1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 384 The Navy's Action
The six members of the North American Gang were friends who had known each other for many years before the crossing, and they trusted each other very much, so they met to cross half the world to Hainan Island to participate in the crossing operation with an uncertain future.But even if their actions are the same, their purposes for participating in the time-traveling are still different. Some want to completely break away from the past life circle, some want to seek more excitement in the unknown world, and some hope to be able to live in a new environment. Realize your ideals in life.But judging from the current actual situation, not everyone is one step closer to their dreams after time travel.

Wang Tom is undoubtedly the lucky one among the six of them. It only took one year after crossing to become the supreme commander of the militia navy. coming closer.Qiao Zhiya, eager to take risks in the new world, had to spend a lot of time in the laboratory and production workshop, dealing with various chemicals and bottles and cans all day long, while the military's field missions became more and more complicated. It is certainly not an ideal state of life for him.

But in the Haihan group, everyone must obey the group's arrangements, even the executive committee at the top of the power pyramid cannot do whatever they want.The members of the North American Gang who were used to self-centeredness in the past have gradually lost their edges and corners in this environment.As far as Wang Tom knew, Qiao Zhiya would not have been able to find ways to make connections in order to transfer jobs in the past. Most of his personality would be transferred if he could be transferred, and if he could not be transferred, he would simply resign and leave.And now Qiao Zhiya seems to think more and more like the time-travelers from China, and he has begun to follow the rules in the system. Wang Tom doesn't know whether such assimilation is a good thing or a bad thing, but if he can make his own Friends live happier lives, and he is still very happy to come forward to help this favor.

The first day of 1629 was ushered in in a blink of an eye. When the new year came, the Executive Committee did not hold any form of New Year celebrations.This is because the Haihan calendar, which adopts the international customary dating method of later generations, has not been fully implemented in the local area, and the vast majority of people are still accustomed to the traditional Chinese almanac.The second is because the work in all aspects is too busy during this period, and even if the work is stopped for only one day, the progress of multiple projects will be affected.Especially in the beginning of the year, there will be large-scale foreign military operations, and there is no time to stop and rest related preparations.

"It's as stupid as a pig! It's been a few days of training? I can't even tell the difference between my left and right feet!"

When Gu Wei returned to the office, he complained loudly, angrily took off his military cap and threw it on the table.Although it is already winter at this time, the warm Sanya area is still sunny, and the temperature during the day remains around 25 degrees. Gu Wei took the towel handed by the orderly to wipe off the sweat on his head, and poured a cup of tea With a big mouth, he slowly calmed down his breath.

"Didn't you think of a way to tie a belt on the feet to help the recruits distinguish between left and right?" After Gu Wei's mood stabilized, Harukon, who was sitting next to him, began to persuade: "Isn't this method used to train recruits before?" quite effective?"

"Old ha, don't you know how stupid this group of recruits is... No, I still have to talk to Mr. Yan, the threshold for recruiting should be set higher, especially these new Vietnamese monkeys Immigrants speak with a heavy accent, they don’t understand what I say, and I don’t understand what they say, it’s better to use Li people and Miao people recruited from the mountains!” When talking about the recruits under his command, Gu Wei was furious again.

"Don't talk about it like a monkey. Regardless of your background, militiamen are all naturalized citizens after enlisting in the army. If Mr. Yan and Mr. Tao hear this, then your political attitude is not correct!" Harugong said kindly reminded.

"If there is a choice, I really don't want to bring these recruits, it's too sad." Gu Wei shook his head again and again.

"If that kind of IQ is too low, you really can't get it right, you can just leave it to me. I still have some positions that don't require training in tactical movements. It doesn't matter if you are stupid." Harugong smiled and gave Gu Wei an idea. : "You don't need to be very smart to cut the grass and feed the horses. You just send the people eliminated from your side to me. It just so happens that I also lack labor here."

"I'm afraid these monkey soldiers can't even learn to mow grass!" Gu Wei muttered a few words, then stood up and picked up his military cap: "No, I still have to go to the training ground to watch these monkey cubs, and warn them by the way. If they can't practice again, they will all be sent to Jinji Ridge to be grooms!"

Since most of the militia troops were required to be mobilized for cross-sea operations after the beginning of the year, the Military Commission temporarily recruited another battalion of recruits, and nearly [-]% of these recruits came from immigrants introduced from North Vietnam after April this year. It can be regarded as the group of militias with the most concentration of naturalized Annan descendants so far.Although the vast majority of the people in the North Vietnamese region can speak the same language as the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, the difference in accent is also very obvious. If the Annan militiamen who joined the army early were not equipped as simultaneous interpreters, Gu Wei would not even be able to direct the training of these recruits.And the training time given to him by the Military Commission is very limited. The militia will send troops by the end of January at the latest. At that time, the grassroots militia, recruits from the militia and the police force will take on the task of local defense. Gu Wei does not want to be ruined by a group of idiots The reputation of "The Instructor of the Forbidden Army".

