Section 10 Planning for Hong Kong
With the active activities of the People's Committee for Agriculture and Ye Yuming's active activities in the Ministry of Colonial Trade, the idea of implementing the agricultural system on Hong Kong Island was finally approved by the Planning Institute. (http://
[However, the idea of establishing a Reclamation Division in COAG was rejected by the Organization Division.] Minglang asked the Committee of Agriculture to first report a series of materials such as the specific reasons for the establishment of the Agricultural Reclamation Department, the establishment of the organization, the operation process of the organization, and the staffing plan. After the materials are ready, it can enter the approval stage.
Minglang gave Wu Nanhai a bunch of "standard materials." "Let him draw the gourd in the same way and fill it in according to the format. Wu Nanhai naturally pushed this pile of materials to Ye Yuming, who told him to be so enthusiastic about the cause of farming?
The organization was not formally established, and the team was set up first. He Yuming originally wanted to build an organization similar to the Construction Corps, and to create titles such as the 17th Regiment of the Third Agricultural Division, but the army expressed different opinions on this. Dongmen Fuyu said that it is okay for the agricultural reclamation system to use the principle of militarized organization, and the training department can also provide necessary assistance, but it must be different from the army in terms of organization and title.
In the end, it was decided to establish the agricultural reclamation system in Hong Kong, and the official name was "the 1st Wing of the 1st Division of Agricultural Reclamation in South China." "Publicly known as the Hong Kong Farm Reclamation United.
"The level should be according to the standards of the past, which is the so-called county and regiment level." Yu Ming said.
Wu Nanhai said: "It doesn't matter what level. Anyway, the first co-captain should be a veteran. I'm just a little worried, where do immigrants come from? ”
Lingao itself is still absorbing a large number of immigrants, and with the establishment of control over the entire Hainan Island and the deepening of development, the demand for foreign immigrants will only increase.
"Recruiting from Guangdong on the spot, Hong Kong's own population carrying capacity is not high" and the development potential is very limited. Orang Asli plus a small number of immigrants can meet Hong Kong's own needs. "target="_blank">)
Whether you are engaged in industry or agriculture, Hong Kong is not a suitable location. "Before 1949, Hong Kong's economic level was not only inferior to that of Shanghai, but also to be a cut behind Guangzhou. In the second half of the 20th century, Hong Kong was able to become an international city, the "Pearl of the Orient". "Four years later, we will benefit from the huge benefits gained as the only window for Sino-Western exchanges, as well as the supply of energy, fresh water, and grain and non-staple food from the mainland, which will be used as a "window" to maintain the normal functioning of the "window."
Of course, if you want to invest a lot of money in development, "it is still possible to turn Hong Kong into an industrial and commercial base." However, after research, Qige Institute believes that such an investment value is not large, and the situation of crossing the group before and after the end of the 125th Five-Year Plan is bound to expand in Guangzhou. No matter what kind of investment and construction you do in Guangzhou, it will be much more convenient than in Hong Kong.
After holding several successive working meetings on Hong Kong's development, Dude decided that Hong Kong is positioned as a trade window, a military base and a logistics transit center.
Hong Kong's geographical location is at the mouth of the Pearl River, and the fleet can use it as a base to shield the Pearl River and prevent hostile Shili from attacking the Pearl River along the river. At present, the officers and men have been defeated by the veterans, and the villages along the coast have been destroyed for self-defense, and "if the pirates take advantage of the situation, the economy and people's livelihood along the Pearl River will be seriously damaged."
As a deterrent to Guangdong: If there was any change in Guangzhou, the intervention fleet sent by Hong Kong could attack the city of Guangzhou in one day and night, and "the reaction speed was greatly improved" compared with the long time it took to set out from Lingao after receiving information in the past.
Hong Kong is in the middle of the Xiamen-Hainan route, and if the Zheng fleet wants to attack the crowd, it will be difficult to avoid the ears and eyes of the fleet stationed in Hong Kong. If the crossing people want to attack the Zheng family, Hong Kong is a very haode forward base, and a large number of supplies can be raised on the spot without having to be transported from Hainan, and the supply line is half shorter.
