1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2150
At the celebration banquet, not everyone was all smiles at this victory. It was difficult for a Japanese officer like Takahashi Minami to show excitement.During the war, he commanded the troops almost perfectly to complete various combat tasks, and played a vital role in the capture of Hirado by the coalition forces.However, leading the army to return to the homeland, completely destroying a prosperous port city, and taking away all the innocent people involved in it, it is impossible for him to be completely calm about this.

Takahashi Nan can only remind himself repeatedly, to forget who he used to be, and to go to Japan is his mission and task as a general of Haihan, and all of this is to make Haihan stronger - Haihan is himself now and future hometowns.

Of course, even though he could convince himself in principle, people are not grass and trees, and they are ruthless. Even if Gao Qiaonan is an iron-blooded soldier, he will still have some special feelings about this action deep in his heart.It is difficult for him to show sincere happiness like others, and the only person who can really empathize with his emotions is probably Shiro Amakusa who also served in the Special Operations Regiment.

Counting the reconnaissance operations before the war, Shiro Amakusa has traveled to Hirado twice, and he is probably the person who stayed in Hirado for the longest time during this operation, so he also has the deepest feeling for the difference in the local situation before and after the outbreak of the war. .

"Other places will be burned if they burn, but I heard that many of those temples were built hundreds of years ago. It's a pity to just burn them down like this." Amakusa Shiro sat beside Takahashi Minami, drinking mulled wine Talk about your feelings.

Takahashi Nan said: "Even the local monks have been arrested this time, why keep the temple? It says not to leave a blade of grass, so of course they will all be burned! I heard that the dead prisoners of war were disposed of a few days ago. I let these monks do it, collect the corpse and save a dragon, so it just makes them come in handy."

Takahashi Nan himself is not a Buddhist believer, so he is quite open about these things. Although the temples with a history of hundreds of years are gone, at least the lives of the monks have been saved, and they have not been abused. This can be done in times of war. The degree is already considered good.And he is very clear about the purpose of kidnapping people from the local area. When these monks are in Hirado, they can recite sutras and worship Buddha in peace, and enjoy the incense money offered by believers, but they will not have such a leisurely life when they arrive in Haihan. You have to work to support yourself, and collecting the bodies of prisoners of war is just the beginning.

Amakusa Shiro said: "You are right. People make the best use of their talents and things. If people are gone, it's useless to keep things. It's just a fire!"

Having said that, the expression on Amakusa Shiro's face did not become lighter because of this.He and Takahashi Nan are both natives of Kyushu. Although they have been naturalized in Haihan for many years, they still feel complicated when they lead the army back to the local area to carry out destructive operations.On the one hand, I lament the backwardness of the local area compared to Haihan, and on the other hand, I am very glad that I can become a naturalized Haihan, otherwise, I may still be just a wandering samurai wandering in Kyushu today.

Takahashi Minami picked up the wine glass and touched Amakusa Shiro: "Now we are Haihan soldiers, and this order is to serve the Haihan Kingdom. Don't forget this at any time! Remember it!"

The higher the position of Gao Qiaonan, the greater the power, the more he knows the principle of Haihan high-level appointment of naturalized officials. The first choice is the local people in Hainan Island, including Han, Li, and Miao, followed by Immigrants from Ming Dynasty, and then immigrants from neighboring countries such as Japan, Annan, North Korea, Ryukyu, and Champa.

Experiences like his and Amakusa Shiro's only benefited from Haihan's severe lack of military personnel in the early days, so they had the opportunity to escape from the prisoner-of-war camp, step by step relying on life and death on the battlefield in exchange for military merits, and slowly climbed to today's level. position today.However, Haihan's army now has a relatively complete personnel training system, and it is unlikely that there will be a situation where people are selected from prisoners of war.

For example, among the thousands of prisoners of war captured from Hirado this time, only a very small number of craftsmen who had mastered military technology and had a clean background received amnesty, while none of the combatants were spared, and all of them were sent to hard labor.There may be some talents among them, but in the current environment, it is impossible to get the chance to change their destiny.

