The captain of the left wing Hussar was following the enemy fleet while waiting for orders. Depending on the arc angle of the sea level, he was still not close to the Dengzhou. He had to rely on the commander on the tall watchtower.
The lookout used binoculars to observe the semaphore orders of the Nogzhou from behind.
This captain is called "this kid" by Takagizo because the two of them are quite familiar with each other. The middle-aged Takagizo is eleven years older than him, and he can be said to be treated as a biological brother.
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Takagi's ancestors for five or six generations were all shipwrights. Because they had excellent carpentry skills and were especially good at splicing keels and ribs on sea ships, their lives were not that rich, but they were still decent.
Unfortunately, when it came to his father's generation, he was unlucky. Once, when his father accompanied Takagi San's mother to her parents' home, they were attacked by Japanese pirates. Takagi San's mother was humiliated and committed suicide, while his father and he were attacked by Japanese pirates.
Take away.
Later, his father died in the Japanese pirates' lair, and he finally found an opportunity to escape when he accompanied the Japanese pirates to the coast to plunder wood and repair ships. However, he was suspected by the local officials of being a Japanese pirate and almost died in prison.
Fortunately, it wasn't long before he was kidnapped, and his family's property was still there. Takagi San was able to get out of prison after losing all his money. However, because of his reputation as a "traveler", the original boss did not dare to use him. Takagi San
In desperation, he had no choice but to sell his craft and work as a servant in Beijing. He also gave up his original name and changed his name to Takagi San from then on.
When he was imprisoned in the Yamen Prison, the person who helped him sell his property and took care of everything was the current young captain of the "Left-wing Hussar", Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan and Takagi San's family are family friends, and their ancestral craftsmanship is in shipbuilding. However, the ancestors of the Luo family left the craftsmanship for some reason in their early years and made a living in private shipyards. They are wealthier than Takagi San's family. Takagi San's family is two generations behind.
He also collected enough money and managed to leave the craftsmanship. The two families then worked together in a shipyard, and their relationship became even closer.
Later, the Japanese pirates came, and Takagi San's mother committed suicide, and the father and son were kidnapped. The Luo family was not too strong. Luo Yuan's father and uncle were both captured, but he escaped because he was ordered to take his mother and aunt to escape.
Pass a tribulation.
After Takagi San escaped from the Japanese pirate team, Luo Yuan learned that both his father and uncle had died in a foreign country because they were discovered after escaping.
When Takagi San was taken away by the Yamen people, he thought he would not survive. Before leaving, he confessed in public that Luo Yuan would handle everything in his family. As a result, Luo Yuan not only did not embezzle his family's property, but actually took part in most of his own property.
Fished out Takagi San.
In this way, the two people really became closer. But the situation was not good at that time. The shipyard where they used to work was also robbed by Japanese pirates. In fact, the main purpose of that wave of Japanese pirates was the shipyard. So now not only the family property is gone, but also the shipyard is gone.
I even lost my job.
Luo Yuan still had his mother and aunt to support, and Takagi San also felt that he had the obligation to support them, so the two of them had to do everything possible to find work.
Jinghua was recruiting people in Guangzhou at the time, and found that both of them were familiar with ships and were young. After an inspection, they were given two options: change their surnames to servants of the Gao family, or accept long-term employment. The former's monthly salary was eight taels.
, the latter is sixty taels and has to be signed for twenty years.
Gao Musan chose to become a servant of the Gao family because his uncle had taken root in Linxian County. Luo Yuan was still responsible for carrying on the family line, and his mother refused to allow him to be a servant, so she had to sign a twenty-year contract with Jinghua.
Long term appointment.
In fact, according to his point of view, if he is doing the same job, losing a quarter of his salary in a month is still a big loss. Unfortunately, people in this era are very concerned about retaining their surnames, and he cannot confront his mother.
However, although their identities were different when they entered Jinghua, fate is sometimes so magical, and both of them ended up being transformed from shipbuilders to sailors.
This is a long story, but to make it short, the key is that Gao Pangshi suddenly and unexpectedly transferred to Guangxi to the south, so the construction of the Nanyang Fleet was greatly advanced from the original plan.
