Chapter 2267
For the East India Company, both the Haihan Kingdom and the Matalan Kingdom were competitors, but one was far away across the ocean and the other was close at hand, so naturally the nearby threat was greater. What's more, it's only been a few years since the last time the two sides fought to the death. The newly built city walls in Batavia City are always reminding the Dutch that they must not relax their guard against the Malta Blue Country for a moment.
Because the Haihan Army did not directly fight in this competition, Su Keyi's attention was mainly focused on the soldiers from the Matalan Kingdom. However, judging from their performance, these people can only be regarded as having mediocre qualifications, and there is nothing that makes Su Keyi feel afraid.
But Su Keyi also heard that a group of military officers from the Matalan Kingdom had returned to China after completing their studies some time ago. Perhaps in a while, the next batch of overseas students from the Matalan Kingdom would arrive in Sanya. If this back and forth continues, several powerful figures will eventually appear at some point in the future and become the East India Company's formidable rivals.
Of course, Su Keyi also wanted to find ways to terminate the military cooperation between Matalan and Haihan, but this was not easy. The East India Company was always on guard against Haihan, and the military cooperation between Haihan and the Matalan Kingdom was obviously not only for the purpose of selling arms to make money, but also for the purpose of containing the East India Company. How could it easily change its course?
These two families are not the only ones in this mutual restraint relationship. Annan and Champa are also rivals who have always had border conflicts. However, because these two countries are allies of Haihan, under Haihan's mediation, they are currently barely maintaining a superficial peace. But as long as there is a situation where they can differentiate themselves, the two families will definitely not give in to each other and must fight for it.
For example, in this kind of martial arts competition, the goal of the weaker Champa is not to win the competition event, but to defeat Annan in each individual event. But so far, the efforts of the occupying army are obviously not enough to make up for the gap in strength. In the several projects that have been completed, let alone defeating the Annan army, even narrowing the gap to a competitive range is very difficult. difficulty.
Luo Keren, the ambassador to Champa, was naturally very dissatisfied with this performance. He had argued with Zheng Zha at the banquet the day before yesterday about who had better development prospects in Saigon or Vung Tau. He held his breath and wanted to use it in the competition. Zheng Zha was slapped in the face with his grades, but it seemed that it would be too difficult to realize this wish. It was impossible to ridicule Zheng Zha with this.
The top runners completed the stage one after another and returned to the school field. Champa actually ranked last for the time being. Luo Keen was ashamed on the spot. He thought to himself that if he only gets this result in the end, then I can do it. This is After several trainees return to China, they should not report to the military. They should first work as coolies to earn back the training expenses for this year.
Just complaining in your heart will certainly not change the situation on the field. The performance of strong teams like Xu Jiajun and Annan Army is not susceptible to external interference. When the second leg is completed, these two teams are still far ahead.
At this time, the gap between these two teams and the other teams has obviously widened. After their third team members left the school field, the second team members of other teams returned to the school field for handover.
Although Xu Jiajun is still in the lead, the gap between him and Annan Army is not too big. Fortunately, the routes of each team are different. The third players of the two teams went their separate ways after leaving the school field, so there is no need to worry about interfering with each other during the game.
Li Zhi, who was worried, found that his team's ranking had dropped again. By the time the third team left the school field, it had been ranked eighth again. He could only sigh secretly at his lack of strength. It was really difficult to take advantage of such a project by just relying on luck.
But An Daoshi, who was waiting to play on the school field, was much more optimistic than Li Xie. He has also been observing the changes in each team's stage rankings. The difference is that he has a certain understanding of each team's strength in this event, unlike a layman like Li Zhi who can only watch the excitement.
An Daoshi believes that Xu Jiajun was able to maintain the lead in the first half. A very important reason is that they put Dong Shangyi, who is good at cross-country marching, in the first leg. He gained a relatively large time advantage for Xu Jiajun in the first stage. .
The Annan Army also adopted similar tactics, but they put Li Hai, who was good at cross-country marching, in the second leg, actively avoiding the Xu Jiajun's strongest first leg, and it was a bit like Tian Ji's horse racing.
