For this plan, Ji Runzhi worked hard throughout the New Year holiday. In order to reduce his workload, he handed over the work of drawing the plan to his apprentices, Ji Yuan and Ji Shu. Under his guidance, the two The child has learned to draw using a drawing instrument. As highly talented students who obtained Class B diplomas within one year, these two children have very strong learning abilities and are almost proficient in practical techniques.
It's just that the talents trained in this way are just "skilled workers" in the long run. They lack the ability to autonomously and grasp the overall situation and can only be used in emergencies. It is obviously not qualified to carry on his mantle. Ji Runzhi decided to start from scratch once Sanya's construction was on track, starting with the most basic mathematics, geography and physics, and then gradually deepening into the fields of architecture and planning.
"It's done!" Ji Runzhi saw that the sun was gradually setting in the west. He looked at his watch and saw that it was already past four o'clock. The days are short in winter, so if you stay late in the wild, you have to go home in the dark. No matter how good the moonlight is, For modern people who are accustomed to walking under street lights, it is still too dark. If they encounter a ditch, they will fall to their death.
Ji Runzhi took his apprentice on the way home. He first returned to Tiandu Town, where he then took a small train to Yulinbao.
On the platform of Tiandu Town, he met Xi Yazhou. He was wearing a training uniform, with a steel helmet on his head, and a ring of branches and leaves on the helmet - not for camouflage, but for sun protection. The winter sun in Sanya is also quite hot.
Xi Yazhou stood on the platform, behind him was a neat team of workers wearing rattan safety helmets and work clothes. Although their clothes were soaked black with sweat and dust, the workers were still in high spirits holding second-generation standard spears.
"... Everyone did a great job in today's formation and march training!" Xi Yazhou held the command knife in his hand, "You have developed your spirit and courage! You have the momentum that the Senate militia should have!..."
It ended with the militiamen shouting three times: "At the service of the Senate and the people!" Ji Runzhi waited until Xi Yazhou finished speaking and issued the order to "disband" before walking over.
"There's been a big military training recently?" Ji Runzhi knew that Xi Yazhou had started militia training since the first batch of slaves arrived.
Xi Yazhou took off the 80° steel helmet from his head. It was so heavy that his neck was sore after wearing it all afternoon. He brushed off the branches and leaves hanging from the helmet's camouflage net, took off his towel and wiped the sweat, and then took a breath.
"Old Wang said that there will be more than 10,000 slaves here by the end of the year. If we don't hurry up, how can we start training the militia? The slaves are rioting, hey, this is too much to bear."
Since Quark came here, Sanya has officially made its appearance in front of all countries. The news that there is a new commercial port at the southern end of Hainan Island will soon spread. In addition to the merchant ships from various countries hoping to open up China's trade, there will be Chinese and Western pirates, the Spanish authorities in Manila, and the two East India Companies. , there is no guarantee that they will not attack this place for some purpose. After Xi Yazhou's research, the most dangerous ones are the Spanish authorities and Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang. Of these three families, the latter two are even more dangerous. Once they attack. With the navy's 6 fishery boats of less than 100 tons and front-mounted rifled guns that fire every three minutes, it is a bit doubtful whether they can block the opponent's ship sea - all the 8154 who were originally in charge were transferred back to the coast. It's high.
"The Army is still reliable." Xi Yazhou murmured privately, but the size of the Army was also a bit uncertain. Including the naval platoon, the available Army strength in his hands was only 400 people. Of course, he was still confident in defeating the pirates who landed on the 6th, but once the troops were assembled for combat, they would not be able to protect the various facilities on the shore that were fully constructed. If the slaves take another opportunity to stage a major riot, Sanya will turn into a hell on earth filled with fireworks.
The only solution is armed militias. Since a few months ago, Xi Yazhou has selected "politically reliable and firm-minded" labor squadrons from the labor force to conduct military rotation training in an organized manner. As the commander of the Sanya garrison, he had to think so hard about this that he had to give up the opportunity to return to Lingao and stay in Sanya to train the militia.
The two of them got on the Tiandu-Yulinbao train together. Although they were veterans, there was no special luxury carriage on the train. The only difference between them and the workers who also took the train to get off work was that they occupied a separate carriage - the same Convertible flatbed truck.
"The organization and discipline of the workers are quite good." Xi Yazhou unbuttoned his uniform and let the wind blow. "They are very good soldiers after training, but it is a pity that they lack weapons. We have very few spare Mini rifles here. The militiamen. I had no choice but to use cold weapons - I didn’t expect that we would have to form a Spanish infantry phalanx even if we lined up to kill them."
"Just apply to the General Staff for some rifles."
"Hmph," Xi Yazhou sneered and lit a cigarette for himself, "You want one too?"
"No, thanks."
