Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 105 Mobilizing the Masses ([-])

When I was busy, I could see a ship sailing through the wind and waves from a distance. The unique shadow of the ship allowed the lookout post to see at a glance that it was the Type 67 multi-purpose landing craft of Crossing.The ship hasn't moved since it entered the port - for fear of wasting fuel.

The salt workers on the beach panicked, dropped their tools and ran to the village in a panic-the sea is not peaceful these days.Every ship from the sea could be an enemy.

Zhang Xingjiao was well-informed and led the Tan family father and son to appease everyone at the entrance of the village - this is the boat of those short-haired masters, it's okay.

The travellers were very happy, this was the first time they saw their boat sailing on the sea in more than two months.The executive committee dispatched a ship that was never easily used, which shows how much attention it attaches to this mission - no one wants to work in a position that is not valued.

Xi Ya raised his arms: "Come on, everyone go to the beach to meet the navy!"

"Navy!" Everyone laughed, quite proud.Aren't they the most advanced navy in this time and space?

At this moment, the landing craft let out a long and passionate roar.Before the siren sounded, it had emerged from the long waves and was heading towards the coast facing them.

Those who had no mission all walked to the beach together, followed by dozens of curious children and villagers.

The landing craft had a deep draft and couldn't get too close. Xi Yazhou turned on the walkie-talkie, and the two parties called. Only then did they realize that in addition to the food, cloth and weapons that the task force applied for yesterday, there was also a batch of living supplies on board. supplies and building materials.

"Find us a berth with a draft of 1.2-1.5 meters, so that we can grab the beach and unload the goods." Chen Haiyang called through the intercom.

"Okay, wait a moment!"

The western part of Hainan Island is dominated by rocky shorelines. Except for the tidal flats formed by the alluvial sediment in the harbor, small rocky harbors can be said to be everywhere. Soon a small harbor was found not far away. The water surface is very clear. Small, barely able to accommodate two or three fishing boats.

The landing craft drove slowly into the harbor. This landing craft, which had been refurbished before crossing, looked beautiful and mighty.A new unloading boom was installed on board.The two machine gun positions in the ship building each have a military member holding an SKS rifle, 80 steel helmets, and orange life jackets. They look heroic and look like the People’s Liberation Army in another time and space—it would be great if each had a machine gun .Xi Ya was thinking wildly.Seeing everyone coming to greet them, they all smiled and waved to the welcoming crowd on the shore.

The engine motor finally roared, took a long breath, and stopped the machine.

The landing craft scrambled to the beach and lowered the gangplank, and what got out of the boat was a burly man with a round face and big eyes, a tall and strong man.The children who followed were dumbfounded. The person with a height of 190cm and a weight of 110KG was simply a giant to the people at that time.This strong man is Chen Haiyang from the military team, wearing a navy blue training uniform that comes with him, full of energy.

Chen Haiyang walked up to Xi Yazhou with four military members, lined up in a horizontal line, and gave a military salute:

"Report, Captain Chen Haiyang of the Navy's Wuzhishan boat has been ordered to escort the cargo. Now I will obey your orders."

"Organize unloading immediately!" Xi Yazhou returned the salute while smiling, "Let the masses see what you brought them!"

"Yes! Organize unloading immediately."

After Xi Yazhou shook hands with Chen Haiyang and the others to express his gratitude, he opened the written document given to him by the executive committee. He read it and said with a smile:

"Great! Great! It really solves the problem."

He excitedly said to Zhang Xingjiao: "Ask Old Man Tan to gather the villagers to prepare for unloading!"

As the villagers slowly gathered around, Xi Yazhou climbed up the boat building and stood on a high place, with hundreds of eyes staring at him:

"Folks!" Xi Yaya smiled and waved his hand holding the document, "He brought us food and clothing from Bairen City. For the time being, we will allocate a thousand catties of rice to the village! The rice costs a penny." No, give it all to everyone!"

There was an incredible silence at first, followed by cheers a few moments later.Zhang Xingjiao had gathered some young people through the Tan family father and son last night, and taught them to cheer according to the code.Some elderly people and women shed tears as they looked at the boats full of grain and rice, and their voices gradually sank, being replaced by tears of gratitude from the crowd.

Xi Yazhou continued the voice that had just calmed down: "There are still fifty bolts of cloth, all of which will be used to make clothes for everyone. This requires the help of the women in the village! However, there is not enough cloth. The clothes made may be Only one per family, but there will be more—”

Before Zhang Xingjiao could finish his translation, there was another round of cheers from the crowd.

"Folks!" Xi Yazhou installed the documents, "Our life depends on labor, not on relief alone. Now Bairen City needs a lot of sea salt. Everyone puts forth effort to produce it by themselves. How much sea salt is there, and how much is needed!"

"We have enough strength, salt, as much as we want!" Led by the Tan family father and son and a few people around them, the crowd was instigated into a frenzy.

