Chapter 2963
Chapter 2963
Chapter 2963
Li Yuande woke up in his sleep because he seemed to hear the password for the sailors on the morning shift to change the guard.He rubbed his eyes and sat up, confirmed that what he heard was not a hallucination, then yawned and looked out the porthole.
The fleet is heading north at this time, the cabin where Li Yuande lives is on the starboard side, and the porthole is facing the east, and you can see that there is already light on the sea level in the distance.
Li Yuande has been sailing in the South China Sea all year round, and immediately judged that it should be Maoshi, and the sunrise on the sea is about to usher.He moved his neck, which was a little stiff from sleeping, and got up to clean up and wash.
He didn't get up to watch the sunrise, and the navy didn't arrange for him to be on duty. The reason why he got up so early was because he had an important task today.
To be precise, he received an order from Qian Tiandun last night to attend this morning's combat readiness meeting and brief the officers on Siam's situation.
This is also the first official task that Li Yuande has received since he boarded the Weibang, which is both a test and an opportunity for him.
Li Yuande lay in bed last night and sorted out the information about Siam in his mind several times, but he was still not sure whether the information he had was valuable to Hai Hanjun.
This uneasiness made him not sleep well at night, so that he had no appetite for breakfast.After eating something in a hurry, he rushed to the ship's meeting room and waited outside.
Li Yuande waited for a long time before the officers who came to the meeting arrived one after another.His civilian clothes are particularly eye-catching here, and the officers who don't know his origin have asked each other who this is.
Although it was Qian Tiandun's order, the master was not present, and Li Yuande didn't dare to enter the meeting room rashly, and stood obediently outside the door.It wasn't until Mu Zhennan, who recognized him, came that he was pulled into the conference room and sat in a back seat.
When Qian Tiandun and Gao Qiaonan appeared together, the small meeting room was already full.There are more than 20 officers from the Special Warfare Division, the Eighth Army Division and the South China Sea Fleet gathered here.
"Today's regular combat readiness meeting will mainly talk about the situation of Siam and the combat readiness tasks of each ministry."
After Qian Tiandun took his seat, he explained the purpose of today's meeting straight to the point, then looked at the people present, and then began to point: "Li Yuande, please tell me about the situation of Siam first."
Li Yuande got up and replied: "I only know Siam's people's and business conditions, and I know very little about the military situation. If there are not enough details, I hope you will forgive me!"
Qian Tiandun said: "You just say what you know. As for the military situation, the Military Intelligence Bureau will make a supplementary explanation later."
After Li Yuande calmed down, he began to introduce information about Siam.
At this time, the capital of Siam was located in the city of Ayutthaya, so it was also called the Ayutthaya Dynasty. The king was King Narai who had just ascended the throne last year.
Siam and its neighboring Myanmar have been in a state of war all year round. In the last century, Myanmar even captured the city of Ayutthaya and became its vassal state for 15 years.
However, at the end of the last century, Siam made a comeback, defeated the Burmese army on the battlefield, and regained its independence.
It is worth mentioning that Siam is very active in diplomacy and has established formal diplomatic relations with many countries in the East and West.Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty, during the entire period of the Ming Dynasty, there were as many as 100 recorded visits by Ayutthaya envoys to Ming Dynasty, and trade between the two countries has also been maintained through sea transportation.
Since the fifteenth century, with the arrival of Western colonists, Siam and Western countries have also begun to have diplomatic exchanges.As early as 1516, Siam signed a diplomatic treaty with Portugal, allowing the Portuguese to settle and do business in many cities, including Ayutthaya.
Afterwards, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France, these western countries also signed trade agreements with Siam one after another, and opened shops in various parts of Siam to engage in trade activities.
By the end of the sixteenth century, there were even Japanese arriving in Siam with the help of Western merchant ships.It is said that there were thousands of Japanese settled in the city of Ayutthaya alone at that time, and this number even far exceeded the number of Han Chinese who settled there.
A country like Siam that never rejects visitors will naturally not reject Haihan, who is rapidly rising in the South China Sea.As early as more than ten years ago, some Haihan merchants went to Siam to engage in trading activities.
According to the normal development process, it is only a matter of time before Haihan and Siam become friendly diplomatic relations, but there has always been a huge obstacle between the two countries, and that is the Annan Kingdom.
