On the east coast, which was considered a candidate for a cargo terminal, there was a recess into the interior, forming a natural small harbor, and the whole port area was a small plain near the sea surrounded by mountains on three sides, with an area of about two square kilometers, and the only access to the inland area to the west was a narrow valley about a mile long, and on the other side of this valley was the coal mining area, and the geographical conditions were simply unique. If you choose this place as the landing point for construction, then you only need to open a land passage about 1,000 meters long between the port and the mining area, and the mined coal can be transported directly to the dock for loading. In view of such convenient transportation conditions, the Ministry of Shipping gave a very high evaluation to this place, believing that it is the most suitable for the future port planning requirements of the places that have been inspected.

The view of the military police department is also intuitive, they believe that the geographical location surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea makes this place easy to defend and difficult to attack, which greatly reduces the defense area and defense pressure. The most important thing is that just three or four hundred meters away from the sea on the opposite side of the port area, there are two islands next to each other, one south and one north, which perfectly shield the eastern sea surface of the port area. This meant that ships entering and leaving the port area had to pass through the narrow strait between the two islands and the eastern coast of the mainland.

As long as the shore defense guns are erected on these two hilly islands, the entire channel entering and leaving the port area can be covered without dead ends with the shore fire prevention force in the north and south of the port area, which is undoubtedly the perfect terrain to defend against the enemy from the sea in this era. Almost as soon as they sailed into the sea, members of the Military Police Department who saw it with their own eyes voted in favor of choosing this place as a future cargo terminal and settlement.

Although geographically, choosing this location in the eastern mining area will be about two to three hours longer than the western mining area, the geographical environment here is far superior to those surveyed in the western mining area two days ago. Especially from the point of view of military defense, the environment here is too good to be greater, and it doesn't take too much effort to build this place into an integrated defense fortress of land and sea that cannot be splashed by water, and the advantages in security are enough to make up for the shortcomings of this voyage.

Of course, this is not without its faults, the most important point is that it is far from the densely populated area, about 40 nautical miles from the nearest populated waterfront area, and even further away from the more densely populated Hanoi, which has to travel dozens of kilometers upriver along the Red River. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

Hanoi had been the capital of the Vietnamese rulers since the 11th century, and by the early 17th century it was already one of the largest cities in the entire Indochina Peninsula. However, Hanoi was still called "Tokyo" by the rulers of Annam, and although it sounds a bit incongruous, it was not until the 19th century that the city was renamed "Hanoi". Of course, the so-called big city is only in this specific area of the Indochina Peninsula, and compared to the scale of cities under the Ming Dynasty, Hanoi is only a second-rate lower scale.

Although the expedition team tacitly decided to select this place as the main base for overseas ore distribution, there was still no shortage of exploration work to be done. After the two sailing ships docked here, the Armed Guards escorted the mineral exploration team to land and began to move inland towards the mining area.

Although the place was a thriving city on satellite maps in later generations, it is still a dense jungle with no stretch in sight at this time, and it is clear that no one has ever set foot here.

"Looks like we need a strong logging team. The thought flashed through Tom Wang's mind, and he took the automatic rifle in his hand and walked quickly down from the gangplank to the shore.

Although the latitude here is much higher than that of Sanya, it is still in the tropics, so the forest vegetation situation has many similarities with Sanya. At the beginning of the landing, Tian Yeyou, who was also pulled into the logging team and worked as a strong man for a few days, recognized a lot of tree species along the way.

After spending nearly half an hour through the woods, the expedition reached the entrance to the canyon as shown on the map. At this time, they found themselves in a small trouble, the so-called canyon was actually a river valley, and the bottom of the valley was a small river flowing out of the mountains. Fortunately, there is a wide enough rocky beach at the bottom of the valley to get through, and you can even use the flat rocky beach here to build a railway to the sea.

However, Wang Tom is still worried about this unexpected situation: "If there is a heavy rain in the future, I am afraid that the river will wash away the passage here." ”

Qiao Zhiya, who has served in the engineering corps, is very optimistic: "It's not as bad as you think, the terrain of this river valley is relatively straight, we can build a straight passage in the valley a little higher, it is not difficult to say in engineering, but there are a few places that may need to be blasted." ”

"Our C4 explosives are only a few dozen kilograms. Tom reminded him.

