shortened to three

Within days.

In the sixteenth year of the Apocalypse, when Aurangzeb had not yet come to power, Zhu Youdong, who was touring the country, had already realized that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to expedition to India in the future, relying on sea transportation alone would still be somewhat limited. So he started the construction plan of the Central-Southern Railway.

The Central-South Railway project is divided into three sections. The first section runs from Guangzhou to Simingfu, Guangxi. The second section runs through the entire Annan. The third section runs westward in central Annan, across the entire Indochina Peninsula, and reaches Yangon in Myanmar.

Such a railway can greatly enhance the Ming Dynasty's control over the Indochina Peninsula. The rich resources in the interior of the Indochina Peninsula will also be quickly used by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Cao Sanxi and Li Guojun strongly support it.

Now in the twenty-second year of Tianqi, six years have passed. With the efforts of the Ming Dynasty, which invested more than 50 million yuan and mobilized more than 100,000 migrant workers, the first and third sections are almost completed. It is the second section that is

The lack of cooperation between the Zheng family and the Ruan Phuc family resulted in delays in completing the project. This made Zhu Youdong angry.

After deciding to deal harshly with the Zheng family and Ruan Phuc family, Zhu Youdong looked at Xiong Tingbi: "Mr. Xiong, how are the defense arrangements for Indochina peninsula now?"

"Your Majesty, after discussion, the Privy Council believes that after this battle, the Western bandits will not attack me on a large scale in the short term. But just in case, the Privy Council is planning to deploy five divisions in Burma, three divisions in Siam, and three divisions in Siam.

Annan deploys two divisions. In this way, with a force of 150,000 troops, the Indochina Peninsula can be protected."

"I have no objection to the arrangement of these ten divisions, but I will add one, the Singapore Fortress, and let the 1st Marine Division be permanently stationed there."

"Your Majesty, do you think the Western Bandits will invade Singapore?"

"If I were to change positions with the opponent's Philip, I would probably be thinking about how to digest and stabilize India after taking over India. Within three to five years, there would be no thought of another large-scale military attack. But, I am afraid that the opponent will go crazy.

.”

"...Yes, I understand. I will give the order to Lieutenant General Zhang Hong of the Marine Corps later."

"Okay. Mr. Xiong, how is the re-reinforcement project of the Singapore Fortress going?"

"Your Majesty, I forgive you, because India was in control before, so it was almost impossible for Singapore to become a battlefield. Therefore, after our government captured Singapore more than 20 years ago, except for building a fortress and a few turrets at that time, there has been no control over the past few years.

It has been strengthened. Now... although after more than four months of intense construction, the defense system has been rebuilt. However, the most important 305mm fortress gun turret has not yet been completed, and the Navy is therefore unable to transport the cannon to Singapore."

"Hurry up and be prepared. It would be better for us to spend a lot of manpower and material resources and have no use for our equipment than to allow the enemy to come and have no use for us."

"Yes, I will send capable personnel to the site to urge the progress of the project."

"Thank you, Mr. Bear. Is there anything else you can do?"

"Your Majesty, Cao Bianjiao and Zuo Mengeng are back and are waiting outside Qianqing Palace."

"Hahaha, my Khyber hero is back. He's very good. Everyone, let's break up the meeting now. I want to meet these two outstanding young people alone first."

…

"Hahaha, my Khyber hero, come here quickly and let me take a closer look."

"Your Majesty, your ministers and others failed to defend Zhangxun Village after all, and they cannot be called heroes."

"Hey, in that case, it's normal that you can't hold on. You were able to hold on for such a long time and caused so many casualties to the enemy, forcing the enemy's Grand Vizier to come out to negotiate in person. In the end, you were able to bring the enemy with you

So many people evacuated safely. Such an achievement is enough to be proud of."

"I am ashamed, but Your Majesty, speaking of the Ottoman Grand Vizier, I wonder if the Privy Council has reported to you what kind of mustard gas he has developed?"

"I know." Zhu Youdong said with a very relaxed expression: "That Ibrahim is right. This magic box cannot be opened easily. Anyone who opens it will definitely suffer backlash."

"What does the emperor mean by this?"

"Yes, my Ming Dynasty also has similar things. Mustard gas is not available at the moment, but chlorine, sevoflurane, etc. are all produced in Fang Shan's laboratory. Speaking of which, haven't you military chiefs paid attention?