After this tone was set, the development of Hong Kong Island was curtailed. On the industrial side, after the efforts of the Ministry of Colonial Trade, Zuihou finally retained the project of a shipyard. The use of timber and manpower to build transport vessels in bulk is quite attractive to the company, and the shipyard itself can also provide ship repair services for passing ships.
The Ministry of Light Industry originally planned to set up a food processing plant in Hong Kong, but now it has to be temporarily cancelled due to water shortage, depending on the results of the exploration team's investigation of Hong Kong's freshwater resources. The Committee of Agriculture's reclamation plan is reserved. The political account itself is greater than the economic account, and the settlement itself also bears the task of garrisoning.
Based on the topography of Hong Kong, and with reference to the current economic scale and capacity of Lingao, the Qirong Institute decided that the development area of Hong Kong will be mainly concentrated in the north and south of Victoria Bay. That is, the small impact plain to the north of Hong Kong and the gentle slopes around Kowloon Tong.
The Navy's patrol fleet, which is now stationed on Hong Kong Island, has been formally reorganized into the Hong Kong Detachment of the Navy, and the Navy's Hong Kong Base Force has been set up in Hong Kong. It is located in the Western Link on the south shore of Victoria Harbour. In terms of land defense, in addition to the posts already set up by the detachment at the mouth of the Pearl River, such as Liyumen, Kuishuimen, and Panguitang, permanent forts were established at Longhu Mountain in the North Point and the West Ring Road, forming two initial support points in the east and west, and the two support points were connected by simple roads for troops to maneuver along the road. A number of additional posts were built along the road, making the road a defence line for the coastal development of Victoria Bay.
The original 852 base in Central was expanded into a large-scale trading base, with customs, warehouses, civil passenger and cargo terminals, slag terminals, markets, shipyards and water processing plants.
The Hong Kong Army and Navy Headquarters, radio stations, military warehouses and naval piers were set up at the Longhu Mountain Military Base in the West Ring.
The supply of grain, vegetables and poultry eggs on Hong Kong Island is mainly provided by reclamation in Kowloon Tong. The Reclamation Wing will be distributed in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the outlying islands: Kowloon Tong, Tseung Kwan O, Tsangyong, Sha Tin, Tai Po, Tung Chung and other places, and will build fortified cities with concentrated residences, mainly engaged in slag production, vegetable planting and aquaculture. Each city inspection is a battalion headquarters for agricultural reclamation, and the brigade is divided into several squadrons or squadrons. Each squadron built a village with a turret on its back. The cantonment team adopts the physique of all the soldiers, and has a basic militia. Not only will there be immigrants from other places, but all the local villages will be "settled"
Smaller villages will follow the "market village." ".
In the Tung Chung area of Lantau Island, a large-scale purification camp will be set up. Migrants from Liangguang and Fujian will first be purified here. And then it is diverted to various places. Taiwan's development plan will soon be put on the agenda. The establishment of clean-up camps on Lantau Island will shorten the sea crossing time for migrants.
The total strength of the garrison is a battalion-level garrison composed of three infantry companies and one artillery company. naval base units and naval detachments. The naval base unit was incorporated into a naval company for rapid response.
"These troops were enough in the early days...... "Explaining the East Gate of the garrison Ji Ge said, "there are still militias in the cantonment points that can be mobilized, and even if they cannot be used as combat soldiers, they are still enough to serve as miscellaneous soldiers and logistics." ”。
Skade proposed: In the current situation of insufficient troops, in addition to armed farm workers, a group of Li Miao mercenaries can be recruited, and 5~6 companies can be recruited to be stationed in various mountain passes on Kowloon and Hong Kong Island as mountain guard troops to block the passage of the Ming army or a large group of pirates. As for armament, it can be simplified: a bow, a machete, and a few grenades will do.
"Five or six hundred Li people and Miao people, and they are also separately established. I don't think it'...... appropriate," Wu Nanhai immediately objected, "even if they are to be recruited, they should be dispersed and served in the army."
"Let's talk about that." Dongmen Blowing Rain said, "I'm afraid the use of Li Miao's population is not so simple." ”