On the recruitment of the crews of several other submarines in addition to the Sea Locust,

In fact, there aren't too many opportunities for Meng Lei to choose from.

And with his previous experience, he doesn't really need to have too many options.

Due to the frequent anomalies in various seas in recent times, many clues point to the precursor of a new round of space tides.

Therefore, even if the alliance has not yet made a public statement, it will fully announce this matter.

But there are still a large number of bounty hunters, and through a series of encounters in the wild, they keenly smell a trace of unusual smell.

The news that the space tide is coming has also spread far and wide.

Not only has it spread among the bounty hunter community, but even many ordinary people have begun to pay attention to this matter one after another.

With the increase in the probability of risks encountered when sailing in the wilderness, all kinds of technical talents in the talent market of Sil City have become a scrambled for a while.

Even if some bounty ships don't need too many crews, for safety reasons, there are still people who overhire crews and stay on board as a talent reserve.

This has led to an extreme shortage of human resources in the talent market, but all crew members with relatively high overall evaluations have been hired first.

If it weren't for Chen Yu paying a part of the deposit in the afternoon, he helped Meng Lei book a group of talents in advance.

Then when Meng Lei takes the initiative to come over to recruit, I'm afraid there will only be some crooked melons and cracked dates left.

But this time is different from the past, and now when it comes to crew recruitment, Meng Lei is no longer as picky as before.

At that time, there was only one ship, and there was no one in the entire fleet who could be a mechanic engineer or a ship doctor.

At that time, he could only select as many skilled crew members as possible to ensure the safety of navigation.

But now, after a period of development, there are many technical talents in the fleet, and they have probably mastered some professional skills in submarine maintenance and alien medical technology.

Therefore, he no longer needs to conduct strict audits of the alien native crew according to the previous standards.

Each ship that sets sail is accompanied by an alien native mechanical engineer and an electrical engineer, plus a ship doctor and a professional safety officer.

The rest of the personnel can be selected directly from the fleet.

Coming to the talent market, Meng Lei briefly checked the crew members who Chen Yu had already paid the deposit.

In terms of overall quality, it looks pretty good.

Among them, most of them have a professional rating of C, and the overall evaluation also fluctuates between C and C+.

Relatively speaking, everyone's professionalism is on the level, and it is more than enough for the repair and maintenance of F-class submarines.

Meng Lei directly waved his hand, very boldly, and signed all these people on the spot.

However, due to Chen Yu's limited prestige level, there are certain restrictions on the quality and quantity of crew members who can be selected and recruited.

In the whole afternoon, he also picked out these twelve alien native crews, which could not meet the configuration of the new fleet.

Meng Lei used his prestige level authority to ask for a new recruitment list from the staff.

With the prestige of his current esteem level, the level of crew members who can be recruited from the talent market has changed significantly.

Previously, when his reputation was at the friendly level, the highest professional crew skill rating he could recruit was C+.

But now, in the list of crew members provided by the staff, the highest career rating has actually reached A level!

It's two levels higher than before!

You must know that the career rating of alien local crew members needs to go through a strict assessment, and it is quite difficult to improve.

And there is a world of difference between the levels of professional ability!

This can be clearly reflected in the commission.

The commissions of the crew of the C and C+ levels of professional ability are normally around 5,000 marks, such as Hans and Karl, who are worth at this level.

However, the crew members who can reach the A level in both professional rating and overall evaluation can have a monthly commission of up to 20,000 marks!

The level has increased by two ranks, and the value has also risen, even more than twice as high!

The average individual bounty hunter may not be able to hire it.

And the staff in the talent market also reminded Meng Lei politely.

Most of the crew members with a class A rating like this belong to the technical advisors of caravans or bounty fleets, and rarely serve individual forces alone.

Especially for small submarines below the E-class frigate, there is no need to recruit A-class crews, it is a pure waste!

Meng Lei pondered for a long time, and felt that the staff's suggestions were also quite pertinent.

