Mingqiu didn't speak, he didn't worry much about the logistics in Kaohsiung and Jeju - he trusted the young men's organization and ability to get things done. Here's the thing: he doesn't have a qualified officer corps.

There is only one person in this First Fleet who was born as a PLAN naval officer: Li Ziping. Méng De is a student at the Maritime University, half of which is counted. With himself, there are two semi-professional people in total. ALTHOUGH LE LIN IS A VETERAN AND A FANATICAL NAVAL FAN, DON'T LOOK AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION AND NAVAL TACTICS, IN FACT, ZHAO KUO, WHO HAS NO PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE AT ALL. All the sailing experience has been accumulated in the last three years. However, the task of the Navy in the engine operation is heavy, and the situation is very complicated. Lelin was to command a steam-sail hybrid battleship that he had never been exposed to before—and even he himself was not very sure.

There are still some veterans who were born in the navy, but these people either have their own responsibilities and can't get rid of them, or they were agency soldiers, jishu soldiers, and base soldiers at the beginning, and they know little about navigation. Even if it is enriched to the First Fleet, it will not be of much use.

Most of the backbone naturalized civilian officers in the fleet are from the old pirates, and whether the professional standards of this group of people are qualified is also a question.

“…… The repair ship and the coal carrier have been almost outfitted, and they will be officially tested in a few days, and they should be in time for that time. Chen Haiyang continued to add, thinking that Ming Lao was still worried about logistics.

At the beginning of Jihua shipbuilding, although it was considered that there were no repair facilities in Kaohsiung and Jeju Island, it would be difficult to repair in the event of a breakdown, so the construction of three repair ships was deliberately included in Jihua. But both the Navy and the shipyards forgot about the issue of the fleet's coal carriers. Steam warships consume a staggering amount of coal, and even when sailing most of the time, they still need a constant supply of coal.

In this time and space, there is no place in Shijie except for Hongji, Sanya, Bopu and Hong Kong where there are coal filling stations available. The fleet had to bring its own coaler ships to replenish the goods along the way.

It was only halfway through the implementation of the shipbuilding reorganization that the Planning Institute realized this gap, because it was too late to add shipbuilding. The two H800 Harmony ships under construction were temporarily converted into coal carriers.

However, the structure of the Harmony is not suitable for coal carriers, and in fact, the vast majority of ships in the navy and shipping departments are not very suitable - transporting coal from safe wooden ships is a great safety hazard. In bulk bulk cargo such as coal. The danger of simmering has always been there, not to mention the dust from the coal and the danger of explosion.

Mingqiu retracted his thoughts - it was useless for Bai to worry, so he had to start by strengthening his training. Fortunately, the task of the fleet at the beginning was not heavy, during the standby in Hong Kong and Kaohsiung. There's still quite a bit of time to train.

"How's it going?"

Chen Haiyang said: "It's hard to say about safety - this is just a temporary emergency, and the H800 tries not to do accompanying navigation and offshore coaling operations." Ships are still mainly supplied to the port. ”

He went on to talk about the Jihua of the Navy's coal used in Operation Engine, which was compiled by Thorpe. The navy's coal is quite special, and the Senate does not claim to be the "most haode marine coal", but can only replace it with the most haode Hongji coal in the ruling region. Thorpe is preparing to store 2,000 tonnes of marine coal each in Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Jeju Island.

2000 tons seems to be a lot. In fact, it was only enough to replenish the entire First Fleet twice. This does not include the consumption of other steam vessels that require coal. There are countless things in their minds about the actual coal consumption of the 854 and 901 during the voyage. The amount of 2,000 tons per port is nothing more than Thorpe's calculation of reserves based on capacity.

In addition, hundreds of tons of animal and vegetable lubricants, spare parts for machinery, and spare ship materials were stored in advance at each base, and the supply of the crew itself and ammunition was not counted.

"24 Harmony ships sound like a lot, but in fact, they really have to operate, and it is very difficult to ensure the normal navigation of the fleet and the construction of the base."

"Who is responsible for escorting the transport ship?"

"The general plan is to escort in sections."

Chen Haiyang said that the general destiny should be called the joint logistics headquarters. However, he is still accustomed to using the familiar word "total queen".

Because no one dares to guarantee that the ship's machinery can be maintained, Thorpe and others can only make a fuss about strengthening ~~~ maintenance and frequent maintenance. Try to avoid steam engine ships at sea for long periods of time.

"Specifically: the convoy departing from Hainan was escorted to Hong Kong by the Coast Guard's Type I and II sail patrol boat squadrons. Convoy from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung. It is the responsibility of the First Fleet. The convoy from Kaohsiung to Jeju Island was handled by the Second Fleet. ”

The Second Fleet consisted of three other Type 901 1st class gunboats in outfitting and the sail-like 2nd class gunboat "Fu Bō".

