The huge ironclad ship stopped five miles northwest of the coastline, and dropped ten rowing boats.
Lei San stood on the stern of a paddle boat, looking at the lush virgin forest in the distance.
A soldier paddling in front suddenly shouted: "That's Borneo!"
"It's so big. You can see the coastline is so straight that you can't see the edge. It doesn't look like an island, but more like a continent."
Another soldier spit out the cigarette butt in his mouth into the sea and cursed: "Why is there no one on this broken island? Why is there not even a fishing village on this coast?"
This soldier's name is Xue Ming, and he is the most famous smoker in the camp.
Borneo is the third largest island in the world. It is located southwest of Luzon and northeast of Java. It is seven times the size of Zhejiang Province. The entire island is pressed on the equator and can be said to be the hottest island in the world. Although this island is large,
But the population is very sparse.
Since Li Zhi commanded the fleet all the way south, he naturally included this big island into the territory of one town and nine provinces.
After Xue Ming finished spitting out his cigarette, he put down the oar and groped around on his body. After groping for a while, he grinned and said to Lei San: "Deputy Battalion Commander! I've finished my cigarette, can you give me one?"
Lei San looked at Xue Ming, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and threw it away expressionlessly.
Lei San did not smoke, but he always carried a pack of cigarettes for his soldiers.
With a smile on his face, Xue Ming took Lei San's cigarettes. Not only did he take out two of them himself, put one in his mouth and pinned the other to his ears, he also gave Lei San's cigarettes to other soldiers around him.
Lei San's cigarettes are the best "Fanjiazhuang brand". A pack costs one penny, which the soldiers are usually reluctant to buy. The tobacco used for these cigarettes is very particular. There are special tobacco fields in southern Shandong, and the taste is the same as ordinary cigarettes.
It was different. At this time, the soldiers shared Lei San's good cigarettes, and they all smiled happily.
Lei San said calmly: "Get ready to land!"
The Tiger Soldiers on the rowing boat shouted loudly in response to Lei San's order. Because of a pack of cigarettes, the morale on this small boat was abnormally high.
The row boat quickly arrived at the coast. The soldiers shouted and dragged the boat to the beach, and then began to gather on the beach.
The hundreds of people on these dozens of platoon boats were all commanded by Lei San. He chose a higher place to stand on, standing in front of the soldiers.
As soon as Lei San stood up, the soldiers immediately fell silent. Because the soldiers knew that Lei San didn't like to speak loudly, and if the soldiers made a noise, Lei San's words would not be heard.
Lei San said slowly: "This place is called Dongkun. Of course, it will be named Yunlong after the prince in the future. Half of our battalion of soldiers and horses landed here to understand the local terrain, humanities and other basic conditions. From now on.
This is to be built as the capital of North Borneo.”
A platoon leader suddenly asked: "Deputy battalion commander, there are no people on this big island! How can we explore humanities?"
When the soldiers heard this, they burst into laughter.
Lei San remained expressionless, and waited for the soldiers to finish laughing before saying: "Next, we will divide into ten teams to explore separately, and record what we see along the way. There is no one, so the humanities category is recorded as no one.
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The platoon leader shouted: "Got it!"
Another platoon leader shouted again: "Report to the battalion commander? How many people will be moved to this place in the future?"
Lei San looked at the platoon leader and said, "Keep it secret!"
The platoon leader pursed his lips and said, "I understand!"
Lei San waved his hand, and more than 200 people were divided into ten small groups, and they advanced towards the depths of the land. Lei San himself also led a group of soldiers to explore due south.
As soon as they left the coast, the exploration team encountered an endless tropical rainforest. Lei San's soldiers wielded specially issued path-opening knives, cutting down the small trees and shrubs they encountered, and advanced with difficulty in the rainforest.
The temperature in the rainforest was very high. Soon, the soldiers were so hot that they took off their shirts one by one.
The team walked two kilometers south by relying on the compass. A soldier suddenly pointed to a big banyan tree and shouted with a white face: "Dragon!"
Lei San's face sank. He looked along the soldier's arm and saw a huge python coiled on the banyan tree.
The big snake didn't know how long it was, it was as thick as Lei San's calf. Its body was coiled between the branches, and its eyes were staring coldly at Lei San's team.
Obviously, the snake was weighing whether to attack Lei San's team.
Lei San shouted loudly: "This is not a dragon, this is a python! Shoot!"
When the soldiers heard what Lei San said, they all raised their rifles and shot at the python. There was only a crackle of gunshots, and the big snake didn't know how many times it was hit. It opened its mouth and slid away from the tree quickly.
Xue Ming said coquettishly: "Deputy battalion commander, are you really not a dragon? I have never heard of such a big snake? I'm afraid there are four or five of them, right?"
Lei San frowned and said: "This is called the reticulated python, and it is the largest snake in the world."
The soldiers did not dare to argue with Lei San, reloaded their guns and continued walking forward.
After walking for another two miles, the woods became a little drier, and the team members unexpectedly found a "road" two people wide in the woods.
Everyone was very surprised and secretly wondered if there were humans in the rain forest, so they moved forward along the road.
The situation was a bit strange, so Lei San was not at ease and walked at the front of the team himself.
After walking a few miles along the road, there was a river in front of them. Lei San suddenly fell down on the ground and shouted in a low voice: "Don't talk!"
However, before Lei San finished speaking, the team members heard a huge elephant roar.
The team members looked towards the river and saw a dozen elephants of different sizes. They were obviously a herd composed of several female elephants and their calves.
An Asian elephant that was two people tall seemed to be angry that two-legged humans were actually walking on the "path" of the elephants, and rushed over from the elephants by the river.
Xue Ming, who was smoking a cigarette, had quick eyesight and quick hands. He raised his breech-loading rifle and shot at the female elephant. However, the elephant's skin was thick and thick, and the bullet missed its vital part, so the shot had no effect.
The soldiers panicked. The female elephant was only thirty meters away and was about to hit her.
Lei San yelled: "Grenade explosion!"
The soldiers woke up from a dream, pulled out the grenades from their waists and threw them.
"boom!"
"boom!"
Suddenly, seven or eight grenades exploded around her, and the Asian female elephant was immediately blown away with blood and flesh. She rushed forward a few steps, but finally couldn't suppress her injuries and fell down with a plop.
The other female elephants and their calves were also frightened by the power of the grenade. They roared in panic and rushed across the river to the other side.
Lei San's teammates let out a long breath and sat on the ground one by one.
Xue Ming was frightened by the female elephant just now. He broke out in a cold sweat and forgot that he had claimed that he had no cigarettes. He took out a pack of "Tianjin Brand" cigarettes from the pocket behind his buttocks and popped one out.
, lit it with a fire stick and started smoking.
Other soldiers came over to grab cigarettes.
Xue Ming took a few puffs of cigarette to suppress his shock, and then asked Lei San: "Deputy Battalion Commander, can a city be built in this place? I'm afraid I won't be able to build a city even after fifty years of operation."
Lei San looked around to make sure there were no snakes or other things, and sat down on the ground.
"The prince said he wanted to build a city, so he built a city. Why are you making such noise?"
