There is still a huge gap in the number of crew members of the People's Army Navy. There is not even 4,000 soldiers on board, and no warship is fully equipped. The number of small warships is relatively complete, which can reach 70,000 tonnes. However, the large warships, which are four warships with a total of more than 10,000 tons, cannot reach half of the normal unit of the soldiers on the ship.

Of course, there must be at least two people on each position of a warship, so as to ensure the rotation and the replenishment of personnel in the war. Therefore, generally speaking, a warship can be started when it reaches about 40% of its organization, but it cannot perform ocean-going missions and combat missions, and it is difficult to even spend the night at sea.

Although the navy has snatched most of the new recruits who read and read, the proportion of literacy in the navy is less than 30%. Moreover, literacy is only the most basic condition for being a crew member, and corresponding training is required. For example, navigators must learn knowledge of charts, direction defense, use sextant, helm, etc.; computer room soldiers must learn the working principles of steam engines, boilers, etc., daily maintenance, maintenance, etc.; gunmen must understand ballistics, aiming and other knowledge. Therefore, a new recruit must go on a ship, at least 6-12 months of learning and training, and some are longer, otherwise it will be useless even if they are on the ship. This is the main reason for the large gap in soldiers on the ship now.

In addition, large warships are more technically complex and have high operational difficulties. It is best to serve on small warships for about half a year to a year, familiar with the habits of navigation and warships, and then transfer to large ships to serve. Therefore, strictly speaking, there are currently no soldiers on several large warships of the People's Army who are truly qualified. At present, it is just to temporarily ensure the most basic needs of warship operations, but most of the crew are actually temporary. After the soldiers on small and medium warships are replaced, they must be sent back to small warships for further training.

However, despite this, the navy still did not relax its training. Large warships cannot go out of the sea and cannot go out to sea overnight. Then go out to sea every day, and do whatever they can. After returning in the evening, as long as the weather is in good condition, they will not enter the port, but will anchor up and stay overnight on the sea near the port. At least you have to feel the feeling of spending overnight at sea. And 60% of the warships all go out to train in the sea, and they must also complete patrol missions along the coast during training. On the one hand, they are also strengthening the training and education of personnel on the reserve ship, striving to make up for the current situation where the personnel on the ship are not leaving. However, in a short period of time, it is still difficult to obtain significant improvement.

It is expected that by the middle of next year, these four newly built warships will be successively put into service in the People's Army. At least two warships built in Germany will definitely be able to serve. This requires at least 1,000 crew members. If we want to ensure that the four newly built warships can undergo normal training, about 1,600 new crew members will be required. Although at that time, a group of new recruits will be launched through training, it will not only not be able to make up for the current gap, but will also make the shortage even worse, and face the embarrassing situation of ship incompetence.

Moreover, a large number of industrial projects are now launched, and the financial situation of the East China government is not optimistic. The navy's shipbuilding plan is an extremely huge expense. If this situation is not effectively improved, then after the construction of these four warships is completed, the subsequent shipbuilding plan is likely to be postponed. After all, even people cannot be collected. If you are in a panic, what to do in a warship is done, it is better to wait first and use the funds to the places where you need it more. But in this way, the development of the navy will certainly stagnate temporarily, and more importantly, the development of the shipbuilding technology that the East China government has just started will also be severely hit. Therefore, we must now think of a way to deal with the current situation.

There is another thing that is not too serious, but must be decided immediately, which is the naming of these four warships. Now the warships of the People's Army Navy are all captured enemy ships. The current naming rules are also formulated for the captured warships, divided into four levels of ocean, sea, river and river. However, the newly built warships themselves cannot be named according to this set of naming rules, and a new set of naming rules must be formulated.

Therefore, the Admiralty Department also urgently recruited meetings, and all the major officers attended and negotiated to resolve these two issues.

