Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 912 "Penglai-1631"
"Master, a telegram from the center." Feng Hua came out of the telegraph room, holding a telegram in his hand.

Zhao Yingong just sent away a group of local scholars who came to Wanbi Bookstore to buy books——Since Zhang Dai and others came to Wanbi Bookstore, the reputation of the bookstore gradually spread, and many scholars came here one after another.Although there were many people reading books and few people buying books, Zhao Yingong took it calmly. Not only did he not care about it, but he also provided tea and drinks for free.From time to time, I go to the front to chat with people in person.In the beginning, he seldom chatted in depth, and at most talked about what he had seen in Guangzhou and anecdotes about Australians, so as not to be dragged by people and reveal his false talent.

Gradually, this place has the meaning of a literary salon.Many scholars who are interested in new knowledge often come here to read and discuss issues together.Fortunately, Zhao Yingong's level of attainment in "Western learning" or "Australian learning" probably cannot be found in Hangzhou. There are many things that people don't understand, so he will point out one or two things - he dare not talk about it. Too deep, on the one hand, the other party may not understand, and on the other hand, I am afraid that my relationship with the "Australian" is too deep, which will arouse suspicion for me.

Even so, the reputation of Master Zhao Yingong, the owner of Wanbi Bookstore, who is proficient in "Western learning" and "Australian learning" has gradually spread. The traditional knowledge of the class.Zhao Yingong was greatly relieved.

The group of scholars he sent away just now came from Huzhou, and two of them specialize in the study of astronomy and calendar - although their learning spirit is very valuable, and Zhao Yingong is completely half-baked in this respect, all the knowledge It's just a little dust on the fur from reading the posts on the forum.But after the two-way discussion, he was taken aback. It turned out that the astronomy and calendar of the Ming Dynasty was not even comparable to that of the Yuan Dynasty.The Qin Tianjian in the Ming Dynasty followed the Huihui calendar handed down from the Yuan Dynasty, but the officials only had a superficial understanding of it, and did not really understand the principles.It's just following the old calendar and applying it conservatively.

The official level is still like this, let alone the actual level of folk fans.Zhao Yingong talked a little about the earth, the concept of latitude and longitude, and the calculation of spherical trigonometry, and then he talked about the two scholars in a down-to-earth manner—in fact, Zhao Yingong himself didn't know what he was talking about. There was a lot of rambling about the post on the calendar in the late Ming Dynasty.

In the end, he stopped his grand theory in time to avoid being exposed, and then recommended several popular science pamphlets on astronomy, calendar and mathematics to the two.Made a good deal.

"Unexpectedly, I also know astronomy and calendar." He thought so and took Feng Hua's telegram.Feng Hua is not only his maid, but also a confidential officer trained by the Political Security Bureau, who has direct access to the code book.So she also took care of the translation work.In some dispatch stations, naturalized civilian intelligence officers are only responsible for receiving reports, and the translation work is handled by the elders himself.

The telegram is from the "centre":

Tianshui:

The call has been received.Your application has been forwarded to the relevant departments for processing.There will be a clear work plan issued within this month.

We think your suggestion on launching the work on Fushe is appropriate. According to information, Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, and others have a deep relationship with Xu Guangqi, so it is also related to our efforts to win the support of Confucian scholars at this stage. Definitely helps.

Regarding the background materials and information about the restoration of the society, we will ask the big library to compile special materials, which will be sent by the traffic staff.Their specific value is up to you to judge.

The personnel arrangement of the working group to Shandong has been completed.They will leave for Hangzhou in the near future, and you will be responsible for receiving them.Then from Hangzhou to Shandong to start work.Your task is: arrange the working group to go to Shandong to work safely; use the relationship with the Hangzhou Catholic Church to contact Sun Yuanhua as soon as possible to win his support for our cause in Shandong.Missionary Jinnige, who is already in Hangzhou, can accompany the working group to Shandong as the main liaison.

Licensing will not return to Lingao, and will go to Shandong with the delegation to carry out military geographical exploration work.

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After reading the telegram, Zhao Yingong lit a match and burned the translation.He drank the "Li Mushan Oolong Tea" presented by Feng Hua, thinking about the next step.Obviously, the executive committee is planning to open a sub-base in Shandong as well.Although the details were not explained to him, it was clearly stated in the center's telegram-this sub-base is to get the support of Sun Yuanhua.I'm afraid the scale is not too small...

Zhao Yingong has obtained the "Eight Elements" and letters from the Hangzhou Church to Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi and other important church figures through his work with the church in the previous stage.Sending a real missionary to accompany him is probably enough to establish a relationship with Sun Yuanhua.

