The dark clouds in the sky were so low that they could be touched by hand. Kim Yunche was running for the death toll in the woods. The roots and shrubs were pulling his legs, the branches and leaves and vines slapped his cheeks. The clothes were already torn, covered with blood marks on his body, and the occasional fall was even more bloody. However, the sound of the pursuers behind him was still constant, and the sound of the barking of dogs was mixed in the gunshots.&1t;/p>

The tooth soldier around him took off his armor and made him run faster. No one paid attention to Kim Yunche and ran wildly at his own risk. Suddenly, a black shadow rushed out of the bushes, and his bloody mouth was full of sharp fangs, which directly bit the shoulder of a tooth soldier. Kim Yunche heard a shrill howl from behind his butt, and he accelerated his speed.&1t;/p>

Finally rushing out of the woods, there is a plump grassland outside. Kim Yunche knew that there was a horse farm nearby. As long as you find a war horse, you could escape the enemy's pursuit. Fortunately, Kim Yunche saw a tall war horse. The horse was very familiar. His delicate ears made him lit up. Unfortunately, there was a man immediately, Li Zijing.&1t;/p>

"Brother Zijing, come and help me!" Jin Yunche seemed to see hope and shouted loudly to Li Zijing in the distance.&1t;/p>

Li Zi was raising his horse, untied the convex gun from the horse, lit the convex rope, loaded the medicine, and set up the bracket. Kim Yunche stopped happily, and seven or eight soldiers and three dogs were chased out from the jungle behind him.&1t;/p>

Jin Yunche understood at this time that Li Zijing had defected to the new master. He quickly shouted: "Brother Zijing, I am willing to serve the new dynasty. Please ask Brother Zijing to recommend it. I think Brother Zijing has no foundation in the new dynasty. I am willing to serve the work of a dog and a horse, and I think it is a helping hand."&1t;/p>

Li Zijing had already cleaned up, and he only responded: "There can only be one ethics officer in Jeju Island! Kim Yunche, if you want to do it, just kill me!"&1t;/p>

Jin Yunche saw that Li Zijing was already in his hand and aimed at him. He knew that his life was bleak, so he had to take off his bow and arrow and shouted: "Okay, then you and I will fight to the death. This is the last time I have shot. The bow and gun, fight to the death!"&1t;/p>

A hundred steps apart, Kim Yunche bent his bow in his hand, and the arrow flew out, cutting through the air and shooting towards Li Zijing. Lee Zijing pulled the trigger, and the lead shot also shot at Kim Yunche. In an instant, the smoke of gunpowder dissipated. Kim Yunche saw an arrow in front of Lee Zijing's chest. He was overjoyed and thought that he had not died in vain. He wanted to rush over and grab the good horse and then walk, but staggered for two steps and his whole body was cold. He fell to the ground. When he was dying, Kim Yunche saw Lee Zijing coming over. The eagle feather arrow was pulled down in front of him, with only a tiny bit of blood. Under Kim Yunche's same armor, the lead had already smashed the internal organs.&1t;/p>

Li Zijing squatted down, pointed to the hole between his chest and abdomen, and said, "Congratulations, you shot the bull's eye, you won."&1t;/p>

The first batch of six troops were divided into troops in Jeju. They first encountered ambush, and the rest also surrendered in Jeju City. At sea, the North Korean sailboats and civilian ships were not the opponents of the four battleships and four cruise ships in the United States. Most of the warships were destroyed, and almost all of the troops were surrendered. The battleships did not pursue some ships that fled into the islands and reefs, so they also lost their most valuable target - Kim Zidian.&1t;/p>

When Lee Dechan entered Jeju City, the Jeju Military Control Commission announced its establishment. The Military Control Commission directly established two battalions, a public security army composed of Kawaharada Eiwei and Lee Zijing, as well as a labor camp established mainly by prisoners and war criminals. Today, Jeju Island has about 70,000 Koreans, but except for a few merchants and Lee Zijing, they all became slaves. The difference is that the original official slaves were liberated and served the United States, and they could get the opportunity to escape from slavery.&1t;/p>

The labor camps on the island were organized together with the employed official slaves. More than 25,000 people were invested in infrastructure construction. The port was expanded first, followed by the construction of barracks and warehouses in and outside the port and Jeju City. The first batch of military supplies transported from Taipei has arrived. In the next two months, Jeju will station more than 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of tons of various materials.&1t;/p>

