The situation in Boliva City was very similar to that of Sunmartin City at the beginning.
In order to convey Zhu Jingyuan's notice, the Ming Army's bandit suppression force also sent a major general-level military governor there.
The governor was also from the clan, and his name was Zhu Xueqian. He came from the line of Zhu Yuan, the third son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Jin king, and was the same generation as Zhu Jingyuan.
In Xintianfu, not only the governors are members of the clan and relatives, but the proportion of clan members among the Huangzhuang management and military officers is also much higher than elsewhere.
Because this is Xintianfu, the back garden of the royal family.
After the restructuring of the vassal state began, the vassal states in other places established chief envoys to manage Ming immigrants and their descendants.
On the Xintianfu side, the vassal state set up an imperial village to manage the immigrants and descendants of the Ming Dynasty.
Currently, there is no Chief Envoy in the entire Nanyin Continent, as well as to the east of Mihe River in North Yinzhou and south of the Five Great Lakes.
Zhu Xueqian took a few followers and drove through the battlefield in the valley, all the way into the city of Boliva, which is Medellin.
Zhu Xueqian was politely invited into the reception room by Boliva, and like Zhu Jianxuan, he conveyed Zhu Jingyuan's surrender conditions.
Boliva also suffered a loss three years ago, and he is smarter than Martin Sun.
Soon I realized that the Ming officers had once again used strange negotiation logic.
Boliva was more direct than Sun Martin and asked Zhu Xueqian directly:
"According to my understanding, I personally leave as a civilian, and my other companions are going to work as laborers. This is the ultimatum given by Ming Dynasty this time.
"My only choice is to accept or not to accept. If I make any other requests to the general now, Daming will not respond, right?"
Zhu Jingyuan did not answer this kind of question, but asked his own question casually:
"So what's your answer?"
Boliva gritted his teeth, but still tried hard to control his emotions:
"I hope to convey the most basic request to His Highness Prince Dashi...
“My friends and I must at least be able to become free men directly and leave freely without any restrictions.
"If His Highness can accept it, we can all surrender."
Zhu Xueqian seemed a little puzzled and asked:
"Why do you think you are qualified to make demands to His Highness?
"If you didn't have such a strange thinking, you would have taken your friends to the southeast of Brazil as a noble three years ago to live a stable and free life.
"Why do you still hold such unrealistic ideas now?
"All you can do now is accept or reject, so do you want to accept His Highness's conditions?"
According to Zhu Xueqian's understanding of Boliva, what he said would not make Boliva give in, but would probably anger him.
Angry from shame.
Boliva is only twenty-five years old now and has already achieved great results, so he is somewhat young and energetic.
Even though he is almost at the end of his rope, he still has a rather proud and conceited character.
Now being questioned like this by Zhu Xueqian, of course I feel very aggrieved, extremely aggrieved:
“My…my answer is…no!
"I will definitely refuse this condition, and we will fight with you until the end.
“But I also want to issue an ultimatum from the Boliva Kingdom to you, the Ming Dynasty!
“My partners and I want to own an island of more than a thousand square kilometers in the Caribbean Sea.
"I want to become the lord of this island, with the title of Baron of the Shang Kingdom. The Ming Dynasty is not allowed to interfere in the management of the island.
"If your boss, or your Royal Highness, asks you to contact us again, go directly to see the conditions I just proposed.
"If you can't meet our requirements, you don't need to communicate with us anymore."
What Boliva said was of course his inner thoughts, and they were the best conditions he dared to imagine at the moment.
But he also knew that these conditions were almost impossible to meet.
Saying it directly now is a decisive decision.
If you can't get this condition, then continue to fight to the end and die directly on the battlefield.
There will be no more compromises and concessions in the future.
However, according to Boliva's understanding, no matter what he said, as long as he did not fully accept those conditions, these words would not be sent to the top management of Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, these cruel words are mostly meant for myself, as well as those subordinates and friends around me.
As a result, after Zhu Xueqian heard this, he couldn't help but smile:
"Very good, very energetic. I will convey your request in full to His Highness Prince Dashi."
Boliva was immediately stunned:
"Do you really want to convey these words to the Big Food King? Instead of directly telling the Big Food King that I did not accept the conditions?"
Zhu Xueqian said with a smile:
"Of course not. This is your ultimatum after all. I can't hide the announcement..."
Boliva was a little broken:
"Then what did you do three years ago? Why didn't you convey our conditions to your senior officials!"
