Australian Storm 1876

  Chapter 308 Big Copper Mine

"Pay attention to it, **** the captives to board the ship, and cheer me up to prevent the captives from making moths." Li Shuanzhu rode his horse to the pier, turned over and got off the horse, and threw the horse's rein to the guard behind him. .

The Shangri-La Division is currently super-organized, from division to regiment to battalion. Li Shuanzhu’s second battalion has six companies, three infantry companies, one fire company, one supplementary company, and one logistics company. Each infantry company has four. A total of 189 people in the platoon, plus the company commander and company deputy, exactly 192 people.

This time, Li Shuanzhu took two companies and a part of the heavy company, with a total of 480 soldiers, who will be responsible for the security guards of the entire advance colonization team, prison guards, patrol guards, clearing and driving wild animals, and protecting the expedition team. Escort and other messy tasks, as well as guest hunters and farmers when necessary, to bring valuable fresh meat supplements to the colonization team...

  On the dock

  Under the vigilant gaze of the group of soldiers with live ammunition, the numb-looking white Dutch captives walked up the cargo ship along the gangway and got down into the cargo warehouse at the bottom of the cargo ship. Then the people sat down in a crowd, waiting to go to an unknown place.

When everyone arrives in the warehouse, they will receive a big steamed bun. The dark one looks bad. This is cheap noodles made from coarse grains mixed with black beans. It is the food for the captives during the day and night voyage. There are several large buckets full of clean water in the bottom compartment, some small buckets for defecation, nothing else.

  Duan Qirui stood proudly on the bow, with one hand resting on the hilt of the saber naturally, and one hand on the revolver holster, watching the prisoners enter the cabin with cold eyes.

  This 3000-ton cargo ship has two upper and lower cargo compartments, with a large square lifting port in the middle. All the more than 1,600 prisoners will be stuffed into the second cargo compartment below, and there is no problem with squeezing.

   By the way, there are also some steel construction materials, occupying a lot of space in the bottom cabin, and the captives can only squat on the cargo pile to spend the journey.

  Anyway, it was more than 30 hours of voyage, and forbearance passed.

  The ship is escorted by a company. The soldiers set up tents on the deck. The company platoon-level officers can also be assigned to separate cabins with cigarettes, coffee, toffee, and perhaps veal steaks for dinner.

   "Deputy company commander Duan, the bottom warehouse seems to be crowded with 800 people. This is just over 600 and it's already full. What do you think?" The platoon leader below jogged to ask for instructions.

"What do you do? 800 people in the first floor cabin is 800 people, otherwise what? Shall I arrange another luxury cruise ship to arrange for you, or let out the tents in your row?" Duan Qirui was cold. Face reprimanded, this kind of idiot who ran to the chief at every turn has absolutely no future; "Take a second thought, are the butts and whips in your hands vegetarian?"

   "Understood, let's do it now."

After being scolded, the platoon leader vented his anger on the soldiers. The soldiers then raised their whips to vent their anger on the white captives. After a roar of pain, the bottom warehouse was successfully filled with 800 people.

  The soldiers were so cruel, and the white captives who boarded the boat behind had a commotion, and soon became honest under a whip.

  On this primitive island far away from the mainland, none of the captives would want to escape.

The lush primitive tropical rain forest is full of dangers. Vipers, blood-sucking leeches, virus-transmitting mosquitoes, wild dogs, wild wolves, crocodiles, elephants, and the world’s most poisonous and deadly birds. Entering alone is tantamount to looking for death. Live less than a week.

   Duan Qirui looked around coldly. Most of the white captives had already entered the cabin, and there were only a hundred people behind. Seeing that the loading work had come to an end, when he was about to turn his head and leave, there was another commotion in the team of captives.

  "I am a captain officer, and I want to meet my status. I want to see your boss and have extremely important information to tell..."

   "Shut up, now roll me back to the team, otherwise I don't mind using the whip to teach you a lot."

  "I beg you..."

  I heard the whip "slap..." in his ears. Duan Qirui frowned and walked over and said softly; "Wait a minute, what happened here?"

   "Report sir, this humble captive wants to make trouble." The soldier panted his whip, raised his hand in salute and replied.

"No...no...I swear to God that I don't want to make trouble. I am Captain Bergkamp. I have something extremely important to report to the officer. This involves a great secret. I hope to get your permission. "The captive lay down on the ground embarrassedly, a few **** marks on his body, he raised his head and begged to look at Duan Qirui.

  Duan Qirui thought for a moment, and shook his head slightly and said, "Bring him over to me. I have to ask him alone."

   "Yes, sir."

  Beside the rope pile at the bow

  Duan Qirui took out his cigarette and lighted it, and just took a sip, seeing Bergkamp’s desperate and eager look, he took the cigarette from his mouth and handed it to the opponent.

   "Thank you, gentle sir, I haven't enjoyed the smell of tobacco for a long time." Bergkamp took it with trembling hands, and put the cigarette in his mouth and took a deep breath.

