Chapter 1519 Supply Line
Seeing the familiar eagle flag, the Roman soldiers on the rocky beach were so excited that they couldn't help themselves and shouted.
About an hour later, the Roman army on the shore began to board the ship. Two hours later, all the Roman army boarded the transport ship. Because they were worried that the Qin fleet and the army would take the opportunity to raid, almost all the supplies, including dozens of artillery and a large amount of gunpowder and food, were left behind, and more than a thousand seriously injured people did not have time to bring them.
The Roman fleet left in a hurry.
Not long after, the Qin cavalry team entered this area, and the relevant reports were immediately sent to Gan Ning and Zhou Tai.
After reading the report, Gan Ning laughed and said, "This Roman is really polite! I feel embarrassed to disturb us, so I left so many supplies!"
Zhou Tai nodded with a smile.
Gan Ning called his general Sun Tao and ordered him to lead a 5,000 infantry to push a cart to the Railing Beach to transport all the abandoned supplies of the Romans back.
Zhou Tai called out Sun Tao who was about to leave and asked Gan Ning: "Xingba, the report also said that there are thousands of wounded soldiers abandoned by the Romans on the rocky beach. What do you plan to deal with?"
A ferocious look flashed in Gan Ning's eyes. Zhou Tai couldn't help but be shocked.
Gan Ning said viciously: "It's useless to keep these guys, and they're wasting food! They should have been slaughtered!~~" Zhou Tai was shocked when he heard this. The Qin army's military rules clearly stipulate that no one (excluding the imperial emperor Chen Chu) could kill prisoners without hesitation.
Gan Ning's expression softened immediately, "It's a pity that I can't do it! Killing these wounded soldiers who have completely lost their ability to resist is really a coward!"
Hearing this, Zhou Tai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said to Sun Tao, who was at a loss, "Bring the medical officer and medicinal materials, and transport the wounded soldiers of the Romans here!" "Yes!" Sun Tao responded and withdrew from the tent.
Zhou Tai joked: "Xingba, I didn't expect you to be kind and righteous!"
"Bad! What a storm of kindness! I just feel that killing these people is worthless!"
Zhou Tai asked with a smile: "Are you not afraid of violating military rules?"
Gan Ning was stunned for a moment and smacked her lips, "This, yes, there is still a little!" Zhou Tai laughed. Gan Ning said with dissatisfaction: "Don't be proud! Do you dare to violate the military rules?"
Zhou Tai smiled and said, "Of course I don't dare! I'm afraid no one in our Great Qin Empire dares!"
"That's it! Okay! Don't say all this nonsense! You have to tell Your Majesty the situation here immediately!"
Zhou Tai nodded.
When the wounded Roman soldiers saw the Qin army coming, they couldn't help but despair. They thought they would definitely be brutally killed by the Qin army! No wonder! The strength of the Qin army is easy to give people this impression!
However, the situation that followed was something that the Roman wounded soldiers never dreamed of, and the Qin army's medical officers actually treated and bandaged them. These Roman wounded soldiers couldn't help but feel complicated.
Before nightfall, all the wounded soldiers and supplies abandoned by the Romans were transported back to the naval base.
A few days later, a report about this battle was sent to Chen Chu.
After reading the report, Chen Chu couldn't help but feel regretful and said, "Hey! If there is enough ammunition, Lielunde and the others will be done!" After thinking for a moment, "The Assyrian region is thousands of miles west of the Central Plains, and logistics supply is extremely difficult! The outpost is thousands of miles northwest of Assyrian, hanging alone overseas! If the logistics supply problem cannot be solved, I'm afraid they won't last long!" At this time, Chen Chu was in Linde Hall, and a group of cabinet ministers stood in the hall.
Jia Xu nodded and said, "Your Majesty is extremely worried! If this problem cannot be solved, the outpost will be lost sooner or later! Why not find a way to solve it on the spot!"
Lu Su frowned and said, "Solved on the spot? Food and grass are OK! But ammunition, artillery, and warships are not good!"
Chen Chu nodded, "What Zijing said is the crux of the problem! Food and grass can be collected from local people or cultivated by themselves! But ammunition, artillery, and warships cannot be self-sufficient at all!"
