Chapter 139 The overseas colonization operation begins

July 17, 1627, the fifth day of the sixth month of the seventh year of the Great Tomorrow. The pier of Victory Port was crowded and noisy early in the morning. Thousands of people gathered here as soon as it got dark.

These people had received the news in advance and came to the pier early to wait to see off the overseas colonization team that was about to set off. The colonization team itself consisted of more than 300 people, plus the relatives and friends who came to see them off, and the enthusiastic crowd of spectators.

The wharf is home to about 70% of the current residents of Victory Port-Tiandu line. Many people from Li and Miao Mountains even heard that the Haihan people had a large fleet to go overseas, so they specially came from the port more than 20 miles away.

The villagers came to Victory Harbor to watch this wonderful scene.

It was the first time for so many people to gather together in the control area of ​​the Crossing Group. The military and police department responsible for maintaining order on the scene was under great pressure and had to transfer all the manpower from the new barracks. As the number of onlookers continued to increase,

The Military and Police Department could only transfer all 80 naturalized soldiers from the colonization team to the dock to participate in maintaining order. Fortunately, the local laborers had already formed a habit. When they saw the naturalized soldiers in green clothes and green trousers, they automatically

Stop the disorderly crowding, otherwise you will be hit with a hard stick later. In an area like Port Victory where the people are not enlightened, sticks can obviously make ordinary people learn to obey the rules faster than laws.

A group of idlers in the small courtyard of the Inspection Department had also been awakened by the bustling crowd a long time ago. At this time, they were lying on the fence in boredom and watching the lively scene on the pier from a distance. Someone said: "It is so noisy on the pier, could it be the sea?"

Are the Han people going to abandon this place and flee?"

Another person retorted: "Escape? They have no rivals locally, so why should they escape?"

"They are not trying to escape, they are sending a fleet to travel." Wei Ping had some knowledge, and after observing for a while, he came to the conclusion: "And the place where this fleet is going is probably far away from Victory Port. In a short time

I can't turn around inside, so there are so many people coming to see me off."

Soon the sound from the loudspeaker on the pier confirmed Wei Ping's guess: "Fellow compatriots, fellow villagers, today we are here. In addition to bidding farewell to our relatives and friends, we will also witness our voyage.

The group has entered a new stage of development starting today..."

Although Wei Ping couldn't see clearly what was going on at the dock, the voice was familiar to him. It was the leader of the Haihan people named Tao. In the first two days of their stay, the loudspeaker that sounded on time in the morning was like thunder, shaking them.

This group of people were all frightened to the point of urinating. Later, they slowly discovered that this was a trick of the Haihan people, just to remind everyone to get up. But people outside the courtyard had things to do, and the dozen or so people in the courtyard got up.

After breakfast, all I could do was stare at my eyes, which was really boring. After a few days, the tweeter in the morning became as disgusting as a curse.

Tao Donglai couldn't care less about what the unlucky guys under house arrest thought. He stood on the bow of "Business Transport 01", holding a microphone in his hand and continued to deliver a passionate speech: "...please remember,

The travel of our companions will open a door for us. What awaits us behind this door is a rapidly developing Cotai Strip! They will continuously transport coal to us from overseas and help us produce more

Goods can be exchanged for money, and then the executive committee can allow more people to eat, wear clothes, read books, and have houses to live in! Our lives will get better and better because of their contributions. Please

Remember them, remember these warriors who bravely went overseas for the benefit of our collective!"

The hundreds of colonization team members standing on the dock who had not yet boarded the ship were holding their heads high and their chests high. Even those who were not happy about being drafted now looked proud. The onlookers cheered loudly,

Use the Haihan people’s unique way of clapping to cheer up the warriors who are about to go out.

Someone in the small courtyard of the Inspection Department muttered: "Are these Haihan people crazy? There are coal mines in Danzhou in the north. Why do they send so many people to dig coal overseas?"

Wei Ping scolded: "The coal in Danzhou is not much better than mud, and all the Danzhou coal on the market has been snapped up by the Haihan people. This shows that their demand for coal is greater than the entire Yazhou City. Didn't you listen to what I just said?

As the saying goes, once they have coal, they can produce more things to sell. This is the real reason why they send people to dig coal overseas!"

The man who was refuted said unconvinced: "But how much coal can be dug in a month with just two to three hundred people? The coal dug by such a small number of people may not even be enough to supply Yazhou. How can it meet the needs of the Haihan people?"

Wei Ping could not think of any reason to continue arguing this time, and immediately said impatiently: "If we could understand the Haihan people's thoughts, we wouldn't be trapped in this place! Stop talking and just watch the fun.

Bar!"

After Tao Donglai spoke on behalf of the Executive Committee, the Ministry of Shipping began to arrange for crew members and colonization team members to board the ships one after another. In addition to more than 300 colonization team members, there were also more than 100 crew members on the eight Chinese-style sailing ships on this voyage.

