873 Storm in the Azores
Life needs epiphany, and Long Ye's motivation for starting may just be to remember his ancestors, after all, this kind of sand table covering the whole of China has appeared for the first time, and it is not something that ordinary people can see.
But in the process of remembering this whim, Long Ye was enlightened, he felt that his ancestors failed because they were defeated in the overall view, to put it bluntly, Xiang Yu's perspective of analyzing the problem is that no one Liu Bang is tall.
If Xiang Yu is an eagle flying in the sky overlooking the earth, then Liu Bang is a real dragon in the dark clouds, not only overlooking the earth, but also perceiving people's hearts, and the natural result of different visions is very different.
Although Long Ye has read books, he is not much and not proficient, before he met Xiao Letian, he was an ordinary hero, and he was a happy person who dared to kill. It wasn't until he followed Xiao Lotian that he began to get in touch with deeper knowledge, which is also fortunate that Xiao Letian's small classes are in the vernacular, which is very easy to understand and change to another person, and Long Ye estimates that he will not learn anything.
When Long Ye encounters this kind of problem that touches the soul, it is natural to use Xiao Letian's theory to find the answer, this is not blind listening and blind faith, but because he has only received education from Xiao Letian's theory, he has no other choice.
Since then, Long Ye has been very fond of meditating in the sand table cave, staring at the mountains and rivers of the land of China like the old monk Wudao, and he doesn't know what to think.
If you encounter college students deducing some classic battles on the sand table, that is when Long Ye is the happiest, and gradually he knows some classic battles in the Three Kingdoms period, and also knows the bloody wind and rain when the Tang Dynasty was founded...... Sure enough, history is the most nourishing, and the changes of the dragon master are slow but irreversible.
"I also discovered the changes you said, so I sent Long Ye to carry out this arduous task, if he had always been like a high-roller in the past, I wouldn't let him be alone......"
"But anyway, since Long Ye has an epiphany, I have to give him a chance, the Xiang family really still has feng shui, and the perspective of God is not something that ordinary people can cultivate...... Especially in such an age of ignorance!"
Since it came to the Xiang family, Wang Huaiyuan naturally turned the topic to another talent of the Xiang family, that is, Xiang Ying, "I don't know what Xiang Ying's situation is now, the fleet has lost all contact when it sails into the vast sea, it's really worrying!"
Xiao Lotian pushed open a scroll of North Atlantic charts, the lines on it accurately depicted the extraordinary return road of the Zhiyuan, Xiao Lotian pointed to a point of the map and said softly, "If there is no accident, they should be close to the Azores now, I hope they are all the best......"
"No, they will definitely win, the Zhiyuan is the most advanced ironclad battleship of this era...... At least the most advanced design concept, on a warship of the Chinese National Games, with the protection of our ancestors' heroic spirits, they will definitely be able to return home victoriously......"
With a bang, Xiao Letian's fist slammed on the table, his expression resolute and slightly hideous!
It's always nice to imagine, but the reality is so cruel that it's impossible to look at it directly, just in the North Atlantic, half a world from the Ryukyus, a huge storm is tormenting the suffering fleet.
Before the great geographical discovery, the Atlantic Ocean was called the forbidden sea, the end of the world by Europeans, and the legend of Atlantis is here, and almost all the castles in Europe in the Middle Ages are telling the story of the Atlantic sea monster.
Although seafaring technology has gradually evolved in the direction of steam turbines, the dangers of ocean voyages have always existed, icebergs, storms, reefs, pirates, ...... There's even the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, and the lottery drawn today by Zhiyuan is the most common storm in the Atlantic.
The sky was overcast and gloomy, as if the lid of a pot was caught in the ocean, and the five clippers began to shrink their distances to land the mainsail, forming an array of geese behind the Zhiyuan, and the Zhiyuan also reduced its speed to accommodate the sailing ships that were most afraid of the storm.
The two golden dragons in the bow of the steel split the waves, the barrels of the black holes were tightly wrapped in rainproof tarpaulin, and the lightning and thunder were like the horns of sea monsters, waiting for fresh flesh and blood.
The captain of the ship, Kevin is recording various data with the naval officers who are on their first voyage, this is the first ocean voyage of the new ironclad ship, even a set of pressure data for the steam turbine is a treasure.
"Send a light signal to Sun Chujian, his flying shear ship is loaded with the most refined coal, this is the life of the Zhiyuan, and there must be no accidents...... Let him lower the tail sail too!"
"Inform Yan Xing and Cai Bixuan...... We can't lose any data from the turbine crew and the communication group, these data are more important than our lives, and even more important than our warship......"
"As long as these precious materials are protected, we can produce better warships, this is our mission!"
Xiang Ying and Kevin issued orders one after another, and the fleet stubbornly walked through the storm, fortunately it was just a storm, if it was a typhoon, I am afraid that this immature team would really have an accident.
After most of the orders were issued, Xiang Ying poured Kevin a cup of coffee and said with great emotion: "The power of science and technology is really powerful, such a stormy sail battleship can only lower its sails and suffer in the wind and rain, while the steam-powered ironclad battleship can also cut through the waves and move forward at high speed...... I really don't know what the future war will become!"
"There is no doubt that it is inevitable that the sail battleships will be replaced by steam-powered ironclad warships, and it is certain that human beings will evolve from passively borrowing the power of nature to actively controlling the power, no matter what doubts those engineers in Prussia have, I Kevin still believes in the ...... of Prime Minister Xiao."
Just as the two of them were drinking coffee and sticking to their posts, suddenly the roar of the lookout sailors came from the copper pipe in the command cabin: "Two ships have been found due south...... Two sail merchant ships were found due south......"
Xiang Ying dropped her coffee cup and picked up the binoculars to look out, but the visibility was too low, and there were only some flickering lights and the outline of the ship in the distance.
"Our current location is probably to the west of the Azores, which is the busiest route from Europe to the Americas, and it is inevitable to foresee merchant ships...... "Before Kevin finished speaking, he noticed a wolf-like look in Xiang Ying's eyes.
"Mr. Kevin...... Guess which country these two ships belong to? At the same time that we found them, I think they had already discovered us, right?"
Kevin's sweat and hair exploded, "You...... What do you want to do?"
"Hehehe...... I just want to know the nationality of these two ships, and the Zhiyuan must get some fresh blood to commemorate this voyage? We have tested so much data, it seems that we have never tested the weapon system......
With a bang, Kevin sat on the ground, he looked at Xiang Ying in horror and said, "You...... Are you going to war?"