Xuhai, the Strait of Watchmen.

From a geographical point of view, the middle line of the strait, that is, the shortest distance between the guard island and the guard island, is the dividing line between the guardian sea and the east ocean. It is only according to tradition and custom, the geographical dividing line between the guardian sea and the guardian sea is drawn to the east of the guardian strait.

Therefore, the Watcher Strait belongs to Xuhai.

The 21st Squadron, inside the watchtower on the main mast of the flagship "Beihe".

He blew up his hands a few times, rubbed his face hard a few times, and quickly stamped his feet on the spot. He felt a little warmer on his body, and then Bai Zhizhan took out his pocket watch.

It was already nine-25.

"Oh shit!"

After cursing in a low voice, Bai Zhizhan put away his pocket watch and put on his gloves again.

Not only one thing, he regrets it now.

More than two hours ago, around 7:30, when the 21st squadron rushed into the maze channel, the assistant of the Navigation Staff went to the medical room because of the wrong food and was diagnosed with acute enteritis. Bai Zhizhan seized the opportunity and recommended himself and became the temporary assistant of the Navigation Staff.

As long as nothing unexpected happens, Bai Zhizhan's career as a staff officer will begin.

Unfortunately, he was too eager to show himself.

When the 21st Squadron entered the northern passage through a safe waterway secretly opened by the frogman, Major General He Yongxing, the commander of the squadron, summoned the main staff to discuss the subsequent combat operations, Bai Zhizhan, in front of many senior staff, proposed that he would definitely encounter the first battle patrol team that he had observed before 9:30, as he had observed before, and later left the contact with him.

If it were just this sentence, there was nothing.

Discussing tactics is about expressing one's own opinions, and the staff has the right to speak.

The key is that he also said that four battlecruisers could raise the "Sun Rising Sea" flag and pretend to be the second battle patrol team of the joint fleet to seize a favorable position, such as occupying the T-head and giving the First Battle Patrol team a head-on blow, and perhaps even defeating the First Battle Patrol team.

After the meeting, the nautical staff arranged a new task for Bai Zhizhan: to prove the big talk in front of the commander.

In fact, we can't blame Bai Zhizhan for being blamed.

Young officers like Bai Zhizhan who came from civilians who had been in the Naval Academy for several years before serving on warships all wanted to get the opportunity to show their talents.

What's more, Bai Zhizhan majored in aviation reconnaissance!

This is a major that has only been open for five years, and Bai Zhizhan is one of the first students in this major. If you have some connections, you will not major in this side. Among the dozens of majors in the Naval Academy, the most popular ones are artillery, navigation and turbines, and secondly communication and medical care. Not to mention other things, the students from famous families who Bai Zhizhan knew all major in artillery and navigation.

I can't fight for my father, I can only fight for sweat.

In five years, Bai Zhizhan not only completed his major and obtained the Best A assessment, but also passed the graduation assessment of three minor majors. The artillery skills are Excellent A, Navigation is Excellent A, Communication is Excellent B, and Comprehensive Assessment is the Top 10 among more than 2,000 students of the same class.

It was precisely because he brought the principal's recommendation letter to the local fleet and defected to Major General He Yongxing.

He Yongxing is the pioneering disciple of General Zhu Shijian, the president of the Naval Academy, so he is Bai Zhizhan's senior brother.

Unfortunately, there is nothing to do with it.

From He Yongxing down, 80% of the officers of the 21st Fleet graduated from the Naval Academy, and 20% also went to the Naval Academy for further studies.

If you have to do anything, they are all He Yongxing’s juniors.

The 21st Squadron is full of talents, and a young officer like Bai Zhizhan is like a crucian carp crossing the river. He is a lot of people. Zhu Shijian's handwritten letter and the excellent assessment results of the four schools are just a stepping stone to enter the 21st Squadron Command. To achieve greater achievements, in addition to working hard, it also requires a little luck, as well as the vision and courage to discover opportunities and seize opportunities.

Bai Zhizhan discovered the opportunity and seized it. Unfortunately, he lacked experience and was too hasty.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhizhan couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Don’t talk about being frivolous at the age of youth, you often have to accept your fate.

Five years ago, when he entered the Imperial Naval Academy with confidence, Bai Zhizhan had a clear life goal and became an undefeated war god like Marshal Chen Bingxun who commanded the fleet to sweep across the world. When he walked out of the Naval Academy, he realized that the gap between ideals and reality was too big.

When he arrived at the 21st Squadron, Bai Zhizhan learned the first lesson of facing, accepting and adapting to reality.

At this moment, this situation is considered the graduation assessment for the first lesson.

"Secretary Bai, let's have a mouthful? It's hot, warm." The lookout leader next to him pushed Bai Zhizhan for a while and handed a kettle with a velvet cloth to him.

Although it is called "chang", the chief of lookout is a non-commissioned officer and his status is below the officer.

Bai Zhizhan was not polite. He stood dozens of meters away from the sea and was blown by the cold sea breeze for more than an hour. No one could resist the temptation of hot tea.

Perhaps his nose was frozen, and after drinking it in his mouth, Bai Zhizhan realized that the kettle was not filled with tea.

It turned out to be wine, and it was a soju of high numbers!

"How is it, warm, right?" Staring at Bai Zhizhan's face, the lookout smiled, as if teasing the officer was a very proud thing.

Of course, it's really warm.

Holding the feeling of burning fire in his throat, Bai Zhizhan swallowed the wine. After a moment, he felt a little more comfortable and took another sip.

"It will not be easy to swallow it after holding it for a while."

Bai Zhizhan listened to the advice of the lookout leader, but did not take the third sip.

The Imperial Navy was not an army. Not only was it strictly prohibited to drink during wartime, but there was no alcoholism even in normal times. Even banquets were mainly low-cool meals such as champagne.

"Where did it come from?" Bai Zhizhan returned the kettle to the lookout chief.

"It's good to drink, right?"

When Bai Zhizhan noticed the smiley expression of the lookout leader, he didn't ask any more questions. After all, if this matter is to be investigated, someone will definitely be unlucky.

In fact, disarray of military discipline has become a major problem for the Imperial Navy.

In the past two years, the local fleet has dispatched dozens of battles, fighting dozens of wars from all over the world, but has never seized the opportunity to turn the situation around. Fortunately, the officers were too careful, but the grassroots officers and soldiers were already exhausted. If they hadn't thought about taking revenge and having a ruthless spirit supported by the idea of ​​revenge, their morale would have collapsed long ago.

There is no hope of victory, and the usual supplies are barely enough. If you strictly enforce military discipline, wouldn’t you force the lower-level officers and soldiers to cause trouble?

The lookout chief was a sensible person. He put away the kettle, picked up the high-magnification telescope mounted on the circular slide, and looked at the south-side sea antenna seriously.

Bai Zhizhan also put away his thoughts and picked up his telescope to search for the sea antenna in the southeast.

It was a little blurry, and the lenses seemed to be foggy.

wrong!

Not foggy!

There are a few very light smoke columns that rise straight into the air, and the warship that emits the smoke columns is still under the sea antenna, and must be thirty kilometers away.

"Old Li, Southeast!" Bai Zhizhan immediately reminded the Chief of Lookout, who only knew that the Chief of Lookout was surnamed Li.

It must have been the black smoke coming out of the battleship chimney, but it was too far away to make further judgments, and I couldn't even see how many were there.

When the lookout master turned the dedicated forty-fold telescope over, Bai Zhizhan had already grabbed the phone and microphone.
Chapter completed!