1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 314
Although Luo Shengdong didn't know much about the inside story of the relationship between the Cliff Office and Zhang Qianhu of the Guards Army, his inference was pretty close.Compared with the Shuizhai garrison, whose military discipline is still relatively strict, the guard army, whose military system has long since collapsed, has been fleeing so badly in recent times that Zhang Qianhu had no choice but to seek an explanation from the Cliff Office. .However, Maliko, who was the director of the Yacheng Office at the time, seized this opportunity skillfully and tried his best to encourage Zhang Qianhu to let go of his mouth and let the Haihan militia enter Yacheng to fill the vacancy of the guard army.

Although Zhang Qianhu also knew that the nature of this matter was very serious, firstly, he had already taken advantage of Haihan's many benefits, so he couldn't hold back his words; There is no way to hand over military power to the successor here.In the past, it might be possible to recruit some idlers from around Yacheng to fill up the scene temporarily. Anyway, after the next Qianhu takes office, he will have to pay for nothing, as long as he can roughly cope with the handover, but there are not many people in Yacheng now. Idle personnel are available for recruitment, and even long-term workers from many places outside the city have gone to Shengli Port to work for the Haihan people. It is impossible to go to Yazhou Shuizhai to find Luo Shengdong to borrow people to make up for it.

So after grinding and grinding, Zhang Qianhu finally accepted a sum of money from the Yacheng Office, and finally agreed to the plan that the Haihan militia would temporarily fill the garrison vacancies of the Yacheng Guard Station.Of course, how long this "temporary" is, and whether these people can be allowed to leave Yacheng in the future, is not something that Zhang Qianhu, who is about to retire, can decide.

There are more than 100 people in the Yacheng Weisuo Army, but currently there are only a little over [-] people, almost half of the vacancies.Such a large vacancy, on the contrary, makes the military feel that the militias are not enough. After all, there are not many militias now. To fill up the guards, at least half of the garrison in Victory Port will be enough, and this is obviously Does not conform to the military's troop deployment plan.Considering the actual combat effectiveness of the Guards Army, the military finally decided to send a company of troops to Yacheng—basically, this amount of troops is enough to control the situation in Yacheng, not to mention that there are militiamen in the water village outside Yacheng. Some sailors are stationed.

In terms of establishment, whether it is the Yacheng Guards Army or the Navy, it will take a long time to completely replace them. The Haihan Militia has no way to organize so many troops to station in Yacheng in the short term.What's more, the resources in Yacheng are exhausted, and it is indeed not worth stationing a large number of troops. Now the Executive Committee is trying every means to overturn the local military and political system. Opposition forces that emerged during development.

As long as the state capital of Yacheng can be controlled, it can be said that the entire southern coastal area of ​​Hainan Island will initially fall under the control of the crossing group.After getting the cover of the official skin, the Executive Committee can let go of its hands and feet and start large-scale development of Sanya and nearby areas.Although the two son-in-laws in Yacheng's official circles don't know the details of the executive committee's long-term plan, they can infer from what they know now, and they can also predict that what these Haihan people are planning is not just the corner of Shengli Harbor. That's all.

But they know that they are powerless to change the current trend of social change. With the current situation in Yacheng, they don't even have enough capital to turn against the Haihan people. They can only watch the Haihan people expand their territory day by day.

Zhang Tongpan sighed and said: "At this point, if you and my son-in-law want to leave Yazhou, the only way to get promoted is really the only way. It's just that the old man just took over the post of magistrate this year. If he wants to get promoted again, it's not a matter of one or two years." It can be done within a year."

Seeing that the father-in-law had already untied the knot, Luo Shengdong comforted him and said, "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry about this matter. Mr. Tao once told his son-in-law that as long as he can cooperate with them during his term of office, he will try his best to provide convenience and help his son-in-law." The son-in-law will be promoted as soon as possible. With the younger son-in-law stationed in Yacheng, even if something happens, the father-in-law can rest assured to entrust the younger son-in-law to deal with it."

Zhang Tong judged: "Having said that, it's just that the expansion speed of the Haihan people is so amazing that they can operate to the current scale within a year. If they are given three or four years... how many lawless things they can do? !"

"Father-in-law's words are wrong!" Luo Shengdong retorted in a rare way: "The Haihan people are more meticulous and strict in the law, even more so than my Ming Dynasty. In Shengligang, in terms of public security, it is actually far better than Yacheng. Wait In my spare time tomorrow, my son-in-law will take my father-in-law around here to get a feel for the local people."

"Is it possible that the old man can't see the Haihan people's ability to govern the world? It's just that these people have no government, no court, and sooner or later there will be chaos!" Zhang Tongpan sighed helplessly.

At the reception banquet that night, Zhang Tongpan and Wang Tongzhi, who are the official representatives of Yazhou, also appeared hand in hand, together with Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping, the two helpers, simply provided the best endorsement for the time travel group.Although the wealthy businessmen from the mainland could not sit at the same table with these adults, none of them felt dissatisfied because of this. On the contrary, they believed in the strength of the Haihan people even more. The establishment of "Lianfa" specially invited local senior officials to Shengli Port to prove their control over the Yazhou area.

