Chapter 365 Visiting the Showroom

The Haihan Militia has relatively frequent live-fire training, especially for the artillery, which is seriously short of personnel. The Military Commission has been sparing no effort to invest resources, and even tried every means to contact the Portuguese to hire instructors. As one of the most technical arms at present, artillery training tutorials

It is also the most complex, and the training period is the longest in the army. The most effective way to shorten the training period is to arrange a large amount of live-fire training for the students, so that they can master the correct posture of gun handling during live-fire shooting.

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When Enrique lived in Port Victory, he could hear bursts of gunfire from the artillery range across the harbor from time to time. At first Enrique was just as scared as the other people who had just come here, but later he realized that this was

The Haihan militia will conduct live-fire training twice a week on a regular basis. The local people have long been accustomed to this situation, and they will inadvertently show a sense of superiority when seeing frightened outsiders - haven't you seen it before?

?We are a high-end port protected by artillery!

Enrique had long wanted to go to the militia garrison on the east side of the harbor to find out what was going on, to see what the level of the army that had beaten the South Vietnamese army to pieces on the Annam battlefield was like. But his scope of action in Victory Port was limited.

, without the special approval of the Executive Committee, it is impossible to go to the strictly controlled military garrison. This time, Enrique was able to take advantage of the arms trade negotiations to visit the live-fire training, and Enrique finally fulfilled his wish.

After setting foot on the land of the military camp area, Enrique, like Li Nai who visited here for the first time, noticed a considerable number of children near the pier learning to march in formation. These children were all dressed in the same uniform as the Haihan militia.

Wearing gray military uniforms and standing in teams according to squad and platoon levels, they are simply a miniature version of the Haihan Civilian Army.

"These are the Boy Scouts we recruited. Most of them are homeless orphans. We recruit them here for military training and give them opportunities to receive cultural education. This is all for charitable purposes.

." Yan Chujie took the initiative to explain to Enrique at the right time.

"This is really a commendable act of kindness. May God bless these lovely children." Enrique forced a smile and responded a little reluctantly.

Enrique would not believe the reasons given by Yan Chujie. If it was for the sake of these children, why not let them study in Shengli Port Primary School? Or send them to work in a workshop, at least they can learn a craft to make a living. Let

These children without parents have grown up in military camps. Will they find employment elsewhere when they become adults?

Enrique also noticed that the military barracks of the Haihan Militia also adhered to the simple and bright Haihan architectural style. The barracks were all oriented east-west. According to Yan Chujie, this allowed better indoor lighting conditions. Although these barracks were made of bamboo

It was a wooden structure, but Enrique also noticed that the windows in the barracks were all made of glass. In his opinion, the standard of hardware equipment was considered luxurious.

Yan Chujie took Enrique to randomly inspect a few barracks. The cleanliness inside gave Enrique a new assessment of the discipline of this unit. Although he was not a soldier, he had been in contact with many professional soldiers before and knew the internal affairs.

The level can reflect the combat effectiveness of this unit to a certain extent - if even the barracks where the soldiers live are messy and smelly, then how can you expect such a disorganized unit to strictly abide by military discipline and execute military orders on the battlefield?

?Obviously the Haihan people's management level of the army is no less than their business skills. Enrique also understands why the Haihan people have the confidence to send troops across the sea to fight in foreign places.

"This is our army's honor room." Yan Chujie was not in a hurry to take Enrique to the shooting range, but took him to continue to visit the military camp facilities, which naturally included the honor showroom with Haihan characteristics.

Enrique noticed that this "Honour Showroom" was one of the few masonry buildings in the entire camp, which was enough to show how much the Haihan military attached importance to this facility. After entering the door, the first thing he saw was a huge

Although Enrique can speak relatively fluent Chinese and even some southern Chinese dialects, he is not very fluent in reading written text - in fact, he can't even pronounce the words on the board in what order.

Not sure yet.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, words are generally written and read from top to bottom and from left to right. However, Enrique has been in contact with the Haihan people many times and knows that the rules of the Haihan people are somewhat different. It seems that the order is from left to right.

To the right, written horizontally. Yan Chujie seemed to know that Enrique was not comfortable with this aspect, so he explained to him: "The content above is about the time, place and reason for the establishment of our Haihan Militia, as well as the history since the formation of the army.

The main battles and achievements that he has participated in. So, please read the contents on the board to Mr. Enrique."

The educational level of most of the naturalized soldiers in the Haihan Militia is very worrying. Although the militia also has internal literacy classes, there are not many people who can read hundreds of words, so now the Military Commission has set the literacy level as

It is also one of the criteria for officer promotion. At the same time, in order to improve the cultural level of the army, the Military Commission also specially recruited some young and down-and-out literati to join the army and serve as civilians in the army. There is a large amount of text and picture materials in this honor exhibition room, so

There are also specially equipped literate soldiers here to serve as explanations.

"Sir, Mr. Yan, my humble position is Lu Ting, a subordinate of the Propaganda Department of the First Battalion Headquarters in Shengli Port." The showroom staff who followed immediately stepped forward to identify themselves.

