"I paid attention to it, and escorted the prisoners to board the ship, which cheered me up to prevent the prisoners from making trouble." Li Xuanzhu rode his war horse to the dock, turned over and got off the warhorse, and casually threw the reins of the horse to the guards behind him.

The second battalion of Li Xuanzhu has six companies, three infantry companies, one firepower company, one supplementary company, and one logistics baggage company, and each infantry company has four platoons totaling 189 people, plus the company commander and company deputy exactly 192 people.

Li Xuanzhu brought two companies and part of the baggage company, with a total of 480 soldiers, who would be responsible for the security of the entire advance colonization team, prisoner guards, patrol guards, remove and drive wild animals, escort expedition members, and other messy tasks, and if necessary, make cameo appearances as hunters and farmers, bringing valuable fresh meat to the colonization team......

on the pier

Under the vigilant gaze of a brigade of heavily armed soldiers, the numb Dutch captives walked up the gangway to the freighter and down to the cargo hold at the bottom of the freighter, where they sat down and waited to go to an unknown place.

When everyone went down to the warehouse, they would receive a large steamed bun, which looked bad in black light, this was cheap pasta ground from coarse grains mixed with black beans, the food of the captives during the voyage of a day and a night, and in the bilge there were a few large buckets filled with clean water, some small buckets for defecation, and nothing else.

Duan Qirui stood proudly at the bow of the ship, one hand naturally resting on the handle of the saber, and the other hand on the revolver holster, watching the captives enter the cabin with a cold gaze.

The 3,000-ton ship has two levels of cargo holds, with a large square lifting port in the middle, and all the more than 1,600 prisoners will be crammed into the second level of cargo holds.

By the way, there were also some steel building materials, which took up a lot of the bilge, and the captives had to crouch on the cargo piles for the journey.

Anyway, it's more than 30 hours of flight, and it's over with patience.

The ship was escorted by a company, the soldiers set up tents on the decks, and the platoon-level officers were assigned separate cabins with cigarettes, coffee, toffee, and perhaps veal steaks for dinner.

"Deputy Company Commander Duan, it seems that the 800 people in the bottom warehouse can't be squeezed, and it's already crowded with more than 600 people, what do you think?" The platoon leader below ran to ask for instructions.

"What to do? 800 people in a cabin on the first floor is 800 people, otherwise what? Why should I send another luxury cruise ship to arrange for you, or else let your tents out? Duan Qirui reprimanded with a cold face, this kind of fool who runs to the chief at every turn has absolutely no future;" Think about it, are you vegetarian with the butts and whips you have? ”

"Got it, let's do it."

The scolded platoon commander vented his anger on the soldiers, and the soldiers then raised their whips to vent their anger on the white captives, and after a burst of howls of chickens and dogs, the bottom compartment was successfully filled with 800 people.

The soldiers were so brutal that there was a commotion among the white captives who boarded the boat behind, and they quickly became honest under a whip.

On this pristine island, far from the mainland, not a single captive would think of escaping.

Poisonous snakes, vampire leeches, virus-spreading mosquitoes, wild dogs, wolves, crocodiles, elephants and the world's most venomous and deadly birds, are dangerous to enter alone, and you will never survive for more than a week.

Duan Qirui looked around with a cold expression, most of the white captives had already entered the cabin, and there were only more than 100 Liao Liao people behind, seeing that the loading work was over, and he was about to turn around and leave, there was another commotion in the captive team.

"I'm a captain, and I'm asking for treatment befitting my status, and I'd like to ask to see your superiors, and I have extremely important information to inform ......"

"Shut up, get me back to the group now, or I won't mind giving you a hard lesson with a whip."

"I beg you to ......"

There was a sound of a whip "snap......ping" on the flesh in his ears, Duan Qirui walked over with a frown and said softly; "Wait a minute, what's going on here?"

"Report to the sir, this lowly captive wants to make trouble." The soldier panted and put away his whip and replied with a salute.

"No...... No...... I swear to God that I don't want to make trouble, I'm Captain Officer Bergkamp, and I have something of great importance that I want to report to my commander, and this involves a great deal of secrecy, and I hope to get your permission. The captive was lying on the ground in embarrassment, with a few blood marks on his body being whipped by the leather whip, and he raised his head and looked at Duan Qirui beggingly.

Duan Qirui thought for a moment, and his head shook slightly; "Bring him to me, I'm going to talk to him alone."

"Yes, sir."

Next to the pile of cables in the bow of the ship

Duan Qirui took out a cigarette and lit it, just took a puff, and saw Bergkamp's depressed and eager look, so he took the cigarette off his mouth and handed it to the other party.

