1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2267
For the East India Company, Hai Han and Mata Ram were both competitors, but one was far across the ocean and the other was close at hand, so naturally the threat was greater nearby.What's more, it has only been a few years since the last time the two sides fought each other to the death. The newly built walls of Batavia City are always reminding the Dutch that they must not relax their vigilance against Matalan.

Because the Haihan army did not directly fight in this martial arts competition, Su Keyi's attention was mainly on the soldiers of Mata Languo.However, judging from their performance, these people can only be regarded as mediocre, and there is nothing that Su Keyi feels afraid of.

But Su Keyi also heard that some time ago, a group of military officers from Mata Ram had returned to China after studying, and perhaps after a while, another batch of overseas students from Mata Lam would arrive in Sanya.If this goes on and on, there will eventually be a few powerful figures appearing at some point in the future, who will become the rivals of the East India Company.

Of course, Su Keyi would also like to try to terminate the military cooperation between Mataram and Haihan, but this is not easy.The East India Company was always on guard against Haihan, and the military cooperation between Haihan and Matalam was obviously not only for the purpose of selling arms to make money, but also for the purpose of containing the East India Company. How could he change course easily.

These two are not the only ones who are in this mutually restraining relationship. Annan and Champa are also rivals who have always had border conflicts.However, because these two countries are Haihan's allies, under Haihan's mediation, the superficial peace is barely maintained.But as long as it is an occasion where it is possible to distinguish between the superior and inferior, the two families will definitely not give in to each other, and they must compete for it.

For example, in this kind of martial arts competition, the goal of the weaker Champa is not to win the competition, but to try to defeat Annan in each individual event.But so far, the Champa Army's efforts are obviously not enough to make up for the gap in strength. In the few projects that have ended, let alone defeating the Annan Army, even narrowing the gap to a level where they can compete with each other is very difficult. difficulty.

Champa Ambassador Luo Keen was naturally very dissatisfied with this performance. At the banquet the day before yesterday, he had an argument with Zheng Zuo about who had a better development prospect between Saigon and Vung Tau, holding his breath and wanted to use it in the competition Zheng Zuo is slapped in the face by his grades, but it seems that this wish is too difficult to realize, and it is impossible to use this to ridicule Zheng Zuo.

The top performers completed the stages one after another and returned to the school field. Zhancheng was temporarily ranked last. Rocken's face was blackened on the spot, and he thought that if he only got such a result in the end, then I can do it. After returning to China, the trainees should not report to the army, but go to work as coolies to earn back the training fee for this year.

Just complaining in my heart, of course, it is impossible to change the situation on the court.Such strong teams as Xu Jiajun and Annanjun are not easily disturbed by the outside world. When the second round is completed, these two teams are still far ahead.

At this time, the gap between the two teams and the other teams has obviously widened. After their third battalion personnel left the school field, the second battalion team of other teams returned to the school field to hand over one after another.

Although Xu Jiajun is still leading, the gap with Annan's army is not too big.Fortunately, the routes of each team are different. The third clubs of the two teams went their separate ways after leaving the school field, so there was no need to worry about interfering with each other during the game.

But Li Yan, who was worried, found that his team's ranking had dropped again, and by the time the third bat left the school field, he had already ranked eighth.He can only sigh inwardly for his lack of strength, and it is really difficult to take advantage of this kind of project by relying on luck alone.

And Daoshi, who was waiting to play on the school field, was much more optimistic than Li Yan.He has also been observing the changes in the rankings of each team, the difference is that he has a certain understanding of the strength of each team in this event, and will not be like a layman like Li Yan who can only watch the fun.

An Daoshi believes that Xu Jiajun was able to maintain the lead in the first half. A very important reason is that they ranked Dong Shangyi, who is good at cross-country marching, in the first bat. He won a relatively large time advantage for Xu Jiajun in the first stage. .

The Annan army also adopted a similar tactic, but they let Li Hai, who is good at cross-country marching, be ranked second, actively avoiding the most powerful first bat of Xu's army, and it was a bit like Tian Ji's horse racing.