Keelung Military Port, Pier.&1t;/p>

The Urgent adventure ship slowly approached the dock. The captain directed the sailor to throw the rope to the shore. Ma Donglai walked out of the captain's room and looked at the transport ships in the port that were carrying out sail-raising and anchoring operations. He felt a little relieved. As soon as the springboard was put on, Ma Donglai jumped to the shore.&1t;/p>

"Thank God, I haven't left yet!" Ma Donglai looked at the ships with tears in his eyes and ran away quickly.&1t;/p>

Fortunately, the guards on the flagship still have some memories of Ma Donglai who had been away for many years. Accompanied by the Security Bureau officials, he was able to board the Free Trade Sailboat and enter the luxurious stern building. Everything here is so gorgeous. The corridor floor is covered with good seal skins, and the interior decoration uses a large amount of rosewood. You can hear the discussion inside from a distance. All kinds of unfamiliar words penetrated into Ma Donglai's ears.&1t;/p>

The attendant walked in. The room was quiet for a moment. When he walked out, the attendant said, "Your Excellency, the consul, please come in."&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai walked into this huge conference room, surrounded by gorgeous tapestries and exquisite screens, and surrounded by round tables made by Nanmu, filled with more than ten officers, all of whom were senior officials of the 6th Army. Li Mingxun stood up first and said to the officers: "Salute to the warriors of the United States!"&1t;/p>

The officers took off their hats and bowed slightly to Ma Donglai. Li Mingxun pointed to his side and said, "Put your Excellency Donglai, right next to me. Okay, let's continue the meeting!"&1t;/p>

Gao Feng continued to point to the large map and introduced: "Half a month ago, Li Decan, Zhao Junsu and Kawaharada Bingei controlled the entire island of Jeju. Together with Zhao Sandao's squadron, they wiped out two-thirds of North Korea's naval warships and equivalent to one-fifth of infantry. The prestige of the pro-Clerk Party in North Korea plummeted. The Shen Fan and the Zhongming faction in the North Korea sent envoys to contact us, hoping that we could send 10,000 to 15,000 troops to land in North Korea, attacked the Shen Fan north and south, eliminated the pro-Clerk faction of North Korea, and completed the independence of North Korea.&1t;/p>

This is even smoother than what we planned. After all, the army that can be mobilized by the Qing Dynasty now will never exceed 40,000."&1t;/p>

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"No, we don't have enough time. This plan takes two months. The army needs a month to rest after the war. At that time, the southwest monsoon was completely over, and the Beiyang War Zone was not easy to open up in Shandong. All officers, we have to admit that the mischief of the Guo surname in Chaozhou has delayed us too much time. The combat plan for North Korea has stopped and we will go directly to the Shandong part." Li Mingxun continued Gao Feng's words, obviously this is an explanation to all the officers.&1t;/p>

Gao Feng nodded and continued to comment: "Okay, first, the current strategic situation is very beneficial to us. Our allies' military operations in Huguang and Jiangxi have successfully attracted the military forces of the Qing Dynasty. We have received conclusive news. Wang Jirhalang, the assistant minister of the Qing court, has been sent to Huguang to take charge of all the military there, and at the same time, he has brought more than 20,000 reinforcements, all of whom are elites of the Manchu, Mongolian and Han tribes. In the north, the Khalkha tribe also launched a round of rebellion. Dorgon's brother Ajige led some of the Eight Banners to defend against the threat of the grassland.&1t;/p>

The Qing Dynasty did not have many troops in Shandong. The Eight Banners had a total of about 400 people. They were stationed in Jinan and had extraordinary troops. They were left by Jiergalang when he headed south to supervise Shandong to raise grain and clear the local rebel army. The main field troops in Shandong were green camps, including the fourth battalion of the River Governor, and the Shandong Governor and the Denglai Governor each had two battalions of Fubiao camps, totaling 4,000 people. Jinan, Wuding, Dezhou and Qingzhou all had city camps, with about 3,000 people.&1t;/p>

The troops and horses are garrison troops just now. The ones that are truly considered mobile troops are Linqing Town and Yizhou Town, each with 2,000 elite troops. Our early target this time is a place with dense Eight Banners. The two prefectures of Denglai include Dengzhou, Wendeng and Laizhou Third Battalions 6th Division, Wendeng Camp is the strongest, with a horse stance of more than 3,500 horse stances, Laizhou Camp, 3,000 horse stances, Dengzhou Camp, and 4,000 horse stances facing the Yellow Sea. There is also a Dengzhou Navy, with only 20 warships, which are considered as a fleet, and there is almost no need to consider.&1t;/p>

In total, there are about 25,000 Green Camps in Shandong, 400 Eight Banners and one Navy division. If it comes to the Navy division, Liaodong Lushun has an Eight Banners Navy division, which is only more than ten ships and hundreds of soldiers."&1t;/p>

