1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2264
Among the personnel who participated in the crossing, the number of veterans who had served in combat troops was extremely limited. Although most of them are still serving as senior generals in the Haihan Army, there are still very few candidates who have been stationed overseas to lead troops to fight for a long time. , there are only a dozen or so people in total.

And this situation also made it difficult for these generals stationed abroad to be rotated and adjusted. They often stayed in one place for several years. As a result, these people gradually became warlords on the local side.

However, due to Haihan's strict control over ordnance manufacturing, there is no need to worry that these generals will actively sever relations with Haihan, or even risk treason.After all, most of the weapons, ammunition and military equipment used by their troops still need to be produced by domestic arsenals. Once they are decoupled, it will be difficult to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops for a long time.

Chen Yixin had only graduated from high school when he participated in the time-traveling, and strictly speaking, he was not qualified to lead troops.However, he has been stationed outside Hainan Island to perform military missions since 1628. He participated in almost all large-scale combat operations of Haihan in the area north of the Qiongzhou Strait. So there is no problem with qualifications.

And after Chen Yixin established the base in Zhifu Island, Shandong, he married the daughter of the local landowner Ma Dongqiang, which means he has his own foundation in Fushan County.With the increasing scale of Haihan's business in Fushan County, it is already a bit stretched to rely on the limited local garrison troops to maintain security, and for various reasons, it is difficult for Haihan to send more troops to the local area, so This also left room for Chen Yixin to let the Ma family come forward to form a militia to help maintain social order in Fushan County.

With this reason, Chen Yixin made a report and applied to send someone to Sanya to study military knowledge, which was a matter of course.Although the handling of this matter in the name of the militia is a bit suspected of exceeding the standard treatment, all the expenses in this process are borne by the Ma family, and the Ministry of National Defense does not want to turn a blind eye to Chen Yixin because of such trivial matters. , which allows this operation.

Although the cost of training is quite high, these personnel who have received formal military training from the military will have a great chance of being directly appointed after enlisting in the army, instead of starting as ordinary soldiers at the bottom.For the Ma family behind the fund, such an investment will have a high return, so they paid the money without hesitation.

And the personnel selected by the Ma family are by no means mediocre. Chen Yixin has already checked the qualifications and backgrounds in the local area. After confirming that there are no problems with their qualifications and backgrounds, they are arranged to take a military transportation ship all the way south and arrive after several transfers on the way. Sanya.

Because Chen Yixin has been fighting abroad all year round, and his marriage partner is from the Daming family, he has no contacts in Haihan, so it is difficult to entrust others to take care of these Shandong students who have been sent to Sanya all the way.After they arrived in Sanya by boat, they took the letter of introduction issued by Chen Yixin in the name of the military, and went to the relevant department of the Ministry of National Defense to go through the admission procedures, which went smoothly.In the following year, these students from Shandong stayed at the Luhuitou base and received training in various military subjects.

Although these people were sent to Sanya for training in the name of members of the militia, the Ministry of National Defense also understood Chen Yixin's purpose, so they did not treat them differently in setting the training content. The arrangement was exactly the same as that of other foreign military students. Even the training project of throwing bombs was taught to them.

The group of people from Fushan County were all descendants of the Ma family who were closely related to the Ma family. Among them was a descendant named Ma Hao.The blood relationship between Ma Hao and Ma Dongqiang is very close, they are still Chen Yixin's nephew and descendant, and they usually call Chen Yixin uncle.Although this person was a bit straightforward, Chen Yixin felt that Ma Hao's conditions were naturally suitable for military rations, so he was selected as one of the overseas students.

This Ma Hao's performance in other training items is quite satisfactory, only the projectile throwing is particularly outstanding, he is very good in daily practice, and is known as the "human cannon" among the students.His advantage in bomb throwing is actually greater than Dong Shangyi's advantage in obstacle course.Although the audience was a little surprised by his performance, this result was not surprising to the participating students, and many of them had already acquiesced in the result of Ma Hao winning the first prize in this event.