Under normal circumstances, there was really no need for him to hire a crew of this level, it was really overkill.

It's just that this time not only did he have to go far away, but he also happened to catch up with the spatial tidal explosion.

To be on the safe side, he finally decided to hire two A-class mechanical engineers to stay in the fleet to provide technical guidance.

Not only can it improve the safety and security, but it can also teach some knowledge about the maintenance of submarine equipment for the Blue Star player crew in the fleet, which can be regarded as making the best use of people.

As for the security officer and the ship's doctor, there is no need to hire A-class crew members.

The technical level of the security officer is completely fed by a large amount of combat accumulation and ammunition reserves, and as long as he experiences more battles, his ability can be improved rapidly.

And in the case of the ship doctor, one Gina in the fleet is enough.

You must know that although this crazy woman is a heavy drinker, she also has some chatter on weekdays, and her mental state seems to be a little problematic.

But there's no denying it!

Gina's medical level is absolutely nothing to say, and her professional skill rating is also A-level!

In Hawke's half-joking tone during small talk, with Dr. Gina on board, as long as he either loses his head on the spot, it will be difficult to die!

It is enough to see that Gina's medical level is very high.

In the end, Meng Lei randomly selected two electrical engineers from the list provided by the staff to complete the basic configuration of the fleet.

When checking out, looking at the total amount of commission on the bill, Meng Lei couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

There are a total of sixteen Alien local crew members, including two A-class mechanical engineers, and the rest are all C-class and C+-level professionals.

All these people combined, the monthly commission is as high as 100,000 marks!

For this price, you can buy two of the cheapest G-class exploration boats at the shipyard!

I have to say that the cost of raising a fleet is really high and scary, and if you don't have a little background, you really can't afford it.

Chen Yu transferred the money, and Meng Lei paid the bill.

After the discount, more than 80,000 yuan disappeared so easily, in exchange for the side eyes of many bounty hunters in the talent market.

Generally speaking, it is almost the limit to be able to recruit two or three crew members at a time on a ship.

Because most of the crew members on the bounty hunter ships are fixed, most of the people who come here to re-recruit the crew have been reduced in the process of carrying out the mission, and they have no choice but to come to replenish.

And for a bounty ship, the attrition of more than three people means that there has been a major accident, and it is already a blessing to come back alive.

Therefore, it is rare to be able to spend so much in a single transaction in such a place.

Holding the recruitment contract signed by the staff in the name of the alliance, Meng Lei and Chen Yu met the surprised eyes around them and walked out of the building of the talent market.

Outside the door, under the dazzling reflection of various holographic projections and neon signs, Meng Lei's face changed several times.

In the end, it was inevitable to collapse.

He looked at Chen Yu sideways without tears, and said with a sad face:

"Brother Chen, how much money do we have left in our accounts now? Will it be enough for me to come back next time? ”

Before it set sail, the initial investment was already astronomical.

After calculating, the cost of the shipyard plus today's crew recruitment, for this voyage, Meng Lei has already spent more than 300,000 marks!

And this is the most basic standard, without any extra overhead.

If you buy some high-explosive railshells or high explosives, the total cost will be close to 400,000!

It is no exaggeration to say that the income of all the members of the Chongming Fleet who worked for more than a week was directly lost in these two days!

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Even, this money is higher than the total value created by the bounty group of the Northern Underworld Fleet these days!

With such a large expenditure, Rao is Meng Lei couldn't help but be frightened, for fear that it would affect the overall development of the fleet.

Chen Yu smiled slightly, raised his hand and gently patted Meng Lei's shoulder, and comforted:

"Don't worry, although there are not many funds on the books, they can barely be maintained!"

After a pause, Chen Yu said again:

"Don't forget, you brought back hundreds of thousands of things from the Molten Outpost, and with that batch of supplies to support you, the fleet will not collapse easily.

