Chapter 199 Arrival at Faithful Borneo (Third update, please subscribe)
The army is advancing rapidly.
After occupying Tarakan Island, as part of "Operation Oboe One", the Third Reinforcement Brigade landed in northern Borneo, targeting Sandakan, the capital of North Borneo. , which has always been the capital of North Borneo.
Since we are returning to Borneo, it is inevitable to recapture the capital.
Besides, Sandakan is also the best port in Borneo, and the port can accommodate 10,000-ton ships. The most important thing is that among the local population of 150,000, overseas Chinese account for 140,000. The public base is good, that’s what I’m talking about.
So on May 17, the 3rd reinforced brigade and the 1st Armored Regiment, as well as reinforced artillery, armored troops, and engineers, launched the battle to recapture Sandakan along the not wide roads in the rain forest. Because the Japanese troops stationed in Sandakan only consisted of the 554th Independent Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army and hundreds of expatriates. Taking into account the strong sea and air superiority of the Allies, the 56th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in North Borneo took measures to avoid its edge. Based on the tactics, they took the initiative to withdraw from Sandakan, preparing to use the terrain in the mountain rainforest to block the enemy.
On May 27, twelve Panther tanks, the vanguard of the 1st Armored Regiment, rushed into Sandakan. There was no fierce battle, only compatriots with surprised faces.
“Look, there seems to be a dragon painted on their flag!”
“It’s a dragon. How can foreigners use dragons?.”
Start, and quickly become sharp-eyed Then people discovered that the soldiers on the chariot were not foreigners or natives, but just like them... Chinese!
"This is China..."
Although many buildings in Sandakan have been destroyed by Allied bombing and Japanese destruction, there are various Lingnan-style buildings remaining on both sides of the road. and Chinese signboards made Qi Mingsheng on the tank feel like he was in a small domestic city.
Central Bookstore, Youth Bookstore, Liji Grocery Store, Hongyun Building...
Everything looks the same as in China, even the occasional people sticking their heads out of the arcades on the roadside , and there is no difference from them.
“Master Jun, are you Chinese?”
From the open window of the arcade on the roadside, a middle-aged man asked timidly in blunt Mandarin.
“Yes, I am from Dengcheng, Henan.”
Although I don’t know Henan, let alone Dengcheng, the same words and the same blood are connected. Compared with The old man Yu Zhong could only speak Cantonese, but the young people and teenagers had all learned Mandarin in Chinese schools. A young man jumped on the tank and said loudly.
"My name is Li Niantang, my ancestral home is Nanhai, Guangdong. Is the officer really Chinese?"
"Yes, he is Chinese! I am from Henan, he is from Shanxi, where is the number three behind? The guy in the car is from Guangxi..."
"It's really the Chinese army!"
Soon the whole city was boiling, and people poured into the streets to welcome this army into the city. On this day, everyone's faces were filled with smiles, and many people took out the flags they had hidden at home during the war.
Mandarin and Cantonese are echoing on the streets. Although many elderly people cannot understand Mandarin and only speak Cantonese, this does not prevent them from holding the hands of these soldiers and speaking over and over again. The longing in my heart tells of the brutality of the Japanese army in the past few years.
On this day, Sandakan was liberated!
It was also on this day that Sandakan returned to the hands of its owner.
After receiving the telegram that Sandakan was restored, Li Nian was in no hurry to return to Sandakan.
After all, some things cannot be rushed. The Japanese army is still near Sandakan and needs to be further cleared. Moreover, the port still needs to be cleaned up to avoid the mines laid by the Japanese army.
On June 2, this day, Li Nian sailed into Sandakan Bay aboard the landing ship "Sandakan".
"This can be used as our naval base in the future."
