Chapter 923 Multinational Force
After the Immigration Department received this group of slaves, it first registered them. Each slave introduced to Ambrosia Island would have an independent file recording their basic information. These slaves will be held in a temporary resettlement area for an observation period of seven to ten days. Only after it is confirmed that there are no acute infectious diseases latent, the Immigration Department will notify the employer to handle the next step of reception procedures.
Plantation and farm operators naturally hope to select young and strong slaves, but currently the demand for jobs on the island is still far greater than the supply of slaves, and there is not enough space for employers to be picky. For the sake of fairness, this selection can only be done by lottery, and operators need to spend money to get a spot in the lottery. This cost is basically consistent with the cost of the Immigration Agency to buy these laborers from slave traders. , as for whether you can draw a satisfactory candidate by drawing lots, it all depends on luck. Once the distribution of these slave laborers is completed, they are prohibited from being sold again to prevent anyone from taking advantage of it to make profits.
On this island with a complex population structure, strict management systems are an important means to maintain social stability. Although there are still many loopholes in the regulations formulated by Haihan, based on the current level of rule of law in this era, Haihan The area under its control has done quite well. The incidence of public security cases on Ambona Island is quite low, which is partly due to the strict laws and regulations implemented by Roger and others here.
The slave trade on Ambrosia Island actually started operations after the FJ war ended last year and Roger returned here. In about a year, nearly 5,000 slaves have been accepted here. Currently, most of the labor force used in plantations and farms on the island is slave labor imported from the outside world. The development speed of Ambon Island has increased by leaps and bounds in the past year, which is indeed inseparable from the slave trade carried out during this period.
"For slave workers who are transferred to other areas, do their files follow them?" Yan Chujie asked.
"Chief, according to the requirements of the personnel files of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, when personnel are transferred, the files will be transferred to the next resettlement place or unit, and the same arrangement is for slave workers." Li Dagui responded respectfully: "But even if we here Even if the person transfers, the most basic files will still be left behind for inquiry.”
Yan Chujie praised: "Well done. The population structure of Ambona Island is relatively complex, and there are great differences in language and culture. It is necessary to spend more time on civil administration. Minister Ning also made a special statement before coming here If you have any problems that require support from the base camp, you can just raise them and the superiors will resolve them as appropriate.”
"Thank you for your advice, chief. I remember my humble position." Li Dagui bowed and responded.
Although Yan Chujie is a senior military official, he also serves as a member of the executive committee. Since there are no other senior officials in the Southern Patrol Fleet this time, he is the highest-ranking leader of Haihan in the entire South China Sea region, so It is understandable that he should make some instructions and arrangements for all construction, civil affairs, commercial and trade matters in these areas.
After inspecting the work at the Immigration Department, Li Dagui took Yan Chujie to the temporary isolation and resettlement area for immigrants. However, considering the safety of the important people, he only took a look at it from a distance and did not arrange for Yan Chujie to go up close. Get in touch with these slaves who have recently arrived in the port.
After finishing the work, Yan Chujie saw that it was still early, so he took the initiative to propose to see the elite multinational force trained by Roger himself. This is the project that Roger has been most concerned about and put the most energy into in the past year. The top brass of the Military Commission also attach great importance to it, because in the future military operations carried out by Haihan in the South China Sea, there is indeed a need for a team that is adaptable to the local environment. Higher elite troops. Although there is a battalion of infantry stationed at Cam Ranh Bay in Annan all year round, there are still certain differences between the local environment and the South China Sea. After all, there is a distance of nearly a thousand kilometers from Cam Ranh Bay to Ampur Na Island, not to mention the distance between Anbu and Cam Ranh Bay. Sumatra and Java are thousands of kilometers south of the island.
