Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1480 Beiyang Expedition ([-])
The captain of the left-wing light cavalry followed the enemy fleet while waiting for orders, relying on the arc angle of the sea level, there was still a short distance between him and the Dengzhou, and he had to rely on the watchman on the high watchtower The crew used binoculars to observe the semaphore commands of the Dengzhou in the rear.

This captain was called "this kid" by Takagi-san because the two of them are quite familiar with each other. The middle-aged Takagi-san is 11 years older than him, and he can be said to be treated like a younger brother on weekdays. .

Takagi-san's ancestors for five or six generations were all shipwrights, because they had excellent carpentry skills, especially good at splicing keels and ribs on sea-going ships.

It's a pity that his father's generation was unlucky. Once his father was attacked by Japanese pirates when he accompanied Gao Musan's mother to her mother's house. Take away.

Later, his father died in the Japanese pirates' lair, and he himself finally found an opportunity to escape by taking advantage of the opportunity to accompany the Japanese pirates to the coast to plunder wood and repair ships. In the end, he was suspected by the magistrate of collaborating with Japanese pirates and almost died in prison.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before he was taken into captivity, and his family's property was still there. Gao Musan was able to get out of prison after his family went bankrupt, but because of his reputation as a "common Japanese", his former boss dared not use him.In desperation, Gao Musan had no choice but to rely on his craftsmanship to sell himself and become a servant in Jinghua. He also gave up his original name and changed his name to Gao Musan from then on.

And when he was imprisoned in the yamen prison, the person who helped him sell his properties and manage things everywhere was the young captain of the "Left Wing Light Cavalry" Luo Yuan.

Luo Yuan and Gao Musan are family friends, and their ancestral crafts are all in shipbuilding.However, the ancestors of the Luo family left their craftsmanship for some reason in the early years and made a living in a private shipyard, which is a little richer than the Takagi Sanjia.The two generations behind Gao Musan's family also pooled enough money, managed to leave the craftsman's family, and the two families worked together in the same shipyard, and their relationship became closer.

Later, the Japanese pirates came, Gao Musan's mother committed suicide, and the father and son were taken away.And the Luo family was not too strong. Luo Yuan's father and uncle were both taken away, but he escaped because he was ordered to take his mother and aunt to hide.

After Gao Musan escaped from the Japanese pirate team, Luo Yuan knew that his father and uncle were found dead because of his escape.

When Gao Musan was taken away by the yamen, he thought that he would not be able to survive this time. Before leaving, he publicly confessed that everything in his family would be handled by Luo Yuan.As a result, not only did Luo Yuan not steal his family's property, but he also bought most of his own property before finally getting Gao Musan out.

In this way, the two are really close.But the situation was not good at that time. Because the shipyard where they worked was also looted by Japanese pirates—in fact, the main purpose of the wave of Japanese pirates was the shipyard—so now not only their family property is gone, but their jobs are also lost.

Luo Yuan still had his mother and aunt to support, and Gao Musan also felt that he had the obligation to support them, so the two had to do everything possible to find work.

Jinghua was recruiting people in Guangzhou at the time, and found that the two men were very familiar with ships and were young. After some investigation, they were given two options: change their surname to Gaojiajiading, or accept long-term employment.The monthly salary of the former is eight taels, while the latter is six taels and has to be signed for 20 years.

Because Gao Musan had an uncle who took root in Linxian County, he chose to be the family servant of the Gao family. Because Luo Yuan still shouldered the great responsibility of carrying on the family line, his mother firmly refused to let him be the servant, so he had to sign a 20-year-long marriage contract with Jinghua. about.

In fact, according to his thinking, it is still a loss to do the same thing, and a quarter of the monthly salary is reduced.It's a pity that people in this era are very concerned about keeping their surnames, and he can't confront his mother.

However, although their identities were different when they entered Jinghua, fate is sometimes so magical that both of them eventually changed from shipbuilders to sailors.

