Chapter 1674 Gradual Takeover

For the military, the attack on Manila is tantamount to a tempting big cake. From the Ministry of National Defense to the grassroots troops, all the people and collectives who participated in this operation can more or less benefit after the war is over.

Get some very practical benefits. What the Ministry of National Defense wants is for the Executive Committee to give the military more resources and military expenditures, as well as policy preferences; what the generals want is to expand the establishment of their troops and improve equipment levels and combat effectiveness; grassroots officers

They will get the opportunity to be promoted and make a fortune, and ordinary soldiers will also receive generous combat subsidies because of the final victory of this operation.

Not only that, various units that provided assistance to the military in this war, such as the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of Shipping, the Medical and Health Department, the Civil Affairs Department, etc., will also receive corresponding rewards after the war. Recently captured a place like Manila

The establishment of a colony means that there are many vacancies in official positions and positions. This is a rare opportunity for advancement in many people's careers.

The Spanish management here is relatively extensive. The Governor's Palace has overall control, but the specific management work below is not as detailed as the division of labor in the Haihan society. Many things are all summarized in the Governor's Palace and Aragones decides on it.

.To a certain extent, he, the Governor-General of the Philippines, can be regarded as a Turkish emperor. He has complete control over the power of rule in his own hands, and his life may be more comfortable than that of some high-ranking officials in the country.

However, the disadvantages of this way of governance are also obvious. The work arrangements in various fields are naturally chaotic and extremely inefficient. To the extent that Spain has ruled here for more than half a century and has only developed a hundred miles around Manila City.

It has not been able to build a second city in the area around Manila Bay, and there are only some towns with a population of 1,000. Even the Port of Cavite, a trading port area where foreign merchants and immigrants gather, has a permanent population of only three or four.

Thousands of people are far less than Haihan's progress and achievements in urban construction.

In Haihan's view, the Spanish's use of Manila Bay and surrounding areas was simply a waste of resources. The plains north of the Pasig River were famous grain-producing areas in later generations, and the Spanish lacked long-term planning for the development of these areas.

It is left to the immigrants to operate on their own, and there are very few operating models similar to the Haihan plantation or collective farm. If the Haihan model is followed and the Ministry of Agriculture formulates a development plan, then the past few decades will be enough to cultivate several local areas.

Hundreds of square kilometers of farmland.

According to Haihan's vision, the Manila area can completely follow the example of Sanya, Kaohsiung, Shipu and other places to build a bay trade zone based on the natural harbor. As long as the agricultural development in nearby areas can keep up with the speed of urban development, it can supply enough food to feed the urban population.

Agricultural products, then it is not long before Manila Bay becomes a large colonial area inhabited by hundreds of thousands of people.

If we take Manila Bay as the center, Haihan's maritime influence will not only cover the entire Philippine Islands, but also connect Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, Kaohsiung Port on Taiwan Island, and Manila Port on Luzon Island, a sea route that runs from north to south and form a maritime route.

Han next prepared to expand its maritime territory to Kalimantan Island, Banda Sea, Timor Sea, Solomon Sea and other sea areas in the south.

Such a long-term plan is difficult for even a maritime power like Spain to imitate, because it must be based on mastering accurate nautical charts. For navigators of this era, there are too many things in the boundless sea that cannot be solved.

In unknown areas, it often takes years or even generations to explore a sea area. But for Haihan navigators, mastering the sea charts is equivalent to gaining a big advantage in playing chess. It takes only a few hours to explore unfamiliar sea areas.

The time is much shorter than that of its counterparts in this era.

Of course, to implement the plan on paper, the work that needs to be done is still extremely complicated. The development process of Manila Bay needs to be transformed in a Haihan style, and the managers who need to be invested here involve many fields.

There are at least hundreds of personnel transferred from other jurisdictions such as Hainan Island. And this transfer work may not be much easier than the large-scale transfer by the military in preparation for this operation.

Before the Executive Committee formally appoints a new chief executive, the military will exercise the management power of this area on its behalf. For this reason, the combat command also transformed on the fifth day after the war and became the "Manila Area Provisional Management Council."

