Chapter 264 Armed Parade
The Victory Port area rarely arranges large-scale activities for people to gather together. This is due to security considerations. When people gather, a large number of military and police personnel must be dispatched to maintain public security and order. Secondly, many production units A unified public holiday system is not fully implemented, and large-scale public events will inevitably affect production arrangements. The official rallies before this can be counted on one hand. One was when the Black Earth Port colonization fleet set off, and people were organized to go to the port to say goodbye collectively. The other was the "Discovery" test more than a month ago. The boat launching ceremony also had a large-scale onlooker event.
However, with the gradual establishment of local social order, large-scale public activities are no longer taboo for the Executive Committee, especially those that can boost morale and gather people's hearts, such as New Year celebrations, time-travel anniversaries, etc., which are extremely It may be held regularly in the future.
People in the department store poured out of the store and stood on the roadside to look around. Two columns of security guards in black trotted along both sides of the road, standing at regular intervals to isolate the onlookers to the roadside. Some bullock carts and people who were originally traveling on the road also hurried to the side of the road under the shouts of the security guards, completely freeing up the main road.
"Look over at the pier!" Some sharp-eyed people were already shouting.
Li Nai, Yu Dashan and others who had just walked out of the store stood on tiptoes and looked towards the south pier. They saw four sailboats parked on both sides of a trestle that was usually empty. A large number of people were disembarking from the boats. Li Nai had stayed in Victory Port for a long time, and he also knew that the trestle was a facility exclusively used by the "Haihan Military and Police Department" and was only used for transportation ships between the port terminal and the militia military camp on the east coast of the harbor. The four ships must have They are soldiers of the Haihan Militia. However, Li Nai had never seen such a large-scale mobilization of the Haihan militia in the past. Could it be that a foreign enemy was attacking?
This idea only flashed through his mind and was immediately rejected. If there was a real attack from a foreign enemy, the Executive Committee would definitely not let the people just watch on the street, and would at least organize them to evacuate to the solid base No. 1. Or Tiandu, which is located inland.
It was Yu Dashan's explanation that made him immediately understand the reason: "Everyone is in a good mood today. The heads of the Executive Committee are going to have a military parade. Everyone, wait and see the excitement!"
Wang Cai muttered: "How do you know so clearly? The chiefs are parading the military, why are the common people joining in the fun..."
"My nephew is the monitor of the second company of the militia. He said it himself. In fact, the military parade had been arranged half a month ago, but it was not publicized to the outside world." Yu Dashan said proudly: "And the leaders also After all, this military parade is for us ordinary people! The leaders organized the militia to train these soldiers just to protect us ordinary people!”
Li Nai was a little disapproving after hearing this. Training troops to protect the people? Rather, it is to protect the property of the Haihan people - of course, the definition of this property also includes all naturalized people in the nearby area. These common people are the means of making money for the Haihan people, so they must be well protected. However, compared to ordinary militia groups, the equipment of the Haihan militia group is a bit too outrageous.
Li Nai has recently discovered that the muskets equipped by the Haihan militia are different from the matchlock guns purchased by "Furuifeng" in the past. Although he does not know how they work, they seem to be more powerful than the matchlock guns. But it was obvious that the Haihan people did not intend to sell this "advanced" weapon to others, and Li Nai also wisely did not take the initiative to inquire about the price from Tao Donglai and others. But there is no doubt that the Haihan people have spent a lot of money to arm this militia group, and they will conduct live ammunition exercises with guns and artillery almost every other day, and are ready for a battle at any time - it seems that the only thing left An opponent who deserves a beating appears in front of the Haihan militia.
While Li Nai was thinking wildly, someone squeezed in from the crowd and greeted him: "Mr. Li, Mr. Tao invites you to go to the city gate of Base No. 1 to watch the ceremony."
Li Nai looked back and saw that it was Jiang San and Jiang Kaishen, the followers assigned to him by the Port District Management Committee. He nodded in agreement, then raised his hands to Yu Dashan and Wang Cai, and followed Jiang San to squeeze out of the crowd and go to No. 1 Went in the direction of the base.
Yu Dashan watched with envy as Li Nai's back disappeared into the crowd, licked his lips, and said to Wang Cai: "Manager Wang, quickly ask the waiter to move two chairs out, you have to stand higher to see clearly! ”
What disembarked from the Victory Port Pier were three militia infantry companies and an artillery company currently stationed in the military camp area, as well as two companies of militia cadets. In addition, in order to make the military parade look more "majestic", hundreds of naturalized civilians who have only received several collective military trainings will also appear as auxiliary troops. They received notice half a month ago and began preparing for the military parade at the beginning of the new year. However, most of them did not expect that soon after this military parade, the militia would step onto the real battlefield and begin to perform the duties of an army.
Although preparations have been made in advance, the militia troops attending this military parade are not all fully equipped, and some militiamen are still on duty outside Victory Port. Although the transfer orders from the Military and Police Department have been issued, when militia trainees go to these places to change posts, the handover often still takes a certain amount of time. Of course, it is impossible for the hundreds of soldiers living in North Vietnam to return to Port Victory to participate in this military parade, but based on the system of rotating foreign posts, they are very hopeful that they can participate in the New Year's parade next year, which is 1629.
