"Brother, you don't have to panic, the two chiefs just want to see how you are doing, and they won't embarrass you. Luo Shengdong looked smug and greeted Wu Sen, who was slightly distracted.

As for how to evaluate the professional skill level of Wu Sen, a demoted general, the military still used some brains. In the case of the warships that the navy is now equipped with, every operation on the ship is carried out in accordance with the standardized operating procedures formulated by a group of old fur seals in the naval command, and there is no way for outsiders like Wu Sen to start after they get on board, let alone temporarily hand over the ship to his command, I am afraid it will be a little difficult for him to work as a deck sailor on the ship - although the sail rope system on this ship seems to be simple in structure, it is not something that can be completed in a while to be familiar with its operation.

As for the combat system and steering wheel system that need to be linked to the lower deck, they all have to be trained on the warship for a period of time to master the operating rules, and Wu Sen, a layman, is even more confused. In short, if you want to test Wu Sen's ship driving and command skills, the navy's warships are definitely not suitable, and Wang Tom believes that even if Wu Sen can be absorbed into the navy, it is impossible to hand over a certain warship to him for command in a short time.

Therefore, the focus of the assessment was placed on Wu Sen's other navigation skills, such as the intuitive judgment of sea conditions, wind speed, wind direction, course, navigation speed and other external conditions, which are the basic qualities that must be possessed by a naval command post, and the vast majority of the grassroots soldiers in the navy do not have such ability, and it is precisely because of this that Wu Sen's former status as a naval commander will be paid enough attention by relevant departments.

And in this process, Luo Shengdong has undoubtedly become a good reference standard. In terms of professional skill level, Luo Shengdong is still a relatively competent naval officer, and he is also worthy of the position of staff general under his ass. Since he began to take over the sale of illicit salt trafficking on Haihan's side the year before, the ship in charge of Luo Shengdong has not had any problems during the voyage, and his navigation skills are even much better than some halfway monk captains under the Ministry of Shipping.

After the warship sailed out of Victory Harbor, it went all the way south, and King Tom personally commanded the warship, constantly issuing instructions on the way to correct the course. Luo Shengdong and Wu Sen had to judge the speed and direction of the course by themselves as they went, and draw a rough route map. Although this assessment method does not involve the operation and command of the ship, the difficulty factor is quite large, and even an experienced old fur seal like Tom Wang does not dare to guarantee 100% that he can completely accurately map the route of the trip.

With Luo Shengdong as a reference, Wu Sen's actual level is relatively easy to judge. Luo Shengdong's actual performance is indeed slightly better, and his accuracy in judging various external conditions is better than that of Wu Sen, but Wang Tom and Sun Changmi both believe that this is a home advantage. After all, he has been in this sea area for many years, and Luo Shengdong has also taken the Haihan warship many times. Have some knowledge of the operation of the ship. If the assessment location is changed to the vicinity of the coast of Annam, and the boat is replaced by an ordinary sailboat, the result obtained is likely to be reversed. And if measured against the average level of commanders in the current navy, then Wu Sen's cousin has surpassed most of the junior officers in active duty in the navy, and it is basically enough to be a second-in-command first officer.

By noon that day, the ship had sailed into the open sea, and the cliffs of Hutouling outside Shengli Harbor could not be seen with the naked eye. Wu Sen had already noticed from the moment he left the port that the speed of the Haihan warships was far from comparable to that of traditional sailing ships, and the average travel speed was at least twice as low, presumably due to the strange sail rope system and the narrow shape of the ship. And the ship, in addition to its speed, is fast. The steering is also very flexible, and often as soon as Tom Wang's order is given, Wu Sen can feel the tilt of the ship's hull. Wu Sen noticed that the direction of the ship seemed to be operated by a wooden wheel with a diameter of more than two feet, which looked very easy, and it was wonderful to be able to change the direction of the ship with just a flick.