At that time, Gao pragmatically had a shipyard in the north, and because the Craftsman School had opened a shipbuilding department, he was able to recruit shipbuilding manpower faster than he imagined. The manpower of the shipyard in the south was suddenly too sufficient. So in line with this,
Based on the principle of talent first, he asked the Guangzhou Port to select a group of young people who are smart and willing to learn to study in the Shipbuilding Department of the Craftsman School - but not to learn shipbuilding, but to learn navigation.
At that time, the standard given by the Guangzhou Port was that men over the age of 16 and those under the age of 26 could go to the craftsman school for further study. The Guangzhou Port was responsible for the expenses, and it was paid, and they promised to "double their salary" after completing the course.
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Of course, this condition was very favorable. Luo Yuan immediately signed up and passed, but Takagi San was older than him - he was already twenty-eight years old at that time.
Unexpectedly, there was no way out, and there was a bright future in another village. Gao Musan happened to run into Gao Mengnan (who was in charge of Guangzhou Port at the time) who came to inspect the preparation progress. Gao Mengnan was very satisfied with his performance and wrote to him separately after asking him the reason.
He wrote a letter of recommendation recommending him to go to the Craftsman School to learn navigation.
Gao Mengnan was known as a "big old man", so this letter of recommendation was obviously useful, so Gao Musan and Luo Yuan became classmates and studied and trained together in Tianjin Port (both shipbuilding and navigation majors require practical training, so they usually
Most of them are in Tianjin, but rarely when they stay in Jian Xinzhai).
Only half a year later, because Gao Pragmatic had already moved on to capture Annan and asked for the expansion of the Nanyang Fleet, Takagi San and Luo Yuan graduated early and both transferred to the Nanyang Fleet for internship.
Perhaps because of his age, Takagi San was considered very stable by his superiors, so his starting point was very high. He started as the first mate of an armed transport ship, while Luo Yuan had a slightly lower level, starting as a gunner.
Here I want to talk about the job system of each ship under the Beijing and China Ocean Fleet. The Ming Dynasty itself had a navy, and it had a glorious voyage to the Western Ocean in its early years. However, the official data of the Western Ocean era has long been lost. It is said that it was captured by Liu Daxia that year.
Burned.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! As a result, the navy declined greatly. Later, as the Japanese pirates became more and more serious, they began to build some more ships, but not too many. They rarely went to sea to fight Japanese pirates to the death.
It was a campaign on land.
In this way, the establishment of the navy is also relatively chaotic. Almost every general is doing his own thing, and it is terrible to look at. Gao Pragmatic feels that his fleet cannot be so messed up. If the information from the Zheng He period cannot be found, then he should learn from what is passed down by later generations.
The most common British people are sorry. They have been traveling all over the world for three to four hundred years. If you learn the basic system, you can't go wrong.
As an independent unit at sea, a warship, no matter how big or small, of course has the captain at the top. As the most basic combat unit, when performing tasks independently, the captain of a warship is the leader of this small world at sea.
The highest officer, he manages everything on the ship and is also responsible for everything that happens on the ship.
The captain has absolute authority on his battleship. No one is allowed to question the captain's authority under any circumstances. Anyone who dares to question the captain's authority, whether he is an officer or a sailor, will be severely punished.
Below the captain is a deputy captain, also called a ship officer or a ship's mate, who is usually called the first mate in various works. In fact, this is not exactly the same thing as the first mate of a modern civilian ship.
, at least in later generations of Chinese warships, they were generally called deputy commanders directly. However, because Gao Pragmatic himself often made slips of the tongue, Jinghua also preferred to call him first mate.
When the captain dies, is injured, or is unable to command the warship for any reason, the ship steward is the first "successor" to take over the command of the warship.
Ranked behind the mate are several officers who are usually lower in rank than the captain and mate. For example, the navigation officer (Kinghua changed his name to the navigator to avoid trouble) is similar to the navigator and usually has navigation experience.
Old officers who are rich but cannot be promoted to captain for some reason can serve as officers. However, the Beijing and China Ocean Fleet is too young, so the age requirement for its navigator is not that high.