In this way, the very few shareholders who had doubts at first were finally relieved. After all, it is extremely rare to encounter such a scene of officials coming forward to help businessmen in the mainland.Seeing several Haihan leaders sitting at the same table with senior Yazhou officials talking and laughing happily, this is enough for the shareholders to have more beautiful visions for the future of "Qiong Lianfa".

On April [-]th, the highlight of the anniversary celebration was finally ushered in. It was also a program specially prepared for foreign guests to watch the ceremony, a large-scale military parade and amphibious combat exercise of the Haihan Militia.

When militiamen wearing gray cloth military uniforms and carrying flintlock guns lined up in square formations and marched towards Fort Victory along the scenic avenue in the port area, the local people who had already participated in a military parade desperately expressed their hearts with applause and cheers. of excitement.Some outsiders who saw this scene for the first time were very surprised and began to re-examine the strength of the Haihan people.

In addition to Yazhou officials and mainland business groups, the distinguished guests standing on the gate tower of Victory Fort also attended this rare and grand event.Looking at the groups of militiamen passing by the gate of Victory Fort and the equipment they used, both Zheng Zuo and Zheng Ting felt that their previous understanding of the strength of the Haihan people seemed not comprehensive enough.In particular, Zheng Ting, who had received Haihan military training and had the experience of fighting hand in hand with the Haihan militia, realized at this time that the military capacity of the Haihan militia was far better than that of the North Vietnamese army. These were ignored on the battlefield. The details are now being re-magnified this way by traveling through the queue.

After the infantry phalanx, there are the newly established sailor phalanx, the reserve militia phalanx carrying standard spears, the security police phalanx in black and rattan helmets, and the artillery phalanx marching with ox carts dragging artillery. However, there is a rare cavalry team in Yazhou, and there is even a small parade team composed of representatives from the overseas black soil port security forces.

Of course, what attracted the most attention was not the native troops in front, but the Haihan Commander's formation who appeared at the end and cheered the loudest.There are not many people in this phalanx, and it is a team composed of 36 members of the former military and police department selected by the Military Commission.This phalanx is led by Yan Chujie, the current top leader of the military, and all 36 members are now serving as commanders and fighters at all levels in the Haihan Militia, and all of them participated in the series that took place in Annan more than two months ago. Combat, so to speak, is the elite of the military, across the pillars of force within the group.

What is different from the previous review squares is that the clothing and equipment of this team are not so uniform.Although the preparatory committee purchased uniform camouflage combat uniforms at the beginning, almost everyone of these guys who have served in the army has purchased more advanced combat uniforms by themselves. The camouflage uniforms alone include mountain camouflage, desert camouflage, and marine camouflage. , urban camouflage, jungle camouflage, snow camouflage and so on.There are also all kinds of combat boots, from the strongman military boots produced by the 3515 factory to various foreign brands, it is almost impossible to find a few pairs that can be duplicated.And the carrying vehicles and helmets on the body are also various. For example, the North American Gang of Aishen has all kinds of weapons and equipment on the outside of the tactical vest. The helmet is also equipped with night vision goggles. The whole is armed to the teeth. Fan.

As for the weapons used by everyone, they are also different. Several members of the North American gang chose their own weapons, such as the combination of HK416 and MK23 that Tom Wang used to use, and the old sniper Morgan carried his weapon as always. Take the precious M200 sniper rifle.Most of the soldiers from China before the crossing chose the more traditional weapon of Bayi Bar. Although the military's inventory is small, it is enough to equip the troops to be paraded.As for the 56 semi-automatics that were procured in bulk as armed ordinary time-travelers before the crossing, they were not displayed in today's military parade.

When such a messy and miscellaneous army came out, the cheers and applause of most of the local people slowly stopped, and they didn't understand how such a phalanx was added to today's occasion.On the contrary, those time-traveling people who came to watch the ceremony started clamoring loudly at this time, cheering for this armed force that really belonged to the time-traveling group.Of course, in fact, the purpose of forming this phalanx to participate in the military parade is not to show off to the guests watching the ceremony, but to make a show purely for internal staff.

The guests who were invited to watch the ceremony at the gate of the Victory Fort also had different moods at this time.The two representatives of the North Vietnamese Mission had mixed feelings. They were happy that the armed forces of the Hai Han people were so powerful, and the weapons they were equipped with were more advanced than those they sold to Thang Long Mansion. It is fully revealed, and as its partner, North Vietnam, after receiving a steady stream of weapons from Haihan, the chances of winning the next battle against South Vietnam will be greater.

As for the worry, it is because of the fear of Haihan's super armed strength. The Haihan people have established three strongholds in North Vietnam, the northern black soil port, the central Tushan port, and the southern Yong'an port. Although Haihan is in these three places The combined number of personnel and labor deployed was less than [-], but the insightful people in the North Vietnamese Army had realized that just these three places had almost blocked the entire coastline of North Vietnam.However, the level of shipping in North Vietnam is far inferior to that of Haihan. If this momentum continues, it is only a matter of time before the Haihan people control the shipping industry in North Vietnam, and the gap in military force and dependence on equipment make the North Vietnamese regime even have no Fa uses a tougher attitude to negotiate with the Haihan people on the sovereignty of the three strongholds.

