Chapter 2014
Chapter 2014
Chapter 2014
Near the end of the year, the intelligence agency in Sanya became more and more busy.Under the supervision of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau have been stepping up investigations of gun cases in various places recently, trying to find out the hidden links between these events.After investing a lot of resources, intelligence agencies have also successively received investigation reports from various places at home and abroad, and the conclusion seems to be exactly what the Executive Committee was worried about.
In the several gun cases that occurred successively in Hainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Liaodong, guns and ammunition made in Spain appeared. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Liaodong, it was even found that the Spaniards were suspected of helping the local armed forces to conduct military training.
From these evidences, it can be generally inferred that one situation that Haihan must pay attention to is that Spain has not given up its flag after losing Manila this year, and is still secretly operating some means of coercing Haihan. Far beyond the past few years, this is a new situation for Haihan that has never existed before.
How the Spaniards went to these places and successfully established a cooperative relationship with the local forces is a question that has puzzled Haihan's intelligence department.
Since Haihan snatched the two ports of Danshui and Jilong in the northern part of Taiwan Island from the Spanish colonists in early 1633, the relationship between the two parties has been completely broken. Surrounding waters were monitored to prevent Spanish ships from entering the waters north of the island of Taiwan.With the gradual expansion of Haihan in the eastern and northern coastal areas of Daming, the control of the sea lanes and major trading ports in the area has become more and more strict. It may not be difficult for Spanish ships to sneak in once or twice, but it will take several years without being caught. It is impossible for Haihan to break his tracks.
So in the end, the report of the Executive Committee was summarized from the two channels of the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau. They all have a consistent view on this issue, that is, they believe that the Spaniard's activity method is not simply sending a fleet to sneak into the incident area, but also Other middle forces intervened and provided the Spaniards with some special channels of activity.
It is not too difficult to solve this mystery. After all, many relevant personnel have been captured in Danzhou on Hainan Island and Yangzhou in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The Executive Committee is still very optimistic about finding out the truth.As long as the mouths of these people are opened, certain key information will be obtained.
The first to open the breakthrough was not Hainan Island, which was the first to capture the relevant personnel, but the special operations team that captured a bunch of wounded people in Yangzhou.On the day they returned to Zhoushan Island, they successfully obtained important information from the captives.
After returning to Zhoushan, Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing only received short-term treatment, and then devoted themselves to the interrogation work again.It's not that they don't want to rest for a while, it's just that the situation doesn't wait for anyone. These wounded people who can survive to Zhoushan Island may not be able to recover from their injuries and let them interrogate slowly. If it is delayed for another day or two, these prisoners I probably won't be able to speak.
But it is a pity that the two commanders of the Yangzhou Salt Merchant Musketeer Team failed to catch them alive, and the information these minions have is definitely relatively limited. It is estimated that they have no chance to get access to some important information.However, there are some basic information that can be verified from their confessions.
First of all, when this musketeer team was established, these people began to be selected one after another in March of this year, and then secretly assembled and trained in a place called Huaisi Town near Yangzhou City.The identity of the Spanish commander was clearly identified in the confessions of many prisoners.
According to their confessions, the Spanish officer named "Mr. Ricardo" appeared in Yangzhou in mid-April this year and was responsible for training them.In the next few operations, including the last battle, this Spanish officer was also on the front line commanding the operations.
When they first assembled, they were not told the real reason. They only thought that they were serving a militia organized by Lu Kangtai. It was not until the Spanish officers came that they issued muskets to them. These people gradually realized that their mission was not It's as simple as guarding a warehouse or a salt ship, but it exists as a secret armed force dedicated to performing some special tasks that are not easy to see-such as dealing with competitors in the region.
However, as soon as they had a small success in training, the low-priced refined salt from Ningbo replaced the Huizhou salt merchants and became their first target.And the next few actions did solve the opponent cleanly, giving them the illusion of invincibility for a while, until they hit the iron plate of the special operations team.As for how and at what price Lu Kangtai obtained these muskets, no one knows these minions.
"The Spaniards have to travel across the ocean to go to Yangzhou, and they have taken great risks for this. The purpose is to help Yangzhou salt merchants build a musketeer team to deal with their competitors, which certainly doesn't make sense." Shi Di After reading the report submitted by Ji Yuanqing, Wen didn't agree with this statement: "They are not warm-hearted and good people. If they make such a big commotion, there must be a bigger conspiracy!"
"Also, the previous intelligence said that there were North Koreans in this musketeer team. Why didn't you see this part in the interrogation report?" Shi Diwen asked Ji Yuanqing.
