Chapter 2269
After Andao Shi held his breath and crossed the finish line, his heart relaxed and his feet softened and he fell forward. Fortunately, although his mind was completely blank, he still subconsciously used the rifle in his hand to hold on, and reluctantly knelt down on one leg to stop. He stopped the falling action. After he lowered his head and slowly smoothed out his disordered breathing, he gradually regained his consciousness, and then he heard applause from the stands.
Before An Daoshi understood what was happening, three other companions who participated in this project had already rushed over, helped him up from the ground, and told him in an extremely excited tone that he had won third place in this project.
"Third?" An Daoshi was shocked when he heard this result. Could it be that the two targets he was chasing so hard just now were the top two in this event? Speaking of which, he was only a few feet away from the chance to win the championship. This result was far beyond his own expectations.
However, even if Andao Shixuan reacted, he could achieve such results most likely because he saved a lot of time by crossing the racecourse on the way. It seems that although this choice was extremely risky at the time, the results were very obvious. They immediately surpassed the top teams and almost caught up with the top two teams who already had a huge advantage.
Even so, he still failed to overtake the leader at the last moment, which made him somewhat regretful. If we can win the first prize in this project, it will be a great honor for North Korea. Now that he has won third place, Andao Shi is still a little uneasy, wondering whether his boss will be satisfied with this.
An Daoshi did not notice that in the stands not far away, many people were congratulating the crown prince of Joseon, Li Zhi. Everyone originally thought that the outcome would be a competition between the two heroes. Unexpectedly, the North Korean team, which was lagging far behind in the first half, unexpectedly made a surprise attack at the last moment, which almost changed the outcome that everyone expected.
Although it failed to surpass the top two in the end, it somewhat added some variables to this somewhat boring project. It is reasonable for Xu Jiajun and Annan Army to compete for the championship, but the performance of the North Korean army is an unexpected surprise. People can't help but give a thumbs up and shout out to Li Xie. For a while, no one even cared about the top two. Scored.
Li Zhi was also very surprised by this result. Of course, he was very clear about the strength of his men and the performance of the previous schedule. He never thought that there would be a chance to compete with the two traditional powers. Who would have expected that Andao Shi would sprint in the final At this stage, he almost caught up with the top two, and his performance was indeed remarkable, far exceeding his expectations.
After Li Xie thanked several high-ranking Haihan officials for their congratulations, he immediately felt that he was very proud, and secretly thought that he would give these subordinates some decent rewards later. Especially Ando Shi, who completed the last relay, his performance was perfect in Li Zhi's opinion, and compared to the third place in the obstacle course in the morning, the third place in the afternoon was obviously more weighty and influential.
As the last members of each team returned to the finish line on the school field, the event finally came to an end, and the Army project competition in this competition also came to an end. To be honest, the several competition events arranged today are not enjoyable enough for most of the audience. What they want to see more is a competition with a certain degree of confrontation, such as an arena competition that tests fighting ability, or a test of command. Ability formation.
However, due to various reasons, the Haihan military did not make such arrangements and arranged some projects whose significance only insiders can truly understand. Although the viewing quality is slightly weaker, the comparison is still with real combat skills, and it is more in line with Haihan's best combat method.
The traditional cold weapon combat skills and tactics have become weak and backward in the face of the hot weapon combat method currently promoted by Haihan. Face-to-face fighting has become increasingly rare in the combat reports of Haihan Army. There is only one close combat technique widely promoted by the Haihan Army in the military, and that is bayonet fighting. However, this dangerous fighting technique is obviously not suitable for use in internal competitions.
Therefore, the competition events designed by the Haihan military are all considered from a perspective that is closer to actual combat, such as shooting, throwing grenades, quickly passing various obstacles, and emergency marches in the wild, etc. These trainees themselves are military attaches from various countries. After they master these combat skills, they can at least ensure that the soldiers they train in the future will also have corresponding combat effectiveness.
