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Fortunately, soldiers were always soldiers. No matter where they went, they would still maintain their calm and rationality. This was especially true for the soldiers who were used to being on a lonely island isolated from the mainland. Usually, they had to deal with special incidents independently. Therefore, even though they had encountered such a strange incident today, these soldiers were arranged to deal with special incidents as usual. They immediately raised the alert level and did a good job in the defense of the island.

However, they were a little at a loss for what to do next. Normally, they would report to their superiors, but today, they suddenly realized that they did not know which level to report to…To put it simply, they had lost their organization! This was what gave them a headache. In the end, they could only communicate with the local village officials. After all, they were the most familiar with each other. Everything else on the island was still managed by the fishing village.

As for the leaders of the island's villages…they were actually just the two people sitting below them. One of them was the young village deputy secretary, Li Hailong, and the other was the manager of the village's sideline company, Qian Jinfa. The others had gone to the mainland and had not returned! They thought that it was easier for just the two of them because one of them was usually in charge of the sea, and the other was in charge of the small factories, small enterprises, shops, and so on. Usually, they only cared about making money. Although they knew that they had to pay the village at the end of the year, they did not care about the specific details. They had their own policies and other village officials to take care of it. Therefore, for them, as long as the island was still there and the boat was still there, everything was not a big problem... Those who went to sea were afraid that they could not find land. That was the biggest blow to them! Therefore, they were naturally calmer than the others. Now that they saw the two leaders of the garrison come over to discuss, they were used to it as usual. They just had to withstand another typhoon. They did not notice that the others were acting strangely.

Captain Wang and the others were a little distressed. They had wanted to take a break here, but now they were suddenly told that they had nowhere to go and could only wait here. As for how long it would take, no one knew! Except for the ship they came on, they didn't even have a grain of sand on land. Captain Wang and Political Commissar Zhao Liang had a deep feeling. Once they lost their supplies, they didn't know how to face everything. So they quickly discussed it, but what could they come up with now?

The two teachers from the provincial sports school who had brought the students to the island to do some field radio measurement were petrified!

Huang Zhongqiang, an engineer who was the leader of the provincial oil company's equipment installation and engineering construction on the island, came here after receiving the news. He was similar to the two teachers. They rarely interacted with each other. Now, they found that the two groups of people on the island and those outside the island were clearly separated. Those who were discussing together were on the island. Those who came to the island were either looking at each other or drinking tea and smoking to hide the fluctuations in their hearts. Or perhaps they were petrified…

When Engineer Huang saw this, he was naturally unhappy. This was just the beginning. Why were the people on the island like this?

However, before Engineer Huang could have any further thoughts, the deputy secretary of the village, Li Hailong, who was still running his own factory and had a lot of dealings with people. At the same time, he was young and quick-witted. During the discussion, he suddenly felt the uneasy expressions of these people, so he quickly told the few people who were discussing this matter. Everyone thought that it made sense! He had just started, so he didn't want others to be dissatisfied with him.

Immediately, the meeting turned into a real meeting. Because the meeting was held in the conference room of the border defense office, Director Jiang Weidong became the host of the meeting.

"Hello, everyone! "I'm sorry. Because this matter happened too suddenly just now, we are usually more familiar with each other, so we discussed it first. We have neglected everyone! I'm sorry."

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused, Chief Jiang changed the topic.

"Everyone here can be said to be the representatives of the people on the island. Although it's not comprehensive, under the current situation, we can't slowly understand and familiarize ourselves with it. We can only reluctantly represent everyone to discuss an appropriate method to stabilize the hearts of the people on the island. Now, I think we should get familiar with each other first. After all, some comrades might not be familiar with the situation on the island. We might not be familiar with each other. We had a quick discussion just now and thought that no matter whether we had returned to the past or not, it was necessary for us to carry out organizational integration and unified management on the island under the current situation because we were not sure how long this situation would last. It can also be said that we have cut off our connection with the mainland, and many resources have been cut off. Therefore, it is not wrong for us to make preparations early. Only by doing so can we tide over the current difficulties. As for the future situation, we are still not clear, so we naturally cannot make targeted preparations. If anyone thinks that this arrangement is inappropriate, feel free to raise it for discussion and modification!”

These words were originally discussed by the few people on the island just now, so they naturally did not have any objections. The other people listened to the situation that Director Jiang said was basically consistent with the current situation, and the arrangement was more reasonable. They had no other choice. The best thing to do here was to be able to work with everyone, so they did not have any objections. Therefore, everyone expressed their agreement. Director Jiang was quite satisfied with the result.