Zhu Xueqian said naturally:
"This is different. You want to negotiate with us and you issue an ultimatum to Ming. These are completely different things.
“We are not authorized to negotiate with you, but your ultimatum must still be conveyed.
"Just as I am conveying the notice from our Highness to you...
"But whether His Highness will respond and whether he will feel that you are overestimating your capabilities is another matter."
Zhu Xueqian was talking here, and Boliva was emotionally broken over there.
At this time, Boliva's senior and important staff officer, Miranda, who was fifty-eight years old this year, suddenly said very seriously:
“We in the Kingdom of Boliva want to change the content of the ultimatum.
“We don’t ask for an independent special fiefdom, we only ask for our main core personnel to be able to go to Dongyi Kingdom and live a normal life as free people.
"As long as Ming Dynasty can meet this request, we can surrender directly..."
Zhu Xueqian glanced at Miranda, and then looked at Boliva:
"Is this ultimatum going to be changed every day? Who is in charge here?"
Boliva subconsciously wanted to stick to his point of view.
Miranda shouted directly to Boliva:
"Simon, don't be impulsive. Your request cannot be met. What I said is the only possible condition."
Boliva gritted his teeth again, and finally accepted Miranda's suggestion and said the same thing himself.
Zhu Xueqian was a little worried and seemed unhappy and said:
"Okay, I'll go back and convey your ultimatum, but there may not be a response."
Zhu Xueqian drove away with the guards, and Boliva started a discussion with Miranda and other companions.
"I can tell that the other party doesn't want to communicate with us."
"This negotiation... should be said to be a notification. It should be requested by His Highness Prince Dashi."
"Yes, otherwise they wouldn't have come."
"So will Dashi often accept our conditions?"
“Our conditions are really low.
"Just living freely."
Boliva listened for a while, stood up and said loudly:
"Don't worry too much. Medellin is located in a canyon. It is hot and rainy all year round. Ming Dynasty's heavy weapons cannot enter at all.
"No matter how powerful Ming Dynasty is, it can only fight low-level warfare with us here, and can only rely on light infantry to fight.
“The gap between our elite troops and the Ming Dynasty’s troops is not big in this case.
“This is also the key reason why Ming Dynasty once again issued conditions to us.
“Whether Ming agrees or not, we must be ready to fight.
“I have a deeper understanding of Daming’s culture and know where our way out is.
“As long as the Ming army cannot break through the core areas under our control for a long time, the Ming court will raise the price.
"As long as we continue to fight, we still have hope. Persistence is victory!"
Boliva's encouragement inspired the officials, generals, and companions around him to cheer up again and prepare for the battle with expectation.
Zhu Jingyuan also quickly received reports from the two bandit suppression regiments in Xintianfu.
"Martin Sun accepted the conditions, Boliva rejected them.
"Boliva issued an ultimatum to Ming Dynasty. If we cannot satisfy it, we should stop communicating with him.
"Their condition was that he and his subordinates would be completely free to leave."
Zhu Jingyuan was a little hesitant after reading it.
Sun Martin directly accepted the conditions, which was a relatively reasonable result.
The situation in Sun Martin's kingdom is even worse, although it is surrounded by mountains, rainforests, swamps, and highlands.
The high ground is actually quite flat, so attacking from the high ground is not particularly difficult.
As long as Ming Dynasty mobilizes enough tanks and planes to go up, and organizes a large enough charge, they can overcome it.
So Martin Sun has no choice.
What made Zhu Jingyuan hesitate was Polya's so-called ultimatum.
It's just that the main core members can leave freely, which is actually not a high condition.
Moreover, the area is very close to Panama, and ordinary soldiers and people below can be sent directly to dig canals.
But what do you mean by this ultimatum?
A rebel leader who has become a turtle in the urn, directly rejects his own conditions, and then issues an ultimatum to Ming Dynasty?
Can this spoil you?
The Ming officers' understanding was completely correct. The conditions Zhu Jingyuan gave these people were ultimatums, not invitations to negotiate.
Zhu Jingyuan was not even prepared to negotiate with them.
How could you possibly accept their ultimatum-style negotiation?
In particular, Zhu Jingyuan was ready to test new tactics, especially since Sun Martin's side had surrendered.
If Boliva surrenders again, he will have no choice but to go to Beiyinzhou for testing.
