The weather-proof stable is very spacious, with more than a hundred war horses eating fodder inside, and there are more horses resting in the open air outside the stable.
Apart from the war horses, the only two people here were the master and the apprentice. Xiao Letian didn't say a word, he just got up and swung it around like a big mouth!
"Son of a bitch! Who asked you to act without authorization? Who asked you to fight the French? Who gave you the order..."
Bang... Xiang Ying's left cheek was broken, and then he received a slap on the right cheek.
"There are more than 200 brothers killed and disabled in the battle? There are countless minor injuries, and there is no telling what will happen to the minor injuries... So many brothers will never be able to go to the battlefield again... You give us How much damage has been done to the development of the navy?”
"How dare you come to see me..." There was another slap, and this slap directly slapped Xiang Ying onto the haystack.
Xiao Letian is really distressed today, not only for the battleship Zhiyuan, but the most important thing is for the talent!
As long as the Zhiyuan does not sink, it can be overhauled. Now Prussian tugboats have pulled the seriously injured Zhiyuan to Wilhelmshaven. Although it can no longer fight, the main structure is still there, and it can be repaired if you are willing to spend money.
But human life cannot be repaired. All the casualties on the Zhiyuan are the backbone of the future navy!
High-tech arms have always been extremely precious. Some people say that the training funds for later generations of pilots can reach the price of gold equal to the weight of their bodies.
If it is an astronaut, then the money he spends is even more terrible.
In fact, in the 19th century, the training of naval talents was also a gold-swallowing monster.
How much knowledge does a naval officer need to learn? At the very least, he must have the science foundation of future high school seniors to be able to understand deeper knowledge about ships and oceans.
At the end of the 19th century, if a person could have the science level of a high school student in China in the 21st century, then such a person would be considered a rare talent.
Governments of all countries will focus on cultivating such people as treasures.
But this is not enough. He has to continue to study. You must be able to read nautical charts, right? Do you know how to calculate ocean currents and wind speeds? You also need to understand the complex ballistic data, and you also need to be familiar with the working principles of mechanical transmission turbines!
You must understand stargazing, and you must be familiar with hundreds of navigation instruments!
These are basic knowledge. After mastering these basic knowledge, you can study tactics and tactics and become an excellent naval commander bit by bit.
Let alone captain-level officials like Xiang Ying, even a second mate or a chief engineer on a battleship cannot be trained without a training fund of 100,000 pounds.
Not to mention anything else, the equipment they use during their internship research is sky-high!
A gunner like Lin Zhen costs even more money. The amount of shells actually spent in a year is an astronomical amount!
"More than two hundred brothers have been ruined because of you... This is the captain of two hundred battleships in the future! Don't you feel bad for your son?"
"I'll fucking kick you to death..." Xiang Ying was kicked by his big leather boots and sat down on the ground.
"I know! I know why the master is angry!" Xiang Ying knelt straight on the ground, craning his neck and looking at Xiao Letian, without even wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"I know that our Chinese nation has just started, and every talent in the navy is golden... Our pace towards the deep blue is already fuller than that of Europe, and the navy is a service that takes a hundred years to take shape!"
"I know what Master is feeling distressed about, I understand!"
"But... Master, you must also understand that the first thing to strengthen an army is its military spirit! Just like the Royal Navy's reef spirit, what's the use of an army without a military spirit, no matter how large it is or how many talents it has?"
"I, Xiang Ying, can't do such a thing by retreating and not daring to fight in the face of the enemy... And I firmly believe that as long as you are present, master, you will definitely make the same decision as me!"
Xiang Ying wiped the blood from his face and said with great arrogance, "The brothers who died in the battle and the disabled will not blame me, because they have been willing to fight this war from the beginning to the end!"
"None of them are greedy for life! You can beat me, scold me and shoot me! But you can't stop all navy people from pursuing a heroic death!"
"We are willing to die, and we are willing to use our lives to die for the Chinese navy! We are willing to die! What can you do?"
What he said was so crazy that Xiao Letian choked and couldn't even say a word!
Every word that comes out of Xiang Ying's mouth is like a steel nail nailed to the ground and cannot be pulled out!
We are willing to die, we are willing to die, what do you care about that?
It's not Xiang Ying who forces everyone to die, it's all the Chinese navy people who want to die voluntarily!
What are you going to do? People are willing to bury their lives in the cause of Deep Blue. What can you do?
Xiao Letian suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness. He took a half step back and sat down on a square haystack, sighing and remaining silent for a long time.
The Chinese are still growing up, just like their own children are growing up. Children must have their own thoughts!
When parents are afraid that their children will be hurt or that their children will not grow up, parents always have to make various decisions for their children, but one day the children will bravely take a step of their own, even if that step is an abyss.
Navy! navy!
This is the most educated branch of the military. Of course, so much education will enrich their minds!
You can tie their hands and feet, but you can't tie their souls and minds!
People are willing to die and sacrifice their lives for the Chinese people. What else can you do?
Looking at the stubborn Xiang Ying, Xiao Letian suddenly felt that he should change. Perhaps he had taken his thoughts a little bit for granted in the past when dealing with these fanatical stormtroopers.
Why did they become members of the Stormtroopers and why did they choose the most fanatical militaristic ideas?
There must be deep cultural reasons for this, and there must be a kind of spiritual power that you can't suppress even with death!
It is a spiritual power so powerful that it is willing to die. In the naval battle of East Frisia, more than two hundred naval officers and soldiers sacrificed their lives for this spirit and ideal!
They used their blood and lives to water the navy's military soul!
Just like Xiang Ying in front of him, I am afraid that he has long been prepared to sacrifice his life for his ideals. Let alone beating and scolding him, even if he is shot, he will not frown!
"You...get up! Give me a detailed report on the naval battle..."
Xiang Ying's eyes lit up, tears rolled down his eyes, and he knocked his head on the ground.
"Thank you...thank you, master..."
