The villages and towns along the route that Kong's troops passed through were inevitably ravaged by war - the resentful rebel soldiers vented all their resentment against the Shandong soldiers on the local people, and the places they passed were devastated - other places were not directly affected. To the military disaster. [No pop-up novel website]
However, the news of the military rebellion triggered panic throughout Huang County. The gates of the county town have been closed, and the people are looking for places to hide. The "criminals" in each village and the local bandits took the opportunity to cause trouble, raping and plundering everywhere. In the panic and chaos, almost every village that had formed a stronghold to protect themselves was flooded with a large number of people who took refuge with their children and their families. Rich and poor people all fled to the walled villages and towns. No matter what, there was still a pitiful order left within the walls.
Although Lu Wenyuan's stockade was erected not long ago, the news that there was a stockade on the island and that it was guarded by local warriors spread quickly. Moreover, Qimu Island is relatively remote. From the second day after Kong Youde's soldiers entered Huang County, a large number of refugees began to take refuge on Qimu Island with their young and old in tow and their belongings.
Lu Wenyuan and others had expected that such a situation would happen, so they had prepared for it. The special cauldron shipped from Lingao kept the fire open day and night, cooking relief rations, dried Haiying vegetables and all edible local vegetables. It is a paste made from mixed wild vegetables. Refugees, regardless of whether they are rich or poor, can get a wooden basin and a wooden spoon as soon as they enter the refugee camp, and go to the pot to get the hot paste to eat.
This method saved the lives of many refugees who were suffering from hunger and cold, and also saved the lives of many refugees who still had food but were freezing to death.
Mu Mu is rationed two meals a day, with a caloric standard of only 1,400 calories. This amount of food can only ensure that they do not starve to death. This is also Lu Wenyuan's original intention: once the shipping and transshipment operations begin, the refugees are all alive and kicking. There will be a lot of trouble. Now let them live half-dead to ensure that they are unable to resist.
Because I eat too little food and don’t have enough calories, I have to be very particular about where I live. It was a long wooden house, and there was a fire dragon in the house. Although it was not as warm as spring, at least it would not freeze to death. In the eyes of the refugees, the island owner is very compassionate: they have food to eat, a fire to warm themselves over, and a decent house to live in. Doctors come to make rounds every day and administer medicine to those who are sick. Infants and young children who cannot eat milk are also given rice flour and sugar.
Compared with the hardships experienced by the refugees in the wind and snow on the road, Qimu Island can be called a paradise.
But such days are not free. Lu Wenyuan knows very well that although the refugees are grateful to him now, the environment outside will improve. They will leave here soon without looking back - it is said that it is difficult to leave one's homeland. Chinese people have a strong sense of rurality and would not leave their hometown unless they are desperate.
Therefore, he announced to the refugees that anyone who wanted to take refuge on Qimu Island must sign a contract and be his long-term laborer for three years, otherwise he would immediately leave the village to take care of himself.
The chaotic and terrifying scenes outside became vivid in the camp under the deliberate exaggeration of Lu Wenyuan and others - he specially selected a group of local indigenous people: those with children and elderly people to support. They were given five more sweet potato rice flour biscuits for relief purposes per person per day as bait, asking them to spread rumors among the refugees and guide public opinion. By the way, we also collect comments from refugees.
The refugees had long been exhausted and frightened by all kinds of horrific news flying all over the sky. Under the threat of being without food and being kicked out if they refused to sign the contract as long-term workers, Lu Wenyuan's study was quickly filled with covers. Documents full of finger prints.
For the vast majority of illiterate people, only God knows what is written on the documents. As for the few literate scholars: including children who have failed many times, abacus shopkeepers, fortune tellers, etc., in the "preferential treatment of scholars" Under the guise of being separated, they have been individually screened out and concentrated in a long house for their supervision and use. On the one hand, this is to prevent these people from talking nonsense among the refugees. On the other hand, the ever-expanding refugee camps do need their literacy skills. Lu Wenyuan asked them to help with the manuscript. Management accounts give them a slightly better deal. So they were determined to harm other people for Master Lu.
Then he sent out many more refugees: all of them had families and tired families. Give each of them a certain amount of dry food and let them go to various parts of Huang County to publicize and attract people. Anyone who can bring back a refugee will be given a piece of relief biscuit as a reward. So these people worked hard: the news that there was food and safety here on Qimu Island soon spread across the borders of Huang County. Many people who had taken refuge in the village and county town had no food in their hands and had to beg for a living. When they heard that there was food distribution on Qimu Island, they all got up and headed towards Qimu Island.
Soon, more than 4,000 refugees gathered on the island. Lu Wenyuan decided to immediately start the first batch of transfers to make room for subsequent refugees.
He immediately sent a coded telegram: "Dinner!"
With the sending of this telegram, the prelude to Operation Dynamo also began.