"You don't need to use high-end goods like C4, the current black powder is fine, but the amount that may be required will be relatively large. Qiao Zhiya said as he looked at the terrain in the river valley: "Counting the mining, it will take one or two tons of black powder to do it...... It looks like I'll have to work overtime for a while after I go back. ”

After passing through the canyon, the team found a small mountain lake, which was small in size but the water was very clear. Tom Wang announced that he would stop here and rest for fifteen minutes before moving forward, if it wasn't for the mission, I am afraid that the team members would have taken off their lines and jumped into the lake to swim happily. Of course, until then, they won't forget to make sure that there are any Siamese crocodiles in this lake.

After a short rest, the expedition continued on its way, and after a few hundred metres of travel, they arrived at the pre-booked exploration site, which was more sparsely wooded than the seaside area. The team unloaded their backpacks, and except for a few personnel in charge of perimeter guards, everyone else took out sapper shovels equipped with special long handles.

"Good luck to us!" After Tian Yeyou finished speaking, he took the lead in shoveling the sapper shovel into the dirt under his feet.

After about ten minutes, the team members scattered all over the place dug up the black coal from the soil under their feet. Although this was expected, the team members couldn't help but let out a burst of cheers.

Three mining professionals gathered together the excavated samples and took the time to do a preliminary test. Tian Yeyou soon announced the results of the assessment: "The coal seam here is very shallow, but the quality of the coal is very high, and from the samples we just dug up, it is basically clean coal with very low ash content. Luckily for us, the coal buried under this mining site, whether it is used for thermal coal or coking coal, is a very good product!"

Tian Yeyou's appraisal results are just the beginning of the whole exploration work. Now that the coast has been largely selected as the port of the future, the area to be explored is not limited to the area that has just been excavated. Over the course of the day, all of the people in charge of the shore expedition took on the role of miners, digging a dozen sample collection sites over an area of nearly three square kilometres, so much so that everyone was exhausted when they returned to the landing site in the afternoon. A few of the weaker members didn't even wash their faces, so they plunged into the tent and fell asleep.

However, this is not the end of the exploration work, on the seventh day of the expedition, the work content is still led by the exploration team, wandering between the mountains and forests to dig ore samples. In addition to the coal that is everywhere here, the expedition team was lucky enough to discover a limestone mine, so that in the future, only a few cement kilns need to be built locally, and there is no need to cross the sea from Sanya for a long time.

After tossing and turning in the past two days, the team members finally understood why Tian Yeyou was always clamoring to change careers. It's only been two days, and everyone feels a little unbearable, but members like Tian Yeyou and them who are engaged in mining exploration have been staying in the field all year round, and carrying dozens of catties of ore specimens over the mountains and mountains is a common thing for them.

"When I go back, I must give you credit. At dinner, Tom Wang solemnly expressed his admiration to the exploration team.

Tian Yeyou waved his hand and said: "It's just a job, it's not a big deal, whether you make meritorious service or not, it has no impact on our industry, and we still have to continue to sleep in the open air." Instead of asking for credit, let's pick some apprentices and bring a group of apprentices out as soon as possible, so that we can be liberated as soon as possible. ”

Xie Chun agrees with this: "After we go back, we will jointly send a special report to the Executive Committee to implement what you said." I don't know if I don't do it, your work is really hard, much more bitter than our seamen, and this body alone is not something that ordinary people can hold. ”

"I see you've worked very hard in the past two days, but I didn't expect your small body to be able to hold up. Tian Yeyou praised with a smile.

"The past two days reminded me of the first two weeks that I had just passed, everyone was working hard, and at that time I was thinking, didn't we come through to enjoy the blessings, why did we become migrant workers?" Xie Chun shook his head with a smile, as if he was quite disdainful of the thoughts at that time: "But now I feel different, although I am tired, but I have enough motivation in my heart." ”

"What motivation?" asked Tom curiously.

Xie Chun posed at a forty-five-degree angle looking up at the sky, and said slowly: "This is our cause, this is our world!"

"Cut, will you die if you don't pretend to be forced?" everyone showed their middle fingers at Xie Chun without hesitation.