Chapter 2877
Chapter 2877
Chapter 2877
June 1656.In Gaizhou, Beks received a telegram from the executive committee urging him to return to the south, and he planned to end his inspection trip in Liaodong and return to the south by boat.At the same time, at Jinlan Port in the South China Sea, thousands of miles away from Gaizhou, a group of people were waiting for the arrival of an important person on the pier.
There is a sun-shaded pergola on the pier, and there are at least 20 people under the shed, all of whom are Haihan officers in military uniforms.But there were so many people, but only one chair was placed.
The person sitting on the chair looked not tall, but he was extremely strong, and his figure was like a stone pier.This man has a lion nose and a wide mouth, and his temples are already gray. Anyone who can stay in the army to this age usually has a high position.And the epaulettes on his military uniform also proved this point, with golden branches and leaves and a golden star emblem on the dark green base plate, indicating that this person was a major general of the army.
According to Haihan's military system, a major general is usually a division commander or a position of the same level. He has at least a few thousand soldiers and horses waiting to be dispatched, governs several states, and has a very respected status.If you are a soldier from a naturalized background, you need to accumulate a lot of military exploits to have a chance to be promoted to this level.
At this time, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was leaning on the back of the chair, with his hands on the armrests, as if he was closing his eyes and resting his mind, and he seemed to be feeling the sea breeze.
"General, the ship will sail into Cam Ranh Bay soon." A soldier came running and reported the latest situation to him.At a high place a few miles south of the pier, there are lighthouses and garrison lookout posts, which can monitor the movement of the sea surface within a radius of tens of miles outside Cam Ranh Bay, and only need to send out a signal to notify the port in Cam Ranh Bay.
The general opened his eyes and got up, adjusted his clothes a little, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Then let's go out and wait!"
Today's weather is as hot as ever. It was already too hot to stay under the awning before, but now it's getting hotter when we go outside.
The general pulled up his rolled up sleeves a little more, exposing most of his arms. The dense scars on both arms are shocking. It can be seen that this person has experienced many battles in the past. It is a real deal to have the status he has today. In exchange for military exploits.
Cam Ranh Bay has a huge area, and it takes at least half an hour for a boat to sail into the bay to dock at the pier.However, this general obviously attaches great importance to the coming guests from the sea, and would rather stand in the scorching sun, and take his subordinates to the pier to wait in line long in advance.
Regarding such an arrangement, none of the officers present questioned it, as if they had long been accustomed to it.A group of officers stood in line behind the general. Although they were sweating profusely from the heat, all restless thoughts were suppressed when they saw the motionless back in front of him.
Sure enough, after waiting for a long time, I saw two sailboats slowly approaching the distant sea.Although it was still a long way from the pier where they were, the general had quietly straightened his body, ready to be inspected by visitors.
After the two sailboats docked at the berths and set up the gangway, the military uniforms of everyone on the pier were already soaked with sweat.But the general kept staring at the ship's side, and when he saw that familiar figure appearing on the gangway, he immediately raised his hand to salute.The other party was also in military uniform. He stood at the gangway for a while, returned a military salute to everyone on the pier, and then slowly disembarked.
Judging from the appearance, the person who came here should be about the same age as the general on the pier, but the attitude of the general on the pier was very respectful, he dared to go forward in three steps at a time, and always said "hard work".
"You've worked hard too!" The person who came reached out and patted his generous shoulder: "Minister Yan and General Feng are on the boat behind, so you go and say hello too. We'll talk about other things when we get back."
"Humble post to obey orders." The general responded without hesitation, just like he has done in the past 20 years.
The general waiting on the pier moved his station to Gaoqiao South in Cam Ranh Port a few months ago.And the person he greeted was naturally his old boss Qian Tiandun.
Two years ago, Haihan signed an armistice agreement with the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As a victorious country, Haihan obtained a large territory and many privileges in the north.At that time, Wang Tom had already left for North America, and Qian Tiandun also fulfilled the requirements of the executive committee, and finally he was able to lead his troops to leave the Liaodong region where the situation was already peaceful.
As one of the oldest and most outstanding generals in the Haihan Army, as long as Qian Tiandun is willing, he can return to Sanya, and then he will naturally serve on the Executive Committee and become one of the few people who truly hold the power of the empire .If he wants to stay in the northern region where he has lived and fought for 20 years, the executive committee also allows him to choose one of the two places in Liaodong and Shandong to serve as a magistrate.
