Just as the People's Army was launching an offensive against Chifeng in the northeast, Luo Yue, who was in Qingdao, received an order from the Central Military Commission to lead the Marine Corps to Shanghai and serve as the deputy head of the disaster relief team.

At this time, Luo Yue had returned to Qingdao for more than three months, and during this time, Luo Yue had nothing else to do, and the main work was to complete the establishment and arrangement of the Marine Corps.

Since the Marine Corps originally had a certain size, it did not take much effort to expand, and now the establishment of one division and five brigades has been completed, and the soldiers of the remaining one division and two brigades are also being trained.

At present, the deployment of the Marine Corps is mainly in two directions, one is the island, and the other is the coastal port city. First of all, the island is of course Borneo, because although it is an isolated island in East China, it is an important base for East China to control Southeast Asia, and it is also the most important place for the Marine Corps to be stationed; followed by Sakhalin Island and Haisanwei, which is currently the northernmost island and port in East China, and faces the four northern islands of northern Japan and Hokkaido across the sea, and it is also the key location of the Marine Corps.

There are three main coastal port cities: Lushun, Qingdao and Shanghai. Needless to say, Shanghai is the largest port in East China, the border in the southeast, and it is also the most important place to guard the mouth of the Yangtze River; at the same time, these two cities are also the main bases for East China's future offensive against the Japanese mainland; and Lushun is the entrance to the Bohai Bay, and it is also the main base for East China's operations in the direction of the Korean Peninsula in the future, and it is also a very important strategic point.

Luo Yue plans to arrange one division and two brigades to be stationed in Borneo, two brigades to Sakhalin and Vladivostok, one division and one brigade to Qingdao, and one brigade each in Shanghai and Lushun, so as to ensure that in the future the marines will have logistics bases in all directions of operations.

Just a month ago, Luo Yue had sent a division to Borneo, a brigade to Sakhalin and Vladivostok, and a brigade to Shanghai.

However, now that the Marines are responsible for the task of emergency rescue and disaster relief, Luo Yue also decided to temporarily terminate the dispatch of troops to Lushun and send the remaining two brigades to Shanghai, plus the one brigade already stationed in Shanghai, a total of three brigades, as the army to participate in the rescue and disaster relief mission in advance, and there is still one brigade in Qingdao, as well as a reserve army that is being trained, so Luo Yue believes that there is no need to transfer troops from Borneo, Sakhalin, and Vladivostok at present.

However, this is a rescue flood, so a large number of ships are needed, although the Marine Corps has its own fleet, but can only use only 8 landing ships, this is because the Marine Corps' warships draft is too deep, not suitable for navigation in inland rivers, only 8 landing ships are adopted beach landing design, the draft is shallow, but only in the Yangtze River and the main tributaries, and most of the flooded areas are basically unnavigable.

What is really needed for this disaster relief is a group of small ships with a certain carrying capacity and a draft of no more than 2 meters. This was a problem that the Marine Corps could not solve, so Luo Yue could only ask the Military Commission to coordinate and transfer some ships that met the requirements from the Navy and the River Fleet.

After receiving Luo Yue's request, the Military Commission did not dare to slack off, and Bi Jing's disaster relief operation was one of the most important tasks in East China this year. As a result, 12 destroyers were transferred from the Navy, all of which were under 800 tons in tonnage. Although it was unlikely that the ships would have been able to go deep into the disaster relief scene, they navigated the main waterways, transporting supplies or escorting convoys carrying supplies. In addition, there will be great chaos in the midst of the disaster, and it is inevitable that there will be bandits who rely on the mountains and the water, and the necessary security guarantees are completely needed. This time, East China sent marines to participate in disaster relief, which is also in mind. There are also 24 transport boats that were originally carried on battleships or large armored cruisers, all of which have a displacement of less than 20 tons, a draft of less than 1 meter, and a crew of 30-40 people, which are very suitable for use in such flood rescue operations.

In Shanghai, there was already an inland river fleet stationed in Shanghai, with a total of 16 river patrol boats with a displacement of between 100 and 300 tons, and another 20 river patrol boats were transferred from the river fleet in Shandong, all of which were assigned to the command of the Marine Corps. These inland river patrol boats were originally designed to travel in inland waterways, most of the draft is within 2 meters, a small number of tonnage is slightly larger, the draft is not more than 2.5 meters, and the personnel carried is between 120-200 people, so this batch of ships will be the main ships of this disaster relief, in addition, in the Shanghai area, a large number of wooden boats have been prepared for this disaster relief, so after getting such a batch of ships, Luo Yue also felt that it was completely enough, so he set off to Shanghai.