"Of course a few Mini rifles are nothing, but the executive committee is not willing to give more," Xi Yazhou didn't want to talk more about this issue and looked at the scenery that was slowly retreating. Last time he called the General Staff on this issue and requested the allocation of 500 Mini rifles for militia training equipment. However, the General Staff stated that the inventory of rifles was limited, and the final solution was to ship him 1,000 hand grenades, 1,000 training bombs and 2,000 training rifles.
Militiamen who only practice formation and assassination can go into battle, but when it comes time for them to pick up rifles, militiamen without shooting training can only fire off. Xi Yazhou had no choice but to take out some spare rifles from the dispatch camp and give them to the militiamen in batches for shooting training.
"Could it be a manifestation of Mr. Wen's generational gap theory?" Ji Runzhi said, "The regular army and the militia maintain a technical generational gap to ensure that the regular army can suppress the militia's insurrection."
Although the theory of generational differences in armed forces equipment has never been formally proposed, it has many supporters in the Senate. It even tends to be regarded as a golden rule.
Xi Yazhou finally couldn't help but complained: "What a shame! At least we need to get some brown bess for the militiamen. Training with spears is too big. If the enemy comes, let the militiamen line up." Spanish infantry phalanx? The Spanish infantry phalanx is reinforced by arquebusiers after all. We can only build a Macedonian phalanx."
The two got off the bus at Yulinbao, and He Fanghui had already returned from "inspecting defenses." According to the system, all expatriate veterans of units stationed abroad must take turns to undertake "on-duty" tasks. It is guaranteed that there is always one elder who is awake at any time. It's Wu Fang's turn to be on duty today.
"Old Xi!" He Fanhui waved the telegram in his hand, "Tomorrow the big whale will bring the dumper and mineral processing equipment, and now the first batch of iron ore will be shipped out!"
"Oh my god, not even a single professional is here, but we have to install the equipment! None of the three of us understands mechanics." Ji Runzhi exclaimed.
"There are elders who will come with the ship." He Fanghui said, "There are still a lot of people coming." He blinked at Xi Yazhou and He Fanhui, "The maids we entrusted the general office to buy by lottery will also be sent with the ship."
"Damn, what a happy event!" Xi Yazhou was lucky enough to get a B grade in the lottery, so he was particularly eager for this.
"At least there is someone to do the laundry." He Fang replied, "Let's have a drink together tonight. Drink all the wine in the sympathy box! It's a pity that there are no girls to do a striptease!"
A few days ago, the left-behind elders heard about the "wine pool, meat forest" and cosplay event at the annual meeting through private telegrams, which made the left-behind staff jealous to death - everyone didn't care much about eating and drinking, and missed seeing the white thighs. It's a pity that the opportunity was given.
"You have to be on duty at night." Xi Yazhou reminded him.
"I drank kvass," He Fang replied. "Actually, my drinking capacity is as clear as drinking 8 bottles of beer..."
On the day before New Year's Day, in order to make up for the regret that the elders stationed abroad could not return to Lingao to attend the annual meeting, the General Office sent a "condolence box" to each of the elders stationed abroad who could not return to Lingao through a navy transport ship.
The sympathy box is made of wood, looks like an ammunition box, and is very strong. There are many foods preserved by the Planning Institute from the past: a can each of Pla’s military version of braised beef, luncheon meat, Western-style ham and canned anchovies; Sichuan kimchi, Korean kimchi, Jinzhou assorted side dishes and One bottle each of chili sauce. In order to have a Chinese New Year atmosphere, 5oo grams of sliced and dried Ningbo rice cakes are prepared. Cook, stir-fry and eat as you please. The drinks include 4 bottles of beer, 2 bottles of rum and 6 bottles of kvass, which are individually packaged in special beverage packaging boxes and then packed into boxes. Regardless of whether you smoke or not, you will be provided with a "Golden Holy Boat", which is the highest-grade cigarette newly released by the Monopoly Bureau and is only for seniors - in fact, the taste is not much different from ordinary Holy Boat. In addition, there is a can of coffee and tea, 25o grams of white sugar, and 25o grams of assorted fruit candies.
The contents of the condolence box were still shabby by the standards of time and space, but to the senators they were delicacies full of memories. If the instant noodles had not been used up, many elders would still like to have a few packets of instant noodles during the New Year as a nostalgic reminder - even though the elders' canteen makes Yi noodles seasoned with real chicken soup.
That night, Xi Yazhou also asked the Army managers to buy a few sheep from the immigrant villages resettled in Anyu and other places - Tiandihui also has activities in the local immigrant villages - and slaughter them to improve the army's food. The best meat was taken out and a mutton feast was made for the elders. Several cans in the sympathy box were opened, and several people drank beer while enjoying barbecued mutton and seafood. Finally, here is a luncheon meat spinach fried rice cake to celebrate the New Year’s Day that has passed.
