1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 6 Preparations in Progress ([-])

Tao Donglai also clicked on the preparatory announcement posts of several departments. There was no problem with the content, but the following replies were noisy and lively, especially the Military Police Department, which was in charge of Yan Chujie, actually opened a voting post for members to choose. Light weapons that the Crossover Group should purchase.Now the intention of the Military and Police Department to purchase weapons has been postponed indefinitely by the Preparatory Committee, but it is actually quite easy to do something to attract everyone's attention.Although it is stated in this post that the voting result is only a reference for future arms procurement plans and will not affect the final decision of the Military Police Department, at present, more than [-]% of the team is male, even if they have never been a soldier and have touched a gun. It is difficult for people to suppress their enthusiasm for firearms, and Tao Donglai, a veteran, is no exception.

As for what kind of firearms to purchase, the dispute between the European and American departments and the Russian department is naturally the focus of the debate among the participants in this poll.Almost all of the members who have been in the army tend to be Russian, because the Type 56 and Type 81 guns equipped by our army are well-known imitation Russian light weapons, like Tao Donglai's own in the army. At that time, the Type 56 submachine gun and the Type 81-1 automatic rifle, also known as the Bayi bar, were used.As for the Type 95 that was later equipped with the army, Tao Donglai's army failed to catch up with the deployment until he retired.From the perspective of these veterans, Russian weapons are familiar with performance, easy to maintain, and durable. They are undoubtedly the most suitable choice for a military team with a militia nature.

Compared with the personal experience of the veterans, those who support European and American firearms are mainly keyboard military strategists. Although these people have no experience in the military, most of them have experience with firearms only with the 56-type military training in college. The semi-automatic has fired several rounds of live ammunition, but most of them are military fans who usually appear on major military websites. They are familiar with the performance of various light and heavy weapons, especially the reliability of European and American light weapons on battlefields around the world in the past ten years. Performance is the main reason for their recommendation.

Veterans naturally raised various objections, especially the huge price gap between European and American systems and Russian systems.Now the civilian version of the rifle that can be bought in American gun stores, that is, the semi-automatic type with castrated performance, the civilian version of an AK47 is only a few hundred dollars, and the German HK416 civilian version that has been brilliant in the Middle East battlefield in recent years. But it costs about [-] US dollars. This price difference is a factor that cannot be ignored when purchasing arms.Although everyone is fighting hard, but in fact, people who know firearms know very well that industrial products with a certain technical content, such as arms, are ultimately worth every penny.If you want excellent weapon performance, you must increase the procurement budget by a large amount, which is indeed a dilemma for policymakers.

Of course, as an old comrade-in-arms and the head of the military police department, Yan Chujie and Tao Donglai had long ago exchanged opinions in private. Both of them believed that it was very inadvisable to equip all staff with automatic weapons. This is not just a matter of procurement costs. , but because the use of automatic weapons requires a certain degree of professional military training.The final procurement plan will definitely be dominated by semi-automatic weapons, and only a very few professional military personnel who will serve as external force support after crossing will be equipped with advanced goods.

This vote is more like a public opinion poll. For now, because of the numerical advantage of keyboard strategists, the opinions of the European and American departments are temporarily in the upper hand.After Tao Donglai carefully read the replies one by one, he had to admit that this decision was not a good decision, because in the end, no matter which side he favored, he might be scolded by the other faction, although most of this scolding was limited to On the forum, but thinking about it will still make Tao Donglai feel uncomfortable.

"Let's take a look at other things first." This post aroused Tao Donglai's interest in Xiaoxiao Forum, and now he clicked on the "talking about the world" section. Seeing that the content was all innocuous topics, he jumped to it." Suggestions" section, and the content here immediately caught his attention again.

Articles published in this section are basically ordinary members who are not the heads of departments, and the questions and suggestions raised are also varied.For example, the content of the first post Tao Donglai viewed suggested that the preparatory committee should introduce Hainan locals into the team, especially the Li people.Hainanese dialects include Wenchang dialect, which is close to the southern Fujian dialect, Danzhou dialect, which is close to Cantonese, as well as Hakka dialect, Lingao dialect, Li dialect, Miao dialect and other accents.Among the ethnic minorities in Hainan, the Li nationality is the most important. There are now six Li nationality autonomous counties on Hainan Island.Language and ethnic relations are two issues that must be paid enough attention to if the crossing team wants to take root on Hainan Island.Tao Donglai wrote down this suggestion with a pen, intending to solve it gradually in the subsequent preparatory work.

Another post suggested that the Preparatory Committee carry out crew training as soon as possible.The member whose ID is "I won't go to work tomorrow" put forward a view that since the Preparatory Committee has taken Yulin Port in Sanya as the destination for crossing, then the means of transport for materials must be a ship, and a large ship must choose a ship. Dozens of crew members are often required, and a considerable number of them are technical positions, and it is not easy to find someone to take the job. Especially important positions such as captain, chief mate, navigator, and chief engineer must have sufficient manpower.In addition, there is definitely no way to solve the fuel problem in the short term after the crossing. At that time, these ships using mechanical power will obviously not be able to continue to be used on a large scale. It is estimated that for a long time in the future, we will still have to rely on wind sailing boats as the main means of transportation for the crossing public at sea. , even if some sailors can be recruited in that time and space in the future, at least there must be a group of their own who understand the operation of sailboats.In view of the fact that there is not much time left and the training period of the crew is extraordinarily long, it is necessary to find a way to implement the fixed-post training for the crew as soon as possible.