In addition, in order to ensure just in case, the Executive Committee specially dispatched the "Speed" and the North American special operations team who are relatively familiar with the waterway to escort the fleet. The "Speed" will escort the fleet all the way to the destination, and will be responsible for guarding and route survey along the way.

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The entire fleet has a total of almost 500 people, and the various materials transported on board the ship amount to more than 300 tons. It is the largest maritime operation since time travel to this era. And the difficulty of this operation far exceeds the original one.

The voyage distance alone is dozens of times that of the landing operation, and the fleet is all Chinese-style sailing ships. All operations on the sea can only rely on wind power, which is really difficult for a team with a considerable number of rookie crew members.

A difficult problem to overcome.

In order to solve the problem of uneven strength of the crew, the executive committee had to break up some of the sailors on the ship and regroup them. As for the three rented ships, there were many old sailors on board, although they were not familiar with this new ship.

route, but with a ship leading the way, at least there will be no technical obstacles to completing this voyage. The executive committees of these three ships paid half a year's rent in one go, although the rent paid was more than buying a ship.

It's a lot more expensive, but the executive committee, which is eagerly waiting for the ship, can't care less about the petty profit. The executive committee has now figured it out, and has to wait for its own shipyard to build the ship and launch it to organize the fleet.

That is an unrealistic idea in the short term. The most practical and effective way is to use money to directly build a fleet. Even if the cost is slightly higher, it is still worth it. You must know that the development time saved is not worth the money.

Can't be bought.

After this fleet is dispatched, in the near future, there will actually be only one small ship and the "Lightning" in the entire Victory Port that can go to sea. The intensity and scope of maritime warning will be greatly reduced. In order to cope with this unusual situation,

During the safe period, the Executive Committee made a request when Luo Shengdong visited a few days ago, hoping that he could mobilize several warships from Yazhou Water Village to station in the Victory Port area for more than ten or twenty days.

Of course, this favor was not in vain. The executive committee offered the mercenary a price of five hundred taels of silver, with all food and accommodation included. Faced with such a generous offer, Luo Shengdong naturally would not refuse.

He agreed, and said that after returning to Yazhou, he would immediately take care of General He and try to make the trip as soon as possible. These soldiers living in the water village were eating public food anyway, and being stationed in Victory Port would save a lot of daily expenses.

In addition to the money given by the executive committee, it is enough for Luo Shengdong to save some benefits for himself after running up and down. According to the latest news sent back by the Yazhou Residential Office yesterday, the Yazhou Water Village has begun to make preparations. It is estimated that Luo Shengdong

The joint of He Shenjiang has been opened, and the travel time is only a day or two.

At about nine o'clock in the morning, all the crew members boarded the ship, and the pilot ship "Speed" slowly left the dock and headed to the open sea. Behind it, eight sailboats set sail one by one and sailed out in a long queue.

The crowds on the harbor and pier began to disperse gradually until the fleet disappeared on the sea level. Those family members who had relatives in the colonization team stood on the pier for a long time, silently praying for the safety of their departed relatives in their hearts.

Although prior analysis by the joint weather forecast team of the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of Agriculture and other departments showed that there were no obvious signs of strong winds in the waters south and west of Hainan Island recently, it was just ordinary turbulence at sea, and soon the first batch of winds appeared on the ship.

Seasick people. Although all ships are equipped with medical staff or naturalized citizens who have received relevant medical skills training, there is really no magic formula that can cure seasickness. The vast majority of seasick people are on board

Within just one or two hours after going to sea, I couldn't stand up straight, and I could only lie in the cabin and moan feebly. Fortunately, the proportion of people with severe seasickness was very low, only 23% per hundred, which would not affect the entire ship.

The march of the team.

The route of the colonial fleet was to go west along the coastline from Victory Port. After passing Yinggezui in the southwest corner of Hainan Island, it left the offshore and sailed directly to the east coast of Vietnam. From Victory Port to Thanh Hoa on the east coast of Vietnam, there was only paper

The surface voyage is more than 200 nautical miles. The Ministry of Shipping estimates that if everything goes well, the actual voyage will be about 250 nautical miles. Considering that the average speed of the entire fleet is only about six or seven knots, it will take three or four seconds to complete this voyage no matter how fast it is.

Ten hours. In addition, the speed of sailing on the sea at night is much lower than that during the day, so it will take at least two days to complete this section of the voyage. For those unlucky people who are severely seasick, these two days will definitely be their

It was an unforgettable period in life. The fleet had brought plenty of supplies, so they had to wait until the fleet docked in Thanh Hoa to transport Vietnamese refugees at the earliest, and then they would have the opportunity to go ashore for a short rest.

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