The mission of the two detachments under the Exploration Fleet is clear, with the Southbound Detachment tasked with exploring regions and islands such as Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji.

The mission of the Pacific Exploration Squadron is to explore the Ogasawara Islands, Minamitorishima, Northern Mariana Islands, Saipan, Marshall Islands, Wake Island, and Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

In contrast, the tasks of the Pacific Exploration Squadron are relatively heavy, and the targets of exploration are not only scattered, but also located in the vast Pacific Ocean, and the difficulty of finding these islands in the vast Pacific Ocean can be imagined.

In the process of exploration, the two exploration detachments mainly used sails as the main mode of navigation. Steam-powered units can only be used to drive vessels in case of emergency or adverse weather conditions.

After all, the fleet is far away from its bases in the Far East and deep into the Pacific Ocean, and it must always keep the coal and water for the return journey to ensure the safety of the fleet during its exploration. Moreover, the members of the exploration fleet tried to use local materials as much as possible after landing, and tried to get supplies locally.

Even so, the mission of the two exploration squadrons is full of dangers. Therefore, the board of directors of the company attaches great importance to the exploration fleet, and specifically instructs the relevant departments to ensure that the two exploration fleets must be guaranteed, and all kinds of materials must be given priority.

Before the departure of the exploration fleet, all personnel can withdraw at any time without bearing any consequences and return to serve in the original unit normally. And it will not affect future promotions and transfers. But none of the members of the Exploration Fleet team had quit after three months of training.

The members of the Death Army Group who were selected to join the Exploration Fleet were all veterans of the Far East Death Army Brigade, and before they came, the old commander Fujita had a special meeting with them. In particular, he stressed to them that he must not lose the people of the Death Army Brigade and swear to defend the honor of the Death Army Brigade.

At present, the old foundation of the death army brigade led by Fujita has always believed that they are the only retainers of the sports company. They simply looked down on those Japanese death army units that were trained later, and always thought that they were superior.

And the other death army units are indeed very respectful when they see them. Even if you meet at the same level, you have to call yourself an adult. Especially when they met Fujita, they even had to meet in the most traditional way of Japanese samurai. As a result, the Japanese death army units formed layers of classes.

The tradition of the Far Eastern Death Army was passed down by Fujita and the old foundation of the Death Army Brigade. All members of the Death Army respected the Far Eastern Company as their home, a tradition that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Even after many years, the members of the older generation of death army troops have gradually passed away, and their descendants have gradually become Chinese and have become Han Chinese. Wearing Hanfu and speaking Mandarin, the way of life is no different from that of the Han people. But they have always respected this ancient tradition, even hundreds of years after the founding of the Far Eastern Company, the descendants of the daredevils who came from this samurai group have always respected the Far Eastern Company as their master, and some people in later generations called them "the vicious dogs of the Far Eastern Yuan's hometown".

The indigenous people of the Outer Northeast belong to a relatively special group in the Far East Company. They do not have a unified clan. They are all tribal and indigenous people scattered in the mountains of the outer northeast, and they were historically incorporated by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. became part of the Manchus.

Because of their peculiarities, the Far East attached great importance to the naturalization of the indigenous people of the Outer Northeast during the period of Vladivostok. After more than 10 years of efforts, the number of naturalized indigenous people from the Outer Northeast in the Far East-controlled areas has reached several hundred thousand.

Now the Outer Northeast is almost the domain of the Far East Company, and the small and medium-sized tribes basically do not exist. Only a few large tribes remain, but they are all attached to the Far East. Don't dare to be slow in the slightest.

Even so, the natives controlled by the big tribes are constantly fleeing to the control areas of the Far East, so that the big tribes in the outer northeast are constantly withering, and it is estimated that in a few years, these big tribes may disappear automatically.

The Far East is now not willing to deal with them at all. If they dare to stab, without the Far East, the indigenous militia of the Outer Northeast alone can destroy them in minutes.

Now countless natives in the Outer Northeast regard themselves as a member of the Far East, and they are extremely loyal to the Far Eastern Company.

This time, the militia units of the Far East in various parts of the Outer Northeast selected members of the exploration team, and these natives of the Outer Northeast almost broke their heads in order to be selected. So no matter how dangerous the exploration fleet is, they will not quit. If you quit, you will lose face when you return home, and you won't even be able to enter the village.

As for those pirates who explored the fleet, they were even more so. People who float on the sea all year round, how can anyone be afraid of death. They were born at sea, and they must die at sea, and the sea is their final destination.

In fact, the life of these pirates was not easy, and they followed the boss to rob the treasure, and in the end there was nothing left in their hands. And the conditions were very difficult, and I had to endure disease and storms in the fishy and foul smell of the ship's cabin all year round.

But since the two big bosses on the southeast coast, Zheng Zhilong and Liu Xiang, directly dismantled their fleets and joined the Far East with their subordinates, this gang of pirates finally ushered in spring.

The general forces do not treat pirates very well, who knows that when they get to the Far East Company, they are not discriminated against in the slightest. And it has been highly used, whether it is treatment or salary, all have changed dramatically.

In fact, how do they know, the big boss of their Admiralty is a big pirate leader, and he has an innate affinity for pirates.

Compared to before, the conditions are simply heaven and earth. The ships and equipment are not to mention, in the past, the tonnage of their junk ships was too small, which was very suitable for the near sea, but once they entered the open sea, every time they went to sea, they were scared, and when they encountered a larger wind and waves, it was too normal for the ship to be destroyed and killed.

Fortunately, although most of the pirates have been assigned to various guerrilla fleets, they are also converted sailboats of Yishui, and the most inferior are the modified No. 1 and No. 2 fortune ships.

Moreover, the firepower is so powerful that the guerrilla fleets are now deployed in the South and Indian Oceans as patrol fleets in the Far East. In the past, the big plywood boats of the Westerners saw that they were all showing off their might, and now when they see them again, they are all gray, like turtle grandsons.

The people who were selected to join the exploration fleet this time can be regarded as entering the regular fleet of the Far East, which is what they dream of. What is the danger, they used to be pirates, which one didn't pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers. (To be continued.) )

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