A faint white light appeared at the intersection of the sky and the sea in the east, slowly expanding between the dawn and the crescent moon, and the night was about to pass and a new day was coming.

In the cabin of the Longxing Island, the lights were basically dim, and most of the crew members were still sleeping soundly at this time. However, the conference room on the Longxing Island was brightly lit, and in a room of less than 40 square meters, there were more than 30 people sitting, filling the entire conference room.

Among the people present, in addition to all government functionaries present, there were Jiang Duyun, captain of the Longxing Island, and Li Ke, the first mate; Liu Mancang, the captain of Yongxing Island; Li Fuquan, the first mate; Xu Bin, the captain of Qingshan Island, and Wang Zhuo, the first mate; the management personnel of the three ro-ro passenger ships, as well as the management personnel of the evacuation of overseas Chinese, a total of 26 people.

The so-called ro-ro passenger ship is a type of ship that integrates passenger carrying and loading transportation, and the goods carried can enter and exit the cargo warehouse through its own power. The meaning of the word "roll" refers to: the use of a tractor to tow a semi-trailer or wheeled pallet carrying a box of cargo, or other pieces of cargo, through the ship's nose, tail or porthole springboard, directly in and out of the cargo hold loading and unloading, and each deck is connected with a ramp or lifting platform to communicate with each other, which can be used for direct vehicle traffic.

Longxing Island, Yongxing Island, Qingshan Island is the same type of ro-ro passenger ship, a single ship cost of 518 million yuan, a total length of 167.5 meters, a width of 25.2 meters, a displacement of 24,570 tons, an approved capacity of 1,400 passengers, a vehicle line of 2,000 meters, a maximum speed of 19 knots, equipped with 4 lifeboats, each boat can carry 112 people, plus a life raft, can carry all passengers on board, the crew of 28 people, other staff between 70 and 80 people, and the top of the ship is also equipped with eight large solar panels, when the sun is sufficient, only these eight solar panels can maintain the basic power of the whole ship, without the use of generators to generate electricity, thus greatly saving fuel and increasing the range.

In addition, on these three passenger ro-ro ships, there is also a helicopter rescue platform and a helicopter hangar, which can carry a light helicopter weighing about five tons for maritime search and rescue, dealing with emergency affairs, etc., this time to participate in the evacuation mission, carrying an H425 helicopter, that is, the civilian version of the Z-9 helicopter.

Although these three large sea vessels are positioned as ro-ro passenger ships, integrating passengers and cargo, they are not only very powerful in carrying cargo, but also have a very luxurious passenger configuration on board, with luxury double-decker passenger front hall, VIP suite, cinema, Internet café, tea room, etc., and a large canopy is also set up on the open-air deck, and equipped with corresponding lighting, seats and radio sound, passengers can enjoy a romantic journey at sea. Therefore, this time the evacuation of overseas Chinese from the Middle East region sent these three luxury ro-ro passenger ships, so that the evacuees can live more comfortably during the process of returning home. In addition, it can also load some equipment and vehicles.

This time, the people evacuated from the Middle East were mainly Chinese engineers stationed in the Middle East, and there were also a small number of tourists and other people who went to the region for other reasons.

Before the outbreak of war in China, China mainly had three large-scale engineering projects in the local area: one was to build a large port for the country, which could berth 100,000-ton large ships, and also to bring a dry dock that could accommodate 10,000-ton ships for the maintenance and repair of ships. The third is to build a power plant, which is actually a supporting facility for the port and the oil field, because it requires a lot of electricity to pump oil or operate the port.

In addition to the dispatch of engineering and technical personnel, there is also a project department, stationed in charge of the project management personnel, and are the leadership of the enterprise, not only the state civil servants, but also the administrative level is not low, the project leader is the deputy department level, and other management personnel also have section level. Therefore, it can be said that the 30 or so people sitting here are basically high-level personnel in the forefront of the fleet, except for military personnel.

After returning to Longxing Island from Kunming yesterday, the two leaders of the administrative officials, Wang Yunpeng, an official of the State Council, and Xu Jichao, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, decided to first disclose the fact of the fleet's crossing to the 26 people.

