1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 37 Emergencies

No matter how dissatisfied the crew members on the Haicang ship were, they had to continue to do what they had to do. After all, from the moment they arrived at this time and space, everyone had nowhere to go.Today's training course for the rookie crew members is to sail back and forth between the east and west ends of the bay. The whole journey is only about [-] nautical miles. However, they have to constantly raise and lower sails to adjust the direction according to the captain's request, and they have to report at any time. Heading speed, wind direction and wind speed, this kind of training content is enough to make them exhausted in half a day.

There are not a few people who have the dream of being a captain because of "The Age of Navigation" and "Pirates of the Caribbean", and then choose to join the Maritime Department because of this, but such naive ideas have long been abandoned by them after several days of cruel training. behind the head.These future captains have now clearly realized that wanting to be the man who conquers the sea is not as easy as it seems in the game movies.

Although they often have a bad time with the Yankees at sea, there are actually many people who will go to the Yankees to ask them about sailing skills in private. After all, the worst group of people in North America also sailed halfway This earth, compared to these rookies, is a god-like existence.In particular, Tom Wang, who has rich sailing experience, even gave a special lecture on the forum. There are not a few fans waiting for him to post and grab the sofa every night.Even Xie Chun, who was the worst at dealing with the North American Gang, would actually go to the forum to see Wang Tom's teaching posts, but he had been adhering to the principle of "seeing the posts and not returning them".

At five o'clock in the afternoon, after sailing past Yulinjiao for the last time, Sun Changmi finally ordered today's training to end, and turned the bow to return to Victory Port.

After commanding for a long time, Sun Changmi felt that his throat was also a little hoarse. Fortunately, it was time for Yue Zhiyun to go to sea tomorrow to be the captain, but he had a buffer period to rest for a while.

Of course, there are definitely no vacations at the moment. The members of the executive committee are also working on the front line, and no one below can shamelessly ask for leave.Even if Sun Changmi didn't have to go out to sea, he had to stare at the wood drying room.As a pretreatment link for future shipbuilding wood, this work is also not sloppy.

In any case, it is much easier to manage the wood drying room than to take the rookies out to sea for drills. Sun Changmi estimates that he even has enough free time on his laptop to perfect the sailing design of the Maritime Department - currently he And Yuezhiyun has not reached an agreement on the final design due to some details.

When Sun Changmi was thinking about the future, the walkie-talkie hanging on his waist suddenly rang: "Training boat, training boat, I got a reply!"

"Training ship received! I'm Captain Sun Changmi!"

"This is the Yulinjiao outpost, and we observed ships appearing five nautical miles to the southeast."

"It should be just fishermen." This thought flashed in Sun Changmi's mind. This kind of thing has happened several times in the past few days, and it was later confirmed that fishermen from far away came to this nearby fishing ground to fish.Sun Changmi just thought about it, but did not say it directly, but continued to ask: "Can the size and number of the ships be determined?"

If it was just a small boat that appeared alone, most of them were still fishermen. Sun Changmi didn't want to let his exhausted crew members drive the boat to the outer sea for this kind of uncertain news.

"Only two have been seen so far, but the size of the boat seems to be larger than the small fishing boat that appeared a few days ago, and the masts and sails on the boat can be seen."

Sun Changyun frowned. With masts and sails, the possibility of fishing boats nearby is very small.He hesitated and asked, "Where are our other two ships now?"

"They have already returned to Hong Kong." The voice from the other radio was also helpless.If the two clippers were still patrolling the bay, it would have been much easier for them to come over to see what was going on.

If the Haicang boat continues to move forward, it will pass through the narrowest pass outside the port. Although the water there is 400 meters wide, the novices on board cannot turn the bow in such a narrow water area, so they can only go straight Driving into the harbor of Victory Harbor and then slowly turning around and driving out, it will take a long time to go back and forth like that.Sun Changmi hesitated for a moment, gave the order to stop the boat, and then said into the walkie-talkie: "Let's stop the boat now, and observe for another half an hour. If the two boats still don't leave, we'll turn around and have a look. "

Ten minutes later, the intercom rang again: "The two boats are heading east and have disappeared from sight."

Everyone on the Haicang boat let out a sigh of relief. They didn't want to miss the hot dinner because of a few fishermen who happened to be in the open sea.It is said that Chef Fan of the cooking class returned from Base No. [-] today. He is expected to eat Fan's special seafood rice tonight, which has been missing for a week. The foodies are all eager to destroy a few more bowls.

Sun Changmi ordered the anchor to lift the anchor and sail back to the port. The hungry crew members, who had been tossed by the afternoon's training, also came to the fore. They shouted loudly and pulled the cables together.

The Haicang boat slowly docked on the temporary pier, and two catamarans docked one after the other a dozen meters away.Eighty percent of the various materials and equipment that were carried during the crossing have now been unloaded on land, and the remaining small amount of materials and equipment are either temporarily unavailable or inconvenient to store on land, all temporarily installed in the "new" World".Most of the other ships that have been basically vacated are no longer docked at the dock, but directly docked to the shore.