And the strongest player in the North Korean team is An Daoshi, who will play in the last baton. Although judging from the current situation, the North Korean team has fallen behind most teams, but in fact, the gap from the third to the last is not the same. It's not big, it's just between brothers.If the current situation can be stabilized, An Daoshi is also confident that he can catch up a few more places in the last stage.

When the third round completed the schedule and returned to the school field, the North Korean team rose one place from the previous round and took the seventh shot, but it was farther away from the top two of the gods fighting, and basically lost the possibility of catching up with them .

After receiving the starting order, An Daoshi immediately went to get the map data of his stage and the compass used to distinguish the direction.He needs to rely on these two tools to find the first target.

The information attached to the map is the azimuth and distance of the first destination, but the route needs to be chosen by him on the way.The orienteering race is held in the Luhuitou Base, where there are various terrains and buildings used for military training, and some routes may even need to pass through densely packed barracks.

The map looks like a straight line from the starting point to the destination, but in fact, there are many places that need to be detoured on the way, which means that the direction must be constantly adjusted during the journey, which is a nightmare for people who do not have a good sense of orientation. .If you get the direction wrong, you will naturally not be able to find the exact check-in point.

Therefore, even those who start first may be overtaken by those who come later because they have to stop and correct their direction on the way.Of course, those with a strong sense of orientation and rich experience will constantly fine-tune their orientation on the way, which can save a lot of time for repositioning.

Andaoshi belongs to this type of person. He has accumulated a wealth of field travel experience in his hunting career before joining the army. He doesn't even need to be equipped with a tool such as a compass. He can determine where he is just by his natural judgment. bearing and direction of travel.

After An Daoshi saw the information on the map, he quickly calculated the location of the first destination, and then trotted off.The morning project involved a lot of physical exertion, but fortunately, the interval was long enough, and he has basically recovered to his best condition.

The 20 kg rifle plus the backpack is really heavy. Fortunately, in addition to the straps on the shoulders, Haihan's military backpack has two upper and lower fixing straps on the chest and abdomen, which firmly fix the backpack on the body, making it easy to run. Will shake too much.The rifle body is slender, and it is inconvenient to run if it is carried on the body, so he chose to hold it horizontally with both hands, holding the handle in one hand and the body in the other, so that the rifle in his hand would not affect the body when running. To the balance of the body, can run faster and more stable.

This feeling is no stranger to An Daoshi. When he was tracking wild boars in the forest with a steel fork, he ran non-stop like this.As long as he keeps his pace and breathing rhythm, he can even run for more than 20 miles in the mountains and forests in one breath.

An Daoshi galloped through the passage between the two rows of barracks, turning a blind eye to the eyes of the nearby Haihan soldiers.Normally, he would not dare to run around in the camp like this. Apart from preventing chaos, another reason is that there are many places in the Luhuitou base where foreign military students are not allowed to enter or exit. Expelled from Sanya.

But today is a special situation, he can finally run freely in the base without worrying about violating a certain military regulation.Of course, he didn't get carried away. The area that this route passed was almost completely unfamiliar to him. He had to ensure that his attention was highly concentrated and that his route did not deviate from the target.

After passing through this barracks, there is a rather large horse farm next to it. A wooden fence as tall as a person circles about tens of acres of land on this pasture. Dozens of war horses are leisurely enjoying the sunshine and fresh air in the middle. forage.

It goes without saying that these war horses belong to the Haihan Cavalry Battalion.However, this army is not well-known to the outside world. Even An Daoshi did not see them dispatch a large-scale cavalry unit when he fought with Gao Qiaonan in North Korea.

The cavalry battalion has always been in an awkward position in the Haihan army. First of all, there are not many horse farms suitable for grazing in the area ruled by Haihan, and it is quite inconvenient to engage in large-scale horse breeding.Secondly, Haihan's ruling areas are scattered overseas, and the combat areas are often far away from the mainland, requiring the use of a large number of ships to project troops by sea.Transporting people is troublesome, let alone transporting horses. It is simply a big trouble for the shipping department to deploy an established cavalry unit thousands of miles away by sea.