The gunnery officer is responsible for commanding the artillery and sailors during battles. Luo Yuan did this from the beginning. Of course, for the same reason, this position is called the gunnery officer in Beijing.
British Royal Navy warships usually have a group of special members whose status is between officers and other sailors. These are midshipmen (cadet officers).
As the world's number one navy for a long time, the success of the Royal Navy is inseparable from the officer training system. If you want to become a naval officer, you must first become a naval trainee (that is, a trainee officer
).
Some children who become navy students will leave school, parents and affluent life, and travel to the world on warships to kill people and set fires. At this time, some of them are still children in their 10s. In later generations, there was a famous sailor
The period naval war film "The Fight" has those naughty kids in it.
They have the lowest status among officers, but they are far higher than any other sergeants and sailors. In "The Wild Sea", a certain tough sailor buddy did not salute these trainee officers, but bumped into him. This kind of illegal behavior is
It is a taboo of the Royal Navy and can even be used as a precursor to mutiny among sailors. So when the captain saw this, he immediately took measures to severely punish the sailors to maintain the dignity of the officers and order on the battleship.
The Jinghua Liangyang Fleet did not implement such a system at the beginning, but it began to apply it on a small scale after the defeat of Annan. Of course, Jinghua did not have any noble officers, and the naval students who served as naval students were all navigation majors in the Shipbuilding Department of the Jinghua Craftsman Academy, with very few exceptions.
Sometimes there are students from the shipbuilding department, but they are very few.
Although the British Royal Navy is nicknamed pirates by other countries, especially Spain, the Netherlands and other countries, the Royal Navy system is still very aristocratic. This does not refer to the style or etiquette of the Royal Navy, but to its personnel composition: soldiers
There are always two classes between officers and officers.
If you want to be a naval officer, you must first have a good family background - money and status, both are indispensable. Because at the very least, even if you are not from a noble family, you must be born into a middle-class family that can afford high tuition fees.
A big shot with a naval background (at least a captain level) must recommend you to the Navy Department, so that you can become a naval student.
In other words, if you are a child of ordinary people, you will almost never become a naval officer. You should just remain a sailor and soldier.
In "The Fight", there were originally 5 such marine students on the ship, but at the end, 2.5 marine students survived: one committed suicide, one was killed in action, and one was disabled and became a one-armed hero - the casualty rate was exactly 50%. It can be seen that marine students
Although he has a special status, he will still face the test of life and death when facing a real war.
Since Jinghua has no status restrictions, he can even get paid to study in the shipbuilding department, so the key to becoming a naval student lies in his daily performance.
Not only must he perform extremely well before entering school, but he must also perform well after entering school to have the opportunity to become a naval student and train on the ship - this kind of training generally means that his starting point will be higher than others in the future. Just like being a Jinshi and a first-class student
There will be differences in the official positions held by famous candidates when they first join the officialdom.
Doctors have a special position on the British Royal Navy warships, because sometimes the ship's doctors are not soldiers but civilian employees of the navy. Just as doctors were a respected profession at that time, they had certain rights on the ship.
status.
Of course, if a doctor is in the military, he must at least be a master sergeant. Generally speaking, a good doctor would disdain being a doctor in the navy, but at that time, British technology was developing very rapidly, and natural science and natural history were also developing rapidly.
The same, so many doctors are usually the people with the most knowledge of natural sciences on a battleship, and naturally they also serve as naturalists on the battleship. Therefore, many doctors are still willing to take the salary of the Navy and wear the name of doctor to accompany the warship.
Wandering around the world.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although there is a big gap between the levels of shipboard doctors, considering how rare doctors were at that time, even a doctor with a moderate level can confidently deal with some officers.
Said - "I treat you as a sign of respect for you, but you don't know how to show appreciation!" Of course, you shouldn't dare to say this to the captain.
The military doctors on Jinghua's ships do not have such a high status. This is not because they are pragmatic and do not respect doctors, but because there is no shortage of doctors in Jinghua.