Ji Yuanqing explained: "According to the confession of the captives, there were indeed two unidentified North Koreans in this musketeer team, but they escaped by chance this time, so we don't have any more information to confirm their identity and identity." The reason for joining the Musketeers. In addition, regarding the real purpose of the Spaniards, I think that it should be to open up a special channel in the Ming Dynasty, so that the salt merchants can pay for the formation of an armed force under the orders of Spain, so that under certain circumstances Play a role."
The possibility that Ji Yuanqing mentioned is also the conclusion he reached after discussing with Gong Shiqi. If there is no big enough profit prospect, the Spaniards really don’t need to take great risks to do this kind of thing under Hai Han’s nose. .If the Spaniards wanted to be a multinational arms dealer out of economic interests, then there was no need to risk their lives as a commander and charge into battle after providing basic military training to Yangzhou salt merchants.
Judging from the situation in several places from south to north during this period, the Spaniards are obviously not only satisfied with providing weapons and equipment to many parties, but also intend to intervene in the affairs of the region.Back then, Haihan supported Li Jifeng to become the number one merchant in Guangdong, and used his reputation to establish the armed organization Golden Shield Escort, which indirectly influenced and controlled the business environment in the Pearl River Basin. Now the Spaniards are supporting local salt merchants in Yangzhou to establish private armed forces. It seems that there are similarities in the same way.
Of course, the implementation process of the Spaniards' small tricks in Yangzhou was not so smooth, because of the conflict of interests among the salt merchants, their methods were exposed to Haihan's vision early on, and then they quickly attracted Haihan's attack.Since the armed organization of the local salt merchants is far from forming a real combat capability, Zhoushan Island only sent an action team to destroy this cooperation project that had been in operation for more than half a year in one fell swoop.
Neither Ji Yuanqing nor Gong Shiqi thinks that the local salt merchants' armed forces can grow to a large scale. On the one hand, the government cannot sit back and watch the civilian armed forces of this nature grow too large; on the other hand, the Spaniards may not have the corresponding weapons and equipment production. capacity to meet development needs.After all, apart from Yangzhou, it is said that the musketeers that appeared in the Qing army in Liaodong were also related to the Spaniards, and the demand for weapons there would obviously be several orders of magnitude larger than that in Yangzhou, and they were directly facing the Haihan people. Whether it is from economic interests or from a political point of view, the Spaniards will definitely give priority to taking care of the big customers in the north.
After sorting out the conclusions of the interrogation, Shi Diwen sent the progress of the investigation back to Sanya Victory Fort through the radio, and by the way, he also asked for credit for the team that carried out the mission.The operation in Yangzhou was actually quite heavy in terms of casualties, which rarely occurred in the overseas operations of the intelligence agencies in recent years. They didn't have much objection. They believed that Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing had done their best within their capabilities. The casualties were unavoidable under the circumstances at that time, and they could only make up for it afterwards in the form of awards and pensions.
"Look, it's the Spaniards again!" Bex walked into the meeting room with the telegram he had just received, and said to the people already seated: "The results of the interrogation over there in Zhejiang have come out. The salt merchants provided weapons and equipment and related military training. Several previous attacks have also been confirmed to be the work of Yangzhou salt merchants."
"The Spaniards have been very restless in the past few months!" Tao Donglai sighed, "There have been disturbances in several places one after another. Could it be that they still want to counterattack to the north?"
"That's a bit difficult, isn't it? Our troops stationed in Manila are not rookies. If the Spaniards want to play tricks of stealth, they will hit the iron plate." Yan Chujie expressed objection to Tao Donglai's idea. I don't think the Spaniards can use these little tricks to transfer Haihan's troops away from the South China Sea area, and then take advantage of the loopholes to counterattack Manila.
Moreover, although the current situation in Liaodong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places has successfully attracted the attention of the Executive Committee, this small battle is far from enough to drive Haihan to conduct a large-scale cross-regional transfer of overseas troops.The Zhoushan garrison is enough to deter the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and protect the local interests of Haihan. Even if the war in Liaodong is tight, the garrisons in Shandong and North Korea can be mobilized to the north for reinforcements. It is simply not enough to use the South China Sea garrison.
In fact, although the military has successively transferred several elite troops back to the north after the end of the Manila war, the troops currently stationed in Manila are still the front-line combat troops of the Haihan Army.Regarding the possibility of the Spaniards launching a counterattack, the military has actually been careful all the time, and specially reserved a fleet that is basically fully equipped in Manila to ensure its advantage in the situation of sea combat.