The war between Siam and Annan has been fought intermittently for many years.During the civil war in Annan, Siam was determined to take advantage of the chaos to attack and snatch Annan's territory, but later Annan had Haihan as an ally, and his military strength grew rapidly. Instead of taking advantage of it, Siam was defeated and retreated steadily.Even in the mines of Annan Black Soil Port, many Siamese prisoners of war are still working.
Haihan has given Annan great help in the military field. From the perspective of Siam, Haihan's behavior is indirectly hurting the interests of the country.
Based on such international relations, it is difficult for Siam to take the initiative to express friendship to Haihan.Therefore, although the two sides maintain normal trade exchanges, diplomatic relations have been pending, and diplomatic relations have not been formally established at the official level.
The entry of the Haihan Fleet into the Gulf of Siam is also the first time in history that the Haihan Army has visited this sea area.Even with Li Yuande's understanding of Siam, it is difficult to predict how Siam will react to this.
Qian Tiandun greatly appreciated Li Yuande's explanation: "Even Siam's international relations are so clear, it seems that you have a comprehensive understanding, have you been here many times?"
Li Yuande replied: "I have shipped goods seven or eight times before, and one of them stayed here for almost two months, so I know something about it."
After Li Yuande took his seat, Qian Tiandun really ordered people from the Military Intelligence Bureau to come out to make additional explanations.
According to the information held by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the navy fleet of Siam is not large, but its equipment is slightly better than that of other countries in the Gulf of Siam.This is due to the good relationship between Siam and Western countries, so it can purchase ship-borne artillery.
Although these things are outdated and outdated weapons in the eyes of the Haihan Army, they are enough for Siam.After all, almost all the wars between Siam and neighboring countries were carried out on land, and the naval battles were basically zero. It seems that there is really no need to invest too much resources in building the navy.
ยท
There is another reason that restricts the development of the Siamese Navy, which is the geographical environment here.Due to the lack of natural harbors, the Siamese naval fleet had to be stationed at the inland wharves of the Ban Pakgong River and the Chao Phraya River, and its armed forces could hardly pose a real threat to the Haihan Fleet.
However, in order to ensure safety, the Military Intelligence Bureau still recommends that civilian ships in the fleet stay away from the northern coast of the Gulf of Siam, so as to prevent civilian ships lacking self-protection capabilities from being implicated in the event of an armed conflict.
(End of this chapter)
Li Yuande woke up in his sleep because he seemed to hear the password for the sailors on the morning shift to change the guard.He rubbed his eyes and sat up, confirmed that what he heard was not a hallucination, then yawned and looked out the porthole.
The fleet is heading north at this time, the cabin where Li Yuande lives is on the starboard side, and the porthole is facing the east, and you can see that there is already light on the sea level in the distance.
Li Yuande has been sailing in the South China Sea all year round, and immediately judged that it should be Maoshi, and the sunrise on the sea is about to usher.He moved his neck, which was a little stiff from sleeping, and got up to clean up and wash.
He didn't get up to watch the sunrise, and the navy didn't arrange for him to be on duty. The reason why he got up so early was because he had an important task today.
To be precise, he received an order from Qian Tiandun last night to attend this morning's combat readiness meeting and brief the officers on Siam's situation.
This is also the first official task that Li Yuande has received since he boarded the Weibang, which is both a test and an opportunity for him.
Li Yuande lay in bed last night and sorted out the information about Siam in his mind several times, but he was still not sure whether the information he had was valuable to Hai Hanjun.
This uneasiness made him not sleep well at night, so that he had no appetite for breakfast.After eating something in a hurry, he rushed to the ship's meeting room and waited outside.
Li Yuande waited for a long time before the officers who came to the meeting arrived one after another.His civilian clothes are particularly eye-catching here, and the officers who don't know his origin have asked each other who this is.
Although it was Qian Tiandun's order, the master was not present, and Li Yuande didn't dare to enter the meeting room rashly, and stood obediently outside the door.It wasn't until Mu Zhennan, who recognized him, came that he was pulled into the conference room and sat in a back seat.
When Qian Tiandun and Gao Qiaonan appeared together, the small meeting room was already full.There are more than 20 officers from the Special Warfare Division, the Eighth Army Division and the South China Sea Fleet gathered here.
"Today's regular combat readiness meeting will mainly talk about the situation of Siam and the combat readiness tasks of each ministry."
After Qian Tiandun took his seat, he explained the purpose of today's meeting straight to the point, then looked at the people present, and then began to point: "Li Yuande, please tell me about the situation of Siam first."
