"Captain Zhang, you and the comrades of the logging team seize the time to cut down the trees. The more the better, we need a lot of wood. Remember to limit the cutting of trees around the dock." Zhao Xu said to Zhang Sen, the leader of the logging team.
Cutting down trees close to the dock facilitates transportation and can also widen the open space around the dock.
In a place like this where the forest coverage rate is almost 100%, the end means unknown dangers.
After two days of traveling, Zhao Xu finally found a suitable place to build a dock on the edge of the river.
Not every place on a big river can build a dock.
The places suitable for building docks actually have to meet certain conditions.
Rivers are extremely erosive. In order to widen the river surface and make the flow flow smoother, they will continue to erode towards both banks.
However, if the rocks on both sides of the place where it flows are of different softness and hardness, then on the harder side, where the river cannot erode, it will be blocked and turn, thus forming a "meander".
After the meander is formed, the river continues to flow with sediment. However, due to the constraints of the river channel on the river, the main momentum of the river at the turning point is to rush towards the concave bank. The speed is high and the sediment will not be deposited. At the same time, due to the Lateral circulation makes erosion more severe, so the riverbed on the concave bank is also eroded deeper.
On the contrary, when the flow velocity on the convex bank is small, sediment is easily deposited, and the river bed is therefore shallower.
Therefore, when people build docks, they will never choose a convex bank with a shallow river bed to berth ships, causing ships to run aground.
When people choose a location to build a large dock, they always choose a place with deeper water, so they will choose a deep concave bank in the river bed to allow large ships to dock.
At this time, Zhao Xu found a rare concave bank. And there happened to be an open space on the bank.
Zhao Xu carefully observed the traces on the river bank.
"Captain Zhao, this place is correct. The ground on the river bank should not have been eroded by the river for many years. The floods should not be able to flood this place. You see, there are no tall trees growing in this area, because there are rocks underneath. .So the river water cannot erode, forming this sunken river bank."
"I just saw it, and that mark should have been washed out by floods. It's the flood season now, so we are right to build the dock according to this water level."
The person who spoke was a junior clerk sent by the Ministry of Water Resources, named Chen Guangyu. This kid had just graduated from Huaihai Academy and had been working in North America for a few years. After he went there, he would definitely be promoted.
Therefore, many young people are still willing to come to North America. Everyone wants to gild themselves while they are young.
Chen Guangyu is also one of the few clerks in the team. He can also be regarded as a professional technician.
"Well, Guangyu, go and tell Liu Dazhu of the construction team to build the dock according to this height. We only have two days to station here."
"When the raft is ready the day after tomorrow, it will go down the river. The rest of the work can only be left to the people left behind. So Guangyu, you have to help them solve all the technical problems in the past two days. ." Zhao Xu ordered.
There are about 2,000 people in the entire exploration and development team.
There is a reinforced company of 250 soldiers, equipped with F1854 rifles. There is also a machine gun platoon in the team, equipped with six mortars and four rotating machine guns. They belong to the garrison of Dongzhou Prefecture.
There is also a battalion of militiamen, totaling about 500 people.
Most of these militiamen were drawn from farms, received certain training, and were equipped with F1853 rifles.
But their main task is to build settlements, especially after the settlements are built, to carry out local production activities and strive to make the settlements self-sufficient.
To put it bluntly, the main occupation of these militiamen is farming, and they will only participate in battles when the infantry strength is insufficient.
In fact, everyone in this team has undergone a short period of military training, and even a clerk like Chen Guangyu must be able to shoot a gun.
The entire team can carry one gun per person.
The reason why the entire team needs to be divided is just to facilitate management.
In addition, there are a logging team, a hunting team, a construction team, and a prospecting team each with 300 people, as well as two doctors, one of whom is a veterinarian, and five clerks.
On the air next to the dock, some militiamen are clearing vegetation. They will camp here tonight.
At the junction between the river beach and the forest, soldiers are on guard.
There are also some soldiers who go out with the logging team to take charge of security work.
Occasionally you will encounter scattered Indians here, and some Indian tribes are very aggressive.
They came up and spoke with their bows and arrows without saying a word.
But most Indians are still willing to communicate normally with others.
As long as they are willing to communicate, the expedition team can usually establish a good relationship with them.
Under normal circumstances, Indians are very friendly when they see Chinese expeditions. At least these people look closer to Indians in appearance.
Under normal circumstances, Zhao Xu would trade with them.
Zhao Xu usually used salt, cloth, needlework and other daily necessities to exchange some furs and food with the Indians.
The Indians in western Canada are relatively simple, but they are more tough.