The person in charge of commanding this military parade was the chief instructor of the training camp Gu Wei. He originally wanted Qian Tiandun to stay and help him organize the ceremony when he came back to report on his duties. However, because Heitu Port also had many things to prepare for the next military operation To make preparations, Qian Tiandun and Gu Kai took a boat back to Heitu Port in advance the day before. In addition to Gu Kai's family member Ruisa, the people who went with them also included Luo Wudan, a reporter who was "assigned" to other places due to the adjustment of the executive committee's publicity policy.
Of course, Luo Wudan himself would not necessarily regard this assignment as a reassignment, because when the executive committee sent her to North Vietnam, it also adjusted her administrative level. To be precise, it granted her the "station in North Vietnam". "Regional news station director" is such a mysterious-sounding position. Although this position is only a polished commander for the time being, there is no doubt that this is also the starting point of Luo Wudan's career. It is always more promising than her staying in Victory Port as a low-level reporter.
Qian Tiandun's early departure did not trouble Gu Wei, and in the end he found a deputy to help him organize the military parade. Harugong, who spent most of his time at the Animal Husbandry Base of the Ministry of Agriculture after time travel, was turned over by the Ancient Guard. In addition to helping the Ancient Guard organize the team, Harugong, a former cavalry soldier, also had to be in charge of the latest cavalry formation under the Military and Police Department. First appearance in the public eye.
The Sanya area is not suitable for raising war horses, but for future combat needs, it has to make preparations in this area. The supplies I brought when I first crossed over also included a few horses. After half a year, I purchased some horses one after another from Yazhou, Qiongzhou Fucheng and other places, and selected 16 horses from them to form a cavalry. In the establishment of the platoon, Harugong himself served as the platoon leader.
Although the establishment is there, the combat effectiveness is quite doubtful. Except for Harugong himself, the other soldiers, not to mention the cavalry, even rode horses for the first time. They all started to learn riding skills after entering the militia. As for charging into the formation, Cavalry tactics such as slashing and slashing cannot be relied on for the time being. Regardless of quality or quantity, this newly established cavalry unit is obviously unable to be used on the frontal battlefield. Harugong's report to the Military and Police Department also pointed out that the biggest function of this unit at present is probably to improve the unit's organization, not to mention actual combat effectiveness. If it must be used in combat, it is best to serve as a messenger, Guidance tool - even reconnaissance tasks are not suitable for this team to complete. However, in this military operation against the Annan Civil War, it is very likely that the cavalry platoon will also be sent out as an auxiliary force. Although the terrain and climate conditions of Indochina are not suitable for cavalry operations, cavalry can still play a certain role in small-scale battles within a limited area.
The Military and Police Department currently has a view that on the basis of ensuring that North Vietnam bears the basic military expenses, small-scale troops should be stationed on the Annan battlefield for long-term rounds to train the troops in actual combat. In addition to the basic infantry, artillery and sailors, cavalry will also be an important unit in conquering the mainland in the future. If you wait until you have the strength to intervene in the mainland before you start considering adding cavalry to the combat establishment, it will be too late. Even if the size of the cavalry force at this stage can only be described as mini, the Military and Police Department also hopes to have a small but capable cavalry force under its command.
After the soldiers entered the dock in formation, they were organized into teams by squad and platoon officers, and then concentrated into companies. For this military parade, 70% of their military training in the past half month has been marching formation exercises. The ancient guards did not expect their formation to be able to surpass the level of the honor guard of later generations, but at least it could not look like a group of farmers who put down their hoes and picked up their guns like ordinary militia groups. Since this militia has been trained as a professional force, the requirements for soldiers must naturally be based on the perspective of professional soldiers.
This transformation from ordinary people to soldiers is not just as simple as changing one's skin, but more importantly, it establishes the consciousness of a soldier on a psychological level. In addition to long-term military training and collective life, participating in actual combat is also a very important training method. After completing today's military parade, all training subjects of this unit in the next few days will be intensive combat training to prepare for the upcoming actual combat. However, the specific time for dispatching troops depends on the outcome of negotiations between Gu Kai and North Vietnam. The Military and Police Ministry believes that the North Vietnamese regime will make a decision quickly under the pressure of the domestic war situation, and the time for dispatching troops will not exceed the end of this month at the latest.
"Gather in formation!" "Two people nearby form a unit and check each other's equipment!" "Look to the right!"
Yu Tiezhu loudly issued orders to his subordinate soldiers, not daring to relax at all. Yu Tiezhu was one of the first batch of naturalized people to be included under the rule of Haihan, and also the first batch of people to join the Haihan Militia. He can be regarded as a "veteran" among this young team. Although he has never participated in a real battle, he has participated in various military missions many times. From the initial duty at Yulinjiao Post to the later maritime patrols, he was directly involved. Based on his seniority, he was among the first batch of sergeants in the militia and became the first batch of naturalized grassroots officers. Although he is only a squad leader, in Yu Tiezhu's view, this is actually on the same level as the "military masters" who needed to look up to him in the past - you must know that even those Yazhou Navy personnel who came to Victory Port saw the Haihan Militia. People take the initiative to be courteous.
