It is 350 nautical miles from the port of Sabang to the port of Blair, and it takes 36 hours for a merchant ship to sail. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At 4 p.m. on February 11, Gong Zhou led the fleet to set sail to escort the 4th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the 13th Division to Port Blair, where it was planned to arrive on the morning of the 13th.

The time on the warship was boring, everyone mostly slept in the cabin, only the public was in high spirits, and bragged and farted with some staff officers in the command room.

A staff officer asked Gong Xing: "Commander, we only occupy Port Blair, why don't we occupy the islands along the way?" “

"As long as we occupy Port Blair and declare sovereignty there, there and the surrounding islands will be all our territory, there is no need to occupy them one by one, otherwise it will be too troublesome to just replenish, and it is not good to disperse the defense, it is better to concentrate our forces together for defense, if there is a problem, our warships can arrive in more than 10 hours, and we are not afraid of the enemy attacking."

"Commander, what are you going to do with those British prisoners on the island?"

"It's a prisoner to the UK, but it's not necessarily a prisoner to us, it's probably a treasure. If you don't understand, then let this commander teach you, study hard. You should know that there is an old Chinese saying, the enemy of the enemy is the friend, since they are British prisoners, there must be people there who hate the British, those people are the people we can use, and then there are those who cannot be used by us, there is no forgiveness, and the rest are naturally our own people. “

"Understood, Commander."

"Commander, we captured 3 British light cruisers last time, did Your Majesty reward us?"

"You kid is a money fan, now that the kingdom is attacking from all sides, Your Majesty has time to think about this problem, by the way, there is no reward for you, Your Majesty is very good to this commander, from the past captain to the current commander, ahahaha."

"Congratulations to the commander, congratulations to the commander, I heard that His Majesty has assigned one of the light cruisers to our fleet, why don't you have a crew, our battleship is very nervous."

"I know what you want to fart as soon as you kid opens your mouth, you want to be the captain of a light cruiser, this time you have no drama, I am going to award this place to the captain of the destroyer who has captured the most British and Dutch merchant ships this month, all of you captain-level officers can compete for the position of destroyer captain, and if you compete for the post, I will discuss with Staff Officer Yang and promote you to a major officer."

"Thank you, Commander, for providing this opportunity to everyone, our kingdom fleet has captured so many warships this time, can we fight for a few more opportunities?"

"There is not much hope, not only have we achieved fruitful results, the other warships are not bad, and a large part of the warships will be handed over to the Archipelago Military Region for use, it is estimated that no one is willing to go to the Archipelago Military Region, even if they are promoted to a level, they are not willing to go, so I didn't do this villain. But when we go back, let's consult the brothers, and I'll leave this matter to you, and see if there is anyone willing to go to the Archipelago Military Region, but I'll apply for it, and it's hard to say whether it will succeed. ”

"Yes, commander, the fleet of the Archipelago Military Region is a pension institution, and if you go, you won't have any military exploits even if you get old, and it is estimated that you don't want to go much. I'll report back to you when I get back. ”

"Hey, I don't know if Your Majesty remembers to give me a promotion?"

"Commander, rest assured, this time Your Majesty only reminded you of your official position, as for the military rank, I definitely want to see our results, it is considered a probationary period, besides, Your Majesty has been too slow recently, and Deputy Chief of General Staff Li is too busy, it is estimated that the war will be over."

"What you kid said is right, it's not that Your Majesty forgot, it's that Your Majesty is too busy."

With the loss of time, at about 6 o'clock in the morning of the 13th, the fleet arrived at Port Blair, where there is now no infrastructure, not even a port.

The merchant ships were able to move along the river and found a place with gentle currents to unload their ships, but fortunately this time there was no heavy equipment, and it was still difficult to unload the cargo.

The battlecruiser had no way to dock, and the public had to wait in the open sea.

Seeing this mountain of warships, at first, the exiled prisoners on the island thought that the British government had come to destroy them, and then after seeing that the flag hung on the warship was not the British flag they were familiar with, and it was definitely not a British warship, many people knelt on the ground and cried, living on this desert island for many years, many people were stupid, thinking that there was no chance to leave in their lives, and now seeing the arrival of warships from other countries, they know that this is a change of owner. In order to behave well, the prisoners on the island began to offer to help unload the ship.

There are still a lot of people and a lot of strength, more than 2,000 exiled prisoners, fighting for work, are about to fight, the battalion commander asked them to line up in several teams, respectively responsible for unloading a few ships, work in an orderly manner, so efficient, originally planned to unload the goods in 4 hours, now it only took 2 and a half hours, so that the battalion commander is very satisfied with the enthusiasm of these people.

However, he began to worry that the supply of materials was not enough, looking at the emaciation of these people, he must not be able to ignore it, the food plan for 1,000 people this time was replenished for 2 months, and now he could not even be satisfied for 1 month, so he immediately wrote a letter and asked the torpedo boat to send it to the public.

Seeing this scene through the binoculars, Gong Zhou decided to make good use of these people, and after reading the letter written by the 4th Battalion, he replied to them, asking him to set up a simple dock within one month, so that the supply ships could dock in the future, and the workers were these exiled prisoners, and for those who behaved well, not only could they be fed, but under the condition of finding out their background, let them return to Sabang Port with the supply ship within one month, and those who were unwilling to participate in labor or still had illusions about the British were dealt with secretly; In addition, these exiles should be kept under strict guard to prevent them from seizing ships and escaping; After the construction of the port, arrange for these people to stay away from the port, and there will be submarines here to replenish in the future, and the news of submarines that cannot be exposed.

After unloading the ship, the company took the cargo ship back to Sabang Port.

After the 4th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment unloaded the first boat, the battalion commander ordered to boil some gruel first, let these people have a meal, 2 bowls of gruel per person, and thicken it at noon, and they could eat rice after 3 days.

After the meal, the battalion commander divided these people into 22 brigades, each brigade of 101 people, and then divided into 10 squads, and the team leader was assigned to lead the work in the future, and the amount of food for the brigade that could not complete the task was halved.

Of these brigades, the oldest one is responsible for cooking, and it is tiring to cook meals for 2,000 people.

Some of the other brigades were leveling the land, some were cutting down trees, etc., and some were busy building simple docks.

The barracks that are being built now are all thatched houses, and when they are stabilized, they need to apply for the construction of brick houses, and they also need cement and steel bars to build roads, docks, warehouses, fortresses, etc.

After the public returned to Sabang Port and told Li Zhaoshui and Yang Yili about his idea, they were very interested, but Li Zhaoshui said: "Your idea is very good, you are not professionals after all, I think this matter should be handed over to Li Minmin's kid, we have been working hard outside for so long, he has been moisturizing at home for a long time, add some material to them." “

The public hurriedly said: "Deputy Chief of General Staff, this is a good idea, but I can't let them take the credit for my work." “

"That's all you kid is doing? I originally wanted to move your rank, but seeing that you are so careful, let's hone more and hone it. “

Gong Zhou screamed, "Don't, Chief of Staff, I won't get involved in this matter in the future, so it's okay." “

"Look at your performance."