1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 3201
For the tens of thousands of local people who were lucky enough to watch the military parade, this was probably the first time they had a real sense of Haihan's military strength.

In the perception of many people, the Haihan Army is simply equivalent to the Second Regiment of the Seventh Army Division stationed outside Hangzhou, plus at most the East China Sea Fleet in Zhoushan.Few people seriously thought about how big the territory Haihan controlled, and what size army was needed to achieve such an expansion.

Occasionally, most people are skeptical about the foreign battle reports they read from the East China Sea Times.After all, the public saw how embarrassed Daming was in the face of domestic and foreign wars, and naturally they would not easily believe that Haihan was capable of fighting in so many places at the same time.

Even if the Haihan army is really capable of fighting, then the government still can't levy military salaries in various names?

However, the troops that appeared on the stage today made the public truly realize that Haihan not only annexed the territory that originally belonged to Ming Dynasty, but also possessed a large overseas territory, and the territory was still expanding.

This kind of achievement beyond the previous dynasty was almost entirely achieved by countless military conquests in the past 30 years.At the same time, the burden on the people has not increased much because of these wars.

At least it didn't increase taxes in the name of war like Daming did, which made people's lives difficult in many places, but caused more civil strife.

It can be seen from this that Haihan not only surpassed Ming Dynasty in military strength, but also surpassed Ming Dynasty in comprehensive national strength carrying war.

As a member of such a mighty empire, one cannot help but be proud of one's side after witnessing its invincible armies.

However, the foreign envoys who watched the whole process of the military parade at the scene felt like drinking water, knowing their own joys and sorrows.

The happiest people on the scene were the envoys from North Korea. Their excitement made people mistakenly think that the troops marching on the square were not the Haihan army, but the troops of North Korea.

Of course, it is understandable for them to express such emotions. After all, North Korea has always played a weak role in history, and in any era it faces the risk of being destroyed by its strong neighbors.

But now that he has finally embraced Haihan's thigh, the new suzerain has provided North Korea with an unprecedented sense of security.As long as the suzerain is stronger, North Korea's security will be more guaranteed.

On this matter, the ideas of the two imperial courts in the north and the south were rarely in agreement.

As for allies such as Annan and Portugal, the performance of envoys should be a little more stable.In the past 30 years, their army has fought side by side with the Haihan army many times, and they are already very familiar with Haihan's military strength and overseas development status, so naturally they will not be particularly surprised.

In contrast, although the North Korean army also cooperated with Haihan during the fight against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, its strength was limited, and it mainly served as wartime logistics, and there were not many times when it really cooperated on the front line.

Moreover, North Korea was often unable to send a large number of troops to participate in the war in the direction of the South China Sea due to its limited navigation capabilities. It could only send a small number of officers to participate in the battle as military observers. The attitude was greater than the actual significance.

Annan and Portugal can provide Haihan with much greater assistance than North Korea in the South China Sea region. Not only can they send armed fleets to participate in the combat operations led by Haihan, but they can also provide ports and supplies, and even formulate plans together with Haihan. The status of the action plan is much higher than that of North Korea, which can only obey orders.

At this time, some envoys who are familiar with Haihan's arms sales system have already begun to think about whether they should ask Haihan senior officials after the military parade is over to see which of the equipment displayed today can be purchased immediately.

In the past 30 years, every time Haihan held a large-scale military parade, it was bound to be followed by a wave of arms sales.Some military equipment that is not easy to buy at ordinary times is often released to buyers at this time.

Old buyers like Annan and Ma Talan who are not short of money have already begun to quietly list the equipment they intend to buy.

Many weapons and equipment are not sold by Haihan, but if they are sold, they must strive to be the first batch of buyers.

Envoys like Japan and the Netherlands have more complicated feelings at this time.Their countries have all suffered losses at the hands of Haihan, and they also know that their military strength is not as good as Haihan's, but seeing the gap getting bigger and bigger, the sour taste in their hearts is hard to suppress.

On the other hand, they also hope to strengthen their own strength by purchasing Haihan's weapons and equipment, but Haihan has always had more restrictive measures on their arms sales than other countries for many years. Many things can only be bought by others, but they themselves They can't touch it, which is also a point that makes them feel very uncomfortable.

The only person who would feel uncomfortable about this is Yue Shizong, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty.

Yue Shizong is not a military officer, but he can intuitively feel the gap in military power between the two countries from today's military parade.

Among other things, just to gather these troops from all corners of the country to Hangzhou, the adjustment of deployment, the use of transport capacity, and the military expenditure required in the process may be difficult for the current Ming Dynasty to complete.

And those prisoners of war from overseas battlefields made Yue Shizong realize a terrible fact: the truce between Haihan and Daming in the past few years is not what Ming thinks it can't be done. Once the Haihan army's overseas wars come to an end, It is very likely that he will free up his hands to clean up Daming again.

He shuddered when he thought of Haihan deliberately amplifying the influence of Zhu Zhongyun's case in the past two days.

If Haihan transferred these overseas elite soldiers back to China and began to concentrate on dealing with Daming, how would Daming respond?
When Yue Shizong was worried, the loudspeakers erected in the square had already begun to announce the follow-up arrangements.

As expected by many foreign envoys, after today's military parade, Haihan will arrange a non-public military exercise near Hangzhou, the main content of which is to demonstrate the combat capabilities of various weapons and equipment.

The military exercise after the military parade is also one of Haihan's traditional projects.

This special event will delineate a temporary control area and prohibit the entry of non-military personnel. It is impossible for the public to watch like today.

However, this event is not a military exercise for military exercises. The real purpose is actually to sell weapons and equipment.This means that diplomatic envoys and military attaches of various countries will probably be invited as in the past to see the actual performance of the equipment they are interested in on the battlefield.

In addition, officials have also prepared another event for ordinary people who cannot watch the military exercise.

In the next few days, in the port area near the mouth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the military will open several large warships for the public to visit.

As soon as the news was announced, the onlookers at the scene once again burst into cheers like a tsunami.

(End of this chapter)