Chapter 265 Group Effect

However, compared to the infantry and artillery formations in front, the lack of training of the cavalry team was obviously not that neat. The cavalry team was simply advancing in a fragmented formation. Harukong really wanted to order everyone to dismount and lead the horses forward.

That would at least make the march more orderly. But this did not prevent the onlookers from cheering. After all, this unit is really a rarity on Qiongzhou Island, which is far away from the mainland. There are not even many garrison troops in Yazhou.

War horses - raising cavalry is much more expensive than raising infantry, and it is almost useless in Yazhou. Soldiers who are eager to earn more free money will definitely not spend money on such a good-looking but not useful place.

This is indeed the case. The establishment of this small cavalry platoon actually consumes as much military expenditure as an infantry company. If it were not for the need for future military expansion, the military and police departments would not be willing to allocate it in the limited military budget.

A sum of money was spent to maintain this temporarily unused force. However, Harugong also mentioned in his work report to the Military and Police Department before the end of the year that he hoped to complete the expansion of the first cavalry company in 1628, which meant

The cost of this cavalry unit will increase to three times the current level. As for how the military and police bosses will obtain this budget from the Executive Committee, that is not something Harugong needs to worry about.

Following the cavalry is a small phalanx of sailors. Although no real navy has been established yet, considering the future development trend, the Military and Police Department cooperated with the Ministry of Shipping to organize such a phalanx. All members are composed of

It consists of some capable naturalized sailors and crew members. Due to the hasty preparation, their uniforms are not as uniform as the infantry phalanx in front, but the Military and Police Department still thoughtfully distributes uniforms to every member participating in the military parade.

A three-foot-long saber was slung around the waist, and a dark blue flag was displayed to indicate the naval attributes of this phalanx.

If the current number of soldiers was not too small, the Military and Police Department would have already decided to recruit the navy. Current maritime patrols, armed escorts and other tasks are still completed by the army under the banner of the Haihan Militia. If it must be

If we define this group of people as a military branch, it would probably only be the "Army and Navy Corps." And the establishment of the navy in the true sense may have to wait until the end of this overseas military operation at the earliest - the Military and Police Ministry plans to continue

Wait for the opportunity and use the east wind of victory in the war to persuade the Executive Committee to pass the plan to establish a navy.

Compared with the army, the operating cost of the navy is much higher. Infantry can move on two legs, but the navy must rely on warships as transportation vehicles to function. The current basic cost of the "Exploration-class" sailboat is

It costs about 1,500 yuan, which is much higher than that of a Chinese-style sailing ship that costs 400 yuan. The construction cost of the battleship type is exponentially higher than that of the basic type due to the reinforcement of the hull structure and the weapon configuration on the ship. Although the Victory Port Shipyard is completely financially demanding

The unit does not care about the profit of shipbuilding, but the base price quoted to the Military and Police Department has already exceeded 4,000 yuan. As for the larger tonnage of the 500-ton warship that is still in the design stage, its cost budget directly exceeds 10,000 yuan.

Yuan - This has basically reached or exceeded the maintenance cost of an integrated company of the Army for one year. If you cannot make an army with one ship, if you want to have a reliable maritime armed force, you will have to build several more ships, and this cost is obviously

Not a small amount.

And this is just the cost of building a ship. In order for the built warship to move, it must be equipped with sufficient sailors, crews and combat personnel, and whether it is a daily patrol or a wartime combat mission, as long as the ship is sailing on the sea,

Military expenditures are being consumed all the time. With the current budget amount available to the Military and Police Department, it is extremely difficult to expand the army and navy on a large scale at the same time - unless it can be done during this military operation

If something is gained, it may be a different matter.

The team at the back were three companies of civilians. This was the real militia team. The weapons they were equipped with were only one-foot-five-foot long iron-tipped spears. However, this did not prevent these people from just passing by.

The naturalized citizens who had gone through several queue trainings marched forward with pride on their faces. In their opinion, if they could be selected to receive such training, they might have a great chance of joining the militia in the future and thus enjoy better treatment.

This is exactly what the Military and Police Department plans to do. In the next expansion, these reservists who have received a certain level of military training will become the main source of soldiers. By then, their recruit careers in the training camp are also expected to be further shortened.

Among the crowd of onlookers were foreign merchants who had just arrived in Victory Port. While watching the armed parade, they questioned the "rampant" behavior of the Haihan people: "Aren't these Haihan people afraid of raising troops and openly publicizing so much?

Someone reported them for causing chaos, and were they held accountable by the Yazhou government?"

