1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Although Su Keyi has a sense of crisis, his background as a civil servant still affects his intelligence collection in professional fields.The Ryukyu military personnel are indeed receiving systematic military training provided by Haihan, but the actual military strength of the Ryukyu is far from as powerful as the Su family and his son think.

The reason is also very simple. The funds required to form a fully weaponized army cannot be afforded by a small country like Ryukyu.

Although Ryukyu has already defected to Haihan, the local natural conditions doom it is difficult to have any profitable industries in this country, and the budget in its treasury that can be used for military affairs is even less, and it is even difficult to purchase new weapons in batches. Can't do it.

In terms of financial resources alone, Ryukyu is far from North Korea and Annan, so it is difficult to imitate its way of strengthening the army and reproduce an armed force that completely copied the Haihan Army in China.

But in terms of Ryukyu's territory, population base, and geographical location, militarism is meaningless to such a small island country, so Ryukyu finally chose an approach that suits its own national conditions and handed over its foreign defense to the sea. Han, he only needs to maintain a small-scale armed force to maintain domestic order.

Therefore, the defense of Ryukyu was naturally assumed by the nearest East China Sea region, and Shi Diwen also flexibly provided Ryukyu with a custom-made common defense system.

Shi Diwen's plan is to set up an amphibious battalion jointly built by the two countries in Ryukyu. All senior officers will be served by Haihan soldiers, and the source of troops will be recruited from Ryukyu.

This amphibious battalion is affiliated to the East China Sea Region in terms of organization, and all weapons and equipment are also provided by the East China Sea Region. During wartime, it is included in the combat system of the Haihan Army and is waiting for the dispatch of the Haihan Ministry of Defense.As for the Ryukyu side, they only need to provide the troops stationed and the military pay of the Ryukyu soldiers.

In this way, Haihan got three barracks and two military ports in Ryukyu, as well as an amphibious camp that can be deployed during wartime, which can be said to be indirectly in charge of Ryukyu's national security.

Although Ryukyu has no right to command this army, it saves the cost of arms procurement and personnel training, obtains defensive power at a very low cost, and can let Haihan train military talents for a long time. In fact, it is not a disadvantage.

The Ryukyu soldiers that Su's father and son saw were able to skillfully use Haihan weapons belonged to this amphibious battalion.Their service environment is basically the same as that of the Haihan Army, and their performance in such exchange activities will naturally not be bad.

However, the Su family's father and son's worries are not useless. After the Ryukyu model is put into operation, some small countries in the South China Sea intend to follow suit. Once it becomes a trend, the life of the East India Company may not be easy in the future.

Most of these countries are in the same situation as Ryukyu. They are surrounded by powerful countries, and even if they expand their military, they cannot defeat them.However, its own conditions are limited, and it is not capable of forming an advanced armed force that is fully sinicized.The common defense system provided by Haihan for Ryukyu has become a good model for solving their needs.

And once this model is rolled out in the South China Sea, the Haihan Army may have extra-military troops from multiple countries in just a few years, and at the same time further strengthen its control over these countries.

Colonial armed forces like the Dutch East India Company could only obtain cheap resources by exploiting small countries, but after these small countries have the support of Haihan, the usual threat of force used by the Dutch may no longer be so effective. up.

In the exchange activities in the morning, the participating countries had their joys and sorrows, but in general, they had their own gains.

However, one thing is that all countries have reached a consensus, that is, Haihan's military strength is still at a unique level, and other countries can only catch up and follow suit, but no country has the same strength as it.

The reason why Chen Yixin stayed until noon was to support the officers of the small court in the north of North Korea.After all, these officers were all trained in the northern region, and they were also Chen Yixin's disciples in name, and they had a mentorship with him.

This lunch can also be regarded as a practice banquet prepared by the executive committee for Chen Yixin. After this matter is over, Chen Yixin will have to embark on the journey back to the north.

Shi Diwen had already prepared a carriage for him in advance, and drove all the way from Yuhang to Hangzhou, passing through the city without stopping, and arrived at the mouth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal at dinner time.

A steam speedboat from the East China Sea Fleet was already waiting here. After Chen Yixin and his party boarded the boat, the speedboat unmoored and left the shore, heading towards Hangzhou Bay.

This kind of steam speedboat has a displacement of less than [-] tons and a speed of more than [-] knots. It is generally used as a reconnaissance boat in the army.However, due to the limited endurance of the steam power system, it can generally only be used in coastal waters or with fleets with supply ships.

Of course, I will occasionally receive this special task to transport important people or items that need to be rushed.

Early the next morning, the speedboat sailed into Hangzhou Bay and successfully rendezvoused with the warships of the Northern Fleet waiting at sea.After Chen Yixin changed trains, he ordered to return to Shandong Zhifu Port at full speed.At the same time, the messengers were ordered to send telegrams to several military bases in the northern region, and all staff entered a state of combat readiness.

When traveling to the waters near Jiaozhou Bay, Chen Yixin joined an armed fleet sailing out of Qingdao Port.

At present, the Northern Fleet has three naval bases in Lushun Port, Zhifu Port, and Qingdao Port. Before the war, all combat ships will be concentrated in the direction of the Bohai Sea.

The garrison troops far away in the Datongjiang base on the Korean Peninsula also returned to Shandong by boat the day before yesterday, leaving less than 500 people stationed there.

The only thing Chen Yixin is worried about at present is whether the Manchu Qing Congress in the valley will take advantage of the northern region to transfer all combat troops to the direction of Ming Dynasty, and send troops to make trouble at this juncture.

So even though he gave the executive committee a guarantee, Chen Yixin cautiously left some people in Liaodong to watch Manqing's movements.

When the fleet arrived at Zhifu Port, the military port pier on the west side of Zhifu Island was already full of large and small warships.

In order to complete the power projection across the Bohai Bay, in addition to the warships of the Northern Fleet, Chen Yixin also ordered hundreds of civilian ships to be mobilized in Shandong and Liaodong, and they had basically assembled in the military ports of the two places by this time.

After Chen Yixin got off the ship, he didn't care to go back to Majiazhuang to visit his family first, so he ordered a meeting of officers from all ministries to be called immediately.

There are still about two days before the start of the operation agreed with Shi Diwen. Although the preparations for the battle are basically in progress, Chen Yixin still dare not be careless.

In this battle, it was a matter of course to win, after all, the difference in strength between the two sides was on the table, and Hai Han had far more time to prepare for this than his opponent.But if he still does not perform well under such conditions, it is his commander's responsibility.