After Harugong, who was in charge of commanding the cavalry, went to Shandong to fight a battle in 1634, he suggested that the Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense abandon the route of forming a large-scale cavalry, and delegate the command and station to various overseas colonial areas. Hainan Island is mainly responsible for training cavalry and breeding horses, so as to ensure the actual combat effectiveness of cavalry troops.

Otherwise, transporting the war horses over thousands of miles before each battle will not only delay the time, but also affect the effectiveness of the battle. The cost of transportation will even be greater than the combat mission itself, which is really not a good deal.

The military horse farm on Hainan Island is not in Sanya, but in the plain area in the north of the island. This small military horse farm on the Luhuitou Peninsula is just a supporting institution for cavalry training, and there are only a few dozen horses in total.

An Daoshi slowed down, judged his position and direction, and found that he had to go around the racecourse to return to the correct direction, which was at least two miles longer than the estimated distance.

Usually this distance is nothing, but at this time, carrying more than 20 kilograms of equipment and marching in a hurry, it is time to race against time, and he does not want to waste time here in vain.Non-cavalry outsiders are not allowed to enter the horse farm. An Daoshi's behavior is undoubtedly a violation of military regulations.But he thought about the rules of the competition. There was no such thing as prohibiting competitors from taking shortcuts. Seeing that there was no one around, An Daoshi simply gritted his teeth, climbed up the wooden fence and turned into the racecourse, intending to cross the racecourse directly.

An Daoshi also knew that there was something wrong with this move, so he ran very fast after jumping into the racecourse, trying to leave from the other side of the racecourse before being discovered.But this is not an unattended place. He turned over into the horse farm and did not run very far before he was spotted by a cavalry man with a horse in the distance. He immediately whipped his horse and chased him.

The cavalry chased him close, but before he stepped forward to stop him, An Daoshi had already let go of his voice and turned his head and shouted: "I have an urgent mission from the Ministry of National Defense. It is extremely urgent, so don't delay!"

The cavalry heard it clearly, and at the moment, he was a little bit guilty, thinking that there was really some urgent task, so he immediately pulled the reins to slow down the pace of the horse's pursuit.By the time he realized that this guy should be participating in an orienteering race, An Daoshi had already run a long way away.

The cavalry was furious, and with their legs clamped under their horses, they chased after him again.An Daoshi could hear the sound of horseshoes behind him without turning his head. Seeing that the wooden fence on the other side of the racecourse was not far ahead, he rushed over with all his strength.After five or six steps, he first threw the rifle over the fence, then put his hands on the fence, kicked his feet vigorously, and rolled over the fence without stopping. After landing, he rolled over, picked up the rifle and Continue to rush towards the destination.

The cavalryman chased to the edge of the fence, but missed a step after all, spat hard, but couldn't help but be impressed by this guy's clean and neat obstacle surmounting action just now.

An Daoshi dashed for several tens of feet, but he couldn't continue his strength at the moment. Fortunately, the pursuers were blocked by the fence and did not continue to catch up. He was able to slow down and catch his breath.

Not far from the racecourse, he accurately found the logo and seal of the sign-in office on the trunk of a big tree.Panting heavily, An Daoshi took out the sign-in card, grabbed the seal hanging from the tree and punched it at the first space on the sign-in card, printing a unique logo.

Here, An Daoshi obtained the location information of the second destination. He had to use this big tree as the base point to calculate the exact location of the second destination and the route to get there.

The information he got this time was more complicated, and it took him a little time to calculate it before he embarked on the journey again.According to the schedule setting, he knew that he still had three check-in points to find, and the schedule was only about one-fifth completed.However, running across the racecourse was too strenuous just now, which had already affected his physical strength reserves, so he could only hurry up to adjust his breathing and return to his most familiar rhythm.

Andaoshi knew that the route he temporarily chose just now was definitely not the official schedule, but this unconventional operation should have successfully grabbed some time, which may be enough for him to catch up with the time spent by other teams in the last stage on the way .

(End of this chapter)