Chapter 1013: Founding Celebration (13)
Fireworks began in the Song Dynasty, also known as fireworks or ceremonial flowers, and were mostly used for festivals, and Haihan has also arranged fireworks at anniversaries in the past few years, which is not particularly new to the public. However, the ******** of this anniversary will arrange 3,000 fireworks to be set off one after another, which is far larger than in previous years, and it is a rare life experience for those who are lucky enough to watch this scene.
For safety reasons, the fireworks were set off on several flat-deck cargo ships in the harbor, a mile away from the nearest coastline, so there was no need to worry about fires going in the wrong direction. In addition, this fireworks location can be seen in the entire Victory Harbor bay, which is also convenient for the public to watch from the coast.
With each firework that explodes into the air, illuminating the night sky, the onlookers on the shore let out a burst of admiration. Like this kind of large-scale fireworks that can be launched to a height of tens of meters and can be clearly seen from a few miles away, it is rare in this era, and only a very small number of garrisons in big cities will have this kind of thing, in other words, in this era, it is used to transmit military materials for alarms, and the fireworks set off by ordinary people during the New Year and festivals are not so powerful.
Naturally, there are many knowledgeable people among the foreign envoys, and they can only sigh to themselves when they see the pomp and circumstance of Haihan, this ******** will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there is no penny in return, which is not the financial resources that ordinary small countries can have. In the past, I only heard that the Haihan Kingdom was rich in the world, and from the details of this celebration, the envoys of various countries personally confirmed such rumors.
The place where Sun Zhen watched the ******** was only 100 meters away from the banquet hall, and he was brought here by Chen Yixin before the banquet began, and he received the commendation order and medal personally issued by Defense Minister Yan Chujie. He was left at the naval base after the banquet, and it was said that there were other arrangements after the banquet, so he could only wait patiently. However, as a hero who had just received the award, Sun Zhen was also fortunate to participate in the grand dinner and enjoyed the most sumptuous meal in his life. Being able to dine with many leaders and guests from various countries will definitely blow a wave to his comrades-in-arms after returning to the team.
While watching the ********, Sun Zhen ate a full plate of food for three people, if it wasn't for Chen Yixin coming to him, he would probably be able to destroy another plate of food before the end of the performance.
"Let's go?" Sun Zhen looked at the buffet dishes on the dining table not far away with some reluctance, and he planned to wait and get a sauce pig's trotters to nibble, but Chen Yixin asked him to leave the venue immediately.
Chen Yixin said with a smile: "There is an urgent task now, so you can eat this meal here." Minister Yan, who presented you today, will also be here, do you want the Minister of Defense to wait for you?"
"I don't dare. Sun Zhen quickly got up and put down the utensils in his hand.
At the same time, the traversers who served in the Haihan Army also began to leave one after another. The end of the military parade does not mean the beginning of the military holiday, on the contrary, the military should take advantage of the fact that the military should take advantage of the fact that these people are more in line to discuss with the relevant departments and formulate a military action outline for this year and next.
Sun Zhen followed Chen Yixin to the small hall of the naval base, and found that it had been arranged as a venue, and he saw that almost all the senior military leaders he had seen in the past few days had already arrived, and knew that what Chen Yixin said just now was not a joke, so he quickly stretched his military uniform hard, straightened his chest and followed Chen Yixin into the entrance.
Of course, a grassroots officer like Sun Zhen was not qualified to sit at such a high-level meeting, so he could only stand on the outskirts of the venue to observe. Sun Zhen looked left and right, and the people who stood in the venue to listen were basically at the rank of second lieutenant or above, both the army and the navy, and there were really not a few low-level officers of his level, and he was inexplicably a little more nervous.
After the participants arrived, the meeting began, which was presided over by Yan Chujie himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the big day of the founding celebration of Haihan, and it stands to reason that this time should allow you to go back to reunite with your families, but considering the schedule of the last few days, we can only arrange such a meeting when the people are more together, and briefly talk about the arrangements for foreign military operations of the Ministry of Defense this year. As soon as Yan Chujie opened his mouth, he concisely cut to the topic.