After all four events were completed, Xu Jiajun from Fujian won first place in the first and last events, ranking first among all teams, demonstrating their strength in the cross-country marching event. Annanjun won first place in the shooting competition, and combined with their rankings in several other events, they were second only to Xu Jiajun in the rankings. The Fushan team from Daming Shandong suddenly emerged. Relying on Ma Hao's invincible performance in the grenade throwing event, it took the lead and ranked third.
This was the first time for the North Korean army to participate in such a competition, and their results were pretty decent. They got two third places in four events, which was more than enough. Although he did not achieve the goal required by Li Zhi, he deliberately raised the standard to stimulate the performance of his subordinates. Finally, he was able to achieve this result and ranking on the first day of the competition. Li Zhi had nothing to be picky about.
After all the events were over, Yan Chujie personally awarded special medals produced by the Ministry of National Defense for the competition to the winners of these events. For these foreign soldiers who come to Haihan to study abroad, this can be said to be a great honor.
When Yan Chujie awarded the medals, he said some words of encouragement to these people, to the effect that in addition to bringing back the military skills they learned in Haihan, they should not forget to continue to maintain military ties with Haihan in the future. cooperate.
For Haihan, teaching military skills to these foreign students is just a means to maintain the relationship between the two parties. The real purpose is not only to make the other party's military system rely on Haihan, but also to let these people control the military power in the future. After that, we can continue to maintain a sense of closeness to Haihan, so that Haihan's interests in these areas can be safely protected.
And through such competitions, Haihan can also discover some talents who are truly talented and worth spending more resources to win over. For example, Ma Hao, who suddenly appeared in the grenade project this time, was already spotted by the military. They would talk to him later and persuade him to join the Haihan Army directly.
After today's competition was declared over, the officials did not arrange another dinner. This is not because Haihan is stingy, but because each company must take this opportunity to make some arrangements and adjustments for tomorrow's naval competition project, so that they can have sufficient time to prepare.
Ordinary people immediately returned from the gate of the camp, and relevant personnel could apply to have dinner with subordinates participating in the competition in the base.
Su Keyi knew that he had nothing to do next, so he stood up and left. After walking a few steps, he noticed that Fei Cexian, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, was also following him quickly. He immediately asked: "Why don't Mr. Fei stay and meet with the various teams of the Ming Dynasty?"
Fei Cexian knew that the other party was asking the question knowingly, and his immediate response was not in a good tone: "They are just a bunch of rebellious officials and traitors. I, Fei, represent the Ming Dynasty. How can I collude with them!"
Su Keyi was secretly amused when he heard this, and thought that Fei Xiancai was indeed a pedantic scholar. He could only talk about justice, but was not good at fighting for the interests of the Ming Dynasty in actual operations. He then advised: "Master Fei, if I count correctly, there are five teams on the field today from the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of whether these people follow the instructions of your court, they are all Ming people after all, and Master Fei You represent the Ming Dynasty. By leaving, doesn't it confirm the fact that the Ming Dynasty has abandoned them?" Fei Cexian said: "Master Su, if I stay, some people will think that I am abandoning my dignity to persuade them. I personally have nothing to fear when these people choose to serve Ming Dynasty again, but if Ming Dynasty is humiliated because of this, then it is unacceptable.”
Su Keyi said: "Do they really dare not to take Master Fei seriously?"
When Fei Cexian heard this, he laughed at himself: "Fei, the official of Si Zuosi, is just a small seventh-grade official. How can he control them! The man Xu Yuxing who came to represent the Xu family probably also has an official position, and his official rank He will be much higher than Fei. If there is a fight, Fei will just humiliate himself in the end.”
Xu Yuxing did not come to Sanya under the banner of an official of the Ming Dynasty, and he actively asked Haihan officials not to introduce his identity and official position in diplomatic situations. Therefore, on this occasion, no one actually regarded Xu Yuxing as an official of the Ming Dynasty. Only Fei Cexian understood that Xu Yuxing, a nephew and descendant like Xu Xinsu who was highly valued by Xu Xinsu, could never be just an ordinary citizen. Even for the convenience of traveling in and out of Fujian, he would be given a black gauze hat. And getting a fifth-rank official position in Fujian would not pose a problem to Xu Xinsu.
