The emphasis on talent is not limited to the Army.

For sailors, talents are also very important, and they even recruited a group of talents in the four major academies, and then carried out special training.

The method of special training is to place it in a sealed carriage around it, with only a sinan inside, a map, and the map marks his location and the location of the destination, and then the coachman according to the characteristics of the battleship, sometimes go straight, sometimes zigzag, sometimes go around a big circle, in various ways to confuse the people in the carriage.

Don't mention the positioning, don't mention the GPS, there are no such things in this era.

The only thing they can do is to rely on the map in their hands and Sinan, plus their personal feelings, to judge the approximate speed of the carriage, and to infer their current position by speed, time, plus yaw time and distance.

Of course, this is all skillful, and many people can't judge their position at the beginning, and even stay in the carriage for several hours, but they can't guide the carriage to its destination, and some even have despair.

In three years, hundreds of people were eliminated, and in the end, only about a dozen people remained, and these dozen or so people can only be called medium at best.

If you want to accurately judge the position of the fleet, you need to rely on luck, but these ten or so people can judge the approximate location of the fleet, for navigation, this ability is obviously not satisfied, but in the current situation, even this ability is scarce, so it can only be done.

After a lot of training in the later period, as well as a lot of surveying and mapping, a chart was finally drawn, and then after continuous revision, these appointed navigators were constantly tested, familiarized, and summarized, which is what it is today.

However, it is only as simple as guaranteeing that the route from Haeju to Jeju Island will not deviate too far and reach the destination.

It took three years to figure out this sea route, which is 1,300 miles away in a straight line.

Of course, time is a good thing to bring them more experience and summary.

These navigators came up with a more labor-saving navigation plan.

A battleship running at the front, thick black smoke rising from the sky.

This is the only steam-powered battleship in the entire fleet, and the sails have been put away at the moment, through the continuous mapping of the navigator, according to the direction given by Sinan, the captain is constantly reminded to correct the course.

The other warships did not have such a fate, their steam power was not turned on, and the boilers were just constantly maintaining the temperature to ensure that the steam power could be changed instantaneously when needed.

And the warship at the front, his task is also very simple, that is, to navigate.

This is the plan that a dozen navigators have worked out.

For its own reasons, the sail warship needs to sail with the help of the wind, and it is obviously impossible to walk in a straight line.

But a warship that does not rely on wind power can walk in a straight line, even if the course is a little off, this problem can be discovered through Sinan, and then immediately correct the course to make it return to the correct course.

"Report, Island One has been spotted in front right." New news soon came from the lookout post.

Hearing the report, Wang Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then dropped the charcoal in his hand, and his eyes no longer kept staring at Sinan.

Piloting is not an easy task, on the contrary, piloting is difficult, and the requirements for personnel are particularly high.

How high is it? On the premise of not borrowing positioning instruments, they only rely on the data given by the nautical charts and Sinan, as well as the speed observers on the ship, to determine their own position and ensure that the fleet can walk on the correct course.

To put it simply, it is necessary to draw the position of the fleet with charcoal according to the speed of the fleet, and the soldiers should immediately draw the position of the yaw after finding the yaw according to the guidance of Sinan, and adjust the position of the fleet according to the position and direction of the yaw, the time and speed of the voyage, and calculate how long it takes to go in the opposite direction, at what speed, and with what attitude to go in order to return to the correct route.

Wang Yun has walked this route no less than ten times, but every time he takes this route, he is a little frightened.

Because there is no reference on the sea, there is no shortcut to determine the direction, only constant observation, recording, and calculation, and under Wang Yun's hand, there is a team of ten people, these are all people who have been eliminated from the position of competing for the position of captain before.

Some are responsible for calculations, some are responsible for drawing, although they are not capable of serving as navigators for the time being, but through this period of work and study, sooner or later they will be competent.

It may seem like this work to outsiders, but in reality it is not.

Wang Yun, who has no less than ten experiences, with the cooperation of the team, if it is expected that at this time, Island No. 1 should appear directly in front of the fleet, not in front of the right.

Thankfully, although it was yawed, it was not far away, as the lookout post could see Island One with the naked eye.

