Chapter 2243

After discussing several topics, they failed to reach a consensus, which also made Thomas slightly frustrated. Although he also expected that it would not be easy to convince Schneider, the differences between the two sides on these issues were so big that it was indeed a bit overwhelming.

Exceeded his expectations.

However, Thomas does not think that these differences of opinion will affect the relationship between the two countries. After all, the current cooperation between the two parties is in a state of mutual benefit. No one will take the initiative to destroy this state unless necessary. As long as the common interests outweigh the differences

, the cooperative relations between the two countries will not deteriorate.

In order to restore the atmosphere of the meeting, Thomas decided to talk a few more topics on which both parties could reach consensus before ending the conversation.

"Mr. Schneider, I read the newspaper before I went out today. The contest for foreign military students your country is going to hold this time seems to be a little different from previous years."

Schneider nodded after hearing this: "The Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense attach great importance to this year's activities. We hope that through such a competition, we can demonstrate the effectiveness of our country's military assistance to our allies and let more countries understand the role and necessity of military alliances."

sex."

"It seems that this year's competition will have many more guests than in previous years..." Thomas responded thoughtfully. If Heihan has expanded the scope of invited guests, then I wonder if the Dutch will also

will be included in the invitation list.

As if he had seen through Thomas's thoughts, Schneider took the initiative and said: "Yes, this time we plan to invite some guests who have not participated in this event in the past, such as the representatives of the East India Company in Sanya... They should be very interested in participating in this event.

activities.”

"It seems that your country is planning to use this opportunity to show its force to the outside world." Although he did not completely agree with Haihan's approach, Thomas could still roughly understand why Haihan would make such an arrangement.

"It is to show the strength of the allies!" Schneider corrected slowly: "We want the outside world to realize that every member of this military alliance has a strength that cannot be ignored!"

"I will look forward to seeing the outstanding performance of military personnel from various countries at this event." Thomas responded with a smile.

Portugal has no arrangements to send military personnel to Haihan for training. On the contrary, after establishing military cooperation with Haihan, Portugal has sent soldiers to Sanya for a long time to assist Haihan in training musketeers.

and artillery.

Although Haihan's military technology was far ahead of Portugal's, the Portuguese's help did play a certain role in the early days when weapons, equipment and training levels were relatively primitive.

Of course, such help is not provided free of charge. Haihan's military manufacturing capabilities can just make up for the Portuguese's inability to mass-produce standard weapons in East Asia. Only Haihan has sufficient capabilities for the standard weapons that the Portuguese want to customize.

The industrial capacity is sufficient to take orders, and there is even spare capacity to produce more quantities for the Portuguese to transport back to the country to supply their own military equipment.

Therefore, Portugal has always had a special status among Haihan's allies. Although it is impossible to gain Haihan's complete trust due to various reasons, the cooperation between Portugal and Haihan in certain military projects has reached a level that is difficult for other allies to achieve.

As for the degree of understanding of Haihan's military strength, the Portuguese are undoubtedly the first among Haihan's allies.

Haihan will not deliberately hide events like the competition between foreign military cadets from the Portuguese. Basically every time such an event is held, the Haihan military will take the initiative to send invitations to the Portuguese to observe. Of course, the situation this year is slightly different.

Because the scope of invitations will be expanded compared with previous years, this year's invitation letters will probably no longer be handled exclusively by the military, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also be involved.

The official in charge of this matter at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is Tian Zheng from the Department of Foreign Affairs. Since this is a new job for the Department of Foreign Affairs, the list of invitees still needs to be discussed with the Ministry of National Defense. Tian Zheng had to take the initiative to visit the Ministry of National Defense in order to do something about it.

Good communication work.

Tian Zheng has actually been working as an official in the government for a long time, but this is his first time working in the Ministry of National Defense. In order to avoid unnecessary complications, Tian Zheng also specially found Gai Liang, the army captain who accompanied the crown prince of Joseon during his inspection around the island last year.

Then, let him first inquire about the specific departments and personnel responsible for this matter.

