Chapter 1861 Qualifications for joining the Allied Forces
Qian Tiandun's current main focus is on military cooperation projects with North Korea after the war, and he really doesn't have much time to manage these newly opened construction sites. Having said that, as a senior military general, these civil affairs affairs are indeed beyond his jurisdiction, so even if Fu Li takes the initiative to ask for instructions, he does not intend to interfere with the specific arrangements of these projects. And in Qian Tiandun's opinion, this small conflict at the salt farm construction site was really not a big deal. Fu Li's reaction was a bit too intense.
The production bases built in the industrial cooperation plan between the two countries were not entirely funded and developed by Haihan. North Korea also invested a lot of money in the official name. However, this was mainly for convenience. In fact, more than half of the investors were North Korea. The rich and powerful businessmen of the country. In the future, the profits gained from the operation of these places will naturally be distributed to these invisible shareholders according to their investment shares. The conflict of interest between migrant workers and supervisors on the construction site is essentially a class conflict that exists in North Korea, but it was only exposed in the specific environment of the Haehan construction site.
Since this is an internal conflict in North Korea, Qian Tiandun does not want Fu Li to take direct intervention. Haihan's diplomatic relations with North Korea are currently in a stage of rapid development, and Victory Fort also has a long-term plan to turn the lower reaches of the Datong River in North Korea into a sea. Han's heavy industrial base in this area, for Haihan, maintaining stable relations with North Korea is the top priority at the moment. As for the construction process of these industrial bases, it will not be as tense as the previous construction of the Tatong River military base, so Haihan does not need to risk offending North Korea to interfere in its internal affairs.
Although Fu Li is determined to solve some problems that have arisen in the industrial cooperation between the two countries, it is difficult for him to get the support of the top leaders of the two countries on this matter. After all, judging from the current situation, if some radical measures are not taken, it will indeed be impossible. It is difficult to fundamentally resolve this contradiction, and no one is willing to take this risk. Maintaining the status quo is the safest choice for both parties.
If an extreme emergency does occur, the thousands of naval and Han troops currently stationed at the Datong River base will not just watch the excitement. When it is time to use force to suppress it, Qian Tiandun will definitely not be merciful. Of course, it is actually unlikely that the Haihan Army will be dispatched to do such dirty work. Even if something happens, North Korea should be the first to take action, such as dispatching North Korean troops who are training at the Datong River base.
There are currently two thousand North Korean soldiers stationed at the Datong River base. They are elites selected from all walks of life in North Korea. A large number of them are young grassroots officers selected in accordance with Haihan's requirements. Many of them have already been to Liaodong last year. Jinzhou, in the name of a military observation group, observed the battle between the Han army and the Qing army on the front line. More than 50% of the trainees had participated in combat operations during the anti-Qing campaign in the past few months.
Many of these Korean soldiers come from powerful families. They have a relatively intuitive understanding of the military strength of the Qing army and the Haihan army. They are also very clear about the actual situation of their country. They know that receiving training and arming from the Haihan army may be an important factor in improving their country's military. The most effective way to gain strength is to better understand why you were selected to participate in this kind of training - if all goes well, some of them will become senior generals in charge of their country's army in ten or twenty years.
Of course, to achieve such a goal, these soldiers must make great efforts from now on, otherwise they will not be recognized by the Haihan military at all, let alone the opportunity for further study in the future.
According to the cooperation agreement between the two parties, the people currently responsible for training these North Korean soldiers are Haihan generals Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun, and their high vision has been widely spread among the North Korean military. After all, in this year's Anti-Qing War, the North Korean troops sent to coordinate with Haihan could only act as handymen throughout the entire process, and were rarely assigned to the front line to perform combat missions. The reason was because General Haihan's attack on North Korea The military's combat effectiveness was extremely uneasy, and the coalition forces were mainly on the defensive, so they were unwilling to take the risk of being breached and mobilize the North Korean troops to the front line to participate in defensive operations.