But Qian Tiandun's veins are full of fighting blood. He doesn't want to stay in a certain place as a magistrate for the rest of his life, nor does he want to join the executive committee and be entangled in various affairs every day.What he wants to do is to find a place to continue to lead troops to fight, to expand the territory, so that the elite soldiers he has spent countless years of painstaking efforts to create can have new uses.
Qian Tiandun knew that the executive committee had no intention of sending troops to Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty for the time being, and the only direction where his troops could be used was the South China Sea.Therefore, he proposed to the executive committee and the Ministry of National Defense, requesting to switch to the South China Sea area.
In terms of the actual situation of his troops, this is actually not the most suitable destination.Although this army was originally formed in the South China Sea, most of the troops were from the south, but over the past 20 years, most of the troops have been replaced by northerners.Since they are stationed in Liaodong all the year round, the troops will definitely find it difficult to adapt to the hot and humid climate in the south.
Such a personnel structure even directly affected the deployment and defense arrangements of the troops. A large number of officers and soldiers from the north did not want to leave the north, and even jointly petitioned Qian Tiandun, hoping that he could change his mind.
Qian Tiandun was also reasonable, knowing that after this deployment, he might not return to the north for many years, so he let the officers and soldiers of the special forces decide whether to stay or not.Those who want to stay in the north can choose to retire on the spot, or be transferred to the Northern Fleet, the Fifth Army Division stationed in Dengzhou, Shandong, or the Sixth Army Division officially established in Liaodong after the war.
As a result, a large number of officers and soldiers of the special operations force finally chose to stay in the north, and Sun Zhen, the commander of the Sixth Army Division, was transferred to his post during this period.And Chen Yixin knew that these people were almost all elites in the army, and he had a close relationship with Qian Tiandun, so he was very happy to accept these people.
However, there are still quite a few officers and soldiers who choose to follow Qian Tiandun. Some of them, like Gao Qiaonan, have always been loyal to Qian Tiandun and will continue to follow him no matter what happens; The reason why Tiandun applied to be transferred to the South China Sea was that as long as he followed him, he would not be afraid of not being rewarded with military exploits. The speed of promotion in the war zone would definitely be far faster than that in the Taiping territory. Considering his personal future, it was worth fighting for.
(End of this chapter)
June 1656.In Gaizhou, Beks received a telegram from the executive committee urging him to return to the south, and he planned to end his inspection trip in Liaodong and return to the south by boat.At the same time, at Jinlan Port in the South China Sea, thousands of miles away from Gaizhou, a group of people were waiting for the arrival of an important person on the pier.
There is a sun-shaded pergola on the pier, and there are at least 20 people under the shed, all of whom are Haihan officers in military uniforms.But there were so many people, but only one chair was placed.
The person sitting on the chair looked not tall, but he was extremely strong, and his figure was like a stone pier.This man has a lion nose and a wide mouth, and his temples are already gray. Anyone who can stay in the army to this age usually has a high position.And the epaulettes on his military uniform also proved this point, with golden branches and leaves and a golden star emblem on the dark green base plate, indicating that this person was a major general of the army.
According to Haihan's military system, a major general is usually a division commander or a position of the same level. He has at least a few thousand soldiers and horses waiting to be dispatched, governs several states, and has a very respected status.If you are a soldier from a naturalized background, you need to accumulate a lot of military exploits to have a chance to be promoted to this level.
At this time, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was leaning on the back of the chair, with his hands on the armrests, as if he was closing his eyes and resting his mind, and he seemed to be feeling the sea breeze.
"General, the ship will sail into Cam Ranh Bay soon." A soldier came running and reported the latest situation to him.At a high place a few miles south of the pier, there are lighthouses and garrison lookout posts, which can monitor the movement of the sea surface within a radius of tens of miles outside Cam Ranh Bay, and only need to send out a signal to notify the port in Cam Ranh Bay.
The general opened his eyes and got up, adjusted his clothes a little, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Then let's go out and wait!"
Today's weather is as hot as ever. It was already too hot to stay under the awning before, but now it's getting hotter when we go outside.
The general pulled up his rolled up sleeves a little more, exposing most of his arms. The dense scars on both arms are shocking. It can be seen that this person has experienced many battles in the past. It is a real deal to have the status he has today. In exchange for military exploits.
Cam Ranh Bay has a huge area, and it takes at least half an hour for a boat to sail into the bay to dock at the pier.However, this general obviously attaches great importance to the coming guests from the sea, and would rather stand in the scorching sun, and take his subordinates to the pier to wait in line long in advance.
