Chapter 314 Viewing the Ceremony
Although Luo Shengdong didn't know the inside story of the interactions between the Cliff Garrison Office and Zhang Qianhu, the Guardsman, his inference was pretty close. Compared with the Shuizhai Garrison, which has relatively strict military disciplines, the Weisuo Army, whose military system has long since collapsed, has become so serious in desertion in recent times that Zhang Qianhu had to go to the Cliff Garrison Office to ask for an explanation. . However, Malike, who was the director of the Cliff Office at the time, cleverly seized this opportunity and tried his best to encourage Zhang Qianhu to open his mouth and let the Haihan militia enter Yacheng to fill the vacancies in the guard army.
Although Zhang Qianhu also knew that the nature of this matter was very serious, he had already taken many benefits from Haihan and could not speak forcefully. Secondly, the vacancy in the guard army was too large and he did not try to make up the vacancy. There is no way to hand over military power to the successor. In the past, it might be possible to recruit some idle people from around Yacheng to temporarily fill the scene. Anyway, the next Qianhu will have to live on empty wages after he takes office. As long as he can handle it during the handover, it will be fine. But now there are not many in Yacheng. Idle workers can be recruited. Even the long-term workers in many fields outside the city have gone to Shengli Port to work for the Haihan people. It is impossible to go to Yazhou Water Village to borrow people from Luo Shengdong to make up for the loss.
So after grinding and grinding, Zhang Qianhu finally accepted the plan of sending people from the Haihan Militia to temporarily fill the empty positions of the Yacheng Guard Station after receiving another sum of money from the Yacheng Guard Station. Of course, how long this "temporary" will last, and whether these people can be allowed to leave Yacheng in the future, is not something that Zhang Qianhu, who is about to retire, can decide - I will take the money, and the next person will take the blame.
There are more than 1,100 people in the Yacheng Guard Army. Currently, there are only just over 600 people currently on staff, and almost half of them are vacant. Such a large vacancy makes the military feel that the militia is not enough to fill it. After all, there are not many militia troops now. To fill the guard army, at least half of the garrison in Victory Port will be enough, and this is obviously It does not comply with the military's troop deployment plan. Taking into account the actual combat effectiveness of the Guard Army, the military finally decided to send a company of troops to Yacheng - basically this amount of troops was enough to control the situation in Yacheng, not to mention that there were also militiamen in the water village outside Yacheng. A portion of the sailors were stationed.
In terms of establishment, whether it is the Yacheng Guards Army or the navy, it will take a long time to completely replace them. The Haihan Militia will not be able to organize so many troops to station in Yacheng in the short term. What's more, the resources in Yacheng have been exhausted, and it is indeed not worth garrisoning a large number of troops. Now the executive committee is trying every means to evacuate the local military and political system. The main purpose is to control the local situation and use official power as much as possible to suppress possible attacks in Sanya. Opposition that emerged during development.
As long as the state capital of Yacheng can be controlled, it can be said that the entire southern coastal zone of Hainan Island has initially fallen under the control of the Chuanchuan Group. After receiving official cover, the executive committee could free its hands and begin large-scale development of Sanya and nearby areas. Although the two sons-in-law in Yacheng's official circles do not know the details of the executive committee's long-term plan, based on what they know now, they can also expect that this group of Haihan people are interested in more than just Victory Port. That’s all.
But Zhigui knows that they are unable to change the current trend of social change. With the current situation in Yacheng, they don't even have the capital to break up with the Haihan people. They can only watch the Haihan people expand their territory day by day.
Magistrate Zhang Tong sighed and said: "Now that things have happened, the only way for you and me to leave Yazhou is to rely on promotion. It's just that I only took over the post of magistrate this year. If I want to get promotion again, it won't be one or two." Something that can be done within a year.”
