Chapter 47 The distressed Rong Kuo

The day after the launch of the new warship, Chen Zeyu and his entourage of government officials inspected the Republic of China Naval Ship Academy in the southern port of Sizhejiang.

"Mr. Heinrich is teaching this graduating class and asked me to say hello to you and show you around the school. Thank you for your understanding~"

As the head of the republic, Chen Zeyu himself has no opinion, and the rest of the people have nothing to do.

Accompanying Chen Zeyu and his entourage on the tour was Yan Fu, director of the Political Department of the Naval Academy and vice president of the Academy.

It is this Yan Fu who wrote "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution"!

As for Heinrich, the head of the academy, this guy bluntly pointed out that the school's teaching work is more important than the reception of his own leaders, so he threw the reception work to his "big housekeeper" Yan Fu in one fell swoop.

Chen Zeyu smiled bitterly and shook his head, sure enough, it was still the same, I don't know if there is also a factor of his own connivance.

Today, the German Heinrich's controversial method of actual combat sea training has been fully popularized throughout the navy, including the naval academy.

In order to replace the boilers and gun barrels of the naval vessels for the training ships of the naval department, the Government of the Republic has to allocate a large amount of budget every year to the training costs.

The college is divided into four areas, with classrooms in the upper left area; The upper right area is mainly the dock area and the anchorage of the training ship in the school; The downstairs in the right area is the playground and restaurant; Downstairs in the left area is the small arms training ground belonging to the academy and various other sports training grounds.

Walking into the upper left area of the Naval School from the front, you can see that two huge main teaching buildings are symmetrically surrounding the huge cadet training ground in the middle.

In front of the academy buildings on either side is a large bronze old breech gun, which was captured by the troops in the War of Independence.

Looking at Yan Fu in a white navy uniform in front of him, the first middle-aged man in modern Chinese history to seek truth from the West, Chen Zeyu suddenly felt quite comfortable in his heart.

Yan Fu, who wrote "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" in his early years, can be said to be the first Western scholar in the Northern Qing Kingdom to take the initiative to defect to him.

Yan Fu, who enrolled in the Fuzhou Ship Master School as a child, was one of the first batch of students to study at the British Naval Academy in the Qing Dynasty. After serving in the Beiyang Naval Division for a period of time, he was promoted by the imperial court and taught in the Naval Academy under the Beiyang Naval Division.

It didn't take long for Yan Fu to be promoted to the general office of the Beiyang Naval Academy, but the good times did not last long, because he disagreed with his superior Li Hongzhang in some aspects, and Yan Fu withdrew from the naval world soon after.

Yan Fu, who was about to return to his hometown, was dispelled by a telegram from his old friend Guo Songtao, the counselor of the Qing State in Britain (who had rebelled......

Curious about the new Chinese regime of Seris, Yan Fu came to the republic.

Chen Zeyu, who originally learned that he was coming, was also very excited, knowing that he was proficient in English, French, and Russian, and that he had been dealing with Westerners for many years, had thought about letting him take up the post of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Later, it was Yan Fu who strongly recommended his talent in the navy, and Chen Zeyu asked him to come to this naval academy as the vice president.

Here Yan Fu's talent was gradually brought into full play, if the earlier Heinrich laid the cornerstone of this naval school with enthusiasm, then Yan Fu's arrival made this school really stand.

Strictly speaking, Heinrich is more like a general who can charge into battle, and the headmaster, who is very capable in all aspects, is also deeply supported by students of all generations. But compared to the daily management of the school, Yan Fu's role is incomparable to him.

The existence of the two of them is like a sword and a shield in the Naval Academy, and they are indispensable to each other.

Because the flow of cadets is still relatively scattered, and the Navy selects a large number of outstanding young sailors to come to the school every quarter for further study, in addition to the two-month vacation every year, the Naval Ship Academy is divided into three semesters every year.

Many students passing by Chen Zeyu and Yan Fu bowed and greeted each other, and Chen Zeyu smiled in return one by one.

Navy cadets in and out of the school buildings can be seen everywhere, most of them senior cadets who have just returned from their internship on a training ship.

From the very beginning, the Naval Ship Academy has held all cadets to the standards of naval officers, and accordingly has strict standards for their attire.

The white cadet uniforms worn every day must be ironed straight and the leather boots polished. These norms, inherited from the Royal Naval School, were also brought to the Republic by the school's first instructors, and the school had a strict set of standards for everything from military appearance, speech and demeanor to conduct.

The group walked into the small arms training ground of the naval school, because of the strict requirements, all the buildings and facilities in the school have simulated the situation of warships at sea in an all-round way, and these buildings are installed with double watertight doors similar to the cabins of ships.

Pulling open a "hatch" that closed automatically, he walked into the semi-open-air training ground, and a deafening roar penetrated the ears of Chen Zeyu and the others.

Not far from the training ground, in front of more than a dozen Hagasi naval machine guns side by side, waves of trainees were waiting for them to come forward and try their skills.

"Principal Yan, have all these security measures in the training ground been taken?" Chen Zeyu looked at the young faces in front of him and asked worriedly.

With the regular sound of cannon fire, on the huge shooting range made of earth and rocks that could be seen in the distance, the targets that had been marked with lime instantly became fragmented.

"The machine guns used special training blank ammunition for the naval school, which can not only clearly identify the shooting results of the cadets, but also have a certain lethality. However, the shooting range is fixed, and unless there is an explosion, the trainees are not in danger of being injured. ”

Yan Fu explained while smiling at the young students in front of him who were taking turns to conduct shooting training under the leadership of their respective instructors.

"The school has strict rules and regulations in this regard, and the number of consecutive uses of the barrel of each machine gun is strictly limited, and it will be replaced after reaching the end of its service life."

Yan Fu shook his head, and then said, "As long as the Führer and Heinrich agree on this kind of training intensity, these machine guns are all snowflakes of silver." There is also the training of various large-caliber naval guns on the training ship, which Youling witnessed in his early years at the Royal Greenwich School in England. ”

"Haha, Principal Yan doesn't have to feel sorry for the Ministry of Finance," Chen Zeyu pointed to Rong Yu, who was wearing a dark blue suit next to him, and said, "Even if he picks the door again, he won't pick the door to the teaching aspect of your naval academy." ”

Everyone in the group laughed.

Leaving the Minister of Finance Rong Kuo, who was only teased by them, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Looking at the young cadets on the training ground who were concentrating on aiming, Chen Zeyu said nonchalantly, "It takes a few shots to know the smell of gunfire, I don't want my navy soldiers to become guys who dare not fire after they get on the ship!" ”

"Spend more money today, and leave less blood tomorrow! This kind of thing does not need to save costs, it is to make these students think that firing guns is an instinct. Wu Zuonan, director of the General Armament Department, nodded in agreement.

Rong Kui of the Ministry of Finance looked at this guy who made himself gnash his teeth the most, and he began to have a headache about how to balance next year's government budget......