"In the past year, our troops have moved north and south, expanding our control areas to Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, and Star Island in the Strait of Malacca. We defeated the Spaniards on the island of Taiwan, wiped out the remnants of the Eighteen Zhi forces, wiped out the major pirate forces off the coast of Zhejiang, and led to the establishment of the South China Sea Trade Alliance. ”
"But these military exploits can only represent the past exploits of the Haihan Army, and we still have to look forward. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the main task of our Ministry of Defense remained the same, in addition to defending the homeland and defending the country, it was also necessary to continue to expand its territory and control a larger area. Speaking of this, Yan Chujie stopped and ordered: "Hang up the map!"
There were no ordinary soldiers in this venue today, so even the task of hanging the map was carried out by two second lieutenants. This map drawn on a white cloth is extremely large, one zhang high and one zhang five wide, and even if you stand about ten meters away, you can see the general outline of the map.
After Sun Zhen joined the army, he also learned basic map recognition skills, but he could only barely identify the location of the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty from this large map, and when he reached Hainan Island and then to the south, he couldn't understand it. However, there are many areas marked in red on the map, and they are all concentrated near the coastline, and Sun Zhen believes that these specially marked areas are the areas currently controlled by Haihan, which stretch from Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang Province to the south into areas he does not know.
"The foundation of our Haihan nation is the right to control the sea, and the control of the choke points and seaports with superior conditions is of great importance to the security of our maritime trade. As we all know, China's most important trade object is the Ming Dynasty, mainly in Fuguang Province, after we enter Zhoushan, we can probably add a Zhejiang. However, our targets are not limited to existing regions, and there will be new targets this year. ”
Yan Chujie stood up after speaking, took the indicator stick from the entourage next to him, pointed to the upper right side of the map, and said in a deep voice: "The Denglai area is our springboard to enter North China and Northeast China, and it is also a strategic place to control the Yellow Sea region and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. Our goal this year is to establish a base in the Denglai area and open up a route from Zhoushan Dinghai Port to the north. ”
When Sun Zhen heard this, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
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Fireworks began in the Song Dynasty, also known as fireworks or ceremonial flowers, and were mostly used for festivals, and Haihan has also arranged fireworks at anniversaries in the past few years, which is not particularly new to the public. However, the ******** of this anniversary will arrange 3,000 fireworks to be set off one after another, which is far larger than in previous years, and it is a rare life experience for those who are lucky enough to watch this scene.
For safety reasons, the fireworks were set off on several flat-deck cargo ships in the harbor, a mile away from the nearest coastline, so there was no need to worry about fires going in the wrong direction. In addition, this fireworks location can be seen in the entire Victory Harbor bay, which is also convenient for the public to watch from the coast.
With each firework that explodes into the air, illuminating the night sky, the onlookers on the shore let out a burst of admiration. Like this kind of large-scale fireworks that can be launched to a height of tens of meters and can be clearly seen from a few miles away, it is rare in this era, and only a very small number of garrisons in big cities will have this kind of thing, in other words, in this era, it is used to transmit military materials for alarms, and the fireworks set off by ordinary people during the New Year and festivals are not so powerful.
Naturally, there are many knowledgeable people among the foreign envoys, and they can only sigh to themselves when they see the pomp and circumstance of Haihan, this ******** will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and there is no penny in return, which is not the financial resources that ordinary small countries can have. In the past, I only heard that the Haihan Kingdom was rich in the world, and from the details of this celebration, the envoys of various countries personally confirmed such rumors.
The place where Sun Zhen watched the ******** was only 100 meters away from the banquet hall, and he was brought here by Chen Yixin before the banquet began, and he received the commendation order and medal personally issued by Defense Minister Yan Chujie. He was left at the naval base after the banquet, and it was said that there were other arrangements after the banquet, so he could only wait patiently. However, as a hero who had just received the award, Sun Zhen was also fortunate to participate in the grand dinner and enjoyed the most sumptuous meal in his life. Being able to dine with many leaders and guests from various countries will definitely blow a wave to his comrades-in-arms after returning to the team.