For those who need general anesthesia, our military doctor will give him a little gas and he will soon know nothing else. That is sevoflurane."

As a medical time traveler and a small surgeon before time traveling, Zhu Youdong often dealt with various anesthetic gases. He has developed a strong interest in sevoflurane, an anesthetic gas that has gradually become the dominant anesthetic gas in the operating room in the 21st century.

And spent a lot of time researching it. Finally, it was traced back to 1886, when Moissan's first experiment of isolating elemental fluorine... Therefore, Daming's technology also has its own unique features, at least in the use of fluorine.

It is far ahead of the other two opponents - that is to say, electrical research is still lagging behind at this time, and pre-research on large-scale power plants and grid-connected power generation has just begun. Otherwise, it won't be long before Daming is estimated to be in this dimension.

The first country to have air conditioners and refrigerators.

"Your Majesty, I am ashamed. Not to mention other soldiers, we ourselves suffered gunshot wounds and other injuries. The military doctors anesthetized us, but we have never been interested in anesthesia."

"Hey, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. There are specialties in the arts. You just need to lead the troops and fight a good battle."

To be honest, Zhu Youdong was really happy to see these two young people under the age of thirty. On the one hand, there were successors to the generals of the Ming Dynasty: Zhao Lijiao, Mao Wenlong, a group of more than sixty, Cao Wenzhao, Liu Zhaosun

, Huang Degong, Mangui and others are all around fifty years old. These two, as well as Lu Xiangsheng and others, are in the Mesozoic generation around thirty years old. Under them, there are Li Dingguo, Zhang Huangyan and others in their teens.

The new generation, who are almost twenty years old. The Ming Dynasty's army will not lack famous generals in the next fifty years.

On the other hand, it is simply because of Zuo Mengeng: This guy who led hundreds of thousands of Zuo Liangyu's troops to surrender to the Qing Dynasty in the historical plane actually cooperated very well with Cao Bianjiao in this plane, whether he was personally leading the charge.

, or sitting alone in the city defense, both performed admirably - eh, this is my achievement. As long as the Ming Dynasty is generally united and there is no fierce party struggle, in fact, many traitors and traitors in the historical standard can still be used

Well.

Of course, people like Li Yongfang who actively surrender on a historical basis still need to be wary.

"The reward the Privy Council originally gave you was to jump three ranks in a row, directly to major general and senior colonel, and let you serve as the chief and deputy commander of a new division. But I have a different idea."

"I respectfully listen to the Holy Instructions of the Emperor."

"Young people, it is not necessarily a good thing to suddenly rise so quickly. It will make you the target of public criticism. You also understand that in the future, the scale of the war between us and the Western and Austrian thieves will become larger and larger. Many times it will be

Multiple divisions are fighting together. If you are promoted too quickly, your relationship with your colleagues will not be good, and you will suffer hardships in the war. Therefore, I have lowered your military rank, and both of you have been promoted to colonel.

.How? Don’t think that I am too busy and reluctant to give you an official position.”

"I don't dare. Your Majesty is so caring and caring. I am deeply grateful."

"Well, as long as you figure it out, don't worry. Sooner or later, I will personally get the stars for you. Okay, the military ranks have been decided, and your duties have to be fine-tuned. I am going to form two regiments.

Special forces, you are the leaders of these two special forces groups!"

"Special Forces?"

"Yes, special forces. To put it simply, this type of soldiers is the king of soldiers. They master the most skills, have the best equipment, and complete the most difficult tasks. In fact, in Khyber, you have a huge disparity in strength.

Next, the counterattacks and sneak attacks carried out have a bit of the flavor of special forces operations. This is why I chose to let you do this.

Of course, I don't know much about military affairs, but I have a little understanding of the special forces training syllabus and the expected goals. After you set up these two regiments, you will slowly explore during the actual training, and finally come up with

A complete training outline is released.

If you accept this task, I will write a handwritten note to Liu Shimin later, based on the more than 600 soldiers you brought back from Khyber. After that, all the armies, navy, armed police and even the people of the Ming Dynasty, who do you have your eyes on?

, as long as you can pass the political review, the Royal Horse Supervisor will transfer it to you. Eventually, a special forces brigade with two regiments and more than 6,000 people was formed.
Chapter completed!