There were two Indian guides in Zhao Xu's team, whom Zhao Xu exchanged with the tribe leader for two lighters.
These two men provided great help to the expedition in the woods.
"Captain Wang, go and arrange the guard tower." Zhao Xu called for the infantry company commander Wang Hua.
Although Wang Hua has to accept Zhao Xu's command.
But he is part of the garrison after all.
Accepting Zhao Xu's command is only temporary. Moreover, combat matters are not Zhao Xu's specialty.
He had been working on a farm.
Just because his original farm was in the Far East. The climate and environment there were somewhat similar to the environment in northwest Canada, so Zhao Xu was promoted and transferred to Canada to lead the expedition team.
The reason why Zhao Xu came here was because he could upgrade two levels in a row after arriving here.
In fact, he already has a family in the Far East.
What the Bureau of Land Reclamation means is that they are now stable here.
After the settlement here is built, their wives and children will be sent here.
So what Zhao Xu is going to build is his future home. How could he not be careful?
Company Commander Wang quickly left the deployment after receiving the order, and the construction team members were going to build a simple dock.
Zhao Xu gave Wang Hua a hundred militiamen. Wang Hua asked these people to dig out some narrow ditches first.
Later, after the logging team cuts the wood back, the thick wood will be used to build docks and rafts.
Thinner wood will be inserted into these narrow trenches to form a wall.
A series of shallow pits will be dug on the outside of the wall.
There are also some useless fine firewood used as fuel, and a bonfire is lit outside the wall at night.
These bonfires will illuminate the surrounding area to prevent enemies from raiding the camp.
Watchtowers will be built at regular intervals on the fence to provide certain protection for soldiers on duty at night.
The latitude here is relatively high, so it's still a bit cold at night.
This way you don’t have to worry about mosquito bites.
Wang Hua should choose the route of the wall construction and the location of the watchtower according to the needs of defense.
Soldiers do not need to do these physical jobs. This is the most basic requirement. Otherwise, once the enemy makes a sneak attack, where will they have the strength to resist?
The sound of logging by the logging team in the forest disturbed the animals in the forest.
A group of red deer jumped out of nowhere and ran towards the depths of the forest.
"Get ready, they are here. We can get some tripe for hot pot tonight." Xiang Yong, the leader of the hunting team, personally led a small team to ambush in the bushes.
As a professional hunter, Xiang Rong certainly knows that herbivores in the forest actually have fixed escape routes.
If it runs around, it will easily get blocked by bushes.
These fixed roads can all be discovered through observation.
The red deer ran away along their fixed route, unaware that danger was waiting for them.
"Fight." Xiang Rong seemed to be commanding an army to fight an ambush.
The hunters under his command fired one after another.
Although the huge red deer is running fast, it is still easy to hit.
After all, the location of the ambush was not far from the red deer's escape route.
Even if the militiamen came over, they would be able to hit it.
A burst of skin crackling sound ended.
The poor red deer herd was completely wiped out.
The expedition team will not be stationed here permanently, so there is no need to think about sustainable development.
"Let's go and bleed quickly, otherwise the smell will change and the stomach will not taste good." Xiang Rong was still thinking about his hot pot belly.
Because most red deer are shot in the body, if not processed quickly, the red deer's internal organs will be mixed with undigested food, and blood will flow into the red deer's internal organs, which will also affect the taste.
A group of hunters quickly pulled out their boning knives to deal with these red deer, which were taller than humans.
An adult red deer can provide several hundred kilograms of meat.
We Chinese will not waste food like Mr. Pei. Nor will the offal of a red deer be wasted.
The stomach, large intestine, small intestine, heart, liver and lungs of the red deer will become food for the expedition team.
"Lao Xiang, the harvest this time is not small. Let's get him a few kilograms of deer liver and two cups in the evening." Zhang Sen licked his lips and said from the logging team not far away.
Lao Zhang has no other hobbies but that after a day's work, he likes to burn two knives.
They are not combatants and are allowed to drink some alcohol when not in wartime.
After all, they do heavy physical work, and drinking some wine at night can help relieve fatigue.
"Zhang Tou, I want to eat fat sausage." One of his team members said while working.
"If you open your head, why don't I get a deer whip and let you go to the bar." Another person joked.
"Go away, you, I will tell Lao Xiang that you will eat the whole thing when the time comes. I will lock you up with the little mare from our logging team at night, hahaha." Zhang Sen laughed and said,
He showed his big yellow teeth.
The surrounding logging team members also burst into laughter.
All kidding aside, everyone's work has not stopped.
A smile can make everyone forget about fatigue.
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