The Pacific Ocean is covered with thick clouds, the sea rises and falls violently under the blowing of the storm, from time to time there are waves hitting the deck of the battleship, the sky is pouring rain, the meteorological conditions at this time can be described as extremely bad, in this storm, the 3,200-ton "Anqing" armored cruiser and the "Chenggong" training ship, in the stormy sea, struggled to move forward, a big wave rushed to the bow of the battleship and suddenly lowered, as if to "plunge" into the sea, even so the sailors on the deck still staggered around. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was a routine voyage at sea, and what was the greatest feature of the Imperial fleet? I am afraid that it is to pay great attention to long-distance training, and for the navy, this kind of long-distance training can enable officers and men to live a proper life at sea. However, this kind of voyage training is graded treatment, they first need to sail to the Indian Ocean with the sail training ships of the fleet, until Africa, there are a large number of ports on this route to berth, and after returning home, they will sail to the Pacific Ocean on the second voyage, because there are few ports in the Pacific Ocean to replenish, thousands of nautical miles of voyage for them, is the biggest test, and only the sailors who pass this test will really enter the fleet and become fleet sailors.

The Pacific Ocean seemed to be testing the young sailors, and the day after the small fleet of armored cruisers and training ships sailed out of the Yokosuka base and into the Pacific Ocean, a violent storm was ushered in, and then the Pacific Ocean was no longer peaceful, storm after storm, and the fleet was heading for their target, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The swells in the Pacific Ocean are amazing, not to mention storms, and even when there is no wind, the swells at sea are like a hill, causing the hull to rise and fall in the swells, swaying from side to side, and the increase in temperature in the narrow cabin after closing the portholes will make people feel stuffy and seasick, and the feeling of seasickness fills everyone's nerves.

Ever since the fleet entered the Pacific Ocean, there have been sounds of vomiting in the cabin, and although the sailors have long since adapted to life at sea through the past ocean-going training, seasickness and vomiting are still inevitable, especially since the training ship carries more than 200 marines.

For these Marines, the test of the sea caused these Marines who had just adapted to the sea to suffer like never before - seasickness, vomiting and other tortures, so that they could not even drink water, but the officers went from cabin to cabin and ordered the seasick Marines to drink water to replenish the water they needed, and any Navy knew that after seasickness, first vomited water and food, then began to vomit gastric juice, bile, and then vomited blood until the body spasmed and led to coma. Hydration is done to prevent the body from becoming dehydrated and also to allow something to vomit in the stomach.

For these marines, who had never been trained to sail long distances, they suffered from seasickness from the day they left Yokosuka, and perhaps the sailors on the training ships had adapted to all this, but these marines were still stubbornly adapting to the hardships at sea.

The foul air in the cabin was filled with a thick sour smell, and the original shaved heads and former marines in the cabin would have vomited sallow, and they were not as angry as the second son of Hades, I am the boss.

Faced with this group of marines who spit out shrimp, the sailors who did not get seasick had to fill their water glasses. Distribute it to them, and then there will be officers who will force them to drink water with orders to ward off the vomiting of seasickness.

Orders are undoubtedly more effective for them than persuasion, and in the face of orders, even the Marines who are vomiting on the floor will struggle to stand up, and then stubbornly drink water into their stomachs with vomit.

For military personnel, orders are always the most effective. Especially for the Marine Corps, which is an elite infantry unit, even more so.

Unlike other countries that set up marine warfare with the original intention of defending military ports and warships, and carrying out land operations when necessary, China's marine corps has been deeply influenced by Zhu Yifeng himself from its establishment to its formation. It was under his leadership that the Marine Corps was built as an elite assault force that could be used for landing operations overseas at any time, not just for "home care".

Because of this, in the recruitment of the Marine Corps, the best recruits are selected in a ratio of almost one in a hundred miles and receive the most rigorous military training, so as to ensure that they are all elite.

