Chapter 804: Chapter 547: Recruiting Troops and Horses (Part 2)
"Alright, I’ll wait for your notification."
Compared to the sowhat profit-driven Boss Wu, Boss Wang had more of a veteran’s sentint towards serving in the reserve forces.
Seeing Boss Wu willing to sponsor fifty thousand, he said without hesitation, "I’ll also sponsor fifty thousand, Secretary Han. Not only will I provide funds, but I’ll also contribute personnel. Our shipyard has dozens of young n, including several veterans, fully capable of forming a squad!"
"Alright, on behalf of the Managent Committee and the Reserve Camp, I thank both of you for supporting our reserve forces work."
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After soliciting sponsorships, returning to the camp construction site, I saw seven or eight active-duty officers working hard.
Leading them was Chief of Staff Cui of the Binjiang Reserve Group, busy and drenched in sweat along with his staff and officers from the group.
"Chief of Staff, why are you here in person?"
"Voluntary labor, cadres should lead by example, can’t let the warriors do all the work."
Chief Cui put down his shovel and smiled at Han Yu, asking, "Secretary Han, Jianbo said you went to solicit sponsorships in the morning, did you gain anything?"
Working for the reserve forces is really challenging, with limited funds and training difficulties.
Deputy Mayor Shen previously said the Binjiang Reserve Group’s station was at the foot of Jianshan, but in reality, at Jianshan’s foot, there’s only a warehouse. The group’s agency, with dozens of people, is cramped into a two-story building at the Military District’s chanical departnt for office work.
Now, to build the Linghai Reserve Camp’s area, even the Chief of Staff ca to work personally.
Han Yu was very touched and quickly opened the door of the Linghai Port Supervision Office’s jeep, took out a notebook from his briefcase on the passenger seat, flipped through it, and said with a smile, "We gained quite a lot. Various units like the Port Supervision Bureau, Customs, City Agricultural Bureau, Water Police Station, and the East Sea District Fishery Bureau Binjiang Fishery Station all want to engage in military-civilian cooperation with us."
Chief Cui looked back and asked sheepishly, "Any substantive gains?"
"Yes, the Port Supervision Bureau promised to sponsor fifty thousand, the City Agricultural Bureau plans to sponsor five thousand, Customs ten thousand, the Water Police Station five thousand. I just visited two shipyards, and both presidents were very supportive of national defense construction, willing to cooperate with us in military-civilian cooperation, each promising a sponsorship of fifty thousand."
"So, with the Port Authority, several ferry companies, the ship lock managent office, and those businesses along the river, we have over three hundred thousand in funds!"
"Almost."
"That’s great!" Chief of Staff Cui happily patted Han Yu’s arm, "Secretary Han, no wonder Mayor Qin suggested we first co to the Linghai Developnt Zone for recruitnt, and no wonder Mayor Qin and Mayor Shen strongly suggested you take on the role of Instructor of the Linghai Reserve Camp. Turns out they already knew that funding and personnel wouldn’t be issues for you."
Han Yu smiled, "Mainly because of the leadership’s attention and support from the related units."
"Don’t be modest. When it cos to importance, which leader does not emphasize it in etings? Speaking is one thing, implenting is another."
Chief of Staff Cui beca more and more pleased, then sighed and said, "With over three hundred thousand in funds, we can form a fully equipped battalion, rather than just an enhanced company. Since the superior requested us to form a Flood Control and Rescue Mobile Assault Battalion, we absolutely cannot let the soldiers go to rescue and disaster relief empty-handed. We need to procure more labor protection supplies like gloves, and tools like shovels and carrying poles."
Han Yu was dumbfounded, staring at him blankly.
Chief Cui instinctively asked, "Secretary Han, you’ve participated in many rescue and disaster relief operations, and are more familiar with the situation than us, what do you think?"
"Chief of Staff, the provincial docunts clearly state that our camp will be performing rescue tasks on hazardous projects and dangerous sections, aning we either do not go to the disaster relief front line, or if we do, it’s to seal breaches in harbor and river embanknts during major ergencies."
"Could you be more specific?"
"If such dangers occur, carrying and throwing sandbags to the breach won’t work. Even if all our soldiers join hands and jump in, it won’t seal it."
"Then what should we do?"
"When last year’s typhoon, tidal wave, and heavy rain all hit at once, several breaches occurred on the districts’ Yangtze River coastlines across Zhangjia Port and other places. I was on escort duty then, protecting provincial leaders during on-site inspections of the disaster situation. From the boat, it was clear that manpower alone could not seal it; construction equipnt must be deployed."