Tao Donglai thought it made sense, nodded and said, "Old Yan, what do you think the Spaniards' real purpose is for doing these actions?"
Yan Chujie said: "The real purpose should be to try to contain our actions in the north. From the current point of view, the targets that the Spaniards seek to cooperate with basically have direct or indirect conflicts of interest with our country. They provide these forces with weapons and Military training will eventually affect us. However, with the ability of the Spaniards, even if they try their best, I think they will at most create some minor troubles, which will not change the international situation in Northeast Asia. "
"You can't underestimate them." Ning Qi interjected: "The people who cooperate with them may be far more than what we have found so far, otherwise it is impossible to explain how they entered these areas to carry out activities."
"You're right." Tao Donglai nodded in agreement with Ning Qi's point of view: "As for how the Spaniards came into contact with these local forces, we still haven't got a reasonable answer. Old He, where are you?" Is there any new progress?"
Seeing that Tao Donglai had finally called his name, He Xi, who had been listening quietly, responded, "The people we captured in Danzhou have spoken one after another, but their confessions are a bit special. The issue mentioned by the minister just now is also related to a certain extent, but before it is confirmed, I have not planned to write it into a formal report, so as not to be led by wrong information to the direction of the investigation.”
"Tell me first, what did they confess?" Ning Qi asked curiously.
He Xi glanced at Tao Donglai, saw the other party nodded slightly, and then continued: "According to what the criminal Xue Zheng and others said, they are serving some maritime merchants in the south of Daming, and all the equipment, funds, and means of transportation are , and even their false identities were all provided by these employers, and their roles were actually bounty killers. As for why they came to Hainan Island to assassinate the son of Joseon, they didn't know the reason, they were just executing orders. "
"Then they must have recruited the identities of these employers? What does this have to do with the Spaniards?" Bex asked.
He Xi was silent for a moment before explaining: "But we have never heard of any of the names they provided, and it is very likely that they used false identities. As for the relationship with the Spaniards... how many people in their team It is from Luzon Island, and it is said that the employer behind it is a Spaniard."
"That is to say, the Spaniards not only provided weapons, but were actually directly involved in the assassination of the Prince of Korea?" Tao Donglai frowned and said, "What is the purpose of their assassination of the Prince of Korea?"
(End of this chapter)
Near the end of the year, the intelligence agency in Sanya became more and more busy.Under the supervision of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau have been stepping up investigations of gun cases in various places recently, trying to find out the hidden links between these events.After investing a lot of resources, intelligence agencies have also successively received investigation reports from various places at home and abroad, and the conclusion seems to be exactly what the Executive Committee was worried about.
In the several gun cases that occurred successively in Hainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Liaodong, guns and ammunition made in Spain appeared. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Liaodong, it was even found that the Spaniards were suspected of helping the local armed forces to conduct military training.
From these evidences, it can be generally inferred that one situation that Haihan must pay attention to is that Spain has not given up its flag after losing Manila this year, and is still secretly operating some means of coercing Haihan. Far beyond the past few years, this is a new situation for Haihan that has never existed before.
How the Spaniards went to these places and successfully established a cooperative relationship with the local forces is a question that has puzzled Haihan's intelligence department.
Since Haihan snatched the two ports of Danshui and Jilong in the northern part of Taiwan Island from the Spanish colonists in early 1633, the relationship between the two parties has been completely broken. Surrounding waters were monitored to prevent Spanish ships from entering the waters north of the island of Taiwan.With the gradual expansion of Haihan in the eastern and northern coastal areas of Daming, the control of the sea lanes and major trading ports in the area has become more and more strict. It may not be difficult for Spanish ships to sneak in once or twice, but it will take several years without being caught. It is impossible for Haihan to break his tracks.
So in the end, the report of the Executive Committee was summarized from the two channels of the Ministry of Security and the Military Intelligence Bureau. They all have a consistent view on this issue, that is, they believe that the Spaniard's activity method is not simply sending a fleet to sneak into the incident area, but also Other middle forces intervened and provided the Spaniards with some special channels of activity.
It is not too difficult to solve this mystery. After all, many relevant personnel have been captured in Danzhou on Hainan Island and Yangzhou in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The Executive Committee is still very optimistic about finding out the truth.As long as the mouths of these people are opened, certain key information will be obtained.
The first to open the breakthrough was not Hainan Island, which was the first to capture the relevant personnel, but the special operations team that captured a bunch of wounded people in Yangzhou.On the day they returned to Zhoushan Island, they successfully obtained important information from the captives.