It's a big deal, when you go back and let the bounty formation go out on a mission, take some time to collect more supplies in the field.

Stick around a little, no matter how hard you boil, you will definitely be able to survive until you complete the transaction. ”

Hearing this, Meng Lei was relieved, but he still looked at Chen Yu with a trace of apology on his face, and sighed:

"Brother Chen, I've worked hard for you during this time, I will sell those eggs as soon as possible, and then call you the money to turn around."

Chen Yu waved his hand with a smile on his face, and said earnestly:

"Again, don't worry about things at home, if you can't have a problem with me, you can lead the team with peace of mind, pay more attention on the road, and don't act recklessly.

You are the backbone of our fleet, and many people in the team are willing to join the fleet in the name of the captain of your Guixu.

If you fall, the hearts of the team will be scattered, and everything will be meaningless. ”

Meng Lei nodded seriously and said in a deep voice:

"I know Brother Chen, don't worry."

The recruitment of the crew came to an end, and the two did not stay longer in the business district of Sil City.

On the way back to Dock 59, Nona, the beautiful receptionist of the shipyard, sent a text message to Meng Lei through a handheld tablet.

It is claimed that the installation of the Sea Locust's battery has been completed, and now the shipyard staff has driven back to the dock dock, and Meng Lei needs to personally inspect and complete the delivery.

After receiving this notice, Meng Lei and Chen Yu couldn't help but speed up their pace and hurriedly returned to the territory of the Chongming fleet.

It's just that after returning to dock No. 59, Chen Yu did not board the Sea Locust with Meng Lei.

Although the dust has settled on the recruitment of the alien native crew, the selection of the accompanying fleet members has not yet been put in place.

Wang Qi had already started this work in advance, but he needed Chen Yu, the chief of the general staff, to make the final decision.

So, after returning to the dock, the two parted ways and went their separate ways.

When Meng Lei came to the Sea Locust, the shipyard staff were standing patiently in the dock passage.

After carefully inspecting the ship's facilities and valuables, and finding that there was nothing unusual, Meng Lei finally came to the gun control room.

Today, the Sea Locust's gun control room has changed dramatically from before.

Not only is the position of the periscope different, but even the number is one more than before, from three to four.

In addition, under each periscope, a comfortable seat is installed that can rotate 360 degrees.

The shipyard staff said:

"These seats are specially assigned by our leaders to install, and you will not be charged any additional fees, as your long-term thanks for your strong support to our Sil City Shipyard!"

Hearing this, Meng Lei smiled and nodded, quite satisfied.

Although the installation of these seats does not cost a few bucks, no one will refuse something that comes for nothing.

And the attitude of the Silcheng Shipyard is also quite comfortable, and the previous dissatisfaction with the preferential strength suddenly disappeared, and Meng Lei praised a few words without hesitation.

After sending off the shipyard staff, Meng Lei immediately sent a text message to Ning Wen.

It is worth mentioning that in order to facilitate work exchanges, Ning Wen and Wang Qi, two high-level members of the fleet, are now also equipped with their own handheld tablets.

However, their tablet models are a few points worse than those of Chen Yu and Meng Lei, and they do not have many functions, and can only be used for daily communication.

But even so, Ning Wen was so happy that he sent some "harassing" text messages to Meng Lei when he had nothing to do, some of them were reporting work, and some of them were purely speechless.

Meng Lei could even foresee that with Ning Wen's kid here, the next voyage would never be boring and lonely.

At that moment, Meng Lei called Ning Wen over from the Shenlong and instructed him to inform Gina and Hawke that they could go back to the Sea Locust to assemble.

In addition, Meng Lei also explained one thing to Ning Wen, taking away the pirate wine on the Sea Locust, finding a suitable channel in the city to sell it, and exchanging it all into cash for the turnover of the fleet.

Although Chen Yu said that Meng Lei didn't have to worry about the situation at home, Meng Lei couldn't really be a hands-off shopkeeper, and left all the pressure to Chen Yu alone.

