For the father and son, Yu Xiaobao's future way out is a big deal, but for the executive committee, it is not a big deal to select a few obedient and reliable people from the naturalized people to go to Guangzhou, and it was decided after a short discussion. Six crossers, plus 10 naturalized people, will form the second batch of people to go to Guangzhou. However, they had to wait for another two or three days for their departure, because among the materials required by the Guangzhou Office, such as sanitary ware, boilers, iron doors and windows, etc., had to be customized according to the dimensions they sent back by telegram, and no matter how rushed the work was, it would take a certain amount of time.

This group of people will take the "Haixun 02" ship, which has just completed maintenance, to Guangzhou, accompanied by several people under the Ministry of Shipping, who will be responsible for sailing the second-hand Fu ship newly purchased by the Guangzhou Office back to Shengli Port on the return trip.

It is worth mentioning that although Schneider and He Xi both believed that the security of the Guangzhou Office would not be too much of a problem, the Executive Committee still insisted on arranging more armed personnel in the second batch of personnel. Eight of the 10 naturalized civilians were selected from the militia and were issued with Type 27 flintlock pistols that had just been finalized and began trial production by the military industry. However, although the new gun has been finalized, it cannot be mass-produced in the short term, and almost all of the production capacity of the military industry department is used to rush the arms order for the production of "Fu Ruifeng", and there is no time to produce new guns for the time being. The Executive Committee also required a reserve of more than 300 arquebuses for the next step of selling them to the warring sides of the Vietnam Civil War.

In addition to the eight militiamen, the remaining two are Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi, the youngest son of Zhang Tiangui, a senior shipwright in the shipyard. This Zhang Tiangui is Yu Dashan's unforgettable competitor, Fujian people, has participated in the construction of a variety of civilian ships, warships, and later because of the war along the coast of Fujian, the family fell to Guangdong, when "Fu Ruifeng" first recruited people in Guangzhou for the group to buy ships, he recruited to Shengli Port. After arriving in Hong Kong, because of his shipbuilding experience, Zhang Tiangui was assigned to the shipyard, where he quickly showed his outstanding professional level and attracted the attention of the shipping department.

After research, the executive committee believed that it was necessary to give certain preferential treatment to Zhang Tiangui's shipwright, so it made an exception to raise Zhang Tiangui's labor level to the third level in a short period of time, and the speed of promotion was nearly twice as fast as that of Yu Dashan. Of course, if Cheng Dù is reliable, the Executive Committee is still willing to believe that Yu Dashan, who "joined the revolution" earlier, and the treatment given to Zhang Tiangui is more because of his ability.

However, although the number of laborers under Haihan's rule has exceeded 2,000, the number of third-level laborers is still extremely rare, and they can be counted on one hand, whether it is Yu Dashan or Zhang Tiangui, they are all key training objects. So for these limited number of people, who can be the first to be promoted to the fourth level of labor, is undoubtedly the first person in the real sense of the naturalized people, although no one will say, but in private they are more energetic, even if the selection of naturalized people to Guangzhou such a thing, it will also cause a small wave among the people. The senior foreman Yu Dashan and the senior shipwright Zhang Tiangui are undoubtedly the two most powerful in this competition.

Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi were both selected, symbolizing that the two sides were tied in this round, and Yu Dashan was quite satisfied with this result. The only regret is that the next time I met Shipwright Zhang, it seemed that I didn't have any sense of superiority to show him.

Yu Xiaobao didn't think there was anything wrong, he and Zhang Qianzhi were also classmates in school, and they got along quite well, and they didn't have the sense of competition between their parents. This time to go to Guangzhou to have such a small partner with him, it is a good arrangement for Xiaobao. The only regret he felt was that his best friend Fu Li had recently returned to Fu Shan Pass, and he was afraid that he would not have the opportunity to say goodbye, and he didn't know when he would come back when he went to Guangzhou.

Article 5 of the "Regulations on the Administration of Naturalized Residents," which has not yet been promulgated to the public, stipulates that "all naturalized residents who are stationed in important posts in other places shall give priority to those who are ideologically reliable and have family members or relatives living in the base camp." These ten people are all like this without exception, as for the ** impact caused by the "orphan mentality" that He Xi is worried about, it is still too early to say, and there will be no naturalized people from orphans to enter the military and political systems in the near future.

On 11 September, all the logistical supplies were finally ready and loaded onto the ship, and the second batch of personnel going to Guangzhou also boarded the ship at Shengli Port and prepared to leave. Just as the boat was slowly leaving the dock, Yu Xiaobao, who was lying on the side of the boat, saw Fu Li riding a bicycle at a gallop, and when he rushed to the dock trestle, the handlebar almost scraped several Haihan chiefs who saw him off.

Fu Li pinched the brakes almost when he was almost at the end of the trestle, and then raised his hand and waved vigorously at Yu Xiaobao on the boat, shouting loudly: "Xiaobao, have a good trip!"

Yu Xiaobao put his hands to his mouth and shouted loudly: "Fu Li, study hard!"

Yu Dashan stood on the dock and witnessed this scene, and muttered: "This kid still knows how important it is to study......

