Section 148 The fleet departs

Now he is a dignified captain officer of the Australian Song Navy. Although Shi Shishi didn't have any concept of the Great Song Dynasty, and he couldn't figure out how big the captain was, this name still sounded very loud. With a dignified uniform, a sword, and the temperament of a professional officer imposed on him by a traverser, he himself felt much more vigorous than the general of the Ming Dynasty.

Shi 14 is on vacation today, and naval officers are allowed to take one day off a week as usual. Shi 14 returned to his house and ate and drank. There are strict ration rules for drinking while on duty, which is a painful thing for ex-pirates who love to drink. Naturally, you have to drink enough on vacation.

Just haode his orderly beat another rabbit and took it to the Dongmen City Cooperative Restaurant to ask the cook to make it and bring it. I bought a lot of good wine. Shi 14 feasted and drank heavily.

Eat and drink enough, and a little drunk. In this way, the afternoon on a rest day when I don't train and don't go to sea is really comfortable. Shi Shishi decided to just fall down on the chair and take a beautiful nap, and then go to the Ziming Building in Dongmen City to take a bath, and have a drink with a few brothers in the Ziming Building in the evening - Hu Wumei, who went to Sanya a few months ago, recently returned to Lingao to do business, and everyone just got together to relax.

Since the beginning of preparations for the anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, although the navy has not had too many combat missions, it has been busy patrolling, transporting, and escorting convoys. The 5th Special Service Boat Squadron under the command of Shi 14 has been tasked with escorting the salt convoy of Ma Yuan-Bopu, which is monotonous and boring. Shi Shixi is not afraid of war at all, he is very envious of Li Guangfa. The squadron of spy boats commanded by Li Guangfa had shelled officers and men in Chengmai -- but that was limited to that.

"Sir," just as he was drowsy, a woman's voice rang in his ears. Shi Shishi opened his eyes impatiently, and called him his wife.

"What's the matter?" He was kind enough to give his wife a mouth in order to punish her for disturbing his good dreams.

"The headquarters has a herald coming," the woman was a little alarmed.

"Quick, call in" Shi Fourteen's wine immediately woke up. On the day off, the headquarters suddenly sent a herald to explain that there was an urgent matter, and that it was either necessary to hold a meeting immediately or to go to sea.

"Going to sea?"

"Probably yes" Shi Fourteen wiped his hand on his military uniform, probably he also felt that this dignity could not be reported to duty, and shouted at the orderly who hurriedly ran from the outside room, "Quick, pour me water"

The herald came in and saluted, informing him that he would be meeting at the military command headquarters in an hour.

“…… When the meeting is over, you will go to sea, so you should pack your luggage and take care of the orderlies to send them to the ship. ”

Shi 14 will never forget the scene at that time. The morning sun had just risen above the horizon, and the red light shone on the masts of the brigs and three-masteds. The warships of the Pearl River Estuary detachment that were preparing to set sail had all been hoisted with Chen Haiyang's Rear Admiral flag.

There are a total of four squadrons of special service boats anchored at the Navy's No. 1 anchorage. There are 16 in total, and the styles are different, and even the tonnage is very different. But each one is beautifully decorated. Hung with flags. The decks and hulls were clean. In the distance, there are two squadrons of patrol boats at anchorage No. 2, with a beautiful streamlined hull that stands out from the crowd.

At the civilian wharf next to the huge stone embankment of the "Great Trestle", as we call it, five squadrons of special service boats are loading. These spy boats are bulky or inflexible vessels designed to transport cargo and sailors. Many boxes marked with different numbers, graphics and colors are loaded onto pallets, covered with nets, and are being lifted by cranes.

Lined up of sailors, wearing copper basin hats made of coconut shells, waited in a line to board the ship. The copper basin hat is the latest summer sunshade helmet, although some elders believe that having soldiers wear it alive is the North Vietnamese secret service, but it is more suitable for the tropical summer climate than the rattan helmet.

Every boat lowered its flat-bottomed boats as if they were bees coming out of a crowded beehive, and the cacophony of people, the rattling of carts and ropes, the sound of oars hitting the water, carried through the rough and rolling sea to miles away. When the sun rises, the half-hung sails change colors, first black, then blue-gray, zuihou white.

The various boats in the bay gathered in a heap and scattered again, in groups of three or five, and then separated and regrouped again. They were busy carrying materials and transporting people, the rowing boats were rising and falling, and the smoke and steam were constantly rising from the small, medium and large boats. Sometimes they lean on the docks, sometimes they get on the big boats. The sailors shouted at each other and whistled at each other. The water is full of garbage thrown down from the boat.

