Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 50 A New Beginning

"Captain, there is a fire on the beacon tower!" Mei Wan, who was in charge of the observation, reported.

Bei Wei looked up and saw that a bonfire had already been lit on the beacon tower, and under the twilight sky a thick smoke shot straight into the sky.

Although this situation had been expected, he was still a little frustrated - it would be great if he could unplug the guard post silently.But his plan was shot down by Xi Ya--the preparations for special operations took too much time.The traversers should launch the landing operation as soon as possible, and gain a firm foothold on the shore before the news spreads.The Qiongzhou Strait used to be an important sea traffic route and a fishing ground in ancient times. At dawn, such a fleet beyond the times cannot be deceived by anyone. It takes only one or two hours to unplug the beacon tower and not unplug it.

"Leave him alone and continue to measure the water." Bei Wei ordered, and the real thing is to let the boat enter the port as soon as possible.

But the people on the boat were still a little nervous. Mei Wan asked Bei Wei in a low voice while recording the water depth line:

"Will the Ming army come for reinforcements?" With the beacon fire, reinforcements from all walks of life came one after another—this is a common plot in their movies and novels.

"No." In fact, Bei Wei himself had no bottom in his mind.Yu Eshui swears that there is no garrison in Lingao City, and the beacon tower serves as an early warning.Although he was not afraid of the small Ming army or any local armed forces, the less unnecessary bloodshed the better.

The small boat rowed all the way to test the water depth and put the buoy to mark the channel for the ship to enter.The sea is at high tide, and the waves are pouring into the river. The boat is brought to the pier in front of the beacon tower by the tide almost without paddling. Below the stage is a low tile-roofed house with a flagpole in front of the door—this is probably what the intelligence said Bo shop inspection department.

There was no one in front of the gate of the inspection department, and there was still an unextinguished lantern with the name of the inspection department hanging on the high flagpole.

Bei Wei waved his hand: "All bayonets! Reconnaissance team, the target is the house in front, one group, two groups and three groups follow me!" Following the voice of the password, Bei Wei turned off the insurance, and was the first to jump out of the boat and onto the pier .

Although everyone did a standard raid this time, the first Daming government office occupied by the traversers was empty.On the beds in the left and right rooms, the straw mats are still warm, and a pot of water has been placed in the kitchen, and the fire has not been extinguished.It hasn't been a few minutes since people left the building.

The inspection department is responsible for checking and early warning, so of course there is no need to fight desperately with vicious pirates.They are familiar with the terrain and just walk away.Anyway, the pirates didn't stay for long, and they just came back to clean up after they left. In addition to the tables, chairs and benches in the inspection department, there were some guys in the kitchen, and they couldn't lose a lot of money.The pirates also knew that there was nothing valuable in this yamen, so they just couldn't get in.

This group of 21st-century travelers not only searched everywhere, but also looked through everything with great interest-in their consciousness, these were all antiques.I still have to occupy the dove's nest - the house, the commanding height beacon tower backed by the coast, and the pier, is it simply a ready-made landing headquarters?

Bei Wei ordered a team to go up to the beacon tower to search and put out the fire and then act as a guard, while a team climbed to the top of the inspection department and was responsible for suppressing the surrounding area.I reported the successful landing to the flagship through the walkie-talkie and occupied the inspection department of Bopu. There were no casualties during the operation.

After the report, he called two team members: "Go back to the small boat and throw smoke buoys along the route. Guide the follow-up ships into the port."

In the ship building of the Fengcheng ship, the people who had been watching the smoke column nervously after hearing the news were relieved.Bopu Port - the gate of Lingao has been opened to the crossing people.

Resisting his excitement, Ma Qianju pretended to be calm and said to Mond, "Let's get started!"

The order was then passed on to all the ships.The same order was repeated on every ship: "Hold anchor!"

Two fishing boats were at the front and two were at the rear. The Fengcheng ship and the self-propelled barge sailed side by side, and the sailboat with the North American rudder opened its white sails.The fleet rolled on the white waves and headed for the harbor mightily.Behind them, there was a round of gushing red sun, dyeing the sky red, the surface of the South China Sea was shining with golden light, and the dawn of the new world shone on the travelers for the first time.The travelers on the deck stood up involuntarily, the excitement in their hearts was incomparable:

I am witnessing history, and I am also making history!

This feeling made them mesmerized, and someone sang "Singing the Motherland":

The five-star red flag is fluttering in the wind, how loud the song of victory is,

Sing our dear motherland, from now on to prosperity and strength.

……

First one, then many, and finally all.The high-pitched and loud singing went straight to the sky and resounded in the new world.

"Horn!" The executive committee ordered when they were about to enter the harbor.

"Woo——" the siren rang throughout, this was the whistle from another time and space civilization, and it announced the advent of a new era.

Although everyone is eagerly preparing to set foot on the new world, for the time being they have to continue to endure on the ship until the wharf project is over.Professional engineering personnel and unprofessional basic labor——the latter are prepared in groups of 5, and they are disembarked on small boats in batches and transported ashore.

