Chapter 2264

Among those who participated in the crossing, the number of veterans who had served in combat units was extremely limited. Although most of them are still serving as senior generals in the Haihan Army, candidates who have been stationed overseas for a long time to lead troops in war are still extremely scarce.

, there are only about ten people in total.

This situation also makes it difficult for these generals stationed abroad to be rotated and adjusted, and they often stay in one place for several years. The result is that these people gradually turn into warlords who separatist forces in the local area.

However, due to Haihan's strict control over military manufacturing, there is no need to worry that these generals will take the initiative to sever relations with Haihan State, or even risk treason. After all, the weapons, ammunition and military equipment used by their troops are overwhelmingly large.

Some of them still need to be produced by domestic arsenals. Once decoupled, it will be difficult to maintain the combat effectiveness of the troops for a long time.

Chen Yixin had only graduated from high school when he participated in the time travel, and strictly speaking he was not qualified to lead troops. However, he had been stationed outside Hainan Island to perform military missions since 1628, and almost participated in Haihan's military campaigns in the area north of the Qiongzhou Strait.

In all large-scale combat operations, he has served as combat commander many times in Shandong and Liaodong, so there is no problem with his qualifications.

After the establishment of the Zhifu Island base in Shandong, Chen Yixin married the daughter of local landowner Ma Dongqiang, which can be regarded as having his own foundation in Fushan County. As the scale of Haihan's industry in Fushan County became larger and larger, relying solely on local troops

The limited garrison troops are already stretched to maintain security, and for various reasons, it is difficult for Haihan to dispatch more troops to the local area. Therefore, this also leaves room for Chen Yixin to operate and let the Ma family come forward to form a militia group.

Assist in maintaining social order within Fushan County.

With this reason, it was logical for Chen Yixin to file a report and apply to send people to Sanya to study military knowledge. Although handling this matter in the name of a militia seems a bit suspicious of excessive treatment, all the expenses were borne by the Ma family.

Bear in mind, the Ministry of National Defense didn’t want to have trouble with Chen Yixin over such a trivial matter, so it turned a blind eye and allowed this operation.

Although the training period is quite expensive, those who have received formal military training from the military will have a great chance of being directly appointed if they sign up to join the Haihan Army in the future, rather than starting from the bottom as ordinary soldiers.

For the Ma family, the financial backers behind it, such an investment would have a high return, so they paid the money without hesitation.

The personnel selected by the Ma family are by no means mediocre. They have been reviewed locally by Chen Yixin and confirmed that there are no problems with their qualifications and backgrounds before they are arranged to take a military transport boat all the way south and arrive after several transfers on the way.

Sanya.

Because Chen Yixin has been fighting abroad all year round and is married to someone from the Ming Dynasty. He has no connections in Haihan, so it is difficult to ask others to take care of these Shandong students who have been sent to Sanya all the way. After they arrived in Sanya by boat,

With Chen Yixin's letter of introduction issued in the name of the military, he went to the relevant departments of the Ministry of National Defense to complete the admission procedures, which went smoothly. In the next year, these Shandong trainees stayed at Luhuitou Base and accepted

Training in various military subjects.

Although this group of people were sent to Sanya for training in the name of militia members, the Ministry of National Defense also understood Chen Yixin's purpose, so they were not treated differently in terms of training content. The arrangements were exactly the same as for other foreign military trainees.

Even training items such as bomb throwing were taught to them.

The people who came from Fushan County were all descendants of the Ma family who were closely related to the Ma family. Among them was a young man named Ma Hao, who was born tall and strong, with a muscular body and a muscular body, typical of a Shandong man. Ma Hao and Ma Dongqiang lived in the same room.

The blood relationship is very close, and he is still Chen Yixin's nephew and descendant. He usually calls Chen Yixin uncle. Although this person is a bit straightforward, Chen Yixin feels that Ma Hao's conditions are naturally suitable for eating military rations, so he selected him as one of the students studying abroad.

middle.

