Chapter 946: Came to the place of failure

The large Chinese fleet went west, sweeping the stronghold of the red hair fan in the Indian subcontinent. The red hair fan was invincible and had to retreat to Africa.

But they were not reconciled, and in order to restrain the pace of the Chinese marching, they adopted the "private boat" method to attack the Chinese sea lanes.

A privateer is a kind of civilian vessel authorized by the state to have arms, and is used to attack merchant ships (or even warships-if possible) of other countries (mainly enemy countries). Its essence is piracy supported by the state.

The privateers mainly started with the ramblings. The British have always believed that using such armed civilian ships to trouble the enemy is the most effective and cheapest way.

In fact, the governments of many countries later used these licenses as a national tool to strengthen the navy, allowing their country to create a sea force capable of attacking enemy merchant ships out of thin air without increasing its budget.

The Hong Maofan's use of this method to deal with the Chinese has indeed caused a lot of trouble to the Chinese. The Hong Maofan boats looted ships and attacked the coastline, causing considerable losses to the Chinese, causing the Chinese to ship unsuccessfully. They must strengthen their defenses. increase cost.

Nowadays, the territory controlled by the Chinese is too big to be guarded against. The civilian ships are equipped with guns and fight when they see the enemy, or they are accompanied by an **** fleet.

The battleships of the Southeast Fleet are like hunting dogs, searching everywhere, hunting and killing the privateers of Hong Maofan, but Hong Maofan is still very vigorous. Just seeing Hong Maofan chasing and killing the Chinese merchant ship in front of Yan Changwu today has made him faceless. , Can't help but get mad.

How can the Red Hair Fan be rampant, the Southeast Fleet, under the leadership of the fleet commander Hong Xiguan, advances into the Arabian half-birds and captures Aden!

The port is located on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Aden along the southwest coast of Yemen. It chokes the entrance and exit of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It is a transportation hub between Europe, the Red Sea, Asia, and the Pacific. Its geographical location is very important. It is also the largest seaport in Yemen,

At the beginning of the 16th century, the Portuguese invaded Aden.

In 1517, the Turks merged all of Yemen into the Ottoman Empire.

At the beginning of the 17th century, the people's uprising broke out and the Ottoman army was driven away, and then returned.

This place is located at the “end” of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire is not strong enough to control Yemen, but it has considerable influence. In addition, the local powers are intertwined, and the red hairs come to make do with enthusiasm, which is very lively.

The place also has a bit of origin with China. For the people of the Ming Dynasty, there was a beautiful "overseas wonderland" in the far Middle East. The gem trade here flourished to gems everywhere, and the scenery was "beautiful and moving" like a Feng Shui painting. "History of Ming Dynasty" gave it the name "Adan".

During Zheng He's voyages to the West, the ruler of Adan accepted the gift of the Ming emperor and became an invisible and intangible ocean-going vassal state of the Ming Empire. Later, the Ming empire "sea banned" on the grounds that "ocean voyages" labored and hurt the people and wealth, and the Ming Dynasty gradually lost contact with "Adan".

Now that the Chinese are back in Aden, the plan will not go anymore!

The Southeast Army dispatched two thousand marines and three thousand army, and easily captured Aden.

"There is not much production here, the environment is bad!" the young staff officer said.

"But the port here is good!" the senior staff officer said.

The port of Aden on the sea is calm, and ships can pass and berth smoothly throughout the year. Its water area is large and can berth a large number of ships.

In the scorching sun, there is a desert wilderness outside the city, the climate is hot, and the heat rises on the ground, distorting the sight of objects in the distance.

If you look down from a high place, you will find a piece of earth-yellow color with little green of life. In Yemen, it is difficult for humans and animals to drink water. How can there be water to raise trees? There is no shortage of yellow sands, and the vitality of Yemenis is really tenacious!

The city is filled with earthen houses. The people sit lazily on the ground or stand inactive, with a plant leaf in their mouths, which is a bit like grass. They chew and they will feel refreshed after eating.

This is their hobby, which is to chew Carter. Adults, old people, teenagers, men and women, rich and poor all chew Carter every day. It is also called Carter grass or Qiao tea. In the eyes of others, Carter and grass have nothing to do. Different, but in the hearts of Yemenis, that is a rare delicacy.

Every day, after lunch and dinner, people must gather to eat Carter. They are all addicted to eating, and they have long become their "national snacks" as if they have taken drugs.

Chewing grass is a social way, similar to cigarettes, wine, tea or benglang in other countries, where the clan chiefs ask you to eat Carter, which is to give you face.

Of course, the officers and soldiers of the Southeast Army would never dare to touch this kind of grass. The military discipline is strict. Anyone who eats Carter will be expelled from the army once discovered!

The chief of the army is Chen Zhongji, the leader's uncle, and he is also the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, and the third-ranked figure in the army. Although he cannot command and issue orders, there is no question of who wants to ruin his future.

More than soldiers, if civilians find drugs/drugs, compulsory detoxification will be implemented. Well, the expenses will be paid out!

Give money if you have money, and pay through labor if you don’t have money.

It was discovered three times that reform through labor was carried out. The reform through labor in the southeast was frightening. The crime rate in the country was extremely low. Prisons in many places were empty. The crime rate in Daming over the sea was also very low. The local government likes to exile prisoners to the southeast. country……

"Our strategy is to be able to control a sufficiently deep area along the Gulf of Aden to strategically protect the maritime security of the Gulf of Aden. We do not seek to use this as a stronghold and continue to move westward!" Hong Xiguan Announced the leader’s strategy.

"That is to say, what we want is a suzerainty, but we don't want to take too much responsibility. If they provoke us, they will kill them and create a no-man's land!" Hong Xiguan said indifferently.

The Chinese know very well that what they have come to is a place doomed to fail!

The local addicts in Aden sit and watch the Great King Banner at the head of the city. There is grass for everything, and precious water resources are used to grow grass.

"It's not easy to get a foothold here!" The staff members said one after another.

There are as many as hundreds of tribes in Yemen~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There are one, two, three, four, five or six tribes near Aden alone. All tribes want to be big, plus outside forces such as Ottoman Turkey and Arabs. The competition for resources between the tribes has never really stopped. The consumption has been severe for many years, and the enmity between the tribes is deep.

economic?

Plant grass

Growing wheat to survive, even so, where there is a shortage of water, there is a shortage of food.

The source of income depends on the rewards of the ships.

Resources are scarce, and the original few resources are wasted (water species Carter), and government orders are blocked by the tribes, making it difficult to develop.

In this way, the peripheral forces, tribes, Carter grass, water sources, religion... all kinds of reasons are intertwined, so that Chinese who dare to declare "dare to call the sun and the moon change the sky" dare not say anything arrogant, but can only build themselves well. My little family, live with the door behind closed doors in Aden!

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