From the lookout on the red-tiled roof of the Admiralty Building, it can be seen that the autumn sky is high and the sky is light, and the sea is sparkling -- the Admiralty Building was built in Bopu Port, bidding farewell to the "building" built of color steel plates in the past, and the three-story half-story red brick and red tile sloping roof building, red bricks and red tiles, lookouts with cast iron railings, and continuous vaulted long windows all reveal a Victorian decorative style, fully expressing the interest of some people in the navy

The observation deck of the Admiralty building is a small platform on the roof of the building, with a bronze bell hanging from it—not taken from a ship of historical significance, but an old scrap ship bought from Macao, purely for decorative purposes

There are a few rattan chairs and a rattan table on the platform, which is where the veterans and senior officers of the navy drink tea in their spare time, but according to the "balcony privilege" in the navy, only Chen Haiyang, the minister of military orders, and Ming Qiu, the people's commissar of the navy, often come, and everyone else consciously waits until they are invited

Mingqiu will come here every day to have a look, so that the mind and body can get enough rest

As an old man who is over sixty years old, he is already dying according to the standards of this time and space, but thanks to the good health and nutrition conditions of the old time and space and many years of military life, Mingqiu's body still seems healthy and energetic

However, many years of naval career still left him with a variety of diseases, although not too serious, but the level of medical care in time and space has greatly deteriorated, and the Minister of Health advised him to "recuperate more, exercise more, and worry less", in fact, even if he had this enthusiasm, most of the veterans' daily high-intensity work has made him incompetent

Mingqiu is very clear: the experience and prestige he has accumulated in the PLAN are not of decisive significance in this navy with different levels, political foundations, and even values, so he mainly focuses on naval construction, mainly in the field of naval professional business, and never expresses his position on the content related to values and ideology

Therefore, as the People's Commissar of the Navy, he rarely appeared at the hearings of the Senate, but mostly acted as an "adviser", providing advice and suggestions to the Navy of the Senate, and also participated in the construction of the system of naval doctrine, conduct, and training

He sat on a wicker chair under a white canvas awning, wearing the formal summer dress of the Senate Navy - a cotton white shirt with a short-sleeved suit collar and a rear admiral epaulette on his shoulders - he was one of only two rear admirals in the navy, and his feelings for the navy were complicated, although he did not come to this time and space voluntarily to build the "shijie order" was just a formality, but this navy gave him and his family unprecedented high position and power, and he could get the most out of it as long as he wanted......

"Chief, your tea"

The female orderly of the Navy served him black tea diligently - watching the young girl wearing a white pullover sailor uniform, a blue pleated skirt, and a beanie soft hat decorated with a Daystar cockade, bring the black tea brewed in the "veteran-only" bone china tea set produced by the Laigao Porcelain Factory, a strong sense of disobedience came to his heart, reminding him once again that he was no longer a member of the PLAN - he was "serving the Senate and the people"

The Admiralty building in front of you, the uniforms of the female orderlies, and even this balcony fully express the aesthetic taste of this "navy", to tell the truth, Ming Qiu is really a little uncomfortable, even in the PLAN, which is jokingly called the "Army and Navy", the navy is also a "foreign" branch, but the "foreign" of the navy in this senate is unique, like the "mixed mix" he ate when he was a child, and there are all kinds of tastes

"Chief, do you want sugar?" The female orderly, who had been trained in the maid school, asked in a soft voice that was even low enough for him to hear clearly

"Don't" Mingqiu did not have the habit of adding sugar to tea -- or in other words, he never drank black tea, and drinking black tea was a custom made by this "Senate Navy" Although Mingqiu did not think so, and even scoffed at it, he finally understood the way of life of "living with light and dust".

He took a sip of black tea, and his mouth was filled with a rich aroma that did not resemble green tea - there was no Ceylon black tea, Assam black tea, or Zhengshan Xiaozhong in this plane: none of these teas appeared, and he drank the "Nanhai Black Tea" made by Wu Nanhai on the farm with tea leaves shipped from Fujian

The female orderly brought another cigar case, and the box was affixed with a patterned seal with the words "Navy Special" - he took one, and for health reasons, Li Mei had repeatedly advised him to give up cigarettes and smoke healthier cigars

He smoked his cigar and looked at the masts and the black smoke that erupted from time to time in the harbor in the distance—the ships built and converted were gathering in the harbor, and the engine action was imminent

Chen Haiyang and Wen Desi, who summoned him in the name of the Executive Committee, had already talked to him one after another: The first high seas fleet of the Senate was about to be completed, and the commander of this fleet, Shemingqiu, had no second person anyway, Mingqiu was not only the People's Commissar of the Navy, but also the only person in the entire crossing group who had experience in commanding a speedboat detachment

