On that day, they dined on the battleship in the military port, and the meal was very rich, and the officers enjoyed Buddha jumping over the wall (soup), boiled mutton, and a roast deer leg, plus a dozen oysters per capita, so much that they could not eat enough, and distributed them to the sailors.

The crew had beef broth, a large piece of grilled chicken steak and a large sea fish and snails, and to their delight, the captain handed out a ration of wine in the name of celebrating the female officer's arrival on the ship. (It is not easy for the fleet to replenish fresh water at sea, so it is necessary to use wine seepage water as a water supply for everyone)

This kind of food is outsourced, and this is where the benefits of being stationed at the port are met.

The officers rushed to toast Chen Yuxue, and they regretted that this girl had a good amount of alcohol!

already knew that drinking on the ship was water, Chen Yuxue prepared early, and when the amount of alcohol was exercised, she did it when she came, and she didn't let everyone see her jokes.

Captain Huang Min actually had reservations about female soldiers going to the battleship to participate in the battle, but he had to obey the order, he made up his mind that he could do it best, and if he couldn't do it, he would honestly stand aside, so he gave Chen Yuxue a dismount!

Set sail early the next morning, he arranged for Chen Yuxue to be responsible for directing the battleship to leave the harbor!

If you are not familiar with the sailors, it is okay to let the boatswain wait, and he will beckon the sailors to do what they are told.

The night before, Chen Yuxue had passed the first test, drawing the route to Hoi An on the charts for this mission, as part of her homework in the "Officer Qualification Course".

The soldiers must be kept busy, Yan Dashao knows this very well, so his army is always busy, the soldiers are not only training, but also political study, and new officers have to complete the "Officer Qualification Course", throughout the early days of their ship.

The nautical chart she drew was very standard, and the route she chose met the requirements, and at a glance, she knew that it was the technique of a high-achieving student from a professional class, so that Huang Min couldn't find anything wrong.

The next day, everyone was in place, Chen Yuxue first went around the ship to check, and found that everyone was in good spirits, waiting for her order. The captain, deputy captain and Chen Yuxue stood in the stern together, and Chen Yuxue said to the helmsman, "Let me try the rudder." ”

And the helmsman was not happy, because in superstition, this rudder cannot be operated by women, otherwise it will be unlucky!

He looked at the captain with a cry for help, only to be scolded by the captain: "Give it to her!" ”

Chen Yuxue took over the rudder and tried the rudder effect, the rudder of the new ship was still very smart---- and it was specially debugged by a master before handing it over to the navy.

After everything was ready, the captain made a gesture, and Chen Yuxue took a deep breath and began to give orders!

"Anchor ...... Sail ...... Three compass points to the left! ”

With her command, the sailors shouted loudly and assigned the cruiser to start the anchor, and in the cabin the sailors rotated around the windlass, pulling the thick ropes to lift the anchor from the bottom of the water.

The mid-mast sail is hung up, the sail pieces are in place, the sail truss is raised, and the mast sail is raised.

The sailors, led by some of the old sailors, did a very good job, and it was speeding up and was about to leave the harbor with the help of the wind, without having to turn the stringers (to turn the sails into the wind).

Slowly leaving the port, many officers and soldiers on the battleship next to them were watching from the ship, and it was the first time they had seen a female officer commanding such a large battleship!

Seeing that she commanded properly, the password was clear, and the fifth-class cruiser sailed away smoothly under her command, not slow, and could enter the eyes of experts, they applauded one after another.

After she returned, her deeds were published in the military newspaper, and one of them was entitled "The First Voyage to Join the Active Duty", and the military newspaper reporter specially interviewed her about her experience of the first voyage. (Some boring guys are talking about virgin debuts)

Battleship departs!

Without the cover of the breakwater, in the oncoming rough waves, the battleship was subverted up and down, with ease and in good condition, and if it worked normally, it would definitely be able to cope with the wind and waves.