Lu Ting's native place is in Yacheng. He also studied for several years before joining the army. However, he did not obtain any honors and was just a boy. He was already twenty years old. He knew that his talent for studying was limited and his family did not have any spare money.

He went to apply for the imperial examination again. It would be difficult for him to have a bright future in the imperial examination. He heard that the Haihan people were recruiting people in Shengli Port and the treatment was excellent, so he decided to come here and try his luck. Then after he came, he

I found that although the rumors were true, the remuneration of part-time jobs was actually divided into three levels.

The wages of migrant workers in Shengli Port who are not naturalized citizens are not high, and they do not have much advantage over Yacheng. However, the living facilities here are complete and the cost of living is slightly lower than that of Yacheng. Want to

To obtain a high salary under the rule of the Haihan people, you must first obtain the status of a naturalized citizen. However, the place of birth of a naturalized citizen cannot be obtained immediately upon application. You must also go through a period of investigation in the local area. Lu Ting feels that this is really

It was too much work, so I chose another way to get my naturalized citizenship faster, which was to join the army.

According to the military's recruitment announcement, as long as all conditions are met, you will be granted naturalized citizenship immediately after joining the army, and you can also bring your immediate family members with you to obtain the naturalized citizenship that originally had to wait for one or two months.

There are quite a few young people from the nearby Li and Miao mountain people who have obtained the status of naturalized citizens through this method and thus walked out of the mountains. Although Lu Ting is a scholar, his family is relatively poor, and his daily farm work is difficult.

He worked hard and his body was not weak. He passed the physical examination and political examination smoothly and became a militia soldier.

When Lu Ting joined the army, he specifically declared his cultural expertise - this was also clearly stated in the recruitment notice. Anyone with a certain level of literacy could be specially recruited into the army and given a civilian position. After joining the army, he got his wish.

He was assigned to the Propaganda Department of the Battalion Headquarters. He usually does things like writing slogans and materials. Occasionally he also lectures in literacy classes and helps ordinary soldiers with literacy education. After the honor exhibition room was built last month, he was transferred

I come here as a commentator, responsible for explaining the war history of the Haihan Militia to new recruits and visitors.

Yan Chujie did not go out of his way to correct his problem with the title. He just nodded and said: "Tell Mr. Enrique a good explanation of the situation of our militia army."

"I humbly obey the order!" Lu Ting cleared his throat, stood in front of the exhibition board, and began to explain to Enrique in a substandard Hai-Han Mandarin: "Our Hai-Han Militia was established in the seventh year of the Great Tomorrow.

The People's Armed Forces, directly under the leadership of the Han Executive Committee and the Haihan Military Commission, are currently mainly stationed in the Shengli Port Military Region..."

Enrique was not very interested in Yan Chujie taking him to see this kind of exhibition hall at first, but when he understood the nature of this exhibition hall, he quickly changed his mind. Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Portuguese, the Haihan Militia

Generally speaking, it is a very mysterious armed organization. In addition to knowing that this unit has very powerful weapons and combat effectiveness, the outside world knows almost nothing about its internal conditions, organization, training methods, equipment level, and combat experience.

...These are things that Enrique is very interested in knowing, and the answers to all of them seem to be found in the honor showroom.

"Since its establishment, our militia army has participated in more than 30 military operations, large and small, and participated in many battles in Victory Port, Annan, Guangdong and other places, annihilating thousands of enemies and capturing tens of thousands of prisoners. It has achieved many victories with less and more.

The results of the battle..."

This is not the first time Lu Ting has given this kind of explanation. Almost every batch of new recruits come here to visit and study. What Lu Ting has to do is to memorize all the promotional materials personally written by the top military officials.

During the explanation, he can fluently describe to the visitors the glorious image of "our army" being invincible.

Enrique saw that in addition to text, the promotional materials posted on the wall also contained a large number of hand-drawn pictures, most of which were battle scenes on the battlefield. Although this unit had been established for less than two years,

If you just saw the promotional materials here, you might think that this is a veteran army that has experienced hundreds of battles.

Enrique was very interested in the two attacks by the Haihan Militia in Annan, one south and one north, and the Lijiazhuang battle. When he explained the relevant parts, he asked a lot of questions. Yan Chujie had to stand up and block the gun for Lu Ting: "Enri

Mr. Ke, some of the questions you asked involve military secrets of our army, and I can only say that I have no comment."

"Mr. Yan, I think you have misunderstood my intentions." Of course, Enrique was well aware of the differences between the two parties and immediately explained: "I just want to confirm the use of Haihan weapons by understanding the details of the battle process.

Reliability on the battlefield has no other meaning."

"As for the weapons, you can see the real ones later, so there is no need to worry about it here." Yan Chujie smiled and did not continue to argue on this matter.

Enrique is not interested in the last part of meritorious service awards, because in his opinion, although the Haihan people do have their strengths, the executive committee is just a grassroots team after all, which is not the same as the Portuguese Council in Macau.

