Dominate the Country

In the 29th year of Chengtian, spring arrived. The cold winter was gone, and the warm spring breeze turned the entire northern country green.

Yes, the northern country.

In the latest definition in the Chen Han geography textbook, the word north no longer refers to the north of the Yellow River, but to the entire Chen Han old land.

From the old national boundary to the south, that is, starting from Jiaozhi Province, this is the south.

The geographical term Zhongyuan also expanded from the specific Zhongyuan Province to the entire old Han land.

This makes many people feel unacceptable, but they must face it.

The territory of the empire has expanded too much compared to the old "world", and the old "world" has become the center of the entire empire. Just like the old Central Plains in the entire "world". And in this magnificent painting, spring is like a superb painter, the sun is her brush, the earth is her canvas, dipped in the thick spring colors, constantly painting and painting, rendering the entire "northern country".

The mountains are green, the water is clear, the willows are green, the peach blossoms are red, and the people's hearts are warm.

One stroke after another paints the world with colorful flowers, and one stroke after another makes the mountains and rivers overflow with colors and rhymes.

It is in such a spring season that the annual enlistment of new soldiers begins.

Since the great reform of Chen Han's military system, the enlistment of new soldiers has changed from autumn to spring every year. The soldiers are inspected in August last year, named in September, and trained in the new soldiers' camp in winter, and enlist in February and March next year. Depending on the station, the time of enlistment of new soldiers varies.

Binjiang County, which is Harbin in later generations. As one of the important stations of the Northeast garrison, the national defense army here has maintained a reorganized brigade all year round-the division headquarters of the reorganized 15th Division of the Northeast Military Region plus the station of the 29th Brigade.

Today is the day for the troops to receive new soldiers. In the office of the 29th Brigade, the brigade commander He Yang is sitting on a big chair behind the desk with a serious expression on his face.

He has a very bad feeling in his heart.

Because half a month ago he received a call from the military region's logistics department, and this "call" made him uneasy for the past half month. His intuition told him that there must be something fishy.

But the 29th Brigade is the main force of the reorganized 15th Division, and in the entire Northeast Military Region, the 29th Brigade is also a fist force.

He Yang understands the principle that a big tree attracts the wind, but he thinks that the superiors can't be too excessive, right?

Of course, all this is based on his own guesses.

Time passed little by little, from more than eight o'clock to ten fifteen, the brigade's communicator sent an urgent message. There are 300 Korean soldiers to be assigned to the 29th Brigade.

He Yang's marble-like expression cracked instantly.

"Are they Koreans, or recruits from the Korean region?" The latter are likely to be descendants of Han immigrants.

"Brigade commander, they are Koreans." The communicator had a sad face.

300 Koreans, what a guy, this can ruin half of the 29th Brigade.

Since North Korea was incorporated into the territory of Chen Han as a province, the current batch of North Korean soldiers is not the first batch, nor will it be the last batch. The previous "facts" have fully demonstrated the ability of these North Koreans to serve as soldiers.

"Brigade commander, our 29th Brigade is a fist force."

The 29th Brigade's first regiment was so scared that his legs were weak. He actually wanted to say that their 29th Brigade's first regiment was the fist force of the entire reorganized division. Don't be so ridiculous, okay?

The 29th Brigade has only 700 new recruits this year, half of whom should be in the first regiment. The replacement of one-tenth of the blood will definitely have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the first regiment, not to mention the replacement of a batch of North Korean soldiers. How much will this drag down the first regiment?

The soldiers who have joined the army in recent years have earned them an inherent impression that they are not suitable for serving as soldiers.

I don't know if the sharp knife of the "29th Brigade's first regiment" in the past can still fight after the blood transfusion, and whether it is still as sharp as before.

As the commander of the 29th Brigade, He Yang was very worried, but he couldn't show his "disdain" openly on the surface.

He didn't want his men to mix in with the weak Koreans. But he knew that he couldn't stop this.

He admitted that he had some prejudices against Koreans, and he was seriously unbalanced.

The correspondent reported that there were only five or six hundred Korean soldiers in the entire Northeast Military Region, and half of them fell on his 29th Brigade. This was really fucked up. He Yang was not a person without roots and backers. The 29th Brigade he was in charge of was the fist force of the Northeast Military Region. How could this bad thing fall on him?

He Yang led the troops without complaint, meticulously, and had strict requirements for his subordinates, but he was also very considerate of his subordinates and respected his superiors very much. Once there was an order, he would execute it without hesitation.

But why did it happen to him?

This year, it was not just the 29th Brigade that was replenished. There were nearly 20,000 new recruits in the Northeast Military Region. As a result, half of the bad soldiers were assigned to the 29th Brigade. He Yang felt seriously unbalanced and even more aggrieved. At this time, the 1st Regiment of the 29th Brigade was like a leaf hit by frost, withered and drooping.

He Yang had complaints in his heart. But military discipline is something that no one can disobey. The army is not a teahouse. It is an iron rule that subordinates obey their superiors. This is the discipline that the National Defense Army has repeatedly emphasized.