Shi 14 leaned on the bridge of his flagship Linte 51, greedily watching this tense, lively and orderly scene of going to sea. Next to him stood a young naval cadet Pan Yong, who was the ship's midship-in-command officer. In order to enable most of the captains from the old and rough backgrounds to properly handle the ship's affairs, the Admiralty has designated many naval cadets as shipboard masters for internship positions. Responsible for the actual administration and personnel management of the ship.

"Xiao Pan's fleet is really spectacular." Shi XIV had seen a fleet a hundred times larger than what he had seen in front of him, but how could those ships be compared to this dignified naval detachment, but many tattered fishing and cargo ships gathered together - like a large village.

"Yes, Captain." Pan Yong said respectfully, "The fleet of Dafa boats can't set off together, otherwise it will be spectacular." ”

"Big hairboat, it's too small. It wouldn't be worth it if you flipped a few waves. Besides, they are all coal burners. They have to be specially coalinized along the way. ”

The steam engine crane made a rumbling roar, and the Daihatsu boats, which were ready to take part in the voyage, were hoisted one by one and loaded on the deck of the Great Whale. The Big Whale has 4 Daihatsu boats on its deck, and the other Daihatsu boats are ready to be transported after the completion of the Hong Kong base.

The naval corps participating in the expedition at the mouth of the Pearl River consisted of two companies, plus a naval artillery company with two 12-pounder howitzers. This naval contingent was named the Hong Kong Detachment. The detachment leader is Shi Zhiqi. The detachment leader wore a pair of black flat glasses, which were fastened securely behind his head with a rope. Standing majestically on the bridge of the Great Whale, he glanced at the sailors who were boarding the ship.

The name Mariner is disgusting - it smells of Japanese devils. But in comparison, the term "Marine" is at least closer to his hopes for this team than that of the Marines. The Marine Corps in Shi Zhiqi's mind does not have the word "navy." It is more similar to the U**C - an independent arm of the armed forces alongside the land, sea and air force.

Shi Zhiqi's status in the navy is not high, because he missed the navy's most visible second battle to defend Bopu, the first time he was not in class, the second time he was suffering from dysentery and lay in the clinic, listening to the guns outside the sky, but the pain in his abdomen was that he couldn't move. Zuihou has lost a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions - even if he is just a participant, he can take advantage of his qualifications.

Not having fought seriously affected his promotion in the navy. Fortunately, he was born as a sailor, so he also served as the leader of the special team responsible for the maintenance of the holy ship, and also served as an instructor in the naval training course. It can be regarded as having a status that is neither high nor low. With Shi Zhiqi's ability, it is not a problem for large motor ships to be a captain after they can be launched in batches, but he is unwilling to do so, and he keeps his eyes on the Shanghai Corps.

He had a full love for the Marine Corps and was ready to make a big deal in it. So he joined the Marine.

Shi Zhiqi was not interested in Lao Di's strange German tastes. Germany, perhaps, can boast in the army, and can cover up its shame with submarines in the navy, but the marines are simply zero. Just as no one would be a FAN of the Philippine Army.

After arriving in the Marine, he soon gained great prestige in the Marines by virtue of the skills brought by his crew profession and became the main officer of the Mariners.

In this battle at the mouth of the Pearl River, Shi Zhiqi spent a lot of effort to become the captain of the detachment, of course, this also stained the light that he used to be a crew member. Chen Haiyang believed that in coastal battles, a naval detachment commander who knew how to navigate was much stronger than an officer who only knew infantry tactics.

Behind him stood Lelin, the captain of the Great Whale and the captain of the patrol boat detachment. Dressed in a snow-white U.S. Navy uniform - his personal collection, of course. Even though it was old, it was spotlessly washed and looked beautiful. He was looking into the distance with his binoculars.

"Now you're back home." Of course, Hong Kong Island in this time and space has nothing to do with Hong Kong, where Le Lin once lived.

Le Lin smiled expectantly: "I want to build an official residence on Taiping Shan and become the governor of Hong Kong"

"Hey, why are you the governor of Hong Kong?"

"Because I am a Hong Kong person, Hong Kong people govern Hong Kong."

"This Hong Kong has nothing to do with you." Shi Zhiqi said, "If we want, we can call it Wendao, Madao or Shidao." It's just not called Hong Kong Island. ”

"Hehe, I'm going to be the governor of Hong Kong anyway" Le Lin was very interested in this topic, talking about what kind of construction he wanted to do on Hong Kong Island. Shi Zhiqi nodded with a perfunctory smile and listened, in his opinion, this young man's dream was too simple - what is the place of Hong Kong Island? It's just a small island. His Shi Zhiqi's ideals are much more ambitious.

At this moment, he saw a small hair traffic boat on the dock suddenly emitting black smoke towards Chen Haiyang's flagship Linte 11, which had another personal flag on it. Needless to say, it was the ship of the Navy's unofficial adviser, Victor Bunto, who was about to go to the flagship.