1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2238
In terms of military strength rankings, North Korea seems to have never been within the scope of powerful countries. Whether it is Japan and the Qing Dynasty, which once invaded North Korea militarily, or Ming and Haihan, which were successively regarded as protective umbrellas by North Korea, these countries are randomly selected. None of its troops are a match for North Korea.

Of course, the rulers of North Korea will not be satisfied with this status quo. They have been trying various methods to strengthen their own military strength for a long time, but they have never been able to get in. Until Haihan said that he could train military personnel for North Korea, And assist North Korea to form a new type of army with stronger combat effectiveness, which gave it a glimmer of hope to change the status quo.

However, the North Koreans are not sure how effective this kind of military aid from Haihan can be. In addition, the cost of sending military personnel to study in Haihan is very expensive. Therefore, the first batch of North Koreans who came to Sanya for training There are only a dozen soldiers.

On the contrary, after Li Yan arrived in Sanya, he learned more about Haihan's training of military personnel for his allies, so he gained more confidence in this mode of operation.After all, there have been many successful examples before North Korea. Since other countries can benefit from this military cooperation model, North Korea can of course use this method to strengthen its own military strength.

Li Yan counted the training days of these officers after they arrived in Sanya. More than half a year has passed. According to the planned study abroad plan, the study time of overseas students in Sanya is limited to one year. Now it seems that there are still about two months left. It's here.What is the effect of the training of Andoroshi in Haihan, and whether the ability has reached or even surpassed the level of trainees from other countries? It really needs an objective standard to measure.

Li Yan was originally very confident in the training effect of this group of people. After all, these people are elites selected from the military. As long as the Haihan people are willing to teach them their true skills, it will definitely improve their abilities. But after listening to An Daoshi's self-report just now, it seems that he is not sure of winning this big contest, which also makes Li Yan have to re-examine his own military strength.

In the multinational military alliance built by Haihan, North Korea is only a latecomer. Before that, military personnel sent by many parties have been trained in Sanya.Veteran allies such as Annan and the Fujian Xu family even send a group of military officers to Sanya for training every year.Compared with these forces, as the first batch of North Korean trainees, An Daoshi and others will inevitably have a relatively large gap in their ability to adapt to the geographical environment and the Haihan military system.

Li Yan, who realized this, gradually understood why An Daoshi's attitude was extremely cautious. North Korea has almost no advantage in this kind of military skill competition. It is not an easy task to defeat other opponents in the school field. The goal.

Thinking that the reward he promised earlier might not be paid out at all, Li Yan couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. If he could figure it out earlier, it would be better to increase the reward just now to make himself look a little more generous.

After An Daoshi left Li Yi's residence, he went straight back to the Army Academy in Luhuitou, first went to cancel the leave, and then informed the school of Li Yan's reply, confirming that the North Korean students would participate in this big contest.

After completing these procedures, he returned to the barracks and informed the other companions of Shizi's decision.These North Korean soldiers had already expected that they would eventually participate in the big contest, so they were not surprised by Li Yi's decision.However, the reward promised by Li Yan also caused a little discussion. After all, for most of them, 500 taels of silver is not a small amount, not to mention the special position of the imperial captain.

Even Andorite, who has always been relatively stable, has become interested in it.It's just that the North Korean soldiers all know how difficult it is to win the first place in the competition, so everyone can only envy the reward given by Li Yan first. As for whether they can get it, no one can. There is a full grasp.

Soon after they started training, they realized the gap between themselves and students from other countries.The Haihan military’s training content for foreign students is roughly the same, and the military system of other countries has long begun to imitate Haihan’s military system. These students have a good understanding of Haihan’s military system and military environment before coming to Sanya. Adaptability is significantly better than North Korean students.

Moreover, the same training content is almost the first contact with North Korean students, but most of the students from other countries have already received relevant training in their own army before coming to Sanya, and the progress in the training process is much faster than that of North Korea. students.