After returning to Zhoushan, Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing only received short-term treatment, and then devoted themselves to the interrogation work again.It's not that they don't want to rest for a while, it's just that the situation doesn't wait for anyone. These wounded people who can survive to Zhoushan Island may not be able to recover from their injuries and let them interrogate slowly. If it is delayed for another day or two, these prisoners I probably won't be able to speak.
But it is a pity that the two commanders of the Yangzhou Salt Merchant Musketeer Team failed to catch them alive, and the information these minions have is definitely relatively limited. It is estimated that they have no chance to get access to some important information.However, there are some basic information that can be verified from their confessions.
First of all, when this musketeer team was established, these people began to be selected one after another in March of this year, and then secretly assembled and trained in a place called Huaisi Town near Yangzhou City.The identity of the Spanish commander was clearly identified in the confessions of many prisoners.
According to their confessions, the Spanish officer named "Mr. Ricardo" appeared in Yangzhou in mid-April this year and was responsible for training them.In the next few operations, including the last battle, this Spanish officer was also on the front line commanding the operations.
When they first assembled, they were not told the real reason. They only thought that they were serving a militia organized by Lu Kangtai. It was not until the Spanish officers came that they issued muskets to them. These people gradually realized that their mission was not It's as simple as guarding a warehouse or a salt ship, but it exists as a secret armed force dedicated to performing some special tasks that are not easy to see-such as dealing with competitors in the region.
However, as soon as they had a small success in training, the low-priced refined salt from Ningbo replaced the Huizhou salt merchants and became their first target.And the next few actions did solve the opponent cleanly, giving them the illusion of invincibility for a while, until they hit the iron plate of the special operations team.As for how and at what price Lu Kangtai obtained these muskets, no one knows these minions.
"The Spaniards have to travel across the ocean to go to Yangzhou, and they have taken great risks for this. The purpose is to help Yangzhou salt merchants build a musketeer team to deal with their competitors, which certainly doesn't make sense." Shi Di After reading the report submitted by Ji Yuanqing, Wen didn't agree with this statement: "They are not warm-hearted and good people. If they make such a big commotion, there must be a bigger conspiracy!"
"Also, the previous intelligence said that there were North Koreans in this musketeer team. Why didn't you see this part in the interrogation report?" Shi Diwen asked Ji Yuanqing.
Ji Yuanqing explained: "According to the confession of the captives, there were indeed two unidentified North Koreans in this musketeer team, but they escaped by chance this time, so we don't have any more information to confirm their identity and identity." The reason for joining the Musketeers. In addition, regarding the real purpose of the Spaniards, I think that it should be to open up a special channel in the Ming Dynasty, so that the salt merchants can pay for the formation of an armed force under the orders of Spain, so that under certain circumstances Play a role."
The possibility that Ji Yuanqing mentioned is also the conclusion he reached after discussing with Gong Shiqi. If there is no big enough profit prospect, the Spaniards really don’t need to take great risks to do this kind of thing under Hai Han’s nose. .If the Spaniards wanted to be a multinational arms dealer out of economic interests, then there was no need to risk their lives as a commander and charge into battle after providing basic military training to Yangzhou salt merchants.
Judging from the situation in several places from south to north during this period, the Spaniards are obviously not only satisfied with providing weapons and equipment to many parties, but also intend to intervene in the affairs of the region.Back then, Haihan supported Li Jifeng to become the number one merchant in Guangdong, and used his reputation to establish the armed organization Golden Shield Escort, which indirectly influenced and controlled the business environment in the Pearl River Basin. Now the Spaniards are supporting local salt merchants in Yangzhou to establish private armed forces. It seems that there are similarities in the same way.
Of course, the implementation process of the Spaniards' small tricks in Yangzhou was not so smooth, because of the conflict of interests among the salt merchants, their methods were exposed to Haihan's vision early on, and then they quickly attracted Haihan's attack.Since the armed organization of the local salt merchants is far from forming a real combat capability, Zhoushan Island only sent an action team to destroy this cooperation project that had been in operation for more than half a year in one fell swoop.
Neither Ji Yuanqing nor Gong Shiqi thinks that the local salt merchants' armed forces can grow to a large scale. On the one hand, the government cannot sit back and watch the civilian armed forces of this nature grow too large; on the other hand, the Spaniards may not have the corresponding weapons and equipment production. capacity to meet development needs.After all, apart from Yangzhou, it is said that the musketeers that appeared in the Qing army in Liaodong were also related to the Spaniards, and the demand for weapons there would obviously be several orders of magnitude larger than that in Yangzhou, and they were directly facing the Haihan people. Whether it is from economic interests or from a political point of view, the Spaniards will definitely give priority to taking care of the big customers in the north.
