1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 142 Transshipment Strategy
Originally, the Military and Police Department had a little controversy over whether the militia needed to be issued with a large number of knives, but in the end the "saber faction" defeated the "baton faction" on the grounds that these overseas refugees had not been through a period of time like the local naturalized people For them, the deterrent effect of the baton may not be enough, and the saber is the best armed solution for the militiamen when they are on duty.

Not only that, this time the militiamen also mainly selected the more aggressive youths of the Li and Miao ethnic groups. The Military and Police Department believes that if there is a situation that requires the militia to take action, these Li and Miao youths will be more effective than the relatively peaceful Han youths. Some.

Now it seems that this plan has indeed received good results. The people who were eager to get on the boat did not have physical contact with these militiamen after they approached. Instead, they retreated, lest they offend these people with black machetes. .There are not many brave and ruthless people among the refugees. Most of those characters have joined the army to fight. Most of the people who choose to escape are cowardly and cowardly ordinary people. Faced with irresistible violence, they Immediately became docile like a sheep.

Someone brought a bucket of lime from the boat, and used lime to draw two three-foot-wide, zigzag channels on the shore.Zhou Hengxing then announced that anyone who wanted to sign up to go with the fleet could only stand in the line drawn by Lime.

The reason why refugees become refugees and disorderly people is because there is no strong existence to establish rules of conduct for them, and the emergence of the colonial fleet just filled this gap.With the lesson of the unlucky man who was shot earlier, no one dared to openly challenge the rules set by these strangers.Although it was still a bit crowded, the refugees quickly lined up in the two passages according to the other party's request, waiting for the choice of fate.

The colonization team's criteria for selecting laborers is actually very simple. It mainly depends on whether they are healthy and able to adapt to long-term physical labor. As for gender, age, whether they have property, etc., it is secondary.For example, the elderly who are physically disabled or have no family to support them, the colonization team can only ruthlessly eliminate these people.The Xingang development plan of the Crossing Group is not a charitable act. What is needed at present is a large amount of labor. It is obviously not a situation that the Executive Committee is happy to see to support the non-labor force population.

Of course, if it is a child, it is another matter. The executive committee currently has very lenient immigration conditions for children under the age of 16. As long as they have no obvious physical defects or diseases, they can be brought under the control of the Traveling Group. The same applies to non-Chinese children.The Executive Committee believes that the three views of the children have not yet formed. Under the educational atmosphere of the Time Travel Group, it only takes a few years for these ignorant children to become loyal fans and guardians of the Time Travel Group. Their loyalty must be much higher than that of ordinary Adult naturalized people.

When the relevant personnel set up a posture on the shore and began to select labor immigrants, several other boats approached the north bank of the Tsinghua River, allowing the people on board to disembark for a rest.If there is no accident, they will stay at Qinghua River for a whole day, and will not set off to sail north again until tomorrow morning.

Gu Kai and Zhou Hengxing are respectively in charge of gatekeeping of an immigration channel. They are also accompanied by two doctors, Johnson and Morgan. Usually, they will only briefly ask about personal conditions, and then the doctor will check the fundus, mouth and limbs. If there is no major problem, it will be considered. pass.More detailed personnel files will not be established until after arriving at the destination.Those who pass the level can immediately board the "Sea Training 01" ship through the springboard, and get rid of the shadow of war that has been chasing them for many days.

The displacement of the "Haixun 01" ship is less than 02 tons, and its loading capacity is relatively limited. In addition, there were some goods and supplies on board, so after sixty people were stuffed into the cabin, it was already full.So Qian Tiandun, who was on the sidelines, ordered the work to be suspended, and the few unqualified people who were just picked out just now were rushed to the deck and sailed to the north bank. The "Sea Training [-]" ship approached quickly, and the selection work continued.

When the refugees saw that the fleet had fulfilled its promise, and even those who had been picked out boarded the ship and went to the north shore, they felt more at ease.The relatively good order made the labor selection in the morning go smoothly. By lunch time, more than 300 qualified immigrants had been selected to board the ship.

In the afternoon, instead of decreasing, the crowds waiting in line by the river increased. It seemed that the refugees who were blocked by the upper reaches of the Qinghua River got the news and rushed here to apply for the draft.However, the fleet's loading capacity is limited, and it is destined not to be able to take all these conscripts away.When it was dark, more than [-] qualified immigrants boarded the ship, and there were at least a thousand people gathered on the shore, many of whom cried and knelt and kowtowed, hoping that the fleet would take them away from this place.

