1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1072
Before the policeman who dealt with the brawl decided whether to go to a doctor to treat these unlucky ghosts who had been beaten, another group of people came to the restaurant.This team is all soldiers in gray uniforms, but different from Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin's outfits, the armed belts on their bodies are striking white instead of the original color of cowhide of ordinary soldiers.Among the many arms of Haihan, the white armed belt symbolizes the gendarmerie, a privileged department in the army that specializes in maintaining military discipline, and its law enforcement targets are Haihan soldiers.

The leader of the gendarmerie called the policeman who was handling the case to the side and whispered a few words, and then came to Sun and Wang and said, "The gendarmerie will take over this matter, you two should go back with me first!"

Sun Zhen and Wang Jinmin looked at each other, instead of letting out a sigh of relief, they both smiled helplessly.If the case were handled by the police, it would be an ordinary public security case at best, and the police would have nothing to do with the active soldiers, most likely they would have to make minor matters into minor matters, and finally let them go, at most they would pay a few dollars up.But now that the gendarmerie has intervened, after being taken back, they may not be reprimanded, but will probably be dealt with by military law. It is reasonable for two people to fight outside, but at least they cannot escape the confinement.

Sun and Wang fought this fight with the strength of alcohol just now, and when they saw the gendarmes appearing, they woke up from the alcohol, and they didn't dare to do it again, so they got up and followed the gendarmes to leave the restaurant.Sun Zhen walked to the door and remembered something, talked to the military police, returned to the store, took out all the circulation coupons on his body, counted more than 30 yuan, and patted them on the counter together: "These money are in the compensation store. If the loss is not enough, I will make up for it another day!"

The two followed the gendarmerie back to the camp, and recorded a statement about what happened at the gendarmerie department. Before they could sign and sign the deposit, their chiefs arrived.A company commander came from the cavalry battalion, and Gao Qiaonan from the special warfare battalion came in person—Wang Jinmin was just an ordinary soldier, but Sun Zhen was already an officer with status. Special warfare battalions are very rare, and Takahashi Minami had to ask them personally.

After Gao Qiaonan asked the ins and outs of the matter, he couldn't help scolding the two of them: "You two are drinking and drinking silly? You like to stand up for others so much, where do you put military discipline and state law? You are both veterans who have been in the army for two years, or He was born in the Special War Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion, but as an elite in the army, he still doesn't know what to do, how decent is he!"

The two big men from Shandong were more than a head taller than Gao Qiaonan, but at this time they were so scolded that they couldn't hold their heads up. Although they fought against injustice out of good intentions, in retrospect, it was indeed because of the strength of alcohol. Impulse, in normal times, this kind of thing should not develop to the point of doing it.Being caught by the gendarmerie will indeed damage the reputation of their unit, and this is much more important than their personal gains and losses.

After Takahashi Nanyi reprimanded them, seeing that both of them bowed their heads and did not dare to retaliate, he was relieved a little, and then pointed out bitterly: "If you want to deal with the bad guys outside, then you should find the right time to do it. This restaurant is a crowded place, how can you get out after the two of you make trouble? Also, when you go out to eat and drink, don't wear this military uniform, others will know your identities at a glance."

The gendarme standing next to him changed his face slightly and coughed twice.Gao Qiao glanced at the gendarmes from the south side, and continued to educate the two of them: "You have to admit your mistakes, and you have to stand at attention when you are beaten. Since you have committed a crime, you will be punished according to military discipline. Do whatever you want. Do you have anything to say?"

Only then did Sun Zhen respond: "Since the two lowly employees have done something wrong, they should be punished. It's just that those foreign businessmen who acted recklessly in Dinghai Port and disturbed the law and order should also be punished."

Takahashi Nan said: "This is not something you should be in charge of. Other departments will come forward to deal with it. You two should reflect on it and don't make this kind of mistake again in the future!"

Gao Qiaonan is considered a high-ranking military officer on Zhoushan Island. Since he came forward in person, it is not easy for the gendarmerie to punish the two of them too severely. Considering that no one was injured in this incident Innocent people, the attitude of the two of them after the mistake was fairly correct, and in the end they were only fined for three days of confinement and half a month of military pay.

