Every ship that came by, whether it was a warship or a sea-going ship, received an order from the flagbearer of the main ship, whether fast or slow, forward or backward, or left and right, and followed the order.

The flagbearer gives clear instructions, and as long as the target flag-bearer can see clearly, it is naturally not a problem to receive the instructions, but it is still difficult for the two flag-bearers to communicate with each other, and both of them must memorize all the instructions and corresponding numbers completely, and they can only be proficient in the operation, which requires them to continue to work hard.

The last ship came, it was a sea ship, and it came back much slower than the others, and it seemed that the helmsman and sailor were not skilled in sea ships.

After the ship entered within three miles and could see the figure on the bow clearly, Yang Congyi immediately ordered: "After the escort is broken." ”

This is a combat order, the standard-bearer picks up two red order flags, hits the command number of "Alert for Enemy Attack", and then hits the command number of "Subsequent Escort" at an interval of two breaths, and after an interval of five breaths, he hits the two command numbers again, and then beats them again at an interval of five breaths.

After the flag was played three times, the flag bearer replied in shock: "Sea ship four, the green flag replied twenty-seven and twenty-nine." ”

Yang Congyi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly checked the flag manual, only to see the blue flag number 27: the hull was seriously damaged and flooded, and he asked for rescue. Blue Flag No. 29: There are casualties, request for transfer for treatment.

"Don't panic, it'll be right away." Yang Congyi was a little flustered in his heart, could it be that the ship hit the rocks? Then the order was given: "The front ship is damaged, raise the sails to rescue!" ”

There was a panic on the deck of the main ship, and the sailors and helmsmen immediately raised their sails and oars, and quickly approached the ship.

Yang Congyi's brows furrowed, staring at the sea ship. The hearts of the soldiers on the deck of the main ship were also hanging, under the nervousness, no one spoke, and they didn't know if the main ship could fit 600 people, this place was more than two hours away from Changguo County, and it was difficult to say whether there was any danger along the way.

The main ship was approaching rapidly, and when it was about to slow down and rescue, it saw the flag bearer on the sea ship waving the red flag and waving the flag again.

"Sea ship four, ask for an escort attack!" The standard-bearer suddenly shouted.

Yang Congyi was stunned when he heard this, and he also saw the red flag of the opposite flag bearer.

"Sea Ship Four, ask for an escort again!" The standard-bearer shouted.

"These bastards, they can really have fun!" Yang Congyi scolded. Then he ordered: "Turn right and make a U-turn." ”

After that, he said to the standard-bearer: "No, follow the ship." ”

This is the cruise command, the flag bearer picked up two yellow flags, hit three large × in succession, and then hit the "slow down" command number, two breaths apart, and then hit the "subsequent escort" command number, after the interval of five breaths, the two command numbers were played again, and then the interval of five breaths was played again.

The soldiers on the deck of the main ship had a false alarm, and if it weren't for the presence of the overseers, they would immediately start scolding.

Then the flag bearer said in a loud voice: "The fourth ship of the sea replied, received an order, and followed the order." ”

"Homecoming!"

Yang Congyi gave an order, and the herald immediately sent an order to the sailors and helmsmen, and the warship immediately turned around and quickly sailed in the direction of Changguo.

Two hours later, 15 warships and sea ships returned safely to Changguo and docked outside the Xuanwei military camp.

But today's troubles on the sea ships made Zhao An and Jiang Kai very annoyed. It is okay for ships to practice flags and communicate with each other, but it is a serious mistake not to follow the requirements and arbitrarily change the instructions and bring trouble and danger to other warships.

As a result, Xue Wang, the commander of the 4th Battalion of the Sea Boats, was fined and paid a consistent amount of money for indiscriminate interrogation, and the whole army circulated a notice of criticism.

However, in Yang Congyi's view, this is a good thing, the real sea environment is extremely complex, no one knows what will happen, if you can't even deal with a small prank during training, and wait for the fleet to go south and encounter a real crisis, then how to deal with it?

Yang Congyi summoned all the generals and officials to explain his thoughts clearly, and see if he should start rehearsing how the ships would respond to a crisis when they went to sea in the future.

Some people think that it is too early now, the Xuanwei Army has just come into contact with warships and the sea, and all kinds of skills have not yet been mastered, and the flag language is also so-so, and few standard-bearers can completely memorize and use it proficiently, and it is not too late to start rehearsing after all posts are proficient, and it is still necessary to focus on basic training.

Some people also think that the crisis rehearsal is also training, and now there is not much time, maybe in half a month to leave Changguo, go south to Quanzhou, the intensity of training must be increased, the complexity of the crisis rehearsal is just right, and it can train many subjects at the same time, which is very beneficial to improving the various skills of the Xuanwei Army at sea.

Some people also say that all the members of the Xuanwei Army have been at sea for five days, and the basic skills have been almost learned, and it is completely feasible to start crisis rehearsal training, even if there is danger, it is much better than waiting to encounter danger after going to sea.

After several debates, it was decided to start the crisis rehearsal immediately, and Zhao An, Shen Jin, and the teaching team were responsible for designing the rehearsal plan.

After that day, Yang Congyi no longer participated in the sea training of the Xuanwei Army, and Zhao Anquan was in charge, and the teaching group followed and assisted.

Yang Congyi is not idle, he still has the affairs of the new army to deal with.

After he left Changguo in late May, the rainy season broke out, and Mingzhou was hit by floods, which caused serious damage to fertile land, and the government's relief efforts were insufficient.

