In this way, the time soon came to the end of December, and the construction work of each training team was basically behind, and the number of people participating in the sailing experience increased again.

On the whole, after more than half a year of training, everyone in the Red Mansion has changed a lot.

Not to mention the young people, even the old Sun, the old Wang, the old Zhu, the old people, and they look much stronger and stronger than in the past.

And people like Li Sanduo, Li Junming, Zhu Beiguo, and Xu Zhi not only have their muscles become more developed than in the past, but their physical fitness has also been greatly improved.

Nowadays, everyone eats deliciously, falls asleep when they fall into bed, and the key is that the amount of exercise is there, so no matter how you eat Hessey, you just can't get fat.

Many people used to get tired and catch a cold as soon as they were tired, and now there is almost no problem, and many young people's skin is also faintly bronzed, and there is less bookishness or housely spirit and more masculinity than when they just crossed over.

At the end of December, the Pride's sailing training finally entered the long-range training phase, and by this time, the non-sailing training class had stopped going to sea with the ship.

Voyage training is the final stage of nautical training, and after completing this training course, it is a mule or a horse, and it is time to really pull out for a walk.

A while ago, I went to sea early and returned late, there was no night sailing, and the route was only sailing around the island and near the shore.

The voyage will be far from the coast and deep into the bay, and the continuous voyage will be extended and will be carried out day and night.

Gu Jin and Li Sanduo decided to strive to lead the trainees on the Pride for a real long-distance trial before mid-January, this time away from the land and deep into the sea.

The initial route was the exploration route suggested by Cao Limei: first from Mornington Island south to Bentinke Island, and then along a chain of islands to the Australian mainland to the bottom of Carpentaria Bay.

In the Old World, the northern bay region of mainland Queensland is a gentle estuarine jungle region and home to the coastal placer mines that Cao Limei never remembered.

Cao Limei asked the training team to collect a few estuarine sand samples when they arrived there, and if the water depth of the estuary permitted, it was best to go a little inland along the riverbank.

She hopes to identify the first placer site on mainland Australia in the future, and to find the location of the estuarine wharf, which in the Old World is not only a wharf, but also a small town.

After these expeditions are completed, the Pride will return to the Red Pier by the same route.

In view of the fact that this was everyone's first voyage and it was necessary to hold a special meeting to discuss it, at the regular plenary meeting on the evening of Sunday, December 24, all the participants seriously discussed the proposal of Gu Jin and Cao Limei, and finally everyone voted to approve this voyage of great significance.

This is a real step out of the house two years after everyone came to the new world.

According to Gu Jin's specific plan, this voyage training should be done at least four to six times, each round trip will take about six days, departing every Monday morning and returning on Saturday evening, for about a month and a half.

It was all the regular trainees who participated in the voyage training, and if Gu Jin and Li Sanduo were not included, a total of 57 people participated in the training.

Gu Jin then announced the personnel appointments of the Pride: Captain Gu Jin, Chief Officer Li Sanduo, Boatswain and Chief Engineer were Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi respectively.

During the voyage, students will practice all positions on board, including captain, helmsman, navigator, lookout, sailman, engineer and more.

Dai Xiaoshan followed the whole process as a ship doctor.

The first voyage was tentatively scheduled for 8 a.m. on Monday, January 20, 1657, and was scheduled to return on Saturday, January 26.

After Gu Jin announced this, he also said that the gun training would also start during the long voyage.

In addition, he talked about a large number of safety precautions, reminding the members who are about to go to sea to carefully prepare for going to sea and landing, especially the personal safety protection when landing, pay attention to preventing the bite of snakes, insects, scorpions and ants, even if it is the rainy season, you can't try to expose your skin in the wild for a while, etc.

Gu Jin emphasized that although it is the rainy season now, the weather is indeed a little hot, but it is not yet too hot to bear it, so it is necessary to prepare more thick clothes with long cuffs and sealed necklines and cuffs, and bring labor protection cowhide shoes, thick socks, hats and other things in the cave, and at the same time please prepare various emergency medicines on behalf of Xiaoshan......

After these major events were decided, everyone immediately threw themselves into the intense preparations, and the trainees who went to sea went to Xia Xiaoou's living materials committee to sign and receive things, many of which were personal items in the supermarket, from clothing, shoes and hats to all kinds of items used for survival in the wild, and even lighters and flashlights with batteries These things are already quite scarce.

Of course, there are also all kinds of food, which are scarce and may have passed their expiration date, but these supplies from the old world are still precious in the eyes of everyone.

Time passed like an arrow, and everyone was busy and soon reached the end of 1656, when the people in the Red Mansion naturally thought about how to take a holiday and rest.

At the end of the year, many people habitually began to summarize everything they had done in the last two years, talking about the changes in themselves and everyone around them, both physically and psychologically.

Many people sighed that in the past two years, everyone has been tired and tired, but to say that the construction achievements are still unsatisfactory, from burning the wasteland to open up vegetable gardens and building farms, this way, at least there is no shortage of food and drink, and there is no danger of survival.

The subsequent transportation of materials, railway construction, land reclamation, brick and tile factories, cement plants, and micro hydropower development, in detail, have really done a lot of things in the past two years! Of course, this was not what most people expected at the time, when many people were thinking about how to sail out to sea and kill all sides.

However, everything in reality is really very exercised, at least let everyone start from fantasy and go step by step to the present, not only accumulated construction experience, but also accumulated a lot of life experience.

In short, everyone has struggled until now, and now they are finally going to sea, which is already a tangible reality, so everyone is a little excited, it is a long-lost emotion.

High school students, in particular, are convinced that this new world will provide them with even greater opportunities next year.

Before New Year's Day in 1656, the General Affairs Coordination Committee decided after discussion that the New Year's Day of 1657 would be a three-day holiday, from December 31 to January 2, and all routine study courses during the holiday would be cancelled.

Elder Sun then announced that everyone would have a dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the dishes were very rich.

Mr. Sun stressed that the Living Materials Committee had been preparing for this for a few days, and Lao Zhu's farm had also prepared a large amount of meat, poultry and eggs in advance, and had also obtained enough lobsters and various seafood on the beach of the Moon River Estuary.

Of course, there are also leftovers from the supermarket, including candy, all kinds of dry goods, canned meat, canned fruits, drinks, red wine and white wine, but there are no drinks, because these things are consumed long before they expire.

Sun Lao also emphasized that there was a dietary highlight of this day's dinner--- a kind of sweet potato sweet wine made by Lao Wang, after many improvements, the taste of this wine has been greatly improved, although there is still a strong roasted sweet potato flavor, plus a little earthy taste, but after repeated distillation, the alcohol content reaches about forty-five degrees, the most important thing is that the quantity is enough, unlike the wine in the supermarket materials, drink a sip less, this wine can be drunk openly!

Everyone was naturally very happy to hear this, so there were many people drinking high in the restaurant on this day.

From the 31st to the 2nd of January in the three days, everyone in addition to eating is sleeping, enough to go out to play, the scenery on the beach near the Moon River near the Red House is good, the seabirds soar between the white sand and the blue sea, the sea breeze blows in the rainy season, the air is fresh, and there are rainbows across the sea and sky from time to time......