Therefore, although the North Korean army has nominally joined the military alliance led by Haihan, in fact, the Allied forces will not bring the North Korean army with them when performing combat missions. This seemed to allow the North Korean army to avoid the flames of war, but for the military and North Korean rulers, it was actually a silent shame. In this kind of war to protect the country, the country's army can only do miscellaneous things behind the coalition forces. It is really not something that makes people happy.
Because of this, the post-war North Korean military's reward based on merit was very embarrassing. It could only reward those generals who led troops to resist foreign enemies in various northern towns in the early stage. Most of these generals had died on the battlefield, and even their leaders The chance of winning the prize is gone. The North Korean troops who cooperated with the coalition operations in the rear hardly saw any blood, and the military judge Shen Jingzhen could not shamelessly calculate the merits of these troops who had not stepped onto the battlefield.
If they cannot achieve decent military exploits, they will naturally not be able to win enough respect. The urgent problem that the Korean army needs to solve after the war is not only to rebuild the northern troops that were wiped out by the Qing army in the previous war, but also to find ways to strengthen its own military strength. , to gain recognition from other military allies.
Looking at the foreign invasions that North Korea has encountered in the past few decades, almost without exception, they have to rely on foreign reinforcements to defeat the enemies. This naturally makes it difficult for North Korean rulers to have a sufficient sense of security. As a pursuing king, Li Jian hoped that one day he could rely entirely on his own troops to resist invasion, so establishing a new army with more powerful combat effectiveness became one of North Korea's development goals.
Since the establishment of official exchanges between North Korea and Haihan, they have been trying to obtain various military assistance from Haihan, including weapons, equipment and personnel training. However, before the North Korean army could achieve results, the invasion of the Qing army interrupted it. this process. After this war, the military also fully realized how big the gap was between itself and the Haihan Army. It also saw the results achieved by the armies of other countries following the Haihan Army, which further strengthened its determination to establish a new army. plan.
This war drained North Korea's treasury, so for the time being there is not enough military spending to purchase weapons and equipment in large quantities. All that can be done now is to send a group of outstanding soldiers to the Haihan Army for training so that they can become new soldiers in the future. The fire of the army.
An Dao-seok was a North Korean officer who was selected to receive training at the Taedongjiang base. His background was ordinary, and he was just an Orion family on Ping'an Road. Ten years ago, when the Dingmao Rebellion broke out, North Korea tried to recruit troops across the country to resist the invasion of the Jin army. Andao Shi, who was only fifteen years old at the time, accepted the call from the local government and joined the army.
However, before the reinforcements where Andose was included rushed to the front line, the war was declared over, ending with North Korea's initiative for peace, and Andose was lucky enough not to enter the battlefield. Ten years later, the powerful neighbor in the north once again raised troops to invade North Korea. This time, before the war actually started, they were recruited to the front line of the Datong River to participate in the construction of the defense line led by Haihan.
After arriving at the place, Andao Shi discovered that this project was not just a line of defense, but a large military base. Thousands of foreign coalition forces were stationed here, preparing to build it into the final barrier to stop the Qing army from moving south. defensive fortress. Although Andao Shi had not gone to Liaodong to see the power of the Haihan Army before, he had heard various rumors about this ever-victorious army. After arriving at the Datong River, he witnessed with his own eyes the Haihan Army, which was almost fully equipped with firearms. and the artillery warship docked on the river bank. Even the equipment level of several other foreign armies that followed Haihan to North Korea was far better than that of the Korean army. This really shocked Ando Shi.
But what makes him even more frustrated is that the North Korean army can only be responsible for logistics and logistics work here, and its functions are almost the same as those of civilians. Although some people questioned Haihan's arrangement, Haihan's army immediately arranged several tactical drills and used advanced infantry and artillery coordination tactics to silence everyone. It is not difficult for Andoshi to imagine that if the troops under his command were to perform tasks in such a combat environment, they would have been thrown into disarray amidst the rumble of artillery before they could engage with the Qing army. Although he didn't want to admit it, he knew in his heart that the arrangement of the Haihan people did make sense. If the North Korean army was forced to fight with them, there would probably be an unfavorable situation in which the North Korean army would be held back.
