Chapter 822: Chapter 560: We’re Flood Prevention Experts (Part 2)
The first platoon of the first company is mainly responsible for earthwork construction, while the second and third platoons are responsible for earthwork transportation.
The fourth platoon is an auxiliary construction unit. The so-called auxiliary tasks are those jobs that machines cannot handle, equivalent to general laborers on a construction site.
Since the auxiliary work requires no technical skills, the platoon is made up of eighteen warriors, all selected from among the "roaming soldiers" sent from various townships and streets without any professional skills.
Each person has a roster, and everyone reviews the list to help assign personnel to the fourth platoon.
This young man was a driver in the army and has skills, so he cannot be assigned to the fourth platoon.
That young man was a cook in the army, a talent urgently needed in the camp, and likewise cannot be assigned to the fourth platoon.
The next young man was a medic in the army and is also a talent. Considering that Dr. Liang and Nurse Han cannot manage without an assistant, he is directly assigned to the sanitation and epidemic prevention platoon...
As for the selection of the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader, these positions are respectively held by military transfer officials from the Port Supervision Bureau and the Development Zone Management Committee.
Having determined the structure and personnel of the next company, just as they were ready to discuss the platoon placements and personnel for the second company, Hao Qiusheng suddenly said, "Commander, Instructor, there’s one more thing."
"What is it?"
"We will definitely need to wear safety helmets during construction, but we are reserve forces, wearing camouflage uniforms with military ranks on our shoulders and badges on our arms. If we wear a safety helmet, wouldn’t it look a bit out of place?"
"Indeed, it might."
Han Yu nodded thoughtfully, glanced around at everyone, and said, "Safety is no small matter. Whatever we do, safety comes first. We must wear safety helmets for construction work on the shore, just as we wear them for operations on the ships."
Hao Qiusheng chuckled and said, "The problem is wearing a safety helmet looks a bit odd."
Even though it was a reserve unit being formed, in Old Liu’s mind, the Linghai Reserve Camp was like an active-duty unit. He genuinely believed military appearance was important, and couldn’t help but ask, "What should we do then?"
Han Yu turned to look at Yang Jianbo: "Instructor, can we apply to the regiment to distribute a steel helmet to each of us?"
Mentioning helmets sparked Xiao Yu’s interest, and with a smile, he raised his hand and said, "Instructor, we’re about to wear camouflage uniforms, and green steel helmets don’t look good. Can we each get a steel helmet like those of the Hong Kong Garrison, the camouflage ones, with a military emblem on top to match the uniforms perfectly?"
"The helmets of the Hong Kong Garrison are quite nice, much better looking than the GK80," Dong Maosheng couldn’t help but smile.
Seeing everyone eagerly looking at him, Yang Jianbo felt quite awkward and said helplessly, "Everyone, the Hong Kong Garrison doesn’t wear steel helmets. They wear bulletproof helmets made of a new material, called ’Kevlar’. They are indeed very elegant, offering a large protective area, being lightweight, and having strong practicality.
They are said to feature an advanced suspension system, making size adjustment convenient and providing stable, comfortable wear. But due to the high cost of new materials, such bulletproof helmets are very expensive and cannot be widely equipped in the army. At present, it seems they are only supplied to the Hong Kong Garrison and some special forces."
Nowadays, camouflage uniforms are everywhere, whereas they used to be quite in demand.
Unexpectedly, helmets like those of the Hong Kong Garrison are the same, only provided to a few select units.
Han Yu asked softly, "Can’t we get them?"
"We can’t get them, and even if we could, each helmet would cost thousands at the very least, which we can’t afford."
"Thousands!"
"New equipment is very expensive."
Afraid the others wouldn’t believe it, Yang Jianbo smiled wryly and said, "You are all old platoon leaders, and I assume many of you have worn GK80 helmets. Although GK80 helmets aren’t very aesthetically pleasing, they’re made of 232 bulletproof steel and are not cheap either."
Gan Xiangpeng from the Port Authority, who worked as an assistant in the military supply office, smiled and added, "Commander, we often say that nothing on the ship is cheap, and the same goes for the equipment of the military."
Unable to afford even helmets, what kind of army is this...
Feeling somewhat frustrated, Han Yu was silent for a moment and then said, "Since purchasing military helmets is too expensive, we’ll solve this problem ourselves."
"How will we solve it?"
"There happens to be an injection molding factory in our development zone that specializes in manufacturing construction site safety helmets and motorcycle helmets. Tomorrow, I’ll approach the factory’s person in charge and ask if they can help us create a mold and produce four hundred safety helmets inspired by the appearance of the Hong Kong Garrison’s bulletproof helmets."
Han Yu smiled, then turned to Xiao Yu and said, "It’s simple to have camouflage ones. Just cover the safety helmets with a camouflage fabric cover. Comrade Liang Xiaoyu, the production and processing of the camouflage helmet covers will be entrusted to you. Once the safety helmets are produced, take two of them to ’Huimei Clothing’ and ask President Lin and President Liu for help with processing them."
Xiao Yu, more than anyone, wanted to wear a helmet like those of the Hong Kong Garrison. Realizing that it only required buying some camouflage fabric and processing it, and knowing that the safety helmet was small and wouldn’t require much fabric nor a complicated tailoring process like making clothes, he readily agreed, "No problem, I’ll take care of this task."
"Great, let’s move on to the next topic. Please have Second Company Commander Ma Jintao introduce the situation of the second company."
"Yes!"
Besides being a discharged soldier, Ma Jintao also has extensive experience in maritime law enforcement and rescue. More importantly, the Water Police Station sponsored ten thousand yuan to the camp, so he is the only possible commander for the Second Company, specifically responsible for maritime search and rescue.
He first stood up, saluted everyone, briefly introduced himself, and then began talking eloquently about the situation of the second company.
"Our company originally planned to set up two rescue platoons with assault boats, which are the fifth and sixth platoons. We were equipped with ten rubber assault boats and ten fiberglass assault boats. Later, drawing from the experience of supporting the transfer of stranded citizens in Zhangjia Port last year, the commander and instructor agreed to set up three rescue platoons with assault boats, equipped with fifteen motorized rubber boats and fifteen non-motorized fiberglass boats."
