Chapter 3433
Qian Xiaobao was born in Zhoushan, Ningbo, Zhejiang in 1635. In his childhood, Qian Tiandunzheng led his army to conquer Liaodong and had a long-term confrontation with the Qing army in the Jinzhou Isthmus. Because the local environment was not yet stable, Qian Tiandun arranged for Luo Wudan and his son to live in Zhoushan for a long time.
By 1637, after participating in the Battle of Manila, Qian Tiandun thought that his station would be transferred back to the south, and then he would be able to take his family back to Sanya for resettlement and solve his son's education problem.
However, shortly after the National Day celebrations that year, North Korea was invaded by the Qing Dynasty. Haihan immediately sent troops after receiving the request for help. Qian Tiandun led his troops north to the Korean Peninsula to participate in the war, and stayed in the north for more than ten years. Luo Wudan has returned to Sanya to settle down with Qian Xiaobao.
Although he and his father spent less and less time together, Qian Xiaobao received a high-level education from an early age that only children across time and space were eligible to enjoy. He was admitted to the Army Academy as a teenager and became a reserve officer at the age of fourteen.
After Qian Xiaobao came of age, he changed his name to Qian Shaobao, and officially entered the military service under Qian Tiandun's arrangement, and went directly to the special operations division under Qian Tiandun.
However, Qian Shaobao only stayed in the north for two years, and Qian Tiandun arranged for him to return to the south and join the First Lu Division. This is not because Qian Shaobao cannot adapt to the northern environment, but because Qian Tiandun hopes to enrich his resume, which will be beneficial to his future promotion in the military.
Of course, it is not known to outsiders whether there is an element in this that Luo Wudan was yearning for his son and asked Qian Tiandun to transfer his son back to Hainan Island.
As for Qian Shaobao, he certainly hopes that he can get more attention from his father. Qian Tiandun spent half his life in the military. Even if they are father and son, only military merit can enable Qian Shaobao to win his father's love.
However, Qian Shaobao's Luyi Division is permanently stationed on Hainan Island. In recent years, its combat missions have become fewer and fewer, and its chances of obtaining military honors are far inferior to those of the border guards.
So when Qian Tiantun led his troops south to Malacca last year, Qian Shaobao began to operate quietly, hoping to be transferred back to his father's command to prove his ability.
However, running this matter was far beyond Qian Shaobao's ability. Even if he wanted to apply for transfer, when the process reached the Ministry of National Defense, someone would naturally ask his father Qian Tiandun for his opinion. As long as Qian Tiandun didn't nod, even if he applied ten thousand times, he would still be stuck at a certain link.
At the beginning of the year, Qian Shaobao was even more itchy when he saw the battle reports sent back from the Malacca front line. In his opinion, using the special forces division and the local garrison on Star Island to annihilate the pirate gangs was simply a military achievement that he was talking about.
If he were not stationed on Hainan Island, but still stayed in the special operations division, he would have gained some military merit from this operation.
Of course, after Luo Wudan found out about Qian Shaobao's plan, he still had to be reprimanded. Luo Wudan hopes that her son can spend more time with her, instead of performing combat missions overseas like her husband all year round.
In the end, Qian Shaobao could only turn to his father, who was thousands of miles away, and asked him to transfer him back to the special operations division.
It was not until the end of the year that the things that Qian Shaobao had been thinking about finally got an answer. The Ministry of National Defense issued a transfer order asking him to report to the special operations division at the Phuket base.
With Shang Fang's sword in hand, Qian Shaobao finally had an explanation for his mother, Luo Wudan, and happily packed his luggage and prepared to set off.
With the strength of the Qian family, it is not a problem to rent a boat and take a trip to Phuket. However, Qian Shaobao was afraid of long nights and many dreams. After receiving the transfer order, he wanted to leave as soon as possible. He even went to the Ministry of National Defense to inquire whether there were any official ships going to the south recently. During this period, the two expedition-class warships ordered by the Xingdao Region at the Victory Port Shipyard were launched ahead of schedule, and they were preparing to return to Xingdao before completing the final outfitting project. The Ministry of National Defense informed him that he could take a downwind ship to Xingdao first. .
Qian Shaobao heard that the two ships were preparing to sail directly to Xingdao, and immediately decided to take the ship south. After the Ministry of National Defense notified the Sing Tao Office of this arrangement, there was a scene of Shao Tianhu waiting to see him off at the dock.
As for the fact that there were other passengers besides sailors on the ship, Qian Shaobao didn't care too much, not to mention that Shao Tianhu had already explained Li Dechang's situation before he boarded the ship.
Although Li Dechang rarely had the opportunity to return to Star Island, he had lived there for many years and his understanding of the local customs was indeed far better than Qian Shaobao's, so he picked up some interesting things and told them to Qian Shaobao .
However, Li Dechang misjudged the other party's interests. The "customs and customs" Qian Shaobao wanted to hear were not these things, but the local international situation, military and political information, and historical disputes.
Qian Shaobao patiently listened to him for a long time before interjecting: "Brother Li, I read military history records before. General Roger led his troops south to Star Island and had many frictions with neighboring countries. I wonder if they were resolved later. Contradiction, what is the current situation? ”
Li Dechang heard the song and understood its meaning, so he put aside the customs and customs he was talking about and started talking about the things Qian Shaobao was interested in.
When Roger led his troops southward, the Strait of Malacca had already become a battlefield for surrounding countries to compete for power due to its special geographical location.
Although the Xingdao chosen by Haihan has good terrain, it has almost no development foundation. Therefore, for a long time, the Xingdao garrison could only be in a state of self-preservation. Fortunately, most of the neighboring countries are still in the cold weapon era and cannot crack the hard nut of Xingdao.
Because Star Island is far away from the mainland of Haihan, it is difficult to rapidly improve the immigration progress. The early population growth mainly came from accepting exiled criminals and prisoners of war.
It took Roger and Tan Juren more than ten years to gradually expand their territory to the Riau Islands and Sumatra near Sing Tao, and own a cornucopia of treasures such as Sing Tao Trading Port, Dumai Oil Field, and Bintan Island Bauxite Mine .
After having relatively sufficient fiscal revenue, the Xingdao Region gradually began to improve local people's living conditions and use a better living environment to attract immigrants.
After this period, the surrounding countries have fully realized the gap in national power between themselves and Haihan, and they no longer dare to bring the idea of fighting for territory to Xingdao. Instead, they are trying their best to win over Xingdao.
Portugal, which has been the local overlord in the Strait of Malacca for a century, has many unwillingnesses, but after Haihan sent troops to occupy several large islands at the northern end of the strait this year, its position has been overtaken by Haihan.
"Except for Portugal, other countries basically do not have the power to fight against our country. In fact, General Qian led the special warfare division to station in Malacca, which is somewhat of a killing."
When Qian Shaobao heard this, he smiled and interjected: "That's not necessarily the case. Controlling the Strait of Malacca is just the first step to advance westward. The special warfare division will not stop at Phuket. In the future, you will see ”