Gai Liangcai's participation in the expedition mission around the island last year was inherently gold-plated. Although there were some twists and turns during the mission, fortunately he handled it well and finally successfully escorted Li Xie and his party to complete the expedition. After the mission, Gai Liangcai was very happy

He was quickly arranged to go to the military academy for further training. After completing the two-month training, he received an order to be transferred to the Ministry of National Defense as a combat staff officer, which was regarded as a successful promotion.

At that time, Tian Zheng, Gai Liangcai and others who were performing the mission together also formed a friendship because of this trip, and they often interacted with each other later. Therefore, when Tian Zheng approached Gai Liangcai for help, he did not hesitate.

He agreed.

When Tian Zheng arrived at the Ministry of National Defense at the agreed time, Gai Liangcai was already waiting outside the gate in advance. When he saw him arriving, he greeted him: "Master Tian!"

"Sir!" Tian Zheng bowed in return. In fact, the two of them are not that close, and they treat each other as brothers in private. However, people from the Ministry of National Defense come and go, and if the two of them appear too close, they may cause gossip.

So they all adopted a businesslike attitude.

Gai Liangcai briefly exchanged greetings, then took Tian Zheng into the Ministry of National Defense. On the way, he lowered his voice and said to Tian Zheng: "I have already asked, the person in charge of this matter is Major Lu Ting from the Political Propaganda Department. This person is eloquent and good at communication. Brother Tian

Don’t worry about anything going wrong.”

Tian Zheng thanked him in a low voice. In fact, there was nothing particularly difficult about his task. The list of invitees was mainly based on the opinions of the military. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was only responsible for checking for leaks and filling vacancies, and for communicating with non-military personnel.

Tian Zheng asked Gai Liangcai to help him inquire about the information in advance, just for the sake of stability. At this time, he heard that the other party was an easy person to deal with, and he immediately felt more at ease.

Lu Ting joined the army much earlier than Gai Liangcai. When the Haihan Army was still in the Haihan Militia period, Lu Ting had already served as a clerk in the army. Later, because he had a certain cultural foundation, he was

He was transferred to the political propaganda department. Although the promotion rate of civilian officials is not as fast as that of military attachés in combat units, Lu Ting joined the army earlier after all. He has worked his way up step by step with his qualifications over the years. Now he has been promoted to major, which is higher than that of Gai Liang.

It's just one level higher.

Lu Ting's job is more leisurely than that of most officials of the Ministry of National Defense. He does not need to spend too much time studying various training plans, exercise plans and combat cases. He only needs to handle the various propaganda tasks arranged above.

These propaganda tasks are not limited to within the army, but are also equally important for civilians and external propaganda. In the early years, there were only a few civilian officers responsible for this area of ​​affairs, and everyone had to write various propaganda materials themselves.

However, now the army has also recruited many educated young people. Lu Ting even has two scholars under his command who were admitted as scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, most of the time, he does not need to write the pen himself. He only needs to arrange the work.

Just review the manuscripts. There may only be four or five things that really need to be handled by him personally in a month.

The invitations to arrange the competition this time are one of the few four or five tasks.

In fact, Lu Ting was responsible for organizing the invitation list and related invitation letters for this event in previous years, so this matter is familiar to him. However, this year they want to make some changes and increase the activity.

Due to the intensity of external publicity, it is no longer possible to copy the plans from previous years. Moreover, this year’s invitees must be negotiated and drafted with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which means that more work must be done to complete this task.

However, Lu Ting is not in a hurry. As long as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not send a spy to coordinate this matter, then everyone can sit down and drink tea to complete the work, and the invitation letters can be sent to the invited people before the time limit.

in the hands of the object.

While Lu Ting was thinking about this, visitors arrived. They were Captain Gai Liangcai, a staff officer, and Tian Zheng, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It was not surprising that an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was introduced when he came to visit, but the person who introduced him was actually a captain and staff officer, which made Lu Ting a little surprised.

Gai Liangcai probably anticipated Lu Ting's confusion, so he took the initiative to explain to him where his friendship with Tian Zheng came from.

