AWB Chapter 272 Taking down the giant island
Chapter 272 Taking down the giant island
Chapter 272 Taking down the giant island
Xiao Qi brought the fleet and sailed south for a day, when they met Long Yongsheng sent to investigate the route, looking for three medium-sized sea-going ships suitable for building a supply station island.
The officials on the three ships who were in charge of going south to search for the channel took a small boat to Xiao Qi's big ship and reported a piece of good news to him.
They discovered a very large landmass to the south a few days ago.
It is called land because they sailed along the coastline for a day and did not see the end of this coastline.
Originally they planned to hurry back and report to General Long, but now they happened to meet Zhenbei King Xiao Qi, so they reported to him directly.
Xiao Qi is very sure that the continent they discovered is the big island they are going to, because the place is so big that it is not a problem to call it land.
Xiao Qi's fleet was led by these three medium-sized sea-going ships, heading south all the way. In just over two days, everyone saw an endless coastline appearing on the southern sea.
Xiao Qi ordered to find a suitable place to build a harbor near here, and first land on this big island and build a harbor.
Although Xiao Qi knew that the place where they landed was still in the arid area in the west of the big island, and it would be a large desert area not far inland.
And sailing eastward for more than 1000 miles, there will be a huge bay, which is a natural shelter from the wind.
And that bay is really big, and it can even be called a very good inland sea fishing ground.
Relying on the memory of his previous life, he took out a pen and drew the outline of this big island on the map.
After finishing the painting, without even thinking about it, Xiao Qi wrote the name he just thought of 'South China Sea Bay' on the bay that looked like a huge gap.
After finishing writing, Xiao Qi blinked and thought to himself that it was not too much to draw the South China Sea here. This is indeed in the south.
I nodded to agree, it is indeed in the south, there is nothing wrong with calling it 'South China Sea Bay'!
Xiao Qi tried hard to recall where there was a port on the map he had drawn, but he couldn't remember anything.
In the previous life, I probably knew what this big island was like. I knew that there was a large desert in the west, and the deep forest coverage in the east and south was good. I had no impression of the rest.
Just when he was about to think again, where is the right place to build a harbor.
"Ding! The host's sixth dragon force check-in task: discovering and occupying the big island in the south of the ocean has been completed."
"Ding! The reward for the host's sixth dragon power sign-in task: increasing the host's dragon power value to the sixth level of dragon power has been issued."
"Ding! The host has completed the Dragon Power check-in task twice again, and will be rewarded with a map of the distribution of mineral deposits in this land."
"Ding! The host triggers the dragon power sign-in task [-]: Completely occupy and develop this big island."
"Host: Xiao Qi."
"Sign-in level: Longli sign-in level six."
"Sign in: No sign in this time. (After completing the sign in task, you will get a random reward from the system.)"
"This check-in task: completely occupy and develop and build this big island. (Sign in?)
“Experience of signing in and upgrading: 6/7.”
Hearing that the system actually rewarded him with a map of the distribution of mineral deposits on this land, Xiao Qi was so excited that he endured the impact of being injected with a powerful breath into his meridians.
Say silently in your heart: "Sign in!"
"Ding! The host has signed in this time, the task of signing in: completely occupy and develop and build this big island. (After the task is completed, the system will receive a random reward)"
After signing in, Xiao Qi walked out of the cabin and looked at the fleet of ships that had found a natural pier on the distant shore, and began to dock one by one in an orderly manner. The soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion on board began to disembark and spread their guard around.
After careful observation, there are almost 1 soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion who have already landed.
Moreover, the big ships in the fleet are still docking one after another in an orderly manner. After all the soldiers on the big ship that docked have landed, the ship will leave immediately, and the other one will then release the soldiers on board. .
On the other side, there are large cargo ships lined up, where a springboard is set up, and the materials on board are continuously carried ashore.
Xiao Qi knows that there are many kinds of wild beasts in this land today, and there is a group-living beast called thylacine that has not disappeared in this land. Not only has it not disappeared, but it is now the king of this land.
Next is the legendary Thylacine and the wild dogs with Asian dog ancestry. The Thylacine is unknown when it became extinct, but the Thylacine and wild dogs are the most ferocious predators on this land.
Especially the group of wild dogs, these guys all appeared in groups, because of the long process of rewilding, these once tamed dogs have recovered many of the characteristics of wolves.