After arriving in Shanghai, Luo Yue first went to see Li Songchen. At this time, Li Songchen was in the office and other officials of Shanghai were having a meeting to discuss the work arrangements for emergency rescue and disaster relief, and when he heard that Luo Yue had arrived in Shanghai, Li Songchen was also very happy, and immediately ended the meeting and rushed to the reception room to greet Luo Yue.

After the two met, Li Songchen said: "Commander Luo, why didn't you come to Shanghai without notifying you in advance, otherwise I would have better go to the dock to pick you up!"

Luo Yue said: "Mayor Li, you are also busy with things, and I don't have to be so troublesome when I come to Shanghai." ”

The two have already had several opportunities to work together, so they are very familiar with each other, Li Songchen was not polite to Luo Yue, and after letting Luo Yue sit down in his office, he said: "Commander Luo, to be honest, we have already made preparations now, and we are waiting for you to come before we can act, and now the flood has occurred in some areas." ”

Luo Yue smiled: "Why do you have to wait for us to come, you can carry out disaster relief operations first." ”

Li Songchen said: "This disaster relief was all carried out within the jurisdiction of the Qing court, so our disaster relief operation is not only facing natural disasters, but also human disasters, without the protection of the army, we would not be able to carry out disaster relief operations." ”

Luo Yue nodded, and said: "This time I first transferred 3 brigades to Shanghai to participate in the disaster relief, although it takes time for the army to be pulled out and assembled, but now there is a brigade stationed in Shanghai, after I went ashore, I have asked the brigade commander of the garrison, and he promised me that the army stationed in Shanghai is now fully prepared and can be dispatched at any time, so as long as the disaster relief operation begins, the army can participate at any time." ”

Li Songchen said: "That's great." As he spoke, he spread a map in front of Luo Yue, and said: "According to our understanding, the floods are mainly in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and the situation in Anhui is the most serious, and it is the most affected in Huai'an, Suzhou, Luzhou, and Luzhou, so we plan to find suitable places near these four places first, establish refugee camps, and shelter the affected people." ”

Luo Yue said: "Okay, I can send 4 fleets first, looking for a place to establish a refugee camp in these 4 places?"

Li Songchen nodded and said, "I will send some engineering surveying and mapping construction personnel to set off with the fleet, and by the way, bring some building materials, once the location is chosen, the construction can start immediately, which can also save time." ”

As he spoke, Li Songchen took out another drawing and opened it: "This is the standard drawing of the refugee camp, the standard refugee camp is mainly divided into three parts, one is the quarantine area, which is mainly to accommodate the affected people who have just been rescued, this is due to the catastrophe must have a major epidemic, and now it is the end of May, the weather is getting hotter, it is the time for various diseases to breed, so in order to avoid the spread of diseases in the refugee camp, each newcomer must first live in the quarantine area for more than 15 days, and isolate, inspect, and Cleaning and other processes to ensure that there is no disease before entering the living area. The second is the medical area, which is mainly to concentrate on sheltering and treating the sick victims, and at the same time to prevent the spread of diseases in the camps; the third is the residential area, which is also the main area of the refugee camps, after 15 days of isolation, it is determined that there are no disease victims can enter the residential areas to live, of course, we will not let them do nothing in the residential areas, and will organize them to carry out some production, self-help, and reconstruction activities. ”

"The number of refugees in each camp is between 100,000 and not more than 150,000, although in case of special circumstances, the camp can also be expanded, and the management is about 800-1,000 people, including no less than 300 medical personnel. However, these people can only ensure the basic order and daily management of the refugee camps, and the army's responsibilities are twofold: one is to protect the security of the camps, and to guard against bandits, bandits, and local regimental training forces, and also to contain the Qing army; second, to go to various disaster-stricken areas to rescue the affected people; in addition, if large-scale riots break out in the camps, the army's strength is also needed to quell them. There is also a certain chance that this situation will happen, because after the disaster, the people will have a vulnerable period psychologically, and they need to vent, and there are also those who are sick and isolated, and they are also prone to cluster incidents, and there are civil conflicts, some villages used to have hatred between each other, and now they live together, the contradictions may intensify in the refugee camps, and so on, these are potential threats, although we will try our best to avoid them in the management process, but there is no guarantee that these things will not happen. ”

Luo Yue nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I will arrange for the army to be stationed in the refugee camp." So when will the fleet to find a place to set up a refugee camp depart. ”

Li Songchen said: "Of course, the sooner the better, I think I'll set off early tomorrow morning." ”

Luo Yue said: "Okay, I'll arrange the fleet immediately, start loading the ship in the afternoon, bring all the things to be brought, and set off at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning." ”