It's a long story, but to make a long story short, the key is that Gao Yushi suddenly and unexpectedly moved south to Guangxi at that time, so the matter of building the Nanyang Fleet was greatly advanced from the original plan.

At that time, Gao Wu had a shipyard in the north, and because the craftsman school opened a ship department, the search for shipbuilders was faster than he thought, and the shipyard in the south was suddenly oversufficient.Therefore, based on the principle of talent first, he asked Guangzhou Port to select a group of smart and willing young people to study in the shipbuilding department of the craftsman school—but not to learn shipbuilding, but to learn sailing.

At that time, the standard given by Guangzhou Port was that men over 16 years old and under 26 years old could go to the craftsman school for further study, and Guangzhou Port was responsible for the expenses, and they were paid, and promised to "double their salary" after they completed their studies.

Of course, this condition is very favorable, Luo Yuan signed up immediately and passed, but Gao Musan was beyond his age - he was already 28 years old at the time.

Unexpectedly, there is no way out in the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark willows and flowers. Gao Musan happened to meet Gao Mengnan (who was in charge of Guangzhou Port at the time) who went to inspect the preparation progress. Gao Mengnan was very satisfied with his performance. After asking the reason, he wrote to him alone. He wrote a letter of recommendation, recommending him to learn sailing at the craftsman school.

Gao Mengnan bears the name of a "grand master", and this recommendation letter is obviously useful, so Gao Musan and Luo Yuan became classmates, and they studied and trained in Tianjin Port together (the two majors of the shipbuilding department and navigation must be practical, so usually Most of them are in Tianjin, but they rarely stay at Jianxinzhai).

Only half a year later, Gao Musan and Luo Yuan graduated ahead of schedule because Gao Yushi had moved his mind to win Annan and requested the expansion of the Nanyang Fleet, so they were transferred to Nanyang Fleet for internship.

Perhaps because of his age, Gao Musan felt that he was very stable, so he had a very high starting point. He started out as the first officer of an armed transport ship, while Luo Yuan was a little lower. He was the gunner at the beginning.

Here I want to talk about the job system of each ship under the Jinghua Liangyang Fleet.Daming himself had a navy, and he had a glorious voyage to the Western Ocean in his early years, but the official information of the voyage to the Western Ocean has long since disappeared. It is said that it was burned by Liu Daxia back then.

As a result, the navy was in decline. Later, due to the intensification of the Japanese pirates, they began to build some ships, but not too many. They seldom went to sea to fight the Japanese pirates to the death, and most of them were conquered on land.

In this way, the establishment of the navy is also relatively chaotic, and almost every general does his own thing, which is too chaotic.Gao Wushi felt that his own fleet should not mess around like this. If he couldn’t find any information about Zheng He’s period, he would have to learn from the most widely spread British guy in later generations. He has traveled all over the world for 400 years, so there should be no mistakes in learning the basic system.

As an independent unit at sea, a warship, regardless of its size, is of course the captain at the top.As the most basic combat unit, when performing tasks independently, the captain of a battleship is the supreme officer of this small sea world. He manages everything on board and is also responsible for everything that happens on board.

The captain has absolute authority on his warship, and no one can question the authority of the captain under any circumstances. Anyone who dares to question the authority of the captain, 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 deputy, usually called the first officer in various works.In fact, this is not exactly the same thing as the first officer of a modern civilian ship, at least on Chinese warships in later generations, it is generally directly called the deputy chief.However, because Gao Yushi himself often makes slips of the tongue, Jinghua's internal staff likes to be called the first mate instead.

When the captain dies, is injured, or is unable to command the warship for some reason, the ship officer is the first "heir" to take over from the captain to command the warship.

Behind the ship's officer are several officers who are usually a little lower than the captain and ship's officer.For example, the navigator (Jinghua changed its name to the navigator to avoid trouble), is similar to the navigator, and is usually an old officer who has rich sailing experience but cannot be promoted to captain for some reason. However, the Jinghua Liangyang fleet is too young. The age requirement for the navigator is not so high.