After sorting out the conclusions of the interrogation, Shi Diwen sent the progress of the investigation back to Sanya Victory Fort through the radio, and by the way, he also asked for credit for the team that carried out the mission.The operation in Yangzhou was actually quite heavy in terms of casualties, which rarely occurred in the overseas operations of the intelligence agencies in recent years. They didn't have much objection. They believed that Gong Shiqi and Ji Yuanqing had done their best within their capabilities. The casualties were unavoidable under the circumstances at that time, and they could only make up for it afterwards in the form of awards and pensions.
"Look, it's the Spaniards again!" Bex walked into the meeting room with the telegram he had just received, and said to the people already seated: "The results of the interrogation over there in Zhejiang have come out. The salt merchants provided weapons and equipment and related military training. Several previous attacks have also been confirmed to be the work of Yangzhou salt merchants."
"The Spaniards have been very restless in the past few months!" Tao Donglai sighed, "There have been disturbances in several places one after another. Could it be that they still want to counterattack to the north?"
"That's a bit difficult, isn't it? Our troops stationed in Manila are not rookies. If the Spaniards want to play tricks of stealth, they will hit the iron plate." Yan Chujie expressed objection to Tao Donglai's idea. I don't think the Spaniards can use these little tricks to transfer Haihan's troops away from the South China Sea area, and then take advantage of the loopholes to counterattack Manila.
Moreover, although the current situation in Liaodong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places has successfully attracted the attention of the Executive Committee, this small battle is far from enough to drive Haihan to conduct a large-scale cross-regional transfer of overseas troops.The Zhoushan garrison is enough to deter the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang and protect the local interests of Haihan. Even if the war in Liaodong is tight, the garrisons in Shandong and North Korea can be mobilized to the north for reinforcements. It is simply not enough to use the South China Sea garrison.
In fact, although the military has successively transferred several elite troops back to the north after the end of the Manila war, the troops currently stationed in Manila are still the front-line combat troops of the Haihan Army.Regarding the possibility of the Spaniards launching a counterattack, the military has actually been careful all the time, and specially reserved a fleet that is basically fully equipped in Manila to ensure its advantage in the situation of sea combat.
Tao Donglai thought it made sense, nodded and said, "Old Yan, what do you think the Spaniards' real purpose is for doing these actions?"
Yan Chujie said: "The real purpose should be to try to contain our actions in the north. From the current point of view, the targets that the Spaniards seek to cooperate with basically have direct or indirect conflicts of interest with our country. They provide these forces with weapons and Military training will eventually affect us. However, with the ability of the Spaniards, even if they try their best, I think they will at most create some minor troubles, which will not change the international situation in Northeast Asia. "
"You can't underestimate them." Ning Qi interjected: "The people who cooperate with them may be far more than what we have found so far, otherwise it is impossible to explain how they entered these areas to carry out activities."
"You're right." Tao Donglai nodded in agreement with Ning Qi's point of view: "As for how the Spaniards came into contact with these local forces, we still haven't got a reasonable answer. Old He, where are you?" Is there any new progress?"
Seeing that Tao Donglai had finally called his name, He Xi, who had been listening quietly, responded, "The people we captured in Danzhou have spoken one after another, but their confessions are a bit special. The issue mentioned by the minister just now is also related to a certain extent, but before it is confirmed, I have not planned to write it into a formal report, so as not to be led by wrong information to the direction of the investigation.”
"Tell me first, what did they confess?" Ning Qi asked curiously.
He Xi glanced at Tao Donglai, saw the other party nodded slightly, and then continued: "According to what the criminal Xue Zheng and others said, they are serving some maritime merchants in the south of Daming, and all the equipment, funds, and means of transportation are , and even their false identities were all provided by these employers, and their roles were actually bounty killers. As for why they came to Hainan Island to assassinate the son of Joseon, they didn't know the reason, they were just executing orders. "
"Then they must have recruited the identities of these employers? What does this have to do with the Spaniards?" Bex asked.
He Xi was silent for a moment before explaining: "But we have never heard of any of the names they provided, and it is very likely that they used false identities. As for the relationship with the Spaniards... how many people in their team It is from Luzon Island, and it is said that the employer behind it is a Spaniard."
"That is to say, the Spaniards not only provided weapons, but were actually directly involved in the assassination of the Prince of Korea?" Tao Donglai frowned and said, "What is the purpose of their assassination of the Prince of Korea?"
(End of this chapter)