"I have been paying attention for a while. I escorted the prisoners on board the ship to cheer me up to prevent the prisoners from making trouble." Li Shuanzhu rode his war horse to the dock, turned over and got off the war horse, and threw the reins 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 firepower company, one supplement company, and one logistics baggage company. Each infantry company has 4 platoons, a total of 189 people, plus the company commander and deputy, exactly 192 people.

This time, Li Shuanzhu brought two companies and part of the baggage company, with a total of 480 soldiers. He will be responsible for the security guards of the entire advance colonial team, prisoners, patrol watches, clearing and driving away wild animals, escorting the expedition team, and other messy tasks. If necessary, he will also play a guest star for hunters and farmers to bring valuable fresh meat supplements to the colonial team...

On the pier

As the brigade of live-fire soldiers were watching with vigilance, the numb-looking white Dutch prisoners walked along the gangway to the cargo ship and went down to the cargo warehouse at the bottom of the cargo ship. Then they sat down in a crowded manner and waited to go to an unknown place.

When everyone arrives at the warehouse, they will receive a big steamed bun. It looks so dark that it looks bad. This is cheap pasta ground with coarse grains mixed with black beans. It is the food of the prisoner during a day and night voyage. There are several large buckets filled with clear water in the bottom cabin, and some small buckets for urination and drowning, and nothing else.

Duan Qirui stood proudly at the bow of the ship, with one hand naturally on the hilt of the saber and the other hand on the revolver holster, and observed the captive team entering the cabin with a cold look.

This 3,000-ton cargo ship has two upper and lower cargo holds, and a large square lifting port in the middle. All more than 1,600 prisoners will be stuffed into the lower cargo holds, so there is no problem of squeezing it.

By the way, there are also some steel and building materials that occupy a lot of places in the bottom cabin, and the prisoners could only squat on the pile of goods to spend the journey.

Anyway, it's only more than 30 hours' voyage, so you'll endure it.

The ship was escorted by a company, and the soldiers set up tents on the cabin. The platoon-level officers were also assigned to separate cabins, including cigarettes, coffee, milk candy, and maybe dinner and steak.

"Deputy Company Commander Duan, the 800 people in the base warehouse seem to be unable to squeeze out. Only more than 600 people are already full. What do you think?" The platoon below came to ask for instructions.

"What should I do? 800 people in the first floor cabin is 800, otherwise what should I do? Will I transfer another luxury cruise ship to arrange it for you? Or will I give up the tent you are lined up?" Duan Qirui scolded with a cold face. Such idiots who come to find the superiors at any time have no future; "Please think about it, are the butt stocks and whips in your hands vegetarian?"

"I know, I'll do it now."

The platoon leader who was scolded vented his anger on the soldiers. The soldiers then raised their whip and vented their anger on the white prisoners. After a burst of storm, the bottom warehouse was successfully filled with 800 people.

The soldiers were so cruel that the white prisoners on board the ship had a commotion and quickly became honest under a whip.

On this primitive island far away from the mainland, no prisoner would think of running away.

The lush primitive tropical rainforest is full of dangers, including poisonous snakes, blood-sucking leeches, virus-spreading mosquitoes, wild dogs, wolves, crocodiles, elephants and the most venomous deadly birds in the world. Entering alone is like seeking death, and it will definitely not last a week.

Duan Qirui patrolled with a cold expression. Most of the white prisoners had entered the cabin, and there were only more than a hundred people behind him. As the loading work came to an end, he was about to turn his head and leave, the prisoner team had another commotion.

"I am a captain officer and I request treatment that match my identity. I want to ask your boss to have extremely important information to inform you..."

"Shut up, get back to the team now, otherwise I don't mind teaching you a lesson with a whip."

"I ask you..."

The sound of a whip whipping on the flesh came from his ears. Duan Qirui frowned and walked over and said softly, "Wait a minute, what happened here?"

"Report to the sir, this humble prisoner wants to cause trouble." The soldier panted and put away his whip and raised his hand to salute him.

"No...no...I swear to God that I don't want to cause trouble. I am the captain officer Borgkamp. I have extremely important things to report to the superior. This involves a huge secret. I hope you can get your permission." The captain lay on the ground in a mess, with a few blood marks on his body being whipped. He raised his head and looked at Duan Qirui begging.

