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Chapter 3: The Roaring Sea (5)

"The battle in the last nine months is indeed worthy of praise. Look here, yes, it is the top of the paddle wheel guard. The patch above was the rotating mount of the electric rapid gun..."

The electric fast gun is a kind of light artillery loaded with breech. It is called "Franji" on the earth and is equipped with many armies and naval divisions.Last month, when the "Mingwei Xianxin" was supporting Semarang Island, it was besieged by a large group of evil spirits, and at least a thousand sword claw crabs climbed onto the upper deck.At the critical juncture, the electric fast cannons everywhere violated the regulations and used the maximum rate of fire to hit the gun body red hot without stopping. Although they successfully repelled the evil spirits, they also paid the heavy price of two bombs and six scraps;

Of the two gun groups that exploded, only one person survived.He is a fourteen-year-old boy who just finished his training in April. His original wish was to go to the engineering department, but because of poor exam results, he finally went to the deck warhead.Like many colleagues, the teenager's parents gave their lives early for the country, and the only surviving relative is an older sister, who is now the first-class sailor of the "Guangde Hongyi" Sailing Club.Unlike her younger brother, her elder sister showed extraordinary talent during her service. She was recommended by the captain and chief mate jointly at the age of sixteen and entered the ship’s training camp on the ship;

Speaking of this training camp, the tracing back to the source is also related to the "Lord of Fubo".During the Unification War, in order to train officers quickly, Sokui implemented a learning system among the dental soldiers. Excellent soldiers had the opportunity to enter the camp for further study and be promoted to low-level officers in a short period of time.This was originally just an emergency, but now it has become a common system for the army, navy, and even the world. Even in the office of high-ranking officials, don't want to stay behind and study safely. You must go to the frontline for field internships.....

A topic is connected to a topic, which leads to a whole cruel world.Hariata is good at telling stories, and patience is also first-rate, she has been with the "Heaven Soldier Festival" wandering around until the shift time inevitably comes.She must succeed the captain in accordance with the regulations, not only to go to the open-air command post to serve the "Lord of Fubo", but also to command the entire huge ship.As for Suo Zhongwu, his identity is still a passenger on the boat, and all his time is at his discretion.

He can either go back to the bow tower, lie down in the cool lower bunk and stare, or go back to the bridge to respond to the call of the distant uncle at any time.But Suo Zhongwu chose neither.On this battleship, he already has an acquaintance, a friend who makes him feel good enough to turn the world from a stranger to a familiar one.

The hybrid paddle-wheel battleship "Ming Wei Xianxin" is no longer a pure stage background.She is the flagship of the Zhenyang Army Navy.It is also where Suo Zhongwu will live, work and even fight in the next week.Compared with the damned Golden Balance Investment Company, this steam battleship that will not appear in the 21st century at all, but has a more "old nest" taste. I have a sense of identity for a place for the first time.

Since then, the time for "visiting and learning" has naturally been extended again and again:

In the dark night, Suo Zhongwu climbed up to the mainmast tower over a hundred feet high, leaning on the iron ring with his back to look out with the sailor on duty.The shining stars retreat fast above the head, and the rigid sail stringer wedges and knocks the rigging reluctantly. The rhythm of "Bang-Bang" is quickly carved into the depths of my mind;

In the early morning of the next day, the second officer on duty raised the sextant and proficiently reported the latitude and longitude in the open air command post.Although Suo Zhongwu doesn't know how to use professional instruments, there is no problem with picking up a pen to copy. He also helped another by the way by recording the readings of the thermometer and hygrometer.

After breakfast, the sea was calm and the gun window deck was opened in batches from top to bottom and from left to right in accordance with the regulations.The artillery crew on day-to-day shifts began to busily serve the big iron pipes, such as those who clean the bore, those who tie the ropes, and those who maintain the guns and clean the fire doors.Suo Zhongwu is not a skilled worker. Neither the arquebus nor the flintlock can be cleaned up, so he still does only physical work as he did yesterday, packing the propellant in a wooden box lined with a salt bag. Stop moving......

The smell of black gunpowder reveals the silk sachet, and it smells really cordial.These jobs reminded him of life in the army.It's almost the same feeling when helping the infantry fighting vehicle to carry 30mm ammunition chains and those spare tracks that are so greasy and black.Compared with the troops on the other side of the earth, the navy officers and soldiers are more hierarchical. The reprimands of the superiors to the subordinates are not uncommon, and the frequency of corporal punishment is even more shocking. know.

Seeing those gunners who concentrated on practicing and obeyed the commander's command to yank the match rope, Suo Zhongwu grinned subconsciously, smiling like a child.On the artillery deck, he was busy until the routine training was over. Although he was so tired and sweaty and his back hurts like an electric shock, he just didn't want to leave, so he had to leave a meal.The main gunner is very welcome. The problem is that everything on board has rules. For lunch and evening meals, passengers on the ship can only go to the bow to eat and cook, otherwise other departments will be punished.

The obedience to discipline has long been engraved in the DNA of soldiers.Suo Zhongwu didn't say much, and went to the bow tower with a wry smile.He slept in the open-air command post early this morning, "listening to the thunderous messenger dispatch at any time", and it was the first time that he officially met with the soldiers in the back building, and he was unavoidable.However, unexpectedly, the feeling of these armies is the same kind.

The Eight Kingdoms of Henghai are different from the earth. Even the army does not have a few dry ducks, and everyone is used to boating.When Suo Zhongwu walked over, no one was holding the vomiting basin half-dead. All the soldiers in the backyard lined up for dinner, "Go, next. Go, next."

The owner of his team is very diligent, just like a higher-ranking officer, personally serving Suo Zhongwu's food.More than 20 gunners gathered around aside with a little restraint, taking turns to ask various questions to the "Song Team Deputy", and then laughed because of various accidents.Looking at these faces, Suo Zhongwu was in a daze as if he had returned to the recruit company, and it was also a special day for inspection by the chief leader.

Staying with my own people feels completely different.When the salted egg vegetable porridge and soy sauce fried fish section was finished, Suo Zhongwu had completely fallen in love with the "visit and study", and was reluctant to return to the bridge for the least.Ever since, on the afternoon of the second day of sailing, he first spent half an hour chatting with the soldiers in the back building, filled with knowledge about black powder, and gossip on the streets of Linyuanzhou;