Therefore, although Fei Cexian was the only official representing the Ming Dynasty present, he was not necessarily the one with the highest rank. It would be very difficult if Xu Yuxing pointed out that his official rank was too low if he jumped out to speak rashly.
Of course, when Fei Cexian came to Haihan, he also brought a token symbolizing the authority of the imperial court, so that he could handle some matters that were too late to ask for instructions on behalf of the imperial court. When dealing with other Ming officials, he could also issue instructions to them in the name of the imperial court. However, these seals and other tokens are inconvenient to carry around. They are kept in the embassy for a long time. If he really wanted to argue with Xu Yuxing, would he have to go back to the embassy to get the tokens out first?
As for the other teams competing in the name of non-governmental organizations, Fei Cexian estimates that his identity is even less of a deterrent. These people have obviously taken refuge in Haihan. They will not listen to the imperial court's orders. He said that they are rebellious officials and traitors, which is not wrong at all.
Seeing that the provocation failed, Su Keyi changed the subject and asked: "Will Mr. Fei come to watch the naval competition tomorrow?"
Fei Cexian said: "Look! Why don't you watch? Will Mr. Su give up the right to watch tomorrow because no team of his own is participating?"
Su Keyi smiled and said: "Of course not. It is a rare opportunity to have a glimpse of the military strength of various countries. It would be a pity to miss it."
Fei Cexian nodded and said: "That's exactly the reason. Haihan is now spending a lot of effort training troops for various countries, and his ambition must be quite big. Although our Ming Dynasty is not wary, we must be on guard against others. We must fight against others. It’s better to have some understanding of its strength.”
Su Keyi said: "What Mr. Fei said is absolutely true. When Haihan fought overseas in recent years, he mostly dragged his allies to send troops together. This is an extremely dangerous signal. If one day Haihan joins forces with other countries to send troops to invade the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid It is difficult for your country to respond effectively in a timely manner.”
How could Fei Cexian not hear that Su Keyi's hypocritical worries were actually sowing discord, but what he said was indeed the truth. Haihan's troop dispatch area was getting larger and larger, with more and more allies, and the threat to the Ming Dynasty was also increasing day by day. . In fact, Ming Dynasty has always lacked sufficient understanding and attention to such an international situation, and has no effective countermeasures. Like Fei Cexian, it can only swallow its anger and watch helplessly as Haihan grows bigger day by day.
Fei Cexian said: "What do you think Mr. Su has to say?"
Su Keyi looked at no one behind him, lowered his voice and said: "Perhaps your country and our East India Company have the same interests, which can promote cross-regional cooperation between the two parties."
Fei Cexian looked sideways at Fei Cexian, then shook his head and said: "Batavia is too far away from the Ming Dynasty. You can provide too little help to the Ming Dynasty. Cooperation does not make much sense. The risk is not small. If anything happens, If the news leaks out, do you think the Haihan people will miss the opportunity to attack Batavia?”
"This..." Fei Cexian's counter-general army made it difficult for Su Keyi to reply for a while. He did intend to test Fei Cexian's attitude to see if there was a possibility of winning over Ming Dynasty to cooperate, but the other party obviously understood the East India Company's situation very clearly, and he exposed the Dutch's weakness in one sentence.
Can the city of Batavia withstand the full attack of the Haihan army? From Su Keyi's perspective, he believed that hope was extremely slim. The Haihan Army had an overwhelming advantage in the naval fleet. This alone was enough to completely blockade the Batavia Port and deprive the city of the protection of armed ships at sea.
Thinking about the fact that Manila City on Luzon Island failed to block the artillery fire of the Haihan Army, if Batavia City was attacked by the Haihan Army, the result would probably be disastrous.
Su Keyi had to admit that the risk Fei Cexian mentioned did exist. A warlike country like Haihan, as long as it gets a reasonable excuse, may start a war with any country that their fleet can reach. The Netherlands is no exception. From this point of view, the risks involved in winning over Ming cannot be ignored.
(End of chapter)