Although Luo Shengdong didn't know much about the relationship between the Cliff Office and Zhang Qianhu of the Guard, his inference was already ten. Compared with the Shuizhai garrison, which is still "strict" in military discipline, the evasion of the Weisuo Army, which has long been in ruins, has been very strict in the recent period, so that Zhang Qianhu had to find the Garrison Office to ask for an explanation. However, Ma Like, who was the director of the Cliff Office at the time, seized this opportunity very skillfully, and tried his best to encourage Zhang Qianhu to open his mouth and let the Haihan militia enter Yacheng to fill the shortage of soldiers in the guards.

Although Zhang Qianhu also knew that the nature of this matter was very strict, firstly, he had already taken many benefits from Haihan, and he was really hard to speak, and secondly, the shortage of the Weisuo army was too great, and if he did not try to make up for the shortfall, he had no way to hand over military power to his successor. In the past, it may be possible to collect some idlers from near Yacheng to fill the scene, anyway, after the next thousand households take office, they will also have to eat empty salaries, as long as they can roughly cope with the handover, but now Yacheng has not many idle people to recruit, and even the long-term workers of many kinds of land outside the city have gone to Shengli Port to do things for the Haihan people, and it is impossible to go to Yazhou Water Village to find Luo Shengdong to borrow people to fill it.

So after grinding and grinding, and after receiving a sum of money from the Cliff Office again, Zhang Qianhu finally refused to be disciplined, and agreed to the plan of sending people from the Haihan People's League to temporarily top the vacant garrison of the Yacheng Guard. Of course, how long is this "temporary", and whether these people can be allowed to leave Yacheng in the future, it is not something that Zhang Qianhu, who is about to retire, can decide.

The Yacheng Guard Station has an establishment of more than 1,100 people, but only about 600 are actually on the staff, and the vacancy is almost half. After all, the number of militia troops is not very large, and to fill the garrison of Victory Harbor, it is enough to allocate at least half of the garrison in Shengli Port to fill the garrison, and this is obviously not in line with the military's troop deployment plan. Considering the actual combat effectiveness of the Weisuo army, in the end, the military decided to send a company of troops to Yacheng, which is basically enough to control the situation in Yacheng, not to mention that there are also some sailors of the militia stationed in the water village outside Yacheng.

In terms of establishment, whether it is the Yacheng Guard Army or the Naval Division, it will take a long time to completely replace the capital, and the Haihan People's League will not be able to organize so many troops to be stationed in Yacheng in the short term. What's more, the resources in Yacheng have been exhausted, and it is indeed not worth a large number of garrisons, and now the Executive Committee is trying every means to empty the local military and political system, and the main purpose is to control the local situation and use official forces to suppress the opposition forces that may appear during the development of Sanya as much as possible.

As long as the state capital of Yacheng can be controlled, it can be said that the entire southern coastal zone of Hainan Island has initially fallen under the control of the crossing group. After receiving the cover of the official skin, the Executive Committee was able to free its hands and start large-scale development of Sanya and nearby areas. Although the two sons-in-law in the Yacheng officialdom did not know the details of the long-term planning of the Executive Committee, based on what they knew now, they could also expect that what these Haihan people were planning was not just a corner of Shengli Port.

But knowing that they are powerless to change the current trend of social change, with the current situation in Yacheng, they don't even have enough money to turn their faces with the Haihan people, so they can only watch the Haihan people expand their territory day by day.

Zhang Tongju sighed and said: "Now, if you and my son-in-law want to break away from Yazhou, they probably only have to rely on promotion." It's just that the old man only took over the position of Zhizhou this year, and if he wants to be promoted again, it is not something that can be done in a year or two. ”

Luo Shengdong saw that the old father-in-law had already untied the knot, so he comforted: "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry about this matter, Mr. Tao once said to his son-in-law that as long as he can cooperate with them during his term of office, he will try his best to provide convenience and help his son-in-law be promoted as soon as possible." has a son-in-law stationed in Yacheng, even if there is something, the father-in-law can rest assured that he can entrust the son-in-law to deal with it. ”

Zhang Tong judged: "Having said that, it's just that the expansion speed of the Haihan people is so amazing that they can operate to their current scale in a year, if they are given three or four years...... I don't know how much lawlessness they can do!"

"Father-in-law's words are wrong!" Luo Shengdong retorted rarely: "The Haihan people pay attention to the meticulousness and strictness of the law, and they are even more Ming than me. This place of Victory Port, if you talk about civil security, is actually far better than Yacheng. In his spare time tomorrow, the son-in-law will take his father-in-law around here to observe the local people. ”

"The Haihan people's ability to govern the world, can't the old man see it? It's just that these people have no official government and no court, and sooner or later there will be chaos!" Zhang Tongju sighed helplessly.

