Four days later, the fleet arrived at Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan Island.

Eluanbi is also known as Nanpo, which faces Luzon across the Bashi Channel. It is named after it is connected to Hengchun hills in the north, surrounded by mountains and seas, and is prominent like a goose nose.

There is a Qixing Rock Reef in the waters south of Eluanbi. The direct fleet of the security area had a serious accident of hitting the reef while training in the Bashi Channel. Afterwards, a striking lighthouse was erected on Qixing Rock and Eluanbi as a sign.

Among the two lighthouses, the Eluanbi Lighthouse is the main one. It is called a lighthouse, but it is actually an armed tower with a white body of brick and stone concrete structure, up to 60 meters high and five floors within, including warehouses, forts, and barracks.

There are also trench walls and barbed wire mesh outside the lighthouse. The entire top of the tower is a water storage floor. Rainwater gathers along the cement pipelines into four super-large water storage pools under the tower. After sedimentation and filtering, 400 people can be self-sufficient.

This may be the most expensive lighthouse in the world at present. The construction cost is as high as 150,000 taels of silver, and 50,000 taels of funds are required every year to maintain the garrison.

But this expenditure is necessary because the security situation in Taiwan is still very serious. The lighthouse is surrounded by mountains and mountains, and there are life-saving animals that are unwilling to be civilized. There are also pirates in the sea. If you don’t build a solid turtle shell, you will be robbed in minutes.

In addition, the Kenting Meteorological Station is also located on the tower, which can provide valuable typhoon warnings for Taiwan and the mainland.

The Lighthouse Police Station cooperated closely with the Kenting Security Team to support the local Pingpu people in the mountains to continuously clear the mountains and burned the villages, forcing the Shengfan in the mountains to move far north, and basically disappeared on the Hengchun Peninsula.

In this way, the Management Committee can carry out animal husbandry with peace of mind on the Hengchun Plain. Otherwise, no amount of cattle raised will be enough to raise.

Especially in the past two years, Luzon has not been peaceful, and a large number of refugees crossed the Bashi Channel and went to Taiwan Island to take refuge. If it weren’t for the powerful military shock, would they obey the command of the Management Committee and after simple training and education, they would be assigned to various ranches to herd cattle and milk?

So you can't just calculate the economic account at any time. If there is no security, the economy will create many zeros that are delicious for robbers.

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It was late at night when the fleet arrived in Eluanbi, but the bright lights emitted by the lighthouse were still clearly visible on the sea surface more than ten miles away. It is said that when the weather is good, the lights projected by the lighthouse can be seen fifty miles away, and a wonderful arc is drawn on the dark sea surface.

In fact, the light source of the lighthouse is the whale oil lamp. Whales often appear in the Qixingyan Sea, but just igniting whale oil is far from reaching this brightness.

This is attributed to the 11th Institute of Optics, the Xishan Island Research Center. After accepting the commission from the Coast Guard, the researchers first burned a cylindrical glass tube to cover the brazier for burning whale oil, so that the flame could burn stably and fully, which solved the problem of the flame being erratic and flickering, and increased the brightness of the flame by six or seven times.

After the light source stabilized, the researchers tried to place an arc mirror behind the light source and a Fresnel lens in front of it - of course, Feizi would not be born two hundred years later, so Mr. Zhao named it the lighthouse lens in his book "Principles of Opticals".

This not only greatly increases the light delivery distance, but also greatly reduces the weight of the lens, allowing the administrator to easily turn the base of the lampstand so that the light can slowly illuminate the large sea surface.

Under the guidance of the lighthouse, the fleet arrived at the Houbi Lake Coast Guard Pier and successfully entered the port under the guidance of the water diversion boat.

The dock was brightly lit, and twenty-one salutes were fired on the fortress. Coast Guards of all sizes were hung with flags, sending signals in the words of lights to greet the commander-in-chief’s most noble welcome.

When Zhao Hao got ashore, he saw the red carpet on the pier, and the coast guards wearing dresses lined up in strict orders.

Jin Ke, commander and political commissar of Taiwan's security zone with three Venus stars on his white police cap, and Ma Yinglong, police commissioner of the Coast Guard Strategic Fleet with two Venus stars, have been waiting for a long time.

In the solemn "March of the Coast Guard", Mr. Zhao's commander-in-chief flag slowly rises on the dock.

After Zhao Hao reviewed the guard of honor, he ordered to take it back to rest immediately, and all the warships were immediately turned off.

Then he said to Jin Ke: "Add another one to the regulations. When encountering nights or bad weather, all welcome ceremonies will be cancelled. No matter how important the sense of ritual is, it cannot affect the rest and health of the officers and soldiers."

Jinke hurriedly wrote it down.

"Where is Lao Wang?" Zhao Hao had long discovered that his number one thug was not present, the fleet commander Wang Rulong.

"Oh, don't mention it. He ate stewed dog meat the afternoon before yesterday, but his stomach rolled in pain in the middle of the night." Jin Ke smiled bitterly: "The doctor said it was acute intestinal abscess, and if it was not done, it would be necessary to have surgery. My subordinates quickly sent him back to the Fengshan base."

Zhao Hao was speechless. Intestinal abscess was appendicitis, and Lao Wang still had acute appendicitis... It was really time to get sick.