Chen Yuxue looked up at the sail boom under the mainmast and said, "Now put away the sail on the upper mast and tighten the sail strings." ”

The sailors did as they were told, and Huang Min said with a smile: "Good job!" Very professional! ”

"Thank you for the compliment!" Chen Yuxue smiled slightly, thinking that it was not in vain to pay for her own training!

In addition to normal training in the military academy, she also bought a Spanish-style fast brig by herself, formed a sailing team, and commanded the voyage by herself in her spare time.

Huang Min said to Deputy Captain Liu Chuhan: "It seems that we can rest assured that we can hand over the command to her, and we can save some trouble!" ”

Liu Chuhan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go and schedule shifts!" ”

He didn't say that the current duty shifts of the Southeast Fleet imitate the British system, and the shifts are:

First morning shift, 12:00 midnight --- 4:00 am;

Second morning shift, 4:00 a.m. --- 8:00 a.m.;

Morning class: 8:00-12:00

Afternoon class: 12:00-16:00

1st Dog Class: 16:00-18:00

2nd Dog Class: 18:00-20:00

First departure: 20:00-12:00 midnight

As a result, Chen Yuxue was mostly scheduled for the first morning shift, or the second morning shift (she and Liu Chuhan arranged the first and second morning shifts, and sometimes they were lucky enough to take over an early shift for the captain, but not many times), and there were many first shifts.

I don't pity the fragrance at all, and I work very hard every day!

Coupled with other things, she soon realized that it was not easy for her to sleep only four hours a day, but to command a large warship in the midst of a storm, and to entrust people's lives to her!

This kind of work intensity is difficult even for a strong man, and even a woman.

Sure enough, "war makes women go away" has her reasons, if Chen Yuxue hadn't started practicing boxing at the age of five, her physical strength was so abundant that she could hardly cope with it.

Although I was nervous about studying in the military academy before, I found that the hard work when I sailed on active duty was far greater than that of the military academy, and I always felt that I didn't get enough sleep!

They entered the normal headwind sailing, and saw from the compass that the ship's side was basically balanced, west---- east---- and then west, so that it was heading westward, and several times the wind was rushing to turn direction, because the ship was large, the steering was indeed not as fast as the sixth-class cruiser, and the speed was not fast, only five knots.

"It's windy, now you can make the sails shorter!" (The area of the wind is reduced, and the ship is stabilized) the young female navigator commanded, and the sailors moved happily.

The warship sailed to Fujian, Guangzhou, Hainan, and then to Hoi An, and the Tainan 15 will cruise the waters of Annam.

Ordnance officers and boatswains teach sailors skills such as cold weapon fighting, the use of guns, and the operation of sail cables, and officers also have to organize gunnery, broadside warfare, fire extinguishing and damage management, drainage and other related training.

In addition to being on the warship and on duty, Chen Yuxue also has a task assigned by the fleet, that is, to truthfully record her journey on the warship, so that the navy can provide data on the research of female servicemen on the warship.

Female officers are not easy to ---- and are easy to be looked down upon, but Chen Yuxue has won the support of the soldiers with her superb command.

The physical strength of female officers ---- not easy to keep up with;

Supplies for female officers ---- lack of fresh water!

In addition to not getting enough sleep, she felt that her body stinked, and after the voyage, the fresh water ration was distributed, and the female soldiers had been taken care of, but the fresh water was really not enough!

Girls love to clean, but it is luxurious to use fresh water to wash their bodies.

The two female marines she brought with her, in eight-hour shifts and three shifts, always followed her action, which was also very hard, but when it came to talking, she thought that hard work was nothing, and water was a big problem.

All kinds of information were prepared one after another, so that the Southeast Fleet thought that the time was not ripe for female soldiers to participate in the war on a large scale, and finally stopped the plan to vigorously train female soldiers, and female soldiers could only become some embellishments in the Southeast Fleet!