Chapter 616 Relationship Positioning

In the early morning, in the newly built military camp near the wharf in Xinghai City, mercenaries from Japan lined up neatly to carry out the flag-raising ceremony every morning. The flagpole is not a dragon flag, but a red flag, or the one with five stars. Well, Chen Xie is just lazy and directly takes it. The flag-raising ceremony is a ritual that must be carried out every day, rain or shine. During the ceremony, everyone sang the "Xinghai City Song". The lyrics are, "Set sail, sea of stars, our goal." The Chinese nation has arrived, the most critical moment, everyone automatically shoulders the historical mission, set sail, set sail, set sail, we are all united, facing the wind and rain, sailing, sailing, sailing! ”

People are lazy like this, and plagiarism or something has become natural. As for the problem of awkwardness, Chen Xie doesn't care, just make do with it, isn't this thing just a habit. When I get used to it, I think it's good, and besides, this song is very good, and the words are okay.

At the end of the flag-raising ceremony, a temporary commendation ceremony began, and during last month's fighting, several outstanding soldiers were awarded the Order of Combat Valor. What's the use of this? Don't underestimate it, after you get this thing, you will have a bonus of three silver yuan every month, and it will be paid until he dies. With this thing, you can also increase your rating when you get promoted. This is currently the lowest level of the medal, and the higher level of the medal is the Silver Tiger Medal, and obtaining the Silver Medal does not count the material rewards, but also means that it can at least be upgraded by one level. The next level of the medal is the Golden Knight of the Sea Frontier Medal, it is too difficult to obtain this medal, because the person who gets this medal will become the nobles of Xinghai City, Chen Xie personally named him the Knight of Xinghai City, and was sent to the highest level of Xinghai City "Xinghai City Sihua Senior Military Academy Special Training Class", and after graduation, he will stay up for ten years. At least a major general.

It is impossible not to mention here that in this year, Chen Xie carried out a reform of the gradual army establishment while fighting. The army of Xinghai City no longer uses the Ming Dynasty's set of establishments. The modern military establishment is directly used here. Because it's a gradual adaptation. So at present, the garrisons of Temasek, Brunei and Natuna have not been reorganized.

After the reform of this system, the 50,000 Japanese mercenaries who came to Heunghai Castle before and after swearing allegiance to Heunghai Castle gained the status of citizens of the city and were organized into three infantry divisions. Today is the day of the Army's 1st Infantry Division, which will sail to Temasek to take over the defence of the old Tenju battalion. In a few days, the 2nd Infantry Division will go on the march. According to the Treaty of Ming-Dutch Xinghai, the Dutch would get a piece of territory east of Borneo and Brunei as their colony in Southeast Asia. The specific scope is a straight line between Lin Meng and Tawau, and the northeast is their territory. Elsewhere, the Dutch consciously withdrew. The site is still very good, there are several good ports, and the place is not small.

Chen Xie was reluctant to weaken the Netherlands too much. That's because they don't want to cheapen other European countries. There is another reason, the Netherlands does not pose any threat to Daming and Chen Xie. The country is too small and has limited combat potential. The real threat countries in Europe are Britain, France and Germany. France's maritime power is average, so you don't have to worry too much, Germany is still a battlefield, and it will be dismembered after the war. Not enough in a short period of time. The opponent for decades to come will be the United Kingdom.

In this part of Nanyang, there is still a very strict shortcoming, that is, it is difficult for heavy industry to develop. Chen Xie's heavy industry was mainly concentrated in Liaodong. It's also a reluctant choice. Now the relationship with Emperor Daming is not bad, but in the future, what about his own death? These issues must be taken into account. Therefore, how to maintain the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and maintain a stable structure, even if you die, the next generation will not change this structure. This is Chen Xie's most important issue at the moment.

The key lies in the four characters "the heavy weapon of the country", the Chinese have a tradition, "the heavy weapon of the country, can not show people"! In this era, the military industry is the most important weapon of the country. Before solving this problem, we must first solve another problem, which is the repositioning of Chen Xie and the entire Nanyang territory. Whether it is to establish a country, or to be a minister. The establishment of the country, then the self-established king, and the Ming will be basically divorced, called the minister, is to continue to use the banner of the Ming Dynasty, the essence of the king overseas.

Chen Xie, who has a unified thinking in his bones, is still unwilling to establish a country. The word great power itself has too obvious advantages in the world of the future. How many modern and real big countries are there in the modern sense where Chen Xie came? That's three! This is a large country defined by a complete industrial system. A San is a big military buyer and a "big country" that basically relies on the purchase of equipment, so don't mention it.

