1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1006 Founding Ceremony ([-])
The fixed morning exercise time at the Luhuitou Peninsula Army Base is 10:[-] in the morning, and when the time comes, the soldiers will be awakened from their sleep by the sound of loud bugles.Except for rest days and holidays, the morning exercises at the base are unshakeable. Every morning there is half an hour to four to ten minutes of queue training and physical training. Even if the weather is not good, the drills will be carried out in the barracks.Except for the logistics unit and the personnel on duty, all the personnel stationed in the military region, including the government agencies, have to operate, even the traversers are no exception.

The training content in the morning is generally relatively simple, and the intensity is not too high, just run around the playground, do gymnastics, and queue training.However, recently, due to the requirements of the military parade, all the exercises were changed to queue training, and the duration was increased to one hour.And the morning exercises on April [-]st can be regarded as the last moment of cramming, and it's time to see the truth.

After the exercise, the soldiers assembled and set off after breakfast, and took a special train to the Shengli Port area ten miles away to stand by.The troops participating in the parade this time include all the establishments of the navy and army, with more than a thousand personnel, which can be regarded as the largest military parade in recent years.

Sun Zhen has a big head and a big appetite. Ordinary people can eat two big steamed buns, but he needs to eat four.Because the time for morning exercises shortened the time for breakfast, he had to carry two big steamed buns to eat on the way. When he was about to get off the train, he could barely put the last piece of steamed buns into his mouth.

The railway from Tiandu Industrial Zone to Sanya Port via Shengli Port is mostly truck wagons, and there is no way to mobilize enough passenger wagon wagons to carry troops for a while, so Sun Zhen and his comrades are squatting in the wagons inside.The wagon was probably pulled from coal, and the compartment was full of soot. After getting off the car, everyone hurriedly slapped their bodies clean, and checked their faces to see if there were any marks of soot on their faces, so as not to make a fuss during the military parade. Make a joke.

Sun Zhen stepped onto the platform with his rifle in his hand, saw that Chen Yixin was already calling for the soldiers of the special warfare battalion to assemble, and trotted over quickly.Chen Yixin will also participate in the military parade today, but he is not watching from the stage, but forms a parade with the soldiers.

In order to avoid delays in loading and unloading at the railway station, heavy equipment such as artillery and various vehicles that need to be pulled by animals have already been transported yesterday, so today's train is loaded with infantry. Very quickly, walk towards the port area south of Pier [-] in units of the phalanx to be reviewed.

It is about two miles from the Shengli Port Station to the waiting area for the troops to gather at the port. Thousands of armed troops passed through the city, which naturally immediately attracted the attention of the early risers.By the time this troop marched to the port area, well-informed people had already seen their mission, and the crowd of onlookers suddenly clamored, and immediately burst into warm applause and cheers.

It has been more than a year since Sun Zhen joined the army in Penghu the year before last, but this is the first time he has felt this atmosphere.In the past year or so, there were basically only two places where he stayed, one was a military camp or a military controlled area, and the other was a battlefield.From Penghu to Taiwan, and then from Taiwan to Zhoushan, when Sun Zhen walked out of the military camp, he was almost always performing missions, and had almost no chance to contact the people.And in the few contacts he had, he could clearly feel the people's fear of the Haihan Army—just like the northern refugees who had just arrived in Penghu.

Sun Zhen could understand these people's fear of the unknown. After all, when he first arrived in Penghu, he also felt uneasy when he saw the Haihan soldiers with live ammunition.Sun Zhen had never even dreamed of a situation like ordinary people eating pots of pulp and welcoming people along the road, because in his opinion, it is impossible to achieve such a harmonious relationship between the army and the people.Even if he returned to Sanya with Chen Yixin this time, Sun Zhen didn't think that he could get a different courtesy here.

However, the public's reaction was obviously different from what Sun Zhen expected. Seeing the excited expressions on the faces of the crowd, Sun Zhen realized that the Haihan people's views on the army were obviously very different from those in Daming. The people here He does not regard the army as an object that must be kept at a distance, but truly regards it as his own patron saint and pride.Seeing the people on both sides of the street waving and cheering enthusiastically, Sun Zhen thought of the "military-civilian fish-water situation" that the propaganda officer usually said, which seemed to be reflected a little here in Sanya.

