"If we transport refugees at this rate, we will have a biochemical crisis here in a few days." Lu Wenyuan stood on the watchtower of the farm, looking worriedly at the refugee camps scattered down the hillside.
The transport fleet has come twice, transporting a total of 4,000 people, but the influx of people in the refugee camp has continued to increase. Especially after Kong Youde's troops arrived at Dengzhou City, the people near Dengzhou tried to avoid the clamor of soldiers.
, fled in all directions, and many hid on Qimu Island.
Lu Wenyuan could no longer grasp the precise number of refugees - people came in almost every hour. In addition, there were deaths every day, so he could only estimate the size of the refugee camp through the number of refugee rations distributed every night.
Approximate number of people: The total number of people has exceeded 4,800.
Qimu Island is a very small island. Although food is not a problem and the accommodation is barely adequate, the consumption of drinking water cannot keep up. Only 1.5 liters of basic drinking water is provided to each refugee, which consumes more than 10,000 liters of water every day.
.And the water source on the island cannot supply so much water at all - it all depends on the rainwater stored in the water cellar that Lu Wenyuan collected in the previous stage.
At this rate, even if the daily population remains below 6,000, the island's water reserves will be exhausted in less than half a month. If there is no heavy snow to replenish surface water, a water fetching team will have to be sent to fetch water more than ten miles away.
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Even worse is the excrement. Although the food supply level is very low and there are biogas tanks to deal with it, the daily amount of excrement is also considerable. Lu Wenyuan has had to stop using several public relations toilets.
"Planning Institute, you bunch of stingy people who don't let go of anything..." He gritted his teeth and said: If it hadn't been for Planning Institute's insistence, he would have built the toilet's sewage culvert directly into the sea, and discharged it all into the sea, which is convenient.
It's clean, why should we consider these issues now.
We still don't know when the next ship will arrive - the fleet needs to be unloaded, the gains and losses in transportation need to be assessed, and the transportation plan needs to be revised. This was originally planned, but no one expected that the speed of gathering refugees would be so fast.
So fast. He is now in a "backlog of goods" state.
From the watchtower, you can see the lights on the pier and the sparse masthead lights. In addition to the few fishing boats he collected himself, a special agent squadron was sent to him from Kaohsiung to protect the sea around the island. These four boats
The guns of the secret service boats were covered with gun jackets and fishing nets, and the flags were also hidden.
However, the cold wind that got colder day by day and the snowflakes that drifted from time to time reminded him that severe winter was coming.
The ponds on the island and the surface runoff outside the island have begun to freeze, and under the strong northwest wind, the sea surface will soon freeze as well - Lu Wenyuan has confirmed this from the mouths of local fishermen.
Once Longkou Bay freezes, the spy boats must retreat from here. But now there are nearly 1,000 army soldiers equipped with artillery and typewriters on the island. Even if Kong Youde's entire army comes to attack, it will not be a problem. The only thing that worries him is the ice
The impact on ships docking after the closure.
After getting off the observation deck and returning to the warm conference room with a fire, Xie Yao, the special commissioner sent by the Ministry of Health to take charge of the health and epidemic prevention work in Qimu Island Refugee Camp, was waiting for him.
Xie Yao is an old man, in his fifties. He was originally a scholar with no reputation, a bankrupt small landowner, and has some knowledge of medicine. He received training in modern Chinese and Western medicine in the training class of the Ministry of Health. Because he is from Shaanxi, he is considered "anti-freeze"
", he was sent to Shandong to take charge of the sanitation work in the refugee camp, with dozens of health workers sent from Lingao under his command.
Wearing a half-worn uniform commonly worn by naturalized citizens, he was sitting by the stove warming himself. When he saw Lu Wenyuan coming in, he wanted to stand up.
Lu Wenyuan waved his hand impatiently: "Stop getting up and let's talk about it. What happened today?"
"Disinfection liquid has been sprinkled on each barracks, and the killing rate of fleas and bedbugs is 90%." Xie Yao spoke slowly. "As of 17:00 this afternoon, thirty-one people have died, and the bodies have been transported out. New
There are 109 new cases, including those who have not yet recovered, and excluding those who have recovered and died, the current number of patients is 375..."
Lu Wenyuan smiled bitterly: "Doctor Xie, what do you think the situation will be like tomorrow?"
"The weather is getting colder every day, and women, children, old and young may not be able to withstand it. A small cold and wind-chill can turn into pneumonia in no time. There are not enough medicines - it would be great if we could give them more bedding and cotton-padded clothes," Xie Yao said.
.If it weren’t for the chief’s secret “sulfa tablets” and some other “Australian medicines”, more people would have died just by boiling the tablets and decoction.
It was out of curiosity about "Australian medicine" that Xie Yao signed up for the training course of the Ministry of Health at his advanced age at the time.
"However, the cold weather is also beneficial. There are so many people crowded on the small island. If it hadn't been for the cold weather, I'm afraid there would have been an epidemic."
There is a huge gap in the warm clothing prepared for the refugees - it is really difficult for the Senate to prepare winter clothing for hundreds of thousands of people. Therefore, the idea mentioned above is to let the refugees light a fire and roast slowly: compared with cotton, the supply of fuel
It's easier.