Zhang Xingjiao saw that the atmosphere was very lively, and he stood up quickly as arranged by the chief executive: "Folks! I, Zhang Xingjiao, is also a local aborigine. He has studied for several years. In the past, his property and fields were taken over by a big family. I can't survive being bullied by him..." When he talked about the pain, he kept wiping his eyes with his sleeves, and the crowd below followed suit, "The big family Gou ruined my family and killed everyone. No clothes, no food," he wiped his eyes, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "the short-haired men are here, give us food and clothing, and help us give birth, whoever wants to talk again, who wants to take advantage of us again ——"

"Needless to say!" The young people roared angrily, "Gou Dahu, that bastard, come again and smash his dog's head!"

The old people all looked a little scared, but now that the atmosphere had been stirred up, they didn't dare to say anything discouraging openly.

"That's right!" Xi Yazhou shouted excitedly, "This salt field is a salt field approved by the imperial court. It is the place where our ancestors made salt with a load of water and a spoonful of salt. Why should the big family occupy it and make a fortune? Everyone must protect the salt." , protect the grain, protect the homeland, and protect the fruits of our labor!"

The mood of the crowd was extremely agitated.Du Wen, who was standing aside, smiled excitedly at first, but then frowned.In this speech, Xi Yazhou left some foreshadowing, and did not say that the salt farm belongs to the people—according to the executive committee's thinking, the salt farm will be the property of the people across the country in the future.

Amidst the clamor of the crowd, Xi Yazhou walked down the landing craft building in satisfaction.Bundles of weapons have been unloaded on the ground.These are all weapons seized in the Battle of Bairen Beach.Now being refurbished.

In addition to food and cloth, the landing craft also brought red bricks, cement, and some simple tables, chairs and benches newly produced by the Bopu wood processing plant to the work team. Processing equipment, made some modern style furniture for everyone to use.

The working team's camp was also refurbished. With the building materials, under the guidance of the professional construction team that came with the ship, everyone worked together, and soon a blockhouse-style building was completed.There are also a few comfortable tile-roofed houses around.A new antenna tower was also added to the 15W radio brought in.Outside the wall, Xi Yazhou asked the building to build a screen wall as a publicity column

On the same day, under the chairmanship of Xi Yazhou, a village committee was established, with a production team and a militia team under it.Under Du Wen's suggestion, a women's group was also established-the rural women in Hainan are all working in the fields, and they are known for doing heavy work, so there is not a big market for ethics such as male and female defense.

Tan Chengqing served as the captain of the militia, and Zhang Xingjiao wrote a report to the county, to the effect that because the village was repeatedly infested by pirates, he set up Xiangyong to protect the village.This legal process still needs to be done.

The militia team consisted of [-] young and strong people. The salt people knew how to fight. After getting the weapons, everyone was very energetic, and they took time to train in the morning and evening.The dance of swords and guns is so lively.Xi Yazhou watched from the sidelines, but felt that although these things were a bit powerful in single-handed combat, they might not be effective in real hand-to-hand combat.Xi Yazhou watched Huangjiazhai Xiangyong's attack when he was fighting at Bairentan: it was very powerful and well organized.If such a team came, the unorganized and disciplined militia would probably collapse at the touch of a button.

Xi Yazhou has a set of experience in recruit education, but these militiamen use big knives and spears, and he has no idea whether recruit education in the age of firearms is suitable for him.

"It would be great if we could equip them with firearms!" Xi Ya watched their drill and returned to the command post.The people brought by Chen Haiyang are still in the camp - they are waiting for the salt people to collect [-] tons of salt. When the salt is collected, they will cross the sea with Tan Guihuang to Leizhou to open up the sales channels of salt.

"The firearms won't be available for a while." Chen Haiyang thought for a while, "You can practice formation and physical fitness first. These two pieces are useful in the army of any era."

"Politics must be reliable first, and military skills must be strong!" Du Wen suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and she is now devoting herself to organizing the women's group. She is with Tan Xiaoqin every day, learning the local dialect, " Our organization is still floating on the surface."

These words made the people present cheer up.Indeed, the enthusiasm of the salt people has indeed been aroused, but they are not politically reliable at this time, and they have become allies of the traversers only because of the trend of the times.There are still a few question marks over the firmness of our position.

Xi Yazhou thought for a while and said: "At present, the first thing is to establish an organization. The village committee and the militia have been established, but they are not considered to have taken root in the salt field. We must cultivate activists among the salt people and develop a group of people who share weal and woe. Only in this way can we take root in the salt field. We must gradually promote cadres from among the salt people.”

Everyone agrees with Xi Yazhou's opinion.Du Wen said: "I want to run a training class—let's call it the Ma Niao Farmers Workshop. Train some salt farmers and cultivate a backbone. I will be the lecturer. What do you think?"

This view is exactly the same as Wang Luobin's.But Xi Yazhou doesn't want Du Wen to give lectures on political theory.He said: "Okay, the name of the workshop is good. It just so happens that Wang Gong also has the idea of ​​​​holding a technical training class. Let's do this together. Let's start with literacy and Mandarin! We all have to spend part of our time on lectures. "

(End of this chapter)