On the ship "Haixun 02" was Sun Changmi, the second-in-command of the shipping department. This time, the "Haixun 02" not only undertook the task of safely delivering this batch of manpower and materials to Guangzhou, but also used this itinerary to improve the work of formulating the route map between the two places, so as to make technical preparations for the future navigation between the two places. And Sun Changmi, who majored in navigation technology, is undoubtedly one of the best candidates to complete this task. In addition to Sun Changmi, the Executive Committee also specially recruited Dr. Morgan to accompany him, and the old Morgan, who has a wealth of sailing experience, will be responsible for the command of the newly purchased second-hand ship on the return trip.

Drawing the route is not difficult for the shipping department with a large number of precise charts, compared with the crew and sailors of the same era, the sailing efficiency of these sailing ships under the shipping department is undoubtedly much higher, and the work required is basically to follow the route that has been drawn on the computer to actually go again, and then carefully record the itinerary, so that the shipping department can work out the actual implementation of the voyage arrangement afterwards.

After leaving Shengli Port, "Haixun 02" turned southwest, bypassed Yalong Bay, and sailed straight to Tielu Port, the first stop of the trip. A few days ago, after Anxi put forward the new salt field development plan at the meeting, it also attracted enough attention from the Executive Committee, and for one of the candidate sites, Tielu Port, it took the opportunity of "Haixun 02" to go north to Guangzhou to arrange a field trip, so as to evaluate the local development possibilities in the future.

The area was originally inhabited by a small number of coastal fishermen, but in recent months they have gradually moved to Shengli Port, where living conditions are better, and it has gradually returned to a state of no man's land.

The southern end of the Iron Furnace Port is the Yalong Ridge that extends from the inland of Tiandu to the east, this mountain range stretches from east to west for more than ten kilometers, the south is the beautiful Yalong Bay, and the north is the Iron Furnace Port with hidden terrain. Judging from the map, there is a long and narrow valley between Yalong Ridge and the adjacent Baishi Ridge in the northwest, and the two ends of this six or seven kilometer-long valley are Tiandu Industrial Zone and Tielugang Harbor respectively. However, if you really want to open up this land passage in the future, the human, financial and material resources consumed will not be a small amount.

The sailboat zigzagged along the coastline until it entered the U-shaped bay outside the Iron Furnace Harbor, and then saw a narrow channel at the foot of the mountain at the southern end of the Yalong Ridge, which was no more than 100 meters wide, leading inland. Because of the cover of the Yalong Ridge at the southern end and the trees on the shore, it is difficult to find it without driving close, and the concealment is indeed quite good.

It is only after entering this narrow channel that you can truly see the wonder of the terrain. To the south of the channel is the towering Yalong Ridge, and to the north is the beach along the Yima Pingchuan River, separated by only one waterway, and the topography on both sides of the river is very different, presenting two completely different geological features.

"Judging from the map, this place is still a golf course!" Sun Changmi looked at the satellite map, and then looked at the barren beach occupied by mangroves in front of him, and said with emotion: "The vicissitudes of the sea, the creation is magical!"

"It would be nice to build a golf course in Sanya in the future. Morgan said with regret: "I also brought a set of golf clubs with me when I crossed over, and I really hope to have them useful one day." ”

"Don't worry, old Morgan, your clubs will come in handy. Sun Changmi comforted: "Even if the executive committee doesn't have this plan, you can buy a piece of land to build the stadium in the future." ”

"No!no!no!" Morgan waved his hand strictly, "We don't allow private buyers and sellers of land anymore, do we?" ”

Sun Changmi couldn't help but laugh and said, "Morgan, don't be so rigid?"

"I'm a doctor, and rigor is my ethic. Morgan was stubborn in his opinion.

On the other side of the deck, people from the Military Police Department were discussing the feasibility of building fortifications here. This time, except for Morgan, a multi-tasker, the Military Police Department only sent two members to travel, and after completing the inspection mission here, these two members will go north to Guangzhou with the ship to take up the security duties of the Guangzhou Office.

The Military Police Department sent two young men this time, Xiao Liang and Yu Yao, both of whom had only returned from the army about a year before the crossing. ”

The Military Police Department, as the real power department in the crossing group, also has the strongest personnel strength, except for a limited number of people, most people do not know how many good goods are hidden in the personnel files of the Military Police Department. Since the last incident of Qian Tiandun, the Military Police Department has been much less suspicious when recommending candidates to the Executive Committee, and even Meng He, who has always liked to sing against the Military Police Department, has learned a lot and has directly voted in favor of the candidates recommended by the Military Police Department to go to the Guangzhou Office.

Xiao Liang pointed to the mountain range to the south and said, "According to the information we have, there is a large quarry here in the later generations, and if you need to build shore fortifications, this is indeed a good location." ”

"I don't think it's difficult to repair the fortifications, it's just to send more laborers, and the real difficulty is after the completion of the work. Yu Yao was obviously not as optimistic as Xiao Liang, shook his head and said: "Look at the coastal defense artillery fortifications that Shengli Port is building now, the artillery positions are not enough, and it is said that it will not be fully deployed until the middle of next year at the earliest." If we build a fortification here, when will we have to wait until an effective defense system can be formed?"