The strongest player in the North Korean team is Ando Seok, who will play in the last leg. Although judging from the current situation, the North Korean team has fallen behind most of the teams, but in fact the gap from third to last is not that big. Not big, just in the middle of the crowd. If the current situation can be stabilized, Andosi is confident that he can catch up a few more points in the final stage.
When the third team completed the schedule and returned to the school field, the North Korean team moved up one place from the previous round and ranked seventh. However, it was further away from the top two in the fight between gods and had basically lost the possibility of catching up with them. .
After receiving the starting order, Andoshi immediately went to get the map information for his stage and the compass used to determine the direction. He needs these two tools to find the first target.
The information attached to the map is the direction and distance to the first destination, but the route needs to be chosen by him along the way. The orienteering race is held in the Luhuitou base, which has a variety of terrains and buildings used for military training. Some routes may even require passing through densely packed barracks.
On the map, it looks like a straight line from the starting point to the destination, but there are actually many places that need to be detoured along the way, which means that you have to constantly adjust the direction while traveling. This is a nightmare for people who don’t have a good sense of direction. . If you even get the direction wrong, you will naturally not be able to find the exact check-in point.
Therefore, even those who set off first may be overtaken by those who come after them because they have to stop and correct their direction along the way. Of course, people with a strong sense of direction and rich experience will continue to fine-tune their direction during the process, which can save a lot of time spent on repositioning.
Andao Shi belongs to this category of people. He accumulated a wealth of experience in traveling in the wild during his career as an Orion before joining the army. He does not even need to be equipped with a compass as a tool. He can determine where he is by relying solely on his natural judgment. Bearing and direction of travel.
After Andoshi saw the information on the map, he quickly calculated the direction of the first destination, and then set off at a trot. The morning project required a lot of physical exertion, but fortunately the interval was long enough and he has basically returned to his best condition.
The rifle plus the backpack weighing more than 20 kilograms is indeed quite heavy. Fortunately, in addition to the straps on both shoulders, Haihan's military backpack also has two fixed belts on the chest and abdomen, which can firmly fix the backpack to the body and make it easy to run. It won't shake too much. The rifle has a long and slender body, and it would be inconvenient to run with it on his back, so he chose to hold it horizontally with both hands, one hand holding the handle and the other holding the gun body, so that the rifle in his hand would not be affected when running. To balance the body, you can run faster and more steadily. This feeling is not unfamiliar to Andao Shi. When he was tracking wild boars in the mountains and forests with a steel fork, he ran like this non-stop. As long as he kept his pace and breathing rhythm, he could even run more than twenty miles in the mountains and forests in one breath.
Andao Shi rushed through the passage between the two rows of barracks, turning a blind eye to the glances from the nearby Haihan soldiers. Normally, he would not dare to run around like this without permission in the camp. In addition to preventing chaos, another reason is that there are many places in the Luhuitou base that are restricted areas where foreign military students are not allowed to enter. If he accidentally breaks the taboo, he may even be arrested. Expelled from Sanya.
But today was a special situation. He could finally run around the base without worrying about violating some military regulations. Of course, he did not get carried away. The area this route passed was almost completely unfamiliar to him. He had to ensure that he was highly focused and that his route did not deviate from the target.
After passing through this barracks, there is a large horse farm next to it. A wooden fence as high as one person circles around dozens of acres of land in this pasture. In the middle, there are dozens of horses leisurely enjoying the sunshine and freshness. of fodder.
It goes without saying that these horses belong to the Haihan Cavalry Battalion. However, this unit is not very well-known to the outside world. Even Andoshi did not see them dispatching large-scale cavalry units when he fought with Takahashi Minami in North Korea.
The cavalry battalion has always been in a relatively awkward position in Haihan's army. First of all, the area ruled by Haihan does not have many horse farms suitable for grazing, so it is quite inconvenient to engage in large-scale horse breeding. Secondly, Haihan's ruling areas are scattered overseas, and combat areas are often far away from the mainland, requiring the use of a large number of ships to deliver troops by sea. Transporting people is troublesome, let alone transporting horses. The established cavalry units have to be mobilized thousands of miles away by sea, which is simply a big trouble for the shipping department.