Han Yu glanced back towards the river embanknt, confidently saying, "We must leverage our advantage. Should we encounter such danger, and are ordered to proceed by our superiors, we must mobilize all possible water-based construction forces to block the breaches as quickly and effectively as possible."
Chief Cui truly didn’t understand this, and pursued, "Mobilize water construction forces?"
"That ans requisitioning various engineering ships, and even ferry ships, to deliver construction equipnt to the dangerous sections at the first opportunity. Ideally, much like artillery stores shells by the batch, we should prepare several thousand tons of stone needed for sealing breaches ahead of ti. In essence, construction should be chanized, not manual."
Seeing Chief Cui’s astonished expression, Han Yu added, "In my plan for the Linghai Reserve Camp, it’s sowhat akin to a combination of the Army Boat Bridge Unit and the Ard Police Hydroelectric Forces. It can also be understood as a Waterborne Engineering Team for Rescue and Disaster Relief."
"Secretary Han, if such danger befalls us, how many construction ships do you plan to requisition?"
"At least fifteen or sixteen. Construction requires floating crane ships. Solely constructing on water isn’t sufficient, work must also be done onshore. Thus, ferry ships need to be requisitioned to transport vehicles for earthwork construction, like excavators and large dump trucks. Construction equipnt is useless without materials, hence preparing three to five thousand tons of stone in advance, and essentially, preparing a few boatloads of rocks."
Han Yu thought for a mont, then continued, "Deploying so many ships and personnel also calls for logistics considerations. Ships and construction vehicles need refueling, and people need to eat and drink. We need an Integrated Supply Ship. Current supply ships are too small. At the ti, we might consider requisitioning a riverside gas station’s fuel boat, towing it with tugboats."
Isn’t military participation in rescue and disaster relief supposed to consist of putting life jackets on soldiers to help with sandbags?
That’s how it’s covered on TV news. Last year, the Military District and Reserve Group joined in rescue and disaster relief this way as well.
What the "Binjiang Water Army Commander" in front of
said seems contrary to Chief Cui’s previous understanding of rescue and disaster relief. If executed as he suggests, this would an temporarily assembling a "Special Mixed Formation" for rescue and disaster relief tasks!
Chief Cui was astounded, blankly watching for quite a while before asking, "Our superiors not only require us to perform sealing tasks on hazardous projects and dangerous sections, but also require us to carry out rescue operations."
"Water rescue is simple. We can procure twenty assault boats. Based on past experience, we can’t purchase all rubber boats, as they lack stability on water. Trained personnel handling them have no issue, but civilians feel uneasy aboard, making them prone to capsizing. Hence, a few fiberglass ones should also be acquired."
Han Yu paused and then continued, "Aren’t we a battalion? We can at least form three companies: the first company is equivalent to the Ard Police’s Hydroelectric Forces, primarily tasked with sealing breaches and dams;
the second company, equipped with twenty assault boats, mainly handles water rescues, assisting disaster regions in evacuating civilians trapped by floods; the third company handles logistics support, including fuel, stone, ship, and construction vehicle repairs. The entire battalion’s food and drink supplies, all depend on the third company."
If organized like this, the Binjiang Reserve Group’s Flood Control and Rescue Mobile Assault Battalion would certainly be distinctive.
It’s easy to imagine that Brother Cities currently assembling their assault battalions may still be stuck at the basic stage of rushing to the embanknt with sandbags.
Chief Cui found this structure advantageous and couldn’t help but smile, "If our superiors truly order us to complete rescue and disaster relief missions, the local governnt and related departnts should provide us with logistic support, shouldn’t they?"
"Last year, Zhangjia Port suffered severe disasters; many roads were destroyed. Transporting essential rescue materials for sealing breaches already posed problems, let alone other material supplies. The Provincial Defense Command tasked us with rescue and disaster relief, and before departure, I had a foresight to bring a supply ship.
Fortunately, I had the foresight. Otherwise, we would have been left hungry. They couldn’t even provide food or clean water for themselves, busy with their rescue and disaster relief, unable to care for us.
In conclusion, should such dangers arise, everything we can bring, we must bring, to avoid being a burden to others, and we must ensure our personnel are not left unfed, nor our equipnt left idle!"
The logic sound.
Chief Cui paused in silence, reminding, "Self-handling logistic supplies require funding. Feeding so many, fueling so much equipnt could cost tens of thousands daily. Where does the funding co from?"
It seems the deputy regintal officer is truly apprehensive of financial constraints, and whether they think of it first or not, money is always a consideration.
Han Yu sighed silently and said offhandedly, "We’ll front the funds and later apply for reimbursent from the Defense Command. That’s how it’s been over the years, though securing reimbursents can be troubleso."
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