"Rebuild more houses for the refugees, and get more fire dragons. Each barracks has at least two." Lu Wenyuan instructed.
After seeing off Xie Yao, Lu Wenyuan paced back and forth in the conference room for a few times, and ordered the orderlies to find Wang Ruixiang to discuss: Chen Sigen took the special reconnaissance team out, and he wanted to continue to monitor the combat operations of Kong Youde and the army. Since Kong Youde
After the trajectory of the war changed, Chen Sigen became very uneasy about the historical process, and monitored both sides more closely. The special reconnaissance team, reconnaissance cavalry and plainclothes spies monitored the officers and soldiers and Kong Youde's troops almost 24 hours a day. This kind of
Chen Sigen went out for several days on a mission.
On the large map behind him, there are densely packed colorful flags marking the latest status of all parties. Since Kong Youde's troops arrived at Dengzhou City on November 22, the two sides have been having small-scale armed conflicts, but the fighting situation is not fierce.
.Generally speaking, we are still in a temporary stalemate.
Of course, this stalemate will soon be broken. In order to implement the determination of the Senate: that is, to allow Kong Youde to disrupt Shandong and seize a large amount of supplies, and to ensure that Sun Yuanhua can "preside over the counterinsurgency", the Foreign Intelligence Service and Lu Wenyuan are both here.
Carry out active strategic activities. There is a constant flow of messengers and intelligence agents to Dengzhou, Laizhou and various places in Shandong.
Although Lu Wenyuan did not go to Sun Yuanhua in person, he wrote several letters to Sun Yuanhua as a church member, made some speculations about Kong Youde's movements, and also gave implicit reminders about the problems of the former Dongjiang Ministry in Dengzhou. Especially
This pointed out that Kong Youde's mutiny was "motivated by accumulated salary and cannot be destroyed without a spoonful of water" - none of the old Dongjiang troops in Dengzhou were reliable.
Lu Wenyuan did not expect Sun Yuanhua to obey his advice, he just wanted to leave an impression on him first and prepare for the next step of approaching and manipulating Sun Yuanhua.
At this juncture, Lu Wenyuan didn't want anything like a plague to happen in his base camp. Besides, too many people gathered and it was too conspicuous.
Wang Ruixiang was formulating a "grand plan" in his bedroom. To be precise, it was a plan to go to Liaodong. As the main advocate of the Liaodong plan, he had always tried to establish relations with the Manchus, so he was very enthusiastic about Operation Engine. Once
After establishing a foothold on the Shandong Peninsula and establishing a base on Jeju Island, maritime communication lines with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were established.
In Wang Ruixiang's view: Although the Manchus were barbaric and backward, they had abundant resources and could use the scissors of industry and agriculture to shear their wool. If this was not possible, it would be good to rescue more of the captive Han population and come to Lingao to enrich the labor force.
Hearing Lu Wenyuan's worries, he cracked a smile and said, "Hey, what's there to worry about? Shouldn't we go to Jeju Island?"
The distance from Qimu Island to Jeju is only one-third of the distance from Qimu Island to Kaohsiung. There is no need for a large ship, and ordinary ships can also transport it. The ship can go back and forth in less than four or five days, which is much faster than transporting directly to Kaohsiung.
"But the Jeju Island landing operation has not been carried out so far." Lu Wenyuan frowned. Logically speaking, the Jeju Island landing operation should have started a month ago.
It is now the end of 1631, and there is still no telegraph call sign from the direction of Jeju Island. Where did the Second Fleet go?
"This is indeed a bit strange!" Wang Ruixiang scratched his head, "I think we have to send a telegram to ask!"
When the radio waves of the telegram jointly signed by Wang Ruixiang and Lu Wenyuan pierced the sky, the Second Fleet from Kaohsiung had already arrived in the waters of Jeju Island.
The Second Fleet launched the landing operation nearly a month later than expected. The consequences of the rapid expansion of the Navy began to emerge one by one at this time. The flagship of the Second Fleet, Zhenyang, suffered a major steam engine failure halfway through the ferry from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung.
The boiler failed and was forced to return to Hong Kong for repairs. After other ships arrived in Kaohsiung, they began a comprehensive overhaul and inspection. It was found that there were also problems with dampness and frost: mainly in the power system: boilers, steam engines, crankshafts... individual ships
There is also the problem of water leakage. The only one in normal condition is the Fubo.
After some emergency repairs by the repair ship anchored in Kaohsiung, the Second Fleet finally reluctantly completed the preparation work. It launched a conquest of Jeju Island before New Year's Day in 1632.
Zhenyang, making tide, waiting for frost, and Fubo. Four warships sailed in a wheel-like formation on the sea through the waves. They all hung sails and sailed at a speed of 6 knots per hour. There was a faint black smoke coming from the chimneys -
- The boiler is not using its full strength - it is necessary to take care of the h800 and the spy boat in the formation. They are fully equipped with sails and follow closely behind.
This is almost the entire combat fleet of the Second Fleet and two-thirds of the transport ships. The ships are fully loaded with soldiers, supplies and building materials.
The sun is rising and shining on the deck. In the distance, a large green island has emerged on the sea - it is Jeju Island.!~!
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