Mingqiu didn't say anything. He wasn't too worried about the logistical problems in Kaohsiung and Jeju Island - he trusted the organization and ability of this group of young people. The problem was: he didn't have a qualified officer corps.
There is only one person in the first fleet who is a plan naval officer: Li Ziping. Mond is a student at the Maritime University after all, so he is considered half. Including himself, there are a total of two semi-professionals. Although Lelin is a veteran and fanatical
Navy fans, don’t look at Tan--Hai He’s naval tactics are very clear, but Zhao Kuo actually has no practical experience at all. All the navigation experience has been accumulated in the past three years. However, the navy’s tasks in Operation Engine are important.
, faced with a very complicated situation. What Le Lin wanted to command was a steam-sail hybrid warship that he had never been exposed to before - even he himself felt not sure about it.
There are still some veterans who came from the navy, but these people either have their own responsibilities and are inseparable from them. They were originally machine soldiers, technical soldiers, and base soldiers, and they know little about navigation. Even if they are enriched into the First Fleet
It's also of little use.
Most of the backbone of the naturalized civilian officers in the fleet come from old pirate personnel. Whether the professional standards of this group of people are qualified is another question.
"...The repair ship and the coal ship are almost outfitted, and the official sea trial will be available in a dozen days. We should be able to make it in time." Chen Haiyang continued to add that he thought Mr. Ming was still worried about logistics.
When we first started planning shipbuilding, we considered that there were no repair facilities in Kaohsiung and Jeju Island and would be difficult to repair if something broke down, so we specifically included the construction of three repair ships in the plan. However, neither the navy nor the shipyard forgot about it.
The problem of fleet coal ships. Steam warships consume an astonishing amount of coal. Even if they sail with sails most of the time, they still need a continuous supply of coal.
In this time and space, no coaling station is available anywhere in the world except Hongji, Sanya, Bopu and Hong Kong. The fleet must prepare its own coaling ship to supply supplies along the way.
The Planning Institute realized this gap only half way through the implementation of the shipbuilding overhaul, as it was too late to build additional ships. So the two h800 Harmony ships under construction were temporarily converted into coal ships.
However, the structure of the Harmony Ship is not suitable for coal ships. In fact, most ships in the navy and shipping department are not suitable - transporting coal from safe wooden ships is a great safety hazard. In bulk cargoes such as coal.
The danger of burning is always there, not to mention the danger of explosion from coal dust.
Mingqiu retracted his thoughts - there is no use worrying in vain, the only way to start is to strengthen training. Fortunately, the task of the fleet at the beginning is not heavy, and there is still quite a lot of time for training during the standby period in Hong Kong and Kaohsiung.
"How's the security?"
Chen Haiyang said: "It's hard to say about safety - this is just a temporary emergency, and the h800 will try not to do accompanying navigation and offshore coaling operations. The ship should mainly arrive at the port for replenishment."
He went on to talk about the plan for naval coal use in Operation Engine - which was prepared by Thorpe. Naval coal was quite special. The Senate did not have Welsh hard coal, which is known as the "best ship coal", and could only use the ruling area.
The best Hongji coal in the country will be used instead. Thorpe plans to store 2,000 tons of marine coal in Hong Kong, Kaohsiung and Jeju Island each.
2,000 tons seems to be a lot. In fact, it is only enough to replenish the entire First Fleet twice. This does not include the consumption of other steam ships that need to use coal. What is the actual coal consumption of 854 and 901 during the voyage? They still have in mind.
Countless. The quantity of 2,000 tons per port is nothing more than Thorpe's reserves calculated based on shipping capacity.
In addition, hundreds of tons of animal and vegetable lubricants, mechanical spare parts, spare ship materials, crew supplies and ammunition supplies must be pre-stored at each base.
"Twenty-four Harmony ships may sound like a lot, but in fact, when they are actually put into operation, it will be very difficult just to ensure the normal navigation of the fleet and the construction of the base."
"Who is responsible for escorting the transport ship?"
"The General Logistics Department's plan is to escort the troops in sections."
Chen Haiyang said that the General Logistics Department should be called the Joint Logistics Headquarters. However, he still habitually used the familiar term "General Logistics Headquarters".
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Sailing.
"Specifically: the convoy from Hainan is escorted to Hong Kong by the Coast Guard's Type I and Type II sailing patrol boat squadrons. The convoy from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung is under the responsibility of the First Fleet. The convoy from Kaohsiung to Jeju Island
The Second Fleet is responsible."
The Second Fleet is composed of three other Type 901 first-class gunboats that are being outfitted and the second-class gunboat "Fubo" with a sail.
The reason why the First Fleet was deployed in Kaohsiung was because the main enemies of the Senate: Daming, Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong were all active in the oceans of Guangdong, Fujian - especially Zheng Zhilong, whom the Senate regarded as the biggest enemy. Especially in the waters of Fujian
It is its backyard. The main force is also concentrated here. Ensuring free navigation in the Taiwan Strait is the navy's top priority.
