Chapter 459: The Status of Dayuan Island
Although Brown's rise to power has always had many disagreements with Australia, the other party has done a very good job on the handover issue of Dayuan Island.
The Netherlands is very contractual in terms of the performance of contracts, which is inseparable from the fact that they are a commercial country.
All the defense Dutch on Dayuan Island were handed over within the specified time, and 1,000 Dutch soldiers gathered in the chicken coop to prepare to board the ship and return to Batavia.
Since the appointment of government officials on Oyuan Island has not yet been approved, he will temporarily hold the signing ceremony as the supreme governor.
The reception of Dayuan Island is very smooth, but a major problem that Australia has to face is also coming, the garrison and other problems must be solved, Wei Yan's third company garrison mission is in Hong Kong, Hong Kong is currently one of the largest overseas colonies invested by Australia, and it is also a bridge of cooperation with Ming merchants, and there is no room for error here.
The garrison of the army is indispensable, and the geographical location and environment of Dayuan Island are much larger than those of Hong Kong on the whole, and there are more soldiers who need to be garrisoned.
It would be too dangerous not to garrison a single soldier here, and even pirates could attack the island, so garrisoning was a big problem. Defense Minister Liu Dongshui was very troubled by this.
Australia's military expansion has been going on, but the newly recruited soldiers will not be able to enter the battle for a while, and in the end there will be no troops to adjust.
If this embarrassing situation had been known by Zheng Zhilong, he would definitely not have given up Zheng Cai in the first place, and might even have sent his main force to drive the Australians out of the East China Sea in one fell swoop and ascend to the hegemony from the beginning, but they did not regret taking the medicine. It's already impossible to know.
Chen Jun, commander of the Army Command, said that he could not accept the task given by the Ministry of National Defense, because the army really could not allocate manpower to garrison it.
The Ministry of National Defense originally planned to contract the garrison task to Blackwater for a period of time, but Tang Wei of Blackwater made it clear that Blackwater recently had a major operation in Southeast Asia, which was the time when there was a shortage of troops.
After some comparisons and comparisons, in the end I could only look at the National Guard Reserve. At present, the garrison has an integrated battalion and three companies, and if it is divided into one and a half companies, it is still possible to draw out the strength of one and a half companies.
In addition, the garrison has recently been expanded and recruited a lot of new recruits, so it is still able to undertake this mission, but the garrison is not under the Ministry of National Defense, but is directly responsible to the government and the president, which means that the transfer to Dayuan Island must be signed by the president to be effective.
The Ministry of National Defense has no right to mobilize the garrison, and Liu Dongshui told Zhou Aiguo about the current situation, and of course Zhou Lao expressed his willingness, but the task of the garrison is mainly to be responsible for maintaining local law and order. Is this overseas garrison up to the task?
After all, the strength of the garrison cannot be compared with the army, and Zhou Aiguo still knows this, not that he looks down on the garrison, but the fact that it has always been in front of him.
In previous years, there was no victory over the army, which had left an imprint in Zhou Aiguo's heart.
Liu Dongshui corrected Zhou Aiguo's old Huang Li's thoughts, President, the current garrison is different, Ning Jincheng is a bull, and he was born as an instructor in the special operations unit. It can be said that the entire garrison has been trained by him to become a special operations unit.
Speaking of Ning Jincheng and Liu Dongshui, he was a little proud, after all, he recommended him. This shows that he is still very discerning, and it also indirectly shows that he will use people.
Zhou Aiguo really didn't know that the garrison had changed so much, and he had been dealing with tedious affairs all along, and he obviously didn't care much about this army deployed by himself.
The combat effectiveness of the garrison is so high, of course, it is a good thing, and it can also indirectly stimulate the army.
Zhou Aiguo asked some of the garrisons afterwards. After expressing his affirmation of the competence of the garrison, the presidential agreement was signed.
The transfer of the National Civilian Police to Dayuan Island is definitely a blockbuster news, but it is an honor for the garrison, and an honor to recognize them.
The president's signing of this document is a sign of trust in them, but the soldiers of the army do not see it that way, they feel that if it is not for the army, they will not be able to draw soldiers. Will it be their turn? Don't even think about it.
Ning Jincheng attaches great importance to this mission, and has always believed that the garrison should not only be limited to maintaining the security of the homeland, but can also participate in overseas operations, but the different division of responsibilities is destined not to cross the line.
Now it's different, since a precedent has been set, it means that there will be a next time, so Ning Jincheng can be said to attach special importance to this task, and it must be carried out well.
In order to cherish this opportunity, he decided to let the garrison change guards every three months, so that the soldiers could be trained to a great extent.
Zhou Aiguo also agreed with his idea, after all, he belonged to his own direct subordinate troops, and he was still a little biased.
The task of garrisoning Dayuan Island was handed over to the garrison, so Wei Yan could return to Hong Kong, but the status of Dayuan Island was still undecided. Does this belong to Australia's overseas territory, or will it be returned to Daming in the future?
On this matter, everyone has different opinions, saying that it should be returned to Daming to ensure territorial integrity, and some say that it will be directly incorporated into Australia and become an overseas territory.
But on these premises, you have to send one over to enforce all executive orders. This is not difficult, there are many people waiting to serve in the crowd, and they are basically trained by the political academy and will be able to get started soon.
On the question of who to send, the three factions have their own ideas, and the conservatives take the geographical location of Dayuan Island very seriously, and this may be the place where they will rise again in the future, so the competition is very fierce.
The conservatives mobilized almost all their forces, and in the end, Zhou Aiguo was deliberately tilted, and this position fell on the conservatives.
This level can be said to be two levels lower than the other three, Zhou Aiguo does this to avoid causing others to speak, if the conservative can do a good job, it will naturally be promoted to the same level in the future, if he does not do well, then he will inevitably be attacked, and then the conservative may completely fall into the abyss, so he does this It is also of far-reaching significance.
At least it shows that Zhou Aiguo still has some feelings for his faction, and he is not completely ignoring it as it seems on the surface. (To be continued......)