After the war in early 1628, although the military budget was still tightly held by the executive committee, the military's military expansion has never stopped.On average, every three months, a group of militiamen who have completed their training will be enlisted in service, and at the same time, a group of new recruits will be recruited from abroad.By the end of 1628, the garrison in the Shengli Port area alone had two full battalions of the Army with a total of more than 1500 people, the Navy's South China Sea Fleet with 22 combat ships, a total of more than 800 people, and a reserve militia of more than 1000 people.

After the expansion of the establishment, the barracks area, which was originally located on the east side of Shengli Port, was overcrowded, and even the shooting range was moved to the ravine between the barracks area and the Salt Fields of Shengli Port.Taking into account the needs of future development, the Military Commission designated the current barracks area as an exclusive base for the navy, and the army's garrison base was relocated from the current barracks area to the Luhuitou Peninsula.A large area of ​​barracks has been built in the plain between the north and south mountains of the Luhuitou Peninsula, and the new barracks is next to the immigration isolation and observation area, which can have a deterrent effect invisibly.

Of course, in addition to the militia troops in the headquarters, there is also an indispensable force in the military operations against South Vietnam, which is the special operations force from Heitu Port.This foreign army formed, trained, and commanded by Qian Tiandun has achieved quite impressive results in previous operations, and it has faintly assumed the posture of an ace army.The Executive Committee and the Military Commission also gave this unit generous support. In addition to specially developing and producing short-barreled shotguns for jungle warfare and street warfare, they also distributed a batch of expensive [-]-style sniper rifles. The rifles were given to this unit, and ten people were selected from the snipers trained in the base camp to serve in the Heitugang Military Region.If we must say that this unit has any shortcomings, it may be that the intensity of long-range firepower output is not strong enough.

Different from the militia in the base camp, the artillery equipped by this unit is mainly light and portable 3-pound guns, with a small amount of 6-pound guns as fire support. As for the 12-pound guns used by the army in the base camp, in this unit In the middle, there is no trace at all.This is not because the Military Commission deliberately does not distribute heavy weapons to them, but because the combat philosophy of this unit relies on its good mobility, and carrying a large number of larger-caliber artillery will obviously seriously affect its mobility.Besides, attacking the frontal battlefield has never been the main task of this army. When it is really necessary to build a long-term defense line or conduct a large-scale battle, there will naturally be regular troops from the base camp to cooperate with it.

At present, the establishment of the Heitugang special operations force has expanded from the original special warfare company to the special warfare battalion. It has three combat companies, one engineer company and one special agent company, with a total of more than 800 people.In addition, Heitu Port also has a reserve militia and surface troops. In addition, the special warfare battalion has a scale of nearly 2000 people, stationed in Heitu Port, Tushan Port and Yongan Port.

In the military operations against South Vietnam after the beginning of the new year, the troops that the Military Commission will dispatch will definitely exceed the level of the previous year.The combat troops alone will definitely exceed 2000 people, and the number of shipping, logistics, logistics and other personnel who cooperate with the battle is estimated to be more than a thousand. Coupled with a large number of civilians who accompanied the army, the number of personnel in the entire battle is estimated to exceed 4000. It will also set a new record for the Haihan militia's foreign military operations.

Sending so many troops to fight in South Vietnam will inevitably lead to the emptiness of their own defense.That's why the Military Commission hastened to recruit and train new recruits every second, and at the same time made targeted arrangements for the combat plan to shorten the time for the troops to go out as much as possible.

To achieve such an effect, the only way is to improve combat efficiency and eliminate the vital forces of South Vietnam in the shortest possible time.As for cleaning up the mess, it can be left to the North Vietnamese Army to do it slowly.Several key ports in the South Vietnam region have been acquired in advance, and the strategic goal has been more than half achieved ahead of schedule. Now the executive committee will no longer point to the extension of the combat time to extract military rewards from the North Vietnam court—by then the entire Central South Almost all the ports on the east coast of the peninsula are under the control of Haihan, which is equivalent to controlling the import and export trade of the entire Annan Kingdom. money.

However, while the army was still preparing for this expedition, the militia navy had already set off quietly one morning.A fleet of [-] warships will rush to the South Vietnamese waters to make an advance stand. Its main combat mission is to block South Vietnam's sea traffic lines in advance and cut off the sea passages for its import and export materials.

The leader of this fleet is naturally the supreme commander of the navy, Wang Tom. It was also under his command that the Haihan militia attacked Hoi An Port nearly half a year ago.The navy's combat plan this time was also formulated under the leadership of Wang Tom. If the combat mission can be completed satisfactorily this time, then the title of future naval commander will basically be worn on him.

"The air on the sea is the most free!" Qiao Zhiya, who had finally completed the transfer the day before the fleet's departure and regained his military status, supported the side of the ship with both hands, and praised sincerely.

"Didn't you say that when you went out to sea? After a few more days at sea, you will clamor to go ashore!" Tom Wang exposed Qiao Zhiya mercilessly.

Qiao Zhiya didn't take it seriously either, and laughed loudly: "I promise I won't complain anymore from now on, it's great to be back at sea."