Zhou Hengxing had to set up the tweeter again to explain to these refugees that the fleet will return here to ship immigrants again within ten days at most. If you are willing to follow the fleet to settle in the north, please wait here again. a few days.After Zhou Hengxing repeated it many times, the emotional refugees on the shore gradually dispersed.

"These people are really pitiful." At the team meeting in the evening, Gu Kai first expressed his opinion: "Actually, we should consider setting up a resettlement site near Qinghua, so that these local people who are willing to follow us We can have a relatively stable place to live temporarily, and then we will use a large ship for transshipment."

"You said that the Ministry of Shipping has thought about this method for a long time, but it is very difficult to implement." Xie Chunfa, a representative of the Ministry of Shipping, said: "If the resettlement site is set by the sea, it is difficult for us to establish a resettlement site in a short time. To build an effective defense system, the number of militias we bring is limited. It is useless to put too few in the resettlement sites. If there are too many, there will definitely be problems in Xingang. And there are very few offshore islands near here. The closest place to us is the A small island eight sea miles north, but last time we visited, there was no fresh water on the island. And islands with fresh water can only be found more than 20 nautical miles away. It takes half a day for sailboats to come and go. From time to time It’s not worth it.”

"In the final analysis, our current transportation capacity is not enough." Zhou Hengxing took over the conversation: "The two sea training ships will return to Shengli Port after this trip, and we only have six ships to be responsible for the transportation of materials between the two places in the future. Task. The executive committee requires at least [-] tons of coal to be sent back every month. The remaining six ships may not be enough to make one trip, but two trips can exceed the quota. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to spare ships to go Other routes. If we want to rush to transport people, we can only take advantage of the development of Xingang.”

"You have about 30 days to use." Liu Shanxia from the Ministry of Construction said: "From the construction of wharves and settlements to road construction and mining, the construction period given by the executive committee is one month, at the latest by the end of August. A shipment of coal must be transported back to Victory Port!"

"30 days is enough! From here to Xingang, you can go back and forth in about five days, and you can run six times a month." Tom Wang quickly calculated: "According to the capacity of the six large ships, it is a problem to load seven to eight hundred people at a time. Not much. We can even ask the Executive Committee to consider sending a ship from Shengli Port, and then take the people back to Shengli Port after loading, or transport some people back while transporting coal. Anyway, there is always a shortage of labor force there. They are all high. We need to spend extra money to introduce immigrants from Yazhou and other places, but the immigrants here only need to pay for shipping."

"You can have this." Gu Kai agreed with Wang Tom's proposal very much: "In my opinion, it can be like this. The ship coming from Shengli Port will go to the coast of Tsinghua to load people, and the returning ship will take the route of Fushuizhou Island. Here, more young and strong laborers who can do heavy work are left here, and as many women and children as possible are transferred to the base camp, this is the best solution for both us and these refugees."

In the early morning of the fourth day, the immigrants who had rested for a day on the east bank of the Tsinghua River boarded the ship again under the organization of the colonization team.The fleet sailed out of the Thanh Hoa River, headed north along the coast, and arrived at the Tu Son Peninsula south of Haiphong that night.In view of the complex sea conditions on the route from here to the north to Xingang, the fleet no longer sailed overnight, but docked in the natural bay of Tushan Peninsula to organize immigrants to spend the night on the shore, which greatly relieved the crew. and the fatigue of the migrants on the road.

In the early morning of the fifth day, the "Flying Speed" set off ahead of the fleet, and went directly to the small fishing village that hired people near Haiphong last time.The two guides that the expedition team brought to Qinghua last time have already returned to the fishing village, where they reunited in the old place, and both sides felt a sense of familiarity.After exchanging pleasantries, Tom Wang asked if anyone here would like to go to the north with them to open up a new home.Perhaps it was because of the friendly behavior of the expedition team last time that they gained the trust of the local fishermen, and nearly half of the population in this small fishing village was willing to follow them to settle in the fabled port.These fishermen grew up by the sea, and they are good at water. They can become qualified sailors with a little training. This made Gu Kai and Xie Chun who came together on the "Fast Speed" very satisfied.

However, when they were about to set off, they still encountered a little trouble. These fishermen were unwilling to abandon their poor possessions, especially those small wooden boats that were no longer than six or seven meters long.In the end it was Tom Wang who came up with the idea of ​​stringing all these boats up behind the Speed, and being towed by the Speed ​​for the rest of the voyage.The fishermen were also very satisfied with this arrangement, and most of the fishermen did not choose to board the "Flying Speed", but guarded the pots and jars they brought out in their own boats.

(End of this chapter)