Chapter 2924
Chapter 2924
Chapter 2924
While Li Yuande was preparing for the next move in Sanya, on Luzon Island at the other end of the South China Sea, the garrison troops were already preparing to go south.
The Manila authorities have been standing still in recent years, failing to clean up the Spanish colonial forces still operating in the southern part of the Philippine Islands.The outside world generally believes that Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang, who are in charge of Manila, do not seem to have much ambition to expand their territory, but instead focus on developing and managing Luzon Island.
But this is just a superficial phenomenon. This pair of partners is not so honest. There are actually very practical reasons why they did not take further action against the Spaniards in the southern Philippine Islands.
After Haihan captured Manila from the Spaniards in 1637, the central and northern part of the Philippine archipelago, including Luzon, had no opponents comparable to Haihan's army.
Although the indigenous tribes in some places are unwilling to submit to the rule of Haihan, the primitive swords and bows are not worth the strong ships and cannons after all. The rebels on Song Island died out.
If there is no opponent, it seems that there is no need to continue to maintain a large armed force.At this time, the executive committee had already begun to shift its focus to the mainland, and deployed military resources to the far north to contain the Qing Dynasty for Ming, while gradually encroaching on the southeast coastal area of Ming.
During this period, the top priority of the Manila authorities is no longer external expansion, but to try to maintain the size of the existing armed forces at hand, and prevent the Executive Committee from finding reasons to reduce military expenditures, control armaments, or even withdraw local troops.
Therefore, the defensive pressure from external hostile forces became the best reason for the Manila authorities to maintain local armed forces.Even though the sphere of influence of the Spaniards has shrunk to the sea thousands of miles south of Manila, under the vigorous exaggeration of Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang, the Spaniards still play the role of "a major threat to the region" for Haihan.
To put it bluntly, this actually means raising the bandits' self-respect, but in this special period, no one is going to pursue these inner truths.The Executive Committee only needs the Manila authorities to be able to suppress the momentum of Spanish expansion to the north, and does not want them to be caught in a time-consuming and labor-intensive island battle in the southern Philippine archipelago.
Even if the Spaniards were successfully driven away and some islands were occupied, Haihan did not have enough energy to develop these areas at that time. The committee will shift the center of gravity of governance to the north.Even if the Luzon Region wants to do this, it may not be able to get the support of the Executive Committee.
Therefore, under the influence of many internal and external factors, the Luzon region has maintained a subtle attitude in recent years. On the one hand, it has actively reduced the conquest of the Spanish colonists in the south, allowing the Spaniards to continue to survive; Still maintain a considerable scale of local armed forces, patiently waiting for the opportunity to appear.
Although this has greatly slowed down the speed of the Luzon region's external expansion, the Luzon region has also been able to invest more resources in the development and construction of existing sites due to the significant reduction in military operations. The financial situation has been improving over the years .
However, the military expenditure allocated to the garrison troops has not been affected by the reduction in military operations, but has a tendency to increase year by year.It’s just that advanced weapons and equipment are given priority to the northern region and the East China Sea region in the war zone. Even if the Luzon region is willing to spend money, it is difficult to implement large-scale equipment upgrades for the garrison troops.
However, such aggrieved days are over. With Qian Tiandun and the special forces going south, Haihan's external expansion direction has finally begun to adjust. The South China Sea area, which has been put on hold for ten years, finally ushered in hope. long-awaited opportunity.
According to the results of the discussions at the Cam Ranh Port Conference, the Luzon Region will be responsible for the external offensive on the east side of the South China Sea. The planned scope of military operations includes but is not limited to the southern part of the Philippine Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands. .
To carry out military operations in such a large area, the Luzon region certainly has sufficient reasons to expand its military.After the meeting in Cam Ranh Port, Xiao Liang immediately applied to the Ministry of National Defense to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment for the Fourth Division of the South China Sea Fleet and the Fourth Division of the Army under the jurisdiction of the Luzon Region, to replace the A lot of old equipment installed.
The procurement list proposed by Xiao Liang included 150 new-style rifles, [-] cannons of various calibers, twelve warships of the latest model, and special weapons such as grenades, mines, and mines. Military uniforms, ordnance, tents, medicine and other supplies.
