"Zhang Guangzhe, let the officers and men of the Royal North Sea Fleet begin to prepare for the expedition."

After discussing some things about the development of the shipyard and the fleet with this mouth cannon king, Zhu Youxiao immediately ordered Zhang Guangzhe.

He thought about it just now, and thought that it would be better to take control of Sakhalin and Vladivostok as soon as possible, lest he be in a hurry because there were too many things to do in the near future.

Solve this matter first, and fortunately, two months later, lead the Royal Navy to go to Jiangnan to play with those foreigners from Western countries and suppress their arrogance.

Although there are still only six Leopard cruisers in the North Sea Fleet, some ships have been added because the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet often go to sea to rob.

In addition, the original Tianjin Navy Division and various warships and transport ships captured from the Goguryeo Navy were used to form a large fleet expedition, but it was enough.

"Three days later, in the early morning, we immediately set out to build a permanent naval base in the occupation, and then immediately went north to capture the enclave of Sakhalin Island in the northeast, and to develop and utilize it as soon as possible to build a permanent naval base."

"Then, we advanced from the northern part of Sakhalin along the estuary of the Heilongjiang River, and cleared the 100-mile area along the Heilongjiang and Ussuri River basins."

Zhu Youxiao's face was grim and he gave an order.

"Three days later? To go on an expedition to Sakhalin? ”

Suddenly hearing this good news, Zhang Guangzhe was still a little incredulous.

In addition to studying and training, he took his soldiers all day long to go to the nearby waters to be pirates and rob any maritime merchants who came to the waters of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula.

Also, at most, it is also to capture some pirate bases, and it is not enjoyable to make a small fight.

He knew that a strong navy could not be trained alone, not only to experience all kinds of large and small naval battles, but also to carry out long-distance training in order to create a truly powerful imperial navy.

Fortunately, as soon as His Majesty the Emperor arrived, there was a voyage mission.

The expedition to Sakhalin Island, advancing into the Heilongjiang and Ussuri rivers, not only for long-distance training, but also for non-stop warfare, in that vast sea area and near the land, but innumerable barbarian tribes lived.

After leaving the shipyard, Zhu Youxiao, accompanied by Zhang Guangzhe and others, came to the naval base.

Compared with the busyness of the shipyard, the atmosphere here is not much inferior, and even more lively than there.

After two months of going to sea from time to time to rob, coupled with the annexation of Goguryeo's original naval warships, the number of other types of warships of the North Sea Fleet suddenly increased.

With the original six Leopard cruisers, plus several hundred various transport ships and old warships, the current North Sea Fleet Navy already has hundreds of large and small ships.

Of course, with the exception of the six Leopard cruisers, the other large and small ships were not very suitable for the needs of the North Sea Fleet in terms of design and performance.

As a result, most of the old ships, a considerable part, have been converted into transport ships, and there are less than 100 other types of warships that have actually joined the service of the North Sea Fleet.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao is also preparing to separate merchant ships from professional warships, which cannot be mixed.

Therefore, in the future, less than 100 ships of all kinds will be used as training ships.

The real naval battle will be carried out by more specialized, all-encompassing Leopard cruisers, and later a series of improved warships.

In the current Port Arthur, there are nearly 100 large and small warships lined up, and because those miscellaneous old warships are not large, this huge port seems empty.

Zhu Youxiao inspected the circle and said casually: "What is the training level of the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet now?" ”

Zhang Guangzhe said cautiously on the side: "The basic skills are quite solid. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "That's good." ”

In December last year, Xiao Xuanzi led a garrison corps, and after disarming and reorganizing the original Tianjin Naval Division, he sent those carefully selected soldiers of the original Naval Division to this Port Arthur Naval Base.

Therefore, this North Sea Fleet was formed with half of the elite of the original Tianjin Navy Division as the backbone, and then recruited young fishermen in the northern part of the Ming Empire and Liaodong region.

The officers and men of the original Tianjin Navy Division studied and trained together with the newly recruited 70,000 or 80,000 naval cadets and became familiar with the operation of the new warships.

There is no way, although it is undeniable that the original Tianjin sailors who were carefully selected have some skills.

However, most of them have not participated in any large-scale naval battles, nor have they carried out systematic naval training and study, of course, they must go through the rebuilding and pass the examination before they can enter the service of the Royal North Sea Fleet.