Although I know that the tens of thousands of soldiers in the Changsheng Battalion will keep those wild dogs and thylacines at a respectful distance, but in order to avoid accidents.
Xiao Qi still ordered the soldiers who came ashore to take a short rest, then alert each other to cut down trees, and build a tight and tall fence outside the camp to prevent wild beasts from sneaking in to attack the soldiers at night.
Of course, among the soldiers who went to cut down trees, there must be snake catchers leading them to search the place to be cut down, and cut down before there were no poisonous insects.
In order to prevent these soldiers from being attacked by suddenly disturbed snakes and insects.
After the military order was conveyed, the soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion quickly moved into action. Under the leadership of the snake catchers, they quickly cleared the snakes and insects in the nearby jungle and cut down a large number of trees.
The carpenters in the army and the soldiers who knew carpenters began to quickly build the fence outside the barracks, while others cleared and leveled the camp, and began to build simple shelters such as marching tents.
By the time Xiao Qi's flagship landed, a large military camp had begun to take shape, and the soldiers were all ready to bury their pots and cook.
Xiao Qi told the snake catchers to rest first after a meal, and at night, half of them would be assigned to follow the guards on duty to prevent poisonous insects from entering the camp.
And ask them to bring snake repellent powder, and sprinkle it around the camp.
The dogs brought from Song Dynasty, except for those who followed the soldiers on duty at night, were all tied to the outermost perimeter of the barracks, using their keen sense of hearing and smell to form the last barrier around the outermost circle of the soldiers.
Entering the handsome account that had been set up for him, Xiao Qi took out the mineral distribution map that the system had just rewarded, and began to study the nearest minerals.
It doesn't matter if you look at it, he found that there are actually two iron mines between the place where he landed and the 'South China Sea Bay'.
But the coal mines are very far away, most of them are on the east coast, and there are also coal mines on the west coast and south coast, but the distance is too far.
No way, Xiao Qi decided to excavate the iron ore for the time being. As for the coal mine that cannot be excavated in a short time, let's transport it from Southeast Asia first.
Then Xiao Qi discovered that not far from the south of these two iron mines, there was actually a gold mine and two copper mines!
These three mines are good things and must be mined. When the [-] Changsheng Battalion soldiers behind them arrive, they will immediately send people to dig them.
As for the miners, I believe that Lin Zhengqintu and Long Yongsheng, the three militants, will soon get a lot of prisoners of war.
At that time, except for leaving enough manpower to dig the Suez Canal, all the rest will come here to mine!
Soon Xiao Qi made a plan to explore the two iron mines, and initially reserved [-] troops for them. After the two iron mines were explored and the mining plan was worked out.
Two thousand soldiers were left to garrison there, and the remaining [-] people went south to explore the gold mine and the two copper mines. The remaining [-] soldiers from the Changsheng Battalion were used to deliver supplies to the people in these two places. supplies.
As for the others, Xiao Qi once again took out the property distribution map and looked at it carefully.
Suddenly, Xiao Qi discovered that in the middle of the southernmost part of the big island, near the sea, there was actually a coal mine and an iron mine next to each other!
This discovery made Xiao Qi decisively give up his previous plan to go to the 'South China Sea Bay' to build a large port.
He decided that after a few days of recuperation, he would personally lead the [-] Changsheng Battalion soldiers and prospecting craftsmen to go south by boat and go directly there for prospecting.
It's not that Xiao Qi insisted on going by himself, because the journey was too far, and the other navy generals didn't even know the exact location.
Even if they were given a map, not to mention sailing so far, but just asking them to find a place, it would probably take two months to determine the location.
As Xiao Qi drew the locations of the mines on the mine distribution map one by one on the map he drew himself.
He was surprised to find that the west, which he had been very reluctant to go to, had a lot of minerals!
In the west of this big island, there are four iron mines, three gold mines and one coal mine from north to south.
For this reason, Xiao Qi became entangled. Except for a coal mine located at the southernmost tip of the west, the other four iron mines and three gold mines were all located in the desert area.
And the desert area is the place with the most poisons. Don't dig it. These mineral deposits, especially the three gold mines, are too tempting.