The vintage pirate wine can be worth a lot of money if it is sold.

For Chen Yu, it can also help more or less.

At about nine o'clock in the evening, after receiving Ning Wen's notice, the members of the Sea Locust rushed back from the living quarters in the city one after another.

Including Huo Ye and Xu Hui, who had been sleeping on the initial wasteland boat with other fleet members in the past two days, they also returned.

On the first night of the voyage, everyone gathered.

It's rare to relax for so many days, and it's time to take care of yourself.

That night, Meng Lei convened everyone for a simple meeting, which could be regarded as a pre-war mobilization.

The crowd was in high spirits, and they didn't feel at a loss or afraid of the unknown future, they were all in good spirits, and in short, the mood was still very good.

The only episode that happened to Gina was the only one that happened to Gina.

When she found that all the precious drinks in the bar's refrigerator were gone, Gina, who was hiding in the crowd and was silent, suddenly changed her usual elegance.

Sometimes she was crying like a wronged little girl, looking at Meng Lei with blank eyes, and sometimes like a spicy aunt looking at the square, nervously asking God to be a demon on the deck, and everyone who watched was stunned.

In the end, Meng Lei patted his chest and said that he would send someone to fill the refrigerator early tomorrow morning to ensure that she would not be short of wine throughout the whole process.

This beautiful ship doctor, whose professional rating has reached the level of A, gradually stabilized and returned to her usual elegant posture.

To be honest, as an employee, if someone else dared to make trouble with the employer like this, Meng Lei would have kicked the other party out of the team a long time ago and got rid of this black sheep cleanly.

But who makes Gina have the ability?

In addition to drinking, I can't find fault with anything, and I don't have high requirements for the quality of wine.

It's better to have good wine, and if you don't, cheap beer is acceptable.

Obviously, it can be firmly in the ranks of 20,000 commissions, but now it only needs 5,000 commissions to win, and a little bit of the money saved is used to buy alcohol, which is also quite cost-effective.

Such a good ship doctor, where else can I find it if I kick it?

Therefore, depressed and depressed, Meng Lei still accepted Gina's little problem very much.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Meng Lei got up refreshed and came to the bathroom to wash up as usual.

Except for the frequent appearance of the white light in the dream on the day he returned to Sil City, the strange light completely disappeared in the next few days.

It was as if some kind of mission had been accomplished, and it disappeared without a trace.

Even if Meng Lei thought about it and kept calling before going to bed, the white light cluster never appeared again.

Although Meng Lei was suspicious, he also felt lucky.

Without that thing, he could at least get a good night's sleep.

After breakfast, Meng Lei received a text message from Chen Yu, saying that the list of other members of the fleet accompanying him this time had been decided, and he needed to come forward to say hello to everyone and get acquainted with each other.

Meng Lei simply cleaned up, and then walked out of the cabin of the Sea Locust.

At this moment, it was just about half past eight in the morning.

But in the dock passage of No. 59 Dock, it was already crowded with people, and it was black.

Dozens of members of the heavy fleet stood in the middle of the passage in unison, and the posture was like a military parade.

And it can be easily seen that some of these people have a special temperament.

That kind of temperament is very similar to Chen Yu, and at first glance, you can tell that he is from a military background!

Moreover, it is a serious Kyushu soldier!

"Hello Commander!"

Seeing Meng Lei appear in his field of vision, the dozens of fleet members in the passage immediately shouted loudly in unison.

Meng Lei nodded slightly, silent on the surface, but he couldn't help but be a little panicked in his heart.

Different from the chaos that was welcomed by the sandwich when returning home, the momentum of these soldiers was too fierce, which made Meng Lei, who rarely saw any big scenes, feel a little at a loss.

He also forcibly kept his composure and made himself look as steady as possible.

"Hello everyone!"

Meng Lei barely squeezed out a smile and waved to everyone.