Considering that some ships may still be dispatched, the Ministry of Shipping only pushed a few flat-bottomed barges to the coast and ran aground, and then used these barges as barges to dock other fishing boats, tugboats and landing craft on the periphery.On the temporary dock, only the "New World", which will not move any more, and three sailboats that go out to sea every day are docked.

The arrival of the ship at the dock does not mean that today's training is over. According to the provisions in the "Basic Operation Manual for Crew" prepared by the Ministry of Shipping, the crew has to flush the deck with water and clean up the rigging, sailing and various tools on the ship. , and then gather on the deck to count the number of people, and the captain will order the dissolution.

But today everything seems to be against them. The crew has just returned to the wharf after this call, when Sun Changmi's intercom rang again: "Training ship, training ship, this is Yulinjiao, please return immediately after receiving it. , a fleet appears on the southern sea, heading for Victory Port! Repeat, a fleet appears on the southern sea, heading for Victory Port!"

Sun Changmi's expression changed, and he picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "The training ship has arrived at the port. I will arrange for the ship to go to sea as soon as possible. Please confirm the situation again in Yulinjiao!"

After Sun Changmi finished speaking, he patted Xie Chun, who was already stunned next to him: "Go to the base and call out all the Yankees!"

The crew members who heard Sun Changmi's shouts stopped in amazement. Although they didn't know what happened, Sun Changmi, who had always been calm, suddenly changed his appearance. Obviously, something special happened.

"Just now, the Yulinjiao post reported that there was a fleet heading for Victory Port. Please don't go back to the base yet." Sun Changmi quickly regained his composure, and started commanding according to the emergency plan formulated by the Maritime Transport Department and the Military Police Department in advance. .

The main content of this emergency plan is to "clarify responsibilities and perform their own duties". When an external threat occurs, the military police department and the maritime department will defend the assigned military tasks, so as not to be in a hurry during the defense process due to the unclear division of labor.

To put it simply, when encountering an enemy from the sea, the responsibility of the Shipping Department is to drive the iron-hulled fishing boats in the port to the sea, and the Military Police Department also has to send people on board to be responsible for the firepower on board.The defense principle formulated by the Military and Police Department at the beginning was to "defend the enemy outside the territory", and the enemy that could be solved at sea would never be allowed to land.Of course, going out to sea with an iron-hulled fishing boat inevitably consumes some precious oil, but from a safety point of view, such consumption is actually very worthwhile.As for the bastion fortifications built on the periphery of Base No. [-], it was just the last retreat in case the enemy could not be driven out on the sea.

At present, there are only about 18 people left by the Ministry of Shipping at Shengli Port and the No. [-] base. Today, a total of [-] people participated in the training of the Haicang ship, and two people stayed on the land to take care of the wood drying room. He is stationed on the "New World" and is responsible for daily equipment maintenance.

The number of people in the military and police department at Base No. [-] is also less than that in the Maritime Department. At present, more than half of the personnel at No. [-] Base are women, the elderly and children, followed by military police, marine transportation and a small number of people. The staff of the logistics department, in addition to the charcoal kiln and wood drying room, there are also six or seven fishermen workers led by the foreman Yu Dashan.

When the friends of the North American Gang ran all the way to the pier, the Yulinjiao post had sent a further observation report: a total of six sailboats, two large and four small, the displacement of the two larger ones is estimated to be similar to the captured Haicang boats. .No flags were displayed on the ship, and the current course was still at Victory Harbor, with a speed of about four knots, and about three nautical miles from the Yulinjiao outpost.

"We will go to sea immediately, Sun, you and your people will board the ship immediately, send them weapons, and keep in touch with each other at any time!" Tom Wang made a decision quickly after hearing the situation.At present, Yan Chujie, Gu Wei and others from the Military Police Department have all gone to Base No. [-]. The Executive Committee has handed over the military command of Victory Harbor and Base No. [-] to the North American Gang of Six for the time being. In case of emergency All personnel are transferred under their direct command.

Wang Tom said that these are also the arrangements in the emergency plan, and there have been several exercises beforehand, so everyone is not particularly panic.Sun Changmi nodded and was about to leave, but Tom Wang held him again: "As soon as you get on the boat, contact the Executive Committee immediately and ask them to send someone back..."

"Is this necessary?" Sun Changmi asked in surprise.

"Just in case. It will take about an hour to get back by boat from Base [-], so we need to prepare in advance."

"Okay!" Sun Changmi also felt that Tom Wang was right, so he agreed to leave.

"and many more!"

"What else?"

Tom Wang pondered for a while before opening his mouth and said, "Let them try to monitor the people near the No. [-] base and on the construction site. If it is really a pirate, then there might have been spies on our site long ago."

(End of this chapter)