Sure enough, in the next three rounds of target throwing competition, Ma Hao's performance was still almost perfect. The training thunder thrown in the last round even directly hit the sandbag used as a target on the ground more than ten feet away, which means He finished the second half of the competition with a full score.

Ma Hao won the first place in the stage with undisputed results in the two competitions before and after. In this event, the final result is determined by the average ranking of the two competitions, so he won the championship logically.Others in the same field were convinced by the loss, and they also stepped forward to congratulate him.

Tao Donglai turned his head to Yan Chujie and said, "This guy is not bad, the Ministry of National Defense should take him in!"

Yan Chujie nodded and said: "I also have the same intention. This kind of person is like a mobile artillery on the battlefield, and the combat unit is the place where he should go. However, I have to seek Chen Yixin's opinion on this matter. Because this seems to be from his old man's family."

"You mean where this person came from, so he has to go back?" Tao Donglai thought, "It's okay to arrange for him to go back to the north. Now Jinzhou is also under the command of Chen Yixin, so let him serve in Jinzhou All right."

Haihan has basically emptied the county government in Fushan County, and the Dengzhou garrison will not take the initiative to come to Fushan County to find fault after suffering a few times, so the risk of armed conflict in the local area is actually not great. After completing the training, a person like Hao just returned to Fushan to be a small militia leader, which was a bit of a waste of his talent.

But if the military takes him in, he can be assigned to combat troops in the future and deployed in areas where he can truly display his strengths, and Ma Hao can also rely on his ability to gain promotion opportunities by accumulating military merits, which is a win-win situation the result of.If Chen Yixin was thinking about Ma Hao's future, he probably wouldn't object to such an arrangement.

After the two competitions were over, Yan Chujie announced to take a short break. Because some contestants need to participate in multiple competitions, it is fair to give them a certain rest time to recover their strength.At the same time, the setting of the school field also needs to be adjusted on the spot according to the competition items, which also takes a little time.

However, this gave the audience at the scene a chance to exchange their views so far.Since the knowledge of the hand grenade is almost zero, the vast majority of people do not understand the meaning of the bomb throwing project, and they are just watching the excitement.In contrast, the form of the obstacle course can obviously reflect the combat skill level of the participants more intuitively, and the obstacle setting is clear at a glance, even people who have never been on the battlefield can think of the meaning of these obstacles.

Soon the attention of the scene was attracted by the venue layout of the third event.Several carriages loaded with sandbags stopped at the other end of the school grounds, and the sandbags on the carts were quickly unloaded. Dozens of people piled up these sandbags, and soon they stacked a wall of sandbags as high as one person.

The location of this sandbag wall is about 20 feet away from the stands, and the direction is directly facing the stands. After it was built, a few targets were erected in front of the sandbag wall. It seemed that a shooting competition was going to be held here.

Since it was a military skills competition, shooting events were definitely indispensable, but considering the inconvenience of organizing so many spectators to transfer to a shooting range two miles away, the military simply arranged to build a temporary shooting range on the school ground.

Considering the relatively limited protective range of the sandbag wall built on site, for safety reasons, the military has sealed off all areas within one mile of the shooting direction to avoid accidental injury by stray bullets.

The rules of the competition are very simple, that is, the contestants are divided into two groups, use the same model of standard rifles, shoot ten rounds at a target a hundred paces away, and finally determine the winner based on accuracy statistics.

Considering the experience of watching the battle, the military also prepared a large number of binoculars in advance for the guests to use.Of course, these military binoculars are expensive, and they will not be given to them as gifts. After this competition is over, they will all be taken back.

As for this competition, as long as the forces that purchased and equipped the Haihan muskets paid great attention to it, because it was the most intuitive item that could reflect the combat strength of the muskets.If there are some sharpshooters in the formation, then there will be a chance to assassinate important targets in the opponent's formation at a relatively long distance during the war, so as to disrupt the opponent's deployment and destroy the opponent's command system before the battle begins. The way to change the balance of strength between the two sides.