Zhou Yu said: "For the sake of the present, we can only build relevant workshops in Assyria or the Western Regions to provide nearby Western battlefields!"
Everyone nodded.
Chen Chu said: "It seems that this is the only way to do it!~~" He looked up at Lu Su, "Zi Jing, immediately select a group of technicians from the Wuhan Institute of Research, foundry, mine, and iron yard!~~" "Yes!"
"Where do you think it is appropriate to build these workshops?" Chen Chu asked.
Everyone came to the sand table. Jia Xu pointed to the Persian Gulf area and said, "Your Majesty, since Susa and its surrounding areas are currently firmly controlled by us, why not build the shipyard here!"
Chen Chu nodded, "This is a suitable place! Our army has heavy defenses on land, and the river channel is convenient for defending against threats on the water surface! Yes! That's it! Send the selected ship technician here, and at the same time, order Zilong to start building the shipyard immediately!" "Yes!"
Chen Chu looked at the map and thought: "There are abundant iron ore resources in Anxi, and the location here is not far from the Western Regions and is also close to the Assyrian region. The guarding forces are perfect around it. Foundry, and the iron factory can be built here! But where should the gunpowder factory be built?"
Lu Su clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, there is something I'm about to report to you!"
Chen Chu nodded and guessed: "Is it related to gunpowder?"
"Your Majesty is wise! The exploration technicians of the Ministry of Industry's exploration have found a large number of sulfur ores at the junction of Anxi and Western Kushan! As for saltpeter, Anxi has been produced since ancient times, but they use saltpeter for other purposes!" Lu Su reported.
Chen Chu smiled, "Now! Everything is all together! OK! He ordered Zhongda to be responsible for building an iron factory, foundry and gunpowder factory in Anxi! In addition, he would also remind Zhongda that these things are related to the battlefield advantages of our army, so they must be strictly protected! Do not let people take advantage of the opportunity!" "Yes!"
"Your Majesty, there is another problem! The Western Regions, Assyrian and the Central Plains are thousands of miles apart. If the technicians stay there for a long time, they will be afraid~~!" Lu Su said.
Chen Chu nodded, "This is easy! Just like each legion, it is divided into several batches and takes turns to work in the west, each working for one year!" Let me explain here that the First to Eighth Legion of the Qin Army, the Xiongnu Legion, the Xianbei Legion, the Western Region Legion, the Canglang Camp, and the Huxiao Camp were divided into two batches to take turns to garrison at the border. In addition, nearly 300,000 guard troops from Qingzhou, Luoyang, Bingzhou, Jingzhou and Yongzhou were also divided into two batches to take turns to garrison at the border. At present, the Qin army's defense of the border was not only the regular army of the imperial army and the guard troops of these five states, but also the servant army of various vassal states, and the overall strength was very strong, but it was still very difficult to face Ross and Rome at the same time. The Qin army's current strategic focus is in the West, so more than 90% of the military forces of the empire are arranged in the west, and there are only some guard forces in the east and south.
The victory, which was thousands of miles away, was soon spread throughout the country by the official government. Most people were excited and proud of it. However, some self-proclaimed scholars shook their heads and sighed: "Wealthy military and military force! Not a benevolent and righteous king!"
Not long after, a group of scholars jointly wrote a letter to the court, describing the ills and dangers of war, and requesting the court to change its course and follow the example of the sages and sages and lords to govern the world with benevolence and righteousness. At the same time, a fierce debate broke out between the Yingbin Restaurant Expansion School and the Benevolence School in Luoyang, and everyone was accustomed to this, because it was not the first time such a debate.
Chen Chu was reading the memorial while gnawing on the steamed buns. Zhang Rui sat aside and gently shaking the palm-shaped fan for Chen Chu. The naughty ghost Susu was directing Xiao Hui to ride a Trojan horse not far away. It was thanks to her that Xiao Hui looked at the Trojan horse in front of him, which was simply incomparable to her body shape.
Zhang Rui glanced at the memorial in Chen Chu's hand and asked curiously: "Brother, you have been reading this memorial for two quarters of a minute! What is it talking about?"
Chapter completed!