"Alright then! Since everyone has agreed to this arrangement, let's get to know each other first. Let's start with me! My name is Jiang Weidong, 29 years old. I am from Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. I graduated from XX Armed Police College and am a party member. I am the director of XX Armed Police Division's border defense station on Tokyo Island. I have been on the island for five years. As for the personnel establishment and equipment of my border defense station, I will not give a specific introduction here. I will make another report when the time comes. Now that I have said it, you may not remember it. By the way, our deputy director, Gong Xueming, is currently leading a team to carry out a mission outside. He can't arrive at the venue at the moment, so I'll introduce him. He's the same age as me, also 29 years old. He's from Lu 'an, Anhui Province. In 2006, the army transferred to our border defense office to take up his current position. When he comes back, I'll let him meet everyone. My introduction is over! Which one of you please…"

Next, everyone in the venue introduced themselves one by one. At the same time, some people also gave a brief introduction of their own situation.

"I, Zhang Ming, am 30 years old this year. I am from Dongying, Shandong Province. I am a party member and graduated from the XX Navy Academy. I am currently the commander of the XX Fleet's radar station in Tokyo Island and the commander of the militia training base…"

"Hello, comrades! I'm Wang Wenbao, captain of Boat 828 of XX customs 'anti-smuggling brigade. I'm 42 years old this year, from Zhoushan, and a party member. I transferred from XX army to customs in 1990 and have been working at sea until now…"

" I am Zhao Liang, political commissar of Boat 828 of XX customs 'anti-smuggling brigade. I am 29 years old this year. I'm a member of the Ningbo-based party. I was transferred from XX army to customs in 2006 and have been working with Captain Wang at sea until now…"

" I'm Qian Jinfa, 53 years old, a party member, a fisherman on Tokyo Island, and the current manager of a village sideline company…"

"I, Li Hailong, 26 years old, a party member, a fisherman on Tokyo Island, a retired soldier, the current deputy company commander of the township militia, and the deputy secretary of the island…Currently, the other village leaders on my island are on the mainland. Only Manager Qian and I are on the island. Next, I will briefly introduce some of the general situation of our village. My Tokyo Island fishing village is made up of five surrounding islands and the central island we are currently on. Tokyo Island is also the largest island in the village, with a total area of 38 square kilometers. It was 11 kilometers long from north to south and 5 kilometers wide from east to west. The geographical environment of the island was high in the middle and low in the west. There were six natural villages on the island, one small market town, two reservoirs, one fishing port, and one wind power station. The other island was uninhabitable, so it had been deserted. The three islands were currently operating as tourism development zones. Usually, only a few staff members were left to look after them. The original residents on the islands had all moved out. The original residential houses were used as tourist houses. There is a small island in the north that is still inhabited. It covers an area of about 4.6 square kilometers. Currently, there are more than 18,000 permanent residents on the island. There are more than 780 households in total. Because our island is currently moving inward, most of the people are on the mainland. As for how many residents are still on the island, I really haven't counted them, so I don't know! In addition, there are more than 180 families and people working on our island. The exact number of people will have to be calculated. There are currently 362 steel fishing boats of more than 250 tons on our island that are docked in the port due to the fishing ban. There are 478 on the mainland, but it seems that we can't find them now? There were probably a few hundred small transport boats, right? There were nine factories of different sizes on the island. There are more than 30 Ministores on our island…Since it's the first time for some of you to come to our island, I'll give you a general introduction. For more details, please go to the village office building to take a look. There's a detailed introduction and map there…Also, everyone is on our island. According to the current storage situation on the island, it's not a big problem for you to eat and live for a year and a half. Therefore, I need you to tell your comrades about this later so that they can calm down.”

Everyone's serious and nervous mood was instantly melted by this, and the atmosphere of the meeting became much more relaxed. Then, the other people who hadn't had their turn introduced themselves…Teacher Chen Zhiqiang, Engineer Huang Shunqing, Teacher Wei Yongkang, and so on all introduced themselves.

The meeting was going on. Everyone looked and saw that the main role was indeed played by the leaders of the original few islands. After all, they were familiar with the situation. Now, it was up to them to cooperate with them and make things better on the island. First, they had to stabilize themselves so that they could plan for the future.

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