Although no one dares to make irresponsible remarks on Gao Qiaonan's ethnicity, he himself knows that his status is hard-won, so he is always vigilant not to lose his way.Of course, in the depths of his heart, his benefactor Qian Tiandun is still the number one choice for allegiance, not the executive committee, but this kind of selfishness must not be humane to the outside world, otherwise not only will he be unlucky, but he may also attract money for Qian Tiandun. big trouble.

The attention and support given by the executive committee is naturally an indispensable condition for the Special Operations Group to develop from a hundred or so people at the beginning to the current establishment. However, as a sharp knife of the Haihan Army, the Special Operations Group cannot It is really hard work not to be stationed overseas all year round because of outstanding military strength, and to deploy defenses on a large scale every one to two years or even shorter.

In addition to the purpose of performing combat missions, Takahashi Minami also understands that the Executive Committee does not allow the Special Forces to stay in one place because of security considerations.If such an ace unit with outstanding combat effectiveness has been stationed in a certain place for a long time, forming a local separatist regime, or even a more serious situation, it will be very troublesome to eliminate its influence, and the Executive Committee does not want to This is a test of how high Qian Tiandun's loyalty can be.Therefore, in terms of national security, letting the special forces change their garrison locations from time to time can indeed avoid a lot of trouble.

The two of them didn't chat for a few words, and the officers who came to offer a toast lined up in a long line, and the two had to stop talking first, and deal with the "siege" of their colleagues.Although this time the celebration banquet failed to buy much good wine from the local area, it was only for ordinary soldiers. Among the supplies brought by the fleet, there were still some good things specially provided by officers, such as wine from Haihan. "Sanya special brew".Although the amount is not much, it is enough for the officers to fight fiercely at the wine table.

On the second day of the celebration banquet, another batch of Haihan sailboats rushed to Seogwipo to undertake the transportation of materials and personnel.Both Yu Chengli and Gonzalez were notified and asked them to arrange as soon as possible to send their supplies to the port for loading. After that, these ships will go south to Zhoushan with the East China Sea Fleet.Although this time was more than ten days later than Haihan Army's earliest promise, but considering that it was fulfilled in the end, they couldn't complain about it anymore.

"Yin Changxing, the fleet will leave Seogwipo for Zhoushan in the next two days. Have you made a decision?" Yu Chengli specially called Yin Changxing to confirm his attitude in person.

Yin Changxing has made a lot of money from fishing business in the past few days, and he has a clearer understanding of Haihan's financial resources, and he is more and more looking forward to the prospect of going to Haihan Country to make a lot of money.And these days, he has already discussed with his family that he will first go to Haihan Country to fight for a few years. If conditions permit, he can successfully naturalize in Haihan Country, and then slowly take over his family to enjoy the blessings.

"Boss Yu, the villain has already made a decision and can leave at any time." Yin Changxing replied respectfully: "I hope Boss Yu will take care of you from now on!"

"It's easy to talk about. By the way, your monk friend who works in the immigration camp, can he go?" Yu Chengli thought of Monk Xiu Nian, so he asked.

"Let's go. If he doesn't go, he can't stay in Xiguipu as a monk. After all, he has to change to another place to live." Yin Changxing quickly agreed on behalf of Xiu Nian.

In fact, Xiu Nian received the notification a little earlier than Yin Changxing. He received the news directly from the logistics officer He Wenguang.The reason why He Wenguang took the initiative to inform him is also very simple. During this time, Xiu Nian has done a good job in his post. The remaining Japanese in the local area will eventually be sent to Zhoushan for resettlement. He will definitely not be released back to Japan. So if Xiu Nian doesn't plan to stay in Seogwipo, perhaps going to Zhoushan is the best way out.In this way, he can at least continue to do his current job, assisting the official resettlement of these Japanese.

Xiu Nian knew that she had no other choice, so naturally she could only accept such an arrangement calmly.However, if he is still engaged in management work that is similar to the current one after he goes to Zhoushan, then his status as a monk will inevitably be a bit embarrassing.Perhaps my own status as a monk should come to an end here.

Two days later, the East China Sea Fleet completed its rest and headed south, accompanied by more than 20 merchant ships that came here to bring back the spoils.Most of the various materials seized in Hirado this time needed to be sold for a discount, so they were first shipped to Zhoushan, which had better trading conditions, so as to find buyers in the local market.

