1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2663
The new North Korean army that has gradually formed over the past ten years has copied the regulations of the Haihan Army in everything from weapons and equipment to troop organization, from daily training to officer training, from logistics supply to garrison infrastructure, and has a very obvious Haihan brand.

Although due to various objective reasons, there is still a certain gap between the implementation standards of the new army and the Haihan army in specific projects, but the combat effectiveness is completely reborn compared to before.Correspondingly, of course, is the huge expenditure spent on building and maintaining this army.

Given North Korea's economic situation, it really can't afford to support a large-scale new army, so the new North Korean army that really meets the standard is less than 5 people, and the ordinary troops deployed in places basically maintain the era of cold weapons s level.

However, as long as the relationship with Haihan is maintained, the tens of thousands of new troops equipped with firearms will be enough to maintain national security and political stability.Nowadays, there is not much military pressure inside and outside North Korea, and it has no plans to expand abroad. It is the safest approach for North Korea to maintain the current scale of military force and gradually upgrade the level of armaments.

Based on this current situation, the military exchanges between the two countries are based on cooperation, and the military talks held at Gyeongbokgung Palace did not have any content that required debate between the two sides. The topic was the arrangement of this joint military exercise. Military deployment adjustments, and North Korea’s purchase plan for Haihan military equipment in the next year.

The joint military exercise plan this time continues the tradition and is still formulated by the Haihan Army. However, at the implementation level, there are still many details that need to be communicated and coordinated with the North Korean military.

"In this military exercise, our armed fleet visiting Seoul is the main body. A total of 22 ships and about 800 people participated in the exercise. The scheduled exercise includes the fleet's coordinated execution of reconnaissance and search missions, and maritime replenishment. , shooting targets with live ammunition, launching amphibious operations against land..."

As the commander of this joint exercise, Shi Chengwu first briefly introduced the general arrangement of this military exercise.Most of the exercise subjects are conducted at sea, mainly aimed at training the maritime coordinated combat capabilities of the navies of the two countries.

King Li Yi of North Korea will be present to observe the exercise process in person, and the performance of the participating troops will also directly affect the military budget for the next year, and even the career prospects of the generals, so the North Korean military also attaches great importance to this, and specially applied for It took three days to hold a preparatory meeting with Hai Han.

On the North Korean side, Shen Xueyi spoke to explain the situation of the participating troops.Compared with the Haihan Fleet that came from afar, the North Korean side even had more ships participating in the exercise, with a total of [-] ships.

However, the tonnage and equipment level of these ships obviously cannot be compared with the Haihan fleet, and the tonnage gap between the two participating ships is still more than double.Moreover, the North Korean fleet needs to undertake most of the supply and material transportation tasks during the exercise, so the number of combat ships is relatively limited.

It is worth mentioning that the participating ships of the Korean side are all new sailing ships launched after 1648, and they are no longer the turtle ships and wooden house boats with low combat effectiveness.These new ships are all built by shipyards in cooperation with Haihan, all using the design schemes and technical standards provided by Haihan, and their performance basically meets the requirements of joint military exercises.

Although the cost of the new sailboat is still high, after realizing the localized construction, it will be much cheaper than ordering directly from Haihan before.However, Haihan still has not provided North Korea with the production technology of some key equipment on board, and still needs to order from Haihan.Although it is basically sold for money, it also controls North Korea’s shipbuilding scale to a certain extent. If North Korea wants to secretly build a batch of military ships on its own, and lacks the supply of these key parts, even if there are substitutes, it will Let the performance be greatly reduced.

Despite all the restrictions, North Korea is still happy to build new ships to replace old warships.Because this not only means that the combat effectiveness of the own fleet has improved, but also a threshold that must be crossed to cooperate with the Haihan fleet.If these new ships are not in service, basically there is no need to expect Haihan to play with the North Korean navy in the future.

Regarding the talks on military topics, Haihan only arranged for military personnel to participate, while Tao Hongfang and the others got the opportunity to take a vacation and freely arrange their schedules.

Tao Hongfang and the others had already scheduled the program and went to the pier where the fleet was stationed by the Han River to see the situation on the public open day.

According to the schedule, during the few days when the two sides are conducting military talks, some ships of the Haihan Fleet will be open to all the public for close inspection on the banks of the Han River.On the one hand, this is to show the peaceful purpose of the fleet's visit, and on the other hand, of course, it is also to take this opportunity to show force to the North Korean people and frighten people's hearts.

Tao Hongfang and others naturally wanted to see how the North Korean people would feel about the armed fleet that Hai Han was so proud of.

Regarding the arrangement for open tours, on the day the fleet arrived in Seoul, the government posted announcements in various places inside and outside the city. It can be said that everyone in the local area already knows about it.The reaction of the people did not disappoint. Thousands of people came to the Han River early in the morning, waiting for the pier to open.

The North Korean side also attaches great importance to this event, and has made various preparations in advance. The outermost circle is the horse-rejecting fence deployed by the North Korean army, leaving only a five-foot-wide zigzag passage for visitors to enter. Patrols are constantly on the move to prevent anyone from climbing over and entering.

There is also a checkpoint at the entrance of the passage, which is used for simple checks on the visitors, and at the same time, the speed of releasing people can be adjusted according to the situation on the spot, so as to avoid congestion caused by too many people in the visiting area.

The area within the checkpoint is maintained by the Haihan army. Visitors can board some open ships along the designated route to watch the equipment and facilities on board.Of course, the activities of visitors on the ship are basically limited to the deck, and access to key areas such as bridges or forts is still prohibited.

In order to avoid congestion as much as possible, two independent viewing areas, east and west, are specially set up. The content of the visit is basically the same, which can also divert some people.

However, the enthusiasm of the local people has far exceeded the official expectations. The visiting area has been surrounded by three floors and three floors in the early morning. It is estimated that it may not be possible to let so many people in after dark.

There are soldiers standing on a high place, holding tin horns to direct the people to line up, and telling them various precautions after entering the viewing area.

Of course, there are also clever people who realized the business opportunity, and some people set up a stall outside and started selling breakfast.Soon tea sellers, tobacco sellers, and fruit sellers, all kinds of hawkers also quickly appeared around, giving this place a bazaar atmosphere.

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