No matter how annoyed He Yang is, he must accept this fact. Although he really has no good feelings for the North Koreans. Before, he just looked down on them, but now he is completely disgusted.

If it does not concern you, you can put it aside, but if it involves you, then no one can put it aside.

However, the army serves politics.

Nowadays, North Korea has become a geographical term, not a separate country. Lelang and Andong provinces are already Chen Ming's territory and part of Chen Han. The local Koreans must be Chinese. Since Koreans are Chinese, there is no reason to escape military service.

It's just that the Koreans are too disappointing, especially the Koreans in Andong [South Korea], who are extremely weak. Their military service is simply an insult to the word "soldier".

But Chen Ming still has to recruit soldiers from the Koreans. There are even several "pure-blooded" Korean troops in Lelang and Andong, of course, they are all "team" level organizations. At the same time, a small number of Koreans are also needed to become officers, or even senior officers in the National Defense Force. Although Chen Ming does not require them to be a group of qualified officers, whether the officers are qualified or not, they will know after going through the battlefield.

Forget about the Koreans of this era.

Chen Ming felt that these Koreans deserved to be beaten. They were beaten so badly that they could not recognize their mothers. When they were forced to resist, their tenacity was revealed. But the current North Korea obviously did not have that.

But Chen Ming knew that he had to bite his teeth and admit it. This is politics!

Even if the army is a "war machine", this "war machine" also serves politics, and it cannot be separated from politics anyway.

Of course, He Yang could firmly refuse North Koreans to join the army, and he could also use the banner of considering the combat effectiveness of his own troops, but if he did so, his life would be over. Because this would prove his political inferiority from another aspect.

The court would not care whether the middle and lower-level officers "talked about politics". But the brigade commander-level officers were already generals and had entered the sequence of senior officers of the National Defense Forces, so they must "talk about politics".

He Yang's failure to talk about politics not only showed that he had poor understanding, but also showed that he was unqualified. He did not have a big picture! Or he took his personal hill too seriously. Having left such an impression on the superiors, can such a person go far?

Not many people understand the truth, but there are many people who don't understand it. He Yang is definitely one of them.

His father is He Erhu, who was also a middle- and senior-level officer in the Fu Han Army.

At that time, Chen Ming was leading the Fu Han Army to attack Hunan. He Erhu, Hu Mantian, and Zhu Hongfei from Daozhou led the people to revolt one after another, and easily captured Daozhou City, which made the Fu Han Army, which had just rushed to Yongzhou Prefecture, hit a big red envelope head-on.

He Erhu also led more than a thousand people to join the Fu Han Army in Yongzhou, and became the brigade commander of the Second Brigade of the Hunan Army, sitting in Changde. He also made great contributions to Chen Han. Even if he retired from active service later, he earned a title of earl for the He family.

But this hat cannot be put on He Yang's head, because He Erhu is not the only son. He Yang has now been promoted to the position of commander of the main brigade. He Erhu does not have the courage to give up his position as a general and go to America thousands of miles away to "conquer the world".

It is really that his earl's title is too inferior.

Moreover, there are so many vassal states in the vast America. Now many noble families say that such vassal states are just learning the story of "Eight Hundred Princes of Zhou Dynasty". And who can guarantee that America will always be peaceful in the future? Once a war breaks out, it is inevitable to annex each other.

Therefore, America will be the foundation of many noble families, but there will also be many branches left in China.

Few people are willing to put all their eggs in one basket.

…

Just as He Yang was muttering in his heart, a heavy public carriage had already arrived at the gate of the military camp of the 29th Brigade.

"We are here, we are here! Get off! Line up! Stand still! Get dressed!"

More than 20 public carriages brought 700 new soldiers.

"Everyone, stand at attention!"

"I'll call the roll now. When I read your name, I'll shout 'Here!' Do you hear me?"

A lieutenant of the National Defense Army strode to the front of the new recruits. In the small square in front of the camp gate, at least 200 soldiers of the National Defense Army with live ammunition were waiting around. There was also a team of non-commissioned officers lined up. All the new recruits were very obedient and stood there honestly without any noise.

The officer opened the roster in his hand, cleared his throat, and began to call the roll in front of thousands of eyes.

"Li Wei, Liu Dayong, Zhang Liran..." The National Defense Army officer who called the roll first called eight people, and then ordered them to step out. "You are the new recruits of the first battalion of the first regiment."

"Wang Jun!"

"Here!" A non-commissioned officer stepped out of the officers' line. Then the left lieutenant of the National Defense Force who called out the names waved his hand and said, "All of you, follow him to the first team." These eight recruits are the ones with the strongest comprehensive qualities among this batch of recruits.

After all, the first regiment, the first battalion, and the first team are the elite of the entire 29th Brigade.

The distribution of the recruits began like this.

While the left lieutenant was commanding this group of more than 700 to 800 recruits in circles, on the rooftop of a five-story building in the military camp, a major general of the National Defense Force pointed at a lieutenant next to him, pointing at the group of recruits and saying something.