"After the Danzhou attack was solved last year, the relevant articles published in newspapers were all written by Major Lu Ting. At that time, it was thanks to the major's article that we publicized it, otherwise I would not have had the opportunity to be transferred to the Ministry of National Defense."

Since he mentioned his original experience, Gai Liangcai did not forget to mention Lu Ting's related deeds to Tian Zheng.

"That's it! I also read the major's article at that time. He is worthy of being a pen of the Ministry of National Defense. He wrote so wonderfully about his experience in that mission!" Tian Zheng also cooperated with knowledge and interest and gave Lu Ting a top hat.

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"You two are really overrated!" Lu Ting was also very happy when he heard this. As a literary man, it is indeed a special compliment to be remembered by others for his works.

At that time, the Ministry of National Defense published an article in the Haihan Times explaining the circumstances of the Danzhou attack. Of course, it was not the whole truth. The part where the Ministry of Security participated in the investigation was deliberately omitted to avoid focusing the public's attention on that mysterious agency.

On the head.

Although Lu Ting did not personally participate in the investigation of the case, it was not too difficult to write a report based on the detailed reports provided by the intelligence agencies and operational personnel afterwards. However, more than half a year later, he did not think of it at the first time.

The name Tian Zheng once appeared in a propaganda article he wrote. It was not until Gai Liang took the initiative to mention that expedition that he remembered that the two men in front of him had been partners in that operation.

Speaking of which, the three of them had the experience of dealing with each other across a distance, and their relationship suddenly became much closer. Lu Ting asked the orderly to make a pot of good tea, and planned to take his time to talk about work.

However, Gai Liangcai was busy with something, so he did not sit there for long. Since the purpose of the introduction had been achieved, he quickly stood up and left, leaving the two of them to discuss business.

After Gai Liangcai left, Tian Zheng took the initiative and said: "This is my first time coming into contact with this matter, and there are still many things I don't understand. I heard that the events in the past few years were all organized by majors. Please give me some advice!"

"This activity is actually organized by the Training Department. I am only responsible for publicity matters. It is equivalent to helping the Training Department, but it is not as glamorous as Mr. Tian said." Lu Ting responded with a smile: "I am just a subordinate.

There are also advantages, that is, it is not so tiring. We only need to draw up a list of invitees, write invitation letters, and write a few articles to praise the event. It is considered a business trip. By the way, after your Ministry of Foreign Affairs joins this year, it will probably receive work

I will do it more carefully, and that is your task, Mr. Tian."

Tian Zhengdao: "I came to visit the major today to ask for advice on drawing up the invitation list. I hope the major will give you some advice."

"If you don't take it seriously, let me briefly discuss this matter with Mr. Tian!" When Lu Ting said this, the orderly brought in tea, so he stopped talking and poured a cup of tea for Tian Zheng himself.

After Tian Zheng thanked him, he continued: "This competition has been held several times in the past years, but it has never been made public, so there are not many outsiders invited to the scene to observe. Mr. Tian can probably think of who it is."

people."

Lu Ting stopped talking again and looked at Tian Zheng. Tian Zheng knew that the other party wanted to test his knowledge, so he responded carefully: "The Xu family of Fujian must be one of the invited ones, Annan

The Zheng family should be indispensable...but the approximate date for this year's event has been set, will it be too late to send out invitations at this time?"

Lu Ting said: "Don't worry about that. The two families Mr. Tian mentioned are considered old friends of our country. There are people receiving military training provided by our country in Sanya all year round. Therefore, if we want to hold such an event, we will inform them in advance."

Tian Zhengdao: "Looking at it this way, there should be a few more people who have been invited in advance."

Lu Ting nodded and said: "As long as there are personnel currently receiving military training in Sanya, we will invite them. For those who are far away, we will send a message in advance or invite their representatives to be stationed in Sanya. In short, we will not let our partners miss it.

Such an important event.”

Tian Zhengdao: "In this case, the scope of invitations will be expanded this year, which means we will also invite some forces that have not sent people to Sanya for training?"

"Your understanding is correct." Lu Ting affirmed: "The superiors want to expand the international influence of this event, so we have to invite some people with a certain status. This is what we will do next.

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Chapter completed!