American Bridgehead
Chapter 1031:American Bridgehead
With the arrival of a large number of personnel and fleets, the manpower was very rich, of course, the exploration, also began to be a lot of bold, along the coastline, water and land in both directions to explore, and gradually make this a place clear.
This is really a big piece of place, before the exploration of the fleet said nothing wrong, if it is an island, but also a very large island.
Among the fleets that came over, there were geological experts who could judge the probability of the mainland according to the rock formations and other conditions of the entire land, and have found a lot of evidence, even if it is not a land, it is an island that is close to the mainland and has obvious continental characteristics.
Dispersed the fleet, after 20 days of exploration, people are of course powerful, in the joint efforts of the people, finally completed the entire exploration process, accumulated more than 3000 kilometers, this is a single direction, the two directions add up, almost 6000 kilometers, that is, this coastline has more than 6000 kilometers, or did not find the end, this has proved that this is a continent.
Of course, first of all, I would like to determine that the future is slowly exploring, along the way, found some things, such as the existence of suitable as a port, and some of the trajectory of human activities.
Obviously, here is someone, this can also prove a point, but can not fully prove that Hainan, Ryugilah, there are people above, Hokkaido and Jeju Island as well, these islands close to the mainland, even if the natural conditions may not necessarily be good, but can produce communication, some people on the island and have always existed, flourishing.
The language is not clear, certainly can not go to the contact, their people, for the whole continent, or a little less, if you really talk to Zhao Xin, this is a strong civilization of the Indian country, once there is a conflict, the other side of the mainland war, already occupy the advantage.
Quietly into the village, do not shoot, if this is the Americas, they just want to occupy a small position in some less important places, and then, is to build, build their own defense positions, give themselves to cook, and then contact with the Americas, when the time, whether it is attack or defense, you can swim.
20 days, the support of the follow-up base also came, such a huge island, even if it is only an island, must also be paid attention to the Navy, in the forward base has poured out, follow-up supplies also came of course.
At least 500 Spanish galleons, three regiments of regular soldiers, and the arrival of numerous laborers and supplies, they provided a large enough boost to the whole development work, and in the vicinity of their first discovery, a temporary port was built, and once the port was built, the future would serve as an important point of connection.
Determining the material advantages of the Navy, here, the show is to the fullest, it is with sufficient personnel support, with the support of materials, the exploration of the Navy is all going well, and now, everything is beginning to speed up.
The soldiers of the four regiments, in addition to controlling the most important highland, also controlled the surrounding commanding heights, almost controlled the area of about 10 square kilometers, the coastline is almost 4 kilometers or so.
Follow-up personnel arrived, did not build the porous castle, there is no need, the porous castle can be said to be the strongest defensive building in the cold weapons era, but in the era of hot weapons, it is not necessarily enough.
Of course, in this era, only the fixed navy has a fixed navy, and there is no need to worry about the attack of hot weapons, if there is a fixed camp, the porous castle can be built, but there is no need.
The Navy is prepared for the steel building, he has a large capacity, if the concrete structure is poured with the wall, high enough, in addition to the shape is not as prominent as the bastion, the strength of each person can be used, but placed in front of the fixed navy with machine guns and artillery, the effect is similar.
The biggest advantage of steel construction is that it is relatively fast to build, as long as there is enough steel and manpower, it can be completed in a short time, even if there are no walls around, as long as the walls of the first layer are completed, there is enough defense, and then gradually improve.
Under the guard of the field forces, there were at least 400 steel structures, which began to be built in their safe areas, and the first 40 were built, and their positions were more suitable than those highlands, forming a solid line of defense sufficient to wrap them all around.
To this extent, it is a temporary stand-up, but the follow-up construction continues, and with the transmission of news, the first exploration team, the second, the third, there will be a total of 3000 Spanish sailing ships will be mobilized, and the front of these, will also return, from the follow-up base to obtain materials, a steady stream of delivery to here.
At the time of the Navy’s forward base, while the construction of the American continent is going crazy, a special relay is underway in the Pacific Ocean.
A ship, if from one end of the Pacific to another, this cost too much, a long period of high-speed sailing, for everyone is also very great pressure, in some key information, but can not slow down, so choose similar to the land above the eight hundred rushing way.
However, slightly different, change the ship, things do not change, at the same time, will copy and spread, this news needs to be sent to the entire exploration fleet most of the base, with such a relay method, but also fast enough.
In general, the shearing ship can guarantee a speed of more than 18 knots, so that the speed per hour is about 32 kilometers per hour, 10 hours a day, that is, 320 kilometers, if you strengthen a little, 16 hours, is close to 500 kilometers.
The danger of the night is not suitable for high-speed navigation, but if you choose a reasonable position and choose 500 kilometers as a basis, so that more than 10,000 kilometers may be delivered in less than 30 days.
In fact, the fastest speed, previously set, with 20 ships relay, in less than 20 days, arrived at cull island, sent key information.
The discovery of the suspected Americas, or a huge island very close to the Americas, this is definitely not a small thing, and Zhao Xin has always been concerned about, has been paying attention to the news, must be the first time, sent to Zhao Xin.
It also used this method, and even for the sake of insurance, two sets of fleets were used, and it was a day away.