Ma Hao's performance in other training events is quite satisfactory, but this grenade project is particularly outstanding. He is very good during daily practice, and is known as the "human cannon" among the students. His performance in the grenade project is

The advantage is actually greater than Dong Shangyi's advantage in the obstacle course. Although the audience was a little surprised by his performance, the result was not surprising to the participating students, and many people had already acquiesced.

Ma Hao won the first prize in this project.

Sure enough, in the next three rounds of target throwing competition, Ma Hao's performance was still almost perfect. The training thunder thrown in the last round even directly hit the sandbag used as a target on the ground more than ten feet away. This meant that

He ended the second half of the competition with a perfect score.

Ma Hao won the first place in the stage with undisputed results in the two stages of competition. The final result of this event is determined by the average ranking of the two stages of competition, so he naturally won the first place. Others who competed in the same field were convinced that they lost.

Orally, they all came forward to congratulate him.

Tao Donglai turned to Yan Chujie and said, "This guy is pretty good. The Ministry of National Defense should take him in!"

Yan Chujie nodded and said: "That's exactly what I meant. This kind of person is like a mobile artillery on the battlefield, and the combat troops are where he should go. But I have to seek Chen Yixin's opinion on this matter.

Because this seems to be from his father-in-law’s family.”

"What do you mean, where does this person come from?" Tao Donglai thought: "It's okay to arrange for him to return to the north. Now that Jinzhou is also under the command of Chen Yixin, let him serve in Jinzhou.

alright."

Haihan has basically eliminated the county government in Fushan County, and after the Dengzhou garrison suffered several losses overtly and covertly, they will no longer take the initiative to come to Fushan County to find trouble. Therefore, the risk of armed conflict in the local area is actually not great, like Ma

After a person like Hao completes his training, he just returns to Fushan and becomes a small leader of a militia group, which is a waste of his talent.

But if the military takes him in, he can be assigned to combat units in the future and deployed in areas where his expertise can really be used. Ma Hao can also rely on his ability to gain promotion opportunities by accumulating military merit. It is a win-win situation.

The result. If Chen Yixin was thinking about Ma Hao's future, he probably wouldn't object to such an arrangement.

After the two competitions were over, Yan Chujie announced that he would take a short break. Because some participants needed to compete in multiple events, for the sake of fairness, they must be given a certain amount of rest time to recover. At the same time, the setting of the school field also needs to be based on the competition events.

On-site adjustment also takes some time.

However, this finally gave the audience a chance to exchange their opinions so far. Since they have almost zero knowledge of weapons such as grenades, most people do not understand the significance of the grenade project and just watch it purely.

It's just fun. In comparison, the obstacle course format can obviously reflect the combat skill level of the participants more intuitively, and the obstacles are clearly set up. Even people who have never been on the battlefield can think of the significance of these obstacles.

Soon the attention of the scene was attracted by the layout of the third event. Several carriages carrying sandbags were parked at the other end of the school field. The sandbags on the cars were quickly unloaded, and dozens of people carried these sandbags.

The sandbags were stacked up and soon formed a wall of sandbags as high as one person.

This sandbag wall was located about twenty feet away from the stands, facing the stands. After it was built, several targets were erected in front of the sandbag wall. It looked like a shooting competition was going to be held here.

Since it was a military skills competition, shooting events were definitely indispensable. However, considering the inconvenience of organizing so many spectators to transfer to a shooting range two miles away, the military simply arranged to build a temporary shooting range on the school grounds.

Considering that the protective range of the sandbag wall built on site is relatively limited, for safety reasons, the military has blocked off the entire area within one mile of the shooting direction to avoid accidental damage from stray bullets.

The rules of the competition are very simple, that is, the contestants are divided into two groups, using the same model of standard rifles, to shoot ten rounds at a target a hundred steps away, and the winner will be determined based on accuracy statistics.

Considering the experience of watching the battle, the military also prepared a large number of telescopes in advance for the guests to use. Of course, these military telescopes are expensive to make and will not be given to them as gifts. They will all have to be taken back after the competition is over.

Regarding this competition, as long as the forces that purchase and equip the Haihan muskets attach great importance to it, because this is the most intuitive item that can reflect the combat strength of the muskets. If there are some sharpshooters in the formation, then there will be many in wartime.

