"Wu Ruosi... my number one civil servant and think tank, now he handles almost 90% of the business in Surat Thani. He secretly built the Nicobar Islands base and all the materials used were secretly allocated by him! "
"Don't underestimate this task. This is secretly transporting materials under the eyes of the British. The difficulty is extraordinary..."
Wu Ruosi bowed and saluted the head of state, and Xiao Letian asked with a smile, "The Nicobar Islands are very important. I can tell you clearly that a large military base will be secretly built here in the future!"
"A war between us and the British now seems inevitable. If there is an important naval base guarded by forts here, we can detach a part of the fast cruisers to fight guerrillas with the British here! "
"Seize their retreat, harass their rear... I will not deploy battleships here. My strategy in the Indian Ocean is wolf pack tactics. The largest battleship will not exceed the cruiser Monsoon on the sea... or even smaller. A fast ship!"
"Fight if you can, and run if you can't... But once a war breaks out and the location of this base is exposed, it will definitely become a target of British firepower!"
"Unfortunately, once the British heavily surround this place, the Chinese will not send any reinforcements... Can this fortress last until the end of the war?"
"Can it last for one year or two years? Or will it be captured in a few months... Of course, I am not an unreasonable person. The task I gave here is that once discovered by the British, we must hold on for at least half a year!"
"Hold on for less than half a year...if it's been more than half a year, I allow you to surrender!"
"Can you complete this task? I don't want slogans, I want practical steps!"
Wu Ruosi was stunned for a moment and then replied, "Well... I have been thinking about the head of state's question before, but what I didn't expect was that the head of state actually gave a target of half a year? I didn't expect that the head of state actually allowed surrender?"
"Hahaha... I am not a tyrant, and I am not that unreasonable... The Nicobar Islands base is deep behind enemy lines, and unlike warships on the sea, which can anchor and run away, this place will be a dead place in the future!"
"As long as he can hold on for half a year and complete his strategic goals, I don't want Chinese soldiers to make meaningless sacrifices! Since you think half a year is too short, how about you hold on for ten months..."
Wu Ruosi stood up straight and said, "Head of State...my plan is not half a year or ten months. My plan is at least one year, and I will try my best to stick to it for two years..."
"Ah? Two years? Hahaha... Are you bragging? This task is very difficult. Let's not talk about how you can hold it for two years. Do you know what kind of fortress it is that can hold it for two years under the British artillery?"
"It must be a reinforced concrete structure of the highest specifications, and the area must be large! How much food and ammunition are needed in the past two years alone? How much work is this?"
"Let me ask you...how did you avoid the British spies for such a large amount of work? It's okay to make a small fuss, but for such a large-scale military base, the noise is huge!"
When Liu Lang saw that his men were being questioned by the head of state, he quickly spoke to save the situation, "That's right... Xiao Wu, don't be greedy for credit and rush into things. Think about it, you can transport cement and steel bars from Surat Thani, but where on this island?" Do you have the ability to invest in building a large mixing plant?”
"There are not enough fresh water resources. This fresh water can only be used by people to drink. We have to collect a lot of rainwater on weekdays... You can't use sea water to mix it, right?"
"Once the construction project starts, there will be mixing stations all over the archipelago, cement, sand and steel bars will be transported, and countless civilians will live there. If there is a fire and smoke, what should I do if the distant waterway is exposed not far away?"
"You should be more pragmatic, listen to the head of state, modify the plan and reduce the scale... half a year is really enough!"
Unexpectedly, Wu Ruosi still had a bad temper. He shook his head, "No! It is difficult to fight alone deep behind enemy lines. This base must not only leave behind food, fresh water, but also arms and medicine..."
"Coal for harassing the fleet, fresh water, food, artillery shells and bullets... these must also be stored. If they are small, there will not be enough!"
"I...I have a way!"
Xiao Letian saw the determination in his eyes, "Well! It seems that you are confident? Well, tell me about it and I'll give you time..."
"Yes! Head of State... My plan is to pre-pour it in advance and prepare some semi-finished products in advance in our jungle and mountain base in Siam..."
ah! Xiao Letian exclaimed, "Modular! Is this what you're paying attention to?"
Wu Ruosi was stunned, "Ah! The head of state summed it up well! It's just modules. Use models to make large blocks, and we'll transport these modules by ship!"
It is true that even if the national destiny comes, it cannot be stopped, and talents have exploded among the Chinese people!
Modularization is not complicated, but the difficulty lies in the unique thinking of the first person who came up with this method!
At the Siam base, the highest grade steel bars were woven into the module shape, and then Siam had plenty of fresh water mixed with sand and cement for pouring.
Modules of different shapes are put together like building blocks, and a large amount of steel bars should be exposed around the modules. When the modules are combined, the steel bars are screwed together, so that the modules are integrated into each other.
The limited fresh water in the Nicobar Islands only requires a small amount of concrete to be filled with joints. While building the base, a large number of trees must be planted on the periphery and various camouflage tarpaulins must be made.
Originally, no one wanted to come to this savage island. Occasionally, a few stray boats would not be noticed if they saw them from a distance.
As long as the amount of work is not so large and fires and smoke are not everywhere, the disguise is still easy to do!
The Nicobar Islands are indeed a good hidden base, because Xiao Letian knows very well that in the 21st century, no country in the world will bother to pay attention to this island.
There are only a few anthropologists, no more than a slap in the face, who have briefly visited here to investigate, and some have lost their lives.
This throat of the Strait of Malacca is so important, but strangely it has always been a forgotten place in the civilized world.
"Okay, okay..." Xiao Letian clapped his hands. "Your method is very good. In this way, Siamese ships only need to secretly transport modules to the island!"
"Tell me... how much has been transported?"
"Back to the Head of State... Fifteen nautical miles to the north, Savage Island, the largest island in the Nicobar Islands, we have actually reserved 60% of the modules. We have started working on it since the Head of State issued the secret order a year and a half ago!"
Xiao Letian's eyes suddenly lit up, "Well done...well done...no wonder, no wonder these savages are harassing us like crazy...so this is what happened?"
When Liu Lang saw that the whole plan had been approved by the head of state, he became more motivated. He pointed at the other person and said, "Head of State, this is another reliable brother of mine..."
"The great general of the Chinese ethnic group in Siam... Hahaha, Lei Wenjun! The underground underworld of Siam calls him Riesling!"
"There are a thousand elites stationed in the Nicobar Islands at the moment, and he has chosen them all!"
Lei Wenjun stood at attention and saluted and reported to Xiao Letian, "Lei Wenjun, a graduate of the fifth class of the fourth phase of the Chinese Staff College, reported to the head of state... During our graduation ceremony, the head of state spoke to us!"
"I was in the third row at the time, so the Führer probably didn't see me!"
"Ouch! Are you from a major?" Xiao Letian suddenly became interested. "Why did you let Gray Beard poach you?"