On the road all went well, under the premise of crazy relay, a total of 23 days, sent to cull island, and from cunnuckia, it is much more convenient, itself has a steam train pass, this one is the highest level of the package, of course, all the way to the green light into the palace.
Zhao Xin received the package in the first time, and after seeing the things on the package, he was suddenly happy.
Although it is still suspected in the story, but Zhao Xin has basically been able to determine, here should be the Aleutian Peninsula, because in the American continent, close to this side of the Pacific Ocean, there is not so a huge island, more than 1 million square kilometers, certainly mainland, can not be an island, the whole of North America, there is no such large island.
In order to explore the Americas, Zhao Xin paid a lot, in recent years forced the implementation of the exploration of the Americas, how much manpower and material resources, caused by how much dispute, these together, 2 years of hard exploration, finally gained a rich report, which for Zhao Xin, is also very gratifying.
Next, the channel will be determined, at the same time, to send a large number of troops, for security, some American crops, also need to get back, once these things get back, for the Navy, there is a direct benefit.
I don't know if it's planted in the north of the Americas, if it comes directly from the north of the Americas, without exploring it to the south, it will save a lot of things.
In history, the description of the Indians, because under the extinction of the Western colonists, has been found, the Indians are distributed there, what is planted, this, Zhao Xin knows not much, good, with contact, after all the North American continent can be untied, can find the answer.
Although, according to the Floating Fleet, it is not clear whether this is an island or a land, whether it is the real discovery of the Americas, and it is necessary to wait until it is determined before the reward is made.
However, for Zhao Xin, he now needs to award these lucky people who have worked hard for the channel, even if they do not play a vital role, but this leader and the first mover must ensure that this is not too much.
For the time being, Zhao Xin has no fanfare, one is more than ten thousand miles away, for most people, in the world, in the cognition, there are some deviations, in their view, how much profit there is.
Of course, if Zhao Xin focuses on the gold and silver, the gold and silver of the Americas, but the whole world, from the beginning of the discovery of navigation, the world's silver gradually increased, a large amount of gold and silver by the trade deficit, to China, which is also after the Ming Dynasty, silver has become the source of the general equivalent, otherwise, the whole of China's silver is not much, can not act as this.
The Navy now implements the fixed sea currency, which will gradually be converted into paper money in the future, which reduces the demand for gold and silver, in addition to the general equivalent, other uses are relatively small, perhaps in the future with others will be used, but in the present, the role is not large.
The role of the Americas, the plants of the Americas, the three high-yielding crops, rubber, tobacco, and a lot of those vegetation and cash crops in the primeval forests of South America, is the real lasting thing, unlike gold and silver, whose value is suddenly burst out, rather than lasting.
There is a historical evidence that Portugal, Spain, in the Americas to obtain a lot of gold and silver, but these gold and silver, have been replaced by luxury, replaced by things, two countries live a long period of happy life, but then, there is not enough foundation and strength, once the strength is exhausted, that is a chicken feather, perhaps later, you can eat a series of old books, just eat the same old book.
Just like the later decline of the Netherlands, clinging to Indonesia, Spain also controls the Philippines, one hit by the United States, one by Japan, are torn off the mask, become weak and unbearable, before still in the world a little influence, after, are marginalized.
Zhao Xin, who came from the afterlife, is very clear that compared with the gold and silver obtained directly, only these high-value cash crops are the real foundation, and once the cultivation in China is successful, in a fairly long historical period, China will no longer have to worry about food, and the population can break out in accordance with this step now.
Unlike foreign countries, from ancient times to the present, it is many sons and blessings, even if there is no ruling of the navy, there is no set of various welfare states of the navy, but the speed of population inflation will be very fast, in general, the world is slightly flat, there is a hundred or two hundred years without war, the population will naturally recover.
This is what is said in the Three Kingdoms, the world's general momentum must be divided for a long time, because the land merger and the relationship between the war dynastic changes, China's population has been between 10 million and 50 million, from Qin Han to the Tang Dynasty, after all, because of the increase of various technical means, the increase of land area, to the Song Dynasty reached the peak, more than 100 million people.
If there is no great turmoil, this population of more than 100 million is already the limit of the population that can be accommodated on the whole of China.
However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the emergence of high-yield crops from the Americas, and forced cultivation in the Qing Dynasty, which had the basis of the population explosion, and China's population stabilized.
If there are such three high-yield crops in the Americas, we can reverse the state of the whole of China, so that the Navy can not worry about food in a short time.,
In the process of promoting the development of the Navy, the population occupies a very important position, Zhao Xin, who came from the future of 1.3 billion, feels that the current population of more than 100 million is nothing at all, land annexation, food crisis, at least not in existence for the time being, in the reasonable development of land, and under the premise of scientific cultivation, food production has more than doubled, this is not much problem, from this above, before the fixed naval population expansion 4 times, do not worry about food problems.
The Navy has enough time to wait for the population to grow, and now it has developed, and then it has considered the problem of food, and now it has discovered the three high-yield crops of the Americas, North America, which is only a matter of time, in finding three major products, and then successfully cultivating in the designated navy, and then large-scale cultivation, popularized in 3-5 years, and then after promoting, let the grain products of the fixed navy be multiplied, and then for a considerable period of time, do not worry about the contradiction between population growth and food.
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