Chapter 10 Final preparations before time travel

A few days later, news came back from Europe that made the Executive Committee excited but also a little dissatisfied. The North American Gang's contact with the underground arms dealer was very smooth. It is said that the other party showed a quite sufficient supply of goods and could deliver the goods just waiting for payment here.

But precisely because of this, the procurement group requested to increase the purchase of some special ordnance, such as MG4 machine guns, RPG rockets, small-caliber mortars, etc.

The Executive Committee has always had great doubts about whether the group needs to be equipped with such heavy firepower weapons, because purchasing large quantities of arms is itself an unreasonable behavior in the eyes of the Executive Committee, and the main purpose of everyone traveling to the Ming Dynasty is not

Kill as fast as you can, and use advanced weapons from four hundred years later to push the world flat. Even if these hundreds of people are armed to the teeth, how many people can be killed? Besides, whether it is machine gun bullets or mortar shells, this is not the time after time travel.

Things that can be made in a short period of time, these heavy weapons must be very enjoyable when used, but once the ammunition is exhausted, they will become a pile of scrap metal.

After discussion, the Executive Committee urgently dispatched Yan Chujie and Schneider as representatives to fly over in person to participate in this last arms purchase plan. After all, this is the last important project in the preparations, and the organization should also show sufficient attention. But it is very difficult.

The committee members who were about to stay in Guangzhou regretted this decision - after these two guys went there, instead of rejecting the North American gang's plan, they added more content, thus finally saving money on the ship project.

Filled it all out again.

In fact, the additional expenses proposed by Yan Chujie and Schneider are not unreasonable. In addition to the automatic rifles and pistols that were originally planned to become official equipment for the light and heavy weapons ordered by the North American gang in Europe, almost all the various firearms and military equipment that can be purchased are in small quantities.

Samples were purchased to prepare for future imitations when the production level is reached in another time and space. After all, modern firearms are not low-level equipment such as matchlock guns that can be made by knowing the principles. Having a physical comparison can make future imitations much less complicated.

A detour. As a result, the content of the purchase list will naturally increase greatly, and the cost will definitely not be controlled. In addition, the guns and ammunition already weigh several tons. How to transport this batch of arms from Europe to Asia has become another problem.

Fortunately, Schneider had many contacts in Europe, and it only took a short time to find a solution - buy a boat.

The executive committee had begun to have some scarce purchasing funds and could no longer meet the unplanned purchasing plan, so in the end, the North American gang raised funds on its own to purchase two Polish-made motor sailing yachts, one large and one small, with their own power.

The two ships will also participate in the crossing plan as their personal property. One of them is 25 meters long and 11 meters wide, equipped with two 330-horsepower diesel engines, and has a displacement of 75 tons; the other is 21 meters long and 10 meters wide, with a self-propelled

Equipped with two 240-horsepower diesel engines. It is worth noting that both ships are single-masted catamarans. Their large and wide hulls make their load capacity and seaworthiness much better than ordinary sailing yachts of the same tonnage. On board

With complete living facilities, it can easily reach a speed of more than 10 knots even without using an engine for propulsion. The sails and rigging on the ship are very easy to operate and can be driven by only two to three crew members. As long as there are enough reserves.

With supplies, both ships can maintain their self-sustainability at sea for more than half a month. Even in another time and space, they can continue to be used as tools for rapid maritime transportation and crew skills training.

Of course, with these two ships, the personal luggage limit announced by the Executive Committee will not work for this group of people in North America. As long as the ship can accommodate them, they can bring as much as they want. After completing the purchase plan

Yan Chujie and Schneider returned to Guangzhou first, and the North American gang, in addition to staying and being responsible for the final receipt and loading, will also drive the two ships south through the Mediterranean, through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden all the way into the Indian Ocean.

After passing through the Strait of Malacca, it entered the South China Sea and finally rendezvoused with the large forces in Sanya, Hainan.

This will definitely be a very difficult voyage, which may last as long as several months. But the North American Gang is very interested in it and insists on completing this special journey before crossing. In the words of Tom Wang, a sailing expert of the North American Gang.

It is said that the hydrological route data that can be accumulated after this trip will definitely play an extremely important role in opening up the Asia-Europe waterway by oneself after traveling to another time and space. Of course, for safety reasons, these two ships will not

Going deep into the ocean, the route along the way will not stray too far from the coastline. After all, their main task is to transport this batch of arms to Hainan before April, otherwise the entire crossing plan will be greatly affected.

After the time entered March, the Executive Committee announced that all members had entered the final preparation stage. All final participants in the plan would be assembled in Sanya and Guangzhou, and at the same time, the recruitment of new members and the purchase of bulk materials would be completely stopped. In early April

, during the annual "Hai Tian Feast" held in Sanya, all members will complete the final time travel together.

The executive committee set the final action at this time. Firstly, it was considered that a large number of tourists would flow into Sanya from all over the country during the event, and the hundreds of people passing through would not cause too much attention; secondly, it was because of the

With the idea of ​​experiencing modern social life for the last time before traveling through time, I would have no regrets before setting out on the road after having a good meal and having fun.

