Chapter 1230: Being stretched thin

Han Zhengshan watched and quickly discovered another benefit of this weird shooting posture, which is full concealment. With such a posture lying on the ground, it is difficult to observe its existence from a hundred feet away. If it is placed in the wild environment

, choose a sheltered location to lurk, and as long as you take the initiative not to shoot and expose your location, it is almost the same as being invisible.

Han Zhengshan immediately told Marcus his thoughts. After hearing this, Marcus smiled and said: "You said this, they have already prepared for it. When they go on a mission, they will wear a jumper that looks like a mess of grass.

Outside, if you lie down in the grass, you won't be able to see anyone at all. Moreover, your face and exposed skin will be covered with paint, so you won't be able to see the human form."

Although he has never seen the scene described by Marcus, Han Zhengshan is convinced of it. Since the Haihan people can invent a unit such as snipers, how can they not have supporting tactics? This art of camouflage and lurking can only be achieved by the sea.

If the Han people put some effort into research, they probably wouldn't be able to trouble them at all.

After the two groups shot for ten minutes, they rested for a while, and then the two members of the group exchanged tasks and continued shooting. Probably because their hands were hot, the hit rate of both groups was further improved this time.

One shot missed the target. Han Zhengshan watched with rapt attention, but Marcus urged him twice before he reluctantly returned to continue his training.

Han Zhengshan could no longer find a suitable adjective to evaluate Haihan's military strength. "Invincible" sounds a bit exaggerated, but it seems that only this word can describe the image of Haihan Army in his mind. Although snipers are like

Elites are extremely rare in the Haihan Army, but their power is extremely amazing. Han Zhengshan even believes that their role may be greater than artillery, because although artillery is powerful, its accuracy is far inferior to that of this sniper rifle. It must be used on the battlefield.

To accurately kill enemy commanders, the sniper soldiers we just saw are obviously more suitable.

Of course, Han Zhengshan knew very well that he was just a layman on how to allocate arms and command operations, and the black officer Marcus who was responsible for training him was much more professional than him. So he did not make any unreasonable comments and was honest.

I went to practice on my own.

At the same time, Han Zhengshan's immediate boss Tan Juren was having a headache about how to allocate labor. When he went south, he originally thought that the immigrants he brought could effectively alleviate the local labor shortage, but after coming here to see it on the spot, he

It was discovered that the actual labor gap far exceeded his expectations.

There are still many infrastructure projects in Xingdao that have been slow or even stalled due to lack of manpower. For example, the immigration village that has not yet been able to accommodate all immigrants is one of them. Currently, there are still nearly two hundred immigrants who are temporarily living there due to lack of housing.

Building accommodation for them in tents was of course one of the first issues Tan Ju had to solve after taking office.

In addition, Tan Juren also had agricultural development plans that he wanted to implement as soon as possible. To this end, he specially applied for two technicians from the Ministry of Agriculture to bring them over. The purpose was to organize the people to cultivate a plantation as soon as possible and plant cash crops one day earlier.

Let local people reap benefits one day earlier. Although the real profit period of cash crops may not begin until a few years later, many successful experiences show that this is still one of the most worthwhile projects in the colony. A large amount of labor is invested in this field to speed up development

Speed, in Tan Juren's opinion, is a very cost-effective choice.

However, these two most basic infrastructure projects have been stuck in the labor allocation process. The reason is that Roger hopes to concentrate human resources on port projects and complete the construction of docks and defenses as soon as possible so that more people can be stationed locally.

warships, and allow the port area to obtain reliable shore defense firepower.

Is military defense important? Of course it is. Tan Juren has no doubt about this. Especially after Roger has explained the current surrounding situation and potential risks to him, it is only reasonable that necessary war preparation measures must be implemented as a priority.

But this does not mean that other infrastructure and development projects are unimportant. For Tan Juren, these tasks are his political achievements and a means for him to prove his worth, just like the record of leading troops in combat means the same to Roger.

.If all the manpower is given to Roger for deployment, how will he write his work report later? Is he doing a good job in supporting the army by bragging?