The gunner is responsible for commanding the artillery and sailors to fight during the battle, and Luo Yuan did this from the beginning.Of course, for the same reason, this position is called the gunner in Jinghua.

There are usually a group of special members on the warships of the Royal Navy, whose status is between officers and other sailors. This is the navy (trainee officer).

As the world's number one navy for a long time, the success of the British Royal Navy is inseparable from the officer training system.To become a naval officer, one must first be a naval cadet (also known as an officer cadet).

Some children who become navy students will leave their school parents and affluent life, and go to the world with warships to kill and set fire, and some of them are only 10-year-old children at this time.In later generations, there is a well-known naval warfare film in the age of sails, "Raging Seas", in which the brats are.

They have the lowest status among officers, but they are far higher than any other sergeants and sailors. In "Raging Seas", a certain strong sailor buddy did not salute these trainee officers, but bumped into him. This kind of vile behavior is a taboo of the Royal Navy, and it can even be used as a harbinger of mutiny for sailors.Therefore, the captain immediately took measures after seeing this scene and severely punished the sailors to maintain the dignity of the officers and the order on the battleship.

The Jinghua Liangyang Fleet did not implement such a system at the beginning, but it also began to apply it on a small scale after defeating Annan.Of course, there are no noble officers in Jinghua, and the naval students are all students majoring in navigation in the shipbuilding department of Jinghua Craftsman Academy. Very rarely, there are also students in the shipbuilding department, but very few.

Although the British Royal Navy is dubbed pirates by other countries, especially Spain, the Netherlands and other countries, the Royal Navy system is still very aristocratic.This is not about the demeanor or etiquette of the Royal Navy, but its personnel composition: there are always two classes between soldiers and officers.

If you want to be a naval officer, first of all you have to come from a good family - money and status, both are indispensable.Because at the very least, even if you are not of noble origin, you must be born in a middle-class family that can pay high tuition fees. In addition, you must be recommended to the Ministry of the Navy by a big figure with a naval background (at least the captain level), so that you can be a member of the navy. Sailor.

That is to say, if you are a child of ordinary people, you will almost never be a naval officer, but you should be a sailor and soldier honestly.

In "Raging Seas", there were originally 5 such marine students on board, and 2.5 marine students survived at the end: one committed suicide, one died in battle, and one became a one-armed hero with a disability-the casualty rate was exactly 50%, which shows that the marine students Although the status is special, but when facing the real war, it also endures the test of life and death.

Since Jinghua has no status restrictions, and can even go to the shipbuilding department to study and get paid, the key to becoming a navy student lies in his usual performance.

Not only must he perform extremely well before enrolling, but he must also perform well after enrolling to have the opportunity to become a naval student and train with the ship-this kind of training generally means that his starting point will be higher than others in the future.Just like a Jinshi and a Juren will have different official positions when they first become officials.

The doctor is a special position on the warships of the Royal Navy, because sometimes the doctor on board is not a soldier but a civilian employee of the navy.In the same way that doctors were a respected profession at that time, they had a certain status on board.

Of course, if a doctor is in the military, he is at least a master sergeant—generally speaking, a good doctor would disdain to be a doctor in the navy, but at that time, British science and technology developed rapidly, and natural science and natural history also Similarly, many doctors are usually the people with the most knowledge of natural science on a battleship, and of course they also serve as naturalists on the battleship.So many doctors are still willing to take the salary of the navy and hang around the world with warships in the name of a doctor.

Although there is a big gap between the levels of doctors on board the ship, considering the rarity of doctors at that time, even a half-baked doctor with a decent level can justifiably say to some officers-"I can see you well, sir. Damn doesn't know how to flatter!" Of course, you shouldn't dare to say that to the captain.

The military doctors on the Jinghua ship do not have such a high status, not because they are highly pragmatic and disrespect doctors, but because Jinghua really has no shortage of doctors.