But the instructions given by King Tom made Wu Sen feel confused and completely incomprehensible, what left helm ten. Right rudder ten, Wu Sen didn't know what this meant. And in this link, Luo Shengdong has an obvious advantage, he became interested in it when he used to take the Haihan warship, and he also consulted Wang Tom and others to figure out what this command direction password means. In this way, he can assist in judging the ship's sailing route according to the orders given by King Tom.

The first stage of the evaluation came to an end at noon, and Tom Wang ordered to slow down the speed, put the meal down, and casually take advantage of this time to summarize the test results of the morning separately with Sun Changmi.

Wu Sen also witnessed the "extravagant" side of the Haihan Legion here, because the food on this ship was much better than what he had eaten in the past few days. Everyone's rice bowl has seafood-based meat, and Wu Sen can clearly add one or more spices to it. There are also stir-fried fresh vegetables, and there is even a fruit per person after the meal. Wu Sen felt that if this meal was placed on the landscape avenue of Shengli Harbor, he didn't dare to say that he would definitely want a two-yuan circulation coupon. There are at least sixty or seventy sailors and soldiers on this ship, and they have to eat dozens of taels of silver for a daily meal, which is like the South Vietnamese naval army he led at the beginning, the per capita food cost per month is less than five taels of silver, and the food level is simply a world of difference compared with the Haihan Navy, and it is no wonder that the war is so bad.

Wu Sen saw that Luo Shengdong was sitting next to him with a big bowl and eating vigorously, so he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Luo, is the meal of the Haihan Navy like this every day, or is it specially added today because of the arrival of the two leaders?"

Luo Shengdong wiped his mouth and said, "How can it be like this every day, Brother Wu don't have to think about it." ”

Wu Sen just breathed a sigh of relief, and then listened to Luo Shengdong continue: "This is just the usual training meal, it is said that the food is better than usual when fighting, but it is a pity that my identity is relatively special, and I can't go out to fight with the navy, but I haven't seen what the wartime food is like on the navy's side." ”

Wu Sen said with a look of disbelief: "Brother Luo Mo is a newcomer, I am not familiar with the situation of the navy, this navy consumes a lot, and I also understand it in the next place, I heard that this Haihan warship costs tens of thousands of yuan in circulation coupons, and you have to support these sailors and crews even if you don't fight in peacetime, how can you not control the cost of eating and drinking?"

"Control zhì?" Luo Shengdong gently tapped the bowl with chopsticks and said, "This is already the result after control." How rich the Haihan militia is, your brother doesn't know him at all now, if it weren't for the fact that he was still wearing this official skin, he couldn't get out for the time being, maybe I, Luo Shengdong, would have already voted for Haihan!"

The two were chatting, and a sailor on the ship came over with a glass jar more than a foot high: "Master Luo, Master Wu, this is a new kimchi from the logistics department." We Mr. Sun said that I also ask you to comment on the comments!"

Wu Sen was so frightened that he almost dropped the rice bowl in his hand - it was not because of the special care given by Sun Changmi, after all, kimchi was not worth a few dollars, and he was surprised that the Haihan people were so extravagant that they used glass jars to hold such worthless things.

Luo Shengdong didn't care, thanked him, opened the lid and dialed a few pieces into Wu Sen's bowl, and then allocated a few more pieces to himself.

Wu Sen couldn't help but ask, "It's just kimchi, and it's used to hold such a valuable vessel." Wouldn't it be a pity if the ship was bumped and shattered?"

Luo Shengdong smiled and said, "In your Annan country." This kind of glassware must be expensive, right?"