Compared with those distant "frontier" areas on the Haihan territory, Sanya has completely changed its appearance under Haihan's rule for several years. Every expansion is almost the result of the military's expansion of territory.Sanya's transformation from a sparsely populated border area to today's prosperous scene is indeed due to the military.

In addition, among the local people in Sanya, the proportion of military members is really not low.In the early years, Haihan offered a lot of preferential conditions for conscription. In addition to the treatment of one person enlisting in the army and the whole family being naturalized, there are also many benefits such as arranging family work, enrolling in school, etc. In the early days, most of these resources were concentrated in Hainan Island. In the southern region, many military families have been settled in the surrounding areas of Sanya. In addition, as the political and economic center of Haihan, the scale of the garrison has always been large. The east and west sides of Shengli Port are the military bases of the navy and army. , The public's acceptance of soldiers is also quite high.

In addition, in the official publicity published in the Times before, it specially introduced the illustrious military exploits made by the troops under review over the years, and spared no effort to blow it up. This is also a hot topic of discussion among local people recently. one.The public knew that all the ace troops that appeared here today were Haihan's ace troops, so the enthusiasm of the onlookers was very high.Sun Zhen even saw the walls and roofs on both sides of the street, and there were many figures climbing up to watch the excitement, which made him straighten his back again.

Sun Zhen's figure is a typical Shandong man, tall and strong, he is more than one size bigger than his colleagues from the south of Ming Dynasty or even the Indochina Peninsula, and he is particularly eye-catching when walking in the team.Chen Yixin also took a fancy to his figure and asked him to be the standard-bearer of the parade parade of the Special War Battalion.The tall and burly Sun Zhen walked in front of the team holding the military flag, which naturally attracted more attention.

When the paraded troops began to gather in the port area, the senior living areas inside and outside the Victory Fort also began to be lively.Today can be regarded as one of the most important days in the history of Haihan. All the traversers who participated in the celebration attached great importance to this, and they got up early to pack up.Although there is no TV broadcast in this era, it is impossible for the citizens of Haihan Kingdom to witness the grand celebration and the demeanor of the chiefs, but at least there are tens of thousands of people around the venue, and the scene is still big enough.

Since there were more than [-] traversers attending the celebration today, the only dozen or so four-wheeled box-type carriages in the local area had to turn back and forth several times to send all the people there.Fortunately, the distance between Fort Victory and the meeting place is only a few meters away, so it won't delay too long.When the reviewing troops arrived at the waiting area, the first batch of traversers had already boarded the carriage and headed to the venue.Of course, going early doesn’t mean you have to hang out on the beach. A large tent was set up behind the rostrum for the distinguished guests to rest. Before the ceremony, both the host and the guest can rest here. Waiting to be played.

Haihan alone has more than [-] people who need to be protected. This is indeed a big test for the security department.Therefore, from the place where the Victory Port departed to the rostrum of the venue, the military, the police and the Haihan Security Department jointly deployed a security defense line along the way, especially around the rostrum of the venue, there were hundreds of security personnel densely packed outside Three cordons were formed to ensure that no unidentified people would enter the venue and approach the chief.Guests invited to watch the ceremony also need to undergo security checks, and can only bring one unarmed entourage into the viewing area to facilitate monitoring by security personnel.

Due to the special nature of the celebration, the security measures this time are far more stringent than the anniversary celebrations over the years. Even though most organizations are on holiday, the relevant security departments are still operating at full capacity.In particular, He Xi, Hao Wanqing, Ren Liang and others who were in charge of directing and coordinating the security work arrived at the venue ahead of schedule and deployed security measures on the spot.

"To be honest, I wasn't so busy when I was in Guangzhou, but I've been so busy these days!" He Xi sighed and said, "I'd better go to the mainland when I'm done with these few days."

