"Captain, there is fire on the beacon tower!" Mei Wan, who was in charge of the observation, reported. [No pop-up novel website].
Bei Wei looked up and saw that a bonfire had been lit on the beacon tower, and a thick plume of smoke shot straight into the sky under the dim sky.
Although this situation had been expected, he was still a little frustrated - it would be great if this warning post could be pulled down silently. But his plan was shot down by Xi Yazhou - the preparations for special operations took too much time. The travelers must launch landing operations as soon as possible and gain a foothold on the shore before the news spreads. The Qiongzhou Strait was an important maritime transportation thoroughfare and fishing ground in ancient times. At dawn, such a fleet that transcends the times cannot be hidden from anyone. The difference between pulling out the beacon tower and not pulling it out is only an hour or two.
"Ignore him and continue measuring the water." Bei Wei ordered. The only real thing now is to get the ship into the harbor as soon as possible.
However, the people on the boat were still a little nervous. Mei Wan, while recording the water depth line, quietly asked Bei Wei:
"Will the Ming army come for reinforcements?" As the war started, reinforcements from all walks of life came one after another - this is a common plot in movies and novels.
"No." In fact, Bei Wei himself had no idea. Yu Eshui swore that there were no troops stationed in Lingao City and that the beacon tower served as an early warning. Although he was not afraid of a small group of Ming troops or any local armed forces, the less unnecessary bloodshed the better.
The boat rowed all the way to test the water depth and put navigation beacons in to prepare the ship for entering the calibrated channel. The water was rising, and the waves were pouring into the river. The boat hardly needed to be rowed before it was carried by the tide to the pier in front of the beacon tower. Under the platform was a group of low tile-roofed houses with a flagpole in front of the door - this is probably what the intelligence said. The inspection department of Bopu.
There was no one in front of the inspection department, and a lantern with the word "Inspection Department" still hanging on the high flagpole was not extinguished.
Bei Wei waved his hand: "Everyone, fix your bayonets! Reconnaissance team, target the house directly in front, one group, two groups, and three groups, follow me!" Following the command, Bei Wei turned off the safety, and was the first to jump out of the boat and onto the dock. .
Even though everyone did a standard job in this assault, the first Ming Dynasty official office that the time travelers occupied was empty. On the beds in the left and right rooms, the straw mats were still warm, and a pot of water was already sitting in the kitchen, and the fire was not extinguished. The place has been empty for a few minutes.
The Inspection Department is responsible for inspection and early warning. Of course, there is no need to fight against the vicious pirates. They are familiar with the terrain and walk away. Anyway, the pirates didn't stay for a long time. They just came back to clean up after leaving - in the inspection department, in addition to tables, chairs and benches, there were just some guys from the kitchen, so they didn't lose much money. The pirates also knew that there was nothing valuable in the yamen, so they simply refused to enter.
This group of 21st-century travelers not only searched everywhere, but also looked through everything with interest - in their minds, these were antiques. We also need to occupy the dove's nest - the house, the beacon tower with its back on the commanding heights of the coast, and the pier. It is a ready-made landing headquarters.
Bei Wei ordered a team to go to the beacon tower to search and extinguish the fire and then serve as a guard, while a team climbed to the top of the inspection department and was responsible for suppressing the surrounding areas. He reported to the flagship through the walkie-talkie that he had successfully logged in and occupied the Bopu Inspection Department. No one was injured or killed during the operation.
After the report, he called two team members: "You go back to the boat and throw smoke beacons along the waterway. Guide the following ships to enter the port."
In the dock of Fengcheng Ship, the people who had been watching the smoke column nervously after hearing the news breathed a sigh of relief. The gate of Bobu Port-Lingao has been opened to the traveling public.
Ma Qianzhu suppressed his excitement and pretended to be calm and said to Mond, "Let's get started!"
This order was immediately spread to all ships. The same order was repeated on every ship: "Weigh anchor!"
Two fishing boats were in the van, and two were in the rear. The Fengcheng ship and the self-propelled barge were running side by side, and the North American sailing ship spread its snow-white sails. The fleet rolled with white waves and sailed toward the harbor in a mighty manner. Behind them, a red sun burst out, dyeing the sky red. The surface of the South China Sea sparkled with golden light, and the dawn of the new world shone on the travelers for the first time. The time travelers on the deck stood up involuntarily, and the excitement in their hearts was incomparable:
I am witnessing history and I am also making history!
This feeling made them so intoxicated that someone sang "Ode to the Motherland":
The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, and the victory song is so loud,
Sing our dear motherland and move toward prosperity and strength from now on.
…
First it was one person, then many people, and finally everyone. The high-pitched singing voice reaches to the sky and resounds throughout the new world.
"Horn!" the executive committee ordered as they were about to enter the harbor.
"Woo--" The whistle sounded loudly. This was the whistle from another civilization in time and space. It announced the coming of a new era-history was about to be changed.
Although everyone is eagerly preparing to embark on the new world, for the time being, they have to continue to endure on the ship until the dock construction is completed. Professional engineering personnel and unprofessional basic labor force - the latter are organized in groups of 5 people, are put on small boats in batches, and transported ashore.