Yu Tiezhu doesn't care whether the Haihan Militia is a private armed force or an anti-government armed force. Everyone's life is better now than before, and this is the most important thing. Yu Tiezhu's family, relatives and friends are all naturalized citizens now, and there are also relatives of successful people like Yu Dashan who have become "famous". This makes Yu Tiezhu full of expectations for his career in the army. . He heard his instructor say more than once that within this system, those who would be promoted fastest would definitely be soldiers. As long as there was a war, there would be many opportunities for promotion. In the future, he would be a platoon leader, company leader, etc. It is not impossible to become a longer or even larger officer - of course, the premise is that you must fight bravely and survive the battle.
Although Yu Tiezhu had never fought in a war, he was fortunate enough to have seen the "Haihan Pictures" that only officers at the first level could watch, and he had a preliminary impression of the cruelty of war. At the same time, he gradually understood that the purpose of the Haihan leaders in forming this militia was not just to defend Victory Port. But Yu Tiezhu was not afraid in his heart. Instead, he was very eager to experience the taste of blood and fire as soon as possible. At the company headquarters preparation meeting they attended last night, the Chuanzhong officers who served as the commander of the second company had informed them that a military operation might be launched in the near future. Of course, this senior military officer also emphatically stated to them that the target of this military operation would definitely not be the Ming Dynasty.
In Yu Tiezhu's view, the purpose of this public military parade is probably to make the local people mentally prepared for the upcoming war, at least to let them know that the combat effectiveness of the Haihan Militia is enough to ensure a victorious outcome, so that the people will not have to worry about it. After hearing the news about the war, they were frightened.
After Yu Tiezhu's second militia company was assembled and prepared, it was quickly taken away from the dock and stood by on the landscape avenue leading to Base No. 1. The space they vacated was immediately filled by the artillery battery that had just landed ashore. This company, which had high hopes from the Executive Committee and the Military and Police Department, was equipped with six 6-pound guns and four 12-pound guns, all of which were installed It was mounted on a two-wheeled movable gun carriage and was pulled by mules when traveling. Among their queues, there were also several heavy flatbed carts transporting ammunition and artillery supporting tools. They basically moved out all the wartime establishments.
At this time, both sides of the landscape avenue were crowded with people watching the excitement, especially those from outside, who were very curious about what kind of drama the Haihan people were going to sing. While the onlookers were talking among themselves, they heard the sound of drums, and then quickly slowed down to maintain a fixed rhythm. At the end of the landscape avenue connected to the pier, the Haihan militia in gray military uniforms began to march in neat steps to the beat of drums.
These militia soldiers wore rattan helmets, gray cloth military uniforms, cowhide armed belts, puttees on their calves, and cloth shoes with 100-layer soles. They had an armband with the words "Haihan Militia" embroidered on their left arm. There is also a small mark on the chest, which indicates the company to which the soldier belongs. Ordinary soldiers also have a red mark on their collars, which is their rank of corporal, while sergeants and staff sergeants have an additional red mark in turn. As for the more senior military officers, they wear the epaulettes uniformly issued by the Military and Police Department. If it weren't for the incongruity of the rattan helmets, this team would look a bit like a replica of "Tuba Road" from a distance.
The soldiers raised their heads and held their flintlocks behind their backs, holding the gun belt connecting the two ends of the gun body with one hand to keep it stable. In order to demonstrate the mighty effect, all the bayonets were specially installed. The large forest of bayonets shining with white light is indeed very visually impactful. The queue was arranged horizontally with six people, and each company marched in a rectangular square. In front of the queue, there were special flag bearers holding flags embroidered with the army's organization. The momentum was no less than that of the regular army of the Ming Dynasty.
I don’t know who started it, but suddenly the crowds on both sides of the road began to applaud. This way of expressing emotions from Haihan immediately formed a chain reaction, and a large number of people started to act in style. There was applause, and some even shouted "Hello" - these militiamen were all from the local area, and there were naturally many familiar people among the onlookers. The cheers were mostly directed at individuals, not necessarily this unit. However, this sentiment of the people obviously also inspired the soldiers of the militia. They involuntarily raised their chins and moved forward with a more powerful posture.
"This... how unbecoming is this!" Many outsiders who saw the true form of the Haihan militia for the first time were dumbfounded and didn't know how to comment on this armed force that in their opinion had exceeded the standards of a militia - -Except for the lack of armor, this unit is no less than the Ming Dynasty King's Division in terms of military discipline and weapons.
Immediately following the formation of the three army companies is the artillery company. These dark artillery have a greater visual impact than the previous bayonet forest. No one can ignore that this light appearance is enough to scare a large area of the enemy. Killer weapon.
Immediately following the artillery company was the cavalry company. Although there were only a dozen horses, equipped with cavalry scimitars and a nearly ten-foot-long lance, this small cavalry unit still looked quite impressive.
(End of chapter)