At about two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet finally sailed out of the strait hundreds of nautical miles long and came to an open sea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the deck, Zheng Fei measured the latitude and longitude with the help of a sextant, spread out his hand-drawn map of the world, and determined the approximate location of the current situation.

Now they were almost out of danger, and they only needed to sail around Cape Skagen for another day or two to enter the North Sea and reach England, and the Danish fleet would never find them again.

There was a solemnity in his gaze, and he tapped his fingers on the deck twice, then stood up and let out a long breath.

Under the cloudless blue sky, more than 200 large ships have lowered their sails one after another, moored on this tranquil sea.

"Christine, come here. Zheng Fei beckoned to Christine, who was not far away watching the sailors cast their nets to catch fish.

Christine shrugged at her father, Urban, and the two of them walked together in a leisurely manner.

"Any instructions?" said Christine, who began to enjoy the carefree life.

"I wonder how much of Denmark's naval power there is besides the naval port?" Zheng Fei touched his chin, thoughtful.

"It's almost gone, and the rest was formed before I came to Denmark, on a par with the countries in southern Europe, such as Italy and Spain. ”

"What do you think would happen if my fleet encountered them?"

After a short silence, Christine couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, sneering but with deep helplessness.

"If there are professional artillery on board, then these fifty giant warships alone can dominate the entire Baltic Sea, and even easily defeat the Arna legion. But now the problem is that the only bit of elite artillery under your command is left on the mountain, and most of the rest of the people have not even touched the artillery, and it is impossible for them to master the essentials of cannon in a short time......"

Looking at the sky, Zheng Fei lowered his eyebrows.

He knew that Christine was right, that even if he had a giant ship and artillery that spanned the ages, no one to control them was no different from owning a pile of scrap wood and scrap metal.

After arriving in the Americas, the first task was to train a large number of qualified sailors and artillerymen.

Oh no, it should be started on the voyage to the Americas, after all, it will take at least a little more than a month to sail, and this time cannot be wasted.

Thinking of this, he looked up rather wistfully and gazed high into the sky in the direction of the strait, his gaze fixed on the seabirds soaring to their heart's content.

"Christine, if the Danish Navy is after us, how long will it take them?"

"Half a day at most, because there are several naval bases near Copenhagen, I think they have already received orders that the fleet is sailing in the strait, and if we stay where we are, they will be able to sail out of the strait and get here tonight. ”

After a pause, Christine thought for a while, looked at Zheng Fei, who was also deep in thought, and hesitated for a moment: "Those balloon soldiers, how long are you going to wait?"

"Until they come. Zheng Fei dropped this sentence, turned around silently and left, and entered the cabin alone.

Looking at his back, Christine shook her head helplessly and said to Urban: "Father, he is as tough as a bison. ”

"No, I think it's more appropriate to use attachment. Urban smiled indifferently, and there was a faint sympathy in his eyes.

In the afternoon, it passed quietly, and before I knew it, it was evening again.

The sunset poured over the vast expanse of the sea, the same moment, but everyone was not in the mood to light the stove on the deck to cook fish soup, and they lay anxiously on the guardrail, their eyes searching the sky in the hope of spotting the hot air balloon.

Yet in vain they saw nothing but the glow of the sky and the occasional seabird skimming across the sky.

The sentinels on the watchtower each have a telescope, and the lens is pointed in different directions, looking carefully little by little, for fear of missing any details.

Zheng Fei stood on the topmost deck, his face dark, staring at the front without moving, always pricking up his ears, waiting for the good news to come.

"Grab a bite to eat, your favorite foie gras. Britney came with a plate and smiled.

He shook his head, unable to squeeze out a smile.

She pouted, placed the plate on the table next to her, and gently wrapped her arms around him from behind.

"You care so much about their lives and deaths, why?"

"I don't know, maybe I think of them as brothers. ”

"I think you're becoming more and more like a real commander. ”

Britney's praise did not make Zheng Fei smile, and he had a kind of concern in his heart that could not be dispelled.

At this time, the sound of tuk-tuk footsteps came, and I turned my head to see Santiago panting up the stairs, followed by Kristen Bullard and others, and climbed to the top deck together.

"Got news?" surprise flashed in Zheng Fei's pupils.

Unfortunately, this surprise was wiped out in an instant, Santiago shook his head, and said nervously: "I still haven't noticed anything, it's been several hours, and according to your calculations, they should have arrived a long time ago." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Fei hung his head and was silent.

"Hans, they ...... It can't be dead, is it?" Santiago added cautiously, and from his demeanor, it could be seen that his level of anxiety was not much lower than that of Zheng Fei.

"No way. Zheng Fei gritted his teeth, and his voice was low as if he was talking to himself: "They must have escaped and are floating in the air, but we haven't found it yet." ”

"But the weather today is very clear, something as big as a hot air balloon, we can see it within 50 nautical miles with a telescope, and judging by the direction of the wind, the hot air balloon will not deviate that far. ”

It was a familiar and unfamiliar voice.

Zheng Fei couldn't remember who it was for a while, so he turned around and followed the voice to look, oh, it's a long-lost person.

The design of the hot air balloon was designed with the modifier, the genius Leonardo da Vinci.

"Why did you come out?" In Zheng Fei's impression, da Vinci had always shrunk himself in a secret room.

"I was told that I was needed here. Leonardo da Vinci gestured to another teenager beside him.

This boy was brought back in the small town outside the mountains when he went to Romania to find the Spartan army, because he made a very rough prototype of the steam engine, Zheng Fei hoped that he could give da Vinci a little inspiration, so he brought him back and introduced him to da Vinci, after many days of research, da Vinci finally came up with a drawing, but unfortunately the contemporary smelting level is too low, can not make the parts needed for the steam engine, so he had to give up.

After pondering for a while, Zheng Fei nodded, and then smiled bitterly at the previous topic: "Maybe they were delayed on the way, just wait." ”

At this time, Christine stood up and said solemnly: "I must warn you that it will be dark in a short time, and when the Danish pursuit fleet arrives here, we will be in big trouble." ”

"I know!"

Without warning, Zheng Fei let out a loud cry and clenched his fists tightly, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and suffocated in his chest for a while before slowly exhaling.

"Wait. (To be continued.) )