However, because the ships sent to Seogwipo from several other colonial areas and military bases were earlier, the prisoners of war with the lowest labor cost had already been divided up, leaving only ordinary refugees with less than 1000 people left in Zhoushan.

Shi Diwen has no complaints about this. He knows that his family can never take up all the good things. Selling the booty and cashing in the job itself is very lucrative.In the end, 800 people were able to go back, even if the quality was poor, it was better than nothing.

"Master Xiu Nian, look at these warships of the Haihan Kingdom... so... so powerful!" Yin Changxing stood on the bow, looking at the Haihan warships on the surrounding sea, his voice trembled with excitement.

It was the first time for Yin Changxing to board a sailboat of Shanghai Han, even if it was just a civilian ship, it was a brand new experience for him.And the East China Sea Fleet surrounding the surrounding sea made him temporarily forget the anxiety of parting from his hometown.When he went fishing a few days ago, he had also seen these Haihan warships docked near Seogwipo Port from a distance, but compared with the dynamic scene in front of him, the visual impact was still very different.

In contrast, Xiu Nian, who was pulled from Hirado to Seogwipo by the Haihan troop transport ship before this, was much calmer. He witnessed the tragic scene of the Haihan fleet bombarding Hirado Port in Hirado, and experienced countless times. The chaos of thousands of people being escorted to board the ship, and seeing the formation of the East China Sea Fleet at this time, is actually quite a bit calm.

"Maybe in a year or so, it will no longer be Haihan Country, but our country." Xiu Nian calmly put forward a bold hypothesis.

Yin Changxing's eyes sparkled when he heard this: "Is it really possible? I heard from Boss Yu that it is not easy to become a naturalized Haihan. Some people have been in Haihan for several years but have not been naturalized!"

For Yin Changxing, he does not have a strong sense of belonging to his nationality. In the past hundreds of years, Jeju Island has belonged to several regimes such as Tamna, Goryeo, Yuan, and Joseon. The people of China live in a relatively closed environment, and the concept of nationality is actually not very strong.But if he could become a citizen of a powerful country like Haihan, then Yin Changxing would certainly be happy.

In fact, the situation of Xiunian is also similar. At this time, Japan has just ended the Warring States Period, and local autonomy and separatist regimes are very common. feel.When the Hirado Domain was attacked by Haihan, the Hizen Kingdom did not organize any form of rescue. In this comparison, the powerful Haihan is naturally more attractive.

But for them, what they can feel at present is only Haihan's military strength, and they can't imagine the real strength of this country for the time being.But this does not prevent them from looking forward to a bright future. For example, after becoming a Haihan citizen, they will be able to get the protection of this armed fleet.

The voyage from Seogwipo, Jeju Island to Zhoushan Dinghai Port is about [-] miles. Since there are dozens of civilian ships in the fleet, the speed has also slowed down a lot. It took five days to enter Zhoushan Islands waters.

Zhoushan had already received the telegram notification before this, so the relevant departments specially prepared a rather grand ceremony at Dinghai Port to welcome the triumphant return of the East China Sea Fleet.On the one hand, it is to make the soldiers of the East China Sea Fleet look good, and on the other hand, it is to open the eyes of these new immigrants who have just arrived in Zhoushan.

Sure enough, the sound of gongs, drums and firecrackers on the pier caused refugees to rush onto the deck to watch.Some even cheered in the crowd after being told that this was their final stop.

Seeing such a scene, Yin Changxing naturally couldn't hide his excitement: "Master Xiu Nian, it seems that the people here also welcome our arrival!"

"They are welcoming the Haihan Army, sober up!" Xiu Nian couldn't laugh or cry at Yin Changxing's self-indulgence, so she had to wake him up.

Yin Changxing grinned and said, "It doesn't matter, we are now with the Haihan army! They welcome the Haihan army, and they are welcoming us!"

Xiu Nian thought about it, this seems to make sense, and immediately nodded in agreement, feeling that her obsession is still a bit heavier, but Yin Changxing is not as open-minded as Yin Changxing.

(End of this chapter)