【174】 Retreat(1/2)
Because he brought the answer from Huaxia Town: How many people are there, how many people are released, just 10,000, how can we get out of it?... It’s not enough to squeeze through your teeth. (Of course, the last sentence was shouted by Zhang Yuehu, the leader of the horse bandits.
)!
With Wen Siping as the needle, Boli suddenly had a backbone in his heart. He withdrew the governor's order with great efficiency and clearly told the more than 10,000 elites: OK, you love ZiaDiZaDi, how many people have turned over the Denali?
Our state government no longer cares about the mountains, but if something happens, don’t bother us with your tears!
Seeing that the state government represented by Governor Khabarovsk had surrendered, these elites dispersed in triumph. As for the reminder in the revocation statement, they scoffed and completely ignored it.
What danger can there be? Isn't it the 5,000-strong escort team of Schmidt Company? With so many of us passing there together, with tens of thousands of eyes staring at us, do they still dare to make trouble unreasonably and do anything? Even if they dare, our security soldiers
Not vegetarian either!
After Christmas in 1891, these elites began to load boxes of supplies and equipment onto carriages, and walked out of the north gate of Anchorage in groups, heading towards the Denali Mountains...
After entering January 1892, these elites moved faster and faster. A large number of fully loaded carriages set off every day. In less than ten days, eight of the more than 10,000 elites hoarded in Anchorage had left.
, nine thousand! The crowded and chaotic Anchorage seems to have returned to its previous calm state.
Pulitzer Morgan sat in the carriage, wrapped in thick fur, frowning, sipping his cigar, thinking secretly in his heart.
After leaving Anchorage, it means that the laws of the United States have basically expired. Next, we have to cross the Denali Mountains. Everything depends on fists, feet and strength! These are the things that the Morgan Group's spies have learned from in the past six months.
It was compiled from countless intelligence reports sent back from Alaska!
Even though Pulitzer was overweight and unattractive, he was a leader of the Morgan family. This time, the family attached great importance to the mineral resources in Alaska, so they sent Pulitzer from New York to Anchorage to take charge.
All things Morgan family in Alaska.
Pulitzer was transferred from the bustling Big Apple City to the desolate and extremely cold Northland. It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel uncomfortable at all, but he kept in mind J.P. Morgan's words before departure: "Don't underestimate Schmidt.
, be sure to treat him like a man-eating tiger!"
A man-eating tiger? Pulitzer snorted in his nose and blew out a smoke ring: He is still a tiger, and will eventually be killed by hunters and put on the celebration table!
Although he strategically despises the enemy, Pulitzer did not make any careless preparations before setting off. As the strongest elite, he understood that a lion should fight a rabbit with all his strength. He should not give his opponent any chance to counterattack!
This is the main reason why he has been in the shopping mall for more than ten years and has won more than lost.
This time Pulitzer brought 566 able-bodied professional miners and 127 managers of various types. The trump card he relied on most was the 400 veterans who had just retired from the U.S. Army and were now called "security guards."
They all have blood on their hands, are equipped with weapons second only to those of the active military, and receive high employment salaries. Their morale is extremely high. It can be said that their combat effectiveness is almost as good as that of the U.S. Army.
Although Pulitzer did not understand military affairs, after reviewing these security team members, he was full of confidence that they would win against Schmidt's escort.
Five thousand people? Just five thousand people. I heard that most of them are yellow people? Ignorant yellow-skinned monkeys, do they know how to shoot? Do they know how to fight?
Pulitzer, with his inherent prejudice, dismissed the Huaxia Town Guards described in the intelligence!
Pulitzer met the family representatives who came to Alaska to negotiate with Schmidt in advance. He was very dissatisfied with the contract signed by these representatives: locals must be used for employees? Locals must be used for infrastructure? Do not disturb the people... Daily necessities
Also buy from locals?
Although these representatives gave high-sounding reasons, saying that shipping costs were too high, that hiring aborigines could help them find employment and reduce labor costs, and that purchasing small items from aborigines could appease their resistance, etc., Pulitzer did not give a damn.
Don’t buy it: Why are shipping costs so high? That’s because Schmidt controls the aborigines. He has blocked Northern Alaska and has not opened the port! It will cost less to hire aborigines, but do they have professional mining technology?
Does he have the knowledge to operate machinery?
Will they wholeheartedly consider the interests of the Morgan consortium? What if they are lazy and go on strike? As for the resistance, it is even more ridiculous. The reason why these ignorant and backward aborigines have their tails raised in the sky is not because of Schmidt
Special escort is behind
Do you support your head and back? As long as your own security forces overwhelm the escorts, these aboriginals will be rounded if they want to be rounded, flattened if they want to be flattened, and there is still a ghost of resistance? Humph, it's the same old saying,
Everything is based on strength, whoever has the biggest fist has the final say!
With this idea in mind, Pulitzer contacted large and small plutocrats, including the Rockefeller Group. It can be said that, except for Carnegie, all the remaining mining contractors were included in the net!
Pulitzer proposed that after everyone crosses the Denali Mountains and enters the mining area, they must first occupy the mining area and drive away all the escort personnel. The mining area is the foundation, and this must be in the palm of your hand!
Secondly, don't be polite to the indigenous people, seize every opportunity to anger the indigenous people, create contradictions and conflicts, and observe the reaction of the escort. If the escort is weak and gives in, then these protected indigenous people will inevitably tend to their side. If
The Guards are very tough, so let's fight them and let them know that you don't have to hold a gun to become a warrior! No matter what the situation is, it can greatly damage the prestige of the Guards and make their local reputation
Control is greatly reduced.