What Chen Xie really wants to do is that this is a part of the Ming Dynasty, but it has its own system. How to balance this relationship, Chen Xie injured a lot of brain cells, and he could only take one step at a time. It is difficult to predict what will happen in the future, but one thing that Chen Xie feels can be firm is that Xinghai City is a part of the Ming Dynasty, and the territory that Chen Xie currently occupies is also a part of the Ming Dynasty. In what form will be stored in the future, then let's decide. In fact, there is a good idea, that is, the kind of special administrative regions, which have a high degree of administrative autonomy and overall defense in the military. There is still a long way to go to achieve this. In the future, Nanyang should not be the penal colony of the Ming Dynasty, but the outlet of the Ming Dynasty to the ocean. The tragic days of being blocked by people with island chains really can't be repeated.

Among the 1st Division of the Army, Ushito Jiro was among them, and as a recipient of the Medal of Valor, he is now an infantry company commander. This infantry company has three infantry platoons, an artillery platoon, and a communications and logistics squad. There are three platoon commanders and deputy platoon commanders of each infantry platoon, three chief and deputy company commanders of each company, and three life coaches. It was equipped with 135 rifles, 2 three-pounder guns, and several other equipment. More than before, his position as squadron leader could command two hundred rifles, but not artillery. And the current Ushito Jiro is equipped with a short gun and a saber at his waist. In this newly organized army, only the company commander and above can be equipped with a short gun, and the platoon commander has a saber, and if necessary, he has to pick up his subordinates' rifles and go into battle.

The serious Niu Tojiro was scolding his subordinates to move faster, standing on the edge of the dock, this army dominated by Japanese descent actually had very average combat effectiveness, but it couldn't stand up to these Japanese people daring to play with their lives. In order to be able to leave a good future life for their families, these people are extremely brave on the battlefield. In the final analysis, Japan is too poor, and these ordinary people can't resist the life that they can eat in front of them, even if it is worth dying. Besides, Japanese lives are not worth much in Japan.

The end is a desperate job, and the family is guaranteed to die, and most Japanese people are willing to fight this kind of battle.

Niu Tojiro's family has come to Xinghai City, Hou Ye fulfilled his promise, the family was allocated a hundred acres of land near Bandung, parents, two younger brothers and two sisters, the family lived in a temporary house there, and was given a cow and corresponding farm tools, because Niu Tojiro was an officer, an income was saved, and he planned to build his own house next year. At that time, the family's future life will depend on their own hard work. This kind of happy life at your fingertips is very attractive to every farmer.

As for Jiro Ushito, he has one idea to fight hard to defend this hard-won happiness. Whoever mentions anything Japanese or something like that will definitely be beaten up by Ushito Jiro first. Every Japanese ethnic here is proud of being a citizen of Daming Xinghaicheng, and no one wants to go back to Japan to suffer.

Throughout the second half of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, Chen Xie has always insisted on expanding in the east and west directions, and Borneo, Sumatra, all the natives who are unwilling to cooperate, have been ruthlessly attacked and suppressed. Chen Xie's tactics are actually very simple, that is, to build a stronghold one by one, and then push forward step by step. For the natives, the preferential treatment of those who are willing to obey, the bloody repression that they are unwilling to obey, there is nothing to hesitate about, anyway, if you miss these three hundred years, it will not be so convenient to do so in the future.

After half a year of blowing, the indigenous union basically collapsed. They quickly split into two camps, some of them refused to surrender and entered the rainforest to continue fighting, and some of them became the lowest of the group, becoming obedient people and slaves. This group of people not only had to pay taxes, but also had to endure all kinds of labor. Compared to the life of the past, where a few seeds could be sprinkled and enough to eat, life now is undoubtedly difficult. But there is no way, the handle of the knife is in someone else's hand, the blade is against the neck, and if you don't obey, you will definitely die. In the mouths of this generation of natives, when Chen Xie is mentioned, there is a prefix "Demon King" in front of him.

Chen Xie, who is not a demon king, doesn't care at all, he cares about how to turn this land into Chinese. How many people to kill, how many things to rob, these are secondary. The faces of the naked nationalists are exposed.

On the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, with a loud cry breaking the silence above the Chen Mansion, Zhu Yu gave birth to a boy. This means that this man is Chen Xie's most legitimate heir, he is a long-term heir, and he was born with a natural advantage to inherit Chen Xie's title and rights.

Hearing this good news, Zhu Youzhen was not happy for too long, because he couldn't be sure what Chen Xie really thought in his heart. If this son is used to ask Chen Xie to hand over some benefits, what will he do? This thought flashed through me, but it took root in the depths of my heart. With the gradual improvement of the Ming Dynasty, many things were covered up, and they were exposed after the wind and rain.

Chen Xie's strength, Zhu Youzhen was deeply jealous, and he was also worried about how his relationship with Chen Xie would get along in the future.

On this morning, a recital from Nanyang was placed in front of Zhu Youzhen, and after reading this recital, Zhu Youzhen fell into deep thought. (To be continued......)