Fortunately, he is now like a saint and wise, and he will not say such poor words. He only asked with concern: "Can the security area hospital be cured? Should you ask Director Li to take the lead in the surgery?"

In this era, the abdominal distension was a major operation. If Mr. Zhao was not properly treated, he would lose the general forever. Li Lunming, the director of the General Hospital of the Coast Guard, can be called a knife in the Ming Dynasty today, so it would be more at ease to leave such a surgery to him.

"I sent an urgent letter to Hong Kong as soon as possible." Jin Ke said with concern: "I received a letter from Fei Ge today that Dean Li returned to Jiangnan for a meeting..."

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded. In the Second Five-Year Plan, Jiangnan Medical Group was required to launch a "national fight against the epidemic" action in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. On the basis of further eliminating schistosomiasis, vigorously promote vaccination of vaccinated vaccination and strive to defeat smallpox as soon as possible.

This is a matter of great merit and great luck. The group attaches great importance to it. Jiangnan Medical is regarded as a top priority. It should be a mobilization meeting at this time.

Zhao Hao originally planned to attend this meeting, but the matter in Luzon was even more urgent, so Jiang Xueying could only attend on behalf of him.

"Is Chen Shigong in Hong Kong?" Mr. Zhao asked again.

"He was there, and he had already set out to Fengshan at the same time as he sent the letter." Jin Ke said: "But is Dr. Chen a little too young?"

"He is two years older than me." Zhao Hao said confidently: "Director Li, a disciple, has been studying surgical skills since childhood and has received a complete new medical education at Jiangnan Medical College. There is definitely no problem."

"That's great." Jin Ke put his heart back on his stomach. The young master said that it would be OK.

"Okay, don't be stern. Without him, butcher, we can still eat pigs with hair." Zhao Hao waved his hand and said to everyone: "It's all this, go back and fall asleep first. What a big deal, let's talk about it tomorrow!"

"Yes!" the police officers responded in unison.

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The next morning, Zhao Hao was awakened by the sound of getting up. He wore blue shorts and blue and white striped sea soul shirt distributed by the Shanghai police in summer, put on rubber-soled running shoes, and went out to the barracks with his eldest brother to run.

I saw the rising sun, blue sea and blue sky, coconut forest beaches, strange coral reefs, and groups of seabirds foraging at the pier, which was a tropical scenery.

After only a few steps, Jin Ke followed up in the same outfit. He looked at his dark skin, strong muscles, shaved his head, shaved his beard, and had a martial spirit. He could no longer see the appearance of a general in the Ming Dynasty.

"The scenery is so beautiful." The two of them jogged side by side along the beach. Zhao Hao looked around and said calmly: "Brother Jin is really good at choosing places."

"Beautiful means beautiful. Unfortunately, this pier is too shallow, and only ships that can be parked at 500 tons per day. Our battleships and cruisers have to park in Fengshan Port." Jin Ke sighed and said, "Why are there not many serious harbors for such a large Taiwan Island?"

"There is no way. Although the coastline of Taiwan is long, it is very straight. Moreover, the coast to the west is too shallow, and the East China Sea is cliffed straight into the sea, so it is difficult to have a good deep-water port." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. When Luzon is recovered, we will move the headquarters to Manila. The most important thing there is to lack is a natural harbor."

"Yes." Jin Ke nodded with a smile: "The headquarters will be located in Manila at that time?"

"Yes, the headquarters is located there!" Zhao Hao asked with his chest widened and said, "Speaking of it, how are you preparing?"

"According to the commander-in-chief, the strategic fleet is ready to go." Jin Kesurong replied: "The soldiers have only attacked pirates in recent years, and have long been looking forward to fighting against powerful enemies."

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded.

"But the results found by the agency and the group's intelligence department show that the key to this battle is probably not at sea." Jin Ke smiled bitterly: "Because the Spanish built Santiago City on the basis of the old royal city of Manila is beyond the range of our naval guns."

"This is normal. A world military power that has been fighting endlessly will not make the mistakes of little Japanese." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "I remember that the original royal city of the Manila Sultanate was built by the river, right?"

"Yes, it was injected into the south bank of the Bashi River in Manila Bay. According to the information provided by the store, the river was about 100 meters wide and was severely silted, with the shallowest place only two meters deep. So after the sea boats arrived in Manila, they loaded and unloaded goods at the dock outside the estuary. The materials needed by Santiago City were transported into the Bashi River through bamboo trays or sand boats."

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded and asked again: "Where is the Spanish warship parked?"

"It's not with the castle. Instead, it's in a natural harbor surrounded by a cape thirty miles away from the mouth of Bashi River. It guards the entrance of the bay and echoes the enemies in the castle." Jin Ke frowned and said, "And they have also built a fort and a castle in the military port. These red-haired ghosts have extremely high military qualities, and this battle is difficult to fight."

As he spoke, he changed his mind and said proudly: "But because of this, this battle must be fought earlier, because the later it becomes more difficult!"

Then he explained: "I heard that their methods are very clever, not just slaughtering and intimidation. It is said that a native tribe called the Pampangya has recovered. The Pampangya has sent troops to assist them in fighting everywhere. In time, when they have completely gained a foothold, we will come back to a higher price if we want to replace them."
Chapter completed!