After Harugong, who was responsible for commanding the cavalry troops, went to Shandong to fight in a battle in 1634, he suggested that the Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense abandon the line of establishing large-scale cavalry troops and delegate the command and garrison to various overseas colonial areas. Hainan Island is mainly responsible for training cavalry and breeding war horses to ensure the actual combat effectiveness of the cavalry troops.
Otherwise, transporting the war horses thousands of miles before each battle will delay time and affect the combat effectiveness. The cost of transportation may even be greater than the combat mission itself. It is really not a cost-effective deal.
The military horse farm on Hainan Island is not in Sanya, but in the plain area in the north of the island. This small military horse farm on the Luhuitou Peninsula is just a supporting institution for training cavalry, with only a few dozen horses in total.
Ando Shi slowed down, judged his position and direction, and found that he had to go around the racecourse to get back in the right direction, which was at least two miles longer than the expected distance.
Normally, this distance wouldn't matter, but now he was marching in a hurry with more than 20 kilograms of equipment on his back. It was a race against time, and he didn't want to waste time here. The military horse racing farm does not allow outsiders who are not cavalry troops to enter without permission. Andao Shi's behavior is undoubtedly a violation of military regulations. But he recalled the rules of the competition, which did not prohibit contestants from taking shortcuts. Seeing that there was no one on either side, Andao Shi simply gritted his teeth, climbed up the wooden fence and entered the racecourse, intending to cross directly across the racecourse.
Andao Shi also knew that there was something wrong with this move. After jumping into the racecourse, he ran very fast, trying to leave from the other side of the racecourse before being discovered. However, this was not an unattended place. He had not run far into the racecourse when he was spotted by a cavalryman herding horses in the distance. He immediately whipped his horse and chased him.
The cavalry chased him close, but before he could stop him, Andao Shi took the initiative to let go of his voice and turned around and shouted: "I have an urgent mission from the Ministry of National Defense. It is urgent and cannot be delayed!"
The cavalryman heard it clearly, and he muttered a little at the moment, thinking that there might be some urgent mission, so he pulled the reins and slowed down the horse's pursuit. By the time he realized that this guy was probably participating in the orienteering competition, Andoshi had already run a long way away.
The cavalryman was so angry that he clasped his horse under his crotch with his legs and chased after him again. Andao Shi could hear the sound of horse hooves in the distance behind him without turning his head. Seeing that not far ahead was the wooden fence on the other side of the racecourse, he rushed over with all his strength. After five or six steps, he threw the rifle over the fence, then put his hands on the fence, pushed hard with his feet, and jumped over the fence without stopping. After landing, he rolled and picked up the rifle. Keep rushing towards your destination.
The cavalryman chased to the edge of the fence, but after all, he was one step away. He spat fiercely, but he couldn't help but be impressed by this guy's clean and neat move over the obstacle just now.
Andao Shi rushed dozens of feet away, and was a little unable to regain his strength at the moment. Fortunately, the pursuers were blocked by the fence and did not continue to catch up, so he was able to slow down and take a breather.
Not far from the racecourse, he accurately found the sign and seal of the sign-in office on the trunk of a big tree. Adoshi gasped and took out the sign-in card, grabbed the seal hanging on the tree and punched it into the first empty space on the sign-in card, printing a unique pattern logo.
Andao Shi got the azimuth information of the second destination here. He must use this big tree as the base point and calculate the exact location of the second destination and the route to get there based on the information.
The information he got this time was more complicated, and it took him a little time to calculate it, and then he set out on the journey again. According to the schedule settings, he knew that he still had three check-in points to find, and the schedule was only about one-fifth complete. However, running across the racecourse just now was too strenuous, which had already had an impact on his physical reserves. He could only seize the time to breathe evenly and return to the rhythm he was most familiar with.
Andoshi knew that the route he just temporarily chose was definitely not the official schedule, but this unconventional operation should have successfully grabbed some time, which might be enough for him to catch up with other teams' times in the last stage along the way. .
(End of chapter)