759 Sailing on its own

On June 15, Liu Erhei was informed by Coach Zhu Ge that the Assassin was still used by him as the handlebar, of course, now it was called the captain, but there were some changes in the bow and sailors who were originally with him, and a small half of them were assigned to other ships as bows and sailors, so the sailors under him were reduced from the original twenty to twelve.

Liu Erhei knew that the two ships were larger than the Assassin and needed more sailors.

Now, the remaining 50 students of the first class of the nautical training course are led by Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi respectively, and they have re-boarded the Women's Quan and Captain Teemo, each ship has a crew of 25 people, plus Peng Qiang and Hu Xiaolin, who served as the first mate on these two ships, and two captains, there are a total of 27 people on each ship.

Obviously---- this is overstaffed, yes, according to the normal establishment, the number of people on the Assassin is the normal establishment.

Given that the arrangement for the use of these three sailing boats is a major matter, mainly because both Zixia Island and Xin'an City, and of course Macau, have asked for these boats, and there are good reasons for obtaining them.

So the problem becomes bigger, since the whereabouts of these three sailing ships have become a matter of concern to everyone, then neither the Federal Migration Service nor the president can be arbitrary, and must be submitted to the Bundesrat for discussion.

To this end, the Federal President Sun Lao and the Vice President and President of the Senate, Lao Ba, jointly submitted a report to the Bundesrat, the main content of which was the arrangement for the use of the three sailing boats.

According to the report, the Assassin will return to Macao with the Pride at the end of the month, at which point the Assassin will be officially integrated into the armed sequence of the Wanshan Island Garrison in Irush to carry out maritime transportation and security missions.

The Feminist and Captain Timo will be temporarily assigned to the Federal Migration Service. Of course, it is temporary, as for when it will be assigned to the individual, Sun Lao said two things: it depends on the construction of new ships in the palace and the recent business situation of the immigration bureau before making a decision.

Sun Lao's decision was supported by the majority of the federal Senate---- mainly because of the situation in Nantian Yizhai that suddenly appeared.

According to the plan of the Immigration Bureau, the fleet of these three ships will first go to Zixia Island to replenish, then go to Manado, and strive for the fleet of Nantian Yizhai to go to Borneo and other places to do business, of course, business is to do, but the most important thing is to go to the Han water villages and settlements in those places to recruit labor and immigrants.

This task was taken care of by Zhu Beiguo, assisted by Xu Zhi.

After discussion in the Federal Senate, it was decided that no matter what the effect of this trip was, at least the purpose of training the team could be achieved, and it should not be forgotten that after July, another sister ship of the Pride would be launched, and at that time, the sailors on these three ships would have to send some excellent people to the big ship, and Zhu Xu and Zhu Xu would also take up their posts as the scheduled captain and first mate.

Therefore, the business and recruitment tasks that these two ships are currently doing actually have the meaning of practical training.

Sun Lao and Lao Ba also proposed in the report that after Zhu Xu and Xu left the fleet, the captaincy of the Feminist and Captain Timo would be held by Peng Qiang and Hu Xiaolin respectively.

Obviously, through this series of personnel arrangements, an echelon training mechanism for nautical talents will eventually be formed, and Gu Jin enthusiastically supported this plan---- because this is the key to the cultivation of nautical talents, and it is the overall situation.

Therefore, the report was adopted by the Bundesrat after discussion.

As to where the two sailboats will be assigned in the end, it will be discussed later.

On 20 June, the Feminist, Captain Timo, and the Assassin set sail from the Red Wharf, aiming for the port of Zixia on Zixia Island, because there was no radio communication equipment on board, so the voyage made everyone a little worried, after all, the fleet was not heard from as soon as it went to sea, so the preparations were sufficient, the supplies and ammunition on board were sufficient, and as for the trade goods, mainly calico and sugar, which were popular with the local people in the South Seas, as for the luxury goods of glassware and mirrors, they were very few.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the fleet was ready to set sail, Cao Limei slightly puffed her stomach and went to the dock to see off Zhu Xu and others in the company of the ladies of the Red Mansion.

Obviously, everyone knows very well the significance of Zhu Xu, Peng Hu and the four of them leading three sailing ships to go to sea, if this voyage is successful, it is enough to prove that the navigation training that has been done so hard at the beginning will eventually have an exciting result.

Another key factor is that, compared to the Nicole and the Pride, these three sailing ships have little from the old world technology blessing and superior conditions, there are no radio stations, no radar, and the force is relatively weak.

Now, the brothers are driving such a boat, and they are going to face the vast sea alone, obviously this is not only the first time for Zhu Xu and others, but also the first time to cross the group.

In fact, Li Sanduo had sent a telegram before, saying that for the sake of prudence, should he wait for the Pride to return to the Red Pier before setting sail together, and even suggested that he should simply drive one of the sailing ships himself to lead the team, and let Zhu Xu and the others drive the Pride.

At the beginning, everyone also thought that Li Sanduo's worries were reasonable, but Captain Gu quickly sent a telegram, the content of which was to let everyone not worry about the ability of Zhu Xu and the others, and said that they had personally trained them, and believed that they had the ability to sail these sailboats alone.

Captain Gu also said, not to mention that we can't always worry about this and that, in the future, all the crew members we have trained will have to go to sea as captains sooner or later, since this is a matter of time or time, let's start exercising from now on!

In everyone's minds, once it comes to navigation, Captain Gu's opinions are often authoritative, especially in the evaluation of the crew's ability, after all, the group of crew members are all out of him single-handedly.

So everyone was quickly convinced, of course, Captain Gu also set up a few rules for Zhu Xu and others that must be strictly followed: First, they should sail along the coast as much as possible, so that they can find harbors or shoals at any time to anchor and avoid the storm.

The second is to strictly follow the navigation rules taught to you before, and you must not operate in violation of regulations, and you will not be able to operate in violation of any regulations!

The third is to sail honestly, and don't run whimsically to land on an expedition, or want to kill all sides when there is nothing to do.

Fourth, night navigation should be slow and cautious, with double lookout posts and deck patrols.

Fifth, make full use of the accurate charts in your hands to avoid dangerous waters such as reef areas in a timely manner and in advance.

So before going to sea, Captain Gu's request was strictly and repeatedly emphasized by Lao Ba and others, and Zhu, Xu, Peng, and Hu said that they would resolutely abide by it---- this is not playing with children, it is a major matter related to their own lives, of course, they can't and dare not slack off."

On the morning of June 20, after some thorough preparations, Zhu Xu and the others finally piloted the Feminist and Captain Timo alone and the accompanying Assassin to start this voyage of great significance.

It was also from this moment that the group of 59 cadets who participated in the nautical training course in the early days of Mornington Island gradually began their independent sailing careers, and later, most of them grew up to become captains, and some also became fleet commanders and fleet commanders, many of whom galloped on the ocean all their lives, and many of them also became legends at sea and were recorded in history......