After the flood broke out, he immediately recruited a group of young and strong and homeless people in Changguo, filled the Xuanwei army, ate and drank enough, trained for ten days, and then took this group of people to cross the sea to Mingzhou.

There are many victims in Mingzhou, and the government can provide some relief, but it can only be one meal of gruel a day, so that the victims will not starve to death, and there is no hope.

After Yang Congyi left Changguo, Jiang Kai contacted Guo Qing, who was in charge of the procurement of logistics materials for the Xuanwei Army, and asked him to purchase two months' worth of grain for the Xuanwei Army in advance and transport it directly to Changguo. With this batch of grain as support, Jiang Kai is not afraid that the new Xuanwei army will have no food to go to the pot, so he can recruit on a large scale.

Although the imperial court did not allow the armies to recruit displaced people into the army at will, the Xuanwei Army was newly built, and there were not enough soldiers, and there were many shortages, so it was reasonable to recruit displaced people to serve in the army. Mingzhou was seriously affected by the disaster, and the government treasury was short of disaster relief food, so the Xuanwei Army came out to recruit the disaster victims and displaced people to enlist in the army, take the disaster victims and displaced people away, and reduce the disaster relief pressure for the state government.

The Xuanwei Army played a recruitment banner in Mingzhou and preached everywhere: when you join the Xuanwei Army, you will have meat every day and two meals a day.

For the victims of the disaster and the homeless, let alone eat meat, as long as they can eat a full meal, let them do anything. As soon as the news of the recruitment came out, the victims and displaced people from various counties in Mingzhou flocked to them, and a full 3,000 people were recruited in five days. Jiang Kai saw that the number of people was about the same, and stopped recruiting on the evening of the fifth day.

Due to the lack of food and drink in Mingzhou, the people recruited every day were sent directly to Changguo early the next morning and brought to the shooting range under construction to garrison.

After Jiang Kai returned to Changguo with the last batch of recruited disaster victims and displaced people, he first solved the problem of eating for them, just like the Xuanwei army, two meals a day, with rice and meat. The 3,000 people recruited were almost all peasants, and as long as they were given pots and bowls, grain, and fish and meat, they would be able to eat enough, and they would be satisfied if they could eat enough.

After solving the problem of eating and drinking, the next step is to reorganize the army, and it is not easy to organize their 3,000 disaster victims and displaced people into an army, but fortunately, this group of new troops is obedient, and in their opinion, whoever gives them food should listen to whomever they want, this is justified. So Jiang Kai asked the teaching regiment to rectify the situation, and after three days, the new army could understand the order and lined up well.

After that, several veterans were transferred from the Xuanwei Army to join the new army, and from morning to night, he took them to conduct formation and queue training every day, so that they could develop the habit of obeying orders and understand what military discipline is. After half a month of training, they seemed to be soldiers, not peasants, and since then their training has been reduced, and most of the time they have spent working to provide logistical assistance for the high-intensity training of the Xuanwei Army.

Xuanweijun ate steamed fish, boiled fish, and boiled fish balls for a month, and his body was full of fish smell, and when it was time to eat, he was disgusted and wanted to vomit when he saw the fish. The new army is in charge of logistics, so it has a very important task, to develop new methods of fish and meat, to make fish noodles, and to improve the food of the Xuanwei army. Jiang Kai took out the method of making fish noodles and let the people in the new army who were skilled cooks try it out, and after several attempts, those people became proficient in the methods and techniques of making fish noodles and began to teach them throughout the army.

At the same time, after Jiang Kai negotiated with the county magistrate to reduce the price of fish to five wen a catty, the fish sent by the Changguo County government gradually increased, from 10,000 catties per day to 20,000 catties, and soon to 30,000 catties. The new army did not refuse to come to the fish, the small fish were boiled and eaten on the same day, and the big fish was deboned and chopped and the noodles were made, and all of them were made into fish noodles.

When the whole army ate fish noodles for the first time, many people were excited to leave tears, finally they didn't have to eat fish every day, and finally they were not full of fishy smell, and fish noodles replaced rice for a while. However, a few days later, the Xuanwei Army made a mandatory meal requirement, two meals a day, only one fish noodle, fish noodles are supplied by the new army every day, and the food chiefs of each battalion are not allowed to ask for more, and they are not allowed to change it at will.

When the amount of fish and meat sent to the new army reached 20,000 catties a day, the more than 7,000 people in the whole army could no longer eat so much, and the extra fish noodles made every day naturally had to be dried and preserved as military rations for later use.

As the new army became more and more proficient in making fish noodles, it was not a problem for each person to make ten catties a day, but Jiang Kai immediately divided the work among each squad, some full-time to clean up the fish, some full-time to debone and chop meat, some full-time to roll noodles, some full-time steamed noodles on the pot on the basket, some full-time to cut noodles, and some full-time to dry noodles for storage.

In this way, the efficiency of making fish noodles has increased a lot, and it is not a problem to make an average of 20 catties per person per day, and the demand for raw fish has further increased, requiring the county government to supply more, which can make Changguo County Ling very happy.

There are many fish in the sea of Changguo, how many are needed, it was not worth much before, and now when it encounters this good opportunity to make a fortune, how can the county order let it go, and immediately ordered all the pearl diving to start fishing, and then let it go, and the tax can be offset by fish.

As soon as these words were released, the amount of fish caught increased dramatically, and the amount of fish and meat delivered to the new army every day suddenly increased from 30,000 jin to 40,000 jin, and soon after that it increased to 50,000 jin, and at the most time it reached more than 60,000 jin.