Jinghua's medical system is self-contained, with Jinghua Pharmaceuticals practicing medicine (and selling medicines) all over the country, and above it is the Artisan School Medical Department led by Li Shizhen. There are a lot of medical students graduating every year.In this way, medical students who need to practice everywhere can be stuffed into the Liangyang Fleet, which not only facilitates their growth, but also solves employment by the way...the relative status is not so honorable.

Below the officers of the Royal Navy, there are sergeants and non-commissioned officers at all levels.Like modern warships, these NCOs grew up to be technical NCOs.

For example, the Sergeant Sergeant responsible for organizing and storing sails and rigging; the Sergeant Sergeant responsible for the management and maintenance of knives, guns and firearms (the word Sergeant is added, and the responsibilities are different, the former is in charge of command, the latter is in charge of maintenance), and the Supply Officer (Secretary Chief), etc. ; and carpenters responsible for repairing warships... The lowest-ranking non-commissioned officers are treated similarly to ordinary sailors, not much better.

In the Royal Navy, under normal circumstances, the bosun and helmsman are the highest positions that ordinary sailors and soldiers can get.However, Jinghua is also not so strict in this regard. Those who perform exceptionally well or make great contributions have the opportunity to be recommended to study in the Department of Shipbuilding. After the study, they can usually wait for promotion.

In addition, there is a relatively special group of people on board the Royal Navy ship, that is, the captain of the marine corps who leads the marine corps accompanying the ship.The role of the Marine Corps on a warship is somewhat similar to the military police on a modern warship.In addition to fighting the enemy with rifles and cold weapons in battle, the most important role of the marines accompanying the ships of various countries at that time was to prevent their own sailors from mutinying.

Their ratio of sailors is usually no more than 1:4, they are not responsible for driving the ship, and they are usually the only people on the ship other than the captain who have weapons.Other personnel are only permitted to bear weapons upon order of the captain to distribute them.

Then there are the exempt personnel, the "craftsmen" on board, that is, the assistants of professional non-commissioned officers.For example, a sail mender, a carpenter, or an assistant to a supply officer who repairs sails.

Although they are not much better than sailors in terms of treatment, the biggest advantage is that they don't need to be on duty (that is, they are exempt from shifts) and can sleep peacefully.And some positions can be close to the water to give yourself a little convenience, such as cook, this is the most lucrative position for ordinary sailors on sailing warships.

What is left is the lowest level of the entire Royal Navy on the warship: the sailors with the largest number of people.Their numbers account for the majority of a battleship, and they are also the cornerstone of a battleship's ability to keep operating.

Sailors are usually divided into deck crews and artillery crews.As the name suggests, the deck crew is the people who work on the deck. During the long voyage, they are responsible for taking care of the huge sails and countless rigging like spider webs on the ship.The head of these sailors is the boatswain.

The artillery team operates various types of artillery in the gun bay below the deck (however, Jinghua's armed transport ship has open-air deck guns, and the artillery team also works on the deck, and the cruiser has two deck guns).

The gunners on the battleship are usually commanded by an officer when they are fighting.Smaller warships, some have an experienced senior non-commissioned officer as the firing command.But when they are not fighting, they usually work in groups on the deck and in the cabin like ordinary sailors.

Jinghua is responsible for directing the artillery battle is the gunner - Luo Yuan did this in the beginning.

Gao Musan was rewarded for his meritorious service during Huang Zhiting's expedition to Myanmar. He was promoted from the captain of the armed transport ship to the captain of the first-class cruiser. Luo Yuan was the first officer of the armed transport ship "Civet Cat" in that battle. Commanded a ship, so it was also rewarded after the war.

The degree of reward is not light, skipping the captain of the armed transport ship and going to the warship, but he didn't get a job on the cruiser, but was transferred to the only two high-speed reconnaissance ships because of his age. long.The reason why his report appears to be very radical is also a manifestation of the eagerness of young people to try after they get new "toys".

Now that Gao Musan's approval has come down, it's time for his little brother to perform.
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