Greece’s Roman Road

Although he knew that Colonel Henry, who was appointed by the British Royal Navy, had impure motives and was suspected of supervising the Greek Navy, who asked Greece to ask for help?

"Colonel Henry, can you tell me how you plan to train Greek seamen?" Constantine said with great interest.

The current largest warships of the Greek Navy are the two Esmeralda-class armored cruisers, with a displacement of only about 3,000 tons. Compared with the 17,000-ton battle cruisers, the complexity of the two sides is completely different.

The two 3,000-ton Esmeraldas have a crew of 130 people. According to Constantine's knowledge, the Invincible battle cruiser that has been in service in the British Navy has a crew of more than 1,000 people. A war machine that requires quite a bit of crew control.

Before that, excluding the employees and clerks in the naval bases, there were more than 2,000 crew members of the Greek Navy who actually worked on warships. After all, the previous equipment of the Greek Navy was all small ships, just like those with a displacement of only two Torpedo boats and patrol boats of about 100 tons, although there are a lot of them, there are usually only 2-30 people on a single ship.

Obviously, the Greek Navy has no experience in handling 10,000-ton warships at all; and the number of crew members required for the two battle cruisers has reached more than 2,000, which is almost the same as the total number of crew members of the previous Greek Navy.

It is also a hassle to find qualified and sufficient crew members to control such a large warship.

Hearing this, Henry smiled apologetically and said, "His Royal Highness, although I have a preliminary plan for the training plan of the Greek Navy, I still lack understanding of the Greek Navy personnel. How is your naval school? There are enough talents in reserve. Is it?"

Cantoriotis hurriedly replied: "The Greek Naval Academy has been established for three years, and the talents it has cultivated are sufficient for the service of new warships. Colonel Henry, don't worry about this, we have already trained some seamen in advance."

Speaking of which, in order to prove to Henry that Greece has a sufficient reserve of naval talents, he continued: "The Athens Naval Academy pays attention to the balanced training of military officers, and trains every naval cadet as a university elite."

"The teaching subjects of the Naval Academy include not only basic military training, basic navigational training, alternate officer training and naval practice, but also subjects such as law of the sea, economics, oceanography, mechanics, foreign languages, and philosophy."

"The teachers of the Athens Naval Academy are not only soldiers, but even engineers, professors of philosophy and law, marine and zoologists, mathematicians and astronomers, linguists and professors of medicine. The school also regularly invites some well-known professors to give lectures. Help students to broaden their horizons. The military school has a profound heritage and an excellent teaching environment”

If someone asks which is the best university in Greece, there is no doubt that it is the University of Athens in Greece. It has been established for a long time and has invested a lot from the Royal Education Foundation. It is the best comprehensive university in Greece and represents the highest level of higher education in Greece. Level.

If you say which is the fastest growing university in Greece, there is no doubt that the answer is the Athens Naval Academy.

Cantoriotis, the commander of the navy, is very courageous. After obtaining permission from the government to establish the Athens Naval Academy at the National Defense Conference, the Navy invests about 20 million drachmas in the school every year. This move made him bear the burden. Enormous pressure.

Both government officials and the navy have objections to Cantoriotis' move, believing that the navy commander took the navy's funds and worked as the secretary of education.

Some middle and senior naval officers accused that if the money was used to buy warships, the Greek navy could have added a few more light cruisers.

To this end, Cantoriotis personally visited Constantine to seek the support of the crown prince.

The words of Cantoriotis to persuade Constantine were: war is not only a science, but also an art, in addition to good military literacy and perseverance, the performance of every commander in war, Closely related to his imagination and artistic attainments, only those commanders with the most creative imagination can create outstanding works.

The Greek navy only has ships and cannons, which is far from enough to become a powerful navy. Those who control the warships are even more important, because they are the nerve center of the warships.

The Greek Navy spends millions of pounds to buy warships, but is reluctant to train more important sailors?

Constantine, considering that the Navy really needed technically literate crew members, agreed to support Cantoriotis' somewhat absurd move: a large amount of naval funds was used for the teaching funds of the Athens Naval Academy.

Besides, even the training method of Cantoriotis has no effect on the improvement of the navy's combat power, and Greece has nothing to lose. At worst, the money is used to train Greek talents.

It was with the support of Constantine that in the Naval Academy of Athens, in addition to the military subjects related to the Naval Academy, there were many courses that were completely irrelevant to the Navy in the eyes of others - what philosophy, law, oceanography and zoology! As well as math, astronomy, linguistics, medicine!

In the eyes of many people, what kind of naval academy is this? This is like a comprehensive university, and it is still of a very high level.

Many people said in Nuoyu's tone that if the University of Athens did not work hard, it would be surpassed by the Naval Academy.

Cantoriotis told Henry about the situation, which surprised Henry. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com This teaching model completely regards the Athens Naval Academy as a key university. Henry can fully appreciate the development of the navy in Greece. Determination.

"We built the Athens Naval Academy, inspired by the German Naval Academy in Kiel, and attached great importance to the comprehensive quality of the Naval Academy," Cantoriotis said confidently.

Cantoriotis was a soldier after all, and his personality was influenced by his military career. He never thought that in front of Henry, a captain of the Royal Navy, he would mention the inappropriateness of the Athens Naval Academy following the German Kiel Naval Academy.

Seeing Henry's disdainful expression, Cantoriotis remembered that the competition between the German navy and the British navy was heating up.

"The German army is indeed very strong, but these Germans are still newbies on the sea. As a continental country, it is a bit stupid to even try to encroach on sea power," Henry said slightly arrogantly.

"For every capital ship the Germans build, the British Empire can build two"

From Constantine's point of view, Henry's words actually make sense. As a continental country, Germany, as a continental country, has absolutely no advantage in competing with the island country of Britain in the ocean. The most obvious point is that the British Empire can do whatever it takes to dominate the sea, The German Navy obviously cannot do this. As a country on the European continent, Germany must maintain a strong army. After all, the army is the backbone of the German military, not the navy.

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