The reason why the First Fleet was deployed in Kaohsiung was to take into account the main enemies of the Senate: Da Ming, Liu Xiang, and Zheng Zhilong were all active in the waters of Fujian and Guangdong, especially Zheng Zhilong, whom the Senate regarded as the greatest enemy. It is also based on the sea area of Fujian as its backyard. The main forces are also concentrated here. Guaranteeing freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait is the Navy's top priority.

"The number of ships in the First and Second Fleets is limited, can they afford it?" Ming Qiu remembered that the enemy briefing mentioned that there were North Korean and Ming sailors near Jeju Island, and in addition to Shandong's sailors, the Ming government stationed Liliang sailors in the Tianjin Sea, and North Korean sailors often operated in this sea area.

Chen Haiyang said: "The two fleets will each be organized into several squadrons of sail special service boats. In addition, when Jeju Island landed, the First Fleet would assist them in destroying the local sea liliang and clearing the Korean naval divisions. ”

"This is Li Di's plan."

"Yes, he's now Chief of Staff. Job. ”

Although Ming Qiu didn't speak, the expression on his face once again expressed his concern about this inexperienced chief of staff of the navy and the chief of staff of the fleet.

Li Di has been conducting staff training, but he has grown up on books and various materials, and there is no veteran in the entire Senate who has really served as a naval staff officer. Whether reading books can become a qualified staff officer is only God knows.

"He is very young and very studious, and he has not performed badly in several staff assignments...... Chen Haiyang seems to be reassuring him.

It took a long time for Mingqiu to spit out a sentence: "No one is born to fight, so grow up in actual combat." ”

Shikawa Shuji was now a corporal, although he didn't quite understand what "corporal" meant, except that he was now a petty officer under his new employer, and this officer was called a squad leader—similar to the head of the pawn group under the daimyo. There were nine Japanese mercenaries under his command. But now, he had to obey the orders of an Australian sergeant sent by an educator.

The sergeant is a well-trained, first-class veteran selected from the army by Fu Sansi, and his task is to train the recruits into qualified soldiers as soon as possible.

In order to train qualified soldiers in a short period of time, the senate's previous method was to educate the military stick. Of course, the education security army is even more polite, and the training camp is given by three guests all day long. Every day resounded with the sound of slaps and babas.

Zichuan Shuji was promoted due to two reasons: first, he had been in the circle of Chinese businessmen and overseas Chinese for many years, had eaten overlord meals, worked as a thug, worked as a coolie, and was considered a Japanese mercenary who spoke Chinese relatively well, and he himself was born in a samurai family, knew a little about Sinology, and could read and write Chinese characters without difficulty; The second is because Hideji Shikawa is a declining samurai with a name and a surname, and he is a decent surname. And most of the Japanese mercenaries are all kinds of Lang, all kinds of pills, all kinds of Maru, and even a certain guard is super face-saving, and he didn't dare to be angry on the spot when he saw a samurai with a surname. According to Japanese customs and laws, samurai are masters, even if they can't eat, even if they are bare-butted, it is legitimate power to cut down civilians on the street Of course, now Zichuan doesn't have to be bare-assed, and wears the new military uniform of the Australians. The crotch cloth was replaced with a standard knee-length short kù - for the common people, the short kù and long kù were the main symbols that distinguished the security army from the fu bō army.

Under the new military system, they were designated as the "Security Auxiliary Forces" - or "Security Forces for short".

The security army is different from the national army, which is composed of "nationals" as the name suggests, and undertakes the local garrison work of the armed police in the old time and space, while the security forces are not necessarily composed of "nationals" and are mainly composed of mercenaries. It was mainly responsible for the security and sweeping of the newly occupied areas, and cooperated with the regular army in the war of law and order. Therefore, there is another set of formations, equipment, and personnel composition: the sources of soldiers are varied, and the equipment has also been simplified - the change of long kù to short kù is just one of them.

The main reason why the army wore long kù was because the field troops had to climb mountains and wade through waters, and long kù could reduce thorn scratches and mosquito bites. In addition, there were several accidents in previous training - the kùzi sometimes hung up the hammer when the soldier lifted the minne, so the European armies of the flintlock pistol era wore tight-fitting kù, and the upper body was tied with a complex armed belt, and the hem of the jacket had to be tied behind before the battle.

The Minnie gun was much safer than the flintlock pistol: the gun could only be loaded with a fire cap after the gun had been lifted. However, there is no guarantee that the hammer will not spark when it hits the empty fire cap chamber, or that someone will put the gun down after loading the fire cap. After learning the lessons, the clothing factory modified the version of the new military uniform. Referring to the version of the denim kù, the kùzi was redesigned, and the kù pocket was also placed at the side and rear, and the tuǐ was added to avoid danger.

However, the security forces mainly remain in settlements and move along roads. Generally, there is no need to climb mountains and wade through water, and the shortcomings of the military short kù of the British colonial model are not large. Some people have pointed out that the security forces are not only on duty in the tropics, but also in the winter of Hainan and Taiwan in this time and space, and it is a bit unbearable to wear short kù. However, the planning institute's answer is that the current training stage can be completely overcome - the weather is not cold now, and it is better to change the length of the kù if it is really unbearable.