Seeing that his father-in-law had untied the knot, Luo Shengdong comforted him and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry about this. Mr. Tao once told my son-in-law that as long as he can cooperate well with them during his term of office, he will try his best to provide convenience and help my son-in-law." My son-in-law will be promoted as soon as possible. If my son-in-law is stationed in Yacheng, my father-in-law can rest assured that he can handle it if anything happens."
Zhang Tongpan said: "Having said that, it's just that the Haihan people's expansion speed is so amazing. They can operate to the current scale in one year. If they are given three or four years... who knows how many lawless things they can do. ! ”
"What my father-in-law said is wrong!" Luo Shengdong retorted in a rare way: "The Haihan people are more meticulous and strict in their laws, even more so than our Ming Dynasty. In terms of public security in Shengli Port, it is actually far better than Yacheng. Wait. When I have free time tomorrow, my son-in-law will take his father-in-law around here to get a feel for the local people.”
"How can I not see the ability of the Haihan people to govern the world? It's just that these people have no government in mind and no court in mind. Sooner or later there will be chaos!" Zhang Tongpan sighed helplessly.
At the reception banquet that night, Zhang Tongsuan and Wang Tongzhi, as the official representatives of Yazhou, also appeared together. Together with Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping, the two helpers, they simply provided the best endorsement for the crossing group. Although the wealthy businessmen from the mainland could not sit at the same table with these adults, no one was dissatisfied because of this. On the contrary, they were more convinced of the strength of the Haihan people - what they learned was that the Haihan people were trying to "Qiong" The establishment of the "Lianfa" specially invited local senior officials to Shengli Port to prove its control over the Yazhou area.
In this way, a very small number of shareholders who still had doubts were finally relieved. After all, this kind of scene where officials come forward to support businessmen is extremely rare in mainland China. Seeing several Haihan leaders sitting at the same table with senior officials from Yazhou and chatting and laughing was enough for the shareholders to have more beautiful visions for the future of "Qiong Lianfa".
On April 4th, the highlight of this anniversary celebration finally came, which was also a program specially prepared for foreign guests to watch the ceremony, including the large-scale military parade of the Haihan Militia and the amphibious warfare exercise.
When the militia soldiers wearing gray cloth military uniforms and carrying flintlock rifles marched in phalanx along the Port Landscape Avenue towards Fort Victory, the local people who had already participated in the military parade were desperately applauding and cheering to express their feelings. of excitement. Some outsiders who saw this scene for the first time were surprised and began to re-examine the strength of the Haihan people.
In addition to Yazhou officials and mainland business groups, the guests standing on the gate tower of Victory Fort also attended this rare and grand event, as well as disguised representatives of the North Vietnamese mission. Looking at the groups of militia soldiers passing by the gate of Victory Fort and the equipment they used, both Zheng Zha and Zheng Ting felt that their previous understanding of the strength of the Haihan people seemed not comprehensive enough. In particular, Zheng Ting, who had received military training from Hai Han and had experience fighting hand in hand with the Hai Han Militia, realized at this time that the Hai Han Militia's military capabilities were far stronger than those of the North Vietnamese army. These had been ignored on the battlefield. The details are now being re-amplified through the procession.
After the infantry phalanx, there are also the newly established sailor phalanx, the reserve militia phalanx carrying standard spears, the security police phalanx in black attire and rattan helmets, and the artillery phalanx dragging artillery on ox carts. Although they are sparse, But the cavalry team, which is rare in Yazhou, even has a small review team composed of representatives from the overseas Black Earth Port Security Army.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing is not the indigenous troops in front, but Commander Haihan's phalanx, which appears last and gets the loudest cheers. There are not many people in this phalanx. It is a team composed of thirty-six former members of the Military and Police Department selected by the Military Commission. This phalanx is personally led by Yan Chujie, the current top military leader. All thirty-six people now serve as commanders and combatants at all levels in the Haihan Militia, and all of them participated in the battle in Annan more than two months ago. A series of battles that can be said to be the elite of the military, passing through the pillars of force within the group. What is different from the previous review phalanx is that the clothing and equipment of this team are not so uniform. Although the preparatory committee originally purchased uniform camouflage combat uniforms, almost everyone in this group of guys who had military experience purchased more advanced combat uniforms on their own. The camouflage uniforms alone include mountain camouflage, desert camouflage, and marine camouflage. , urban camouflage, jungle camouflage, snow camouflage and so on. Combat boots are also diverse, ranging from the strongman military boots produced by the 3515 factory to various foreign brands. It is almost impossible to find a few pairs that are the same. There are also many kinds of carrying vehicles and helmets on the body. For example, the North American gang of Ai Xian has a variety of weapons and equipment hanging on the outside of the tactical vest, and the helmet is also equipped with night vision goggles. The whole thing is a Meidi Disai armed to the teeth. Fan.