However, at the beginning, naturally everyone didn't believe it, and someone questioned them on the spot, accusing them of playing pranks at this time. But not only Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao swore by it, but others also testified for them, and the two also cited some abnormal examples, such as no satellite signals, networks, being able to see the land, positioning of the automatic positioning system, and so on.

As a result, the captains, first mates, and others of the three RoPax ships began to waver, precisely because they were all technicians and knew about these unusual events. Later, the administrative staff showed some of the pictures they had taken, and the others were a little loose, of course, not fully convinced, after all, pictures and everything can be faked.

And Wang Yunpeng also said that he does not require everyone to believe in the fact of crossing immediately, and will only be able to see it tomorrow when he arrives at Dagukou and goes ashore. And now it's just a notice to them in advance, so that everyone can have a mental preparation, so as not to cause everyone's psychological imbalance when the facts appear. But ask everyone to keep their mouths shut and not reveal it to the rest of the ship. Also, when it's officially announced, ask them to help calm the mood of the others.

Of course, this request is not excessive, and everyone has the mentality of "it doesn't matter if he is true or not, I will know tomorrow anyway", so they have no objections. Wang Yunpeng also asked everyone to take turns to rest tonight and ensure that there were people on duty on the ship, because tonight six warships will leave the anchorage site to participate in the battle to attack Dagukou, and only one rescue ship and two patrol boats remain here, so tonight's garrison force is very empty, and it is necessary to strengthen the vigilance affairs on board.

Of course, everyone has no objection to this, and they all said that they will make relevant arrangements after they go back.

After dinner, Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao gathered all the administrative staff to discuss some situations that might be encountered after going ashore, as well as things that should be dealt with urgently.

At this time, everyone's mentality has been adjusted, and they have begun to consider their own development in this era, and some people have indeed seriously thought about some things after going ashore, so they have their own opinions, and have started active discussions, and the atmosphere is very lively, to the point that a few things are listed, and the result is that it was not over until about ten o'clock in the evening. Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao were very satisfied with the results of the meeting, believing that after they went ashore, they would definitely be able to hand over a satisfactory result to the military, and in this way, the weight of the administrative personnel in the crossing group would also become very important.

It was not until more than five o'clock in the morning that the Taihu warships left behind first received a notice from the headquarters on the Kunming ship, saying that the crossing fleet had defeated the Eight-Nation Allied Forces stationed at Dagukou and annihilated the fleet of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, achieved a perfect victory, and occupied Dagukou.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Xie Teng, the captain of the Taihu ship, personally came to Longxing Island and informed Wang Yunpeng and Xu Jichao of the battle situation at Dagukou and the orders of the headquarters in person.

After the two listened, they asked Xie Teng to wait on the Longxing Island for a while, and then immediately notify the insiders on the other two Ro-Ro passenger ships, so that they could all rush to the Longxing Island for a meeting immediately.

And at this point, everyone can't help but not believe the fact that they have crossed, because the news of the victory over Dagukou has come, and the ships stationed at the port will set off immediately and rush to Dagukou to join the fleet, if Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and others are still lying at this time, it is too stupid, and more importantly, this meeting, and the captain of the Taihu ship, Xie Teng, participated on behalf of the military, and everyone still has a considerable degree of trust in the military. After Xu Jichao's words, everyone basically believed the fact of crossing.

However, after confirming the facts, everyone was silent for a while, although before that, everyone also had a certain amount of mental preparation, but after all, they were still skeptical, and now that the facts are confirmed, their hearts are a little unable to turn this corner.

Wang Yunpeng was prepared for this, because after he had just learned the fact of the crossing, he was also very disappointed in his heart, so he had already thought of his words, and said: "We can understand everyone's mood now, in fact, after we just knew that we had crossed, we were also sad, and it was very likely that we would never go back and never see our family again." But things have happened, and it is useless to say or think about anything now, and we had better face this era with a positive attitude. ”

Jiang Duyun, the captain of Longxing Island, was a little puzzled, and said: "Director Wang, now it was more than a hundred years ago, and even China did not exist, what can we do, who can we count on." ”

Wang Yunpeng smiled and said: "First of all, we are so many people who have traveled to this era together, not alone, everyone can unite as one, work together, help and support each other, it is better than fighting alone, not to mention that there are so many troops and warships with us, the PLA will definitely ensure our safety, and everyone should trust the PLA." ”

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