"Although the workmanship of this glass jar is a little rough, but this size, at least fifty taels of silver or more!" Wu Sen didn't seem to hear the ridicule in Luo Shengdong's tone, and replied very seriously: "In the next month's salary, it is only enough to buy a glass bowl produced by Haihan, and it is definitely not enough to buy such a large jar." ”

"This thing is only regarded as a treasure by people outside!" Luo Shengdong commented proudly. He still has a good understanding of the situation of Haihan's production of glassware, and he also knows that this thing is actually not difficult to produce, and the cost is frighteningly low. In the col not far from the Shengli Port barracks is the glass workshop, which Luo Shengdong was fortunate to visit once. I was very impressed by the hill of glass slag piled up outside the workshop. Schneider once proudly told him that Haihan has two products that can expand its production capacity almost indefinitely, one is table salt, and the other is glass products. These two products also became an invincible knocking hammer, and merchants everywhere would not refuse their entry, even the South Vietnamese region, which had been at war with Haihan.

Of course, Wu Sen also felt Luo Shengdong's countryman-like gaze at this time, and immediately defended: "I just feel that it's not worth it." This kimchi can be filled in a crockpot!"

"Inside Haihan, this glass jar is not worth more than a clay pot, and one of the advantages of using a glass jar is that you don't have to open it to see if the kimchi inside is broken. Luo Shengdong pointed to the deck and said: "The light in the cabin below is not strong, and if you use a clay pot, it is difficult to see the situation in the jar." It's much more convenient to use this glass jar. ”

"Haihan people use glass jars to serve kimchi, just for such a reason?" Although Luo Shengdong's explanation sounds a little unbelievable, it seems to have a certain degree of reasonableness.

"yes, that's what sounds fucked up. It's not just kimchi, but you'll have the opportunity to go to the ship's galley in the future, and there's a lot of stuff in glassware. Luo Shengdong smiled and said: "The glass jars and jars loaded on this boat are worth at least a thousand taels of silver according to the market price. But what can be done then? Mr. Shi, who is in charge of money, said, rich, capricious, rich is capricious!"

Wu Sen could only feel speechless for such an argument, and he couldn't even think of being unconvinced. The wealth of the Haihan people is not only in the fact that they can equip their armies with the best weapons, but even in the invisible corners of the ship, the Haihan people do not skimp on using the best of them. This was no longer the luxury he thought at first, but the meticulous work done by the Haihan people to improve the combat effectiveness of the people on board. These jars hidden in the cabin will never appear in the course of the war, but they are really part of the combat effectiveness of the Haihan Navy, and even these most basic details, the former South Vietnamese naval division is far from catching up with the opponent.

On the one hand, Wu Sen felt sad for his old master, even if the South Vietnamese Naval Division was several times stronger, it would probably be difficult to take advantage of an opponent like the Haihan Navy. On the other hand, as his new employer, Wu Sen felt that his future seemed to be a little brighter, after all, such a powerful water force was almost invincible within Wu Sen's cognition - except for a certain pirate force that was said to be far away in Fujian, but that far away was not enough to pose a substantial threat to the current Haihan forces.

The Ruan brothers hurriedly came out of the cabin at this time, with unconcealed joy on their faces, and walked closer to Wu Sen and said, "Congratulations to Brother Wu!"

Wu Sen hurriedly got up and responded, "Where did I come from?"

Ruan Jinggui said: "General Wang and Mr. Sun called our two brothers in, carefully inquired about the family background of Brother Wu, and General Wang also made a record by himself...... Brother Wu, it seems that General Wang intends to reuse you!"

Ruan Wenwen also said excitedly: "Junior brother listened to the two chiefs talking about your morning watch, and the evaluation was very good, it seems that there is no problem in passing the test!"

"At this time, it is too early to discuss the results, and it is not happy for the leaders to know. Wu Sen was naturally very happy to hear these words, but he still tried his best to control his feelings. He replied calmly.

"Not so fast. Luo Shengdong next to him put down the empty bowl, wiped his mouth, and poured a basin of cold water on the three Annan ministers unhurriedly: "Even if you pass the skill evaluation and political review, you won't be able to get appointed so quickly, at least you have to go to Shengli Port Military Academy for two or three months of military training before you can be hired." ”

Wu Sen didn't quite understand what "political censorship" was, but the meaning of Luo Shengdong's words was very clear - he wanted to enter the navy directly. It's not something that can be done right now, and it has to go through a period of training.

