1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 790 Army Mission
The military's military budget is undoubtedly the highlight of this year-end meeting, because the Changhua Shilu Heavy Industrial Zone, which occupied the bulk of Haihan's financial expenditure in the past two years, has been gradually put into operation and has a relatively stable output, which makes Haihan The financial budget is also a little looser.If this is not the case, even if the military can talk about breaking the sky, it will be difficult to grab the share that is destined to be allocated to the industrial sector from the budget.

However, the newly opened overseas colonies like Kaohsiung Port have a large amount of external capital, materials and labor injection brought by the means of attracting investment. Schedule too much budget spending.

In detail, there are currently no other projects that will take up a large amount of budget and must be implemented as soon as possible to compete with the military's proposal, which greatly reduces the difficulty of passing the military's proposal.However, this does not mean that the military will be able to get their dream steam fleet in the coming year. Due to the large number of hull structure changes involved, the shipbuilding period will be longer than that of sail-powered ships of the same type, and will be largely affected by production. Influence of the steam engine on the supply efficiency of the industrial sector.In addition, it will take a long time to launch outfitting, train mechanics to operate and maintain marine steam engines, and adapt sailors to the tactical improvements of the new ship.

According to the military's estimates, it would be relatively smooth to launch all the ships in the new fleet within 1634, but the actual formation of combat effectiveness may have to wait until all these warships have been commissioned for a period of time.If the military intends to expand the area of ​​​​control northward as quickly as possible, then probably it cannot be expected that this fleet will come in handy in time.At that time, most of the ships of other fleets will still need to be mobilized to the Fujian Strait, and the new ships entering service will replace them to station in relatively safe areas.Of course, the military will not take the initiative to announce the trickiness of this to everyone, lest it will be given to the opposition.

"A whole fleet, this is already the best condition I can get for the navy. You shouldn't be picky, right?" Back at the office of the Military Commission, Yan Chujie asked Wang Tom vigorously.This is probably the largest military budget that the Military Commission has applied for from the Executive Committee since the establishment of the Navy.The figures in the accounts are almost enough to build two sailing fleets of the same size. From a pessimistic point of view, the navy will not be able to apply for so much military expenditure at one time in the next year or two or even longer.

Wang Tom shrugged and said: "Who would have expected things to go so smoothly? I was ready to compromise with the executive committee to build half or a third of the fleet first, and then continue to build the rest when there are military expenses. I knew In this way, we can definitely make the budget a little more relaxed."

"The number is too large, and the executive committee won't approve it." Yan Chujie shook his head and rejected Wang Tom's idea. As a member of the executive committee, he has a clear understanding of the value orientation of the executive committee: "Yes. As far as the executive committee is concerned, the recovery benefits of allocating funds to the military to build an army are not obvious, and the recovery cycle of investment costs will be very long. If the amount we apply for is too large, the executive committee will probably divide it in stages Come to review the fee, it is impossible to pass the review in one go.”

Yan Chujie slowly leaned his body against the back of the chair, found a relatively comfortable position, and continued: "But this year I helped the Navy win so much military expenses, the Army must have no choice but to tighten expenses. Wait for Guwei, Qian Tiandun and the others found out about this news, so they must blame me again."

Since the division of arms, the military's land-sea disputes have never stopped.Of course, this kind of competition for resources only exists within the military system more often, and will not be publicized to the outside world, and it is not as tit-for-tat as the military and the opposition at the year-end meeting.It's just that when the total military budget is limited, if one side gets more, the other side will naturally be compressed.The Military Commission obviously places more emphasis on the development of the navy in the coming year, and this kind of "favoritism" may be regarded as an unfair performance of the Military Commission in the eyes of army generals.

Wang Tom replied: "There is no way to do this. After all, there are no major land combat missions in the near future. The army only needs to maintain the existing scale."

In fact, after the end of the Annan Civil War, apart from mobilizing a large number of army forces when attacking the northern part of Hainan Island, the Haihan Militia basically never carried out large-scale combat missions on the mainland.Most of the combat locations are on various islands, and the troops invested are also very limited.Even when they attacked Penghu in May this year, the army only took over the simple task of cleaning the battlefield and clearing out the remnants of the enemy in the final stage of the war.Before the end of the year, Qian Tiandun led his troops to land on Taiwan Island twice to carry out reconnaissance missions, and he basically did not encounter any major troubles and needed to dispatch a large army.

When it cannot be used for more purposes for the time being, the army will inevitably "give up" more resources to the currently popular navy.Even if the generals of the army are dissatisfied with this point, they really can't find any reason to refute.

The relatively well-paid troops in the army, in addition to the guards stationed in Sanya, are probably the island guard troops on the South China Sea Anbuna Island on the edge of the Haihan border and the mountain special forces currently stationed in Penghu.One of these two armies guards the south gate of Haihan, and the other guards the important waterway in the north. They are important bridgeheads for Haihan's future development strategy of going south and going north.Because they are too far away from the base camp, once a war breaks out between these two places, they will not be able to receive assistance from the base camp in a short period of time. Therefore, there are relatively high requirements for the independent combat capabilities of the garrison troops.And the Military Commission is almost responsive to the troops in these two places, no matter the weapons and equipment or the commanders and fighters, they are basically the best in configuration.

Of course, the most supportive policy still gives the two places the authority to recruit and train their own troops.Under the premise of reporting to the base camp for approval, the garrison can recruit from among the immigrants who have moved into the local area, and after completing the training, they can be directly added to the local army to serve.In this way, there is no need to replenish troops from the base camp, and the recruits' ability to adapt to the local area will be much better than those transferred from other places.In addition, the garrison can also recruit foreign military training students. Of course, this kind of training is a paid service, and it is expensive. The garrison can use this to subsidize the expenses required for daily operations.

