In previous years' "leapfrogging" military exercises, it was customary for the allied team to be invited to send military personnel to participate in them, but this year's exercise ground, in addition to a few allied forces, also appeared for the first time in the Portuguese and Dutch armed sailing ships. In the past, these two countries have also been invited to observe the exercise, but this is the first time that they have actually sent people to directly participate in the operation.

In fact, in previous years, these two countries also applied to participate in the exercise, but the Haihan military would refuse each other on the pretext of various inconveniences. After all, these Western colonial powers are not completely tame to the Haihan like the small countries in the South China Sea, and they bow their heads and submit to defeat in the Far East just to maintain trade opportunities, and they do not regard the Haihan as a suzerain. If there is an opportunity, these Western armed maritime merchants may turn into robbers at any time and give Haihan a falling stone.

However, since the end of last year, Haihan's intelligence department has received some unpleasant rumors one after another, and some countries may try to make some moves to test Haihan's bottom line because they covet the excellent situation Haihan has achieved in the South China Sea. The small actions of the British in the Strait of Malacca more than two months ago also partially confirmed the reliability of these information, and although the local garrison successfully repelled the opponent and held the bridgehead of Sing Tao, it did not mean that the British would stop there. And according to intelligence, there may be more than one family that is secretly ready to move.

After weighing the situation, the Executive Committee concluded that it was necessary to better integrate the Portuguese and Dutch countries, which are currently at peace with each other, into the military alliance established by the Haihan in the South China Sea, so that the two countries would not have other thoughts after sensing the change in the situation. The simplest and most effective way is to invite them to join in the "leapfrogging" military exercise to be held this summer and make an appearance in the form of "quasi-allies." In this way, we will not only be able to further win over the two countries in terms of diplomatic relations, but will also be able to make the outside world aware of the political tendencies of the two countries in a timely manner, and eliminate the possibility of other forces trying to win over the two countries as much as possible.

And whether these two countries are aware of the dark tide surging in the South China Sea region or not, they will definitely be willing to accept the olive branch thrown by Haihan. Understanding and mastering the military level of the Haihan is a very important task for both Portugal and the Netherlands, and the best channel and window is the annual National Day military parade and large and small military exercises. Being invited to participate in the largest "leapfrogging" military exercise of the year is also a good opportunity for them to get close to the Haihan Army and observe its combat methods.

Of course, the Haihan military is still very cautious to limit the participation lineup of Portugal and the Netherlands, only allowing each country to send one armed boat to join the exercise, and the whole process must be under the command of Haihan.

The Haihan fleet slowed down its speed in order to wait for these joint participating forces to join the exercise. Of course, these countries do not have steam warships such as the Haihan Navy, and only after the Haihan warships slow down can the two sides act together after the rendezvous. However, the mixed deployment of ships of multiple countries to carry out various maritime missions has very high requirements for commanders, and it is necessary to take into account the differences in the performance of ships of different countries to give corresponding action instructions, so that it is possible to maintain the consistency of the pace of action.

However, for a non-professional audience like Liu Shang, it is really just a lively view, even if there is an officer standing next to him to explain, but he still doesn't quite understand what this mixed fleet is practicing at sea, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, and occasionally there is a turning action, what content is being practiced, and how to judge the quality of completion.

Liu Shang was really anxious and angry at this time, anxious that these warships of Haihan had been galloping at sea for most of the day, but he was unwilling to show his "real skills" to take a look, angry that his military knowledge was too little, even if he got the rare opportunity to observe Haihan's actual combat drills at close range, he still couldn't understand the rules and regulations of the strongest maritime armed forces in the South China Sea.

If you can only watch the excitement on this trip, it will really be a waste of such a great opportunity, and Liu Shang will definitely not be reconciled. However, he knew that his status was low, and he was completely speechless in this team, which was composed of all the current Haihan officials except him, and he did not dare to come forward to inquire about the detailed arrangements of this military exercise.