At the reception banquet that night, Zhang Tongjuan and Wang Tongzhi, who were the official representatives of Yazhou, also appeared together, plus Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping, the two who played the role, simply provided the best endorsement for the crossing group. Although the wealthy businessmen from the mainland could not share the table with these adults, no one was dissatisfied with this, but they were more convinced of the strength of the Haihan people, and what they learned was that the Haihan people specially invited local high-ranking officials to Shengli Port for the establishment of "Qiong Lianfa" in order to prove their control over the Yazhou region.

In this way, a very small number of shareholders who were still skeptical were finally relieved, after all, this kind of scene of officials coming forward to help businessmen is extremely rare to encounter in the mainland. Seeing several Haihan leaders sitting at a table with senior officials in Yazhou and chatting and laughing, this is enough for shareholders to have more beautiful hopes for the future of "Qiong Lianfa".

On April 4, the highlight of the anniversary celebration was finally ushered in, and it was also a program specially prepared for foreign guests, such as the large-scale military parade and amphibious combat military exercise of the Haihan People's League.

When the militia soldiers wearing gray cloth uniforms and carrying flintlock pistols marched in a phalanx along the scenic avenue of the port area towards Fort Victory, the local people who had already participated in a military parade were desperately applauding and cheering to express their excitement. Some of the outsiders who saw this scene for the first time were surprised and began to re-examine the strength of the Haihan people.

In addition to Yazhou officials and mainland business groups, the guests who stood on the gate tower of Shengli Fort also attended this rare grand event. Looking at the groups of militia soldiers passing in front of the gate of Fort Victory and the equipment they used, Zheng Zheng and Zheng Ting both felt that their previous understanding of the strength of the Haihan people did not seem to be comprehensive enough. In particular, Zheng Ting, who had received military training from the Haihan and had the experience of fighting hand in hand with the Haihan militia, realized at this time that the military appearance of the Haihan militia was far stronger than that of the North Vietnamese army.

After the infantry phalanx, there was also the newly formed sailor phalanx, the reserve militia phalanx carrying standard standard spears, the public security police phalanx with black rattan helmets, the artillery phalanx with ox carts dragging artillery, the cavalry team that was sparse but rarely seen in Yazhou, and even a small team composed of representatives of the overseas Heitu Port Security Army.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing was not the indigenous troops in front, but the phalanx of Haihan commanders who came out last and cheered the most. There were not many people in this phalanx, and it was a team of 36 former members of the military police department selected by the Military Commission. This phalanx is personally led by Yan Chujie, the current number one commander of the military, and all 36 people are now serving as commanders and fighters at all levels in the Haihan militia regiment, and all of them have participated in the series of battles that were fought in Annam more than two months ago.

Unlike the previous phalanx, the clothing and equipment of this team are not so uniform. Although the Preparatory Committee had purchased uniform camouflage combat uniforms at the beginning, almost everyone in this group of guys who had served in the army purchased more advanced combat uniforms on their own, and the camouflage uniforms alone included mountain camouflage, desert camouflage, marine camouflage, urban camouflage, jungle camouflage, snow camouflage, and so on. Combat boots are also varied, from the strongman military boots from the 3515 factory, to a variety of foreign brands, it is almost impossible to find a few pairs that can be duplicated. And the carrying vehicles and helmets on the body are also varied, such as Aixian's North American gang is full of various weapons and equipment outside the tactical vest, and the helmet is also equipped with night vision devices, and the whole is a Meidi dish cooked by the teeth armed.

As for the weapons used by everyone, several people in the North American Gang have chosen the weapons they are used to, such as the long and short combination of HK416 and MK23 that Wang Tom is used to, and the sniper Morgan Sr. is carrying his incomparably expensive M200 sniper rifle as always. Before the crossing, most of the soldiers from China chose the more traditional weapon of the Bayi bar, although the military has very little possession, but it is enough to equip this parade unit. As for the 56 semi-automatics that were purchased in bulk as armed ordinary crossers before the crossing, they were not displayed at today's parade.

The cheers and applause of most of the local people slowly stopped, and they did not understand how such a phalanx could join such an occasion today. However, those who came to watch the ceremony shouted loudly at this time, cheering for this armed force that really belonged to the crossing group. Of course, in fact, the purpose of forming this phalanx to participate in the parade is not to show it to the guests, but purely to make a program for their own internal personnel.

Several guests who were invited to watch the ceremony on the gate tower of Fort Victory were also in different moods at this time. The two representatives of the North Vietnamese mission were mixed with each other, rejoicing that the armed forces of the Hai Han were so strong that the weapons they were equipped with were more advanced than those they sold to Thang Long, indicating that the Hai Han people's ability in weapon manufacturing was far from being fully revealed, and that the North Vietnamese, as its partner, would have a better chance of winning the next battle against South Vietnam after receiving a steady supply of weapons from the Hai Han.