Of course, it would be even better if the church in Hangzhou could also send a core person to help introduce it—this person must not only have a high enough status in the church, but also not have a low social status—after all, Sun Yuanhua is a dignified governor.It's probably not appropriate to be a scholar or something.According to Zhao Yingong's idea, it is best to teach Zhang Geng from Hangzhou, but this person is now teaching in Dehua with Ai Julian, so it may be difficult to count on him.

"Quick! Get off the boat! One by one!" Huang Ande stood in the waist-deep water, wearing a waistcoat stuffed with kapok dyed red—this is the so-called life vest.Wearing a visor-shaped rattan helmet, instead of an officer's sword, he carried a bayonet-mounted Minie rifle with an oiled paper bag on the muzzle.

Before he could finish his words, a series of rumbling gunshots came from the sea, and the shells dragged white smoke trails and staggered past their heads, splashing pieces of mud on the hillside on the shore.Some straw huts were hit and caught fire.

Soldiers in bloated clothes jumped out of the small boats and rowboats one by one. They were all wearing this kind of bloated vests, carrying a full set of equipment on their backs, holding their rifles high one by one, and walking clumsily in the waist-deep water Then, when a wave rushes in, several people will be washed down, float up, and struggle at a loss.At this time, the sailors who were rowing a small boat as an ambulance quickly picked him up and took off the blue band on his arm-he was already "drowned".

"Quick, go to the shore!" Huang Ande tried his best to stabilize his body while cheering up the soldiers, while paying attention to the colorful smoke signal on the shore, which was set up by the Marine Commando 10 minutes ago to indicate landing The location of the soldiers-each company has its own landing area, and the area of ​​the grenadier company of Huang Ande's 1th Infantry Battalion is called "Yellow-[-] Beach".

There was a crisp sound of rifle shooting from the small boat behind, and several clay pots on a row of wooden racks on the beach turned into pieces. This was the light infantry company on the small boat behind firing.

"Don't miss it!" He muttered softly, someone shoots you in the back, no matter how good his marksmanship is, it will always make people feel chills on the back of the neck.

A few minutes later, the light infantry company commanded by Huang Ande landed on the beach of Baitu Village and launched a charge.A new type of cannon was pushed onto the beach, and the artilleryman quickly reloaded and fired, and the shells exploded around a sandbag fortification on the hillside that served as a "fort".

Strengthen the assault engineers in the grenadier company to quickly erect a pass bridge on the trench and blow up the deer village.The grenadiers broke through the barrier, added ladders, climbed the wall within minutes, and then threw another volley of grenades to open a breach.

Ten minutes later, a signal rocket took over the beachhead from the dilapidated fort.

"The beach rush was 5 minutes later than planned." Fu Sansi, the training director standing on the building of the newly built 901-type gunboat "Shudian", looked at his watch and said.

Zhu Mingxia put down the binoculars and said, "It seems that the sea training is not enough. The movements in the water are too slow."

Infantry battalion commander You Huo who came to observe said: "The life jacket is too bulky, I think it is better not to wear it. It delays the landing time. It is very inconvenient to move after landing. The soldiers' movements are not strong enough."

"If you don't wear a life jacket, unless you use a landing craft to grab the beach, you will have to drown a large number of them." Li Di shook his head, "The worst thing is to take it off as soon as you land." He continued, "To be honest, I don't think it is necessary to conduct such an exercise in front of the enemy. What's the point, in this time and space, there will never be such an enemy army that can carry out anti-landing operations."

"Try to think about it as comprehensively as possible." Zhu Mingxia said, "Wars are ever-changing, and our calculations should not be too full. This is responsible for the lives of soldiers."

Several people argued about the details of the beach grab.As a "consultant" and the commander of the special investigation team, Xue Ziliang has not spoken. Today, a detachment from the special investigation team headquarters participated in the exercise, serving as the forward guidance and target designation of the landing force--you guys did a good job .It's a bit like the Marine Corps armed reconnaissance team.

After being evacuated by Lingaozhong, Baitu Village has been in depression—it was only used as a backup port for the navy fishing team.Today is shrouded in the sound of artillery and gunfire.Dozens of ships, large and small, were moored in the open sea, flying the Venus flag and the navy flag.Single-masted patrol boats, big boats, medium boats, small boats, and rowboats shuttle back and forth around the big ship, transporting personnel and various supplies.Large and small chimneys spew thick black smoke into the sky.

This is a land-sea joint landing exercise code-named "Penglai-1631".The purpose is to test the joint combat capabilities of the Northward Detachment, the Navy's dispatched fleet and the Joint Logistics Headquarters.As a warm up for the upcoming engine action.

(End of this chapter)