But the formation drill at sea continued until the sun turned west, but it was clear that none of the ships would sail back to land today, and night training was also part of the exercise. Of course, for the spectators, the fleet's training at night is even less spectacular, at most you can see some lanterns and ship shadows floating on the sea.

However, for the naval units, night navigation training is an indispensable subject, after all, in wartime, there is no practice of fighting during the day and stopping sailing at night, day and night navigation is the norm in wartime, and grasping the course at night and maintaining the fleet formation are also combat skills that the fleet needs to master. However, now with the addition of a dozen foreign warships, plus several troop transports carrying visitors, the command of the night navigation of the entire fleet is much more complicated.

As for where the fleet was going at night, the officer on board who was in charge of explaining the exercise refused to disclose the slightest bit of information, citing secrecy as an excuse. Liu Shang was so aggrieved that he wanted to curse, this is all at sea, who else can put on wings and fly away from this ship in the dark? What kind of secret is kept at this time, it is simply that he has eaten too much.

But these grievances can only be thought about in his heart, he didn't dare to show the slightest, seeing that the sky was getting dark, everyone returned to the cabin for a simple dinner, and there was no other program arrangement, and the cabin implemented light control, so they could only fall on the bed early and stand up. Although Liu Shang didn't want to rest so early, he was a bit maverick when he ran to the deck to stay alone, so he had to hold back his curiosity for the time being.

The next morning, no one needed to wake up, the group of people who had slept too early last night had already woken up themselves, and the first thing they did when they got dressed was to go to the deck to check on the movements of the night. But to them, their surroundings seemed to be the same as last night, and the water was still in the middle of the water, and the Combined Fleet was miles ahead, about the same distance as it was before dark yesterday.

Liu Shang discerned the direction of the current journey according to the sun, which should be sailing northwest, but because there was no land on the sea as far as his eye could see, he did not know where the fleet had sailed overnight, so he could not judge where the current destination was.

This book was first published in Genesis, and the following will be re-edited later for anti-theft

In previous years' "leapfrogging" military exercises, it was customary for the allied team to be invited to send military personnel to participate in them, but this year's exercise ground, in addition to a few allied forces, also appeared for the first time in the Portuguese and Dutch armed sailing ships. In the past, these two countries have also been invited to observe the exercise, but this is the first time that they have actually sent people to directly participate in the operation.

In fact, in previous years, these two countries also applied to participate in the exercise, but the Haihan military would refuse each other on the pretext of various inconveniences. After all, these Western colonial powers are not completely tame to the Haihan like the small countries in the South China Sea, and they bow their heads and submit to defeat in the Far East just to maintain trade opportunities, and they do not regard the Haihan as a suzerain. If there is an opportunity, these Western armed maritime merchants may turn into robbers at any time and give Haihan a falling stone.

However, since the end of last year, Haihan's intelligence department has received some unpleasant rumors one after another, and some countries may try to make some moves to test Haihan's bottom line because they covet the excellent situation Haihan has achieved in the South China Sea. The small actions of the British in the Strait of Malacca more than two months ago also partially confirmed the reliability of these information, and although the local garrison successfully repelled the opponent and held the bridgehead of Sing Tao, it did not mean that the British would stop there. And according to intelligence, there may be more than one family that is secretly ready to move.

After weighing the situation, the Executive Committee concluded that it was necessary to better integrate the Portuguese and Dutch countries, which are currently at peace with each other, into the military alliance established by the Haihan in the South China Sea, so that the two countries would not have other thoughts after sensing the change in the situation. The simplest and most effective way is to invite them to join in the "leapfrogging" military exercise to be held this summer and make an appearance in the form of "quasi-allies." In this way, we will not only be able to further win over the two countries in terms of diplomatic relations, but will also be able to make the outside world aware of the political tendencies of the two countries in a timely manner, and eliminate the possibility of other forces trying to win over the two countries as much as possible.

