Heading to Saudi Arabia, in the Far East Fleet, in Li Ningyu's room on the battleship Yiyang, everyone started a heated discussion based on the changes in the Russian Empire in the Northeast. At the same time, they also discussed the entire Northeast War and the South Asian War together.
, just when Li Ningyu was about to tell everyone to go back and rest, another sailor's call for instructions came from outside.
Then everyone in the room heard the sailor outside saying calmly: "Vice Captain, the ship ahead has discovered some situations. The first mate hopes you will judge and deal with it!".
It turned out that he was looking for the deputy captain Zheng Long, but the sailor obviously did not explain clearly what was going on. At first, Li Ningyu thought it was something happening in the Northeast region. Then Zheng Long looked at Li Ningyu, as if he was asking for permission.
Before leaving, just when Li Ningyu was about to nod, Li Ningyu looked at the people around him, then looked at the smoke surrounding the entire room, and simply said: "Let's go! Let's all go and have a look and eat whatever we want.
dinner!".
Then everyone followed Li Ningyu's lead and walked out of the room one by one. As the room opened, the smoke that originally filled the room also took the opportunity to circulate. Soon everyone passed through the interior of the cabin and went to
In the command room of the battleship Yiyang, when he saw a group of people appearing, Xiao Yu, the first mate of the fleet, immediately stepped forward and saluted and said: "Master Yu!".
"Well, what happened?"
Li Ningyu casually asked Fleet Chief Officer Xiao Yu directly, and Fleet Chief Officer Xiao Yu, who was grateful to Li Ningyu, immediately began to say: "The No. 1 destroyer sent a signal five minutes ago, saying that there seems to be a group of ships 25 nautical miles ahead.
pirate!".
"Oh, pirate?"
After hearing Xiao Yu's answer, Li Ningyu immediately started talking to himself, while Li Xihua, Zheng Long, and Kong Xiaoping on the side immediately used their portable telescopes to look into the distance. Soon after, Li Ningyu looked directly at
Fleet Chief Officer Xiao Yu ordered: "Order the destroyer squadron to immediately conduct an investigation and report on the pirates!".
Xiao Yu, the first mate of the fleet, who took the order, naturally went to the telegraph room to issue the order immediately. Looking at this young Sichuan boy, Li Ningyu was very satisfied with his ability. Although the first mate of the fleet was only 19 years old this year, in fact, at the end of the 19th century
During this period, the incompetence and corruption of the late Qing government had plunged small families into poverty. Therefore, many people moved their families to the Far East to work in factories in various places. Later, young people from many families joined the
Major military academies in the Far East.
But Xiao Yu is different, because he became an officer on a battleship from a navy sailor. Xiao Yu, who was less than 16 years old, served as a soldier in the fire control team of a destroyer in the Yellow Sea Fleet. Soon, because of his military quality and thinking
When he became more aware, he was promoted to squad leader. When he became a young junior officer, not only was he not arrogant or impatient, but he cared about and cherished his subordinate sailors in his daily life, and made clear rewards and punishments in his daily work.
Therefore, when the new formation was established, it was recommended to Li Ningyu by Huang Tao, Commander of the Yellow Sea Fleet. In the talent promotion system of the Far East, in addition to graduates who have studied in military schools, the second is the recommendation of senior generals, but Li Ningyu knew that the recommendation was
There are many disadvantages, especially as the scale of the Far East becomes larger and larger in the future, there will definitely be many people who pretend to be fake.
Therefore, in order to improve this rule, Li Ningyu adopted the equivalent of a joint sitting system. That is to say, if a high-ranking official in the Far East recommends a person, and that person becomes corrupt in the future, then no matter how long it takes, the person who was recommended in the past will also be subject to certain penalties.
Punishment, so in the military system of the Far East, recommendations are relatively rare, because once a few years later, if something goes wrong with the people at that time, the recommended people will be implicated.
However, as the first mate of the fleet, Xiao Yu, left, Li Ningyu picked up a high-power telescope on the table and looked into the distance. However, after looking for a while, he still felt that it was too far away and could only see the distance.
There were a few black spots, but less than ten minutes later, Xiao Yu, who had the rank of captain, came back with a telegram.
As a result of the telegram, Li Ningyu handed the telescope to Xiao Yu, and then looked at the contents of the telegram. Li Ningyu burst out laughing because there was only a small fleet, which was intercepted by three pirate ships. It seemed that
A robbery was going on, and this pirate group only had three steam-powered wooden ships of about 300 tons, and there were only more than 40 people. However, just when Li Ningyu was too lazy to pay attention, he saw the reconnaissance destroyer squadron saying that this fleet
The flag of Iran is flying.
At this moment, Li Ningyu became slightly interested. Then Li Ningyu handed the telegram in his hand to Zheng Long and others. Time passed by minute by second. Finally, Li Ningyu thought about it and said to the fleet chief mate beside him.
Said: "Xiao Yu, what do you think of this matter?".
"Master Yu, I think we should help! After all, pirates still have to be attacked. After all, if our cargo ships in the Far East are out all year round, it will be troublesome if we encounter pirates. I'm talking about warships from other countries also helping us.
Ships from the Far East!" Xiao Yu honestly expressed his opinion.
After hearing the words of fleet chief mate Xiao Yu, Cai Songpo, who has an upright personality, immediately agreed: "Yes, Mr. Yu, I also think we should help, even if this fleet belongs to a French businessman!".
As soon as Cai Songpo said these words, Li Ningyu immediately turned around and glared at him fiercely. The thought that he had just had to help the fleet disappeared in an instant. However, in the end, after everyone's persuasion, Li Ningyu
Reluctantly ordered: "Well, okay then! Since you have nothing to do, let's meet the pirates of the Arabian Gulf for a while!".
But at this moment, Adam Wick, the pirate leader who was commanding a group of pirates who were making a living at sea, never expected that just after he completed the robbery, he encountered a huge fleet interception. In front of a giant steel ship, the tonnage was only
The 300-ton wooden pirate ship is just a decoration, let alone a fleet with a total tonnage of 100,000.
In the command room of the battleship Yiyang, after Li Ningyu issued the order, the Far East fleet immediately began to sail towards the incident sea area at full speed. In less than fifteen minutes, the Far East fleet surrounded the three pirate ships.
A small pirate fleet, and Li Ningyu also stepped onto the deck under the protection of the guards.
Some of the sailors on the battleship pointed their rifles at the pirates on the pirate ship, and some directly operated the artillery to aim at the pirate ship. After seeing such a scene, some of the pirates on the pirate ship were frightened, and Li Ning
Yu Que smiled and walked onto the cargo ship that had just been robbed to inspect, accompanied by the guards.
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