Tao Donglai read a few posts next. Some people suggested that in order to deal with European colonists in the future, they could consider introducing some foreigners who are interested in traditional Chinese culture; some people suggested that in order to establish their own financial system as soon as possible after crossing Mint coins and banknotes can be prepared in a certain amount with the technology of this time and space before crossing the road, and then directly brought to use; some people suggest to go to Yiwu to purchase a large number of small commodities, as a start-up capital for trading with the Ming Dynasty and Western colonial companies after crossing. s method.

There are actually quite a few such advice posts. Although Tao Donglai has benefited a lot from it, it has also increased the degree of headache.Although it is a good thing for these enthusiasts to check and fill vacancies, it has also added many projects to the already arduous preparatory work.For this crew training alone, Tao Donglai felt his head go big when he thought that it would take several months to assign several people to learn the knowledge of sailing a ship.

"Manpower, the key to solving all problems is manpower!" Tao Donglai clenched his fists and secretly decided to advance the interview time for the next batch of candidates by another week.

So in late May, the organizing committee ushered in the third batch of candidates for interviews.The number of candidates in this batch directly exceeded the sum of the previous two batches, directly reaching as many as 130 candidates.The reason for this is not only that the Preparatory Committee has relaxed the admission rules for some special objects, but more importantly, there are several professional technical teams that the Preparatory Committee has been waiting for for a long time.

The first small team that ushered in was an old expert named Yuan Ruoxiu from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences in a city on the southeast coast. He is 54 years old now, and this time he brought his family of three together.The reason why Yuan Ruoxiu came to Guangzhou was actually because his apprentice Gao Huan participated in the second batch of interviews and decided to join the time-traveling team.The three members of Yuan Ruoxiu's family have been working in the field of agricultural research for many years. Except Yuan Ruoxiu who specializes in economic crops, Yuan Ruoxiu's wife Zhu Ping has been engaged in the research of food crops. The only son of the old couple, Yuan Qiuye, has inherited part of his parents' profession. , the main research direction turned out to be poultry and livestock.From the perspective of the organizing committee, this small four-person team is completely a miniature agricultural science institute, which is simply a giant pie that fell from the sky to the time-traveling team.

Gao Huan's biological parents passed away early, and the relationship with Yuan Ruoxiu was also a teacher and a disciple. After he went back, he told about his experience in Guangzhou. Yuan Ruoxiu was worried that he would be deceived and would not let Gao Huan leave anyway. He had the heart to pull Yuan Ruoxiu's family into the company. After his repeated persuasion, Yuan Ruoxiu finally let go and decided to go to Guangzhou with the whole family.But Yuan Ruoxiu also said the ugly words before. If what Gao Huan said is true, then naturally everything is easy to talk about, even joining this team is not impossible to talk about, but if there is fraud, then Yuan Ruoxiu will definitely call the police decisively.

It is not difficult for the Yuan Ruoxiu family to dispel their doubts. After a brief discussion, the preparatory committee decided to keep the family no matter what, even taking a little risk is acceptable.So Yuan Ruoxiu's family and Gao Huan were fortunate enough to become the first group of time travelers other than the members of the Preparatory Committee. They visited the Ming City Wall on Yuexiu Mountain on a dark and windy night for a month.

Returning to reality, Gao Huan was shocked by what he saw just like Ning Qi at the beginning. Even though he had been prepared for a long time, he really saw the city of Guangzhou in 1626 up close. The shock is still hard to resist.On the other hand, Lao Yuan's head was very calm, and when he opened his mouth, he was still inseparable from the profession he had been doing for most of his life: "It is said that the end of the Qing Dynasty was the Little Ice Age, and this climate environment is still a blank field for our current agricultural scientific research. I'm almost old enough to have this opportunity to do field research, what more could I ask for."

This kind of rigorous academic professionalism has left the Preparatory Committee of Zuipao, who had already prepared a lot of rhetoric, no room for play, and he couldn't help but respect the old man in his heart.As soon as the matter was settled, Yuan Ruoxiu arranged for his son Yuan Qiuye to go back to handle the resignation formalities for the whole family and Gao Huan, while he went straight to Hainan with his wife and Gao Huan, saying that he would first go to inspect the soil and water environment of the landing site.

To this end, Ning Qi also wrote a special article and published it on the forum, praising Mr. Yuan's "old steadfastness and ambition," and encouraged the members to "work hard and fast, and only fight for the day and night".Although Ning Qi's writing is full of a strong CCTV news flavor, everyone knows the importance of agriculture to the crossing team, so this publicity draft still caused a lot of repercussions among the members, and many people shouted and tried their best to persuade Professional and technical personnel who I know join in the great cause of crossing.The Zuipao five-member team reviewed the situation and decided to give full play to their own advantages. They held a meeting overnight to formulate a set of talent persuasion plans, and published a trial draft on the forum for members to follow the map directly.

(End of this chapter)