It's just that this elite army, which is all composed of elite fighters from one in a hundred, is now completely defeated by the weather, and all of them are vomiting a mess, but even so, no one will doubt that as long as the order is given, they will still pick up their rifles and go into battle.

As for now...... Let's let them vomit properly!

Vomit!

When the strong vomiting sensation hit again, it only made Wang Wencheng spit out the tea he had just drunk, and at this time his face was already vomiting pale, and the strong and tall body, which is extremely rare among southerners, would have been completely paralyzed.

", kill me......"

This will make Wang Wencheng really regret it, regretting why he joined the Marine Corps in the first place and stayed on land.

There are always many choices in a person's life.

As an army officer, Wang Wencheng chose the Marine Corps without hesitation when he graduated, because he knew that the Marine Corps never needed elites, and only the real elites could become one of the troops, after all, this army was different from ordinary armies, and they needed to be invested overseas at any time to maintain the interests of the country.

Of course, the Marine Corps also has the advantage of being paid twice as much as ordinary army units, and they are paid by the navy, and they also eat good food, after all, they also eat naval stoves.

Compared to the Army, which can hear the difference between two large pieces of meat at noon, the Imperial Navy is especially famous for its attention to eating and drinking. Fish and meat can be eaten almost every day. Although the average soldier in the Navy is not like an officer, according to the habit of the Naval Academy, he must eat a full Western meal every day, but the menu is also a combination of East and West, including pork cutlets, chicken stew with cream, beef curry and other foreign dishes, and other Chinese dishes.

Although the Marine Corps is semi-independent of the naval sequence, the meals are based on the standards of the Navy! In fact, the reason why Wang Wencheng joined the Marine Corps was precisely because of a letter from his seniors - he can eat steak every day!

But now, he has vomited out all his gall and sweat, but he only has one wish left - to be able to stand on the land steadily, even if it is to eat salted water and vegetables every day!

For a foodie, this is undoubtedly extremely painful.

"Company commander, don't complain...... ...... vomit"

Before the deputy company commander finished speaking, he lay on the head of the bed and vomited, and the same thing he spit out was water, yellow and green water, as officers, they naturally did not need to be crowded with ordinary soldiers, but there were not many cabins on the ship, and the two of them could only be squeezed into a cabin, which obviously could not be compared with the military camp on land.

Even, this small cabin is not only their dormitory, but also their conference room, and only when the battle plan is drawn up, or when the officers and soldiers are held to hold a combat meeting, will the dining room be temporarily requisitioned.

"Didn't you see, then, those sailors don't vomit much better than us, but don't they still have to be trained......

The deputy company commander's words made Wang Wencheng stunned, and when he heard the sailors training, he immediately struggled to stand up.

"No, no, let's, we have to train too......"

But before he could finish speaking, the man fell down again with the swaying hull of the ship, and tried to stand up, but his body did not have the slightest strength......

For the navy, training is usually not required under these harsh conditions, but in the harsh marine environment, it provides an extremely rare opportunity -- to conduct some basic training in bad sea conditions.

If we talk about hardship, I am afraid that the hardest sailors in the world are the sailors on the training ships of the Imperial Navy, out of the requirements of the fleet, since the formation of the Imperial Navy fleet, high-intensity training has accompanied this nascent navy.

Of course, this kind of high-intensity training is not the whole story, and the Navy's training usually stipulates that the "Routine Regulations on Warships" stipulate a "weekly schedule" and a "daily work schedule" for daily duties, and the above schedules are divided into two types: A and B, and there are summer and winter. When a ship is anchored at or near a port of call, it rests at the same time as civilians. There will also be a break on Sundays, and except for the officers and men on duty, the rest of the crew can move freely and go ashore with permission or unified arrangement.