Hao Wanqing smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, you've been slacking off outside these past few years, so it's time for me to go out and rest for a while."

He Xi said sternly: "Speaking of this matter, maybe you really have to go to the mainland next time, it depends on when the executive committee will notify you."

Hao Wanqing thought that He Xi was still joking, so he waved his hands and said, "I'm just talking. If you really go back to the mainland to live, how can you live comfortably in Sanya? Whether you want to be lazy or work, it's up to you Anyway, the executive committee will generally not take the initiative to intervene in the personnel arrangements of the security department."

He Xi shook his head and said: "I'm not joking, I'm serious. Old Hao, you'd better say hello to your family early, see how to arrange it, and bring forward any personal requirements to the executive committee early. I think as long as It’s not an unreasonable request, and in principle the executive committee will agree to it.”

Only then did Hao Wanqing solemnly say: "Then it seems that they want to transfer me to the north?"

He Xi nodded and replied, "It's good that you understand. There's still a meeting after today's dinner, and we'll know the details when the time comes."

Ren Liang listened to every word from the side, and guessed about [-]% to [-]% of it. He smiled and congratulated Hao Wanqing: "It seems that Boss Hao is expected to return home!"

Hao Wanqing waved his hand and said, "Stop joking, what about returning home! No one in this era knows who I am...Let's see how the executive committee arranges it first."

Hao Wanqing joked, but he was still somewhat uneasy.After crossing, he stayed in Sanya, and the farthest place he went was Qiongbei, and he only went there after the local income Haihan ruled.Although he has been in Sanya for the past few years and managed the affairs of the Haihan Security Department in an orderly manner, he has never lived in an area not under Haihan's rule as an intelligence worker.Nowadays, the social conditions and living standards in Sanya are getting closer and closer to the era before time travel. When you go to Daming, you will definitely feel the huge contrast between life and social environment.

Moreover, Hao Wanqing already has a family here in Sanya, and the child has just started to toddle. If he is transferred to other places all of a sudden, he may not be able to return in three to five months or even a year and a half. Without?
"Boss Hao, the public has already started to enter the arena outside, shall we confirm the layout of each viewing area at the end?"

Ren Liang's question pulled Hao Wanqing back from his contemplation, and he quickly responded, "Okay, let's go together!"

This time, the armed security personnel deployed in the exterior ceremony area are mainly military and police. The number of field personnel in the security department is not large, and most of them are assigned to the side of the traversers to join the personal guards. The rest of the personnel are scattered and deployed. The role it can play is relatively limited, so the role of the Ministry of Security in the joint headquarters is mainly to provide information and mediate liaison.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, invited guests from various countries began to enter the venue one after another.These guests are divided into two categories, one is the guests with political status, such as Zheng Zuo, the young prince of Annan, Fan Ji, the general of the Champa Kingdom, Fan Dimen, the governor of the East India Company, etc.; the other is the folks, among them Naturally, it is mainly based on businessmen who are not profitable.

The number of guests in the latter category was several times that of the former, but for Haihan, the main audience for this politically-heavy celebration was the people in power in various countries.The main purpose of the businessmen who came here to watch the ceremony was to take advantage of this opportunity to make more deals, which had limited effect on improving Haihan's political reputation.In addition, the identities of the folks are mixed, and Haihan doesn't want to leave too many hidden dangers in terms of safety, so the two groups of guests will sit separately during the celebration, and the politicians will sit on the rostrum with Haihan's traversers The other hundreds of invited guests sat in the viewing seats on both sides of the rostrum.

With so many guests gathered together, all kinds of social greetings are naturally indispensable. For this reason, the Haihan Ministry of Foreign Affairs also came out with all their strength to participate in the reception work of the venue.In Haihan's seven-year history, this is already the largest foreign affairs event.

Naturally, there are some envoys who dislike each other, such as Annan and Zhancheng who have never dealt with each other, and Zheng Zuo and Fan Ji seem to spark sparks every time they look at each other.In addition, Portugal and the Netherlands, who regard each other as the main competitors in the Far East, will inevitably have some gunpowder when they meet.

(End of this chapter)