After Zheng Zuo's visit this time, he took the initiative to ask the Crossing Group to provide help with shipbuilding technology, partly because of his concerns about sea control.Although Zheng Zuo's request was finally approved by the Haihan Executive Committee, this huge technical disadvantage cannot be recovered in a short period of time, and his initiative will still be controlled by the Haihan Executive Committee for a long time. It will cause great passiveness to the North Vietnamese regime.

It was this kind of ambivalence that made the North Vietnamese representatives not only envious and jealous after seeing the Haihan militia, but also unavoidably developed more jealousy and fear—this was almost exactly the expected reaction of the Executive Committee.

Most of the people in the mainland business group are military laymen, just watching the excitement, but there are also some sensible people among them. It can be seen that the equipment level of the Haihan militia has far surpassed that of Ming's army. Those dozens of cannons are probably more than the artillery equipped by the entire Qiongzhou Island troops combined.As for the exaggerated equipment of the Haihan militia, whether there will be a conflict with the local Ming armed forces, no businessman is worried-the future master of Yazhou and the commander of the navy are all sitting here, so what is there? to worry about?
One of the problems that the rich businessmen of "Qiong Lianfa" were generally worried about at the beginning was whether the company's investment projects on Qiongzhou Island could be effectively guaranteed in terms of safety. In addition to being attacked by pirates all the year round, there are also Li and Miao tribes who make troubles and rebels from time to time, and the place where the Haihan people settled down is in the southernmost Yazhou, which is considered to be the end of the world for most Ming people. What's the matter, these investors far away in the mainland are complaining that they should not respond every day, and the ground is not working.

When the Guangzhou Office interviewed these shareholders, Schneider also made a promise to them, claiming that Haihan "has a strong armed force" enough to guarantee the development project of "Qiong Lianfa" in Qiongzhou Island.At that time, apart from a few merchants who believed in the strength of the Haihan people, there were indeed many people who were dubious about this, and even rejected Schneider's offer to invest in shares.But those who finally chose to believe in Schneider now feel that their original choice was extremely wise-the Haihan Militia seems to be more reliable than the Daming Guard Army, and what Schneider said at the beginning was not an empty promise!
The Yazhou official delegation, which is in the middle and occupies the best position, is also psychologically complicated at this time.On the one hand, they reconfirmed that the Haihan people's armed forces were indeed as powerful as rumored, and on the other hand, they also felt a little desperate about the prospect of Yacheng's influence.The rapid rise of Haihan people in Shengli Port was accompanied by the gradual depression of Yacheng. As the official director of Yazhou, the influence of Yazhou Prefecture Government in the area controlled by Haihan has dropped to the lowest point in history—— Apart from the awe of the Maritime Research Group, the local people seem to have a more indifferent and indifferent attitude towards the arrival of the parents.From the attitude of these people, Zhang Tongsan could feel their admiration and awe for Haihan, and their increasingly low sense of identity with the government of Yacheng.

"My lord Zhang, my lord Wang, how is the training of our militia, you two? Can you catch the eyes of the two adults?" Tao Donglai raised his hand to wave to the militia phalanx passing in front of the gate, and turned his head to Zhang Tongpan and Wang Tongzhi asked.

Wang Tongzhi twitched his beard and said, "I think in the hundreds of years in Yazhou, I have never had such a majestic militia. With the Haihan militia stationed here, I believe that from now on, Yazhou will be safe and sound, and there will be no need for Haihan militias." Worry about Kou's attack."

As expected, Wang Tongzhi was under little pressure when he was about to retire, and after receiving the money, he did his best in acting, and he was brazenly promoting Hai Han.Although Zhang Tongpan felt a little disdainful in his heart, it was impossible for him to blatantly disagree with the Haihan people on this occasion, so he could only follow Wang Tongzhi's wishes and say: "What Mr. Wang said is very true. The Han militia is as imposing as a rainbow, and it must be extremely powerful!"

"So we have also prepared the next program, let the two adults have a look at the actual combat effectiveness of our militia, please move." Tao Donglai made a gesture of invitation.

The exercise site for the next amphibious military exercise is not far from Fort Victory, just at the mouth of the Tiandu River.However, for a better viewing effect, the executive committee specially arranged an excellent stand for the guests to watch the ceremony - the "New World" roll-on wheel docked on the bank of the Tiandu River.

Although almost everyone who came to Victory Harbor has seen this huge steel ship parked on the shore, but those who are really lucky enough to board this ship are rare.There have also been many curious merchants who have applied to the Executive Committee, but most of their boarding applications have been rejected in the name of "safety issues".Being able to step on such a huge steel ship is a unique life experience for these guests.After boarding the boat, many people couldn't help knocking here and there with their hands, wanting to confirm that the whole boat is really made of steel.

(End of this chapter)