"What about the plan?" Li Mingxun asked. As the admiral of the 6th Army, Gao Feng also had to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Beiyang War Zone, the main war zone, so he had to be responsible for everything.&1t;/p>

Gao Feng's hand pointed to the Shandong Peninsula on the map and said: "According to the years of exploration of the Marine Island garrison, Dengzhou is currently the most mature port in Shandong with the strongest throughput capacity, but it is located between the Miaodao Island Island and the Shandong Peninsula. The islands and reefs are dense and the water depth is shallow, so many large transport ships from the Navy and the Shipping Department are difficult to enter. The most important thing is that their winter is frozen, which greatly affects our combat operations.&1t;/p>

Therefore, if we choose from geography and ports, we chose Jiaozhou Bay as the entry point. This is an excellent bay and can be built as a harbor no less than Taipei. However, Jiaozhou Bay does not have ready-made port facilities. Among the troops under the Beiyang War Zone, there are many field battalions of the 6th Army that are not good at landing at 6th. Therefore, after landing at 6th, we need time to rest and participate in the battle. In order to gain time, we plan to first landing at 6th Dengzhou area, attract Shandong Green Camp troops to aid, and then attack Jiaozhou, and make full use of our advantages of sea transportation!"&1t;/p>

After Gao Feng finished the explanation, he looked at Li Mingxun. Li Mingxun smiled slightly: "I have no objection. You are the commander of the Beiyang War Zone, you will make the decision."&1t;/p>

The military meeting ended here, and the officers came out one after another. Li Mingxun looked at Ma Donglai with a smile and asked, "How do you feel about this ship?"&1t;/p>

"It's very consistent with your identity, yourselves." Ma Donglai said with a smile.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled: "No, I am just living here temporarily. This ship belongs to He Wenxi, the United States' envoy of the full power of trade and diplomacy over Europe. Soon, the free trade class and five armed transport ships of the same level will start trans-ocean trade with Europe."&1t;/p>

"I have only been away for two years and have reached this point. It's really unbelievable." Ma Donglai said with a smile, but he couldn't hide his disappointment in his eyes.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun knew very well why he was like this. Last winter, three armed free trade merchant ships and four 800-ton flute-shaped ships, eight large Yahat ships went to Jincheng, sending 2,000 exiled prisoners and 4,000 Luzon slaves to this secret Chief Executive District, 200 livestock and countless weapons and tools. When Ma Donglai returned from Australia, he saw the earth-shaking changes in Jincheng with his own eyes, but this year, this fleet will go to Europe, which means Australia will not receive similar blood transfusions.&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai didn't know that last year's support to Jincheng was a total loss-making transaction. The purpose was to test the adaptability of the long-sea and unfamiliar routes of free trade-grade armed transport ships. When he went there, the cargo holds and passenger cabins were full. When he came back, except for less than 20,000 taels of gold, only some tropical precious wood was considered valuable.&1t;/p>

"I'm sorry, you, we did not find gold mines in Australia." Ma Donglai said regretfully.&1t;/p>

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "This did not surprise me. God will not always favor us. From the east, there will be gold mines and people."&1t;/p>

Ma Donglai calmed down and opened the map he carried. On the map, the outline of Australia was still incomplete, and the east of the Big 6 was completely vacant. After all, no one knows what it looks like. The north and the west were explored by the Dutch, and the south was attributed to Ma Donglai and his party. His finger pointed at a harbor in the south and said: "We sailed along the Tasman's exploration route and found the Vandi Gate. According to your request, we went straight north. Sure enough, Australia's Big 6 is here. After exploring the surroundings, we chose to climb 6 here. Your Excellency, this bay is called Jinghai Bay, and our settlement is named Longcheng."&1t;/p>

The mapping of maps reached the highest level of this era, but they were still very different from the maps of later generations. Li Mingxun generally knew that Ma Donglai chose the place in later generations of Port Philip, which established settlements in the northernmost part of the harbor, and Melbourne, Australia's second largest city.&1t;/p>

"Jinghai Bay, Dragon City, a good name!" Li Mingxun praised. Although there is no cash mine, it is already very close. It was because of the gold rush that Melbourne was launched in later generations. Because of the new gold rush, San Francisco of the United States was called San Francisco by Chinese people.&1t;/p>

"Don't worry, although you don't have a cash mine, the Senate and I will unswervingly support your colonization work in Australia. I promise you that the Senate will always leave you a seat, and Australia will eventually become one or even multiple first-level executive districts.&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!