Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1176 - 43: An Impressive Lineup of Instructors! (Part 2)

Han Yu paused, then said: "In the future, when we enforce the law on the water, we must first be crew members. A traffic police officer who can’t drive is not a good traffic police officer, and a maritime law enforcement officer without a Seaman’s Certificate and a corresponding Certificate of Competence is not only not a good enforcement officer, but also violates the laws and regulations of waterway traffic safety.

So for the next three months, we will invite teachers from the Binjiang Shipping Vocational and Technical College to train everyone. Considering the different positions you will hold on the ship, Instructor Wang and Teacher Xia have carefully arranged the courses for you, including large classes, small classes, theory, and practical operations. Those majoring in navigation will learn navigation, and those in engine will learn engines. I hope everyone learns humbly and seriously, passes the exams as soon as possible, and obtains the corresponding certificates."

In the army, although we also needed to pass certifications, it wasn’t as strict as here.

Big certificates, small certificates, various certificates on a ship, could really be loaded in a basket!

Jiang Shengqi, Wang Zhixin, and others felt a chill on their scalps, secretly thinking the coming days would be difficult.

Han Yu was well aware that their upcoming study pressure was significant, but this was their "second employment," and they had to start from scratch. Very seriously, he said: "To put it simply, if our business skills are inadequate, what would happen if there’s a traffic accident during maritime law enforcement?

Another example, if we seize a cargo ship suspected of smuggling or discover a cargo ship seriously violating waterway traffic regulations, needing inspection and detention, and the captain, chief officer, and crew refuse to cooperate, we might control the individuals, but how do we handle a cargo ship adrift on the river or even at sea?

Should we not bring the cargo ship back? Knowing how to operate a warship doesn’t mean knowing how to operate a cargo ship. How big is the Binjiang Ship, and the tonnage of the Linghai Boat is even smaller, so our skills must be impeccable! Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay the wood, if we don’t learn now, we’ll definitely find ourselves floundering then!"

Director Feng nodded satisfied.

Old Ge flipped through the training outline thoughtfully.

Deputy Director Zeng and Sister Zhu watched everyone with a smile, thinking that now in the hands of "Salted Fish," the next eight months of training life would surely be very "fulfilling."

It should be noted that as early as ten years ago, the Old Yanjiang Police Station already required "five-fold proficiency."

Now things are different from ten years ago; the "Binjiang Water Army Commander" demands more from his subordinates than his master did back then, possibly requiring seven or even eight-fold proficiency.

"The business mentioned earlier is not just about navigation, engineering, radar, telecommunications, and sonar on the ship; these can be said to be our fundamental skills."

Han Yu took a small sip of water and said slowly: "Comrades working in customs need to learn smuggling and anti-smuggling business while mastering the fundamentals, studying laws and regulations related to customs work, and enhancing military training such as boarding and climbing ship sides, hand-to-hand combat, and live-fire shooting.

The situations at sea are known to everyone, and the particularity of customs anti-smuggling work dictates that once at sea, regardless of whether one is an officer or a warrior, a chief officer or a cook, when encountering pirates or ships suspected of smuggling, we are all combatants."

Deputy Director Zeng couldn’t help but ask: "Comrade Han Yu, are there pirates at sea?"

Pirates, for the Binjiang people, seem really distant, almost like a legend.

"There are, not many in the Yellow Sea and East Sea, but pirate activities are frequent in the South Sea, mainly coming from Southeast Asian countries. They engage in killing and ship hijacking, committing all kinds of evil, and many ships have disappeared or lost contact in the South Sea."

Han Yu took a deep breath and solemnly added: "On November 18, just 10 days ago, the East Guang Province Police Department received a report from a Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Company; a ’Changsheng’ ten-thousand-ton bulk carrier owned by the Hong Kong Hui Bo Shipping Company disappeared in the sea area between Jianfu and East Guang.

At the time of the incident, the sea was not very rough, and the ship’s condition was reportedly good, making the possibility of an accident causing it to sink quite slim, but it has not been found to this day. The 23 crew members on board are not found alive or seen as dead. The superior suspects it encountered pirates, and forces are being organized to search."

"How do you know this?"

"The Ministry of Transport Maritime Bureau issued a notice 9 days ago, requiring all types of vessels passing through that sea area to strengthen surveillance and keep an eye on the sea surface. The East Sea Shipping Public Security Bureau and the East Sea Coast Guard have both gone out to participate in the search, led by Director Xiao from the Shipping Public Security Bureau."

"Comrades, did you hear that, at sea we are all combatants!" Deputy Director Zeng realized he shouldn’t have interrupted and immediately turned and said: "Comrade Han Yu, please continue."

"Okay."

Han Yu steadied himself and continued: "Customs comrades need to study customs business, and maritime comrades need to study knowledge of waterway traffic safety enforcement business. Before the establishment of the Maritime Bureau, our Binjiang Port Supervision Bureau only managed the waterway traffic safety on the river, but Binjiang Port has foreign vessels, and we need to communicate with foreign crew members.

The Binjiang Maritime Bureau will subsequently manage the waterway traffic safety in the Binjiang sea area, and we will encounter more situations where we need to deal with foreign vessels. This not only requires us to study domestic laws and regulations but also to understand some English to communicate with them, and to learn various international conventions related to shipping and navigation!"

Those who will work in the Maritime Bureau in the future took a deep breath, seriously doubting whether they could learn so much.

"Comrades, we are not just law enforcement or auxiliary law enforcement personnel; in the future, at sea, we not only represent the customs or Maritime Bureau, but also the Party and the government, and even the People’s Republic of China! Whether it’s a domestic or foreign merchant ship or fishing boat, encountering a maritime disaster or other dangerous situations, we must do our utmost to rescue."