There is no need to go into details about the subsequent war process. The Haihan Army used its impressive record to show its North Korean counterparts what real combat effectiveness is. At the Datong River base, Andao Shi observed how the coalition relied on the defense line to block the Qing army, which was more than ten times more powerful than itself. And because he was familiar with the geography of the northern theater, he served as the guide for the Haihan Army Independent Regiment after entering the counterattack stage. , following the troops commanded by Gao Qiaonan to pursue the Qing army from the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River to the banks of the Yalu River, I personally experienced the advanced combat methods and extremely high combat efficiency of the Haihan Army.
It was precisely because of this rare experience that An Daoshi not only received awards from Bingcao Yamen after the war, but also got the opportunity to continue to receive Haihan military training as a reserve officer of the New Army. For Andao Shi, who has almost become a fan of the Haihan Army, this is simply the best reward that beats material rewards.
However, Andoshi quickly woke up from his excitement. He found that he did not have much advantage among the soldiers he received training. Many officers came from powerful families in Seoul and several big cities in the south. There are also many people who have received training in the Haihan Army who went to Liaodong, and there are many people with better military quality than him. He even saw some colleagues who had recently reported to the base and greeted him warmly when they participated in the training hosted by General Haihan for the first time. They were obviously old acquaintances who had dealt with them before.
Wanting to stand out among these trainees, An Daoshi knew that there was no shortcut. He could only learn more and practice more, and use his true skills to win the favor of instructor Haihan. Fortunately, he comes from an Orion family. He has been making a living in the mountains and forests since he was a child, and his physical fitness is quite good. Moreover, his familiarity with the mountain and forest environment also makes him stand out in the training courses formulated by the Haihan Independent Regiment, which uses mountain jungles as the main combat environment. He has been pulled out by officers many times as an example for his colleagues to learn from.
The training content of this day was an armed cross-country training in a mountain forest six miles north of the base. The trained North Korean soldiers first spent half a day walking to a place in the mountain forest, and then divided into batches in units of platoons led by each officer. Depart and return to base. The return trip is about ten miles, more than half of which is mountainous. The individuals and groups that take the shortest time will be rewarded, while the slowest team will be assigned to drudgery such as cleaning the camp toilets and bathhouses.
A rifle and a combat backpack weighing more than ten kilograms make many people complain in the first half of the journey into the mountains, let alone the return journey that requires marching speed. But this kind of event is Andoshi's strong point. According to the results of the past few outdoor armed training, it is no accident that he will definitely enter the top three in personal results again.
However, after arriving at the destination, Takahashi Minami, who was in charge of the training today, temporarily assigned a new task to Andoshi: "Andoshi, you will act with me today. You don't have to set off with the large army on the return trip."
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Although Andao Shi was slightly surprised, he did not doubt that he was there. When he was chasing the Qing army in the northern mountains and forests, Takahashi Nan would often give orders with seemingly unknown purposes. Adoshi thought that this might be Takahashi Minami's intention to increase his training, and he secretly encouraged himself in his heart to seize this opportunity to perform well in front of Takahashi Minami.
After a brief rest, the trained North Korean soldiers began to set off in batches toward the south under the command of instructor Haihan. In the end, in addition to a group of Haihan officers, there were seven or eight North Korean officers left in the mountains and forests, including Andoshi.
"Put down all your equipment first. I have a few words to say." Takahashi Minami signaled those who were eager to try not to rush off, but to listen to what he said first.
Andao Shixindao only had the return trip from the cross-country training, and he still had to mobilize alone. So he followed the instructions and put the rifle and backpack on the ground.
"I'm keeping you here today because after this period of training, I noticed that you are all students with outstanding military qualities, and you are talents worthy of special training!"
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Takahashi Nan praised him as soon as he opened his mouth, but before these North Korean soldiers could finish being happy, he changed the topic and said: "But the conditions in the North Korean army are limited, and the army is run by civilians. Military generals have almost no chance to get ahead. If you If you join the army in this environment, you will sooner or later become mediocre and your military talents will be wasted. So I want to provide you with another possibility that allows you to give full play to your abilities."
(End of chapter)