Chapter 3364
Chapter 3364
It is precisely because the upper limit of the quality of local soldiers is not high. Since the establishment of the Sasebo base, the total number of Japanese soldiers who have successfully enlisted in the Haihan Army is probably less than the establishment of a battalion.
Although when recruitment starts every spring and autumn, there are many applicants from all over Kyushu who come to Sasebo Bay. However, the recruitment threshold here requires that the physical condition must be fully met, and the background must be that of a good family, in order to have a chance to be admitted into the army.
This basically selects recruits from among the applicants based on the criteria of selecting one from a hundred. Sometimes there are only a few who can pass the whole year.
And among these lucky ones who passed the examination, only a handful were able to stay and serve locally. Most of them will be assigned to be stationed in other overseas areas soon after completing recruit training.
According to the Ministry of National Defense’s regulations on recruiting foreign and non-Chinese soldiers, conscripts can automatically obtain Haihan nationality and can apply for Haihan naturalization for their immediate family members.
However, the military's requirements for Japanese soldiers are obviously more stringent. Only those who have served in the Haihan Army for three years and performed well can submit applications for naturalization of Haihan for their immediate family members, thereby realizing the naturalization of the whole family.
The probability of approval of this kind of naturalization application submitted by active military personnel is a hundred times higher than that of local people applying to the civil affairs yamen on their own. There is no need to go through many tedious procedures or wait for a long review process, and the benefits enjoyed after naturalization are also higher than Ordinary naturalized citizens are better.
So although the threshold for joining the Haihan Army is very high for locals, compared with the benefits they can get, they are still happy to use this as a shortcut to change their destiny.
The autumn recruitment activities at the Sasebo base just started a few days ago, and the registration situation is as busy as ever.
According to the data currently available to Amakusa Shiro, there are currently more than 400 local young men who have signed up at the base recruitment office. Many of them came all the way from other places, and there were even some activists who spent more than half a month traveling hundreds of miles to come all the way from the east coast of Kyushu.
"If you have time, sir, you can also go and see the situation at the recruitment office in the next two days."
Hearing Amakusa Shiro's initiative to invite, Shi Diwen nodded calmly and said: "That's exactly what I meant... Let's go and take a look after reviewing the garrison."
As he grows older, going on a long voyage is no longer as simple for Shi Diwen as it was when he was young. In addition, he has become more powerful after joining the executive committee and is busy with official duties, so he will visit the Sasebo base for inspections less and less. , I don’t know when it will be next time.
It was a rare opportunity to visit, so Shi Diwen naturally hoped to see every aspect of the base. Although local recruitment is not an important task for the Sasebo base, and the symbolic significance is far greater than the actual results, Shi Diwen still wanted to confirm the situation in this regard personally.
Amakusa Shiro originally arranged a grand welcome banquet for Shi Diwen's arrival, but Shi Diwen was tired from traveling and listened to the report for a long time. His mental condition was not very good and he was not very interested in the banquet.
What's more, in addition to officers at all levels in the base, the only people attending the banquet were some diplomats stationed here from the southwestern vassals. With Shi Diwen's current status, there is really no need to waste time dealing with these people.
Shi Diwen only showed his face briefly at the banquet. He left the banquet and went back to rest without even using his chopsticks.
However, when Shi Diwen appeared in front of the public the next day, his mental state was obviously much better. He even asked Shiro Amakusa to organize officers of all levels to take a group photo on the base campus. It is worth mentioning that the emergence of time travelers advanced the advent of photography technology by two centuries. Although most of the film cameras and digital cameras brought by the time travelers to this time and space are no longer usable, it is not difficult to "invent" photography technology under the existing conditions if you are familiar with the principles of imaging.
However, due to certain considerations, this advanced technology is currently not promoted among the private sector and is only used on a very small scale.
For example, images of executive committee members were photographed and hung in government halls or in military base headquarters to demonstrate the authority of the executive committee. Or take photos of major historical moments such as large-scale celebrations, project completions, diplomatic events, etc., and archive them for future generations to commemorate.
Shi Diwen specially brought a photographer and a full set of photography equipment with him on this trip to Japan. He also considered that he would not have many opportunities to visit the Sasebo base in the future and left images as part of the history of the base.
Although the officers, including Amakusa Shiro, knew about this magical technique before, they had never participated in the filming. Fortunately, the people who came to take the photo were all soldiers. They quickly stood up in step formation according to Shi Diwen's instructions. Facing a wooden box placed on a tripod, they completed the first and possibly the first time in their lives. The only shooting event.
After the group photo, there was a routine military parade. The diplomats stationed by the southwestern vassals also attended the ceremony as guests.
After all, this kind of activity that shows off force cannot be done behind closed doors. These people must be allowed to see the true face of the Haihan Army in order to have a sufficient deterrent effect.
Cadets from various domains trained at the Sasebo base also participated in the military parade in the form of a square formation. Although they also wore the training uniforms of the Haihan Army, the difference between these Japanese trainees and the Haihan Army can be seen at a glance. .
In addition to being generally half a head shorter than the Haihan soldiers, there is another more obvious feature, which is the hairstyle of these Japanese students.
These students are almost all samurai belonging to the southwestern vassals, so everyone has shaved their Tsukiyo head, which is very easy to identify. The top of the head is bald, and the long hair left on the sides is tied into a bun on the back of the head. It looks like It seems quite funny.
However, judging from the formation of these Japanese students, they were quite neat and orderly. It was obvious that they had practiced for a long time.
On the hills outside the base, many onlookers gathered. Although they could not enter the base to watch the military parade up close, they could still watch the excitement from a high place.
After the military parade, there were military skill performances by various troops, mainly fighting and shooting. Japanese students also selected some elites to participate in this session.
Compared with shooting, which requires a lot of practice to improve, Japanese students are obviously better at fighting, especially fighting with cold weapons. However, what they were good at was only relative to their own shooting level. Their physical condition was already at a disadvantage, and it was difficult for them to perform in the face of the Haihan Army's bayonet skills.
Even so, the officials of the various vassals who were watching the ceremony were very excited. Probably in their eyes, it is already a great achievement for their own warriors to compete with the Haihan Army.