Just when the People's Army launched a battle to attack Chifeng in the Northeast region, Luo Yue in Qingdao received an order from the Military Commission, requiring him to lead the Marine Corps to Shanghai and serve as deputy leader of the disaster relief work group.

At this time, Luo Yue had been back in Qingdao for more than three months. During this period, Luo Yue had nothing else to do. His main job was to complete the establishment and arrangement of the Marine Corps.

Since the Marine Corps originally had a certain scale, it did not take much effort to expand. Now, one division, five brigades have been completed, and the remaining division and two brigades are also being trained.

The Marine Corps' troops are now mainly arranged in two directions, one is the island; the other is the coastal port city. The island is of course Borneo, because although it is an isolated island hanging overseas in East China, it is an important base for East China to control Southeast Asia and the main place where the Marine Corps is stationed; the second is Sakhalin Island and Mit Vladivostok, which is currently the northernmost island and port in East China, and is also across the sea from the northern four islands in northern Japan and the Hokkaido area. It is also the key location for the Marine Corps to be stationed.

There are three main coastal port cities: Lushun, Qingdao and Shanghai. Qingdao is currently the capital of East China, so there is no need to say that Shanghai is the largest port in East China, the border in the southeast, and it also guards the estuary of the Yangtze River, which is naturally the top priority. At the same time, these two cities are also the main bases for East China to attack Japan in the future; Lushun is the entrance to guard the Bohai Bay, and it is the main base for East China to fight against the Korean Peninsula in the future, and is also a very important strategic location.

Luo Yue plans to arrange one division and two brigades in Borneo; two brigades are arranged in Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok; one division and one brigade in Qingdao; one brigade each in Shanghai and Lushun, so as to ensure that the Marine Corps has logistics bases in all combat directions in the future.

Just a month ago, Luo Yueji sent a division to Borneo, a brigade to Sakhalin and Vladivostok, and a brigade to Shanghai. Originally, Luo Yue planned to also send a brigade to Lushun this month, so as to ensure that the Marine Corps had troops stationed at the garrison sites, and to establish their own camps and training bases at each garrison site in advance, and then slowly fill in the troops from each garrison site.

But now the Marine Corps is responsible for emergency rescue and disaster relief tasks, so Luo Yue also decided to temporarily terminate the troops stationed in Lushun and station the remaining two brigades to Shanghai. In addition, one brigade stationed in Shanghai has a total of three brigades, as an army to participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief tasks in advance; there is still one brigade and a reserve army under training in Qingdao, so Luo Yue believes that there is no need to mobilize troops from Borneo, Sakhalin and Vladivostok at present.

However, this time it was a flood rescue, so a large number of ships were needed. Although the Marine Corps had its own fleet, only 8 landing ships could be used. This was because the Marine Corps' warships were too drafted and were not suitable for navigation in inland rivers. Only 8 landing ships adopted a beach landing design with shallow drafts, but they could only ship in the Yangtze River and major tributaries, and most flooded areas were basically unable to navigate.

What this disaster relief really requires is a group of small ships with a certain capacity and a draft of no more than 2 meters. This is a problem that the Marine Corps cannot solve, so Luo Yue could only ask the Military Commission to coordinate and draw a number of ships that meet the requirements from the Navy and the Inland Fleet.

After receiving Luo Yue's request, the Military Commission did not dare to neglect it. Bijing's disaster relief operation was one of the most important tasks of East China this year. Therefore, 12 destroyers were transferred from the navy, with tonnages below 800 tons. Although these warships were basically impossible to go deep into the disaster relief site, they sailed in the main rivers, transporting materials or escorting the fleet that transported materials. This disaster relief was basically carried out on the territory of the Qing court, and no one could guarantee that the Qing court would make a fuss.

There will be chaos in the foreign disasters, and there will inevitably be bandits who rely on the mountains to eat and drink water. The necessary security is completely needed. This time, the East China ** sent the Marines to participate in disaster relief, which also have considerations in this regard. There are 24 traffic boats originally carried on battleships or large armored cruisers. The displacement of these traffic boats is within 20 tons, the draft is less than 1 meter, and the personnel carried are between 30-40, which is very suitable for use in this kind of flood rescue operation.

In Shanghai, there was an inland river fleet stationed, with a total of 16 inland river patrol boats with a displacement of between 100-300 tons. Another 20 inland river patrol boats were drawn from the Shandong inland river fleet and all of them were assigned to the Marine Corps for command. These inland river patrol boats were originally designed to travel in inland waterways. Most of them were within 2 meters of draft, with a small number of slightly larger tonnages, and no more than 2.5 meters of draft, and the personnel were carried between 120-200 people. Therefore, this batch of ships will be the main ships for this disaster relief. In addition, in Shanghai, a large number of wooden ships were prepared for this disaster relief. Therefore, after obtaining such a batch of ships, Luo Yue also felt that it was enough, so he set out to Shanghai.

