January 18, 1641

The Sea Blue, laden with supplies and personnel, set sail for Batavia again, this time with 30 army soldiers, in addition to transporting 100 beautifully crafted mirrors and steel-made knives to Batavia.

Ten of them will be sent to the embassy in Batavia to take care of the day-to-day security, while the other 20 will stay on Christmas Island to take care of the day-to-day security of the area.

Looking at the island not far away, Xiao Baitu took out a rough map: "That island is our goal, it seems that the environment is good." ”

"Yes, that's what you're all about, my Excellency the Executive Officer of Christmas Island, do you need me to convey to the Executive Committee for you?" Wang Tiezhu, dressed in a white navy combat uniform, came from behind and happened to hear the conversation between Xiao Baitu and He Yu, and asked jokingly.

"Commander Wang, please help me tell the Executive Committee, I will definitely build the Christmas Island transfer station, and I hope that everyone at the Manchester City base will not forget us."

"Well, don't worry, Xiao Xiao, when we return to Manchester City from Batavia, we will dock here to transport some of your daily necessities, but you can only endure the existing housing conditions."

"I know this, logging and building houses is also a good choice, and it is not too late for us to build buildings when the scale of cement production at the base expands."

Xiao Baitu expressed his understanding that the executive committee did not allocate a lot of cement and steel bars for the development plan of Christmas Island, although the ship was loaded with a lot of cement and other building materials, but they were all materials transported to Batavia to build the embassy area, if half of it was evenly distributed, not only the embassy in Batavia could not be built well, but the base of Christmas Island was also not built well, which would seriously lead to a delay in the construction period.

Therefore, after deliberation, it was decided that the early construction of Christmas Island was mainly wooden houses, and in order to allow Xiao Baitu to build a house and a simple dock for the corresponding ships to dock as soon as possible, he was specially allocated 200 indigenous builders, and this time they were also transported with the ship.

"I have ordered the assault boat to be lowered, and the supplies and men will be transported by the assault boat and the small wooden boat." Wang Tiehammer continued.

"Thank you, Commander Wang, I want to set foot on the island with the first batch of supplies." He Yu, who was standing on the side, said with some pleading suggestions.

As an officer and soldier stationed on the island this time, He Yu's task is to be responsible for daily patrols and protect the safety of the workers on Christmas Island. This time he brought with him a squad of soldiers, the best trained of the immigrant soldiers so far.

"Qiao Yan, Yu Shan, quickly gather your soldiers, we are about to land on that island." Makarov said with some excitement, because before he came out, he had already received a hint from He Yu that as long as he stayed on this island for a year or two, he could be promoted again when he returned to the mainland.

"Qiao Yan, why do you say that Martha Monkey is so happy, I heard that the island is very barren, and I don't know if there will be wild people or poisonous snakes on it, hey, this good day has only been a few days, and I didn't expect to be stationed in this barren place." Yu Shan sighed, and while sorting out his things, he said to his companion Qiao, who was also sorting out his belongings.

Regarding the complaint of his companion Yu Shan, Qiao Yan just smiled, then put on his packed military backpack, patted him on the shoulder, and walked towards the cabin next door.

On the deck, the 20 army soldiers who had been assembled were standing in one place for the final training.

"Report to the second lieutenant, all 20 soldiers of the first squad of the first company of the army have been assembled, please instruct." Makarov gave a standard salute and then reported the situation.

"Very well, Sergeant, now all of you, turn left and walk in unison, board that assault boat, and we will have a historic moment." He Yu said to everyone with a serious face.

When everyone and the staff had loaded all the supplies onto the assault boat, a Navy soldier in charge of the pilot started the assault boat and drove towards Christmas Island, which was only a few hundred meters away.

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Three hours later, all the supplies and personnel were delivered, and after saying goodbye to the staff who stayed behind on Christmas Island, the crew sailed towards Batavia.

By the time the Sea Blue arrived in Batavia it was about six o'clock in the evening, and the lighthouse in the harbor had lit torches to guide the ships entering the harbor in the dark.

In order not to misunderstand the Dutch, Wang Tiehammer ordered a few whistles to be sounded as a notification. The Dutch had heard the whistle of the Sea Blue as early as the last time they traded, so it should be nervous to hear it this time.

When the whistle whistled from the dark sea, and the strong searchlights installed on the deck of the Sea Blue shone directly into the port on the shore, the Dutch coastal guards who had already seen the magic of the Sea Blue were still amazed.

"The Sea Blue is here," Liu Yun, who was sitting and playing poker with three young men in an inn in Batavia that had been contracted by Liu Yun as the temporary office and living area of the Australian Embassy, said suddenly. Although they were far away from the port, Batavia City was not big at this time, and the night was relatively quiet, so he still heard the whistle very sensitively.

Hearing Liu Yun's words, a young man listened to the window with his ears sideways, and then shouted with some excitement: "It seems to be true, why is the Hailan coming this big night, let's go to the port and have a look." ”

When the three of them came to the port, the huge body of the Sea Blue had been moored two hundred meters away from the port, because the dock of the port was already crowded with many Western ships and Daming hard sailing ships. The only way to fully dock is to wait until the day when the ships are displaced or departed.

Looking at the assault boat that had already driven over, Liu Yun stepped forward to greet him: "Why do you come here at night, it is very inconvenient to dock at this time." ”

Zhao Shijie, who walked down from the assault boat, sighed: "The planned time was miscalculated, and it was originally estimated that the materials and personnel of the Christmas Road could be completely completed in an hour, but it took three hours, so it was delayed until now, and I went to your resting place to talk, and Lao Wang and they didn't come down." ”

Back at the inn, Liu Yun personally handed over a glass of water, "What is the mission this time, is there any good news to tell me." ”

Zhao Shijie frowned, and said with some embarrassment: "Yes, yes, but there is bad news for you, this is for you," Zhao Shijie, who drank water, took out a document covered with a big red seal from his bag and handed it to Liu Yun.

Liu Yun, who looked at the documents, smiled lightly: "That's it, it's okay, the executive committee just won't be withdrawn, and I plan to wait for you to propose it yourself this time, because after all, I haven't been in Manchester City for a long time, and I basically don't have the right to exercise the committee, and I have absolutely no opinion on giving up this position to others." ”

"That's good, originally Zhou Lao and the others were afraid that you would have opinions and emotions, let me comfort you, it seems that there is no need now, the materials on this list are the tasks of this time, and the urgently needed materials this time In addition to rice and white flour, the introduction of large livestock such as horses and ploughing milk cattle is urgently needed."

"It's not hard to find, but we may need the help of the Dutch, and we'll meet Van Dimen tomorrow." Liu Yun proposed.