Most of those who arrived in Sanya early were members of industry, agriculture, construction and other industrial departments. After they crossed over, they would begin to replicate modern industrial civilization in this land. There was a lot of fieldwork that they needed to do in advance. Of course,

Well, the military and police department in charge of Yan Chujie had already arrived in Sanya to survey the terrain. However, in order to avoid unnecessary complications, they did not focus on the Yulingang area, but instead hiked the section from Yacheng Town to downtown Sanya.

They searched back and forth several times, because the Yazhou government seat in the late Ming Dynasty was in Yacheng Town, and this was also the first military target they needed to deal with after crossing over.

On March 20, the Executive Committee closed its office in Guangzhou and destroyed all relevant documents. Travel members were allowed to contact relatives and friends for the last time, and then they had to stop using all communication tools, cut off social relations, and enter the pre-travel period.

"Sleeping" state. Then all personnel arrived in Sanya by plane in batches according to the arrangements of the executive committee, and checked into several hotels that had already been booked.

On March 25, the Executive Committee's last batch of supplies in the mainland, 40 sets of color steel prefabricated houses, were loaded onto the ship from Chiwan Pier in Shenzhen and headed south to the sea.

On March 26, two catamaran sailing ships departing from the port city of Budva in Montenegro took 84 days and finally arrived safely at the Banshan Peninsula Sailing Port in Luhuitou Development Zone, Sanya. The reason why it took so long

The main reason is that after a large amount of munitions and supplies were loaded on the ship, the carrying of supplies became quite limited. As a result, part of the original sailing route had to be modified and the number of supply stops along the way was increased. It is worth mentioning

Johnson, the only surgeon in North America who has a married family, actually asked his wife and two daughters who were still in elementary school to fly from North America to Europe to join them, and the family completed this amazing journey together on the boat. And this brought unexpected surprises

The great thing is that there is less trouble when docking in ports along the way. No one would have thought that these two sailboats with children would have tons of contraband hidden on them.

On March 29, the last batch of supplies from the Ministry of Agriculture was loaded on the barge fleet heading south from Haikou in Yingzhou Town, east of Sanya. This was also the last batch of shipments for the entire crossing plan.

On March 30, the leaders of each action group called their own groups. There were 445 people expected but 450 actually turned up. One of the five extra people was tricked into coming to Hainan by Gu Kai's sweet talk.

The foreign girl girlfriend, and the other four were children of single parents who participated in the time travel and had originally been fostered to relatives. In the end, they were brought to Hainan by their reluctant parents before the operation started.

On the afternoon of March 31st, the Executive Committee announced a 24-hour holiday, allowing everyone to move around Sanya freely. At the same time, each person was given an activity fund of RMB 5,000 - this was also the reason why the Executive Committee

The last bit of cash on hand. All members must return to their residences before 10 p.m. on April 1st. At 11 p.m., everyone will set off to board the ship. Those who have not returned by then will be deemed to have given up their qualifications. Of course, all ship drivers

Including the reserve team, alcohol is strictly prohibited on this day.

In fact, the executive committee still went through some controversy as to whether to allow the members to go on this final madness. The conservative opinion is that since the members have been put into a "sleep" state, for safety reasons, they should not be allowed to go to this final stage.

They always make public appearances on a large scale; while the other group believes that since we have to say goodbye to this world, we should finally be more humane and give all members a chance to freely choose how to say goodbye. Having said that, among these members, only the executive committee has issued this

It’s five thousand yuan. It’s really hard to do anything. You have to know that during the Haitian Feast, rich people from all over the country flocked here in droves. Prices in Sanya have increased several times, especially in entertainment venues and some

The adult entertainment projects have reached an astonishing level.

The members all went out and went crazy for the last time, but the people on the executive committee couldn't relax. They had to go to each ship separately to check the availability of supplies for the last time, and then deduce a landing plan on paper.

Although this kind of deduction has been done many times, everyone knows that every step above must be done well, so that they can direct the subsequent landing operations appropriately and not make a mistake in the order of unloading and landing.

Sun Changmi and Yue Zhiyun of the Shipping Department, as well as Wang Tom, a Chinese young man from North America, will serve as the temporary general leaders of the team and jointly command the entire action process from the fleet's departure to landing after crossing.

After dinner time on April 1st, the members returned to their respective hotels one after another, and then the leaders of each action team organized the assembly. The extra luggage had already been packed on the ship, and now the members only needed to carry some personal belongings

Just set off. Although many people came back drunk, they were not lost yet.

At ten o'clock that night, all personnel were counted and there were no omissions. As planned, they set off separately and rushed to several berths at different docks to board the ship. The Military and Police Department arranged for people to supervise each ship, and everyone who boarded the ship must

Show your ID number plate that was distributed in advance, also in case there are any last-minute problems.

At 11:30, on the main ship "New World", Tao Donglai issued the departure order through the radio, marking the official start of the final crossing operation. Each ship slowly sailed out from different docks,

Head south to the scheduled rendezvous point at sea.
Chapter completed!