"Thank you, merciful sir, for I haven't enjoyed the scent of tobacco for a long time." Bergkamp took it with trembling hands, put the cigarette in his mouth and took a deep puff.

"You'd better not play tricks on me, man." As Duan Qirui spoke, he unfastened the leather clasp on the pistol holster at his waist, a dangerous action that made Bergkamp's eyes shrink.

If the answer is not satisfactory to the chief, the little life is over.

"Gracious sir, you will be satisfied with the important information I have given you, just reveal this news to the honorable Earl of Queensland, it may even bring you a knightly title, I swear by the honor of devout service to God, it is definitely worth it."

"What?" Duan Qirui's eyes stabbed like a sharp knife, his expression was not calm, he looked left and right and said; "You'd better pray that what you say is true, or I promise you won't die, but spend 7 days and 7 nights in agony, every minute and every second of your life."

Not at all the words of an 18-year-old young officer, and in this warm weather, Captain Bergkamp felt a chill in his heart.

God, what kind of devil is this?

Captain Bergkamp felt extremely regretful, but he knew he had no choice but to bite the bullet.

"You come with me and talk to the cabin in detail." Duan Qirui gave a faint command and left first, and Captain Bergkamp followed behind dejectedly, like a defeated rooster.

in the cabin

The smell of fragrant coffee was permeating, and Captain Bergkamp took a few sips of a cup of hot coffee in his hand, feeling the beauty of this world again, and the whole person's spirit returned.

"It's so nice to be back in beautiful and peaceful Amsterdam, sitting in a street café sipping a cup of coffee and enjoying the warm sun."

"Well, whether you can relive all of this depends on whether the information you provide is weighty."

"Rest assured, sir, it will definitely overjoy."

"Then I'll listen to you."

"That's right, sir, I'm a captain officer of the Royal Utrecht Grenadier Battalion, the first group of troops to try to land in Jayapura, and after the landing formation was hit hard by two of your warships off the coast of Jayapura, it retreated all the way southwest in a panic, and entered the river in an unknown bay......"

In Captain Bergkamp's confession, the original veil was lifted;

The remnants of the Dutch landing force, numbering more than 1,550 men, under the command of the commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, Colonel Schmidt von Crawns, could only huddle in an unnamed valley and not dare to be discovered, in which case they could only be completely destroyed.

The force hid in the Nameless Valley for more than a month, during which Lord Schmidt von Crauns sent several search parties to search east, west and north, trying to find an overland road to Jayapura.

The result, of course, was impossible, and all the efforts were stillborn.

Captain Bergkamp was the leader of one of the search teams, and his search team was responsible for exploring northward, searching about 170 kilometers and reaching the Central Mountains region, and then making a difficult journey through the mountains and forests.

One of the soldiers in the expedition team was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and soon died.

Due to conditions

Captain Bergkamp decided to bury the bodies of the dead on the spot, and it was devastating to the dismay when the soldiers dug through the floating soil on the surface of the jungle, only to find hard rock underneath.

At that moment, a soldier standing at the bottom of the mud puddle screamed; "Oh...... Oh my God, I can't believe my eyes, there's a very good quality copper mine here. ”

This soldier used to work in the mine, and he was considered a small geological and mineral expert, and he recognized that this was a Cenozoic porphyry ~ skarn copper-gold mine, with a very high ore grade and very good mining value.

To confirm this finding

The team spent four days in the area and excavated more than 20 prospecting pits, in which copper concentrate was found in 13 of them, ranging from 1 meter to 6 meters from the surface.

After rough calculation, it is estimated that the resource reserves of the mine will not be less than one million tons, which is only a preliminary estimate, and may be less than a drop in the bucket of the entire reserves.

After some narration

The cabin fell into a long silence, and Duan Qirui's heart set off earth-shattering waves, this news was so important that Duan Qirui wanted to kill people.

Of course, this is just a thought.

Without Captain Bergkamp as a guide, how could we find the location of the copper mine, even if we found the nameless valley where the Dutch landing force had retreated?

If you deviate from the direction a little, you will be caught in the endless mountains, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack......

Through repeated cross-examination, Captain Bergkamp was conclusive, did not look like a lie, and had a great deal of credibility.

The big opportunity is here, and it's worth the fight.

Duan Qirui realized that this was definitely a great opportunity to make him soar, the question was how to deal with it?

It is impossible for him to go past his immediate boss and directly face the Earl, but the more people who know, the less credit he will get to share the profits, and there is a benefit to weigh in this.

The company commander and deputy battalion commander are definitely not in consideration, and the daylily is cold when reported at such a level and level, and it must be reported to the next level.

The question is how many levels are crossed?

Did you cross the battalion commander Li Xuanzhu?