Engineers must first plan and build a port area as a starting base for advancing inland.

Because the geographical environment of Bopu Port is not superior as a seaport-although there is a deep-water channel with a water depth of ten meters in the bay, and the red stone island and the silted sandbar at the estuary also play the role of natural breakwater, the shelter conditions here are not. All-weather, almost no shelter in the northwest, once the northwest wind blows, there will be a lot of wind and waves in the harbor-travelers cannot use it as a main base, and the storm surge caused by typhoons every year also makes it unsuitable for living and working in peace.

The modern Bopu Port is at the southern end of the bay, where the water depth conditions are the best, and the engineering personnel also chose the same place as the landing site and unloading place.As a rule, such a port needs to build breakwaters, various forms of wharves and trestles, unloading machinery, and large-area storage warehouses and sites.All this is a fantasy for the traversers.

Of course, ship-to-shore transfers can also be carried out using landing craft, but the speed is too slow.If the trestle bridge is built manually, the entire construction period is very long, and some professional equipment must be self-made to work effectively.Therefore, Yan Quezhi, who is in charge of port planning and design, and several engineering technicians discussed the simplest method before crossing-the floating dock.

The most common use of floating docks in modern times is for small boats to berth on and off passengers, and they are rarely used as unloading docks.However, anyone who knows a little bit about military history knows that when Normandy landed, China, Britain and the United States used floating docks on a large scale, allowing the Allied forces to send [-] tons of supplies and [-] vehicles to the port without capturing the port. shore.Although the floating dock suffered heavy losses in the ensuing hurricane, it quickly lost its function.But its utility has been fully proved.

The traversers don't have such a luxurious condition - Normandy's floating pier and breakwater don't need such a huge scale.They just need to be able to transfer the materials and personnel on board to the shore as soon as possible.Therefore, the floating wharf is made of closed 200L iron drums, which are connected and welded into small units with angle steel. The connected parts of each unit are hung with waste tires for buffering, and corrugated steel plates are welded on the top. According to the calculation of the engineering team, Each unit is buoyant to carry 40 tons.General vehicles, machinery and materials can pass.

The problem with this type of drum floating dock unit is that it is difficult to connect.If it is a standard pontoon bridge, there are special connecting bolts, which can be connected very accurately. Although the outer frame of these iron barrel piers is welded with angle steel, and the exposed steel lugs for connection are also welded in advance, no one has the level of error here. Dare to guarantee.

The floating piers towed by the fishing boats were dragged into the bay one by one. The traversers did not have the high-powered motor boats of the pontoons, and the small motor boats on the Fengcheng wheel had limited horsepower. It was difficult to rely on several small boats to drag them Roughly put the units in place - the berth of the Fengcheng ship is almost 150 meters away from the shore. The number of units is sufficient, but the combination is much more laborious than imagined. The undulating waves make it difficult to connect the bolts. In place, the engineering staff has no experience in this area. During the rush, some people fell into the water from time to time because they were too focused on their work. Fortunately, they all had life jackets and whistles. The landing command organized a group of people who were good at sea swimming in rowboats in the bay After going back and forth to patrol and rescue, the engineering department finally failed to become the first department to produce martyrs.

The grabbing anchors installed with reference to the pontoon bridge played a decisive role in the manufacture of the pontoon, and the four small grabbing anchors on each unit successfully slowed down the jolting of the pontoon.At the end of the morning, a 150-meter-long and 8-meter-wide floating trestle has been formed, although these units still show cracks that can pinch people's ankles from time to time in the ups and downs of the waves, and then make terrible pulling sounds.

Members of the Executive Committee watched the completion of the first project of the traverser on the Fengcheng Ferry, and couldn't help being excited. Ma Qianju said loudly: "I suggest that this trestle be named 'Project No. [-]'. It is necessary to set up a monument and pass it on, and it will be recorded in the history of the country forever!"

"It's okay to erect a monument." Wen Desi said, "but this thing has to be replaced with a permanent facility before the typhoon next year. Once the typhoon comes, we will lose a lot if it is blown away-so many iron barrels and steel!"

Ma Qianzhu was about to speak when suddenly a foreign girl came into the cab, holding a camera and snapping shots, everyone was taken aback for a moment, then they remembered that this was Tintin's girlfriend Pan Pan, and then Ding Ding also came in, holding an interview machine in his hand, and directly asked Ma Qianju to talk about his impressions of landing-this media reporter who was unwilling to be lonely had already recruited a few people who knew printing, and was preparing to publish the first photo of the traverser. For the newspaper, he even allocated the shares, and even gave his future newspaper an uncreative name "Lingao Times".

"I don't think so." Ma Qianzhu looked uncooperative.In fact, he is very emotional today, but he doesn't like interviewing such things. He prefers to talk about his feelings when writing his memoirs quietly, rather than being poked and asked with something.

"Where is Mr. Wen? Let me talk about your opinion." Ding Ding immediately switched objects, and Pan Pan came over and slapped Wen Desi fiercely.

"A historic day." Wen Desi said.

(End of this chapter)