Therefore, from an objective point of view, the North Korean trainees belong to the last group of trainees in the same period. Even though some of them may perform decently in individual training subjects, overall they are indeed different from trainees from other countries. Obvious gap.

They didn't have too much hope for the upcoming big contest, as long as they didn't get beaten, it would be a good result.

Of course, An Daoshi would not dare to take the initiative to report to Li Yan with such thoughts, and he could only encourage his companions to do their best so as not to lose face in front of the crown prince.

In the first issue of "Haihan Times" published in August, it was publicly announced in the name of the Ministry of National Defense that it would hold the [-]th Military Skills Contest for Overseas Students.Although there have been several competitions in the past, they were all operated quietly by the military. Only some invited guests knew the specific arrangements, and it was actually the first time to announce the news on the platform of the official newspaper. Second-rate.

Li Yan has been in Sanya for less than a year, even if he reads the news in the newspaper, he will not notice any difference from previous years.But some interested people noticed this detail, and secretly wondered what the purpose of Haihan's high-profile event this year was.

"Brother Li, this year's big martial arts competition, the military also specially published a report, what do you think is the meaning of it?"

In a certain restaurant in Sanya City, Su Keyi put down the newspaper that smelled like ink, and asked Li Nai a question.A few days ago when he was handing over the goods at the pier, he wanted to ask Li Nai to have dinner, but the other party was busy with business, so it took two or three days before the appointment finally happened.

This newspaper was bought by the door when he came to this restaurant just now. Although there is not much news about this big competition, it occupies a section on the front page, which also shows the official's attitude towards this event. importance.

Su Keyi has been in Sanya for several years. Although due to some objective reasons, the Dutch East India Company has never sent anyone to Sanya to receive military training provided by the Haihan military, Su Keyi has always maintained the military training services provided by Haihan to various countries. He paid close attention to him, and he also roughly knew the situation of the previous big competitions, so he saw this official news in the newspaper, and it immediately attracted his attention.

Li Nai who met today can be regarded as a real Haihan expert, and has a close personal relationship with Haihan's senior management. The internal information he has is definitely more reliable than outside rumors, so Su Keyi also wants to try to find out from Li Nai. See if you can gain something.

In fact, Li Nai just learned about this news from the newspaper. He went to Victory Fort a few days ago, but no one took the initiative to mention the martial arts competition to him.Therefore, he actually didn't have any internal information. Hearing Su Keyi's question, he could only respond helplessly: "Brother Su, I don't know much about this matter. Maybe the Ministry of National Defense feels that it is necessary to expand the scale and influence of this activity." , so I will try to win the public's attention by publishing it in newspapers."

Su Keyi said: "I heard that Brother Li is in charge of the Golden Shield Escort. Every year, many people are trained in the army. Don't you plan to participate in this big competition?"

Li Nai replied: "Brother Su is well informed, but Jin Dun has not been notified by the Ministry of Defense yet, so it is not clear whether he is eligible to participate in this event."

Su Keyi said in surprise: "No way, this Jindun is a cooperative organization run by Furuifeng and Haihan. To Haihan, he can be regarded as half his own son. How could Jindun not be arranged to participate?"

Li Nai said: "Perhaps it is because the relationship is too close that the Ministry of National Defense finds it inconvenient...but it is too early to make a conclusion. After all, this event will not be held in a few days, and maybe the Ministry of National Defense will issue a notice tomorrow. Come here and arrange the Golden Shield in."

As a civilian armed organization affiliated to Ming Dynasty, the Golden Shield Escort actually has a strong background in the Haihan military. Almost all the personnel in charge of command tasks at all levels have served in the Haihan army, and some even served in the Haihan army. After retiring as an officer, he transferred to the Golden Shield.

It is basically normal for Yuan Tao, the treasurer of Zhoushan branch, to be a senior manager of Jindun as a Haihan.The Ministry of National Defense will also from time to time transfer some "insiders" from Jindun to return to Sanya for advanced training.