After Shang Jinfeng talked about the difficulties encountered by the navy, other officers also felt very embarrassed. Relatively speaking, it was easy to name the warships, and they could get a set of them, but what should we do if the personnel on the ships were? To be honest, the commanders of each squadron are also troubled by this problem. Because he commanded the four warships that are the largest in the People's Army Navy, all of which exceed 10,000 tons. Of course, the largest personnel gap is the largest, and it cannot even reach half. In this way, it is difficult to ensure basic training. Wang Hailong took office with ambition, but he did not expect that such a mess would be taken over. Therefore, Wang Hailong was also anxious every day.

After hearing Shang Jinfeng's words, Wang Hailong immediately said: "I'll take care of whether he can do it. If you really pull everyone on the warship, you can at least get the staff together. If you need training, you will be trained on the ship. This way, you can get started faster."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Wei, the commander of the Iron Craft Squadron, shook his head repeatedly and said, "Nonsense, it's totally nonsense. Your approach is simply to cover up your ears and steal the bells. But what's the use? Those who can't go out of the sea can still go out of the sea, let alone train them with warships. If you don't master the basic knowledge well, you can't go out of the warships."

When Wang Hailong heard this, he couldn't help but feel anxious and said, "Is it not easy to find faults? But other than that, what are your good solutions?"

Zhang Wei shook his head and said, "I have no good idea for a while, but your suggestion is too unreliable. And it is very easy to get an unqualified soldier on board the ship. Once a major accident occurs, it will be even more unfavorable to our navy."

Wang Hailong said: "This is not possible, that is not possible. You can think of a solution but can't figure it out. You have a lot of ability to find faults."

Zhang Wei couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and said, "Old Wang, I'm not trying to find your fault, but your method doesn't work at all. Can you guarantee that nothing will happen? Besides, even if you do your way, there will be another 4 warships, and it will take 1,600 people. Where can I find these people? Just pull a group of people on the ship? Others may not understand, but Chairman Xia and Speaker Qin are all old navys. They cannot not understand. You are damaging the reputation of the navy."

Wang Hailong was so angry that he couldn't hold back after hearing this. He slapped the table and said, "Tell me clearly what I meant to damage the reputation of the Navy..."

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Shang Jinfeng sternly said: "Shut up, we are discussing solutions to the problem, not to fight and argue. If you want to argue, get out of here immediately."

Whether it is qualifications or military streets, Shang Jinfeng is higher than them, so he immediately suppressed the two of them and dared not argue anymore. Then Jinfeng said, "Also, Lao Wang, I also think your suggestions don't work. If you can, it's OK, it's OK. If you can't do it, it's OK. Our navy would rather develop slowly, but we should never do such fraudulent things. Therefore, no one is allowed to mention this kind of opinion in the future, otherwise I will not be able to ask him.

At this time, the commander of the Second Destroyer Team * said: "I have a suggestion, but it may harm the interests of some people, but you can discuss it."

Shang Jinfeng nodded and said, "Tell me, the interests depend on how to measure them. If you can temporarily sacrifice the interests of some people for the sake of the overall interests of the navy, I will do this work."

*Nodded and said, "In fact, we can convert some of the current warships into reserve warships or training ships, so that some of the soldiers and the soldiers who are training have training ships, which can speed up their growth. With the experience of training ships, they can skip or reduce the service time of the small warships. After the new ship is in place, they can also ensure that there are enough soldiers to take over the operation. It is not a fraud, and no one has anything to say."

Wang Hailong's eyes lit up and he said, "This is a good solution, I think this method is feasible."

Shang Jinfeng thought for a while before saying, "This suggestion is feasible, and we do need special training ships, but what about converting those warships into training ships? Of course, the main battleships are not possible. We only have a few warships that we can use, but we can't use them enough, so we can change them into training ships. The personnel of small and medium-sized warships are limited. Even if we change a fleet into training ships, the people we free up are not enough for a new ship."

Wang Hailong suddenly laughed and said to Zhang Wei: "Old Zhang, my words are not about revenge, but about the matter, so don't be too careful. I think your fleet is the most suitable for changing to a training ship."
Chapter completed!