Volume 2: The First Knife in the East China Sea Chapter 67 No Wind Zone
Chapter 67 No Wind Belt
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Neil secretly glanced at Becker's side face, no wonder this person of the same age as himself can mix so well on the boat, the gap between the two is obvious, when it comes to background, Becker who is also literate and hyphenated, and can also serve as a navigator is obviously more educated than Neil, but Becker can talk and laugh with a group of big and rough pirates, and there is no incongruity, this is where he is stronger than Neil.
"Next time, I'll tell the people above that I'm not going to work in the pirates anymore." Neil said depressedly.
Becker asked, "Will people agree?" What if you are expelled from the Chamber of Commerce? ”
"Big deal, I'm going to be in the navy!" Neil said harshly.
Becker smiled dumbly: "You have been a pirate and still want to be a navy?" ”
Neil wondered, "What's not to do then?" I didn't make the bounty again. ”
Becker restrained his smile when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Isn't there anything like 'political trial' in the navy?" ”
"'Political trial'? What is that? Neil asked with a blank look on his face when he heard a new and unfamiliar word.
"It's a Navy background or something like that." Becker replied.
Neil opened his mouth, and found that Becker didn't know more than himself, and for the first time in his heart, he was a little proud, and he sneered: "How is it possible, there are countless navies in the world, and the navy soldiers are recruited from various kingdoms, how can the world government have so much energy to investigate their backgrounds one by one, and it is too unbelievable for the world government to be able to do this level." ”
"You're right." Becker thought for a moment and it seemed that he should not compare the organizational ability of the modern society government of the previous life with the organizational ability of the world government.
Becker thought for a moment and said: "But this kind of negligence should be limited to the bottom, and the world government doesn't pay much attention to ......, so according to you, people who have been pirates can also be navy?" ”
"If you haven't been on the bounty list and attracted the attention of the Navy, it should be fine." Neil wasn't really confident in his opinion, but he said it for the sake of face.
Becker seemed to believe his words, and his right hand kept rubbing his chin and said slowly: "Indeed, most of the main soldiers of the naval base are recruited from the local area, although the world government is nominally the superior of each member country, but it seems that it rarely interferes in specific administrative affairs, unless special attention is paid to it, and the world government gives an order, otherwise the local kingdom will not be interested in investigating an ordinary person who goes to be a navy, so it is indeed possible to deduce from this." ”
Becker knew that he had thought about it before, and his thinking had entered a misunderstanding before, and in his previous life, ancient and modern generals in China emphasized that good soldiers were "good families", but it was impossible to say that all of them were composed of "good families" with innocent backgrounds, and it was impossible to say that the background of the soldiers could be investigated clearly, and it would have to wait until modern society to do so, but even in modern times, there were many cases of fraud.
It's just that Becker is now equivalent to a fugitive murderer with an important case, and he is still a black household, he is limited to the way of thinking in his previous life, and he feels that no matter how capable he is, it is impossible for him to blend into the army in modern times with this evil black history on his back, but now he finally understands that this is not the earth of the 21st century.
You must know that the predecessor of the modern army, the soldiers of the modern army in the West are also full of a large number of bankrupts and scoundrels, etc., if Becker wants to be a high-ranking officer such as a naval general, he will naturally have to worry about being discovered, but if it is only a naval base in the East China Sea, then his worries seem to be a little redundant.
If a force wants to go on in the long run, it must have a long-term plan, actively make its own strategic deployment, and it is not Becker's habit to take one step at a time, he doesn't want to learn Redbeard after mastering the pirates, he wants to lay out the East China Sea, not to be a sea rogue who does not enter the stream.
Becker frowned and pondered for a moment, then came back to his senses, and said to Neil with a smile: "You can indeed go to the navy, if you need help at that time, tell me, everyone has been begging for a living in the same boat, and it is also appropriate to take care of each other." ”
Becker decided to let Neil explore the path first, and if Neil can succeed in becoming a navy, then he should also have a chance.
Neil didn't know what Becker was thinking, and nodded gratefully.
The two chatted for a while, but a rookie pirate suddenly came to interrupt the conversation between the two, and said to Becker breathlessly, "Brother Becker, the captain called you." ”
When Becker arrived at the captain's room, he found that Barbarossa was the only one in the room, and he was staring at a nautical chart with his head bowed and frowning, and only looked up when he saw Becker enter the room.
"We're going to the windless zone."
Barbarossa's first words to Becker surprised him.
Becker was stunned, and in order to make sure that he heard correctly, he asked rhetorically: "You mean we are going to the windless zone?" ”
Becker had read a lot of books in order to learn about navigation, and all the books on navigation in the world, when it came to windless zones, would invariably say that this sea area was extremely dangerous.
The geography of this world is very strange, the red earth continent and the great shipping route will flatten the whole world into four sea areas of east, south, west and north, these two routes around the planet will cut off the connection of the four sea areas, among which the great shipping route can play a role in dividing the sea area, largely because of the windless belt.
Becker is not a scholar, he is not interested in delving into how the strange geography of this world is constituted, he only knows that two windless belts will tightly surround the great shipping route, and there is no wind in this sea all year round, which is fatal for ships that are still in the age of sailing, and the most dangerous is not only that, this sea area because of its special geographical location, there are also countless sea monsters living in this sea, for these monsters called "sea kings" by the people of this world, for people to be extremely large sailing ships, It may be a delicate toy in their eyes.
So anyone who has ever heard the description of this place can imagine the danger.
It is conceivable that a sailboat that has lost its power, in a boundless sea area where there is no village in front of the village, no shop, no supply points, is rowing hungry and difficult, full of despair in the direction of no end, and under the sea, I don't know how many giant beasts are watching this ship.
Food, supplies, and the threat of a Sea King are all factors that can easily bring down a pirate group.
The Redbeard Pirates are one of the best pirates in the East China Sea, but daring to enter the windless zone is tantamount to suicide, and it is no wonder that with Becker's composure, he also has to ask questions.
"It's going to the vicinity of the windless zone." Barbarossa glanced at Becker and added, "We want to get the Devil Fruit, and we only go there." ”