Yu Dashan glanced sideways at the gentleman who spoke, and said proudly: "Report? The militia in Shengli Port have long been registered in Yazhou, and they are not private soldiers! Didn't you see when you came to the port to disembark, this is the Yulin Patrol?

Under the rule of the prosecutor, every move is under the eyes of the official, so there can be no suspicion of stirring up trouble."

What Yu Dashan said is true, but the official here can only be the Executive Committee, and the person who is put under the watch of the Executive Committee is Wei Ping from the Inspection Department. At this time, Wei Ping

Standing on the tower of Base No. 1, Li Nai and others watched the military parade as "special guests".

With Wei Ping's efforts, he finally reluctantly persuaded his brother-in-law in Yazhou to support Luo Shengdong's father-in-law Zhang Tongpan as a political supporter. Of course, this kind of persuasion did not only rely on

Wei Ping's letter, and the executive committee secretly sent 1,500 taels of silver to Wei Ping's brother-in-law's home through the Yazhou Office and the title deeds for more than 100 acres of fertile land outside Yazhou City. Wei Ping did not know the other Yazhou officials very well.

What kind of benefits did the state officials receive? However, they did draft a joint letter of recommendation to recommend Zhang Tongsheng to take over the post of Yazhou Governor. As for the effect, I am afraid we will have to wait a few months to know when the current Magistrate steps down.

.

After achieving this feat, Wei Ping finally got rid of the house arrest life of the previous few months and gained the right to move freely in Victory Port. In addition, Wei Ping even got a monthly

He had the opportunity to return to Yazhou to visit relatives, but after staying in Shengli Port for such a long time, he had already understood that the consequences of provoking the Haihan people were far worse than profiting from cooperating with them. At this time, he no longer had much thoughts of making trouble. Wei Ping returned

Yazhou only stayed for three to five days before he took the initiative to take a boat back to Port of Victory. After all, compared to Yazhou, working as an inspection officer here has better development prospects.

In fact, Wei Ping now regrets not listening to Luo Shengdong's advice when he came here. If he had taken the initiative to cooperate with the Haihan people from the beginning, he would not have wasted nearly half a year. Look at Luo Shengdong, during this time

Not only did the private salt business flourish and make a lot of money, but he was also promoted from general manager to general manager Qian. Not only did he have greater influence in Yazhou Shuizhai, but the Haihan people even replaced him.

He spent money and effort to push his father-in-law to the throne of Yazhou governor - if he had not been so impulsive and been a little smarter, he should have reaped a lot of benefits, right?

"Inspector Wei, what do you think of the Haihan people's militia?"

Li Nai's soft question brought Wei Ping's mind back to the scene in front of him. Groups of militia soldiers had arrived at the small square outside the base gate, gathering in company units. Although there were hundreds of people, except for

Apart from the officers' orders, no one in the team was talking casually or making any noise.

"The army is well-organized and cannot be defeated by the Yazhou garrison!" Wei Ping made a mistake as soon as he spoke, and quickly made up for it: "However, the Haihan Militia has always abided by the law and discipline, and will definitely not have any conflict with the Yazhou garrison. That's why.

Waiting for the militia protection, I believe that the future security of Victory Port will be safe."

Li Nai smiled and said: "Inspector Wei, thank you very much! I also think it is a good thing that the Haihan militia has a strong army. Just imagine that after the business and trade here flourishes, there will definitely be evildoers targeting this place. With such a militia guard, like you

Only then can I make a fortune here safely!"

Wei Ping nodded in agreement, but in his heart, he thought that your words were probably just for the people from Haihan next to him! Luo Shengdong did not come to Victory Port today, but the position of flattering was filled by the young master of the Li family.

Sure enough, Schneider next to him heard the words and answered: "Mr. Li's words are very reasonable. Our purpose of organizing the militia is to protect economic development. The merchants who come to Victory Port to do business are of course our protection targets.

, no matter who wants to interfere with the affairs of Victory Port, we will use the most direct and effective method to deal with these threats, so that everyone can be happy and do business safely here."

Schneider is a professional when it comes to saying such beautiful words, but there is still a hint of warning in his words. However, this is not the first time that Li Nai and Wei Ping have heard similar "threatening" remarks, and their faces look very serious.

Naturally - there is nothing you can do against the Haihan people anyway, so you might as well just let nature take its course.

As for whether anyone in the audience who witnessed this armed parade would actually go to the government to report the Haihan people for their misbehavior, they were not worried at all. If they went to Yazhou to report, they would probably be arrested as soon as they left the government office.