At this time, Chen Yu walked out from the side, stood in front of Meng Lei and said: "They are all members of our Chongming fleet, and the elites who have finally stood out after layers of selection have good abilities in all aspects.

This time the journey is far away and full of dangers, and having them by your side is believed to bring you a lot of help! ”

After a pause, Chen Yu pointed to a few people standing in the front row of the team, and said:

"Due to the large number of people, I won't introduce you one by one, I have arranged the staffing of each ship for you, but these captains still need to focus on introducing you.

From now on, they will be your right-hand men, responsible for conveying and carrying out all the instructions you give! ”

Meng Lei nodded heavily, and looked at the person at the head.

It was a middle-aged man about forty years old, who looked about the same size as Huo Ye, tall and thin, with sharp eyes.

Chen Yu introduced: "This is Lin Ming, the fleet that joined on the fifth day can be regarded as an old qualified member, both in terms of personal ability and ship control level, it is quite good. ”

Meng Lei nodded, stretched out his hand and shook the other party heavily, and said in a deep voice:

"Hello and welcome to our fleet of voyagers."

With a hint of a smile on his face, Lin Ming responded respectfully:

"Commander, it's my honor to be part of the Voyage Fleet!"

Then, Chen Yu pointed to another person in the team next to him and said:

"This is Zhang Chao, the person in charge of the second bounty formation of our Chongming fleet, temporarily transferred to the captain of the expeditionary fleet, needless to say, I won't stuff him in if I don't have any ability."

Meng Lei nodded heavily, looked at Zhang Chao, and found that he seemed to be less than thirty years old.

Standing with Lin Ming, the traces of time on the latter's face were very obvious, and he was even younger.

At this age, he was actually promoted by Chen Yu to be the head of the second bounty formation, which is enough to see that this person's ability is strong.

"Hello Commander!"

Without waiting for Meng Lei to speak, Zhang Chao walked and saluted first.

Meng Lei responded with a smile: "Hello! ”

Next, Chen Yu took Meng Lei and met the other two separately.

One of them is Zhu Fei, who is in his thirties, who used to be in charge of logistics in the army, and now he is also in the heavy fleet.

There is also a person named Jiang Xing, who is in his early fifties, and has been quite famous in the fleet recently, and is the person who has completed the highest number of bounty tasks for a single person!

Meng Lei greeted several people one by one, and made a brief understanding of each person, which deepened his impression.

In the coming days, they will accompany Meng Lei on the expedition to the hydrothermal wasteland to complete this big deal.

It can be said that from now on, they are Meng Lei's deputies and the core command of the expeditionary team.

In the event of a crisis, it is up to them whether the fleet can achieve unified dispatch and execution.

"Alright, everyone has it, disband!"

After introducing the members of the new fleet to Meng Lei, Chen Yu waved his hand and disbanded the team.

It's not yet time to set sail, and there are so many people crowded into the dock passage, which seriously affects the passage, so there is no need to stay here all the time.

After everyone dispersed, Chen Yu patted Meng Lei on the shoulder, looked at him deeply, and said in a deep voice:

"That's all I can do for you, remember, come back safely no matter what, don't be reckless, even if it's a broken arm to survive, as long as you can live, there is hope for everything!"

The meaning of Chen Yu's words, Meng Lei pondered carefully, and it took a long time to understand the meaning.

The so-called survival with a broken arm does not refer to him personally, but to the entire fleet!

In case of danger, even if you abandon some people, you must maintain the safety of the flagship of the Sea Locust.

Although Meng Lei didn't particularly agree with such behavior, he also knew that Chen Yu was all for his good.

And his current identity and position also determine that he cannot have any woman's kindness.

When there is no choice, it must be decided.

Taking a heavy breath, Meng Lei looked back at Chen Yu seriously, nodded and said:

"I know Brother Chen, don't worry."

Chen Yu glanced at Meng Lei with relief and said no more.