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"Yes, yes, Xiao Zishang has specially arranged a special gift box for the elders for you. It contains everything from clean clothes to food. [Read the full text]" Bei Wei saw that these people looked good, but they looked a bit slovenly. , except for Mendoza, everyone was unshaven. Because of the hot weather, several of them were wearing tattered cotton jackets and large pants.
A group of people welcomed Bei Wei into the camp. After a few days of construction, the place was beginning to take shape. Zhou Weisen said that the food was poor - it was compressed grass rations + seafood porridge every day, but he got a few barrels from the Spanish ship. Salted pork, corned beef, and some cheese, which looked and smelled horrible, were given to the Spanish captives along with biscuits infested with weevils.
Because the repairs of the San Raymundo have not yet been completed, the Haitian must stay here for a few more days. In order to speed up the repair, more tools were brought from the Haitian to help with the repairs.
Bei Wei and others took this opportunity to go to the crash site of the Tidemaker again to inspect the hull to see if there was any possibility of rescue - to make a report to the executive committee.
The result of the inspection was that the ship was seriously damaged. Zhou Weisen conducted a snorkeling exploration and found that the underwater hull had large damage and some of the ship's ribs had been deformed. Even if it was refloated and righted at great cost, it could not be towed back. Lingao was repaired.
After sending a report to Lingao, they quickly received a response: Nongchao would be disposed of on the spot and try not to leave any wreckage.
The sailors immediately disassembled all available parts: navigation instruments and equipment, fire control equipment, sails, sail cables, and some detachable ship materials-including the exposed propeller. As for the light weapons, ammunition, and tools on board the ship, they were already ashore before the typhoon hit, and there is no need to fish them out again. As for the ammunition used by the cannon, it had to be abandoned because it was too heavy. Then, winches and pulleys were used to retrieve the anchor and anchor chain, a 130mm main gun and two 75mm secondary guns from the reef. The other guns may have sunk too deep. Or nowhere to be found.
Finally, they removed the steering wheel and ship's bell from the Tidemaker, and the navy installed high-density black powder gun bags on the remaining hull. For the sake of caution, holes were drilled in the hull and bombs were dropped into the power cabin.
On the afternoon of July 29, after everyone saluted the wreckage of the Tidemaker, the gunpowder was detonated. The wreckage of the Tidemaker was blown to pieces, and no part was left above the water.
Subsequently, the Haitian weighed anchor. Towing the San Raymondo back. On the large deck of the Galen ship, the marines fired three salvos into the sky and then raised the sails in formation. On Samar Island, only two small stone monuments on the hills along the coast remain. One is the "Hunger" Victory Monument. The other commemorates the sinking of the Tidetaker and the four sailors who died in the battle.
Not far from these two monuments, there is a tombstone lying on the ground, where the crew members of the San Raymondo who died in the battle are buried.
In Lingao, the incident of sinking in the tide has been communicated among the elders. Shan Liang proposed at the Senate Standing Committee: a detailed investigation of the entire incident, questioning of the Executive Committee, and an investigation into the procedural legality of the specific command of this naval operation. Du Wen, on the other hand, published a "comment on the great damage caused by opportunism and adventurism to the time-travel undertaking" in the "Morning Star" magazine, denouncing the operation from the beginning as an adventure carried out by a group of selfish opportunists. The action does not conform to the planned, disciplined and overall-oriented action guidelines that time travelers should have.
Naturally, there was a heated debate over whether to protect people or ships in times of crisis. For a time, the veteran and the 901 gunboat were more important. The explosive question of which one is more important, the elders or American silver, was also raised.
Obviously, no one dares to say that 901 is more important than the elders - this is seriously politically incorrect in Lingao. However, it became entangled with the subsequent attack on the San Raymondo: Zhou Weisen and Lin Chuanqing took the risk to attack the enemy when they were in an unsafe situation. Is there any element of adventurism that could absolve themselves of their own mistakes?
As the matter was causing quite a stir, at Qian Shuiting's suggestion, a committee on the sinking of the Tide was formed to conduct a special investigation.
The Commission of Inquiry held several hearings on the issue and subsequently issued a report:
First, the committee considered that the starvation operation was legal - it was an operation officially approved by proposal and vote according to the system of veterans' military proposals. The committee drew the attention of the senators: individual senators have the right to question the rationality and necessity of the action, but they have no right to deny its legality. Any statement denying the legality of the action is regarded as contempt for the authority of the Senate.
