1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Dealing with foreigners may seem like a tricky task to others, but it is no stranger to Wei Jianyuan.

When he was still studying at the Sanya School of Administration, he worked as an intern in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of his mentor Ning Qi, and participated in some foreign affairs reception work.

It is precisely because of such work experience that Wei Jianyuan was able to win the opportunity for Yuhang County to hold this military exercise.After all, more than half of the guests who came to observe the military exercise this time are from other countries, which puts extremely high demands on the reception capacity of local officials.

Following Tao Donglai's instructions, Wei Jianyuan came to the exercise ground early in the morning to help the military coordinate various affairs.And his civilian attire is particularly conspicuous among a large group of soldiers.

"If I'm not mistaken, the official who checked in for us just now is the magistrate here. I remember seeing this person at the dinner yesterday."

Hearing Thomas' words, Simao looked back at Wei Jianyuan who was receiving envoys from other countries, nodded and said, "I seem to have some impressions from what you said."

Thomas said enviously: "The chief executive of such a small place can not only undertake large-scale events such as military exercises, but also deal with envoys from various countries without stage fright. How did they cultivate such a versatile man? Look at him I bet he's never older than 25!"

Simao was rather calm: "That's because Haihan's expansion is too fast. They don't have so many officials available, so they can only appoint some young people as local officials."

"As for experience in various aspects, this is indeed something that our lads lack. We should bring them out to see the world!"

After Simao finished speaking, he looked helplessly at the attendants behind him.

Before setting off from Sanya, he specially selected several young military officers who had just come to the South China Sea from Europe, in order to let them learn a lot.

These young people are only about 20 years old, so they failed to catch up with the several joint military operations led by the Haihan Army in the early years, such as attacking Manila, helping the North Korea to fight against the Qing Dynasty, etc., which became legendary battles.

In the past two years, Haihan's military operations in the South China Sea clearly showed signs of evading Portugal. At the beginning of the year, Xingdao dispatched troops to suppress bandits, and even deliberately shielded Portugal, and did not allow Portugal to send military observers to the front line to observe the operation process. This is obviously wrong. Good sign.

Later in Sanya, there was some unhappiness with the stationed agency of Xingdao, even to the extent of kidnapping the other party's personnel, which undoubtedly further widened the estrangement between the two sides.

The more Simao knows about Haihan, the more he understands the horror of Haihan, but the younger generations obviously haven't realized this, so Simao hopes that through this trip, these younger generations will understand that Haihan is not Not just allies, but also competitors to watch out for.

But things turned out to be contrary to expectations. After these young people came to Donghai Region, they obviously did not follow Simao's ideas.Everything they saw showed the powerful and efficient operation of this emerging empire.

This is a completely different social environment from Portugal, which makes everything around them full of novelty.In particular, the advanced weapons and equipment of the Haihan Army made these young officers flock to them.

After visiting the military parade and armament exhibition held a few days ago, the topic of discussion among these young people has shifted from "differences between the armies of the two countries" to "if you want to study abroad at Haihan Military Academy, what major should you choose?" ", and some people even privately discussed taboo topics such as "whether the executive committee's governing method is better than the European royal family's power".

Fortunately, their talk was not heard by Thomas, an old conservative. Otherwise, it is really possible to send these young people back to the country, or send them to a small remote colonial site as a sheriff, and their future prospects will be ruined. up.

Simao called the officers to his side and told them: "When you have a chance, you should communicate more with Haihan officers. Don't just stand by and watch, you must know how to ask questions, understand?"

Everyone responded in unison, but Simao didn't let it go, and he was actually not optimistic about their performance.

Although these young officers who just came from China are full of enthusiasm, the difference in language and culture greatly limits their communication ability.It will take at least one or two years before they can get rid of the translators and communicate with the locals relatively smoothly.

In comparison, countries such as North Korea, Annan, Champa, and Japan have taken advantage of this aspect.

In particular, North Korea and Annan, the two Haihan vassal states, have begun to introduce Haihan's cultural and educational models and teaching materials a few years ago, replicating Haihan's basic education system one by one, and even promoting Haihan Mandarin in China.The officers they sent to attend the event were basically able to communicate with the Haihan people without barriers, which made Simao somewhat jealous.

After the young officers left, Thomas asked, "Aren't you going to take a look?"

Simao shook his head slightly and said: "Believe me, the Haihan people will not take out the treasures that were unveiled yesterday. Usually, they will only use some old models of weapons for foreign officers to use in such exchange activities. Words mean nothing."

Thomas said: "I don't mean this...I mean, wouldn't it be better for you to take these young people with you?"

Simao smiled and said: "When I first arrived in Sanya, I couldn't speak a word of Haihan, so I was appointed as a military observer and sent to live in the Haihan army for a few months. Then I suddenly discovered that I seemed to have nothing to do. If you learn from yourself, you will be able to understand the Haihan people."

"These young people shouldn't be worse than me back then, right? If they can't even handle such a small scene, then I don't think they can be independent in the future."

Thomas suddenly said: "You're right, they should let them make their own way. Otherwise, the gap between them and their opponents will only grow wider and wider."

As Simao predicted, the weapons provided by the Haihan Army to foreign troops during the exchange activities are not the latest models.The artillery and heavy machine guns that were shown in the military exercise yesterday were not even seen.

But this is not a big problem for military officers from various countries. Understanding the military strength of other countries through this kind of activity is their main purpose of participating.

Most of the military officers in North Korea and Annan have received Haihan-style training, so they are very proficient in the use of these weapons, and they also performed well in the test shooting on the spot.

However, camps like the Netherlands, which had little communication with the Haihan army, inevitably behaved very unfamiliar when using Haihan weapons, and could not give full play to the power of these weapons.