1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 42

Naozhou Island is located in the southeastern sea of ​​Zhanjiang. It is an island outside the island of Zhanjiang City. It covers an area of ​​more than 50 square kilometers and is surrounded by sea on all sides. The terrain is dangerous.With beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, this place is one of the "Eight Sceneries of Zhanjiang" in later generations.The last two emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty witnessed the fall of the dynasty on Naozhou Island, and there are still many relics of the Southern Song Dynasty on the island of later generations.Never thought that such a place of considerable historical value actually became a den of pirates at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Tao Dong has been to Zhanjiang many times, and one of them was on Naozhou Island. He was deeply impressed by the ruins of the Songhuang City on the island, so when Gu Kai mentioned the name of Naozhou Island, he quickly thought of it. .

"The current situation is very different from what we expected beforehand!" Tao Donglai said with emotion.

In the military defense plan made by the Military and Police Department before the crossing, it was assumed that the pirate forces that might invade would mainly come from the South China Sea, because the area is vast and sparsely populated, the products are not abundant, and the Sanya area, which is not located on the main trade route, is really difficult. Attracting a large group of pirates across the sea, only a small group of pirates in Southeast Asia would be interested in robbing the coastal fishermen here.

In this era, the South China Sea pirates with relatively weak combat power are completely different from the strength of pirates along the coast of China. For example, the Shiba Zhi Pirate Group on the coast of Fujian and Guangdong is a huge existence that commands tens of thousands of pirates. Hundreds of sea ships are the strongest armed forces in the coastal areas of Fujian, and even the local garrison in Fujian can't do anything about them.The pirates that came from Naozhou Island were not too big, but they came from the mainland after all.If the existence of the Transcendental Congregation really aroused the coveting of some large pirates in the coastal areas of the mainland, then the military defense pressure would increase a lot as a result.

Of course, what is the specific situation, further trial results are needed as a reference.Several brainy figures then discussed how to strengthen combat readiness in the near future, how to carry out the next day's clearing operation, and so on.

Unconsciously, an hour passed. Tao Donglai raised his hand to check the time, and frowned, "Why is there no news from there? Lao Yan, please contact me and ask about the progress."

Tao Donglai was referring to the arrest of the pirate spy at the No. [-] base. He thought that after passing on the information he knew, the result of the arrest should come soon. Getting an echo didn't seem to go as smoothly as expected.

Soon Ning Qi's frantic voice came out from the radio: "This guy is a thief, he had already slipped away before we started, but the people were already blocked by us near the camp, it's just that it's dark now. I can't see it, and the search speed is very slow."

"Don't worry, Victory Harbor is fine. Let our people pay more attention to safety, and remember that safety comes first in any situation!" Yan Chujie quickly warned after listening.Although there are still a lot of people from the military and police department there, the teams that can fight are basically drawn to Victory Harbor. Ning Qi is impatient again. When the lights are dark, he is searching for fugitives in the wild, so don't do anything. Things come out of nowhere.

Now Ning Qi is not only furious, he is already murderous.

When Tao Yan and the others set off from Base No. [-] with the team, Ning Qi had already started to call for manpower.When the site was originally selected, the Executive Committee set the camp on the east bank of Tiandu River, and for safety reasons, the temporary residence of migrant workers was set up on the west bank of Tiandu River.Ning Qi asked Gu Le to bring [-] people to control the west bank. The main purpose was to cut off the passages upstream and downstream along the Tian Du River and prevent the potential spies from fleeing.

After finally waiting for the news of Victory Harbor, Ning Qi immediately arranged for personnel to start an investigation of the foreign personnel stationed there after learning about the physical characteristics of the suspect. The smell was wrong, and two fires were set in a row in the temporary residence to disrupt the situation. Ning Qi had to send someone to organize a firefight to comfort the migrant workers, and at the same time asked the military and police department to quickly catch the mouse shit out.

Fortunately, at the time of the incident, Gu Wei had people immediately blocked the perimeter of the temporary residence. Under the back and forth of twenty or thirty tactical flashlights, even a rabbit would not want to escape from the encirclement. It has become a situation of catching turtles in the urn.

Although the migrant workers' temporary residence has become a mess, the construction site of the hydropower station is still going on.At present, the sufficient labor force ensures that the project can be carried out 24 hours without interruption, and hundreds of people are divided into three shifts to rush to work around the clock.The night shift is undoubtedly the hardest. In the first few days, the executive committee had to pay double the salary to hire enough local labor to stay up late and work overtime.