Secondly, as to whether Lin Chuanqing's act of abandoning the ship ashore to ensure safety was a cowardly act, the committee believed that although according to the testimony provided by the navy's witnesses, when a ship encounters a typhoon, the general method is to sail the ship into the open sea, which is more risky. There is a high probability of saving the ship, but of course, there is also a certain probability of the ship being destroyed and people killed.
For a ship that has no faults and is fully equipped with personnel and equipment, taking shelter on the shore when a typhoon hits is to protect people but not the ship. It is a serious violation of military discipline in the navy. However, the committee also pointed out that in accordance with the guiding ideology of the Senate that "seniors are the primary productive force" and "the interests of senators are above all else", Lin Chuanqing's behavior of abandoning the ship was not only to ensure his own safety, but also to preserve Zhou Weisen, Sun Xiao and Including the personal safety of the three Mendoza senators, their measures were appropriate.
Third, Zhou Weisen and Lin Chuanqing’s attack on the San Raymundo was entirely within the framework of Operation Hunger. The mission given by Operation Hunger is to attack Manila Galen and seize ships and cargo as appropriate. From this point of view, as long as the mission is not declared over, any attack by Zhou Weisen and Lin Chuanqing on Manila Galen is reasonable and legal.
Fourth, whether the decision on the return issue constituted interference by Zhou Weisen and others in Lin Chuanqing’s command. The committee held that legally speaking, none of the veterans in the formation was responsible. According to the current "Senator Military and Political Consultation System" established by the Senate, when multiple senators are present and their opinions cannot be unified, major decisions must be decided through voting. So the vote and the result are legal. However, the committee clearly pointed out that this system has serious shortcomings in actual application, which can easily lead to a situation in which laymen interfere with expert command and "everyone has rights and no one is responsible". It is recommended that the Senate carry out reforms on this issue so as to integrate powers and responsibilities.
Finally, the committee pointed out in its conclusion that although the destruction of a warship is heartbreaking, the loss of warships and ships is inevitable in conquest operations. As long as it is proven that the commander did not make any mistakes in the specific command, No one should be held responsible for such losses.
Qian Shuiting was not surprised by this conclusion after it was read out by the Senate and passed by a two-thirds majority vote. No one dares to touch the high-voltage line of who is more important than the elders and 901, so it is difficult to deny the Hunger Action - let alone the rich loot captured by this action.
However, this incident also had another impact, which was the passage of the "Military and Major Operations Command Act" submitted by Dongmen Chuiyu, which stipulated that the command of any military operations and major operations must be issued by the Senate and the Executive Committee Target requirements are then formulated by the General Staff Headquarters and handed over to the commander for specific implementation.
During execution, battle and tactical decisions are issued by the commander, and other elders can only provide suggestions on execution methods and cannot interfere in decision-making. This avoids the problem of everyone making decisions and not taking responsibility in such major actions.
While conducting the hearing and investigation, the Planning Institute conducted a comprehensive inventory of the two Galen ships towed to Lingao. Originally, both ships had to be anchored at the quarantine anchorage for a period of time before opening the cabin for cargo inspection, but the executive committee couldn't wait any longer and finally decided to immediately carry out disinfection of the entire ship.
The remaining chlorine gas brought back by the Haitian was poured into the cabin of the San Raymundo, and a large-scale poisoning was carried out inside the cabin. It turned out that the chlorine gas was very effective. Afterwards, hundreds of rats and countless insect corpses were cleared from various cabins below the decks of the two ships.
Health workers wearing isolation gowns sprayed disinfectant inside the ship. Then, the sealed goods were carried up one by one, registered and loaded onto small trains, and taken to the quarantine warehouse to unpack one by one for inspection.
The quarantine warehouse area is very large - all imported goods must be quarantined here and disinfected if necessary. In fact, this is what Lingao Customs currently does.
The warehouse prepared for Manila Galen is the largest one. Under the roof held up by huge iron trusses, bags and boxes of loot are being pushed here via rail cars and arranged one by one according to the area.
More than a hundred naturalized workers were brought in from various departments: customs, planning institute, police, army and students from Fangcaodi. Now they all wear white isolation gowns: backwards and tied at the back, no pockets, hats, protective glasses and gloves.
"Divide into groups of five, open the packages one by one and inspect them!" Sun Xiao, wearing the same clothes, yelled with a loudspeaker, "All items must be reported and any abnormalities reported immediately! Start now!"
The Planning Institute is most concerned about precious metals - this is also the main goal of this operation. Therefore, any small reinforced iron box that may contain silver or gold should be opened first. The boxes were opened one by one, and the contents were spread out on special plates by category, and were registered and counted by special personnel. Gold coins, silver coins, gems and pearls were constantly taken out, making the whole warehouse sparkle and jewels.