There are more than [-] procurement items in the entire list. Regardless of the type of item or the total amount, this is the largest military purchase order in the Luzon region in the past ten years.
Xiao Liang also generously stated that since the Ministry of National Defense and the Manila authorities have not reached a conclusion on the military expenditure sharing for this operation, the Manila authorities can advance the purchase funds for these equipment and materials in advance.
Of course, Xiao Liang also understands that the Luzon Region's request is a big mouth, not to mention whether the Ministry of National Defense can agree, even if it is agreed, the Ministry of National Defense does not have enough inventory to complete the delivery in a short period of time.The final result of the review is that both parties will take a step back, and the orders submitted by the Luzon region will be greatly reduced, but the advantage is that the proportion of spot delivery will be greatly increased.
As for whether the equipment delivered to the Luzon region can reach the same level as the special warfare division, Xiao Liang did not have too many illusions about it.One is the local garrison army that has made little progress in recent years, and the other is the ace unit of the Haihan Army, an invincible army admired by all people. It is absolutely impossible for the two to enjoy the same treatment.
A more practical goal is to first replace the "antiques" of the 30s that the local garrisons are still using, so that the combat effectiveness of the troops can be effectively improved.
And Xiao Liang was still a little worried that if the generational difference in equipment replacement was too large, the troops might still need some time to adapt to the new equipment, and such an adaptation period would greatly delay the progress of military operations.From this perspective, temporarily retaining and continuing to use some old equipment is not necessarily a bad thing.
The reaction of the Ministry of National Defense was so forthright that Xiao Liang hadn't expected it. There was no negotiation process of bargaining. Yan Chujie directly cut off half of the content of the order, and then quickly allocated a part of the weapon inventory to the Luzon Region.
Although this is far from Xiao Liang's original procurement goal, at least the delivery period is short enough.Xiao Liang was even able to organize part of the troops who replaced their weapons and equipment to conduct a ten-day assault training before the operation started.
In fact, Xiao Liang also knew that it was difficult for the soldiers to adapt to the new weapons in such a short period of time, but in order to start operations as soon as possible, he had to rush the ducks to the shelves.
(End of this chapter)
While Li Yuande was preparing for the next move in Sanya, on Luzon Island at the other end of the South China Sea, the garrison troops were already preparing to go south.
The Manila authorities have been standing still in recent years, failing to clean up the Spanish colonial forces still operating in the southern part of the Philippine Islands.The outside world generally believes that Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang, who are in charge of Manila, do not seem to have much ambition to expand their territory, but instead focus on developing and managing Luzon Island.
But this is just a superficial phenomenon. This pair of partners is not so honest. There are actually very practical reasons why they did not take further action against the Spaniards in the southern Philippine Islands.
After Haihan captured Manila from the Spaniards in 1637, the central and northern part of the Philippine archipelago, including Luzon, had no opponents comparable to Haihan's army.
Although the indigenous tribes in some places are unwilling to submit to the rule of Haihan, the primitive swords and bows are not worth the strong ships and cannons after all. The rebels on Song Island died out.
If there is no opponent, it seems that there is no need to continue to maintain a large armed force.At this time, the executive committee had already begun to shift its focus to the mainland, and deployed military resources to the far north to contain the Qing Dynasty for Ming, while gradually encroaching on the southeast coastal area of Ming.
During this period, the top priority of the Manila authorities is no longer external expansion, but to try to maintain the size of the existing armed forces at hand, and prevent the Executive Committee from finding reasons to reduce military expenditures, control armaments, or even withdraw local troops.
Therefore, the defensive pressure from external hostile forces became the best reason for the Manila authorities to maintain local armed forces.Even though the sphere of influence of the Spaniards has shrunk to the sea thousands of miles south of Manila, under the vigorous exaggeration of Qiu Yuan and Xiao Liang, the Spaniards still play the role of "a major threat to the region" for Haihan.
To put it bluntly, this actually means raising the bandits' self-respect, but in this special period, no one is going to pursue these inner truths.The Executive Committee only needs the Manila authorities to be able to suppress the momentum of Spanish expansion to the north, and does not want them to be caught in a time-consuming and labor-intensive island battle in the southern Philippine archipelago.