Li Yi'an pointed at the bay and said. "Sandakan Bay has a wide mouth and a narrow mouth, with a length of 24 kilometers, a mouth width of 2 kilometers, and an inner width of 8 kilometers. It is a rare natural port in Borneo. The port can berth 10,000-ton ships. The maximum water depth in the berthing area exceeds 20 meters, and the water depth exceeds 20 meters. The 10-meter deep sea water area exceeds 100 square kilometers, even if it is an aircraft carrier, there will be no problem..."
Aircraft carriers. Borneo will also build aircraft carriers in the future. After all, countries like Brazil have aircraft carriers. In fact, aircraft carriers can also be included in the agenda now.
After all, the United States and the United Kingdom will soon have a large number of aircraft carriers decommissioned. Those aircraft carriers can not only be used for combat, but can also be used as transport ships to transport immigrants.
Well, it seems that the aircraft carrier needs to be put on the agenda.
“A large shipyard can be built here. When the war is over and the shipping industry revives, we must seize the opportunity and become a strong shipbuilding country.”
At least replace the small days!
In another world, isn’t the shipbuilding industry a propeller for economic revitalization in the small days? What is the future industrial policy for Borneo?
Just take the path of Xiaoli, leaving Xiaoli with nowhere to go!
Not only the shipbuilding industry, Borneo will definitely develop other industries in the future and eventually become a modern industrial power.
Country!
This is my country!
Finally, the "Sandakan" docked at the pier. It has to be said that capitalists are never reliable - when the Japanese invaded, the Straits Settlements once asked the Shanbei Borneo Company to destroy the port and railways. , blowing up the railway tunnel, but the executives of the North Borneo Company sat together to discuss and decided to do something that was both positive and negative.
After all, they spent tens of millions of pounds to build those ports and railways. If they were blown up, reconstruction would require a lot of money in the future. Will the officials provide compensation at that time?
Obviously, they had no confidence at all in the senior officials in London, so the railway from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan and the ports in both places were almost intact when they fell into the hands of the Japanese army. .
As for now, why did the Japanese army not sabotage it... It's not that they were unwilling to sabotage it, but that they didn't have enough explosives.
Whether it is destroying a port or a railway, a large amount of explosives are needed. For the Japanese army who were short of supplies, they were indeed somewhat powerless. However, they still destroyed basic facilities such as tower cranes and water dispensers on the dock, but they were destroyed. The machine is easily repairable.
In just a few days, the pier was put into use again.
“Thanks to Xiaozhi, with this pier, the construction of Borneo can be at least one year ahead of schedule!”
One year!
This is still an ideal state. If the port is damaged, not only will large machinery and equipment not be able to be sent ashore, but it will also be difficult for people to get ashore smoothly. In that case, the speed of reconstruction will naturally be slowed down.
What now?
A port with complete facilities and almost no damage is simply a blessing from God!
However, compared to the port, the city was not so lucky - during the Allied bombing, Sandakan was almost razed to the ground, and 70% of the buildings were destroyed by the bombing. After all, this is Borneo The most important port in northern Europe.
“This is good, it is just right for post-war reconstruction.”
With emotion, on June 2, Li Nian finally set foot on the land of North Borneo. The moment he arrived at Sandakan Port, he was greeted not only by the cheering local people, but also by the system!
The long-awaited system has finally been upgraded again.
"Confirm that the user has acquired North Borneo, covering an area of 74,500 square kilometers..."
In previous transactions, whether it was the purchase of North Borneo Company or the purchase of Sarawak, There are no system rewards, at most they are just some single skill rewards for a single transaction.
Why is it not converted into funds?
Because it hasn’t been taken down yet.
But when Li Yi set foot on North Borneo, this land finally "realized", and in an instant, he achieved a long-lost breakthrough. After all, after the last upgrade, he broke through again, and the unit was one billion US dollars.
The acquisition of North Borneo, although only part of it, also marked the fulfillment of the "blank check" and finally led to the upgrade.
“Congratulations to the user’s successful promotion to LV.4 user experience level, I hope the user will continue to experience it again.”
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