While watching the ********, Sun Zhen ate a full plate of food for three people, if it wasn't for Chen Yixin coming to him, he would probably be able to destroy another plate of food before the end of the performance.
"Let's go?" Sun Zhen looked at the buffet dishes on the dining table not far away with some reluctance, and he planned to wait and get a sauce pig's trotters to nibble, but Chen Yixin asked him to leave the venue immediately.
Chen Yixin said with a smile: "There is an urgent task now, so you can eat this meal here." Minister Yan, who presented you today, will also be here, do you want the Minister of Defense to wait for you?"
"I don't dare. Sun Zhen quickly got up and put down the utensils in his hand.
At the same time, the traversers who served in the Haihan Army also began to leave one after another. The end of the military parade does not mean the beginning of the military holiday, on the contrary, the military should take advantage of the fact that the military should take advantage of the fact that these people are more in line to discuss with the relevant departments and formulate a military action outline for this year and next.
Sun Zhen followed Chen Yixin to the small hall of the naval base, and found that it had been arranged as a venue, and he saw that almost all the senior military leaders he had seen in the past few days had already arrived, and knew that what Chen Yixin said just now was not a joke, so he quickly stretched his military uniform hard, straightened his chest and followed Chen Yixin into the entrance.
Of course, a grassroots officer like Sun Zhen was not qualified to sit at such a high-level meeting, so he could only stand on the outskirts of the venue to observe. Sun Zhen looked left and right, and the people who stood in the venue to listen were basically at the rank of second lieutenant or above, both the army and the navy, and there were really not a few low-level officers of his level, and he was inexplicably a little more nervous.
After the participants arrived, the meeting began, which was presided over by Yan Chujie himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the big day of the founding celebration of Haihan, and it stands to reason that this time should allow you to go back to reunite with your families, but considering the schedule of the last few days, we can only arrange such a meeting when the people are more together, and briefly talk about the arrangements for foreign military operations of the Ministry of Defense this year. As soon as Yan Chujie opened his mouth, he concisely cut to the topic.
"In the past year, our troops have moved north and south, expanding our control areas to Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, and Star Island in the Strait of Malacca. We defeated the Spaniards on the island of Taiwan, wiped out the remnants of the Eighteen Zhi forces, wiped out the major pirate forces off the coast of Zhejiang, and led to the establishment of the South China Sea Trade Alliance. ”
"But these military exploits can only represent the past exploits of the Haihan Army, and we still have to look forward. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the main task of our Ministry of Defense remained the same, in addition to defending the homeland and defending the country, it was also necessary to continue to expand its territory and control a larger area. Speaking of this, Yan Chujie stopped and ordered: "Hang up the map!"
There were no ordinary soldiers in this venue today, so even the task of hanging the map was carried out by two second lieutenants. This map drawn on a white cloth is extremely large, one zhang high and one zhang five wide, and even if you stand about ten meters away, you can see the general outline of the map.
After Sun Zhen joined the army, he also learned basic map recognition skills, but he could only barely identify the location of the coastal area of the Ming Dynasty from this large map, and when he reached Hainan Island and then to the south, he couldn't understand it. However, there are many areas marked in red on the map, and they are all concentrated near the coastline, and Sun Zhen believes that these specially marked areas are the areas currently controlled by Haihan, which stretch from Hangzhou Bay in Zhejiang Province to the south into areas he does not know.
"The foundation of our Haihan nation is the right to control the sea, and the control of the choke points and seaports with superior conditions is of great importance to the security of our maritime trade. As we all know, China's most important trade object is the Ming Dynasty, mainly in Fuguang Province, after we enter Zhoushan, we can probably add a Zhejiang. However, our targets are not limited to existing regions, and there will be new targets this year. ”
Yan Chujie stood up after speaking, took the indicator stick from the entourage next to him, pointed to the upper right side of the map, and said in a deep voice: "The Denglai area is our springboard to enter North China and Northeast China, and it is also a strategic place to control the Yellow Sea region and the Korean Peninsula across the sea. Our goal this year is to establish a base in the Denglai area and open up a route from Zhoushan Dinghai Port to the north. ”
When Sun Zhen heard this, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.