Author: Zero Romance

Chapter 3194

Beside the official road leading to Victory Square, troops from all over the country were gathering and queuing up, waiting for the entry signal.

And right next to those troops, thousands of onlookers had gathered.

Through the flags displayed by those troops, those who are slightly familiar with the Haihan Army's organization can identify their identities through the numbers and symbols on the flags. Their station, battle history, equipment, and whether they have achieved success are also discussed by the onlookers.

Tao topic.

Among them, several troops from overseas regions have become the focus of public attention because their equipment and personnel composition are significantly different from Haihan's local troops.

Zheng Agui had lived for more than twenty years and had never been watched by so many people. This made him a little embarrassed, even more nervous than when he first stepped onto the battlefield to attack Masbate Town.

Prior to this, Zheng Agui had seen the most crowded scene, which was when the Bangui Battalion went to the Cavite base for pre-war training last year, when he saw troops from all over the Luzon region at the port.

At that time, there were only a few thousand troops assembled in Manila Bay at most. Yuanji couldn't compare with the lively scene in front of him - wherever he could see, there were almost no crowds of people walking shoulder to shoulder.

I don't know how many tens of millions there are.

The Bangui area where Zheng Agui was stationed in the past was a remote seaside town on Luzon Island. In his eyes, Manila, the capital of the Luzon region, is already a very prosperous big city, but if you compare it with Hangzhou, it is obvious that there is

Is it truly a big city?

Regardless of its population size, urban area or infrastructure, Hangzhou is bigger than Manila and beyond Zheng Agui's knowledge.

And when he heard that the Donghai Region had taken control of that big city without a fight, Shi Diwen's admiration for him could not be greater.

I would like to know that when we attacked Cebu in the South China Sea last year, the small harbor town with no walls at all made the Bangui camp go through a very difficult battle, and it really suffered a lot.

It is hard to imagine that a large city like Hangzhou, which is well-equipped with fortifications, could surrender without a fight. What kind of deterrence the Donghai Region must have to do this.

Having said that, as a soldier, you naturally have to obtain military merits on the battlefield in order to have the capital to be promoted. If you don't fight, it will be too difficult for a soldier like Zheng Agui who comes from a poor family to climb up the ranks.

And Zheng Agui was successfully promoted to second lieutenant after the war due to his outstanding performance in the South China Sea last year, and soon went to the military academy in Manila for further training.

At the beginning of the year, the Luzon Region received a notice requesting troops to be sent to Hangzhou to participate in the National Day celebrations. As a new meritorious officer, Zheng Agui was selected into the list without any suspense.

The rewards Zheng Agui received are more than that. After the military parade, he will go to the Army Academy in Sanya to study abroad as one of the outstanding young officers selected by the Luzon Garrison.

If nothing unexpected happens, Zheng Agui will soon be promoted after his study abroad. When he returns to Bangui Camp, he will probably be officially appointed as company commander.

The Luzon Region sent a battalion of troops, led by Yu Tiezhu, commander of the Fourth Lu Division, to Hangzhou to participate in the military parade.

The team arrived in Hangzhou more than half a month earlier than the executive committee.

Before coming to Hangzhou, Zheng Agui thought that the military parade was similar to that in Manila. He just walked through the school grounds and handed over his duties. But after he got there, he realized that the mission was not that simple.

After their unit settled in Hangzhou, they immediately began to undergo strict formation training. The only task every day was to make the formation as neat and uniform as possible under the guidance of the instructor.

As for visiting Hangzhou, you probably have to wait until the military parade mission is completed, and then the troops who have come from afar will get a holiday to take a good look around the city that will soon become the capital of Haihan.

Although he knew that one of the purposes of the military parade was to show military power to the people, being stared at by so many people made Zheng Agui feel a little uncomfortable.

He glanced at another adjacent army and was immediately attracted by the flag of that army.

This unit does not come from the South China Sea, nor does it belong to the Haihan mainland. The flag is embroidered with a sea eagle with a yellow beak, a red head and a black body, and its designation is "The First Division of the North American Expeditionary Force."

While Zheng Agui was studying at the military academy in Manila, he heard some rumors about that army. It was said that it was stationed on the other side of the distant ocean, several times farther away from the mainland of Haihan than Luzon.

The commander of that unit was former Navy Commander Wang Tom, one of the most famous legendary generals in the Haihan Army, and his reputation seemed to be greater than that of Xiao Liangjiu, the commander of the Luzon Garrison.

Zheng Agui noticed that there were many soldiers in that army with long shawl hair and ornaments made of feathers on their heads. Some of them had their long hair braided into weird-looking braids. They did not look like Han people.

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It happened that staff officer Feng Xingbang was nearby, so Zheng Agui asked Feng Xingbang about the background of those foreign soldiers.

Feng Xingbang was considered to be well-informed. This question did not bother him, so he listened to him talk: "Are they indigenous soldiers recruited by the expeditionary force locally? The Spaniards called them Indians. I looked at their facial features.

Does his appearance look similar to that of the Han people? It is said that his ancestors were the Yin people who crossed the ocean from China to the east thousands of years ago."

Zheng Agui asked curiously: "Wouldn't that mean that they speak the same language?"

Feng Xingbang shook his head and said: "Perhaps because of the long time ago, the language they inherited is very different from theirs, and there is no writing available, so they have been stagnant in a very primitive tribal state, so it is extremely difficult to recruit and train those people."

Zheng Agui became red when he heard this. There are many indigenous races like that outside the jurisdiction of the Luzon Region. Many of these indigenous races have also retained their primitive social systems structured around tribes. It is not difficult to conquer them.

But the process of turning those natives into soldiers who obey orders is not very difficult.

During the battle with the Spaniards last year, the performance of several units with a high proportion of indigenous soldiers was not particularly satisfactory. The reason was that the obedience of the indigenous soldiers was relatively poor.

But even if the indigenous soldiers are not so easy to use, they still have to hold their noses and continue to use them. After all, the number of Han people in overseas regions is limited, so if Han people are recruited as soldiers, the size of the garrison will probably shrink to a level that is unacceptable to the authorities.

"Commander Feng, they seem to have captured a lot of Spaniards as well."

"No, the Spaniards make mistakes wherever they go. If you don't arrest them, who will you arrest?"

Zheng Agui's sharp eyes had already noticed two prison vans parked on the other side of the North American Expeditionary Force formation. The prisoners held inside clearly did not look like Southern Europeans.

The parade of prisoners of war will be one of the highlights of tomorrow's military parade. Zheng Agui's Fourth Army Division also traveled thousands of miles to escort a group of Spanish prisoners of war captured in the battle last year. They are now being held in a prison car next to it——

Is this one of the attractions that attracts a large number of people to watch?
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