"The wharf needs to be repaired, and other things cannot be left behind!" Tan Juren's attitude was very determined. He knew that if he continued to make concessions, Roger would undoubtedly take away all the local labor force - and maybe even select a group of people from them.

Receive militia training.

Roger sighed and said: "Time waits for no one! If a war really breaks out later, then what we do now may determine the direction of the war. You have to put the overall situation first!"

"Stabilizing people's hearts is also the overall situation!" Tan Juren was a little dissatisfied with Roger using the "big picture" to pressure him. He believed that he had been more cooperative with Roger's arrangements in the past few days after coming to Xingdao, and the work handover between the two parties was also going on a step-by-step basis.

The process was ongoing, but Luo Jie wanted to force himself on the issue of labor distribution, but Tan Juren refused to give in easily.

Roger also had a headache when he saw that he refused to give in. He knew very well the purpose of the executive committee in sending Tan Juren. In addition to strengthening civil affairs and economic affairs such as infrastructure development, it actually had the purpose of decentralizing power and checking and balancing. The other party did not

He is not his subordinate, but an administrative official at the same level. Except during wartime, he does not have the power to force others to obey his arrangements in local affairs. Judging from his reaction, Tan Juren is obviously not the kind of person to just muddle along. Of course,

Well, if you are the kind of person who is relatively weak-tempered and just wants to live a life as a local emperor, he probably will not apply to come to a remote place like Xingdao. After all, the difficulty of this place is probably comparable to that of Sanya in the early days of time travel.

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The two discussed for a long time, and finally agreed on the ratio of dividing the labor force: the military will take 60% of it, and the remaining 40% will be left to Tan Juren for distribution. Although both of them are still a little unwilling, they are not satisfied with the current situation of Xingdao.

In this situation, it seems that no better distribution plan can be found.

A good woman cannot make a meal without straw. Although Tan Juren also had some plans for developing Star Island, he did not have enough manpower available, and most of these plans could not be implemented at all. For a moment, he even thought about removing several people who were undergoing training and handing over work.

He called all his men back and asked them to pick up poles and hoes to work.

Of course, even with so many people, the number of labor force Tan Juren can command is still far from insufficient. And no matter how high his status is, he cannot use one person as a hundred people. If he wants to make all plans

It is definitely unrealistic to implement them at the same time.

"Let's solve life problems first!" Tan Juren had no choice but to make a choice.

People's survival requirements are nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation. Needless to say, transportation. People on Star Island basically travel on two legs. The limited oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages are generally only used to haul goods. Although it is more difficult, the original island

The scope of activities of the people in Shanghai is relatively limited, and there are no errands that require long distances. As for clothing, even the new immigrants who are extremely poor can enjoy the work clothes issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which will never let the immigrants be reduced to lack of clothes.

Even though the local food production is not yet self-sufficient, the regular arrival of supply ships will keep Xingdao's food reserves above two months' consumption.

The only problem that has not been properly solved at present is housing. Due to the lack of labor on the island, not enough resettlement houses were built before the arrival of this group of immigrants. Tan Juren decided to concentrate the limited manpower on hand to solve this problem as soon as possible.

There are two types of immigrant residences in Xingdao. One is a residence built with bamboo and wood structure and adobe walls, and the other is a Chinese-style courtyard built with traditional masonry structure. However, the latter type of housing is limited by the limited production capacity of local brick kilns.

, so only a few people can live in it through lottery.

Tan Juren wants to solve the housing problem of immigrants in a short time. It is obviously not practical to expand brick kilns to increase production capacity, because the labor required for brick kiln production is not much less than building a house. Therefore, he can only choose a relatively simple one.

Adobe houses to solve the current housing problem.

Tan Juren finally got about 300 migrant workers, and the number of houses he needed to complete was more than 40. This was not an easy job. Fortunately, there were several experienced foremen among these people, who could assist.

He directs the construction site.

These migrant workers were divided into two groups by Tan Juren. One group was responsible for leveling the foundation outside the existing immigrant village, and the other group was responsible for preparing the raw materials needed for various building materials. Tan Juren had done similar work in the early days of crossing.