However, the executive committee recently made an adjustment to the personnel arrangement, and all the labor camps that were originally smashing stones at the mining site were brought to the hydropower station construction site.This is mainly for several purposes. First, the Executive Committee does not want these prisoners of the Ming army to know the news of the iron ore mining here at Chuanzhong. Second, it is more convenient for these people to work at night and rest during the day. Use fewer people to supervise them; thirdly, and most importantly, arranging these free laborers to work at night with the highest salary can save the Executive Committee the cost of dozens of migrant workers every day.

The captives are actually living a good life recently. Although they are still exhausted every day, at least their living environment is guaranteed. They have three meals a day of porridge and fish every day, and they also exchanged their points for a clean shack to live in.If the labor task is completed well on a certain day, they will also get permission from the chief of the labor camp to exchange their points for rice wine or fruit wine provided by the Li people.Although the exchange rate of these inferior wines is as high as one point for one or two wines, and each person is only allowed to exchange a maximum of two points, there are still many people who are happy to exchange points for alcohol to relieve their fatigue.

And Luo Shengdong finally got an "official" treatment because of his good performance during this period of time-the daily basic points were raised from two points to three points.This means that under the same labor intensity, he will get half of the points more than these friends in the labor camp!Luo Shengdong couldn't help feeling a little excited every time he thought that he might regain his freedom a few months earlier than others.

But then he made a self-criticism of his own mentality of being a little rich and safe: "I think I, Luo Shengdong, is the dignified and dignified navy master, and he is complacent for such a crap, which is simply for the court, the Ministry of War and others My father is ashamed! With my ability, no matter what... I have to save enough points half a year in advance... Eh, there seems to be something wrong..."

"Luo Shengdong!"

"Here!" Luo Shengdong responded conditionedly, and quickly put the messy abacus behind him.In the more than half a month after entering the labor camp, in addition to the fixed work and rest time that he was forced to develop, the roll call has also become one of Luo Shengdong's biggest changes.

Of course, Luo Shengdong didn't accept this kind of change at the beginning. I can't do what you say. At least I have to retain a little dignity of a Ming officer.But after being starved for a few meals, Luo Shengdong finally understood what "the situation is better than people" that Chief Ren often talked about meant.

"Take good care of all your people! From now on, count the number of people every half an hour, and report immediately if there is any situation, understand?" It was his immediate boss Ren Liang who came to give the order.

"Understood, I understand." Luo Shengdong nodded again and again.

Among the two officers of the labor camp, Luo Shengdong actually feared Ren Liang more than Gu Wei.Although Ren Liang's appearance was gentle, and his voice was not as energetic as Gu Wei's, Luo Shengdong knew that there was a lot of bad water in the stomach of this Chief Ren.Luo Shengdong heard Chief Gu mentioned that every time he announced those strange new regulations or new items of point redemption, it was the masterpiece of this Chief Ren.Luo Shengdong sometimes even thinks that with the edification of the chief in charge of the past half a month, if he becomes a prison officer now, it is probably not a big problem.

"Sir Ren, I heard that the west side seems to be a little chaotic, is there something wrong?" Luo Shengdong carefully tested Ren Liang's tone.In fact, during dinner, he saw a large group of short-haired soldiers carrying fire guns on the boat downstream. When the fire at the western station just now, someone on the construction site had seen it from a high place and spread the news.Although Luo Shengdong didn't know the reason, he could guess that there must be some trouble, but it shouldn't be too big, otherwise the construction site would definitely stop working, so he dared to directly inquire about the news.

Ren Liang smiled and didn't mean to hide: "There are pirate spies here, and we are catching people."

"Pirates!" Luo Shengdong couldn't help his pupils shrinking when he heard the words, he would fall into the field where he is today, didn't he just want to come here to fight pirates and make merit?As a result, the promotion and salary increase to marry Bai Fumei did not make a profit, but instead became a prisoner.

"Don't worry, the pirates have already been caught by us at the port, and now this spy has not been caught. Keep an eye on your people, I will come back later." Ren Liang made no secret of his pride, Although he failed to witness the battle at the port, in Ren Liang's view, the combat power of these incoming pirates should be on a par with Luo Shengdong and the Ming army - they are all scum.

Luo Shengdong was annoyed and angry at the same time. Annoyed that if he left for half a month late, he might encounter these pirates at sea, and then he would beat them directly at sea, and then take the pirate's head with him. Wouldn't it be wonderful to go back to get the merits; I'm angry that these shorthairs actually used their troops to deal with pirates. It's just like a dog with a mouse to meddle in his business, and the shorthair doesn't look at the target at all, even the soldiers and the thieves are beaten. This position Where are you standing?

(End of this chapter)