Chapter 3201
For the tens of thousands of local people who were lucky enough to watch this military parade, this was probably the first time they had a real sense of Haihan's military strength.
In the perception of many people, the Haihan Army is simply equivalent to the Second Regiment of the Seventh Army Division stationed outside Hangzhou, plus at most the East China Sea Fleet in Zhoushan. Few people have seriously thought about how large the territory controlled by Haihan is, and what size of army is needed to achieve such expansion.
Most people are skeptical about the reports of wars from other places that they occasionally read in the Donghai Times. After all, the people saw how embarrassed the Ming Dynasty was when facing domestic and foreign wars. Naturally, they would not easily believe that Haihan had the ability to start wars in so many places at the same time.
Even if the Haihan Army is really that capable of fighting, then the government still can't collect military pay in various forms?
But the troops that appeared today made the people truly realize that in addition to annexing the territory that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, Haihan also owned a huge territory overseas, and its territory was still expanding.
This achievement that surpassed the previous dynasty was almost entirely achieved through countless military conquests over the past thirty years. At the same time, the burden on the people has not been increased much by these wars.
At least it was not like the Ming Dynasty, which increased taxes every two days in the name of war, making many local people miserable, and instead gave rise to more civil strife.
It can be seen that Haihan not only surpassed the Ming Dynasty in military strength, but his comprehensive national power to carry out wars was far above that of the Ming Dynasty.
As a member of such a powerful empire and witnessing the empire's invincible army, one can't help but feel proud of the camp one is in.
However, the foreign envoys who also watched the entire military parade at the scene felt that it was like a person drinking water, knowing the joys and sorrows.
The happiest people at the scene were the envoys from North Korea. Their excitement could even make people mistakenly think that the team marching in the square was not the Haihan Army, but the North Korean army.
Of course, it is understandable that they show such emotions. After all, North Korea has always played a weak role in history and faces the risk of being destroyed by its powerful neighbors in any era.
But now that it has finally taken hold of Haihan, the new suzerainty has provided North Korea with an unprecedented sense of security. As long as the suzerain country is stronger, North Korea's security will be more guaranteed.
On this matter, the northern and southern courts had a rare consensus of opinion.
For allies such as Annan and Portugal, the performance of the envoys must be slightly more stable. Their army has had many experiences fighting side by side with the Haihan Army in the past thirty years. They are already very familiar with Haihan's military strength and overseas development, so they will not be particularly surprised.
In comparison, although the North Korean army also cooperated with Haihan when fighting against the Manchus, their strength was limited. They mainly only served as wartime logistics, and they did not actually cooperate on the front line much.
Moreover, in the Haihan war in the South China Sea, North Korea was often unable to send a large number of troops to participate in the war due to limited navigation capabilities. It could only send a small number of officers to participate as military observers, which was more attitude than practical.
Annan and Portugal can provide much greater assistance to Haihan in the South China Sea than North Korea. Not only can they send armed fleets to participate in combat operations led by Haihan, but they can also provide ports and material supplies, and even formulate plans with Haihan. The status of the action plan is much higher than that of North Korea's auxiliary army, which can only follow orders.
At this time, some envoys who were familiar with Haihan's arms sales system were already thinking about whether to wait until the military parade was over to go to Haihan senior officials to find out which of the equipment on display today could be purchased immediately.
In the past thirty years, every time Haihan holds a large-scale military parade, it will inevitably be followed by a wave of arms sales activities. Some military equipment that is not easy to buy in normal times will often relax restrictions on supply to buyers at this time. Regular buyers like Annan and Ma Dalan, who are not short of money, have begun to quietly list equipment they intend to purchase.
Many weapons and equipment will be sold by Haihan if they are not for sale, but if they are put on sale, they must strive to be the first batch of buyers.
Envoys from Japan and the Netherlands had more complicated feelings at this time. Their countries had all suffered losses at the hands of Haihan, and they knew that their military strength was not as good as Haihan's, but seeing the gap getting wider and wider, the sour taste in their hearts was hard to suppress.
On the other hand, they also hope to strengthen their own strength by purchasing Haihan’s weapons and equipment. However, Haihan has had more restrictive measures on their arms sales than other countries for many years. For many things, they can only watch others buy them, but they can’t They can't touch it, which makes them feel very uncomfortable.
The only person who would feel on pins and needles about this was Yue Shizong, the Ming envoy.
Yue Shizong is not a military attache, but he can intuitively feel the gap in military power between the two countries from today's military parade.
Apart from anything else, just to gather these armies from all over the world to Hangzhou, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to complete the adjustment of defenses, the use of transportation capacity, and the expenditure of military expenditures required in the process.
Those prisoners of war from overseas battlefields made Yue Shizong realize a terrible fact: the past few years of the truce between Haihan and Ming Dynasty were not as unbreakable as Ming Dynasty thought. Once the Haihan army's overseas war came to an end, It is very likely that he will have his hands free to deal with Daming again.
He shuddered even more when he thought of Haihan's intention to magnify the impact of Zhu Zhongyun's case in the past two days.
If Haihan transferred these overseas elite troops back to the country and began to concentrate on dealing with Ming Dynasty, how should Ming Dynasty respond?
When Yue Shizong was worried, the loudspeakers set up in the square had already begun to announce the follow-up arrangements.
As expected by many foreign envoys, after today's military parade, Haihan will arrange a private military exercise near Hangzhou on another day. The main content is to demonstrate the combat capabilities of various weapons and equipment.
The military exercise after the military parade is one of Haihan's traditional events.
This special event will delimit a temporary control area and prohibit non-military personnel from entering. It is impossible for the public to watch as it is today.
However, this activity is not a military exercise for the sake of military exercises. The real purpose is to promote weapons and equipment. This means that diplomatic envoys and military attaches from various countries will probably be invited as in the past to see the actual performance of the equipment they are interested in on the battlefield.
In addition, officials have also prepared another activity for ordinary people who cannot watch this military exercise.
In the next few days, in the port area near the mouth of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, the military will open several large warships for the public to board and visit.
As soon as the news was announced, the onlookers at the scene once again burst into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
(End of chapter)