As for the weapons used by everyone, they all chose the weapons they are used to. For example, the long and short combination of HK416 and MK23 that Tom Wang usually used. Sniper Old Morgan carried his weapon as usual. The extremely valuable M200 sniper rifle. Most of the soldiers who came from China before crossing over chose more traditional weapons such as the Bayi Bar. Although the military kept a small number of them, it was enough to equip the troops being reviewed. As for the 56 semi-automatic, which was purchased in bulk as an armed ordinary crossing force before the crossing, it was not displayed in today's military parade.
When such a chaotic and motley army came out, the cheers and applause of most of the local people slowly stopped. They had no idea how such a phalanx could join today's occasion. However, those who came to watch the ceremony started to make loud noises, cheering for this armed force that truly belonged to the time-traveling group. Of course, in fact, the purpose of forming this phalanx to participate in the military parade was not to show it to the guests, but purely as a show for its own internal personnel.
The several guests invited to watch the ceremony on the gate tower of Victory Castle also had different moods at this time. The two representatives of the North Vietnamese mission had mixed feelings. They were happy that the armed forces of the Hai Han people were so strong and the weapons they equipped were more advanced than those they sold to Thang Long House. This showed that the Hai Han people were far from capable in weapons manufacturing. It is fully revealed, and as its partner, North Vietnam will have a greater chance of winning the next battle against South Vietnam after receiving a steady supply of weapons from Haihan.
As for worries, it is because they are afraid of Hai Han's super armed strength. The Hai Han people have currently established three strongholds in North Vietnam: Black Tu Port in the north, Tu Son Port in the center and Yong'an Port in the south. Although Hai Han is in these three places The total number of personnel and laborers deployed was less than 10,000, but insightful people in the North Vietnamese Army had realized that just these three places had almost locked up the entire coastline of North Vietnam. The level of shipping in North Vietnam is far inferior to that of Hai Han. If this trend continues, it will only be a matter of time before the Hai Han people control the shipping industry in North Vietnam. The gap in force and dependence on equipment make the North Vietnamese regime even unable to control the shipping industry. Fa used a tougher attitude to negotiate with the Haihan people on the sovereignty issues of the three strongholds.
After Zheng Zha's visit this time, he took the initiative to ask the Cross-Training Group to provide shipbuilding technology assistance. This was partly due to concerns about sea control. Although Zheng Zha's request was finally recognized by the Haihan Executive Committee, this huge technical disadvantage cannot be rectified in a short time, and its initiative will still be controlled by the Haihan Executive Committee for a long time. It will cause great passivity to the North Vietnamese regime.
It was such a contradictory mentality that made the North Vietnamese representatives feel envious and jealous after seeing the Hai Han militia, but also inevitably gave birth to more fear and fear - this was almost the reaction expected by the Executive Committee.
Most of the people in the Mainland Business Group are military laymen, just watching the fun, but there are some knowledgeable people among them. It can be seen that the equipment level of the Haihan Militia has far exceeded that of the Ming Dynasty's army. It was only the artillery troops that dragged it out. Those dozen or so cannons are probably more than the artillery pieces equipped by the entire Qiongzhou Island army combined. As for whether the Haihan militia's exaggerated equipment might cause a conflict with the local Ming armed forces, no businessman was worried - the future governor of Yazhou and the commander of the navy were all sitting here, so what else? Something to worry about?