And whether these two countries are aware of the dark tide surging in the South China Sea region or not, they will definitely be willing to accept the olive branch thrown by Haihan. Understanding and mastering the military level of the Haihan is a very important task for both Portugal and the Netherlands, and the best channel and window is the annual National Day military parade and large and small military exercises. Being invited to participate in the largest "leapfrogging" military exercise of the year is also a good opportunity for them to get close to the Haihan Army and observe its combat methods.

Of course, the Haihan military is still very cautious to limit the participation lineup of Portugal and the Netherlands, only allowing each country to send one armed boat to join the exercise, and the whole process must be under the command of Haihan.

The Haihan fleet slowed down its speed in order to wait for these joint participating forces to join the exercise. Of course, these countries do not have steam warships such as the Haihan Navy, and only after the Haihan warships slow down can the two sides act together after the rendezvous. However, the mixed deployment of ships of multiple countries to carry out various maritime missions has very high requirements for commanders, and it is necessary to take into account the differences in the performance of ships of different countries to give corresponding action instructions, so that it is possible to maintain the consistency of the pace of action.

However, for a non-professional audience like Liu Shang, it is really just a lively view, even if there is an officer standing next to him to explain, but he still doesn't quite understand what this mixed fleet is practicing at sea, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent, and occasionally there is a turning action, what content is being practiced, and how to judge the quality of completion.

Liu Shang was really anxious and angry at this time, anxious that these warships of Haihan had been galloping at sea for most of the day, but he was unwilling to show his "real skills" to take a look, angry that his military knowledge was too little, even if he got the rare opportunity to observe Haihan's actual combat drills at close range, he still couldn't understand the rules and regulations of the strongest maritime armed forces in the South China Sea.

If you can only watch the excitement on this trip, it will really be a waste of such a great opportunity, and Liu Shang will definitely not be reconciled. However, he knew that his status was low, and he was completely speechless in this team, which was composed of all the current Haihan officials except him, and he did not dare to come forward to inquire about the detailed arrangements of this military exercise.

But the formation drill at sea continued until the sun turned west, but it was clear that none of the ships would sail back to land today, and night training was also part of the exercise. Of course, for the spectators, the fleet's training at night is even less spectacular, at most you can see some lanterns and ship shadows floating on the sea.

However, for the naval units, night navigation training is an indispensable subject, after all, in wartime, there is no practice of fighting during the day and stopping sailing at night, day and night navigation is the norm in wartime, and grasping the course at night and maintaining the fleet formation are also combat skills that the fleet needs to master. However, now with the addition of a dozen foreign warships, plus several troop transports carrying visitors, the command of the night navigation of the entire fleet is much more complicated.

As for where the fleet was going at night, the officer on board who was in charge of explaining the exercise refused to disclose the slightest bit of information, citing secrecy as an excuse. Liu Shang was so aggrieved that he wanted to curse, this is all at sea, who else can put on wings and fly away from this ship in the dark? What kind of secret is kept at this time, it is simply that he has eaten too much.

But these grievances can only be thought about in his heart, he didn't dare to show the slightest, seeing that the sky was getting dark, everyone returned to the cabin for a simple dinner, and there was no other program arrangement, and the cabin implemented light control, so they could only fall on the bed early and stand up. Although Liu Shang didn't want to rest so early, he was a bit maverick when he ran to the deck to stay alone, so he had to hold back his curiosity for the time being.

The next morning, no one needed to wake up, the group of people who had slept too early last night had already woken up themselves, and the first thing they did when they got dressed was to go to the deck to check on the movements of the night. But to them, their surroundings seemed to be the same as last night, and the water was still in the middle of the water, and the Combined Fleet was miles ahead, about the same distance as it was before dark yesterday.

Liu Shang discerned the direction of the current journey according to the sun, which should be sailing northwest, but because there was no land on the sea as far as his eye could see, he did not know where the fleet had sailed overnight, so he could not judge where the current destination was.