At the same time, it is also to see how their abilities are, mainly to see whether their basic skills are really solid enough.

If it proves feasible, it can be used to bring the old with the new and be responsible for training the new recruits and soldiers of the navy.

For the sailors and generals of the Daming Navy, Zhu Youxiao specially explained that they must be accepted after the technical level is assessed. Lagerstroemia

There are too many people who are messing around in the original Tianjin Water Division.

At least half of the officers and men of the naval division did not have real skills.

The naval fleet of the Ming royal family, don't mess around.

If you don't have a solid foundation skills, or if you don't have the talent and hard work to consolidate your basic skills, everything you say will be in vain, and it will lead the recruits and soldiers badly.

Zhu Youxiao came to the shore, raised the telescope handed over by Zhang Guangzhe, and carefully searched the sea.

Soon, he discovered that there were a large number of naval officers and men conducting various training on the sea surface of Port Arthur.

These naval officers and men are doing okay, and they are meticulous in their training, and they seem to be clear-eyed.

Among them, some admirals of all ranks are operating ships with the rookie cadets of the North Sea Fleet.

Their role, most of them captains, is responsible for commanding the entire ship.

There is also the role of the first mate, who is the key officer on deck, responsible for coordinating and coordinating all the sailors.

Other officers, disguised as sail drivers, were busy on the masts.

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Guangfu, commander of the First Division of the Royal Navy's North Sea Fleet, strode over, and after the monarch and ministers saluted, he reported to Zhu Youxiao on the training of the navy.

Nearly a month ago, after the North Sea Fleet cooperated with the army and took Goguryeo, the staff headquarters of the North Sea Fleet often organized officers and men to train back and forth from the Liaodong Peninsula and the Goguryeo Peninsula.

The officers and men continued to conduct various training subjects in the waters between the two places to consolidate the basic skills of the naval fighters of the North Sea Fleet.

Now, Zhang Li, the division commander of the Second Division of the North Sea Fleet, is squatting at the port of Incheon in the Goguryeo region to command.

With the concerted efforts of everyone, almost a month has passed in the blink of an eye, and the basic skills of the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet have still been greatly improved.

Zhu Youxiao continued to ask: "What is the performance of the ideological education and cultural education of the officers and men of the navy?" ”

Zhang Guangfu replied cautiously: "Very good!" Everyone now knows at least a thousand words, and under the propaganda and education of the General Staff, the officers and men have a high ideological consciousness, and they are all vying to be captains! ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Where there is competition, there is motivation!" Let them fully compete! It is necessary to fully implement competition for posts! ”

"Our Ming Royal Navy has always paid attention to meritocracy!"

Zhu Youxiao once again emphasized this fundamental principle of selecting talents, "Theoretical courses and technical courses must be fully competitive!" Whoever has good grades will be the future captain! ”

Zhang Guangzhe on the side was naturally full of promises, he hesitated for a moment, and said euphemistically: "Your Majesty, some of the soldiers below have reported that it is the difficulty of the cultural class, which is a bit ......."

Zhu Youxiao's face changed, and he said coldly: "It's not difficult, how to produce talents?" Anyway, soldiers who can't pass the primary cultural assessment will be dismissed! ”

"Our Ming Royal Navy is a navy that wants to crisscross the seas. If you don't have culture, you can't even read maps and intelligence, so why should you be a navy? Why win the battle? ”

"Now that the salaries and benefits of the navy officers and men of the Ming Empire are so good, I don't believe that among so many people in the empire, there are still hundreds of thousands of navy officers and soldiers who can't come out!"

He accentuated his tone and made a decision on the matter.

"The importance of the Ming Royal Navy, I know better than anyone else, cultural classes and ideological education must be vigorously promoted!"

"If you can't get through, you will definitely be expelled from the Royal Navy, and you won't budge at all.

According to Zhu Youxiao's meaning, everyone who wants to be a captain must first officially become a qualified naval officer.

Then, they pass the assessment and receive formal theoretical education.

In short, it is necessary to understand all kinds of basic knowledge of navigation, and only then can you have a chance to become a captain.

Therefore, those recruits and soldiers who study hard and hard have a great advantage in this regard.

The captains of the big warships in the future are basically their world.

If you don't want to learn and improve, I'm sorry, it's better to go back wherever you came from.

The Ming Royal Navy is a new navy, a navy that is different from all countries in the world today, and there is no need for people who do not have a little culture.