Wu Sen immediately waved at Luo Shengdong and said, "It seems that Brother Luo knows a lot about this. Please also give me a word or two. ”

Luo Shengdong said: "I can't give advice, but I can roughly talk about what I know." The rules of this Haihan militia are not the same as those of the Ming Dynasty, and they must be even worse than your Annan, I heard that the soldiers on your side are all people who were temporarily arrested from the local government before the war...... Off topic, off topic, right ......"

Luo Shengdong has spent more and more time in Shengli Port in the past two years, and his understanding of all aspects of the Haihan social system has become more and more in-depth, although he seems to have no hope of joining the Haihan militia so far, but this does not prevent him from collecting information about the Haihan militia through various channels in private. This is not Luo Shengdong's plan to engage in espionage, he is now dead determined to follow Haihan to the end. If the Executive Committee notifies him to step down from this position one day, he will probably immediately report to the imperial court for sick retirement. The reason why he collected information about the militia was because of his military status, and he would always be more concerned about these things, and secondly, he was thinking that he would really change his court one day. That's a good way to prepare a little earlier.

After a competition with Wu Sen in the morning, Luo Shengdong also found that this guy actually has some real skills, and he is also a person who knows and can read the atmosphere, and he will not be disgusted. Luo Shengdong was a little less hostile to him because of this, of course, the condescending mentality of people in the city looking at people in the countryside was still inevitable, such as when he was introduced to Haihan's military training system now. It is inevitable that there is a bit of boasting, which is quite a bit of the meaning of Wang Po selling melons and boasting - although he himself still has the official status of the Ming Dynasty, he is not even a naturalized citizen of the Haihan Dynasty.

With the separation of the army and navy of the Haihan militia, the original military academy also took advantage of the situation to separate different professional subjects. Of course, part of the training content is the same, such as the obedience training of military discipline and military orders, and some of the physical training content, that is, the land and sea are consistent. And it is the first compulsory subject. After completing this type of training, you will enter the training of specialized subjects.

Luo Shengdong himself was a sailor, so he was more interested in the training content of the navy and understood it in more detail, so he combined with what he saw on the ship to give Wu Sen a general introduction to how the training of the Haihan Navy started from brushing the deck and arranging the sail ropes, and gradually trained the combat skills of the crew at sea. After mastering the professional skills of the crew, a more detailed and high-end training course for the commander will be carried out. This part involves some navigation techniques exclusively mastered by the Haihan people, even if Luo Shengdong has a good relationship with the Haihan people, he has never entered the military academy classroom to systematically learn relevant knowledge, after all, these advanced knowledge can only be taught to the naturalized civilian officers who will fight for the Haihan in the future.

"I have heard General Wang say before that he once sailed on five continents and four oceans, and went to almost all the continental coasts in the world, and the mission of the Haihan Navy is to conquer these places in the future and turn all the places that the navy can reach into the territory managed by the Executive Committee!" Luo Shengdong said this, and his eyes also showed a trace of yearning: "What a magnificent cause this will be!"

"Then the Executive Committee will definitely be a country by then!" Wu Sen's first reaction when he heard Luo Shengdong say this was to think of what kind of way the Executive Committee would manage overseas territories in the future.

"Liguo?" Luo Shengdong smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, and I'm not afraid to put it bluntly." If the Executive Committee wants to establish a country, it can be established last year. Yazhou, a place far away from the emperor with high mountains, no one can take care of it, the executive committee really wants to set up a Haihan country, at least a year and a half later, the court will receive the news, and when there is a reaction, it will probably be another year and a half years have passed, and then the place of Qiongzhou Island will belong to the Ming Dynasty or to the Haihan, it is really hard to say!"