Zhu Jingyuan then responded directly to Zhu Xueqian:
"Ignore any ultimatums and start organizing tests of sustained strategic bombing tactics."
After the combat order was issued, Zhu Jingyuan and the troops responsible for executing the mission began to consider how to implement the combat plan.
Medellin is located in a valley in the northern Andes Mountains.
It is surrounded by tropical rainforests with annual rainfall exceeding 2,000 mm and even reaching 3,000 mm.
It rains two thirds of the days every year.
As Boliva said, this is a hot and humid mountainous area, and it is difficult to transport heavy weapons.
That's why he has been on the defensive until now, and he still has some confidence to negotiate.
Even if Ming Dynasty had an aircraft that was considered a foul at this time, it still needed to plan its attack relatively carefully.
In the Nanyinzhou area outside the core area of Xintianfu, transportation mainly relies on sea transportation.
Therefore, it is best to launch the attack in a coastal city or a navigable inland city.
Medellin is only two hundred kilometers away from the coastline of the Great Ocean, and it seems that the combat radius of ordinary bombers can be covered.
But this route is full of tropical rainforests, places with high temperatures and rain all year round.
To enter Medellin from the east, the plane needs to cross the Andes Mountains from east to west, and this area is extremely rugged.
Traveling through high mountains, deep valleys and dense forests in heavy rain is a huge test for current flying technology.
It would be very dangerous if there is a sudden heavy rain while traveling back and forth.
Although it is possible to temporarily climb above the clouds, the height of the clouds is not completely fixed. The fighter jets at this time are not the kind of aircraft that can climb up to 10,000 meters casually, and passing through the clouds in a thunderstorm is inherently dangerous.
Relatively speaking, the terrain in the east and north of Medellin is relatively gentle.
Less than a hundred kilometers east of Medellin is a flat valley area.
Two hundred kilometers to the east is a savanna climate with an annual rainfall of 1,500 millimeters.
Within a range of two hundred kilometers, Ming Dynasty's single-engine fighters and bombers can fully exert their combat capabilities, and they can operate with full or even overload.
Although this is an inland area, the largest river in Colombia, the Magdalena River, passes through this valley, and the natural navigation conditions are very good.
There is a river-sea connection port at the estuary, which allows sea-going ships to dock at the seaport and inland river ships to transport supplies upstream.
Therefore, the combat force chose a small aircraft base in a small town along the river 210 kilometers northeast of Medellin.
This is just a small aircraft. Large aircraft have a longer combat range and can place the base farther away.
Four hundred and sixty kilometers north of Medellin is Calgary (Port of Cartagena) on the Caribbean coast.
The precipitation here has dropped by about 500 millimeters.
Calgary has a relatively mature port and urban area, and is originally the combat supply center in the northern part of Nanyinzhou.
Large transport ships are supplied by sea, and the amount of ammunition is of course very sufficient. The climate is also suitable for storing and maintaining aircraft.
The Ming Dynasty's twin-engine and four-engine bombers can directly bomb Medellin, which is less than 500 kilometers away, starting from here.
There was originally a small-scale simple aviation combat base here.
Ming Dynasty's first strategic bombing base in Nanyinzhou was chosen here.
The next task is to expand the airport as soon as possible, transport and transfer and centralize aircraft.
The aviation industry of the Ming Dynasty and even the world has just started in less than four years.
Before this, there were no facilities like airports in the world.
During the war against bandits in Nanyinzhou, in order to test Zhu Jingyuan's combat plan, some simple airports were built one after another.
Construction time is limited, and it is too late to build a high-standard airport.
Propeller aircraft of this era also have relatively good take-off and landing capabilities.
Far less delicate than the high-precision jet aircraft of later generations.
Small planes can take off and land on dirt roads, gravel roads, and grass.
As long as the land is flattened, it will be considered a runway, and if it is paved with cement or asphalt, it will be considered a high-end runway.
Now we need to extend these runs and expand the scale.
Sheds for rain protection and maintenance were also constructed, and existing buildings were converted into ammunition storage.
All planes from other regions and planes around Xintianfu were transferred there, and even planes were transported from the mainland of Ming Dynasty.
These areas already belong to the northern hemisphere, and May of the Ming Dynasty is already summer.
However, the following June happens to be a time when there is less rainfall in the local summer.
Zhu Jingyuan and the combat troops determined a month's preparation time, and one month later they officially began to try primary strategic bombing.
During this month, Ming's ground troops basically stopped attacking and entered a state of siege.
