Chapter 2899

After Qian Tiandun heard this, he finally understood roughly what happened on Xingdao: "You mean, you sent your troops to other countries to join the war as mercenaries, and then they were discovered by the Executive Committee, so you were arrested.

Reduce power?”

Roger argued: "The ones sent out are actually the foreign corps under the Singdao Garrison. They are not part of the regular army. They are at most a militia!"

Qian Tiandun said: "Maybe you are right, but their employer and the executive committee probably won't agree with you."

Because of its special geographical location, the composition of Xingdao's military resources is significantly different from that of the Haihan Army elsewhere.

The area is far away from traditional Han settlements. Before Haihan entered Xingdao, there were almost no Han aborigines. In order to speed up the population growth, Roger not only found ways to introduce Han immigrants from the north, but also tried to absorb them from other channels.

Population, identity, nationality, and even race will not be restricted in this process.

For a long time in the past, Star Island was the exile destination for Haihan to deal with all kinds of prisoners and prisoners of war, and the prison once became an important local industry.

For example, after the Manila War ended in 1637, there were thousands of prisoners of war who were exiled across the sea to Star Island to serve their sentences. And every year, the number of prisoners exiled to Star Island from all over the country ranged from hundreds to thousands.

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Even if these prisoners can be released after serving their sentences in Xingdao, they will almost never have the opportunity to return to their homeland. Basically, they can only stay and live locally. Therefore, as time goes by, the population composition of Xingdao has become more and more diverse, and even called

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the best in Haihan.

In addition to the Han people and Europeans engaged in trading activities, there are also almost all ethnic groups in Southeast Asia, as well as slave populations from East Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and other places brought by Western slave traders and Arab merchants. There are even some people who have been transferred there.

Exiled prisoners from Japan, Korea and other countries who were sent to Xingdao in many places, as well as Manchu prisoners of war from Liaodong, etc., can be called a hodgepodge of races.

The troops of the Xingdao garrison mainly come from the local area, and naturally they are diverse and the composition of the personnel is very complex. In some companies, the proportion of Han soldiers is less than half, and there are many foreigners among the officers who have nothing to do with the Han people. This time I followed

Among Roger's entourage when he came to Cam Ranh Port, there were several naturalized officers.

To train and command such a "miscellaneous army" and to bring together soldiers of all ethnic groups with huge differences in language and culture to form combat effectiveness is of course a test of the commander's strength. Roger performed quite well in this regard and made full use of the resources.

The complex nature of the human race has turned disadvantages into advantages.

Since this force is composed of multiple races, when fighting any opponent, there will almost always be soldiers of the corresponding race who can play a special role in reconnaissance, interrogation, and negotiation. In the complex external environment of Star Island,

, this army behaved like a fish in water.

It was precisely because of this special personnel composition that Roger later took the initiative to recruit a group of capable non-Chinese personnel from the army to form a so-called "foreign corps".

Although this unit has not been included in the establishment of the Haihan Army, it enjoys the same treatment as the regular army, and when performing military missions abroad, its wartime military pay is much higher than the standard of the Haihan Army.

Of course, this part of the excessive military pay and the military expenses of the foreign corps fighting abroad are not borne by Xingdao, but from their employers. These employers will sign agreements with Roger to provide the military expenses and supplies needed by the corps.

and other support, and the benefits Roger gained from it were of course not only military expenses, but the agreements often also contained some additional conditions that were not humane to outsiders.

The strength of the Haihan Army is obvious to all, and it has a relatively reliable business reputation. Spending money to hire such a force to deal with some difficult situations is actually a very cost-effective deal for some countries.

Qian Tiandun heard this and asked curiously: "As the employer of the Foreign Legion, do you just give money, or do you have a specific group? Will there be a situation where both sides of the conflict contact you to send troops?"

Roger smiled and said: "I'm not a money-minded businessman. I still have considerations about what tasks I can take on and what tasks I can't take on. As for both sides of the conflict wanting to hire my people, this situation has never happened before.

, but in the end it still depends on which side offers more benefits.”

After Roger finished speaking, he gave Qian Tiandun an example. A few years ago, there was a conflict between the country of Aceh on the island of Sumatra and the country of Johor on the Malay Peninsula. The two countries had been in opposition for a long time, and both knew that they could not take much advantage of their opponents.

So almost at the same time, envoys were sent to Star Island, hoping to hire Roger's foreign troops to join the war.

Since both sides of the conflict had this intention, Roger sized up the situation and naturally raised the price to choose the party with the higher price to provide support.

In the end, after many negotiations, Aceh gained the upper hand through a higher bid. According to the agreement, Aceh not only paid a considerable military expenditure to Sing Tao, but also agreed to transfer the lease agreement for the area where the Dumai oil field is located.

It was extended from the original twenty years to one hundred years, and all the nominal rental fees charged during the period were included in the reward for this operation.

After Roger signed the agreement and received the money, he immediately mobilized his troops and prepared to send troops from the sea to assist the Aceh Kingdom in attacking the port city of Johor.

Unexpectedly, only halfway through sending troops, the Kingdom of Johor urgently proposed peace talks. However, Roger had to do something after receiving the money, so he sent his troops to the coast near Stone City to wait for the outcome of the negotiations between the two countries.

Johor knew that the Haihan Army would be difficult to defeat when it entered the war. If they tried to resist it, it would only increase casualties. It would be a small matter if they could not defend the stone city. Therefore, it would be a big deal for their old rivals to tear open the defense line and lose more territory. For them, it would be a big deal.

From a practical point of view, negotiation is the wisest solution.

So after nearly a month of negotiations, the two countries finally reached an agreement, which ended with Johor admitting defeat and paying compensation. Sing Tao only sent troops to intimidate, without firing a shot, and got a lot of benefits.

Unexpectedly, after Sing Tao withdrew its troops, Johor quietly sent people to Sanya to complain, saying that Roger's behavior violated the "Sing Tao Peace Treaty" signed by the two countries in 1635.

Although the attitude of the Executive Committee was to protect its own people, it was also very dissatisfied with Singdao's practice of sending troops to join the war without any prior notice. Moreover, the foreign corps established by Roger in Singdao bypassed the supervision of the Ministry of National Defense and made money.

The benefits belong to Xingdao, but the Executive Committee has to step in to clean up the trouble when it gets into trouble. Of course, the Executive Committee will not tolerate this situation continuing.

So soon after, documents related to the changes in the army's organization were sent to Xingdao. The independent organization of Roger's troops was cancelled, and all military personnel, including the Foreign Legion, were required to be integrated into the regular army.
Chapter completed!