The Haihan Militia's station on the island is located in the coastal area south of the port, covering an area of more than 2,000 acres. In the time and space before the time travel, this was the location of the island's only airport. The terrain was open and flat, which was very suitable for building camps and training grounds. There are two companies of the army stationed on the island, and in addition to this is the multinational force built by Roger himself. Although it still carries the banner of the militia, Roger was full of confidence in this unit in the report submitted to the Military Commission. He even believed that its strength was not inferior to Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion, but it still lacked actual combat experience. That’s all.
Since Roger was so confident in his results, Yan Chujie was of course also very interested in seeing whether the real thing was as good as he said. In addition, the soldiers of this army are slaves from many countries, and the proportion of Han people among them is very limited. The Military Commission is not completely assured whether these people can really be used, and it must be personally tested by senior officials like Yan Chujie.
The original arrangement for visiting this unit was in the morning of the next day. Because the previous inspection schedule ended early today, Yan Chujie made an impromptu decision to visit this unit in advance. Of course, it's hard to say whether he intended to launch a surprise attack, but Roger obviously had no scruples about it and happily led Yan Chujie and Mu Xiabai to the camp.
"They should still be on the training ground at this time. The training content this afternoon is live fire shooting. To be honest, there are a few good prospects among my group of people. I plan to recommend them to Morgan to receive formal sniper training, but Morgan It is said that the assignment of snipers is directly arranged by the Military Commission, and they may not be assigned after training." Roger paused, coughed and said, "Can Mr. Yan be accommodating?"
Yan Chujie smiled and rejected his application: "How can military laws and regulations be accommodated? Snipers are inherently scarce resources. Of course, they should be allocated directly by the Military Commission and the General Staff Headquarters to ensure that the steel is used on the blade. Qian Tiandun's hand The special operations battalion below only assigned a squad of snipers to him after arriving at FJ. In the future, if your troops are to carry out combat missions, the Military Commission will naturally consider whether it is necessary to assign snipers to you.”
Mu Xiabai also said: "The situation in the Beibu Gulf is stable, and there are no professional snipers in Feng Annan's troops. If you have been guarding the island here, there is no need to assign snipers to you. The entire army's snipers If you don’t even have a company’s establishment, how can you say you want it?”
"Okay, okay, I just said give it a try, you don't have to teach me the truth!" Roger knew there was no hope as soon as he heard what these two said. It wasn't that he didn't know the rules in the military, he was just trying his luck in the hope of being treated more liberally, but Yan Chujie obviously didn't want to break the rules, so he rejected him mercilessly.
In addition to standardized camps and defense systems, Haihan's overseas garrison bases will also have many settings with local commanders' personal characteristics, such as training venues. The live-fire shooting range in the Ambon Island camp was designed and supervised by Roger himself. In addition to the standard shooting range, there are also various shooting positions that simulate the battlefield environment for soldiers to practice, such as the ruins of brick walls. Stone ruins, chest-deep trenches, sandbag fortifications, completely unpruned bushes, etc. Roger believes that these training measures that are closer to the actual combat environment will help recruits who lack combat experience to accumulate experience, so that when they actually set foot on the battlefield, they will not panic because of the difference between the actual environment and the training venue. This kind of careful detail has also been praised by Yan Chujie and Mu Xiabai. However, not every garrison base has the conditions to build such a training ground. If it is built on a small scale, the training effect will not be obvious. If it is built on a large scale, the construction Cost can also be an issue. The reason why Roger was able to organize and build a large-scale training ground on Ampurna Island was mainly because he attracted a lot of sponsorship from the outside. In addition to training the militia's own troops, this base will also provide funding. Funders train some private soldiers.
Of course, different training objects have different training contents. For example, the weapons currently used by multinational forces on the training ground are completely inaccessible to non-Haihan personnel receiving training here, and the requirements for mastering shooting skills are quite different between internal and external forces.
"Currently, we will arrange live-fire training for this unit twice a month. This is the upper limit of what I can do. Otherwise, I will have to reduce military expenditures from other places." Roger introduced the situation without forgetting to time it. Complain.
