Chapter 294: Golden Whale Certificate
The Hokkaido area of the Japanese Kingdom is very close to Sakhalin Island. The narrowest part of the Soya Strait from the north to the south is less than 100 miles (42 kilometers) away, which is very convenient for the Japanese people to sail there.
In 1295, the second-generation patriarch of the Japanese Nichiren sect Master Nichi went to Sakhalin to preach and establish a Nichiren sect base on the island.
In 1485, the local Ainu leader of Sakhalin presented a bronze bird stand to Takeda Nobuhiro.
In 1593, Toyotomi Hideyoshi dispatched General Keihiro Matsumae to capture all the Ezo (Ainu) lands, including the southernmost part of Sakhalin, controlled by the Ainu.
The small village in front of me is under the jurisdiction of the Japanese Ezo Kuni Matsumae Domain. The current lord is Matsumae Kohiro. In 1617, he succeeded the governor and became the lord of the feudal clan. Matsumae Domain was the Tsugaru-gun (now Matsumae-gun, Hokkaido) of the Toshima country in the Edo period. Fan that once existed. The residence city is Matsumae Fukuyama Castle.
The Japanese settlement is only a small village, and the Japanese country can be said to be salivating for the territory of the mainland, but the rich Sakhalin island does not give it to them.
it's too cold!
The summer is short and the winter lasts for half a year. The temperature in the northern region is as low as -40 degrees Celsius, which is unbearably cold. Therefore, the villagers in this village are essentially Ainu who surrender to the Japanese. There are not many Japanese.
Some supplies were obtained there, water, fur, and animals, salt and food utensils were also given to the natives. It was useless to take gold and silver, and they did not use it at all.
The fleet turned to the east and found a small bay leeward at the eastern tip of the southern tip of Sakhalin (there are two sharp corners, and the widows are located at the western tip). There is a river channel for six-level cruises. The ship is near the shore.
The Marines landed, and then the migrant workers who came with them carried the supplies ashore.
They quickly got up and they planned to set up a base called "Sakhalin One" there, and send a team of hundred people to stay there.
Yan Changwu met with the garrison's captain Ye Bojie and told him in person: "I named it Sakhalin Island. It has been our country since ancient times. You will keep it for me!"
"Since ancient times" is really a very useful term. When labor and capital have enough strength, they will be carried forward. All those Jurchens and Japanese people will be wiped out!
Ye Bojie is a northerner who was transferred to Taiwan by the former Ning Yuan Army. His family members are all in Taiwan. Don't worry about Yan Changwu's loyalty. He saluted the army and replied loudly: "People are here!"
"it is good!"
The construction of Sakhalin One was unambiguous. They built a fortress with a fort, watchtower, dormitory, playground, warehouse, dock, etc., and even prepared a plant greenhouse! Among them, the dormitory area and the fort use double-sided walls and floor heating, thick leather winter clothing, sufficient firewood and food to enable the remaining soldiers to survive the terrible winter of Sakhalin.
They set up a boundary monument affirming that it was established on the third day of July in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Daming. Chief of Staff Gan Hui, Storm and so on.
The construction was in progress. After they left a small dhow and two small boats, the formation left the remote village and officially started the whaling business.
The remote village strongholds are located far away overseas, and there is no need to worry about the Houjin army. They can't come so far. Although there are only a hundred people, but armed to the teeth, it may not be possible to defeat this fortress even if it takes thousands of people!
The establishment of the remote village base is used to receive the endless stream of whaling fleets in the future. Yan Changwu officially determined: From now on, officers in the Southeast Fleet who need to obtain a captain qualification certificate will hunt a whale!
Commanding a warship and conducting a long voyage is one of the "subjects" required to obtain the captain's qualification certificate, and the newly added "subject" is to hunt a whale.
Of course, the captain of the textual research is only commanding a battleship to kill. It is everyone who assists and works together. The captain can disembark and kill by himself or by others. The main purpose is to kill a whale.
Everyone knows that "verification" is definitely getting more and more difficult. Just like everyone's car test, the previous manual test was scored by the examiner, which is relatively good. When it is improved to the electronic test, computer scoring is unforgiving.
Considering the good or bad luck, the fleet needs a captain. If you don't encounter a whale, the captain won't be a captain, and that won't work.
The Southeast Fleet needs a captain very much, so after completing the various subjects for the captain certificate, but without killing the whale, you can still obtain the captain qualification certificate and board the ship to command operations.
However, the blue captain qualification certificate of the captain who killed the whale will have a beautiful golden whale logo called the golden whale certificate. reward!
The whales killed can't be killed near Taiwan, or go to Nanyang (temporarily unavailable), or go north to reach the remote village to be killed.
It is Yan Changwu's idea to kill whales as the "subject" of the captain's textual research. In his view, killing whales can greatly improve the skill level of a captain. Seeing blood is a must, so that the army should see more blood.
But we can't fight sea battles every day. Now the pirates have a tendency to become honest (that is, you have so many cruise ships running at sea, who is not afraid?) Can't kill people, then kill whales!
In addition to cultivating the spirit of martial arts, killing whales also has economic benefits. Their sailing expenses are military expenses, half of the income goes to the army, and the other half is for the officers and soldiers on the ship! (Yan Dashao’s move drew opposition from CEO Chen Zhongji. He was afraid that those hard-trained officers would not become captains and become captains of whaling ships...)
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This sea area is constantly impacted by wind and waves, the sea is turbulent, the wind, rain, and clouds are unpredictable. Long swells and big waves are often more than ten meters high. It is a dangerous place where the sky is not sunny for three days, and the sea is not clear for three days. It is full of wind and waves throughout the year.
The personnel on the deck put on water suits, and several observers held binoculars, carefully searching for the movement of the distant sea, hoping to find the water spray.
Very good. After a long time sailing, some crew members yelled: "See the water spray!"
The officers' binoculars swept in the direction they were pointing, and they found a thick and low water column!
It spurts again~www.wuxiaspot.com~ it spurts again!
"Great!" Yan Changwu exclaimed, luckily, it must be said that no one had come here to hunt whales before, and the Japanese couldn't come so far, so naturally it was easy to see them.
He immediately took over the command and commanded the warship to move towards the spraying position.
This is necessary. When the water spray is found, the captain of the verification will have his own command. Under the witness of witnesses, including military representatives and lower-level officers, they will sign the certificate of killing the whale, indicating that it is the ship. The leader independently completed the subject examination for commanding the killing of whales.
Sailing a sailing ship to a target is no easy task. Unlike a powered ship, it can move forward bravely as soon as the motor is turned on. It requires the officers and soldiers on the ship to use the wind to control the course during the chase, and the wind direction is unpredictable!
It needs the ability of the captain (the navigator) to watch the wind steer the rudder, and it needs the response of other officers and soldiers, so as not to be sloppy.
Fortunately, Yan Changwu obeyed the advice of General Counsel Storm. Even if he was the commander-in-chief, he would still be a captain, and he would perform the duties of a captain in more time according to the normal value of a captain, thus training his control ability. Only then can the warship, under his command, continuously shorten the distance to the whale.
