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Chapter 1649 Iron Anchor Medal
The crew of the Zheng He returned to Tenedos Island and found that many old sergeants and sailors of the Zhili Fleet and the Fourth Fleet cast envious eyes on these young juniors.

There are also officers in the two fleets who are also students from the Navy Lecture Hall. They are older than Zheng Chenggong and others.

However, they did not have the opportunity to participate in a battle of this scale during the internship period. Many of them even participated in real combat for the first time after they came out of the naval lecture hall.

Zheng Chenggong, Hannah, and other Zheng He crew members felt the eyes of their predecessors, and felt an unprecedented sense of honor and sacredness in their chests, making them feel that the achievements they had made through fighting so hard before were worth it!
"I'm so nervous. We students are usually not qualified to meet the military leader. I didn't expect to be able to make military achievements in the Mediterranean battle and be summoned by the military leader."

"What does the military master look like? It is said that the military lecture hall was built by the military master alone. To see him here, this round-the-world voyage is worthwhile."

Among Zheng He's crew members, only Zheng Chenggong had the opportunity to meet Chu Yun several times, and the rest had never met.Therefore, only Zheng Chenggong seemed relatively calm about Chu Yun's interview, while the other students were very excited, and even Hannah was a little nervous.

"Shouldn't he be a strict person?" Hannah asked nervously.

Zheng Chenggong shook his head: "On the contrary, he is very easy to get along with. He changed my Zheng Chenggong's name for me. I have never seen him angry in several meetings, or very few people have seen him angry."

The senior officers of the Admiralty are all on the small island of Tenedos, and the Zhili Fleet and the Fourth Fleet already account for half of the strength of the Admiralty.

Secretary of the Navy Nelson, Fourth Fleet Commander Sun Xu, brothers Zheng Zhihu and Zheng Zhibao, Ruan Youyi and Ruan Youjin, all of them have made great military exploits and are one or two generations older than Zheng Chenggong.

A group of naval academies who are generally under 20 years old are quite nervous in front of this group of senior naval officers of the empire, and Chu Yun is in the middle of a kind of naval officer. He is wearing the military uniform of an army officer, so Zheng Chenggong and others took a look He recognized Chu Yun.

Chu Yun was born as an infantry leader, so if he usually wears a military uniform, he will give priority to the military uniform of an army officer.

"The Zheng He performed well in this naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea. It captured 2 Turkish galleons and 3 Turkish merchant ships with an armed merchant ship with low firepower configuration. According to the regulations of the Ministry of the Navy, graduates of the Navy Lecture Hall need You have to practice at sea for one year before you can become a reserve officer. After serving as a reserve officer for two years, you will be transferred to a second lieutenant in the navy. However, this period of your students is a bit special. Sailing around the world and participating in battles in the Mediterranean have extended your internship period. So after this war is over, when you return to the local Navy Department, you will be directly transferred to the official Navy Second Lieutenant. In addition, your military achievements this time will also be included in your resume after you officially serve."

Chu Yun announced this good news to them.

It took too long to sail around the world, and it has already exceeded the one-year internship period required after graduation from the Navy Lecture Hall. In addition, this batch of students from the Navy Lecture Hall have more experience than the students in the past few years, so Chu Yun will not Be stingy and let them become full naval officers as soon as possible.

The Naval Department of the Kyushu Army is expanding, constantly manufacturing new ships, and is in need of a group of excellent mid- and lower-level officers.

The crew members of the Zheng He were beaming with joy. They could skip the rather lengthy assessment process after returning to their native land and become the official second lieutenant of the Ministry of the Navy.

Although the second lieutenant of the Navy is only a low-level officer in the Ministry of the Navy, he is not yet qualified to command a large ship, but after a few years of experience, he may be able to be promoted to become a naval officer in charge.

"In addition, everyone can receive the Anchor Medal from the Admiralty to commemorate your outstanding performance in this battle." Chu Yun gave them another nominal honor.

Several navy soldiers were holding wooden trays, on which were placed the unique iron anchor medals of the Ministry of the Navy.

Of course, this kind of medal was also invented by Chu Yun to reward the naval officers and soldiers of the Ministry of the Navy who fought bravely.

Chu Yun personally wore medals for this group of future mainstays of the Admiralty, which made the young students so excited beyond words!
The consul of the empire personally wore the medals of the Ministry of the Navy for them, which is a treatment that many naval captains, majors, and lieutenant colonels do not necessarily have!
"..." When Chu Yun came in front of Hannah, he found that among the students of this session of the Naval Lecture Hall, there was a woman who didn't know whether she was of French or German descent. He hesitated for a moment.How can this help her wear the medal.

He even forgot that the Admiralty kidnapped Hannah into the Naval Lecture Hall in order to win over the Knights Hospitaller on the island of Malta.

Seemingly seeing Chu Yun's embarrassment, Ella stepped forward in time: "My lord, let me wear the medal for her."

Fortunately, she came out to save the siege, and Chu Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

At present, the Admiralty is almost a group of men, and female sailors are rarely seen. After all, in this era, no matter whether it is the East or the West, it is rare for women to join the army, let alone sailors, who are much more difficult than infantry. errands.

"If I remember correctly, you are Hannah of the Knights Hospitaller. Your Knights Hospitaller is not under the jurisdiction of any kingdom and lives independently on the island of Malta." Chu Yun said casually while Ella was helping her wear the Anchor Medal asked.

"Yes." Hannah didn't know how to answer when she saw this powerful person, she just responded reflexively.

"Since the Knights Hospitaller does not belong to any kingdom, then when you become an official officer, go to the immigration management office to register our nationality." Chu Yun said.

"...Yes!" Hannah didn't dare to say no when the other party took the initiative to mention this kind of thing.

Not far away, the English officers George Monk, Blake, and William Penn, the Venetian veteran Capello, the Papal general Ludowig, and the grand master of the Knights of Malta, Castella, were all watching this scene. The ceremony of the Kyushu Army to inspire the naval reserve officers to fight bravely, and they were more or less infected by this atmosphere.

The attack on the Dardanelles is about to start, and holding such a commendation ceremony before the attack can serve as an inspiration.

"I think it is also necessary for our Royal Fleet to set up a special Naval Academy to reward naval officers and soldiers who have fought bravely." The officers of the Royal Fleet discussed in private.

Officers in Venice, the Papal States, Genoa, Sicily, Portugal and other places also thought about it.Castella, the Grand Master of the Knights of the Hospital, still doesn't know that his sister has been abducted into another country's nationality.

(End of this chapter)