But the matter did not end there. The police station in charge of handling the case found some problems with the other party.These businessmen from Dongying have been staying in Zhoushan Island for three months to half a year, but the police have not found their transaction records in the commodity exchange in Zhoushan. If the small probability of missing relevant records is excluded, Then there is a problem with the reason why these people stay in Zhoushan, because businessmen who come here across the sea will not waste their time here, as long as they purchase Haihan’s products and ship them back to China for resale, they are basically profitable businesses. .

Zhoushan Island is currently under military control, so if there is any trouble, the situation will be reported to the Ministry of Security. This situation is naturally included in the list. After the police station finds any suspicious points, it will report it immediately, and then the Ministry of Security will intervene in the investigation and find out soon. The reason.The purpose of these Dongying people coming to Zhoushan is not pure. They are not businessmen in the traditional sense, but spies from the Goto Islands off the west coast of Kyushu, Japan, who work for the local armed organizations.

"Five Islands? Isn't that the base camp of Japanese pirates?" Tom Wang couldn't help answering after hearing the situation report from Hao Wanqing at the regular weekly meeting.

"That's right, to put it simply, they are Japanese pirates." Hao Wanqing nodded in affirmation of Wang Tom's statement: "If their account is true, then we can be sure of one thing, that is, the Japanese pirates over the sea have already set their sights on us. place."

"Is there any saying about the Five Islands?" Harukon asked curiously.He is rooted in the stables wholeheartedly, and he doesn't know much about the outside world, especially the overseas situation.

"This place is a long story..." Hao Wanqing had to spend a little more saliva to introduce the general situation of the Wudao Islands to everyone present.

Goto Islands is an archipelago composed of more than 1548 islands off the west coast of Kyushu, Japan. Among them, Fukue, Kuga, Naru, Wakamatsu, and Chudori are the largest in area, hence the name Goto Islands.This place is about [-] nautical miles away from Zhoushan Island. As early as the middle of the [-]th century, it became a paradise for pirates. At that time, because the Ming Dynasty tightened the sea ban, Zhejiang Governor Zhu Wan led an army to sweep Liuheng Island in [-] and destroyed the most prosperous East China Sea. In Shuangyu Port, the largest trading port in the East China Sea, Wang Zhi, the leader of the pirate armed forces who controlled the maritime trade in the East China Sea, led his troops across the sea to the east to occupy the waters of the Five Islands in order to avoid the attack of the Ming court, and proclaimed himself the "King of Hui". He is called "Five Peak Ship King" in the classics.

At that time, Wang Zhi also tried to use his influence in the East China Sea in exchange for the opportunity of the Ming court to recruit security, and went ashore to accept the canonization of the court. He committed it over and over again, so he was finally rejected by the Ming court.

Jurisprudentially speaking, there is nothing wrong with the decision of the Ming court. For the crimes Wang Zhi committed before, he could be sentenced to several times even if he was sentenced to beheading, and he was finally deceived by Zhejiang Governor Hu Zongxian in the name of recruiting security in 1559. Hangzhou was executed.But if the rulers at that time had changed their thinking and controlled Wang Zhi’s forces, then the Wudao Islands might have become the territory of Ming Dynasty long ago, and might even become an important springboard for Ming to set foot in the Japanese archipelago.

Similar situations are completely different in the contemporary Western colonial countries. At that time, Queen Elizabeth I of the United Kingdom ordered the pirate leader Drake to rob the Spanish ships in order to control the southern waterway of South America between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. and colonies, and supported him on his round-the-world voyage.When Drake returned to London, the Queen personally boarded the ship to condolences and awarded him the title of knight, and later made him the deputy commander of the British fleet, and made a big splash in the battle between the British navy and the Spanish Armada in 1588.The strait channel at the southern tip of South America in later generations was named the Drake Passage.

If the monarchs of Western countries at the same time encountered Wang Zhi's situation, most of them would first satisfy his request and incorporate this overseas enclave into their own territory. It is one thing whether Wang Zhi should be killed or not. But the right to control the land must be brought under the control of the state.But it is a pity that the deep-rooted mainland culture and physiocratism made the rulers at that time only satisfied with the existing ruling area, and could not see the long-term strategic significance of this kind of overseas island. The fat slipped away.