On Monday morning, the captain personally inspected the daily training on the warship, and inspected the ship's weapons and equipment, various facilities, cabin interiors, and the clothing of officers and men. And the detachment commander and the non-commissioned officers of the detachment will conduct spiritual education for the sailors of the detachment, be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and be loyal to the soul of the soldiers who serve the country. The week of training starts on Monday afternoon and ends on Thursday. Friday and Saturday are days of cleaning the hull and repairing weapons.

However, if a warship leaves the port and sails on the sea, or anchors in an operation site dedicated to training, it will be carried out in accordance with the schedule of A, and the vacation will be cancelled, and all the training days will be held, especially after the first year of Kaihong, in order to strengthen the naval strength, the training intensity will be specially strengthened, and all the officers and men will be miserable. Even when some sailors die at their posts in the training ground due to high-intensity training, the death of sailors will not make the fleet stop the high-intensity training without rest days, and even a consensus is generally formed among the officer corps of the fleet -- the century-old navy can make up for the lack of time with training day and night.

In a word, the Chinese sailors did not have time to rest!

After all, no one knows whether the Westerners will give the empire enough time to train the navy, and under the pressure that war may break out tomorrow at any time, the training is naturally high-intensity and naturally intense.

Even in the storm, the training did not stop, but because of the fixed relationship of the artillery, the training was mostly the basic training in the cabin, compared to normal days, the training at this time was undoubtedly extremely easy, for the sailors, the bad sea conditions gave them a rare "vacation".

"Oops, the bones are falling apart......"

When he returned to the cabin, Katsu Haizhou shook his sore arm, although he was a naval lieutenant, but on the training ship, he could only be trained like an ordinary warrant officer, and when training on the bridge, he had to hold on to the railing with his hand to keep himself from falling, and after a few hours, this arm seemed to be broken.

"Nagai, how's it going, did you catch a mouse?"

Although the bones in his body seemed to be scattered, Katsu Kaishu still made a point of inquiring about Nagai Naoji.

Catch mice, this is in exchange for the opportunity to go ashore, if it is on an ordinary warship, Sheng Haizhou naturally does not need to use this method to go ashore, but on the training ship, although he is a major is just an ordinary sailor, he can only go ashore like an ordinary sailor, that is, he goes ashore once every four days.

And in order to take advantage of this rare opportunity as much as possible, get in touch with the outside world, and understand the West, Katsu Kaishu and Nagai Naoshi have already discussed - catching mice in exchange for more opportunities to go ashore! That is, the traditional "rat ashore" in the navy, which means that the ship is very encouraging to catch mice, and any sailor who catches a rat and gives it to the deck non-commissioned officer for confirmation can get a reward for going ashore once. This is the "rat ashore".

"Where!"

Nagai, who pointed to the rat cage over there with his chin and was looking at the book, said.

"I've been guarding the restaurant for hours to catch these two rats, and if all goes well, we should be able to go ashore in Hawaii three times!"

As soon as Nagai's words fell, Katsu Haizhou said.

"I'm not interested in Hawaii, I'm going to a country like Colombia, at least it's a country, like Hawaii, the country of the indigenous people, it's not a country at all!"

Katsu Haizhou has no interest in Hawaii at all, and what he hopes is to use the opportunity of this current voyage to contact and understand the West, rather than a country destined to perish.

"Perhaps, at some point, this country will disappear!"

"Shengjun, that's why we need to know there!"

Nagai put down the "Travels of the King of Hawaii" in his hand and looked at Katsu Haizhou and said.

"Hawaii is now able to maintain its independence because the nations have not yet shown a desire to occupy it, but if one day, when other countries become interested in it, that is, when they perish, such a small country will not survive now, and if anyone wants to occupy it, only one company will be enough......"

After this exclamation, Nagai looked at the travelogue written by the Chinese in his hand, and it seemed that China had always been interested in it - as early as three years ago, it had set up a consulate and began to emigrate to Hawaii.

His words followed another pause, and the marines on the ship came to mind, wasn't that exactly a company? If necessary, will they ......

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