That night, Lin Xiao summoned Chen Yiming, the battalion and company commanders at home, as well as Zhou Gong, Cao Gong, Sun Gong, Lu Gong and others for a meeting.

Lin Xiao's new headquarters was in the barracks at the foot of Dadun Mountain, and under the bright lights, in front of a long table covered with dark green military blankets, everyone gathered together.

According to Lin Xiao's suggestion, the meeting mainly discussed two contents, the first is the short-term construction goals and medium- and long-term development planning of the base; The second is the issue of adjusting the deployment of troops and sending troops for a counteroffensive.

The first content is mainly conceived and planned by Cao Jiawen and Zhou Xiaojie.

Cao Jiawen is mainly responsible for the construction and operation of the arsenal, and the short-term goal is to produce 3,000 flintlock pistols and 50 breech guns, and the raw materials used are the special steel brought by the "Longsheng", which requires more than 100 tons of materials.

The supporting lead shots, iron bullets and black powder raw materials are temporarily provided by Annan, and the arsenal is responsible for the post-processing, the same black powder raw materials, Cao Jiawen only needs to improve the ratio of nitrate, sulfur and charcoal, and can easily improve the explosive performance to a grade, which is the most mature formula in later generations, and even ordinary fireworks and fireworks factories can produce the best black powder; Lead pellets for flintlock pistols were prepared for the direct production of Mini bullets.

Cao Jiawen's long-term plan is related to Zhou Xiaojie's progress, if the chemical plant and smelter go well, the arsenal can produce fixed-charge bullets, then at least the recycled cartridge casing can be used to reload the bullets, and at that time, the troops will not have to save bullets, and can even directly produce modern breech guns across generations for the needs of army expansion.

However, since the arsenal was a highly classified unit and was not suitable for recruiting local workers, Cao Jiawen suggested that the interns and some seafarers should be used as skilled workers for the time being, and he and Sun Lei would be responsible for the training.

Zhou Xiaojie is responsible for a large number of projects, mainly the construction of hydropower stations, chemical plants and metal smelters.

The generator set of the hydropower station is ready-made, two small hydro turbine generator sets were found in the container, each with an installed power of 500 kilowatts, the dam address has been preliminarily surveyed, there is a place called Danzhujiang Village about six kilometers away from Fangcheng Town along the upper reaches of the Fangcheng River, the narrowest part of the river is only more than 50 meters, and the terrain on both sides of the upstream is higher, it is a more ideal dam building site.

Given the small amount of cement, Zhou envisioned a hybrid dam with reinforced concrete as the skeleton and sand and gravel in the middle, which would greatly save valuable steel and cement.

After the completion of the hydropower station, it can fully meet the power needs of all the industries and lighting in Fangcheng Town, and there is no longer a need for the diesel generators of the "Lufeng" to work, and these small diesel generators can play a role in the newly opened base areas in the future.

After the completion of the hydropower station, the power problem of the chemical plant and smelter was solved, and the construction could start immediately, and the site was chosen at the foot of Sheshan Mountain, which is across the river from Fangcheng Town, where there is a large area of hillside wasteland and small forests, enough land for two factories.

After the completion of the chemical plant, soap will be mainly produced in the near future to accumulate glycerin, and ammonia will be produced after the raw materials are solved, so as to produce nitric acid and sulfuric acid, so that the problem of smokeless gunpowder can be basically solved; The smelters mainly smelted steel, copper and lead, as well as small amounts of mercury, which was necessary for the production of mercury, and some of the mercury could be purchased through medicinal herb dealers in this era.

"There are two key issues, one is that the cement needed to build the blast furnace must be guaranteed; Second, there is a need to recruit a group of technical backbones and general workers, who can be recruited among literate refugees...... As for the technical backbone, I need to compete with Lao Cao, and in the future, the young seafarers will also give me a few. Zhou Xiaojie finally said.

"This is no problem, when your factory is built, the recent production task of our arsenal has been completed, and we can give you half of the people." Cao Jiawen interjected.

"Let me add a few words, the workers of the dam building and the factory recruit you to check by yourself, if you have difficulties, you can go to the head of the Yixing Dart Bureau, Mr. He, or find Mo Yuanwei...... As for the arrangement of workers' families, I envisage the creation of a family living area in the refugee area, with priority given to the families of soldiers and workers. ”

Lin Xiao added with a deep groan.

"As for the supporting brick and lime kiln, as well as the bamboo and wood processing factory, I have already talked to Mr. He, we will pay for it, and they will organize manpower to expand, and in the future, Lao Cao can directly find him when it comes to the manufacture of gun butts, furniture, etc."

"Okay." Cao Jiawen replied.

"One last question...... I want to ask Lao Zhou, do we have the ability to build a cement factory? Cement is needed everywhere, and the existing cement is simply not enough? ”

Lin Xiao frowned and asked in a deep voice.

"I have calculated this with Lao Cao, because we are all small factories, except for a few reactor towers and blast furnaces that need cement, the houses and roads can be simplified for the time being, and the rest is the cement that is needed to build the dam, which is barely enough for the time being." Zhou Xiaojie replied with a deep groan,

"However, the matter of the cement factory, wait for me and Lao Cao to study it, at present, the materials are no problem, quartz sand, lime and coal ash are ready-made, the main difficulty is whether Lao Cao can build a qualified ball mill."

Cao Jiawen replied without thinking: "As long as you can provide the drawings, with the level of my lathe, I promise to make it for you." ”

"Here's the problem, I've seen this thing, but I'm not familiar with it,"

Zhou Xiaojie scratched his head and said with a smile: "Hurry up Ming'er, I'll go check the database, right?" See if there's any relevant information. ”

"Zhou Gong, can I help you check?" Sun Lei, who had been silent for a long time, interjected.

"Okay, then it's going to trouble Sun Gong."

"Okay, a few hard work." Lin Xiao answered: "Everything is difficult at the beginning, what are the difficulties, our troops will do their best to help you, I believe that with our strength, we will be able to take the lead in lighting up the science and technology tree, then our Chinese nation will be far ahead of the world and become the first industrial power in this century." ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

"When my factory starts, your troops will provide support for the raw material problem?" Zhou Xiaojie said with a smile.

"Okay, we'll try to do that."

Lin Xiao replied with a smile, and then looked around at everyone, "Then let's discuss the second issue?" ”

"In view of the current situation in Fangcheng and Qinzhou, I would like to liberate the first battalion, and the second company will withdraw from the first line of the Qisha Fort and hand over to the sailors to be stationed; The Third Company withdrew from the Bailong Peninsula and handed over the task of vigilance to the Baggage Battalion, which, in addition to sending a force to be responsible for security, the main task of the main force at present was to make every effort to build a hydropower dam. ”

"Yes." Li Hanzhi, the commander of the baggage battalion, saluted and responded.

"The construction of the improvised barracks and roads has been basically completed, only the workers' living quarters are still being completed, and the refugee resettlement area in the Fangcheng town is about to start.

"The construction of the first and third battalions, the workers' living quarters and the refugee resettlement areas will be handed over to Mr. He, and you will be given three days to quickly raise carts and horses to load grain and grass, prepare enough ammunition, complete all pre-battle preparations, wait for orders, and start at any time."

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Ding Shuai, the commander of the first battalion, and Zhu Yujia, the commander of the third battalion, stepped forward and saluted.