Engineers must first plan and build a port area as a base for advancing inward.
Because the geographical environment of Bobu Port as a seaport is not superior - although there is a deep-water channel with a water depth of ten meters in the bay, the red stone island and the silted sandbar at the river mouth also play the role of a natural breakwater, the wind shelter conditions here are not It is all-weather, with almost no cover on the northwest side. Once the northwest wind blows, the wind and waves in the harbor will be very strong - travelers cannot use it as a main base. The storm surge caused by typhoons every year also makes it unsuitable to live and work here.
The modern Bobu Port is at the southern end of the bay, where the water depth conditions are the best. The engineering staff also chose the same location as the landing site and unloading accumulation area. As a rule, such a port requires the construction of breakwaters, various forms of docks and trestles, unloading machinery and large-area storage warehouses and sites. All this is a fantasy for time travellers.
Of course, ship-to-shore transfers can also be carried out using boarding boats, but the speed is too slow. If the trestle is built manually, the entire construction period will be very long, and some professional equipment must be made to work effectively. Therefore, Yan Quezhi, who is responsible for the port planning and design work, and several engineering technicians discussed the simplest method before the crossing - a floating dock.
The most common use of floating docks in modern times is for the loading and unloading of small boats, and they are rarely used as unloading docks. However, anyone who knows a little bit about military history knows that during the Normandy invasion, Britain and the United States used floating docks on a large scale, allowing the Allies to send 100,000 tons of supplies and 50,000 vehicles of various types without capturing the port. Arrived. Although the floating dock suffered heavy losses in the subsequent hurricane, it soon lost its usefulness. But its effectiveness has been thoroughly proven.
Travelers do not have such luxurious conditions - Normandy's floating docks and breakwaters do not require such a huge scale. As long as they can transfer the supplies and personnel on the ship to the shore as soon as possible. Therefore, the floating dock uses a row of closed 2ool iron barrels, which are then connected and welded into small units with angle steel. Waste tires for buffering are also suspended at the connected parts of each unit, and corrugated steel plates are welded to the top. According to the calculations of the engineering team, The buoyancy of each unit can carry 4o tons. General vehicles, machinery and supplies can now pass through.
The problem with this type of iron drum floating dock unit is that it is difficult to connect. If it is a standard pontoon bridge, there are special connecting bolts that can be connected very accurately. Although the outer frame of these iron barrel docks is welded with angle steel and the exposed steel ears for connection are welded in advance, no one has the error level here. Dare to guarantee.
The floating piers towed by fishing boats were towed into the bay one after another. The traversers did not have the high-powered motor boats of the pontoons. The small motor boats on the Fengcheng ship had limited horsepower. They were towed and towed by several small boats with great difficulty. The units are roughly in place - the berth where the Fengcheng ship is anchored is almost a full 15o meters away from the shore. The number of units is sufficient, but it is more difficult to assemble than expected. The undulating waves make it difficult to connect the bolts. In place, the engineering staff had no experience in this area. From time to time in the rush, someone fell into the water because they were too focused on their work. Fortunately, they all had life jackets and whistles. The landing 6 headquarters organized a group of people who were good at sea swimming to take a rowing boat in the bay. After patrolling back and forth for rescue, the Engineering Department finally did not become the first department to produce martyrs.
The anchors installed with reference to the pontoon played a decisive role when manufacturing the pontoon. The four small anchors on each unit successfully slowed down the bumps of the pontoon. At the end of the morning, a 150-meter-long and 8-meter-wide floating trestle has taken shape. Although these units will still reveal cracks that can break a person's ankle from time to time in the ups and downs of the waves, followed by a terrible pulling sound.
The members of the executive committee watched the completion of the first project of the traverser on the Fengcheng Wheel. They couldn't help but feel excited. Ma Qianzhu said loudly: "I suggest that this trestle be named 'Project No. 1'." We need to erect a monument and pass it on, and it will forever be remembered in the history of the country!"
"It's okay to erect a monument," Wen Desi said, "but this thing needs to be replaced with a permanent facility before the typhoon next year. When the typhoon comes and blows it away, we will suffer a huge loss - so many iron barrels And steel!”
Ma Qianzhu was about to speak when suddenly a foreign girl came into the cab, holding a camera and snapping pictures. Everyone was stunned, and then they remembered that this was Ding Ding's girlfriend Pan Pan, and then Ding Ding also came in, holding an interview machine in his hand, and directly asked Ma Qianzhu to talk about his thoughts on landing on the 6th - this media reporter who was unwilling to be left alone had already roped in a few people who knew printing and was preparing to publish the first time traveler. He even distributed the shares and gave his future newspaper an uncreative name, "Lingao Times".
"I don't have any thoughts." Ma Qianxu looked uncooperative. In fact, he was very excited today, but he didn't like interviews. He would rather talk about his feelings quietly while writing his memoirs, rather than being poked at with something.
"Where's Mr. Wen? Tell me what you think." Ding Ding immediately changed the subject, and Pan Pan came over and slapped Wen Desi hard again.
"A historic day." Wen Desi said.
