Xia Xianze, Feng Jun, and Wang Liguo, the first batch of crossers, have already changed their costumes.

The long hair has been restored to a short size. At this moment, Lao Xia was standing at the bow of the boat, wearing a green jacket that was obviously one size bigger, jeans, and Adidas waterproof shoes made in Yiwu under his feet, and was saying goodbye to Cao Chuan who came to see them off.

Cao Chuan was dressed in a very coquettish apricot yellow Songjiang cotton robe, still carrying a folding fan in his hand, looking at Lao Xia's appearance as a post-disaster reconstruction worker, it was really too different from the brother who was used to seeing it, so he chuckled a few times from time to time. Someone on the side seemed to be concerned and teased: "Mr. Xia, this boat is shaking, don't stop the medicine on the road." ”

"I know, you can curse the leader." Xia Xianze took out a bottle of white rabbit seasickness medicine from his pocket and shook it when he heard the sound, and said with a wry smile.

At this moment, Liu Zhe, who was tall and dressed in a waterproof jacket, walked over, pointed to the navigation watch on his wrist, and said in a low voice: "It's time to go, the tide is going to rise." ”

After everyone heard this, they didn't delay any longer, and after Liu Zhe shouted, irrelevant people stepped off the boat from the gangplank, and then stood on the shore while smoking and waving. The people on the boat were not so idle, shouting and running, pulling the sails and anchoring, two large sand boats with heavy draft, out of the mouth of the Tang River, through the turtle gate, taking advantage of the high tide in Qiantang, with the company's long-accumulated belongings, with the determination of all the traversers to change the world, slowly sailed to the ocean.

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The waves rise and fall, the waves roll, and the eyes are gray; The clouds were thick, the fog was filled, and there was no light between the heavens and the earth. It was obviously ten o'clock in the morning, but at this moment, between the sea and the sky, it was as dark as night.

The fleet formed by the traverser is now riding the wind in the dark sea. It has been almost thirty hours since everyone took the oath to set off yesterday.

After installing radar and sonar, the expeditionary fleet was finally able to get rid of the shackles of darkness and reefs, ride the fierce north wind all the way south from Hangzhou Bay, use an average speed of 4-6 knots, take a nearly straight route, and pass through the rugged Zhoushan Ocean with most of the waterway overnight.

Sailing more than 160 kilometers off the coast of Zhejiang Province in a day and night, this speed was unthinkable in sailing ships in the Middle Ages – even if it was smooth sailing. Whether it is sailing near the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, or taking the Zhoushan channel off the coast, old-fashioned sailboats must find a place to anchor before nightfall to shelter from the wind. In the seventeenth century, the sea conditions of Zhoushan were dense with reefs and sea fog, and the degree of danger far exceeded that of later generations.

The situation seems to be very good, but at this time, the atmosphere in the stern of the "Dog's Eye", which is constantly rising and falling, like a pirate ship in the park of later generations, seems to be a little solemn - a few hours ago, the radar observed that an air mass was attacking from the southeast.

Xia Xianze's face was pale, his breath was messy, and he looked like he was dying after seasickness. At this moment, he frowned, leaned tightly against the short chair in the cabin, and asked weakly, "Are you sure?" It can't be a false positive, right? ”

"It's certainly not a false alarm, the radar is working well at the moment, and the roadmap for the storm has just been typed." It was Bai Hongda who spoke, a warrior who "asked for the people's life", and he was usually in charge of the fleet's electronic instruments.

After hearing this, Xia Xianze rubbed his eyebrows with his fingers, looked up at the five or six traversers sitting or standing in the cabin, and asked Liu Zhe with a grin: "Can't you hide?" ”

"It's just stuck on the route, and I can't hide from it." Liu Zhe shook his head, and then added: "We are a sand boat, and the wave-carrying ability is the worst among the sea ships, although the intensity of this storm seems to be not high, but the aftermath is enough for us to drink a pot, it is best to avoid it." ”

"It's been a few months, and there's a lot of wind!" Lao Xia covered his brows and said helplessly: "Since you can't hide, what are you waiting for, hurry up and avoid the limelight, this is considered an unsuccessful master, right?" Nyima ......"

Now that the CEO has made a strategic decision, the others no longer care about what this seasick ghost is talking about, and they have started to act. Bai Hongda picked up the microphone and began to call: "Dong Liang Dong Liang, this is Dong Yu, pay attention to turn around with me, turn around with me......"

Soon after, two sand boats on the sea began to make a difficult U-turn in a headwind. Fortunately, the fleet was not far from Hanging Mountain Island at this time, and after making a U-turn, they took a zigzag route, and after more than an hour, the two sand boats finally sailed into a small bay in the west of the island.

Hanging Mountain Island is the southernmost tip of the Zhoushan Islands, and when the traversers were training in the past, according to the reports of indigenous seafarers, they had landed on all the islands and reefs in Zhoushan for detailed investigation. At present, this small bay is one of the planned anchorages, which is backed by mountains and facing the sea, and the fleet can be anchored to shelter from storms blowing in the direction of the Philippine Sea.

After entering the bay, the Akito sailors watched in awe as several traversers began to operate the "dragon tail". With the roar of the motor, the sand boat briskly circled the narrow bay, bypassing the reef that had been marked on the electronic charts, and then lowered the sails, began to dock, and lowered anchor.

Soon after docking, the ship began to organize people to go ashore to rest. Among them, there are Xia Xianze, who has a big sickness reaction to seasickness, and there are also "Class B" laborers. A group of people staggered and staggered towards the hill that surrounded the bay. In later generations, it was a tourist area, with many strange reefs and caves. However, in the 17th century, the island was still in a primitive state, uninhabited, and only fishing boats occasionally came to take shelter from the storm.

The elevation of the hill is only more than 100 meters, and the group did not go far among the knee-deep weeds and bushes before they saw a specially marked cave on the electronic map. The two headed-up traversers turned on the tactical flashlight on the assault rifle, walked around, signaled that the sick group could enter, and then the labor team was led to another cave.

The cave is not deep, probably because of the high terrain, and it is very dry inside. The area of the cave is about 100 square meters, which is enough for the team to rest overnight.

Soon a few kerosene camping lamps were lit, and the small cave was bright. The accompanying sailors, under the command of the traverser, shouted the trumpet and pulled up two "steel helmets" - in fact, they were two American-style "Hudwell" camping tents.

The semi-circular, tent covered with net ropes, is exactly the same as the classic World War II U.S. Army M1 helmet, but it is magnified hundreds of times, and it looks very cute.

Each tent can fit 5-8 people, and several highly seasick crossers are arranged into a tent. In the other tent, there was a heavy seasickness reaction among the Ming laborers—although they had been selected before departure, some people still fainted and vomited when they arrived at sea.

It didn't take long for the sailors to bring buckets of water from other caves, and after scattering a few chlorine dioxide water purification tablets, they began to collect stones and firewood for cooking.