Duan Qirui thought for a moment, and his head swayed slightly and ordered, "Bring him over to me, I want to ask alone."

"As for orders, sir."

Next to the crane pile of cables on the bow

Duan Qirui took out the cigarette and lit it. As soon as he took a sip, he saw Borgkamp's down and longing expression, so he took the cigarette from his mouth and handed it to the other party.

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

"You better not fool me, man." Duan Qirui said, unbuttoning the leather buckle on the pistol holster at his waist. This dangerous action made Borgkamp's eyes shrink.

Once the answer cannot satisfy the commander, his life will be over.

"Mr. Kind Sir, you will be satisfied with the important information I have provided to you. As long as you reveal this news to the noble Earl of Queensland, it may even bring you a title of knight and noble, and I swear with the reputation of serving God with devout devotion, it is absolutely worth it."

"What?" Duan Qirui's eyes stabbed like a sharp knife, and his expression was not calm. He looked around and said, "You'd better pray that what you said is true, otherwise I promise you won't die, but spend 7 days and 7 nights in pain, and every minute and every second I just want to die quickly."

It was not the words that a young 18-year-old military officer could say at all. In this warm weather, Captain Borgkamp's heart was chilling.

God, what kind of devil is this?

Captain Borgkamp felt extremely regretful, but he knew 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 command and left first. Captain Borgkamp followed behind dejectedly, like a defeated rooster.

In the cabin

The smell of fragrant coffee was filled with it. Captain Borgkamp held a cup of hot coffee in his hand and drank a few sips. He felt the beauty of the world again, and his whole body's energy came back.

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

"Okay, whether you can relive it all depends on whether the information you provide is enough."

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

"Then I'll listen carefully."

"That's right, sir, I am a captain officer of the Royal Utrecht Grenadier Battalion. The first group of troops trying to land on Chayapura. After the landing formation was hit hard by two of your warships outside Chayapura, they retreated all the way southwest in panic, and entered the inland river in an unknown bay..."

In Captain Borgkamp's explanation, the original veil was unveiled;

The remaining Dutch landing forces had a total of more than 1,550 people. Under the command of the commander of the Royal Dutch Army Lord Schmidt von Clawns, Lord Schmidt von Clawns, they could only linger in the nameless valley and survive without being discovered. In that case, they would have to be completely destroyed.

The troops hid in the Nameless Valley for more than a month, during which Lord Schmidt von Clawns sent several search teams to search eastward and westward and northward, trying to find a land road leading to Jaapra.

The result is of course impossible, and all efforts are still in the womb.

Captain Borgkamp is the captain of one of the search teams. The search team he led is responsible for exploring northwards. After searching for about 170 kilometers to reach the Central Mountains, the exploration team is moving forward with difficulty in the mountains and forests.

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

Due to limited conditions

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

At this moment, a soldier standing at the bottom of the mud pit screamed, "Oh...good, I really can't believe my eyes. There is actually a copper mine of very good quality here..."

This soldier once worked in the mine and was considered half a geological and mineral expert. He recognized that this was a Cenozoic porphyry-skarn-type copper and gold mine. The ore was of very high grade and had very good mining value.

To confirm this finding

The exploration team stayed in the area for 4 days and dug more than 20 prospecting pits. Among them, copper concentrate ores were found in thirteen of them, ranging from 1 meter to 6 meters from the surface. They are standard open-pit mines. They can be mined directly as long as the floating soil on the surface is removed.

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

After some narrative

The cabin fell into a long silence, and a shocking wave caused in Duan Qirui's heart. This news was so important that Duan Qirui wanted to kill someone to silence him.

Of course, this is just thinking about it.

Without Captain Borgkamp as his guide, even if he found the nameless valley where the Dutch landing troops had retreated, how could he find the location of the copper mine?

If you deviate a little bit, you will fall into the endless mountains, just like looking for a needle in a haystack...

Through repeated investigations, Captain Borgkamp said it with confidence, and did not look like he was lying, and had great credibility.

A great opportunity has come, it is worth a try.

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

It is impossible for him to go beyond his immediate boss to write to the Earl directly, but the more people he knows, the less credit he will get, and there is a measure of interest here.

The company commander and the deputy battalion commander are definitely not considering it. If you report it at all levels, the daylily will be cold and you must report it beyond your level.

The question is how many levels are there?

Have you crossed the battalion commander Li Shuanzhu?
Chapter completed!