After arriving in Shanghai, Luo Yue first went to see Li Songchen. At this time, Li Songchen was holding a meeting with other officials from Shanghai in the office to discuss the work arrangements for emergency rescue and disaster relief. When he heard that Luo Yue had arrived in Shanghai, Li Songchen was also very happy. He immediately ended the meeting and rushed to the reception room to greet Luo Yue.

After the two met, Li Songchen said, "Commander Luo, why didn't you inform me in advance and come to Shanghai, otherwise I'd better go to the dock to pick you up!"

Luo Yue said: "Mayor Li, you are busy with your business, and I don't have to worry about it when I come to Shanghai."

The two have had the opportunity to work together several times, so they are very familiar with each other. Li Songchen did not be polite to Luo Yue. After letting Luo Yue sit down in his office, he said: "Commander Luo, to be honest, we have done our preparations now, and we are waiting for you to come to take action. The flood has occurred in some areas."

Luo Yue smiled and said, "Why have to wait for us to come? You can carry out disaster relief operations first."

Li Songchen said: "This disaster relief was carried out within the jurisdiction of the Qing court. Therefore, our disaster relief operations face not only natural disasters, but also man-made disasters. Without the protection of the army, we would not be able to carry out disaster relief operations."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "This time I will first transfer three brigades to Shanghai to participate in disaster relief. Although the army's departure and assembly will take time, there is still a brigade stationed in Shanghai. After I got ashore, I asked the brigade commander of the garrison. He promised me that the army stationed in Shanghai has been fully prepared and can be dispatched at any time. Therefore, as long as the disaster relief operation begins, the army can participate at any time."

Li Songchen said, "That's great." As he said that, he spread a map in front of Luo Yue, and said, "According to our understanding, the flood mainly occurs in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and the situation in Anhui is the most serious. Since it is in Huai'an, Suzhou, Luzhou and Luzhou, the disaster is the greatest. Therefore, we plan to find suitable places near these four places, establish refugee camps, and accommodate the affected people."

Luo Yue said: "Okay, I can send 4 fleets first to find places to build refugee camps in these 4 places?"

Li Songchen nodded and said, "I will send some engineering surveying and mapping construction personnel and fleet to set off together, and bring some construction materials by the way. Once the location is selected, the construction can be started immediately, which can also save time."

As he said that, Li Songchen took out another drawing and opened it: "This is the standard drawing of the refugee camp. The standard refugee camp is mainly divided into three parts. One is the isolation area, which mainly accommodates the affected people who have just been rescued. This is because there must be a major epidemic. Moreover, it is the end of May, and the weather is getting hot, which is the time for various diseases to breed. Therefore, in order to avoid infecting diseases in the refugee camp, every newcomer must first live in the isolation area for more than 15 days and conduct it here.

Isolation, inspection, cleaning and other processes can only enter the residential area after confirming that there is no disease. Second, the medical area is mainly to centrally accommodate and treat sick victims, and also to prevent the disease from spreading in the camps; Third, the residential area is also the main area of ​​refugee camps. After 15 days of isolation, it is determined that no disease victims can enter the residential area to live. Of course, we will not let them do nothing in the residential area, and will organize them to carry out some production, self-rescue, and reconstruction activities."

"The number of refugees accommodated by each refugee camp is between 100,000, but the maximum is no more than 150,000. Of course, if special circumstances occur, the scale of the refugee camp can also be expanded, and the management personnel are about 800-1,000, of which there are no less than 300 medical personnel. These people can only ensure the basic order and daily management of the refugee camp. The army has two responsibilities. One is to protect the safety of the camp, and the targets of the bandits, local gangs train forces, and also to protect the army; the other is to go to various disaster-stricken areas to rescue the affected people; and the other is to go to various disaster-stricken areas to rescue the affected people; in addition, if

Large-scale riots in the camp also require the military's strength to calm them. This situation is also a certain chance. After the disaster, the people will have a psychological vulnerability period that needs to be vented. Moreover, those who are sick and isolated are prone to cluster incidents, and there are civil conflicts. Some villages used to have hatred, but now they live together, and the conflicts may intensify in the refugee camps, etc. These are potential threats. Although we will try our best to avoid them during the management process, we cannot guarantee that these things will not happen."

Luo Yue nodded, thought for a while and said, "Okay, I will arrange for the army to station in the refugee camp. So when will the fleet looking for a place to establish a refugee camp set off?"

Li Songchen said: "Of course the faster the better. I think I'll set off tomorrow morning."
Chapter completed!