Li Yuande got up and replied: "I only know Siam's people's and business conditions, and I know very little about the military situation. If there are not enough details, I hope you will forgive me!"
Qian Tiandun said: "You just say what you know. As for the military situation, the Military Intelligence Bureau will make a supplementary explanation later."
After Li Yuande calmed down, he began to introduce information about Siam.
At this time, the capital of Siam was located in the city of Ayutthaya, so it was also called the Ayutthaya Dynasty. The king was King Narai who had just ascended the throne last year.
Siam and its neighboring Myanmar have been in a state of war all year round. In the last century, Myanmar even captured the city of Ayutthaya and became its vassal state for 15 years.
However, at the end of the last century, Siam made a comeback, defeated the Burmese army on the battlefield, and regained its independence.
It is worth mentioning that Siam is very active in diplomacy and has established formal diplomatic relations with many countries in the East and West.Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty, during the entire period of the Ming Dynasty, there were as many as 100 recorded visits by Ayutthaya envoys to Ming Dynasty, and trade between the two countries has also been maintained through sea transportation.
Since the fifteenth century, with the arrival of Western colonists, Siam and Western countries have also begun to have diplomatic exchanges.As early as 1516, Siam signed a diplomatic treaty with Portugal, allowing the Portuguese to settle and do business in many cities, including Ayutthaya.
Afterwards, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and France, these western countries also signed trade agreements with Siam one after another, and opened shops in various parts of Siam to engage in trade activities.
By the end of the sixteenth century, there were even Japanese arriving in Siam with the help of Western merchant ships.It is said that there were thousands of Japanese settled in the city of Ayutthaya alone at that time, and this number even far exceeded the number of Han Chinese who settled there.
A country like Siam that never rejects visitors will naturally not reject Haihan, who is rapidly rising in the South China Sea.As early as more than ten years ago, some Haihan merchants went to Siam to engage in trading activities.
According to the normal development process, it is only a matter of time before Haihan and Siam become friendly diplomatic relations, but there has always been a huge obstacle between the two countries, and that is the Annan Kingdom.
The war between Siam and Annan has been fought intermittently for many years.During the civil war in Annan, Siam was determined to take advantage of the chaos to attack and snatch Annan's territory, but later Annan had Haihan as an ally, and his military strength grew rapidly. Instead of taking advantage of it, Siam was defeated and retreated steadily.Even in the mines of Annan Black Soil Port, many Siamese prisoners of war are still working.
Haihan has given Annan great help in the military field. From the perspective of Siam, Haihan's behavior is indirectly hurting the interests of the country.
Based on such international relations, it is difficult for Siam to take the initiative to express friendship to Haihan.Therefore, although the two sides maintain normal trade exchanges, diplomatic relations have been pending, and diplomatic relations have not been formally established at the official level.
The entry of the Haihan Fleet into the Gulf of Siam is also the first time in history that the Haihan Army has visited this sea area.Even with Li Yuande's understanding of Siam, it is difficult to predict how Siam will react to this.
Qian Tiandun greatly appreciated Li Yuande's explanation: "Even Siam's international relations are so clear, it seems that you have a comprehensive understanding, have you been here many times?"
Li Yuande replied: "I have shipped goods seven or eight times before, and one of them stayed here for almost two months, so I know something about it."
After Li Yuande took his seat, Qian Tiandun really ordered people from the Military Intelligence Bureau to come out to make additional explanations.
According to the information held by the Military Intelligence Bureau, the navy fleet of Siam is not large, but its equipment is slightly better than that of other countries in the Gulf of Siam.This is due to the good relationship between Siam and Western countries, so it can purchase ship-borne artillery.
Although these things are outdated and outdated weapons in the eyes of the Haihan Army, they are enough for Siam.After all, almost all the wars between Siam and neighboring countries were carried out on land, and the naval battles were basically zero. It seems that there is really no need to invest too much resources in building the navy.
ยท
There is another reason that restricts the development of the Siamese Navy, which is the geographical environment here.Due to the lack of natural harbors, the Siamese naval fleet had to be stationed at the inland wharves of the Ban Pakgong River and the Chao Phraya River, and its armed forces could hardly pose a real threat to the Haihan Fleet.
However, in order to ensure safety, the Military Intelligence Bureau still recommends that civilian ships in the fleet stay away from the northern coast of the Gulf of Siam, so as to prevent civilian ships lacking self-protection capabilities from being implicated in the event of an armed conflict.
(End of this chapter)