Qiao Zhiya used to be an engineer in the army. When Heitu Port was developing and repairing the coal transportation track, Qiao Zhiya also worked as a construction technical consultant on site for a period of time.However, this job transfer was because Wang Tom represented the navy to ask for someone, and the executive committee also gave Wang Tom face and met his request. Therefore, Qiao Zhiya was included in the navy establishment after returning to military status, and Wang Tom as deputy.Of course, Qiao Zhiya also has a certain degree of sailing ability, and his sailing experience even exceeds that of most captains in the current navy, so he is fully qualified for this deputy position.

On January 1629, 1, the militia navy fleet quietly arrived at Cham Island, which is only 7 nautical miles off the coast of Hoi An.When Wang Tom led his army to attack Hoi An Port the year before, he also chose this place as a temporary base.And this time, choosing this small island to settle down again is actually a bit of a last resort, because there are no islands for the fleet to dock in the coastal area near Hue Province, and choosing Cham Island is also a helpless move.

However, Wang Tom was slightly surprised that the ten or twenty families of South Vietnamese fishermen who lived on the island in the previous year still did not move out, and even took some of the temporary residences built by the militia last time on the island as their own. .Wang Tom couldn't help crying and laughing, so he could only order these fishermen to be controlled first, so this group of people became captives of the militia again after nearly half a year.

After resting on Champa Island for a day, Wang Tom and Qiao Zhiya each took a team of warships out to sea to carry out the blockade mission.Prior to this, Victory Port had issued an embargo order to all maritime merchants entering and leaving Victory Port, prohibiting ships from docking at South Vietnam's wharf and transporting materials to South Vietnam in any way within two months.However, the effect of this kind of verbal ban is actually very limited. The fleet led by Tom Wang blocked two merchant ships from Ming Dynasty on the first day of patrol.

These two merchant ships are both from Danzhou and are going to the southern port of Quiren for trading.However, after encountering the Shanghai Han warship, this plan could not be realized, so they had to go back home obediently.

However, Qiao Zhiya seemed to have better luck. He actually ran into a merchant ship belonging to the Ruan family on the sea off Hue, which was going to Guangzhou for trade. This is one of the few large ships in South Vietnam that can sail ocean.At first, the merchant ship thought it had encountered pirates, and was about to flee. However, it had no speed advantage in front of the Haihan warship. It only escaped less than 10 nautical miles before being overtaken by Qiao Zhiya's fleet.

After a round of threatening fire from the naval warship, the South Vietnamese merchant ship wisely chose to stop and surrender.After the militiamen took over the ship, they found tens of thousands of taels of silver on board. After a brief interrogation, Qiao Zhiya learned that the purpose of the ship going to Guangzhou was to buy weapons produced by Haihan there. They are not the first ship to go to Guangzhou to buy weapons, and several ships have been pioneers before them.

This discovery made Qiao Zhiya dumbfounded. It seemed that the Nanyue court was really impatient, and planned to grasp any straw first.But now that we have met the real owner, there is no need to travel all the way to Guangzhou—this ship, including all the people on board, has become a prisoner of the Haihan militia, and all the property on board is naturally It was seized and became the first spoils of this expedition.

The more than 30 sailors and crew members on board were all taken to Champa Island and imprisoned. In the next few months of fighting, they may have to stay obediently on this small island as prisoners.

Since the Hoi An port was completely destroyed in the battle last year, even the shadow of merchant ships can rarely be seen near Hoi An.

On January 1, the fleet again intercepted two South Vietnamese merchant ships returning from Guangzhou off the coast of Hue. The discovery on board this time shocked Wang Tom and Qiao Zhiya again—these South Vietnamese people actually purchased them from Guangzhou. A batch of 10-style matchlock guns produced by Haihan, and even two 6-pound cannons exported the year before last.According to the factory serial number on the cannon body, the two cannons should have been sold to Fujian at the beginning, and it is not known what kind of channel they passed into the hands of these South Vietnamese businessmen.But their good luck ended here. This batch of munitions would never reach Hue Prefecture and be distributed to the South Vietnamese army.

On January 1, the four patrol warships led by Wang Tom encountered two Dutch armed merchant ships in the waters near Da Nang. Both sides maintained a very cautious and restrained attitude and did not open fire rashly.After an hour of confrontation, Qiao Zhiya arrived with ten ships for reinforcements. The Dutch merchant ship wisely chose to retreat after seeing this, and Haihan's side did not rashly pursue it.After all, the main opponent at this stage is South Vietnam, and Wang Tom does not want to provoke the Netherlands in advance.

At the end of January, the Hue government probably finally realized that something was wrong, and sent many small boats to the sea to investigate the situation, and only then did they discover the traces of the Haihan fleet.However, it is useless to find out. Almost all the surface combat troops of South Vietnam have been lost in several battles last year. Even if they can barely piece together a fleet now, they can only deliver food to Haihan, gaining experience in vain. value only.

(End of this chapter)