Finally, after suppressing the convoy, we must take advantage of road construction and infrastructure construction to control the docks in Northern Alaska. With the docks, a large number of ships can sail into Northern Alaska. In that case, a large number of
Materials and a large number of manpower can be continuously supplied
If we add more land, this will be equivalent to knocking a gap in the "turtle shell" of Northern Alaska. When the situation reverses, it will not be up to Schmidt to make the decision, and we can also unite and demand that the contract be re-signed and the mining areas be re-divided.
Re-survey unknown areas!
By following these three steps, we can firmly control the rich northern Alaska!
Pulitzer's "three-step" proposal has been unanimously recognized by large and small plutocrats: Didn't the previous survey results say that Alaska contains more than just gold mines! With so many of us and such a powerful force, we can
Why should we open mines while still giving Schmidt 30% of the profits? The wealth underground in Alaska should all belong to us!
These predators have red eyes and are passionate, completely forgetting that Alaska's 99-year mineral development rights legally belong to Schmidt Mining Company! Thirty percent of the income is already a very reasonable distribution result. Perhaps
, these predators think that if they unite, they can completely ignore the law, trample on the law, and tear up the law!
Pulitzer completed this alliance, and then tens of thousands of people poured into Anchorage. It was ridiculous that the new governor did not know what he could do and issued a gubernatorial order. He limited the number of people entering and exiting every day and wanted to divide himself up, but in the end
...haven’t you just compromised obediently?
Pulitzer finished smoking his cigar and threw it out of the carriage. He asked the driver, "Has there been any news from the front?"
There is only one road from Anchorage to the Denali Mountains. Therefore, although the governor's order has been revoked, the number of people who can pass through the Denali Mountains every day is still limited to about a thousand people.
Lee's battle plan is very different.
The Morgan consortium's team set out on the sixth day. There were the Rockefeller family and some impatient small-scale chaebols in front of them, and Pulitzer was a little worried. Those who went first should not be rounded up by Schmidt's escort!
Although this possibility is very small, the cautious Pulitzer would not exclude it from his thinking.
"Mr. Morgan, there is no special news, everything is normal." The coachman and confidant chuckled and replied: "I heard that several mining areas closest to the mountains have been taken over! It went very smoothly, without any conflicts.
occur!"
"oh!"
Pulitzer retracted his head. He took out a cigar again from his pocket. He always felt that something was wrong: Schmidt's escort did not resist us taking over the mining area at all?
"Hahaha, well done! These Americans never dreamed that we would just give up the mining area to them!"
In a base village eighty kilometers south of Guangming Village, Long Bo laughed. Around him, a group of core members of the Dragon Scale Party were seated.
Schmidt, Wang Botao, Long Ganruo, Xie Zhi, Liu Keyang... are all listed.
Chen Bahu, deputy commander of the Navy, then said: "Yes, they came here in a fierce manner just because they wanted to fight with our Dragon Scale Army! This is a good move, hitting the empty space with one punch, I'm afraid they will be even more infuriated."
The monk is confused!"
The bald thunder dragon snorted dissatisfied: "Old Chen, are you insinuating something with your nonsense remarks?"
"Uh, hahaha..."
The people in the room were stunned, and after taking a look at the shiny head of the Brontosaurus that could reflect light, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Schmidt laughed the least loudly. When the laughter stopped, he said with some dissatisfaction: "I still can't figure out why the mining area was lost like this? They also pulled out all the equipment installed inside. It took these few days.
God, how much gold will be lost! Besides,
There are several gold mines in those mining areas that belong to us. Why should we give them to those people in vain? Is it because the intelligence said that they have more than 3,000 retired soldiers with guns? Xie Zhi, Lao Lei is not here, could it be the guards?
Is the team afraid of those foreign devils?"
A Westerner with dark eyes, a high nose, and brown hair kept saying "foreign devils" in Chinese. This scene was very funny, and everyone present couldn't help but cover their mouths and started laughing again.
After laughing for a while, Xie Zhi replied: "Schmidt, the combat effectiveness of the escort has definitely not declined. I can guarantee you this! The decision to retreat without resistance and give up the frontline mining area was made by Long Bo. You
If you have any opinions, please ask him! Well, actually, I am personally very confused about this decision."
Not only Xie Zhi, Schmidt, but everyone else present also turned their inquiring eyes to Long Bo.
It is the bounden duty of soldiers to obey orders, but they also need a reasonable explanation afterwards.
"I know you are dissatisfied, and a bunch of people are just thinking about fighting, right?"
Long Bo had a smile on his face and snorted: "You don't even think about it. These Americans who came here are ostensibly mining in accordance with the contract. If we don't consider anything, we will directly fight with them head-on...
...Yes, we can definitely win, but have you guys considered how big the loss will be?"
Long Bo's eyes swept across the people in the room, including Zhou Zhou who had just interrupted. When these people came into contact with Long Bo's eyes, they all lowered their heads involuntarily.
Long Bo is in charge of Huaxia Town for the young master, and his prestige is not generally high.
This is why once the order to retreat was given, the two supreme commanders, Lei Long and Xie Zhi, carried it out without hesitation.
"I have called you to this meeting today just to answer your doubts and unify everyone's thoughts!"
Long Bo withdrew his sharp eyes and said: "The Longlin Party upholds the principles of fairness, justice, and openness. I will let you know that the Executive Yuan made this decision of 'retreat without resistance' for sufficient reasons.
of!"
Next, Long Bo stated his reasons.
"When it comes to fighting, you think it's very simple. Just risk your life to kill the enemy, right? Your soldiers work very hard. They train every day, until their backs are covered with sweat, and they often collapse. You are eager to win the battle to prove it.
Yourselves, especially when the enemy is those blond and blue-eyed foreigners, you will be more motivated to fight, right? But you
To be continued...