"The number of ships in the First and Second Fleets is limited, can they afford it?" Mingqiu remembered that the enemy situation report mentioned that there were naval activities from North Korea and the Ming Dynasty near Jeju Island. In addition to the navy in Shandong, the Ming government had naval activities in the Tianjin Sea
There are naval forces stationed there, and the North Korean Navy often operates in this sea area.
Chen Haiyang said: "The two fleets will each organize several squadrons of sailing spy boats. In addition, when they land on Jeju Island, the First Fleet will assist them in destroying local maritime forces and clearing out the North Korean navy."
"This is Li Di's plan."
"Yes, he is now the chief of staff. His job."
Although Mingqiu did not speak, the expression on his face once again expressed his concern for the inexperienced naval chief of staff and fleet chief of staff.
Li Di has been undergoing staff training, but he has grown up relying on books and various materials. There is no elder in the entire Senate who has actually been a naval staff officer. Only God knows whether you can become a qualified staff officer by reading books.
"He is very young and easy to learn. His performance in several staff assignments was not bad..." Chen Haiyang seemed to be comforting him.
It took a long time before Mingqiu uttered a sentence: "No one is born with the knowledge of fighting. Let's grow up in actual combat."
Murasaki Hideji is now a corporal. Although he doesn't quite understand the meaning of "corporal", he only knows that he is now a junior officer under his new employer. This officer is called a squad leader - similar to a pawn leader under a daimyo.
He has nine Japanese mercenaries under his command. But for now, he has to take orders from an education sergeant sent by an Australian.
Sergeants are veterans selected from the army by Fu Sansi with good training and first-class combat skills. Their mission is to train new recruits into qualified soldiers as quickly as possible.
To train qualified soldiers in a short period of time, the old method used by the Senate was military stick education. Of course, it was not polite to educate the security forces. In the training camp, there were three guests all day long. Every day there were slaps and bagas.
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Murasaki Hideji's promotion depends on two reasons: first, he has been involved in Chinese businessmen and overseas Chinese circles for many years. He has eaten King's meals, worked as a thug, and worked as a coolie. He is considered to be the better Chinese among Japanese mercenaries, and he himself was a samurai.
The family has a little knowledge of Sinology and can read and write Chinese characters without any difficulty; secondly, because Murasaki Hidesuji is a famous fallen samurai with a decent surname. And most of the Japanese mercenaries are all kinds of men.
Maru, all kinds of horses, and even a certain military guard are very respectable, and they don’t dare to express their anger when they see a samurai with a surname. According to Japanese customs and laws, samurai are all masters, even if they can’t eat, even if they are naked,
It is also a legitimate right to cut down a civilian on the street. Of course, now Zichuan no longer needs to be naked, but has put on the new Australian military uniform. The crotch cloth has been replaced by standard knee-length shorts - for ordinary people, there is a difference between shorts and trousers.
The main symbols of the Security Army and the Fubo Army.
According to the new military system, they were organized into "Security Auxiliary Forces" - referred to as "Security Forces".
The Public Security Army is different from the National Army. The National Army, as its name suggests, is composed of "nationals" and is responsible for the local garrison work of the armed police in the old time. The Public Security Army is not necessarily composed of "nationals" and is mainly composed of mercenaries. It is mainly responsible for
It is to guard and sweep newly occupied areas, and to cooperate with the regular army in public security operations. Therefore, its establishment, equipment and personnel composition are different: the sources of soldiers are diverse, and the equipment has also been simplified - changing from long trousers to shorts is just one of them.
The Fubo Army wears trousers mainly because field troops have to climb mountains and wade through rivers. Long trousers can reduce scratches from thorns and mosquito bites. In addition, there have been several accidents in previous trainings - the soldiers' trousers slipped when they lifted the minie gun.
It would catch the hammer, so European armies in the Flintlock Age all wore tight pants, and used complex armed belts to tie up their upper bodies, and the hem of their coats had to be tied behind before fighting.
Miniguns are much safer than flintlock guns: because the flash cap can be installed after the gun is lifted. However, there is no guarantee that sparks will not emit when the hammer hits the empty flash cap chamber, or someone installs the flash cap and then puts the gun down.
After learning from experience and lessons, the quilt factory modified the pattern of the new military uniform. The trousers were redesigned with reference to the pattern of jeans. The trouser pockets were also placed on the side and rear, and leggings were added to avoid danger.
However, the security forces mainly stay in residential areas and maneuver along roads. Generally, there is no need to climb mountains and wades, and the shortcomings of British colonial-style military shorts are not significant. Some people have suggested that the security forces are not only on duty in tropical areas, but also in this time and space.
In the winter in Hainan and Taiwan, just wearing shorts is a bit unbearable. But the answer from the Planning Institute is that the current training stage can be overcome - the weather is not cold now, and if you really can't bear it, you should change to long pants.