Regarding such an arrangement, none of the officers present questioned it, as if they had long been accustomed to it.A group of officers stood in line behind the general. Although they were sweating profusely from the heat, all restless thoughts were suppressed when they saw the motionless back in front of him.
Sure enough, after waiting for a long time, I saw two sailboats slowly approaching the distant sea.Although it was still a long way from the pier where they were, the general had quietly straightened his body, ready to be inspected by visitors.
After the two sailboats docked at the berths and set up the gangway, the military uniforms of everyone on the pier were already soaked with sweat.But the general kept staring at the ship's side, and when he saw that familiar figure appearing on the gangway, he immediately raised his hand to salute.The other party was also in military uniform. He stood at the gangway for a while, returned a military salute to everyone on the pier, and then slowly disembarked.
Judging from the appearance, the person who came here should be about the same age as the general on the pier, but the attitude of the general on the pier was very respectful, he dared to go forward in three steps at a time, and always said "hard work".
"You've worked hard too!" The person who came reached out and patted his generous shoulder: "Minister Yan and General Feng are on the boat behind, so you go and say hello too. We'll talk about other things when we get back."
"Humble post to obey orders." The general responded without hesitation, just like he has done in the past 20 years.
The general waiting on the pier moved his station to Gaoqiao South in Cam Ranh Port a few months ago.And the person he greeted was naturally his old boss Qian Tiandun.
Two years ago, Haihan signed an armistice agreement with the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As a victorious country, Haihan obtained a large territory and many privileges in the north.At that time, Wang Tom had already left for North America, and Qian Tiandun also fulfilled the requirements of the executive committee, and finally he was able to lead his troops to leave the Liaodong region where the situation was already peaceful.
As one of the oldest and most outstanding generals in the Haihan Army, as long as Qian Tiandun is willing, he can return to Sanya, and then he will naturally serve on the Executive Committee and become one of the few people who truly hold the power of the empire .If he wants to stay in the northern region where he has lived and fought for 20 years, the executive committee also allows him to choose one of the two places in Liaodong and Shandong to serve as a magistrate.
But Qian Tiandun's veins are full of fighting blood. He doesn't want to stay in a certain place as a magistrate for the rest of his life, nor does he want to join the executive committee and be entangled in various affairs every day.What he wants to do is to find a place to continue to lead troops to fight, to expand the territory, so that the elite soldiers he has spent countless years of painstaking efforts to create can have new uses.
Qian Tiandun knew that the executive committee had no intention of sending troops to Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty for the time being, and the only direction where his troops could be used was the South China Sea.Therefore, he proposed to the executive committee and the Ministry of National Defense, requesting to switch to the South China Sea area.
In terms of the actual situation of his troops, this is actually not the most suitable destination.Although this army was originally formed in the South China Sea, most of the troops were from the south, but over the past 20 years, most of the troops have been replaced by northerners.Since they are stationed in Liaodong all the year round, the troops will definitely find it difficult to adapt to the hot and humid climate in the south.
Such a personnel structure even directly affected the deployment and defense arrangements of the troops. A large number of officers and soldiers from the north did not want to leave the north, and even jointly petitioned Qian Tiandun, hoping that he could change his mind.
Qian Tiandun was also reasonable, knowing that after this deployment, he might not return to the north for many years, so he let the officers and soldiers of the special forces decide whether to stay or not.Those who want to stay in the north can choose to retire on the spot, or be transferred to the Northern Fleet, the Fifth Army Division stationed in Dengzhou, Shandong, or the Sixth Army Division officially established in Liaodong after the war.
As a result, a large number of officers and soldiers of the special operations force finally chose to stay in the north, and Sun Zhen, the commander of the Sixth Army Division, was transferred to his post during this period.And Chen Yixin knew that these people were almost all elites in the army, and he had a close relationship with Qian Tiandun, so he was very happy to accept these people.
However, there are still quite a few officers and soldiers who choose to follow Qian Tiandun. Some of them, like Gao Qiaonan, have always been loyal to Qian Tiandun and will continue to follow him no matter what happens; The reason why Tiandun applied to be transferred to the South China Sea was that as long as he followed him, he would not be afraid of not being rewarded with military exploits. The speed of promotion in the war zone would definitely be far faster than that in the Taiping territory. Considering his personal future, it was worth fighting for.
(End of this chapter)