Yan Chujie automatically excluded the second half of what Roger said. As long as the generals who lead troops to garrison outside, most of them will find various reasons to complain. The purpose is simply to apply for more military expenditures to enhance the combat effectiveness of their troops. . If the Military Commission wants to try to meet everyone's demands, then even three or four times the existing military budget will not be enough.
The rifles currently equipped by the troops stationed on Amborna Island are the Sanyi type that are still widely used by the Haihan Militia. The combat performance of this breech-loaded flintlock rifle is already far ahead of its competitors in this century. Although Haihan Military Industry also has more advanced models in its hands, but considering the cost of manufacturing and use, the Military Commission has not yet planned to update weapons on a large scale.
To teach these soldiers who have never used a rifle how to use this weapon to kill enemies on the battlefield, the steps are definitely more troublesome than using cold weapons. However, although the entry threshold for cold weapons is low, it does not require several years of continuous training. It is difficult to become a master, but as long as the rifle learns to obey the instructions, load, aim and fire, it is enough. People with normal intelligence can master the basic operation essentials in a few days. The Haihan Militia's training cycle for new recruits is about a hundred days, and this unit under Roger has been training for nearly a year. Even with normal training methods, its capabilities are definitely better than those of ordinary recruits.
Yan Chujie observed the soldiers' live-fire target training with a telescope with great interest. He noticed that Roger not only trained the soldiers' formation shooting skills, but also added skirmisher line tactics based on the facilities and terrain of the training ground. This tactic was originally used on the battlefield with the emergence of breech-loading rifled guns in the late 19th century. During battle, each soldier was separated by a large distance, and the march formation and battle formation could be completed in a short period of time. Switching between each other can better combine firepower, movement and assault.
However, this tactic has relatively high requirements on weapons, individual soldier quality, and front-line commanders. The training that recruits receive when joining the army is to fight in formation. Once they lose their orderly formation, the soldiers are likely to become scattered on the battlefield and be at a loss. At present, among the troops of the Haihan Militia, only a few experienced troops such as Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion have begun to use skirmish line tactics. Most of the troops continue to use the conservative queuing-to-shoot tactics.
"Can these soldiers understand the commander's orders?" Yan Chujie asked Roger.
"They can understand basic instructions. They train during the day and have cultural classes at night, which teach them to speak Chinese and recognize Chinese characters." Luo Jie introduced: "Literacy in the military can also be regarded as improving the quality of soldiers. This I’ve been working on it for almost a year, and even if I can’t write, I can at least speak and listen.”
Yan Chujie watched for a while, then put down the telescope and said, "Gather the troops together. I want to see these soldiers up close."
"No problem." Roger immediately ordered the training to be terminated and gathered on the nearby playground to stand by. Of course, all the weapons used by the soldiers must be concentrated first to prevent these guys from accidentally wiping their guns and firing.
A moment later, Yan Chujie and Mu Xiabai, accompanied by Roger, reviewed the multinational force consisting of 330 people. Except for the officers at the squad and company level who originally belonged to the militia, the soldiers were all young and strong men selected from the immigrants and slaves who arrived on Ambon Island during the year. Due to their diverse origins, the soldiers also had various appearances, the most obvious of which was the different shades of skin color.
The Haihan Militia has never been composed of pure Han people. In the early days, foreigners like Gao Qiaonan joined. Later, when Qian Tiandun organized the Annan special warfare camp, a large number of Annan youths were recruited into the army. However, such a complex composition of personnel as Roger's team is really unprecedented. There were black, white, and white people in this queue. There were yellow people with black hair and black eyes, as well as people with dark eyes and eagle noses and curly hair. There were also quite a few black people with dark and shiny skins. Yan Chujie took one look at them and said, "Don't say anything." Accounting for one-tenth of the total staff.
It is not an easy task to bring together such a group of people with different backgrounds and train them into a combat-effective force. Yan Chujie looked at the neat formation of this multinational force and couldn't help but secretly admire Roger's methods.
(End of chapter)