Opportunities to assassinate important targets in the opponent's formation from a relatively long distance, thus disrupting the opponent's deployment before the war begins, destroying the opponent's command system, and changing the strength balance between the two sides in the quickest way.

Of course, such tactics are not suitable for fighting against the Haihan Army, because the allies all know that the Haihan Army has a mysterious unit of snipers, and the rifles they use are far superior to those on the market in terms of range and accuracy.

With the same kind of weapons that can be purchased, this tactic was originally tailor-made for them. If you want to use this tactic to compete with the more professional Haihan snipers on the battlefield, you will end up seeking your own death.

It took more than half an hour to set up the temporary shooting range, during which the guests also had time to familiarize themselves with the newly acquired telescopes. For most of the guests from the private sector, this was an extremely novel thing.

It takes a little effort to master how to use it.

Zhang Jinbao has a slight advantage in this regard. The research institute affiliated to Qiongxi Academy also spent a lot of time developing a telescope. Although the civilian version was not ideal in terms of performance due to processing technology problems, its imaging

Zhang Jinbao had heard detailed explanations of the principles and methods of use from his subordinates. Therefore, he could adjust and use the telescope by himself without consulting the soldiers present.

The binoculars used by the distinguished guests from various countries sitting in the middle of the stands are better. They are binoculars equipped for senior officers of the Haihan Army. These are also high-end items that cannot be purchased anywhere on the market. There are only a few of them.

Only allies with close ties to Haihan will receive a limited number of binoculars through gifts.

"To be honest, I am very envious of all the strange military technologies your country possesses. Each of them is enough to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army." Li Xie couldn't put it down, playing with the telescope in his hand, and said to Yan Chujie in an envious tone.

"Your Majesty, it's not enough to have technology, you also need to have enough financial resources." Yan Chujie reminded the other party with a smile: "The cost of the telescope you have is about the same as that of an artillery piece, or even higher. If

You are an army commander. With a limited military budget, are you willing to spend money on this small thing, or add a powerful artillery to your troops?"

"This..." Li Yan hesitated when he heard Yan Chujie's question. He was not a military expert, so it was difficult for him to make a correct weighing of this multiple-choice question immediately.

Li Zhi knew that telescopes were very useful for commanders, but he did not have a clear understanding of how to make full use of the telescopes on the battlefield. The role of artillery on the battlefield was obvious. If the two armies were at war,

, can a tool that can only be used to observe the enemy's situation really be more useful than an artillery that can kill and injure the enemy?

Li Zhi thought for a moment and had to ask Yan Chujie again: "Then how does your army weigh the two?"

Yan Chujie smiled and said: "Our army does not need to weigh, telescopes and artillery, I want them all!"

Li Zhi burst out laughing after hearing this. He had forgotten that Haihan was most famous not only for their ever-victorious army, but also for having the world's richest financial resources. For the Haihan army, which was equipped with a large number of muskets and artillery, it was indeed not necessary.

After repeatedly weighing the budget for the telescope, Haihan had enough military funds to equip senior commanders with this tool.

Li Zhi only hopes that one day his country will have the financial resources of Haihan, and then he will have the confidence to say "I want them all." But at present, it seems that whether it is telescopes or artillery, the cost is too high for North Korea.

Military expenditures require careful calculation.

This reminded him of the weapons and equipment display that Haihan would hold after the competition. Although the items displayed by Haihan may not be sold immediately, there is no doubt that the purpose of this kind of event is to encourage countries to order arms from Haihan.

North Korea's current financial situation is very tight, and it obviously has no spare capacity to buy a large amount of arms from Haihan. North Korea not only wants to accompany him in this competition, but will probably continue to accompany him in the next arms ordering meeting.

"This is probably the tragedy of a weak country." Li Xie couldn't help but have such thoughts flash through his mind.

After coming to Sanya for more than half a year, Li Zhi has gradually realized the gap in national power between North Korea and China. Although he does not want to admit this, he understands in his heart that North Korea's national power can only be classified as a weak country in the international arena.

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