Of course, such a tactic is not suitable for fighting against the Haihan army, because all allies know that there is a mysterious unit called a sniper in the Haihan army, and the rifles they use are far beyond the surface in terms of range and accuracy. The same kind of weapons that can be bought, this set of tactics was originally tailor-made for them.If you want to use this tactic to compete with more professional Haihan snipers on the battlefield, you will end up asking for your own death.

It took more than half an hour to build the temporary shooting range, during which the guests had time to familiarize themselves with the telescopes they just got.For the vast majority of guests from the private sector, this is a very novel thing, and it takes a little effort to master its use.

Zhang Jinbao has a little advantage in this regard. The research institute affiliated to Jonesy College has also spent a lot of time developing telescopes. Although due to processing technology problems, the civilian version produced is not ideal in terms of performance, but regarding its imaging Zhang Jinbao once heard a detailed explanation of the principle and method of use from his subordinates.Therefore, he could adjust and use the telescope by himself without consulting the soldiers present.

The binoculars used by the distinguished guests from various countries sitting in the middle of the stands are even better. They are binoculars equipped for senior officers of the Haihan Army. This is also a high-end product that cannot be bought anywhere in the market.Only a very small number of allies who have a close relationship with Haihan will get a limited number of binoculars through gifts.

"To be honest, I am very envious of all these strange military technologies that your country has, each of which is enough to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army." Li Yan played with the telescope in his hand fondly, and said to Yan Chujie in an envious tone.

"Your Majesty, it is not enough to have technology alone, but also have enough financial resources." Yan Chujie reminded the other party with a smile: "Like this telescope in your hand, its cost is almost the same as that of a cannon, and it may even be higher. If You are an army commander, with a limited military budget, would you rather spend your money on this little thing, or add a powerful cannon to your troops?"

"This..." Li Yan hesitated when he heard Yan Chujie's question.He is not a military expert, so it is difficult to make the right balance for this multiple choice question immediately.

Li Yan knew that binoculars were very useful for commanders, but he didn't have a clear understanding of how to make full use of the binoculars' functions on the battlefield.The role of artillery on the battlefield is obvious. If the two armies are at war, can a tool that can only be used to observe the enemy's situation really be more useful than an artillery that can kill the enemy?

After thinking about it for a moment, Li Yan had no choice but to ask Yan Chujie again: "Then how does your country's army balance the two?"

Yan Chujie laughed and said, "Our army doesn't need to weigh in. I want all the telescopes and artillery!"

Li Yan also laughed dumbfounded when he heard this, he forgot that Hai Han is not only famous for their ever-victorious army, but also for their wealth.For the Haihan army, which is equipped with a large number of guns and artillery in the army, it is indeed not necessary to make repeated trade-offs for the budget of the telescope. Haihan has enough military funds to equip senior commanders with this tool.

Li Yan only hopes that one day his country can also have the financial resources of Haihan, so that he can have the confidence to say "I want them all". Military spending requires careful calculation.

This made him think of the weapons and equipment display that Haihan will hold after the martial arts competition. Although the items displayed by Haihan may not be sold immediately, there is no doubt that the purpose of this kind of event is to encourage countries to order arms from Haihan.North Korea's current financial situation is very tight, and it is obvious that there is no spare capacity to buy a large amount of arms from Haihan.Not only does North Korea want to accompany them in this martial arts competition, but they will probably have to continue to accompany them in the next arms order meeting.

"This is probably the sorrow of a weak country." Li Yan couldn't help but flash such a thought in his heart.

After coming to Sanya for more than half a year, Li Yan has gradually realized the gap in North Korea's national strength. Although he doesn't want to admit it, he understands that North Korea's national strength can only be classified as a small and weak country in the international arena. .

(End of this chapter)