Regarding the shooting incident, after listening to the detailed report of the person concerned, Gu Jin decisively terminated the exploration activities of the Mishen River on the North Road.

At noon, he transferred all the Zhu Beiguo group to Li Sanduo's group, and asked the two groups to jointly map the waterways of the South Road.

According to the existing surveying and mapping results, Gu Jin believes that the exploration of the North Road has completed the task, and it is now the third day of the surveying and mapping operation, in fact, the mapping of the main river channels of the north and south rivers can be said to be basically completed.

In particular, Li Sanduo's survey of the South River channel, because the river bank is gentle, the topography along the shore and under the water is not as complicated as the North River, and the South Road actually penetrates 28 kilometers upstream of the Embury River in one go, which is one-third more than the North Road.

Moreover, from the mapping results, it can already be concluded that if you go inland along the Embuli River and find a landing site nearby, it should be the most convenient route to the mining area, and from the mapping results, the southern river is expected to be the main water transport route in the future.

Therefore, Gu Jin decisively terminated the exploration of the North Road, not to mention that some disturbing situation had just happened there.

When the sun went down and the sky was only a faint afterglow, all the dinghys returned safely to the mother ship.

Except for the suspected peeping incident in the North Road river this morning, the field mapping work in the past three days has been somewhat unexpectedly smooth.

And the results are also very good, according to the depth of the river and the conditions of the bank, there are at least three to five places along the northern and southern coasts suitable for the construction of more than 3,000 tons of docks, of which there is a deep water bay on the north bank of the Embury River and can even build a 10,000-ton dock, which means that the Nicole can dock, and only need to build a trestle about 50 meters long. Of course, some sections of the main river are a little lacking in depth and may require excavation and dredging, so it is impossible for the Nicole to dock directly in a short period of time.

However, there are no problems with the Pride class sailing boats with a displacement of 1,000 tons, which is of great significance for the future development of this mining area.

In the evening of the same day, after a meeting and discussion, it was finally decided to abandon the landing plan in the north-south direction, take the waterway of the Embury River in the south, find the landing site along the coast, and then hike north to the mine to collect specimens.

So Li Sanduo's group added a new task tomorrow---- to check if there is a "gap" along the Emburley River as Gu Jin said.

The gap that Captain Gu said was actually the mouth of some creeks or bare areas without trees.

These gaps are natural landing sites between the endless coastal jungles, and if no such sites are found, the landing operation will be difficult---- dense woods and branches on the banks of the river cover more than ten meters deep into the water, making it difficult for boats and people to enter, and even if they barely enter, who knows what dangers are in the branches? The poisonous snakes and poisonous insects in the jungles of the Australian continent are very famous all over the world!

To deal with such a natural barrier, many people suggest setting fire to the wasteland, according to the initiator of the arson, Lao Wang, there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by pouring gasoline and putting a fire, if there is, then pour gasoline again and put two fires!

However, not now, Gu Jin resolutely disagreed with arson, he thought that in this unfamiliar place, it was better to "quietly enter the village and don't shoot on the ground", the smaller the disturbance, the smoother our task will be completed.

At this time, Li Sanduo suggested that a river could be found as a shortcut to the inland, and from the map, there were many such small rivers on the north bank of the Embury River. And they have also met in the course of surveying and mapping in the past few days.

So on the morning of the next day, Li Sanduo's group rowed along the river again and inspected the way, and it didn't take long for Li Sanduo's news to come from the walkie-talkie, and they found a very big gap, which was the mouth of a small stream, which flowed into the Embury River from north to south, the mouth of the river was 30 meters wide, the water was 1.5 meters deep, and the water flow was gentle, and the location was 21 kilometers upstream of Embury. Although this river is not the farthest point that Li Sanduo and they have explored, judging from the map, it may be closer to the specimen collection point if you enter the river from here and then walk a waterway to the north.

So in the afternoon discussion, it was decided to go north from the mouth of the river and go inland, and based on the experience of previous explorations, it was possible to visually approach the famous mine along this north-south trending river.

One of the many lessons learned from past landing expeditions is that waterways are always safer and smoother than land, and if you can walk an extra stretch of water, you will be safer and smoother.

As for the overland route, it was all from the past, and it was not as easy as paddling in a boat with a machete in the jungle, and although there were dangers in the water, they were at least manageable compared to the dense jungle.

Then, Li Sanduo announced at the meeting that he intended to replace the old name of the Embury River with the name of the Mirror River, and the reason for this new name was not because the water of the river was clear and the water surface was as calm as a mirror, but because Zhou Rui, one of the crew members of the communication group, accidentally dropped his goggles into the river and did not catch them, so the team leader Li Sanduo had an idea and gave the river this name - to commemorate Zhou Rui's forever lost souvenir from the old world.

Everyone had no opinion on this, and it was unanimously approved.

Once the important matter of the exploration route is determined, the next thing is to recuperate, and everyone is very tired after doing it in the past few days.

Therefore, Captain Gu announced that the landing operation would start at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, and officially went deep into the land, and asked everyone to go back to the cabin early to sleep after dinner, especially those who have participated in the river survey in the past few days.

At seven o'clock in the morning of June 12, the exploration team members got up, and after breakfast, they began to make various preparations before landing and exploration.

It is relatively close to the equator, and the dry season is not obvious, but the weather in the morning is quite cool, and at half past nine, the exploration team set off half an hour early.

A total of 36 people participated in the entire landing and exploration operation, of which 24 people formed a landing expedition team, team leader Li Sanduo, deputy team leaders Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi, Ren Ke, **, Zhou Rui, Yue Chu, Ai Lushi, Lan Bo, Wang Liwan, Wei Dongli and other crew members of the Nicole participated in the operation.

The members of the landing expedition from the Nicole had one thing in common---- their military skills were relatively strong, and their fighting and marksmanship were among the top of the crew members who participated in the seafaring training.

Among them, the four brothers Rambo and Wei Dongli have also experienced real guns and live ammunition battles in the old world, although they are all records of failure, but the experience of failure is also an experience, which is better than those who have never seen real fire.

In addition, there are another twelve people in four small boats to follow behind the exploration team, these small boats are distributed along the main channel of the Jing River, relying on high-power walkie-talkies to form a communication relay to maintain the contact between the front and the mother ship, and can also support and respond in case of emergency.

The 24 members of the exploration team took eight small boats, numbered 1 to 8 boats, the captain Li Sanduo took the lead in the No. 1 boat, the deputy captain Zhu Beiguo was behind the No. 8 boat, and the No. 4 boat in the middle was Xu Zhi.

At this time, Li Sanduo did not order the fleet to enter the river immediately, but patrolled around the vicinity a few times, and after finding nothing abnormal, he let the boat he was in carefully row over.

The rest of the dinghy were on standby, waiting for Li Sanduo to send a safety signal.

After a while, there was a whistle in the river, and Li Sanduo's voice came from the walkie-talkie:

"Safety!"

So everyone rowed in, and the whole process was very quiet, and no one made a loud noise.

Everyone kept quiet and paddled all the way, and the people on the dinghy did not dare to relax for a moment, everyone watched their surroundings with vigilant eyes, and the muzzle of the gun was outward, as if they were facing a great enemy.