Although most of the local civil and military officials headed by Aragones have been arrested, Haihan cannot guarantee that the local public sentiment will not change again. After all, the Spaniards have ruled here for decades, and for the local people

There is no doubt that the Haihan Army is the aggressor, and there may be some people who have the intention of resisting with force. Therefore, although the Interim Administration Commission has publicly announced that the war has come to an end, a strict curfew is still enforced in Manila.

To prevent someone from secretly colluding to cause trouble.

In addition to maintaining local security, the Interim Management Committee also has an extremely important task of dealing with local residents by category. People living in Manila and surrounding areas are mainly divided into three categories. One is the Spanish who came here from Europe.

The immigrants and their descendants, the second are the local indigenous people and foreign immigrants who were naturalized and accepted Spanish rule, and the third are the foreign businessmen and their family members.

From the perspective of Haihan maintaining his rule, the proportion of the third category of people is small and the degree of danger is relatively small. After their identity is identified and their position is determined to be leaning towards the new ruler, or at least to remain neutral, their freedom can be restored

, it’s not a problem to choose whether to stay or go.

The second category of people is relatively complicated, but as long as they are willing to stay and become naturalized as new rulers, Haihan can accept them all. As for those who want to leave, according to Haihan's usual handling method, they will naturally have to

You have to pay a fee to regain your freedom, which is the so-called "money to buy your way".

The first category of people were almost all detained regardless of whether they took forceful measures to resist Haihan. In Haihan's view, these Spanish immigrants had the highest willingness to resist, and they must be controlled until all these people are expelled.

The national border. And those prominent and powerful local officials, wealthy businessmen and other big figures among them need to pay a valuable ransom fee to regain their freedom. For example, the ransom fee chosen by Governor Aragones,

Just cooperate with Hai Hanjun and tell everything he knows about Spanish governance measures and public sentiment data. This price is not small.

No matter which category they belong to, there are still quite a lot of people who voluntarily stay in Manila for various reasons. There are even some genuine Spanish immigrants who have been living here and are unwilling to leave because of this war. They would rather give up their lives.

Spanish nationality must also stay. Of course, for these Spaniards who were born and raised here, the "motherland" on the other side of the earth really has no sense of belonging at all, it is just an identity that limits development.

Changing nationality is not considered a treasonous act in their eyes, not to mention that the new ruler seems to be much stronger than the Spanish colonial government. Perhaps embracing this thigh is the beginning of a better life in the future.

But in Haihan's view, there is still a concern that "those who are not from my race must have different hearts." He is not so at ease with these Westerners. He just wants to settle these people and how to position their social status in the future.

These are all problems that need to be slowly scratched by the civil affairs department to solve.

To conduct statistics and surveys on the tens of thousands of permanent residents in the entire Manila area is undoubtedly a very arduous task. We can only count the immigrants who have been classified and confirm their processing methods at the same time. However, due to the

There is a serious shortage of manpower to participate in the preliminary survey and statistical work, and the registration information is often not detailed. This also makes the military's operation of these immigrants seem simple and crude, and numerous problems arise during the period.

However, the Haihan Executive Committee is not blind to the problems facing the Manila area. Tao Donglai and others certainly know that completely entrusting the local area to the military can only be used as an emergency, not as a long-term solution. Experienced officials must be hired as soon as possible.

Go there and take over the local civil affairs. What's more, most of the troops sent to the local area are the aces of the Haihan Army. After the war, they need to return to their respective stations as soon as possible. Therefore, while the Haihan Army is on the expedition, Haihan

Personnel adjustments are also being made internally in order to appoint civil and military officials to the new territory here.

To manage a newly occupied area like Manila, officials must have certain local governance experience, be familiar with the geography and humanities of the South China Sea, and be able to quickly adapt to the local environment. After some internal screening, the executive committee members

The chief executive selected by the Association for Manila is Qiu Yuan, the former head of Haikou region. His performance in Haikou is obvious to all. After the executive committee communicated with him, Qiu Yuan also hopes to have a larger development platform to display his performance.

Due to his own political ambitions, the matter was basically finalized.