However, he is over sixty years old, although he is generally healthy, but commanding a naval formation to go out to sea to patrol and prepare for war, whether he can support it energetically is something that many people have doubts about Chen Haiyang also said that he asked him "not to be reluctant"

Ming Qiu readily agreed, he was already an old man, of course, he was not fighting for money, power, or fame, and commanding the sea battles of the Steam-Sail Age was not his specialty, and the reason why he accepted this task was mainly to satisfy his past regrets

He knew that because of the occupational illness left by his many years in the navy, Li Meidi muttered to the leaders of the executive committee several times, but he felt that the biggest regret in his life was that he had not made a single real battle at sea and had never even participated in a real war - this illness would not make him unable to go to sea, and Mingqiu did not think that his body was in any trouble

His thoughts flew through the air with the smoke of the cigar, and suddenly he heard a command to "stand up", the door to the lookout opened, and Chen Haiyang, the minister of military orders, walked up

Chen Haiyang used to serve as a gun captain in submarine hunting and a frigate deputy captain, but his qualifications in the PLAN were far inferior to him, so although the two sides currently have the same military ranks, and there is no subordinate relationship between the People's Commissar of the Navy and the Minister of Military Orders of the Navy, Chen Haiyang still respects him very much in line with the atmosphere of seniority in the army

"Commissar Ming, you are so leisurely" Chen Haiyang said, walked over quickly, and sat down on the rattan chair opposite him here, and the naval etiquette could be put aside for the time being

Ming Qiu bowed their heads, and they often talked about some naval construction work on the lookout, and he and Chen Haiyang did not have a deep relationship, but they still admired this upright person

The female orderly brought him black tea, and Chen Haiyang waved his hand inadvertently: "Put it down"

"Yes, chief" The orderly realized that the two chiefs were going to talk, and withdrew from the lookout according to discipline

"Ming Lao-" In private, Chen Haiyang always referred to Ming Qiu in the same way as a general elder, "Are you ready to accept the position of commander of the First Fleet?" ”

According to the Jihua:854 modified cruiser "Lichun" formulated by the General Staff, the Type 901 first-class gunboats, which have been launched for service: the First Fleet of the Navy, which are powered off, wind control, wave ride, and wave lifting, will go to Hong Kong for training and standby

The commander of the First Fleet, Jihua, was concurrently served by Ming Qiu, and Li Di was concurrently the chief of staff of the fleet, except for the Switch, which was served by the elder Mondstadt, and the captain of the Storm, which was served by Le Lin, the captains of the rest of the ships were all naturalized citizens

Mingqiu nodded: "That's right, I'm planning to be a Feng woman again, and I'm back in battle" He said with emotion: "If you don't go into battle again, I'm afraid there won't be any chance in the future"

Chen Haiyang nodded: "Can the body bear it?" ”

"It's not a big problem, the Lichun is much bigger than the 037 submarine hunting I was in the speedboat detachment back then -- it's also a ship of more than 1,000 tons."

The full load displacement of the 037 hunting submarine is only 392 tons, and the living conditions are very narrow and inconvenient

"However, this engine operation is very long, and the head and tail may continue until next spring, and the continuous voyage will take place for most of the year, and Kaohsiung and Jeju do not have very haode support bases, so you can take care of your health."

"It's not a big problem," Mingqiu said, frowning, "I'm worried about something else," he said, straightening up, "I'm really not sure about this steamship, I'm afraid it's difficult to support a long cruise at sea after reading some information, 854 and 901?" At that time, our most modern destroyers did not have a high sailing rate -- do you remember the old 051s of the South China Sea Fleet, and it was not bad that they could accumulate forty or fifty days in a year."

Chen Haiyang thought to himself that the 051 was still a modern destroyer -- he belonged to the young Zhuang faction officers in the PLAN, and he had a lot of complaints about the obsolescence and backwardness of the navy's equipment in the 90s

However, at present, Chen Haiyang himself has no bottom on the seaworthiness and self-sustaining power of the steam engine and sail warship, which is the "trump card of the Senate Navy" -- he is an officer who has been promoted from the grassroots level of the army, and he has also worked in the power department in addition to the gun department: Even the modern power system of the diesel engine of a modern ship is very laborious to maintain on weekdays, and the steam engine with soot flying everywhere makes people feel very uneasy

"The opening of a temporary base in Kaohsiung has already been included in Jihua," Chen Haiyang said, "and there is no detailed data from the shipyard yet, but I estimate that the engines of these ships are very short, and it will not take long for them to enter the port for maintenance" (to be continued)

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