The awards awarded by a level organization are not very authoritative at all. However, it seems that the soldiers of the militia are very enthusiastic about it, because he can feel that several military personnel, including the commentator himself, are facing

His eyes were red with the military medals on display, and he was obviously very eager to receive such a reward.

After spending half an hour visiting the honor showroom, Yan Chujie took him into another showroom, and this time Enrique never showed any impatience because the displays in this place

, it was the Haihan weapon that he had always wanted to get up close and personal with.

There are the first batch of Type 27 matchlocks manufactured here, the first 6-pound cannon cast by the military industry department, and the latest Type 28 breech flintlock, short-barreled shotgun, and 24-pound long-body

Enrique's eyes were a little dazzled by the new weapons such as shore defense guns, and he didn't know where to look first.

Although the weapons here have been installed in the troops, it is impossible for naturalized soldiers to grasp the detailed performance data of these weapons. Therefore, the explanation of these weapons can only be explained by Yan Chujie himself: "This is our victory.

The first rifle manufactured after settling in Hong Kong. I believe you will notice that it is no different in appearance and usage from the matchlock guns exported to Annan by your merchants. But what I want to point out in particular is that due to the use of manufacturing

With more technologically advanced gunpowder, our rifle exceeds the range of your country's matchlock gun by about three-tenths, and the accuracy within the effective range has also been improved to a certain extent. In addition, our production standards are very uniform, and all guns

The parts and ammunition on it are universally interchangeable, greatly reducing the loss of weapons in battle."

Enrique pointed to the sample and asked, "Can I pick it up and take a look?"

"Of course." Yan Chujie made a please gesture.

Enrique took the gun in his hand and found that the size and weight of the gun were indeed not much different from the matchlock guns sold to Annan by domestic merchants. However, if what Yan Chujie said just now was not a boast, then a large number of them were equipped with this weapon.

The North Vietnamese army did have a greater chance of defeating South Vietnam.

"This is the Type 27 front-loading flintlock gun that is currently being used by our army but is ready to be replaced and eliminated. This gun's performance in all aspects surpasses the matchlock gun, and the loading and shooting speed has also been significantly improved.

, This has been fully proven on the battlefield, so I don’t need to say more.”

Enrique picked up the gun and couldn't help but sigh that the weapons manufacturing technology of the Haihan people was indeed outstanding. Although weapons such as flintlock guns had been invented in Europe as early as the last century, due to certain

For ridiculous reasons, flintlock guns did not gain rapid popularity in Europe.

After the Frenchman Mahan invented the percussion flintlock gun in the last century, he gained the attention of the king and was even appointed as a "palace personal attendant" by Henry IV. However, Henry IV died in an assassination in 1610, and the flintlock gun

The process of equipping the troops came to a halt. Many French generals opposed equipping the army with flintlock muskets. The reason was that the sparks from flint were not enough to ignite the black powder. Yes, no one thought about how to improve the purity of the gunpowder or how to ignite the black powder.

Instead of using other technical means to solve this small problem, it directly rejected the prospect of this weapon, which directly led to the delay of several decades in the French army's large-scale equipment of flintlock muskets.

Of course, the French were not the only ones who made flintlock muskets at the same time. Craftsmen in Germany, Italy and Spain all made flintlock muskets successively. However, due to its complex structure and high cost, this advanced weapon has always been used by European troops.

It failed to be popularized. In the original history, it was not until the mid-17th century that the flintlock became the main individual weapon of the European troops, and it lasted until the mid-19th century. In this regard, the Ming Dynasty did lag behind the West.

It was not until 1635 that Bi Maokang, a firearms expert in the Ming Dynasty, produced the first self-generated firegun made of flint.

What the European army has not been able to achieve, the Haihan people have already achieved, and they are just a group of armed merchants entrenched on an island in the Far East! This fact makes Enrique, who claims to be a subject of the Portuguese Empire, a little sad.

, the most annoying thing is that the Haihan people are actually planning to eliminate this advanced weapon and replace it with a new type of rifle that Enrique has never heard of.

"About the performance of this new rifle..." Yan Chujie looked at Enrique's longing eyes, smiled and said: "I'm sorry, this involves our military secrets, so I have no comment."

"God, at least tell me something, you can say anything!" Enrique was very dissatisfied with Yan Chujie's lack of confidence. He could only look at this extraordinary-looking new rifle through the glass window.

I wondered in my mind how this rifle, which neither used a match rope nor a gunpowder pot, could be fired.

"The only thing I can say is that the performance of this new rifle can completely defeat all kinds of muskets currently known. In front of it, other muskets, including the Type 27 flintlock you just took, are all inferior.

They're all scum!" Yan Chujie didn't seem to be satisfied with this kind of showing off, and he didn't forget to add another stab at the end: "Of course, this new type of weapon will not be included in the arms for sale."

Enrique finally swallowed back the curse words that had come to his mouth, and asked with a forced smile: "This means that if we Portuguese want to buy, we can only buy the weapons that you have eliminated?"

"Of course, is there anything wrong with that?"

The smile on Yan Chujie's face made Enrique want to hit him with his fist.
Chapter completed!