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Chapter 301 The Spirit of the Navy ([-]rd update, please subscribe)
Don't understand them!

In fact, when he first came here, Major Douglas didn't understand them, he didn't understand these Chinese people.

But soon, he understood them.

"Every year, they pass the exam, and among all the youths, they choose the most outstanding ones to enter the Naval Academy. What they study is not just sailing or mechanics and guns. You know, according to His Majesty's idea. , they also have to accept the harsh and arduous training in the world here, and their bodies and minds will be tempered in this process-the sky will send a great task to the people, and they must first work hard and work hard..."

In fact, in the process of establishing the Naval Academy, Zhu Xianhai deliberately absorbed the tragedy of the Fujian Shipbuilding Academy in the late Qing Dynasty. It is only satisfied that the trainees can be "qualified to be a pilot", and it is not so much training naval officers as they are training "scholars" who can drive ships.

At that time, the British naval officer who inspected the Shipbuilding Academy pointed out sharply after observation: "They are all weak people, without any ambition and spirit, with a woman's taste. Homework, never exercise. . . . It may be more suitable for them to stay in a shrine than at sea."When I was on a ship for an internship, I was unwilling to exercise, afraid of getting my hands dirty, and I especially hated the mast climbing that still exists in various naval academies..."

As for the first batch of 12 selected international students who were sent to study in the UK, two of them had to drop out of school because they were too weak to complete their studies.

It was such a group of students who lacked the spirit of soldiers who became officers of the Qing Navy. Not only were they quickly infected with the "vain arrogance and vanity" of the Qing literati, they also engaged in smuggling on warships, keeping prostitutes and concubines, corrupting, and neglecting Training, forming a party and doing business for selfish reasons will not let you down...

In the end, this navy, which was no different from the green battalion, was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War.

And what about the Etajima Naval Academy, which started almost at the same time?

In Etajima, it is not only to exercise the students' physique, but also to instill a so-called "spirit of the navy soldier", and combine the traditional Japanese Bushido with it, and will be brave, tenacious, united and mutual assistance, loyal to the king and patriotic, and I will die for the king. These are the contents that the Japanese Naval Academy wants to inject deep into the spirit of every sailor.

In the end, the two completely different choices also made it conceivable that the naval military academies of the two countries, which started almost at the same time, eventually developed to an almost world-wide difference.

On the one hand, it trains "talented talents who can sail ships", and on the other hand, it trains "soldiers with naval spirit".

It is also because of this that Zhu Xianhai has learned from Etajima's experience whether he is establishing an armed forces school or a naval school—focusing on shaping the spirit of soldiers!
There is always something to learn from successful experience.The little devils have been able to use mere decades to build Jiangtian Island into the world's top three naval schools from scratch. Naturally, they have their own advantages. Of course, they have good experience!

However, Zhu Xianhai does not know if there will be any "Jiangtian Island Spirit" in the future, but there will definitely be a "Panshi Island Spirit".

As for Jiang Tiandao's famous "Daily Five Provinces", which was directly copied by the US Empire's Annapolis Naval Academy, it was also taken over by Zhu Xianhai.

Scholars... Uh, no, can the navy matter be called plagiarism?
"Rosen, you just came here. Next month, the "Four Seas" training ship will take students out to sea, from Nanhua to the Pacific Ocean through the Drake Passage, sailing all the way to Alaska..."

Before Major Douglas could finish speaking, Rosen said excitedly in surprise.

"What! Major, from the Drake Passage? The "Four Seas" is less than a thousand tons. The Drake Passage is the strait with the worst navigation conditions in the world! Moreover, it is winter in the southern hemisphere, and the strait is flooded. There are ice floes everywhere, they are looking for death!"

Rosen's reaction was natural. The Drake Passage has never been a good channel. Due to the influence of the polar cyclone, there are often strong winds and huge waves in the Strait. The waves of 10 to 20 meters are simply pediatrics.

As for the so-called "Four Seas", it is a sail training ship of more than [-] tons. Driving such a ship into the Drake Passage, in Rosen's view, is courting death!

"Looking for death? I used to think so, but now I don't think so!"

Douglas said seriously.

"Only those who are extremely tenacious can withstand these trials, whether it is swordsmanship, boxing, or such sea voyages, he is ultimately to train them into naval officers with a strong character. This is what I said before" God People who will be entrusted with great responsibilities must first work hard and work hard.” This is a Chinese tradition. Only after these honings, young people who graduate from the Naval Academy have a look that can withstand all hardships and hardships. They have a strong body and an indomitable spirit. On the battlefield, such officers would risk their lives for the sake of the emperor and the country.”

As if in response, in the fencing arena, the students who were conducting confrontation training with bamboo knives shouted while attacking.

"Kill, kill..."

At this moment, the swordsmanship field seemed to be full of murderous aura...

……

A few days later, Liu Tiannian received a transfer order from the Coast Guard Headquarters. The transfer order was very simple. As an instructor, he left the school and joined the frontline troops.

"Could it be that there are new warships in service?"

Liu Tiannian thought to himself, although he has always longed to become a captain, but he is very clear that in the Coast Guard, where the promotion system is extremely strict, he will never become a captain after returning from studying abroad and entering the Navy for only three years. So what if his father Liu Renhu is the commander-in-chief of the "Eighteen Arhats"?

You can't command a warship with a note.

Perhaps Liu Tiannian had been an intern in the Royal Navy and served on a ship, but because the school needed instructors, he had been working as an instructor at the school for the past few years, and became the captain when he boarded the ship.This is simply a dream, nothing like this can be found in the whole world.

"However, as long as you can get on the ship, you will become the captain one day!"

Liu Tiannian thought to himself.

Become a captain!

Even becoming the captain of a capital ship has always been his dream. Even when he was an intern on the "HMS Warrior" of the Royal Navy, he longed for one day to become the captain of a battleship like "HMS Warrior". long.

Just when he reported to the coast guard headquarters, someone took him to another place.

headquarter!

Standing in front of the company headquarters building, Liu Tiannian was not only a little dazed.

He had been here before, but that was three years ago. He had just returned from studying in the UK three years ago, and he said something he shouldn't have said in the banquet hall of this building.

and then?
He sat on the bench.When the foreign students of the same period entered the fleet to serve, he was thrown into the naval academy. Although he was an instructor, it was not considered a burying talent.

But one thing is certain, as an instructor at the Naval Academy, he will never be able to realize his dream of becoming a captain.

Why are you here?
Liu Tiannian was full of doubts in his heart, and he looked up at the building in front of him with puzzled eyes.Can't help but secretly speculate.

"What exactly is going on?"

(End of this chapter)