Xiao Liang shook his head and retorted: "There are many reasons why the shore defense artillery in Shengli Harbor cannot be deployed in place. Mr. Yan is now bent on bringing the shore defense artillery of Shengli Harbor directly to the specification of heavy artillery of more than 24 pounds, and the production capacity of military industrial units cannot keep up! A narrow waterway like Iron Furnace Harbor can be blocked by only a few 6-pounder or 12-pounder guns, and there is no problem for the military industrial department to use this kind of gun. Moreover, the channel here is S-shaped, and we can arrange the batteries on the dark side, so that even if the intruders have heavy artillery with a larger range, they will not be able to pose a threat to our fortifications outside the channel. When we enter the fairway, we will use accurate cannons to call them one by one from the heights. ”

"It's easy to say, but it's not that simple. Yu Yao did not agree with Xiao Liang's blind optimism: "I'll just say one thing, how do you solve the problem of gunners? A 6-pounder gun needs at least four gunners, and a gun over 12 pounder requires six gunners.

Although most of the people in the military and police department are solid supporters of the "big bombing doctrine", advocating artillery to wash the floor, and the barrage Xu Jin is a combat strategy that does not leave any vitality for the opponent, but in actual operation, in addition to the various technical problems encountered in the production of artillery, the biggest difficulty lies in the training of gunners.

At present, whether it is materials or personnel, the artillery training plan of the military and police department is still in a relatively embarrassing situation. During the development of the Black Earth Port, in order to save enough gunpowder for the local area of the Black Earth Port to open mountains and build roads, artillery training had to be suspended for a full month. At present, the military industry is still the main object of production of 6-pounder guns and 12-pounder guns, and there is no spare capacity to manufacture larger caliber guns, and the construction of coastal defense artillery fortifications has been delayed to a certain extent.

Training a qualified gunner and mastering the basic artillery process is just an introductory course, and if you want to really exert the power of artillery on the battlefield, then the artillery must be proficient in more combat skills. How to observe and measure the target, suppress and destroy the enemy's artillery and command system, and support and coordinate with other arms of the enemy in combat -- these combat skills and related tactics must be trained through long-term training.

Although the indigenous militia is very obedient to the command and has a certain enthusiasm for training, there are still two fundamental problems that the instructors cannot solve now. The first is the issue of culture, more than ninety percent of these militiamen are illiterate, and the vast majority of them simply cannot understand the observation and ranging method that the instructors are talking about, let alone the advanced knowledge of using the angle of artillery firing and the amount of charge to adjust the trajectory. Even though the instructors have produced detailed shooting tables for the militia gunners to memorize, there are very few people who can actually understand and apply them.

The solution to this problem can only be left to time, and there is still a feasible way to familiarize the militia gunners with the performance of artillery through long-term training, but the other problem is not so easy to solve, and these militiamen have never been on the battlefield at all, and they do not understand what the situation is on the battlefield, let alone understand the tactics such as "fire support" and "infantry and artillery coordination" that the instructors say.

This disadvantage is not obvious in the usual training, and the militia gunners only need to carry out the orders of the instructors step by step. However, if the command of the crossing crowd is lost in the actual battle, then the ability of these militia gunners to judge the situation on the battlefield will be greatly reduced, which has been confirmed by several exercises. The militia gunners who did not have the command to deal with the unexpected situation on the battlefield were completely incapable of responding to the set battlefield situation, and did not know how to complete even the most basic "artillery cover infantry advance" order, which was not a situation that the military police department wanted to see.

At present, the military and police department's coping strategy is to find a number of modern war movies from a large database, intercept some representative battle scenes from them, regularly organize militia gunners and grassroots commanders to watch them, and have instructors explain specific tactics, so as to help these militiamen who have no idea what war is in their minds to establish a concept of combat and tactics.

Of course, the progress of this way of "watching movies to learn tactics" can be said to be very slow, except for a very small number of talented people, the vast majority of people will not really understand the meaning of "tactics" in the mouths of instructors, even if they watch it ten times and a hundred times. This is just like those military houses who love to watch war movies in later generations, even if most people watch it for ten or twenty years, their military level will still only stay at the real war on the Cheng dù of the keyboard military strategist, after all, it is two completely different things from movies.

Having said that, no one actually experienced a large-scale war scene, and the two armed clashes that took place in Victory Harbor after the crossing were the only two battles that most of the people in the Military Police Department experienced in their lives. Although the instructors have received systematic training in military skills, it is difficult to explain to the militiamen any specific combat experience, and the training effect is naturally very limited.

Both of them gave up the idea of continuing the argument, because before they came out, they had already vaguely felt that the attitude of the top brass of the military and police department was still inclined to choose the location of Tielu Port, because compared to Yinggehai, another site to be selected, the terrain here was already quite favorable to the defense side, and the sea and land were adjacent to the current Executive Committee's control area, and the development of this place was more in line with the development strategy of the Executive Committee to build a "Greater Sanya".