Jinghua's medical system is its own, with Jinghua Pharmacy practicing medicine (and selling medicine) all over the country, and the Artisan School Medical Department headed by Li Shizhen. A large number of medical students graduate every year. In this way, medicine needs to practice everywhere.
Students can just be added to the two ocean fleets, which will not only facilitate their growth, but also provide employment...the relative status is not so noble.
Below the officers of the British Royal Navy, there are petty officers and petty officers at all levels. Just like modern warships, these petty officers are all technical petty officers.
For example, the sailing sergeant who is responsible for organizing and storing sails and rigging; the gunnery sergeant who is responsible for the management and maintenance of swords, guns and firearms (with the addition of the word sergeant, the responsibilities are different, the former is responsible for command, the latter is responsible for maintenance) and the supply officer (commander), etc.
; There are also carpenters who are responsible for repairing warships... The lowest-ranking non-commissioned officers are paid about the same as ordinary sailors, not much better.
In the Royal Navy, boatswain and helmsman are normally the highest positions that ordinary sailors and soldiers can obtain. However, Jinghua is not so strict in this regard. Those who perform exceptionally well or make great contributions will have the opportunity to be
It is recommended to study in the shipbuilding department. After completing the study, you can usually wait for promotion.
In addition, there is a relatively special group of people on board the British Royal Navy, which is the captain of the Marine Corps who leads the Marine Corps on board the ship. The role of the Marine Corps on the warship is somewhat similar to the military police on the modern warship. In addition to having to
In addition to using rifles and cold weapons to fight the enemy, the most important role of the marines of various countries at that time was to prevent their own sailors from mutiny.
The ratio of them to sailors usually does not exceed 1:4, they are not responsible for sailing the ship, and are usually the only people on the ship besides the captain who can hold weapons. Other personnel are only allowed to hold weapons after the captain orders the distribution of weapons.
Then there are the off-duty personnel, that is, the "craftsmen" on the ship, that is, the assistants of professional petty officers. For example, the sail menders who repair the sails, the carpenters, or the supply officer's assistants, etc.
Although their treatment is not much better than that of sailors, the biggest advantage is that they do not have to be on duty (i.e., they are exempted from duty) and can sleep peacefully. In addition, some positions can provide you with a little convenience, such as chefs, where you can get close to the water on a first-come, first-served basis.
It is the most lucrative position for ordinary sailors on a sailing warship.
What is left are the sailors on the warship, who are at the bottom of the entire Royal Navy: the largest number of people. Their number accounts for the majority of a warship, and they are also the cornerstone of a warship's ability to operate.
Sailors are usually divided into deck crew and artillery crew. As the name implies, the deck crew is the people who work on the deck. They are responsible for taking care of the huge sails and countless cobweb-like rigging on the ship during the long voyage. They are also responsible for taking care of the ship during the "board battle".
The soldiers rushed forward like that. The leader of these sailors was the boatswain.
The artillery team operates various types of artillery in the gun cabin below the deck (however, Jinghua's armed transport ship has open-air deck guns, and the artillery team also works on the deck, while cruisers and above have two-deck guns).
The gunners on the warships are usually commanded by an officer during battle. Some smaller warships have an experienced senior petty officer as the firing commander. But when not fighting, they are usually grouped on the deck and in the cabin.
Work like an ordinary sailor.
The person in charge of commanding the artillery battle in Jinghua was the gunner-gunner - Luo Yuan did this in the beginning.
Takagi San was rewarded for his meritorious service during Huang Zhiting's expedition to Myanmar. He was promoted from captain of an armed transport ship to captain of a first-class cruiser. Luo Yuan was the chief mate of the armed transport ship "Civet" during that battle. This was the temporary assignment assigned to Takagi San at that time.
He commanded a ship and was rewarded after the war.
The degree of reward was not light, and he directly skipped the captain of the armed transport ship and went to the warship. However, he did not get a job on the cruiser. Instead, he was transferred to the only two high-speed reconnaissance ships because of his age advantage.
Chang. The reason why his report seemed so radical can be regarded as a manifestation of young people's eagerness to try out new "toys" after getting them.
Now that Takagi San's approval has come down, it's time for his little brother to show off.
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