At this time, there is no need for the guidance of the navigation team, and the guidance work will also be guided by the navigation team to the lookout post.

However, Wang Yun still did not relax, got out of the command cabin, climbed directly to the watchtower, personally watched the location of Island No. 1, and silently noted the direction of the yaw and the location of the island in his heart.

On the way back to the command cabin, Wang Yun got the answer in his heart.

Then he picked up the charcoal pencil and drew a dotted line on the chart from the location of Island One, and at the other end of the dotted line was where the fleet was now located.

Then, the whole team got busy again and began to look for the location of the yaw, the cause of the yaw.

But it is clear that the reason is not easy for them to find, and most people know where the reason is, the speed observer.

Speed observers are also human beings, and it is impossible to be as accurate to single digits as the odometer, so a reliable speed observer is also very important for the nautical team.

Of course, there is a safer way, that is, to march along the coastline, and after reaching the target, go directly south, at this time you can be sure that there will be no mistakes, but that is impossible, not to mention exposing the target, and you have to go further than the distance.

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"This is Island One?" Standing beside Huang Hui, Liu Li was a little shocked.

After blowing the wind outside, the seasickness felt much better, and I also talked to Huang Hui a lot, knowing that the first destination of their trip was not Jeju Island, but Island No. 1.

To be exact, Island 1 is not in a straight line, but on the right side of Haizhou in a straight line with its destination.

However, the Island 1 is particularly important, because the battleship does not have the ability to sail at night, although it has a route, but it does not have a GPS positioning instrument, and it is impossible to determine whether it is on a safe route, and if it deviates at night, the problem can be serious.

So Island 1, in fact, is a rest base in the middle of the fleet, and they will spend the first night here, and then until tomorrow evening, they will arrive at Island 2, and after a night of rest, they will arrive at Jeju Island on the morning of the third day.

"Isn't it different from what you imagined?" Looking at Island No. 1, not to mention Liu Li, even Huang Hui was a little disappointed.

"It's a little different, I didn't expect Island One to be so small!" Liu Li nodded unabashedly.

The so-called Island No. 1 is not even as large as a 10,000-strong army.

But on this island, there is a cement building dozens of meters high, and it is this cement building that stands tall that proves that it is Island No. 1.

"His role is not only to allow the passing fleets to rest, but also to correct the course of the fleet, to ensure that there are no problems in the course of the fleet as much as possible, of course, the most important thing is to provide a place for the fleet to rest at night, the sea at night is very terrifying." Huang Hui said unhurriedly.

The crew had long been accustomed to this kind of life, and they knew what they should do at this time, and the first ship stopped after running to the position, and then put the metal anchor down, and then the ships also stopped, but they did not rush to lower the anchor, but relied on manpower to close the distance between the two ships.

Then use a few arm-thick iron rods on the ship to hand them to another ship, and then, directly lock the buckles, and use these iron rods to firmly connect the two ships together.

One after another, thousands of warships and transports were densely packed, and before dark, these warships formed a phalanx of twenty ships composed of fifty ships, and fifty anchors went deep into the seabed, firmly controlling the ships from being taken away.

And the composition of the ship formation also made the soldiers on the ship feel another feeling, that is, the hull of the ship is much more stable, and it is no longer as bumpy as before.

And at this time, you can finally come out and blow the sea breeze.

The ship can make a fire for cooking, but it is for the crew, and these soldiers who are temporarily carried up are not qualified to enjoy this, so they can only eat the dry food they bring with them, and if they want to eat a hot meal, they can only wait until they arrive on Jeju Island.

The only thing they could be provided with was a small amount of hot water.

Well, it would be a waste to provide them with anything at this time, even if they were given a hot meal, no one would have the appetite to eat, the veteran marines could, but on the side of the forbidden army, it was dinner under Liu Li's personal supervisor.

Even if they vomit after eating, they have to eat, this is the most common sentence that Jiaolian said during training, and here, it was used by Liu Li.

Of course, Liu Li himself also agrees with this sentence, and the vomit along the way makes people feel weak, if you don't replenish your energy, how can you fight when you get to the place?