Valley Emperor

On the pier of Ceylon Island, Dong Liqun stood on the deck of the first-class cabin, watching the Arctic Ocean, which was also slowly entering the port, thinking that if the time was not so rush, he would not have to take this passenger ship with only more than 4,000 tons. Instead, you can take the 10,000-ton passenger ship in the transoceanic flight of the Pacific Shipping Company.

When contemporary Datang people go overseas, especially when they sail across oceans, they are usually the first 10,000-ton passenger ships.

Rich people travel in second-class and first-class cabins, while ordinary people travel in third-class cabins. Even though the price of the ticket is much more expensive than that of ordinary passenger ships, the travel comfort is much better.

If you take a 10,000-ton passenger ship, as long as you don't encounter too much wind and waves, there will be basically no big bumps, not to mention that the hardware facilities of the multi-million-ton passenger ship are also relatively good, and there are many entertainment facilities.

And more importantly, security.

Sailing in the sea, the safety of 10,000-ton passenger ships is much stronger than those of small passenger ships of several thousand tons.

However, the number of 10,000-ton luxury passenger ships is still relatively small. Pacific Shipping Company, the most powerful place in this field, currently only has 90,000-ton luxury passenger ships, and not all of them are on global routes.

In addition to the luxury passenger ships of more than 10,000 tons from other shipping companies, the total number is only about 20, so there are often such flights of 10,000-ton passenger ships after a period of time.

If the time is not coincidental, we will not be able to take these 10,000-ton passenger ships, but only ordinary passenger ships of several thousand tons.

At present, in the ocean shipping industry of the Datang Empire, the number of passenger ships between 2,000 tons and 5,000 tons, especially those between 3,000 tons and 4,000 tons, is the largest.

Especially in the local coastal routes, that is, the routes including the mainland of East Asia, Beihai Province, Nanyang provinces and other routes, the main passenger ships are still these several thousand-ton passenger ships.

At the same time, there are also many on the Indian Ocean route and even the Atlantic Ocean route.

And there are more freighters of several thousand tons, and some of them are also freighters that carry passengers and cargo.

There are many ocean-going ships in Datang all over the world. From the mainland, no matter where you want to go, most of them can find the corresponding ships.

Dong Liqun was short on time, so he chose a passenger ship that departed recently, but this passenger ship was bound for South Africa. After passing through Ceylon Island, Dong Liqun would change boats.

The next day, Dong Liqun took a vote of his officials and directly transferred to a passenger ship bound for the Red Sea. This passenger ship was not a passenger ship dedicated to the Red Sea route.

Because there are more passengers in the local area, the shipping company will not specially issue a high-speed passenger ship route for the Red Sea area. This passenger ship is actually a troop carrier funded and hired by the military.

With the establishment of the Red Sea Affairs Yamen, in order to establish effective local control, especially to prevent the natives from other places from entering the area controlled by Datang, Datang also needed to garrison a certain number of troops there.

Although a mixed regiment was dispatched in the early stage, it was still too small to rely on a mixed regiment of more than 3,000 people. According to the army's estimates, in order to completely control the Red Sea area, at least about 10,000 troops must be maintained in the early stage.

Otherwise, it's really impossible to arrange it.

For example, the Basra area on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf is a strategic throat area, with the Persian Safi Dynasty to the east, the Ottomans to the north, and the West Asian Peninsula to the west There are many indigenous peoples, no matter how such a place is, it must be garrisoned a group.

Then there is the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula. The border line near the Ottoman region also needs to be patrolled. It is estimated that thousands of people must be guarded in this place to prevent the Ottomans or other indigenous people from brainstorming.

Then there is the lower Nile plain area with Cairo as the core, where a certain amount of troops must be garrisoned, because this will be the core area for the empire's immigration to the Red Sea region.

After all, only here has a relatively broad arable plain, and other places are just sand except for sand.

Finally, there is the most critical canal area. Heavy troops must be stationed in the predetermined canal area. In the future, a large number of indigenous laborers will be concentrated here to dig the canal. The number of these indigenous people refers to the construction of the Panama Canal, at least 100,000.

So many indigenous laborers are naturally a hidden danger, and the military will definitely send a certain number of troops to garrison to avoid potential riots.

In addition, there are more or less garrisoned troops in other places.

The plan made by the army for this is that the initial garrison in the Red Sea area will require at least one division, and if there is no division, at least tens of thousands of troops will be required.

Therefore, during this time, the military has been continuously increasing its troops in the Red Sea area.

It's just that considering that a large-scale war is unlikely to break out locally, the threat of war is even lower than in India, so all the second-line troops dispatched in the past.

This time, it was an infantry regiment of the 53rd Division who went to the Red Sea region with Dong Liqun and the others, and other units of the 53rd Division would also go.

According to the Army's plan, the 53rd Division will be stationed in the entire Red Sea region in the future, while also taking into account the defense of East Africa.

After the fleet left Ceylon Island, it headed straight for the Red Sea. In addition to four passenger ships full of soldiers and officials, there were also six mixed passenger and cargo ships, carrying a large amount of equipment and supplies. The side also dispatched a small fleet to escort.

However, the Indian Ocean can be regarded as the inland sea of ​​the Datang Navy, so the **** is more symbolic, only one cruiser and one frigate are escorted.

The fleet went all the way north, and soon entered the Red Sea, and finally docked at the port of Suez.

After Dong Liqun arrived in the city with a group of officials accompanying him, he officially announced his appointment.

Due to transportation reasons, the seat of the Red Sea Affairs Yamen is not located in Cairo, the traditional administrative center of Egypt, but in Suez, a coastal city on the Red Sea.

After all, Datang has no foundation in Cairo. Before, there was not even an office in the local area. In Suez City, Datang already had a consulate here~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After all, this place It was the main port for the trade between Datang and the Ottoman Empire before, so Datang still has a certain basis in Suez City, at least the office facilities are relatively complete.

At the same time, the entire Red Sea is now a no-man's land. The once bustling and prosperous city of Cairo is now deserted...

The former natives have been packed away by the Ottomans, leaving only an empty city.

But the people of the Tang Dynasty have never had a good impression of the indigenous city, and never moved directly into the indigenous city. Demolition and reconstruction of the area.

Therefore, the city of Cairo, which is very important to the indigenous people, has no value at all for the Tang Dynasty.

And more importantly, it is actually a traffic factor. The port of Suez can contact Datang mainland by ship. If it is located in Cairo or a city along the Mediterranean Sea, it will have to travel around the land.

However, the current Suez is also different from the previous Suez. The previous Suez City had already been turned into ruins during the war, and the ruined place was not very big. The Tang people simply burned it down and then rebuilt it. .

Of course, at present, only military camps and official office buildings are simply set up. Other urban buildings are still under planning and will be built slowly in the future.

Datang has rich experience in building new cities in overseas territories.

When Dong Liqun and the others started working, the first fleet full of immigrants also officially arrived at Suez Port!

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