At the call of the telegram, the first batch of transport ships set off from Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The first special transport convoy consisted of five h800 Harmony ships, escorted by the first-class gunboats Yufeng and Yangbo. The formation commander was the captain of the Yufeng, Lieutenant Commander Le Lin, and headed for Qimu Island.
After leaving the port, the formation took the east side of the Taiwan Strait and headed north with the help of the Kuroshio Current. The average speed that day was 8 knots. It took less than two days to complete the entire journey and arrived at Qimu Island at sunset on the 29th.
Because transporting the refugees was related to his reputation, Lu Wenyuan didn't bother to talk to Le Lin as soon as the ship arrived at the port, so he went to inspect several h800 ships.
The h800s used to transport refugees have been specially modified to transport as many people as possible while ensuring survival rates. Dr. Zhong once proposed a plan to use containers to "cage" the population. Although it had various advantages, it was ultimately rejected because the center of gravity of the "population containers" was too high when stacked on the deck and safety could not be guaranteed. In the end, it was still adopted. Traditional below-deck cabin transport mode. In order to make full use of space, double bunks have been installed in some cabins.
Roughly speaking, each refugee can occupy about 1.2 square meters including the hanging bunks. Although it is not spacious, it is quite good compared to the 1 square meter per sailor on the destroyer during World War II.
The floor of the cabin is covered with bundled hay - this is a measure to keep out the cold.
"It's not enough. We can light fires for them on land." Lu Wenyuan looked at the thickness of the hay.
"It gets warmer as we go south, so it's not a big problem." Lelin said, "Besides, if it doesn't work out, we still have spare hay. Just add a few more bales."
Le Lin showed him the bales of hay piled up in the cabin. "They are all harvested on the spot in Taiwan. After one wave, the compost is unloaded. Make sure it is delivered clean every time."
"I think the rags worn by refugees can also be composted..."
"That's not necessary - no matter how broken they are, they are still cotton and linen products. Once they are washed, they can be made into paper. The water used for washing clothes is used for composting..."
"Damn, did you transfer to the Planning Institute exactly?"
Because the cabin will be filled with refugees. In order to deliver fresh air to these places, ventilators are installed on the deck, and unpowered fans developed by the Ministry of Science and Technology are installed in the bow direction to collect the air, and then transport it to the cabin through a cloth duct - as long as ventilation is ensured, This can greatly reduce the mortality and illness rates of a large number of people on long-distance voyages.
On the side of the ship, there are some chutes extending out of the ship's side. These are chute-type toilets installed for the refugee cabins. Feces, urine and feces are discharged directly into the sea to ensure the air quality in the cabin and avoid sanitary pollution.
Finally, separate larger cabins are specially opened for pregnant women and women with infants and young children to ensure the survival rate of infants and young children.
The h800 model has a load capacity of 800 tons and an actual standard displacement of 1,200 tons. According to the transportation mode of the black slave trade, approximately one slave can be transported for every 2 tons of displacement, at the cost of a very high mortality rate. At present, the Senate is in urgent need of population, and of course cannot afford such a mortality rate. Therefore the shipment volume is smaller.
Whether ferrying from Qimu Island to Jeju Island or Kaohsiung, or from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong or Lingao, the ferry distance is relatively short. Even if the wind direction and sea conditions are not ideal, the longest ferry time will not exceed a week. Therefore, the amount of food and fresh water carried can be reduced as much as possible, while more people can be carried.
The daily food supply per person is relief biscuits equivalent to 1,400 calories per day, and 1.5 liters of boiled water is provided per day for drinking. According to calculations by the health department, this supply can maintain the safe arrival of refugees in Kaohsiung.
After careful calculation of the carrying capacity, cargo type and cargo volume, the final transportation plan made by the joint logistics headquarters was to carry 400 people per h800. No matter men, women, old or young.
The transfer took place at dawn in the early morning, when an infantry company armed with clubs and rifles with bayonets sealed off the entire camp. Then, while breakfast was being distributed, the camp leader announced that they would be sent to "Tuntian" in Zhejiang - Taiwan was the Not to mention that the people of Shandong have never heard of this barbaric land, even those who have heard of it know that it is not a good place to go. In contrast, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are prosperous places, and there is much less resistance to reclaiming wasteland there.
From the barracks to the trestle, there were also a large number of propaganda personnel transported from Lingao. All of them were middle-aged women who were happy to look at them. They greeted them enthusiastically and helped the young and old. They even talked in unskilled Mandarin: "It'll be great when we get to Zhejiang! Let's eat with the food open. Enough! If you work hard, you won’t starve to death! The master is a good person!"
In a state of half coercion and half coaxing, the refugees, who were almost completely numb due to the long-term control of their diet and were mentally exhausted, were guided to the boarding ramp. The first batch of 2,000 refugees boarded five h800 cargo ships. (To be continued!~!