The seat vacated by Qiu Yuan was taken over by Malike, who was originally the person in charge of political and commercial affairs in Guangdong. Malike was one of the first batch of officials from Haihan to be dispatched to the Ming Dynasty. He was transferred from the Cliff Office to the Guangdong Office.

, his work performance over the past few years has been excellent. However, precisely because of this, he has always been responsible for dealing with local officials in Guangdong, without really getting a position as a local official to show his governance capabilities.

At that time, Qiu Yuan, who was transferred to the Cliff Office at the same time as him, has now taken a step forward and has taken over the new ruling area with greater room for development.

The military attache sent to partner with Qiu Yuan was also transferred back from Guangdong. He was originally responsible for security work in the Liaison Office in Guangdong and is now the representative of Haihan Military Attaché in Guangdong. The reason why he was selected as Qiu Yuan's partner was mainly because of his fancy.

During his stay in Guangdong, Xiao Liang presided over the selection and training of personnel for the Golden Shield Convoy. Xiao Liang also arranged some special tasks assigned by the Executive Committee to the Golden Shield Convoy. During this period, he was involved in suppressing bandits in the Ming Dynasty.

Errands. These work experiences have given Xiao Liang very rich practical experience in the field of public security warfare, which is exactly suitable for handling the current security situation in Manila.

This pair of partners had actually returned to Sanya to rendezvous before the Haihan Expeditionary Force set off. However, because there were many matters that needed their control and they had to prepare and sort out their affairs before the war, they did not join the expeditionary fleet.

They set off, but stayed in Sanya to study the information at hand and formulate future policy plans. It was not until the Haihan Army captured Manila City and the frontline headquarters determined that there would be no major recurrence of the war situation that Sanya sent a ship to take them out.

and more than 40 officials and professionals transferred from various departments were sent to Manila.

Qiu Yuan, Xiao Liang and his entourage arrived at the Port of Manila a week after the war ended. Their arrival is undoubtedly a great boon to the generals who are still stationed here. Dealing with various local civil affairs these days has already made it difficult for them to deal with various local civil affairs.

The military generals are exhausted and exhausted. Now they only need to hand over the work to the new team, and then they can leave.

The South China Sea Special Warfare Group will return directly to the Star Island station and continue to guard the control of the Malacca Strait channel for the Haihan Kingdom. Roger can hardly stay any longer and wishes to break camp and leave immediately and return to his own territory.

The cavalry battalion led by Harugong is about to return to the north. Only on the wide plains can the cavalry have a real place to use, and Harugong believes that the best way to train the cavalry is to fight with another cavalry. At present,

The only opponent who could meet his needs was Hou Jin who was far away in Liaodong.

Wang Tom's naval fleet will be divided into several groups and each will return to its original station. As for the Marine Corps, Wang Tom still plans to let them return north with the cavalry battalion, and then go to the front line to receive some actual combat training.

As for the special operations battalion, which is the ace of the Haihan Army, it will probably be a bit more special. They will return to Sanya and enjoy a short vacation. During this period, the executive committee may conduct a private review of this elite team that has repeatedly made great achievements.

Then there will be rewards based on merit, and a large number of officers, including Takahashi Minami, will receive corresponding rewards. The special operations battalion was upgraded to an independent regiment, which was announced around this time.

As for where it will go after that, the Ministry of National Defense has not yet made a definite statement, but if it is according to Qian Tiandun's wishes, he does not want the special operations battalion to continue to return to the northern front to fight Houjin. This is because of the special operations battalion's

Most of the soldiers are from the south. Fighting in the Liaodong Peninsula will greatly reduce their combat effectiveness. Moreover, the local environment is indeed such that the tropical area tactics that the special operations battalion has worked so hard to train cannot be used at all. They can only rely on tactics.

Competing with superior qualities and weapons, this is not a scene Qian Tiandun wants to see.

He has reported this matter to the Ministry of National Defense and the Executive Committee many times, and this time when he returned to fight in the South China Sea, the combat effectiveness and mental outlook displayed by the Special Operations Battalion fully proved his opinion. I think he will have more opinions on the Special Operations Battalion in the future.

The usage arrangement should also take this factor into consideration.
Chapter completed!