As for the worries, it is still because of the fear of the super armed strength of the Hai Han, the Hai Han people have now established three strongholds in North Vietnam, namely the northern Black Tu Port, the central Tu Son Port, and the southern Vinh An Port, although the Hai Han has deployed less than 10,000 personnel and laborers in these three places, but the far-sighted people in the North Vietnamese army have realized that just these three places have almost locked up the entire coastline of North Vietnam. However, the level of maritime transport in North Vietnam was already far inferior to that of the Hai Han, and if this momentum continued, it was only a matter of time before the Hai Han people took control of the maritime industry in North Vietnam, and the disparity in force and dependence on equipment made it impossible for the North Vietnamese regime to even take a hardline attitude to negotiate with the Hai Han people on the sovereignty of the three strongholds.

After Zheng Zheng's visit, he took the initiative to ask for help in shipbuilding technology from the crossing group, which was also partly due to concerns about sea supremacy. Although Zheng Zheng's request was finally approved by the Hai Han Executive Committee, this huge technical disadvantage could not be reversed in a short period of time, and its initiative would remain in the hands of the Hai Han Executive Committee for a long time, which would inevitably cause great passivity to the North Vietnamese regime.

It was precisely this kind of ambivalence that made the North Vietnamese delegates not only envious and jealous after seeing the Hai Han militia, but also inevitably gave rise to more jealousy and fear, which was almost exactly the expected reaction of the Executive Committee.

Most of the people in the mainland business group are military laymen, just to see the excitement, but there are also some people who understand, and it can be seen that the equipment level of the Haihan militia has far exceeded that of the Ming army, and the dozen or so guns dragged out by the artillery unit alone are only more than the artillery equipped by the troops on the entire Qiongzhou Island combined. As for saying that the equipment of the Haihan militia is so exaggerated, will it clash with the local Ming armed forces, but no businessman is worried that the future Zhizhou Lord of Yazhou and the commander of the naval army are sitting here, what else is there to worry about?

"Joan Lianfa" After all, the mountains of Qiongzhou Island are high and the emperor is far away, and the armed forces of the government are relatively weak, in addition to being attacked by pirates all the year round, there are also Li and Miao tribes who also rebel from time to time, and the place where the Haihan people settled is in the southernmost Yazhou, which is already the end of the earth for most Ming people。

When the Guangzhou Office interviewed these shareholders, Schneider also patted his chest and promised them, claiming that Haihan "has a strong armed force" enough to guarantee the development project of "Qionglianfa" on Qiongzhou Island. At that time, except for a few merchants who were already convinced of the strength of the Haihan people, there were indeed many people who were skeptical of this, and even rejected Schneider's invitation to buy shares. However, these people who finally chose to believe Schneider now feel that their original choice is extremely wise, and the Haihan militia seems to be more reliable than the Ming Guard's army, and what Schneider said at the beginning is not an empty promise!

And the official delegation of Yazhou, which is in the middle and occupies the best position, is also psychologically complicated at this time. On the one hand, they reaffirmed that the armed forces of the Haihan people were indeed as strong as they had been rumored, and on the other hand, they were also a little hopeless about the prospect of Yacheng's influence. The rapid rise of the Haihan people in Shengli Port was accompanied by the gradual disappearance of Yacheng, and as the official director of Yazhou, the influence of the Yazhou Prefecture in the Haihan-controlled area has fallen to a historical low. Zhang Tongju can fully feel their admiration and awe for Haihan from the attitudes of these people, as well as their lower and lower sense of identity with the Yacheng government.

"Lord Zhang, Lord Wang, how well our militia is trained, can you still get into the eyes of the two adults?" Tao Donglai raised his hand and waved to the militia phalanx in front of the Tongguò Gate Tower, and asked Zhang Tongju and Wang Tongzhi sideways.

Wang Tongzhi twisted his beard and said: "I think that in Yazhou for hundreds of years, there has never been such a majestic militia group. There is a Haihan militia stationed here, and the official believes that from now on, Yazhou will be safe and sound, and there is no need to worry about the attack of the Haikou. ”

This Wang Tongzhi is really about to retire and has little pressure, and after receiving the money, he also acted very dedicatedly, and he was simply unscrupulous to praise Haihan. Although Zhang Tongju was a little disdainful in his heart, under such circumstances, it was impossible for him to openly contradict the Haihan people, so he could only follow Wang Tongzhi's meaning and say: "What Lord Wang said is very true, this official sees that this Haihan militia is like a rainbow, and it must be extremely powerful!"

"So we have also prepared the next program, let the two adults take a look at the actual combat effectiveness of our militia group, and ask the two adults to move. Tao Donglai made a gesture of invitation.

The venue of the next amphibious military exercise is not far from Shengli Fort, at the mouth of the Tiandu River. However, in order to better watch the effect, the Executive Committee specially arranged an excellent grandstand for the guests to dock the "New World" ro-ro wheel on the bank of the Tiandu River.

While almost everyone who comes to Victory Harbor has seen the giant steel ship parked on the shore, very few people are actually lucky enough to board it. There have also been many curious merchants who have applied to the Executive Committee, but the vast majority of their applications for boarding have been rejected in the name of "safety concerns". Being able to step on such a huge steel ship is a unique experience for these guests. Many people couldn't help but knock their hands east and west after getting on the boat, trying to confirm that the whole ship was really made of steel