At six o'clock in the afternoon, the construction site of the hydropower station in the upper reaches of the Tiandu River. Tao Donglai held a tape measure in his hand and worked with Liu Shanxia and Xiang Zhinan to confirm whether the size of the pressure front pool was consistent with the design plan. The pre-pressure pool is a key facility to regulate the inlet flow of the hydropower station, and if the design requirements are not met during the construction, it will definitely leave a lot of hidden dangers for the future operation.

At present, more than 200 Ming and Li laborers from the nearby area have been gathered to work here, and more than 300 people have been mobilized to participate in the construction of the hydropower station, so it can be said that the manpower for the construction of the hydropower station has been fully guaranteed. In addition to the hydropower site, the Executive Committee even had the spare capacity to mobilize the logging team to continue the unfinished land access project from Base 2 to Shengli Port.

In addition, there is also good news from the mining site of Tiandu Iron Mine, where the Ming army captives in charge of quarrying have finally dug up the long-awaited iron ore the day before. The main project of the hydropower station has not yet been completed, and the plan for large-scale steel smelting has begun to be put on the agenda of the executive committee.

After a few people pulled the tape measure around the pressure pool and measured it several times, Tao Donglai got up and patted the dust on his hands, nodded approvingly: "Lao Liu and Lao Xiang have done a good job! I won't say more, the engineering team will add vegetables at night!"

As the first and second leaders of the hydropower station project, Liu Shanxia and Xiang Zhinan are indeed very tired these days, and the workers can work in three shifts, but the two of them are almost in two shifts, so as to ensure that the construction site runs 24 hours a day. Judging from the current progress and construction speed, it is very likely that the project will be completed before the flood season, as Liu Shanxia said.

Liu Shanxia grinned and said, "Mr. Tao, my old Liu patted your chest, when has it never been done!"

"Don't be too complacent, guard against arrogance and rashness, do your best to complete the construction of the project, and when the overall acceptance of the project is qualified, I will ask the executive committee to give you credit!" Tao Donglai admonished, but also did not hesitate to encourage his old subordinates.

Several people were discussing the next project plan, Yan Chujie hurriedly ran to the river, and shouted loudly to Tao Donglai, who was standing in the pool and pointing at the country: "Old Tao, come up, there is something urgent!"

Tao Donglai was stunned and said: "Those Li people are clamoring to exchange fruits for liquor again?

"It's not Li Ren's business!" Yan Chujie looked anxious, and he didn't care about hiding anything: "There is a situation over there in Shengli Port, and the military team is already preparing to dispatch fishing boats." （.）”

Speaking of which, Tao Donglai, who is also in the military group, still doesn't understand what happened, and dispatching fishing boats means that he may be in trouble. Tao Donglai hurriedly handed over the tape measure and drawings to Liu Shanxia and motioned for them to continue, and climbed from the construction site to the riverbank with his hands and feet.

"What's the situation now?" Tao Donglai asked anxiously as he followed Yan Chujie to the base.

"Just now, Sun Changmi contacted this side and said that the Yulinjiao outpost had found a convoy of six sailboats, which was approaching in the direction of Shengli Port. The personnel of the Ministry of Maritime Transport have already boarded the fishing boat and are waiting for the military police department to gather personnel to board the ship. Sun Changmi means that he hopes that our side will also be ready for reinforcements, just in case. Yan Chujie quickly informed Tao Donglai of the known situation.

"Don't prepare, gather the good men and hurry up to get the guns and set off! Now the No. 1 base is full of old people, women, and children, and the military and police department may not be able to take care of anything else, and besides, there are so many important materials in the No. 1 base, we can't afford to lose them!" Tao Donglai made a decision on the spot. The Executive Committee has long made a conclusion about the geographical location here, the port of Shengli Harbor has been deserted for a long time, there is no Ming garrison, and it is not on the route from Guangzhou to Manila and other South Asian ports, and the fleet that will come here is basically unlikely to be merchant ships, and nine out of ten are pirates.

Sun Changmi also mentioned one thing. Yan Chujie continued: "Tom Wang thinks that if the person who comes is really a pirate, then there are already pirate spies on our construction site, so it is best to control all the outsiders first!"

Tao Donglai couldn't help but tremble when he heard this, these days they are suffering from a shortage of manpower, and they have not done any identification or identity registration for the locals who come to work. No matter who comes, as long as they are willing to work on the construction site, they are all managed in this way.

This kind of extensive management is completely full of holes from the perspective of controlling regional security, but no one has ever been vigilant about it before. It wasn't until the situation happened in Victory Harbor that the biggest drawback of this system was finally raised: the lack of effective monitoring of the identities of employees. And Wang Tom's speculation is not unreasonable, if there is really a large number of pirates who plan to attack Victory Port, then it is normal to send spies to the vicinity before this, and in recent days, the large force of the crossing has moved from the No. 1 base in Victory Harbor to the No. 2 base deep inland, and the defense force near the coast has become extremely limited, which is undoubtedly an excellent time for potential attackers.