People were kidnapped with sacks over their heads - this kind of thing had happened before, and those who dared to go to the state government to file a complaint soon disappeared.

As for reporting in other places, there is no need to worry. Whether it is Qiongzhou Fucheng or Guangzhou, the final investigation mission still has to be assigned to Yazhou, and the only action Yazhou officials will take is to dispatch the navy.

Let's go and see if everything is normal in Shengli Port. Let Luo Shengdong lead a team to check the accounts of his boss. It'll be damned if he can find out any problems. If Luo Shengdong's father-in-law can really succeed in taking over, then what will happen to this place in Yazhou in the future?

I am afraid that the situation will tilt greatly towards Haihan, forming a small country within a country.

Each company marched along the landscape avenue to the gate of the base and began to line up to wait. The military and police department originally wanted to arrange a live-fire target practice demonstration outside Base No. 1, but it was rejected in the end. After all, there would be a large number of onlookers.

The flight path of the musket bullets was too weird, and it would be bad if it hit any flowers and plants. So the process of the military parade was changed to a leadership lecture. Naturally, this job was handed over to Tao, the top task of the Executive Committee.

It was only appropriate to come from the east. For this reason, tweeters were specially installed on both sides of the viewing platform of the tower.

This time Tao Donglai was not as evasive as he was during the last launching ceremony. After adjusting his mood, he picked up the microphone and loudly ordered: "Stand at attention!"

Like a conditioned reflex, a swish sound was heard in the military formation below, and all the personnel subconsciously stood in a military posture. And among the onlookers, many people imitated the same example, standing up in a military posture with their chests and heads raised.

.

"Take a break!" Tao Donglai issued the second order, and then said: "Perhaps many people present do not understand why there is a militia military parade today, so I will just say a few words."

Tao Donglai looked down at the military formation below and said slowly: "We, the Haihan clan, did not build our country by force, nor do we advocate using force to solve problems, but we know very well what is the best weapon to protect our own interests.

The pen, not the words, but the swords and guns in our hands and the artillery shells that can be fired at the enemy at any time! Your comrades, your family, and the environment you live in are the objects you need to protect with the weapons in your hands!

If someone wants to hurt the people around you and take away everything you have, all we have to do is to defeat them with weapons! Tell me, are you afraid of war?"

"Not afraid!" the militia soldiers replied loudly and neatly. Of course, they had been asked questions like this hundreds of times in the military camp. This kind of repetitive and simple brainwashing had already formed a conditioned reflex in them.

I blurt it out subconsciously without even thinking about it.

"Who is the final winner?"

"Haihan Militia!"

"Who is the invincible brave man?"

"Haihan Militia!"

The simple but powerful slogan not only excited the militia soldiers who were undergoing the review, but also aroused the emotions of the onlookers. From the first person who unconsciously followed the call, others soon followed suit. Tao Donglai was here

Every time a question was asked from the top of the city tower, the response below would increase in volume. Later, the roar from thousands of people could be heard clearly in the entire Shengli Port area. Many people were already involved in such group behavior.

I lost my ability to think and just subconsciously shouted "Haihan Militia" along with the people around me. It seemed that not doing so was not enough to vent the surging emotions in my chest.

"Who is your patron saint?"

"Haihan Militia!"

"Who can you rely on in times of crisis?"

"Haihan Militia!"

Yu Dashan and Wang Cai, who were standing on the chairs, were shouting at the top of their lungs. They probably didn’t quite understand why they were in such an emotional state. But one thing is without a doubt - after doing this, they really felt

There will be a very refreshing feeling, and the feeling of letting your emotions out to the fullest is simply too wonderful to describe.

Li Nai and Wei Ping, who were watching the ceremony on the city tower, had already been shocked from ear to ear by the scene in front of them. If the military formation of the Haihan Militia was a visual impact to them, then the national fanaticism in front of them was

The scene really hit the depths of the soul. They have always believed that the biggest reason why these people are attached to the Haihan people is because of poverty, and the purpose of working for the Haihan people is just to get food and clothing. Even those who join the militia are bold

They probably just wanted the generous treatment offered by the Haihan people. But the facts they saw in front of them told them that this idea was simply childish and ridiculous.

Both Li Nai and Wei Ping have lived in Victory Port for some time. Although they can feel the respect and awe of the local people for the Haihan people, they never thought that the public support of the Haihan people would be so high! See the following

The faces with distorted expressions due to excitement, both of them had an unprecedented sense of fear, and even their legs began to tremble a little - do these people who are hysterically shouting slogans really take themselves seriously?

To be treated as a common people in the Ming Dynasty?
To be continued...