Even if the Spaniards were successfully driven away and some islands were occupied, Haihan did not have enough energy to develop these areas at that time. The committee will shift the center of gravity of governance to the north.Even if the Luzon Region wants to do this, it may not be able to get the support of the Executive Committee.
Therefore, under the influence of many internal and external factors, the Luzon region has maintained a subtle attitude in recent years. On the one hand, it has actively reduced the conquest of the Spanish colonists in the south, allowing the Spaniards to continue to survive; Still maintain a considerable scale of local armed forces, patiently waiting for the opportunity to appear.
Although this has greatly slowed down the speed of the Luzon region's external expansion, the Luzon region has also been able to invest more resources in the development and construction of existing sites due to the significant reduction in military operations. The financial situation has been improving over the years .
However, the military expenditure allocated to the garrison troops has not been affected by the reduction in military operations, but has a tendency to increase year by year.It’s just that advanced weapons and equipment are given priority to the northern region and the East China Sea region in the war zone. Even if the Luzon region is willing to spend money, it is difficult to implement large-scale equipment upgrades for the garrison troops.
However, such aggrieved days are over. With Qian Tiandun and the special forces going south, Haihan's external expansion direction has finally begun to adjust. The South China Sea area, which has been put on hold for ten years, finally ushered in hope. long-awaited opportunity.
According to the results of the discussions at the Cam Ranh Port Conference, the Luzon Region will be responsible for the external offensive on the east side of the South China Sea. The planned scope of military operations includes but is not limited to the southern part of the Philippine Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Maluku Islands. .
To carry out military operations in such a large area, the Luzon region certainly has sufficient reasons to expand its military.After the meeting in Cam Ranh Port, Xiao Liang immediately applied to the Ministry of National Defense to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment for the Fourth Division of the South China Sea Fleet and the Fourth Division of the Army under the jurisdiction of the Luzon Region, to replace the A lot of old equipment installed.
The procurement list proposed by Xiao Liang included 150 new-style rifles, [-] cannons of various calibers, twelve warships of the latest model, and special weapons such as grenades, mines, and mines. Military uniforms, ordnance, tents, medicine and other supplies.
There are more than [-] procurement items in the entire list. Regardless of the type of item or the total amount, this is the largest military purchase order in the Luzon region in the past ten years.
Xiao Liang also generously stated that since the Ministry of National Defense and the Manila authorities have not reached a conclusion on the military expenditure sharing for this operation, the Manila authorities can advance the purchase funds for these equipment and materials in advance.
Of course, Xiao Liang also understands that the Luzon Region's request is a big mouth, not to mention whether the Ministry of National Defense can agree, even if it is agreed, the Ministry of National Defense does not have enough inventory to complete the delivery in a short period of time.The final result of the review is that both parties will take a step back, and the orders submitted by the Luzon region will be greatly reduced, but the advantage is that the proportion of spot delivery will be greatly increased.
As for whether the equipment delivered to the Luzon region can reach the same level as the special warfare division, Xiao Liang did not have too many illusions about it.One is the local garrison army that has made little progress in recent years, and the other is the ace unit of the Haihan Army, an invincible army admired by all people. It is absolutely impossible for the two to enjoy the same treatment.
A more practical goal is to first replace the "antiques" of the 30s that the local garrisons are still using, so that the combat effectiveness of the troops can be effectively improved.
And Xiao Liang was still a little worried that if the generational difference in equipment replacement was too large, the troops might still need some time to adapt to the new equipment, and such an adaptation period would greatly delay the progress of military operations.From this perspective, temporarily retaining and continuing to use some old equipment is not necessarily a bad thing.
The reaction of the Ministry of National Defense was so forthright that Xiao Liang hadn't expected it. There was no negotiation process of bargaining. Yan Chujie directly cut off half of the content of the order, and then quickly allocated a part of the weapon inventory to the Luzon Region.
Although this is far from Xiao Liang's original procurement goal, at least the delivery period is short enough.Xiao Liang was even able to organize part of the troops who replaced their weapons and equipment to conduct a ten-day assault training before the operation started.
In fact, Xiao Liang also knew that it was difficult for the soldiers to adapt to the new weapons in such a short period of time, but in order to start operations as soon as possible, he had to rush the ducks to the shelves.
(End of this chapter)