   "You better don't play me, man." Duan Qirui said, unfastening the leather buckle on the pistol holster around his waist. This dangerous action made Bergkamp's eyes shrink.

  Once the answer is not satisfactory to the chief, Xiao Ming is over.

"Mr. Benevolent Sir, you will definitely be satisfied with the important information I have provided you. As long as you disclose this information to the noble Earl of Queensland, it may even bring you a knight noble title. I will serve God with devotion. Swear, it's definitely worth it."

"What?" Duan Qirui's eyes pierced like a sharp knife, his expression was not calm, he looked around and said; "You'd better pray and say the truth, otherwise I promise you will not die, and It’s to spend 7 days and 7 nights in pain and suffering, every minute and every second just to die quickly."

  It was not the words of an 18-year-old young military officer at all. In this warm weather, Captain Bergkamp's heart was chilled.

  God, what kind of devil is this?

Captain Bergkamp felt extremely regretful, but he knew that he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk on.

   "Come with me and go to the cabin to discuss in detail." Duan Qirui gave a faint expression, and left first, and Captain Bergkamp followed dejectedly, like a **** that was defeated.

  In the cabin

  The fragrant coffee smell is permeated. Captain Bergkamp took a few sips with a cup of hot coffee in his hand. He felt the beauty of this world again, and the spirit of the whole person returned.

  "It’s so good, it’s like returning to the beautiful and peaceful Amsterdam, sitting in a street cafe, sipping fragrant coffee, and enjoying the warm sunshine."

   "Well, whether you can revisit all of this, it depends on the amount of information you provide."

  "Please rest assured, sir, it will definitely make you overjoyed."

   "Then I will listen to you with good ears."

"That's it, sir, I am a captain officer of the Royal Utrecht Grenadier Battalion. The first group of troops attempted to land in Jayapura. The landing formation encountered two of your warships off Jayapura. After the heavy raid, Cang Panzhong retreated all the way to the southwest and entered an inland river in an unknown bay..."

  In the explanation of Captain Bergkamp, ​​the original veil was lifted;

The remaining Dutch landing forces totaled more than 1,550 people. Under the command of the commander of the Royal Dutch Army Colonel Schmidt-von-Krauns, they could only linger in the unnamed valley to survive and not dare to be discovered. In that case, the end would only be thorough. Fall.

This force hid in the Unnamed Valley for more than a month. During this period, Lord Schmidt von Krauns sent several search teams to search east, west and north, trying to find a way to Jayap. Pulled overland roads.

  The result is of course impossible, and all the efforts are dead.

Captain Bergkamp is the captain of one of the search teams. The search team led by him is responsible for the northward exploration. After searching for about 170 kilometers and reaching the Central Mountain Range, the exploration team marched hard in the mountains and forests.

  A soldier in the exploratory team was accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake and soon died of poison.

  Due to conditions

  Captain Bergkamp decided to bury the dead body on the spot. When the soldiers dug up the floating soil on the surface of the jungle, they dug hard rocks underneath, which made everyone feel extremely frustrated.

  At this moment, a soldier standing at the bottom of the mud pit exclaimed; "Oh...oh my god, I can't believe my eyes, there is a copper mine of very good quality..."

  This soldier used to work in a mine. He was a small geological and mineral expert. He recognized that this was a Cenozoic porphyry to skarn copper-gold deposit. The ore grade was quite high and it had very good mining value.

  To confirm this discovery

The exploration team stayed in the area for 4 days and successively excavated more than 20 prospecting pits. Copper concentrate ore was found in thirteen of the prospecting pits, ranging from 1 meter to 6 meters from the surface, which belonged to a standard open-pit mine. , As long as the floating soil on the surface is removed, it can be mined directly.

  After rough calculations, it is estimated that the resource reserves of the mine will not be less than one million tons. This is only a preliminary estimate, and it may not be a fraction of the entire reserves.

  After some narration

  The cabin fell into a long silence, and Duan Qirui's heart was shaken. The news was so important, it was so important that Duan Qirui wanted to kill others.

  Of course, this is just a thought.

  Without Captain Bergkamp as a guide, how can we find the location of the copper mine even if we find the unnamed valley where the Dutch landing forces had been defeated?

  Slightly deviated from the direction, and you will fall into the endless mountains, really like looking for a needle in a haystack...

  Through repeated interrogations, Captain Bergkamp is so eloquent that he does not look like a lie, and has great credibility.

  The big opportunity is here, it's worth a try.

  Duan Qirui realized that this is definitely a great opportunity to make him prosperous. The question is how to deal with it?

  It is impossible for him to go past his immediate boss and directly contact the Lord Earl, but the more people he knows, the less credit he has to pay, and there is a measure of interest in it.

  The company commander and the deputy battalion commander are definitely not under consideration. The day lily is cold when it is reported to the first level, and the report must be skipped.

  How many levels is the question?

  Did it pass Battalion Commander Li Shuanzhu?

  (End of this chapter)