Go digging, these soldiers from the Changsheng Battalion of the Great Song Dynasty just came here, and they are not yet familiar with the environment and poisonous insects here. At this time, they rashly go to mine on a large scale, and they are simply joking with the lives of these soldiers!
In the end, Xiao Qi gritted his teeth and decided to only mine the southernmost coal mine in the west.
For other iron ore and gold mines, after a period of time, a large number of Changsheng Battalion soldiers became familiar with the environment and poisonous insects here, and then started mining gradually.
Anyway, those mineral deposits are there, and the things will not escape. In this era, no one can take away this big island that has already been in their hands.
After thinking about this, Xiao Qi was no longer in a hurry, but continued to draw those mineral deposits on the map he had drawn.
Not to mention, the mineral distribution map given by the system is quite complete, including oil and uranium mines.
However, Xiao Qi directly ignored these two things. The current technology of this thing has no possibility of mining and utilization. Let's save it when the technology is achieved in the future.
It took more than an hour for Xiao Qi to draw several kinds of mineral deposits that can be used now on the map he drew.
What gave Xiao Qi a headache was that there was a manganese mine at the southern end of the 'South China Sea Bay'. Adding a little of this thing to the steelmaking process can greatly increase the strength of the refined steel.
After struggling for a long time, he finally decided to send some people there.
Fortunately, the manganese mine is by the sea, so it's not too difficult to send a few boats there.
There was nothing to say all night, perhaps because wild animals have a very keen sense of danger, and the tens of thousands of people in the Changsheng Camp here are too loud, so nothing happened on the first night.
However, Xiao Qi did not relax his vigilance because of this, those ferocious beasts are fine, as long as they take precautions well, there won't be any major problems.
But those poisonous insects are hard to guard against, who knows from which corner they will come out and bite you.
From the second day on, Xiao Qi began to let those snake catchers, accompanied by a large number of Changsheng Battalion soldiers, carefully explore the habits of those poisonous things.
For those poisonous things here, Xiao Qi is still in awe. The poisonous things here are not only on land but also in water. If you are accidentally bitten, there is no possibility of surviving with the current medical technology.
Xiao Qi knew that the poisons on land were snakes and spiders, but Xiao Qi was not very clear about the poisons in the water. He vaguely remembered that they were jellyfish, sea snakes and the like.
Even if the sea snake grew up by the seaside of Da Song, he knew that the thing was highly poisonous, and no one would provoke it.
He only knew that there is a kind of jellyfish called mitral jellyfish that is highly poisonous, but he didn't know if it was from here, so Xiao Qi hand-painted several kinds of jellyfish samples, and asked people to draw a lot of them, and posted them in the camp. Let the soldiers watch.
And warn everyone, as long as it is a strange marine creature that has never been seen in the sea, do not touch it.
As for the snakes and poisonous spiders on land, Xiao Qi didn't need to remind them. Everyone knew that it was best not to provoke them.
After resting for a few days, those snake catchers also roughly figured out the habits of some poisonous substances nearby, and killed a few poisonous snakes and spiders on the way, and brought them back to the camp for the soldiers to watch.
Remind them to be careful when encountering these kinds of poisons in the future, and if they can take a detour, never provoke them.
After the snake catcher explained to the soldiers for a few days, Xiao Qi dispatched [-] soldiers to protect the prospectors and set off to explore the two iron mines at the place Xiao Qi pointed out.
Fortunately, the nearest iron mine is more than 100 miles away, and the other one is more than 200 miles away, which is not too far for the Changsheng Camp, which has a four-wheeled carriage for logistical support.
After these 1 people went to explore for iron ore, Xiao Qi once again sent several ships and [-] soldiers to protect a few prospecting craftsmen and went to the southern end of the 'Nanhai Bay' to explore for manganese ore.
The more than 2000 people left for less than two days, and the remaining [-] soldiers of the Changsheng Battalion transported by ships sent by Long Yongsheng were also sent to this giant island one after another.
Xiao Qi still asked these soldiers to rest for a few days, and asked the snake catchers to explain to them the poisons that need to be careful here.
Xiao Qi, who couldn't wait any longer, boarded the ship again with [-] soldiers who had rested for more than ten days.
Drive along the west coast towards the south of the giant island.
He is going to find the iron mine and coal mine.
Such two large mines that are naturally side by side are enough to support a steel smelting plant with minimal consumption to work day and night for countless years.
(End of this chapter)