Since the training period for army recruits is much shorter than that of the navy, and they don't rely on transportation like the navy to function, if necessary, the army's explosive speed will be several times that of the navy. Neither the Executive Committee nor the Military Commission is willing to support a large number of troops that are useless in peacetime.Although the army's establishment has been continuously expanding in recent years, measured by the population of the area under Haihan's rule, the army's size has basically remained at a relatively low level.

Unless Haihan made up his mind to start a raid on the mainland, or set up a new large-scale colony in an area farther away from the base camp, and there was a real demand for the size of the army, then it was possible to accelerate the expansion of troops.

In Magong Port, Penghu, 1200 kilometers away from Sanya, militia troops stationed here have not yet received the resolution on military affairs at this year's year-end meeting.The soldiers' focus is on another thing, that is, the first batch of locally trained recruits have completed the initial training, and the recruits who pass the assessment will now officially enter the establishment to serve.

Sun Zhen waved his left hand lightly, while holding the gun belt tightly with his right hand, let the rifle stick to his back shoulder blade, raised his head and looked straight ahead, followed the drum beats in his ears, and walked through the chair with his partners in neat steps. In front of the stage.He has completed such a procession countless times in the past three months, and the distance he has traveled is at least two or three hundred miles. Every movement has formed a conditioned reflex on his body.As long as he heard the familiar drumbeat, he didn't even need to turn his head to glance at his companions, and he was able to maintain the same speed as the entire queue.Compared with the embarrassment when he occasionally had the same hands and feet when he was first trained, his current marching subjects can at least be regarded as a qualified level.

Sun Zhen arrived in Magong Port on September [-]th, and decided to enlist in the army after hearing the policy propaganda of the Haihan Militia that day.In the next three months, he was exposed to a whole new world, and the training he received here allowed him to redefine the army he knew.Before coming to Penghu, Sun Zhen believed that the army in the world was probably the same as the Ming army, messy, low in combat power, and could only bully ordinary people who were powerless to resist, but the Haihan militia was obviously different.

This army, which is loyal to the Haihan Executive Committee rather than a certain big man, has strict and perfect military discipline. Although the daily training is very tough, the treatment in the army is heavenly compared to the days when he was displaced as a refugee, and the soldiers in the army This kind of collective life is also an atmosphere that Sun Zhen likes very much.Although he is often "bullyed" by the veteran instructors with various excuses, whenever the training is over, sitting around and listening to the instructors tell about their previous combat experiences in various places, Sun Zhen will feel excited and wish to participate with the veterans those wars.

Sun Zhen didn't know that the veterans' stories were not casually told. Although these stories were true, this approach was one of the targeted propaganda methods of the military's political department.This is the same as learning military discipline and receiving literacy education at the internal affairs meeting every night. It is a subtle transformation of the three views of recruits.Through these methods, the recruits will gradually have a unified understanding of their identity and mission in their minds, have a sense of identity and belonging to the Haihan group, and then slowly develop a loyal attitude.

The collective life in the army will effectively strengthen and amplify these effects through the group effect. According to the operating experience in the past few years, three months of recruit training is enough for most people to integrate into the Haihan militia group, and Be proud of this invincible unit.Perhaps this period of time is not enough for them to purely master personal combat skills, but the sense of identity will enable them to have a more active participation attitude in the process of training and performing tasks in the future. On the battlefield, under the comprehensive effects of conditioned reflex, sense of honor, obedience and blood, we will better execute the combat orders issued by the commander.

This comprehensive effect achieved by various means is difficult for the traditional feudal army to fully imitate.Although Haihan will assist the friendly forces of the Ming army or some private armed forces to train soldiers, due to institutional differences, even if these imitators can adopt the organization of the Haihan militia, equip Haihan weapons, implement Haihan's training methods and even some combat tactics However, the gap in actual combat effectiveness between the two sides is still insurmountable.

Sun Zhen personally witnessed this process. The group of recruits he was in started training almost at the same time as the commissioned trainees sent to Penghu from the outside world. With a background in martial arts, and even an active soldier of the Ming Dynasty himself, his personal combat effectiveness far exceeds that of a rookie like Sun Zhen, and his acceptance of various military training subjects is much faster.

But after several months of training, Sun Zhen found that the gap between the two sides was closing at a rapid speed, especially in the ability to fight collectively. The Haihan Militia was not at the same level as the opponent.In the combat exercise for the final assessment, the recruit company Sun Zhen belonged to defeated the coalition forces composed of commissioned trainees by [-]-[-]. Qian Tiandun, who was watching the battle, also praised the recruit company.

However, the veteran instructors are very indifferent to this. In their words, if they can't even do a group of stragglers, then these recruits are not qualified to serve in the special warfare battalion. At most, they can go to other militia units as ordinary soldiers. Just a soldier.

Although it is not very clear what the situation of other militia troops is like, Sun Zhen and others are very much looking forward to serving in this legendary army.Of course, this is not just the collective sense of honor of being invincible, but also because the recruits have heard that this unit has the most opportunities for meritorious service and the fastest promotion speed. If you are lucky, you can be promoted to company commander in two or three years.If he performed well enough, he might be able to rise to the position of battalion commander in less than five years like Senior Takahashi Minami.Although that position was still unattainable for the recruits, everyone remembered the education they received on the day they entered the camp-a soldier who did not want to be a general is not a good soldier.Reasonable ambitions are allowed here, as long as they are willing to fight for it, everyone will have the opportunity to become a senior commander.

(End of this chapter)