As soon as Wang Zhi died, the local armed organizations naturally changed their flags and gradually evolved into a Japanese pirate organization dominated by Japanese militants.Before Haihan entered the Zhoushan Islands, the Japanese pirate armed forces in the Wudao Islands also had regular trade relations with the Zhoushan Ship Gang, and they accumulated a lot of goods and money in Zhoushan.Of course, after the Haihan army captured Zhoushan, all these goods were included in the Haihan treasury as spoils of war.For the Japanese pirates four hundred nautical miles away, it was too late when they learned the news of Zhoushan's change of ownership, and they could only bear the huge loss abruptly.

Haihan is not unaware of this matter, but at that time, there were too many supplies and money delivered on Zhoushan Island, so how could they slowly distinguish the owners, except for a few consignors who had greeted Haihan in advance through the local government, the rest Basically confiscated as spoils of war.It is reasonable for the Japanese pirates over there to hold grudges against Hai Han because of economic losses, but probably due to their limited strength, they have not turned against Hai Han in the open this year.

"Speaking of which, if there were one or two sensible people in the court of the Ming Dynasty, the five islands should have belonged to the Ming Dynasty?" After listening to Hao Wanqing's ins and outs, Harugong roughly understood the in-between. The doorway.

"This kind of historical opportunity can be met but not sought. It is a pity that Da Ming missed this opportunity." Tom Wang shook his head and sighed.As a professional in the nautical field, he naturally knows how rare this opportunity to expand the sea is.In this era of great voyages, Western colonial countries are desperately enclosing land everywhere, but the Ming Dynasty, which itself has a huge body, has no awareness of expanding its territory and controlling sea power. This kind of narrow strategic vision is indeed greatly backward. affected the country's development process.

"Even if Da Ming occupies that place, he may not be able to do anything." Qian Tiandun's opinion is completely different from the others. He doesn't care much about the fact that Da Ming didn't seize the opportunity to take the Five Islands into his pocket. Pity.

"For an overseas enclave like this, Daming definitely wouldn't bother to engage in colonial development. At most, it would be like Natuna Island, appointing an indigenous government, and then let it go. If you think the Ming army can follow along If the Five Islands touched the mainland of Japan and wiped out the little devils in the Edo Shogunate era, then I think you are really thinking too much." Qian Tiandun made a very disdainful evaluation.

"Old Qian's words are really mean!" Hao Wanqing smiled and shook his head and said, "If Wang Zhi had been recruited back then, and Ming people controlled the local area, we might be able to get a share of it now."

"Why should we divide it up? There is no Ming government in that place, so we can take it down as a whole without fear. Isn't that better?" Shi Diwen is also a typical careerist. people share.

"The topic is getting too far, let's get back to business!" Tom Wang reminded: "The Japanese pirates sent spies to Zhoushan Island to monitor our movements. Are they planning to make us our enemies?"

Hao Wanqing said: "Are you going to be our enemy? In fact, these few spies don't know the intentions of the high-level figures, but since they have sent people to Zhoushan to inquire about information, it is enough to see that the other party is quite afraid of us. Long-term surveillance to collect our information. If we had made a mess in Zhoushan, maybe they would have come here to grab the territory."

"But we are now preparing to go north to Shandong, and we can't spare to deal with them for the time being." Tom Wang replied.

Compared with the destination on the north coast of the Jiaodong Peninsula, the Wudao Islands are actually closer to Zhoushan, so this can be regarded as a potential threat that cannot be ignored, but its importance is definitely not as important as Haihan’s already formulated plan to go north .The plan that has been prepared for a long time cannot be stopped just because of the innocuous confessions of a few Japanese pirate spies, but at the same time, we must also guard against the Japanese pirates in the East China Sea to attack Zhoushan.

Shi Diwen said: "Let me take care of the arduous task of defending Zhoushan! You can go north without worry. If the Japanese pirates really dare to come, I will teach them a lesson for you."

Although this sudden incident also attracted the attention of Haihan's high-level staff stationed in Zhoushan, it did not cause much follow-up effect.After the Dongying people were taken into custody by the police, they were quickly taken away by the security department, and then disappeared without a trace, as if these people had never appeared on Zhoushan Island.

(End of this chapter)