Although several years had passed, it was still smooth when he got started again, and he even unconsciously thought of the difficult years seven or eight years ago.

People don't have much complaints about the arrangement of these labor tasks. Anyway, as long as they follow the instructions and complete the daily labor tasks, they will get corresponding labor points. For tasks with high labor intensity or high technical content, the points will naturally be higher.

It will be a little more. Only if you accumulate enough labor points each month can you continue to enjoy the living conditions provided by Haihan officials. Otherwise, your national status may be revoked because of laziness.

As long as there are sufficient manpower and materials, it takes about three days to build a private house. Tan Juren directed the migrant workers to build five houses at the same time. According to rough calculation, the current housing demand can be completed within a month. Of course.

, the premise is that these migrant workers under him will not be taken away by Roger, otherwise there will definitely not be enough manpower.

Although manpower is scarce, Tan Juren cannot change the current situation of Xingdao on his own. He can only revise his original plan according to this situation, postpone what should be postponed, and change what should be changed. He is formulating work in Sanya

When I was planning, I didn't expect that I would encounter such a difficult situation after going south.

Sanya has not had a labor shortage for a long time. No matter what project requires a large number of people, as long as the relevant documents are issued in the Victory Fort, manpower can be quickly deployed for implementation. As far as Tan Juren knows, Guang

There are various construction teams under the Ministry of Construction, and there are more than 3,000 construction workers active on various construction sites in Sanya. Building several resettlement houses like this cannot find enough manpower to carry out the construction. Basically, in Sanya

Unthinkable.

For the current plan, Tan Juren can only hope that the follow-up immigrants arranged by his superiors will arrive as soon as possible. According to the information he received from the Executive Committee before departure, at least two groups of immigrants will be sent to Xingdao to settle in this year, but there is a big chance

The probability is that he will have to wait until the second half of the year. Before that, he will probably have to endure the current situation for a few months. In addition, he is praying that the war Roger mentioned will not come so soon, otherwise everyone on the island will have to fight in it.

Under the orders of the times, he stopped working and was on standby, temporarily serving as a military servant.

But it seems that they are really afraid of what will happen. On April 20, the armed patrol team discovered the activities of an unidentified ship in a bay thirty miles north of Star Port. At that time, the ship was trying to dock towards the coast of Star Island, but

After discovering the patrol team, they hurriedly changed direction and headed to the north shore of the Johor Strait.

"Ordinary fishing boats will not take the risk to land here. It is most likely a spy ship from Johor." After receiving the report, Roger did not dare to be careless and immediately notified Tan Juren to meet and inform him of the news. Although Tan Juren was only the Chief Executive, he was not

It involves the military, but currently the two time travelers are in charge of Xingdao. When major local events happen, only the two of them can discuss and make decisions.

Haihan's station on Star Island is concentrated near Star Port on the south side of the island. There are no residents in the north of the island, and its fishing boats will not go around the Johor Strait to the north, let alone turn around and leave when the patrol team sees it.

The identity of this ship can immediately rule out its ownership. And the north of the Johor Strait is the country of Johor, which is currently eyeing Star Island, so Roger's speculation is reasonable and very likely to be fact.

"Don't we have ships patrolling the Straits of Johor? Is there any way to put an end to this kind of spying activity by the other side?" Tan Juren also agreed with Roger, but his thinking was a bit too simple.

Roger shook his head and said: "This is basically impossible. The east and west ends of the Johor Strait are a hundred miles long, and we can't have so many warships deployed there. In fact, the navy is currently in the Johor Strait.

The patrol frequency of the patrol team is only once a week, and the Army patrol is once every three days, so it is impossible to completely prevent outside penetration from the north. This time it was just luck and we happened to hit it. "

Tan Juren also knew that this was because the troops stationed on Xingdao were limited and it was impossible to spread the defensive net too widely. The establishment of a battalion sounds like a lot of people, but the coastline of Xingdao is more than a hundred kilometers long, and the area is even more

There are 700 square kilometers, and on average there are less than two soldiers per square kilometer. It is too unreal to be able to completely prevent outside infiltration with only limited frequency patrols by the land and sea armies.
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