On the one hand, this kind of training is to improve their military quality, so that the various military skills they have mastered can be upgraded and strengthened. On the other hand, it also provides them with a special social environment, so that they can have the opportunity to send them to Sanya The military officers studying abroad contact and cultivate contacts, creating conditions for the future operation of Golden Shield in related areas.

And Li Nai, as the nominal big boss of Jindun, naturally knew about these situations.However, most of these people who received advanced training were from Haihan. In order to avoid suspicion, he usually would not take the initiative to ask about the specific arrangements for these personnel sent by Jin Dun to Sanya for advanced training.

It is precisely because of the inside information that Li Nai believes that the possibility of the Ministry of National Defense allowing Jin Dun to participate in the competition is not high, because almost all of the people Jin Dun is studying in Sanya are retired and transferred personnel from the Haihan Army, and their strength must be better than most It is actually unfair to other participants to let them participate in the competition.At that time, if the achievements of Jindun's people are outstanding, it may also greatly dampen the enthusiasm of other forces to send military personnel to Haihan to study abroad.

Based on this view, Li Nai felt that no one mentioned this matter to him when he went to Victory Fort that day, so he tacitly agreed that he would not arrange for Golden Shield to participate in this martial arts competition.However, Li Nai can only find out if this is the case, but he will definitely not explain the inside story to Su Keyi, an outsider, too clearly.

Su Keyi said: "If the people from the Golden Shield can't fight, then the trainees from other countries should be greatly relieved."

"Brother Su was joking. I, Golden Shield, are just a civilian bodyguard company, but I'm not that good at competing with soldiers from other countries." How could Li Nai be easily fooled by the other party, and his immediate response was still watertight.

Su Keyi saw that direct inquiries would not work, so he changed the subject: "In Brother Li's opinion, among the soldiers from various countries who are currently training in Sanya, which side will win this competition?"

Li Nai smiled and said, "Brother Su really cares about this matter!"

Su Keyi responded calmly: "Gossiping after drinking, I just want to discuss with Brother Li casually."

Of course, Li Nai understood why Su Keyi paid special attention to this. As the envoy of the Dutch East India Company in Sanya, Su Keyi was also responsible for collecting intelligence information in various fields of Haihan, and military news was naturally indispensable.

In the military alliance built by Haihan, the East India Company is not a member, nor is it qualified to send personnel to participate in the training services provided by Haihan's military. The East India Company has always regarded Haihan as its main competitor in the South China Sea. In addition to paying attention to Haihan's military development, of course, he is also very concerned about the military level of Haihan's allies.This kind of big martial arts competition is just a good way to get a glimpse of the leopard and get some relevant information.

Although it is difficult to deduce the true strength of the faction they belong to by watching the competition of these trainees, this is almost the upper limit of Su Keyi's ability.He does not have the conditions to visit various countries to observe the military training and operation of these forces, and he does not dare to secretly form an intelligence network in Haihan like the Spaniards, so he can only slowly piece together some rough information through fragmented information obtained from various sources. intelligence.

But Su Keyi himself is not a military expert. He knows that his knowledge of this field is limited, and it is difficult to make a correct judgment based on very little information. Therefore, he is more willing to listen to the opinions and opinions of some professionals to support his thinking. .Although Li Nai is not a member of the military, Su Keyi believes that he is also the operator of the Golden Shield, and his knowledge and experience in this field is far better than his own, and his judgment must be more accurate than his own.

As long as the topic of military secrets is not involved, Li Nai can also chat with Su Keyi, and immediately said along the way: "My humble opinion, Brother Su, please give me some advice."

Su Keyi said: "Don't dare to do it, Brother Li, please tell me!"

Li Nai said: "An Nanguo was the first to send people to Haihan for training. The soldiers who were sent to train every year were personally sent by Annan's little prince. , were immediately assigned to various places to take charge of the new army, so it can be seen that during the training in Sanya, they really learned the real skills! So I think that Annan should be the most brilliant side in this competition."

(End of this chapter)