One issue that the wealthy businessmen of "Qiong Lianfa" were generally worried about at the beginning was whether the company's investment projects on Qiongzhou Island could be effectively guaranteed in terms of safety. After all, Qiongzhou Island is high in the mountains and far away from the emperor, and the government's armed forces are relatively weak. In addition to being invaded by pirates all the year round, the Li and Miao tribes also caused troubles and rebellions from time to time. Moreover, the place where the Haihan people settled was in Yazhou, the southernmost place. For most Ming people, it was already a place at the end of the world. If it really happened there, If something happens, these investors in the mainland are calling the sky and the earth for help.
When the General Office of the People's Republic of China interviewed these shareholders, Schneider also made a promise to them, claiming that Haihan "has a strong armed force" that can guarantee the development project of "Qiong Lianfa" on Qiongzhou Island. At that time, except for a few businessmen who had no doubts about the strength of the Haihan people, there were indeed many people who were dubious about it and even rejected Schneider's invitation to invest. However, those who finally chose to believe in Schneider now feel that their original choice was extremely wise - the Haihan Militia seems to be more reliable than the Ming Guard Army, and what Schneider said at the beginning was not an empty promise!
The Yazhou official delegation, who was in the middle and occupied the best position, had an equally complicated psychology at this time. On the one hand, they once again confirmed that the armed forces of the Haihan people were indeed as powerful as the rumors, but on the other hand, they also felt a little desperate about the prospect of Yacheng's influence. The rapid rise of the Haihan people in Victory Port was accompanied by the gradual decline of Yacheng. As the official supervisor of Yazhou, the influence of Yazhou Yamen in the areas controlled by Haihan has dropped to a historical low—— Except for the Maritime Business Inspection Group, who were relatively awed, the local people seemed to have a more indifferent and indifferent attitude towards the arrival of the parents. Zhang Tongpan could completely sense from the attitudes of these people their admiration and awe for Haihan, and their increasingly low sense of identification with the Yacheng government.
"Master Zhang, Master Wang, how do you think our militia group is training? Can we still catch the eyes of these two adults?" Tao Donglai raised his hand to wave to the militia square that was passing in front of the gatehouse, and turned his head to Zhang Tongpan and Wang Tongzhi asked.
Wang Tongzhi twirled his beard and said: "I think our Yazhou has never had such a majestic militia in hundreds of years. With the Haihan militia stationed here, I believe that from now on, Yazhou will be safe and there will be no need for Haihan militia." Worry about the invasion. ”
As expected, Wang Tongzhi is retiring soon and has less pressure. After receiving the money, he also acted very hard, and he was bragging about Haihan without any scruples. Although Zhang Tongpan felt a little disdainful, under such circumstances, he could not openly oppose the Haihan people. He could only follow Wang Tongzhi's intention and said: "What Mr. Wang said is true. I see this Haihan people." The Han militia is so powerful that it must be extremely powerful!”
"So we have also prepared the next program to let the two adults take a look at the actual combat effectiveness of our militia. Please move forward." Tao Donglai made a gesture of invitation.
The venue for the next amphibious military exercise is not far from Fort Victory, right at the mouth of the Tiandu River. However, in order to have a better viewing effect, the executive committee specially arranged an excellent stand for the guests to watch the ceremony - the "New World" ro-roller parked on the bank of Tiandu River.
Although almost everyone who comes to Port Victory has seen this giant steel ship parked on the shore, only very few people are actually lucky enough to board this ship. Many curious merchants have applied to the executive committee, but most of their applications to board the ship have been rejected in the name of "security issues." Being able to set foot on such a huge steel ship is a unique life experience for these guests. After boarding the ship, many people couldn't help but knock it here and there with their hands, trying to confirm that the entire ship was really made of steel.
(End of chapter)