565 Star Guiding Technique (1/2)

The Nanyang Navy currently had three squadrons, the Beihai Bay Squadron housed in Beihai City, the Yashan Squadron housed in Yashan City, and the Jiaozhou Squadron housed in Zhenhai City.

Out of the three, the strongest one was the Cai Mao led Yashan Squadron. It had now expanded to three divisions. Even without mentioning his commanding ability, Ouyang Shuo had recognized Cai Mao's incredible sailor training ability. In a short period of time, he had managed to make the Yashan Squadron the strongest squadron in the territory.

Pei Donglai’s Beihai Bay Squadron ranked second with two divisions.

As for the newest Jiaozhou Squadron, it only had Yanhuo Yaonie leading one squadron.

Based on the military organization, the navy was similar to a legion corps. The squadron was equivalent to a legion, while the divisions in the navy were like the divisions in the army.

Currently, the three legion corps of the army had all been formed up.

On the other hand, even though the navy had obtained their title the earliest, they were still in a mess. The three squadrons added together had six divisions, only slightly better than one army legion.

The navy in the territory was lagging behind; this was already an undeniable fact. There were three reasons behind this matter.

Firstly, a lack of navy generals.

This was the most crucial point. After all, the best navy general in the territory was only Cai Mao.

As for the earliest navy general, Pei Donglai, he had already broken through the bottleneck and upgraded to advanced general with the help of the territorial buffs. If he wanted to go up another step, it would be as difficult as ascending the heavens.

Yanhuo Yaonie, on the other hand, had immense potential. It was only a matter of time for him to become the shining star of the navy army.

In comparison, the army of the territory was littered with stars.

Secondly, it was difficult to train sailors.

In contrast to the army, the navy consisted of sailors apart from the navy soldiers. Their training period was long and their needs were huge. Naturally, this restricted the expansion of the navy.

Apart from the normal sailors, the captains, chief officers, and second officers were all extremely difficult to train. Each captain was hard to come by.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo had already especially arranged the Military Affairs Department to recruit these talents in Quanzhou. Even so, they still could not meet the expansion needs of the navy.

Thirdly, a lack of seafaring experience.

Cai Mao was a typical local navy general. Asking him to train the navy in Yashan City was already pushing it. If one asked him to head out into the ocean, it would exceed his capabilities.

However, if it was just nearby sea warfare, there was no need to possess such a huge navy army. Instead, such a navy would cause a huge burden on the territory finances.

Hence, they restricted the expansion of the navy.

Even Military Affairs Director Du Ruhui kept a conservative attitude toward this problem.

Apart from that, during the Gaia 2nd year, the numerous threats had forced Ouyang Shuo into putting all their strategic effort and resources into the army.

Now, internally, Ouyang Shuo had already decided to take a break.

The territory could use this time to develop the navy.

Recruiting Zheng He at this time was a huge lucky event for the navy.

If not, why would he call Bing'er a super invincible lucky star.