As for why the hypothetical enemy chose this time before dark to launch, Tao Donglai thought that this was also the opponent's cleverness, and both the attacker and the defender would face great trouble after nightfall, so the other party decided to launch an offensive before dark, try their best to solve the defensive forces, and use the arrival of the night to delay the rescue time, so that the traversers far inland would not be able to return to the aid at least the next day.

If the other party really plans to play this kind of trick, it will be like an axe in front of the traversers who have mastered the technology of the Zenith. Convenient means of communication, efficient command system, speed and firmness are far beyond the level of the time and space, and the North American gang soldiers stationed in Victory Harbor are even equipped with PVS15 infrared night vision devices, which are real local tyrant equipment, and any one can be enough to crush the opponent.

But the advantage of head-to-head confrontation does not mean that the other party has no way to make it bad, if there are really spies who get mixed up on the construction site and take the opportunity to make trouble, even if it only breaks a few generators, it is a loss that the traversers cannot bear. So the reminder from Victory Harbor is really timely, and it can be said that it wakes up the dreamer with a word.

Back at the headquarters, Tao Donglai immediately convened an emergency meeting of several committee members, and quickly took countermeasures. First, led by Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie, 50 members of the Military Police Department immediately returned to Base No. 1 by boat. Second, Ning Qi sat in the No. 2 base, and Gu Wei, as a representative of the military and police department, cooperated with the action, organized the reservists to control all the outsiders who were currently working here, and carried out identity verification overnight. Third, strengthen the guards at the hydropower station construction site and the material warehouse to prevent people from causing trouble. At the same time, the Executive Committee sold temporary privileges to the Military Police Department, which means that in exceptional circumstances, the Military Police Department can shoot without warning.

Ten minutes later, the support troops, who had completed the assembly and received their guns, began to board the ship at the pier and prepare for departure. The vast majority of these people had never participated in the first battle after the crossing, so the expression on their faces was inevitably a little nervous in addition to excitement. Yan Chujie was full of confidence, and gently patted the back of each soldier who boarded the ship to show encouragement.

This rescue team is not a rabble organized temporarily, but a dignified "rapid reaction force" under the Military Police Department, organized into a reinforced platoon, with Yan Chujie and Tao Donglai, two bigwigs of the Military Police Department, personally serving as the chief and deputy platoon commanders. The Military Police Department organized such a special team to quickly respond to all kinds of emergencies, and after the last attack on the fishing village, Tao Donglai led the team to rush to reinforcements, and today is the second time it has come in handy.

The soldiers were each issued with a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, two magazines and 50 rounds of ammunition, wearing an imitation American-style M88 helmet, a Yangjiang-like Italian extreme force tactical dagger on their waists, a domestically made jungle camouflage training uniform, and an assault tactical backpack containing water bags, flashlights, emergency medicines, military dry rations and other things on their backs. Military walkie-talkies were distributed to squad commanders, and the two senior officers were each issued with an Mk23 automatic pistol purchased by the North American Gang.

The complete set of American-style equipment that Yan Chujie stole from Wang Tom naturally aroused everyone's strong dissatisfaction again, and almost everyone, including Tao Donglai, expressed his contempt for him. Of course, more than half of this disdain is not because Yan Chujie's behavior is suspected of "admiring foreign flattery", but because this guy eats meat by himself, and he doesn't even make a bowl of soup for his friends to drink, which is properly unrighteous.

Yan Chujie couldn't explain it, even if he wanted to give it, Wang Tom didn't have so much inventory to distribute it to so many people one by one. You must know that these personal equipment are not the armaments and materials that the Preparatory Committee paid for and purchased in a unified manner, but were bought by people in North America with their own money.

However, although it can't be evenly wetted with rain and dew, at least a few people are still taken care of, such as Tao Donglai, who wears many hats and actually serves as the leader of the executive committee. Yan Chujie quietly told him that Wang Tom still had the same set of equipment, but there was no "right time" to send it out for the time being, and Tao Donglai, who understood it, decisively withdrew from Yan Chujie's team.

Although the motor on the boat was running at full power, the speed of progress was still extremely limited, which made Tao Donglai even more determined to open up the land passage between the two bases as much as possible. As soon as the overland roads are opened, the twenty mountain bikes in stock on the New World will be put to good use, and the time spent traveling between the two places will be at least half as long as it is today. Tao Donglai stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the river in front of him anxiously, and secretly prayed that there would be no chaos on the side of Shengli Harbor.