Due to Gao Junshan's teaching, the voyage of "Zheng He No. 1" was delayed, and the first day of the voyage had to be postponed at night.

After sending off Pan Zide's group of elites, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the red light of the sunset was reflected on the coast of Wusongkou.

Li Derong came to ask Gao Junshan: "Your Majesty, where are you dining tonight?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "We can't be specialized, of course we go to the restaurant to dine with everyone." ”

Li Derong got instructions, so he arranged to go down, and then accompanied Gao Junshan to the restaurant.

There were two restaurants on the battleship, one in the front and one in the rear.

The restaurant is located on the second floor, which is the first floor of the lounge.

When they came to the restaurant, it was already full of soldiers who were eating, and when the soldiers saw Gao Junshan enter the restaurant, they all stood up and saluted Gao Junshan.

Gao Junshan waved to them and said, "You have worked hard! Tonight is our first meal on the expedition, so eat well and eat well! ”

After the soldiers sat down, Li Derong led Gao Junshan to a large table, where the captain Deng Shijie and senior generals such as Sun Dahai, Liu Wenxiu, Ma Jin, Ma Wen, Hong Pengju, and Li Shiqi were seated.

The dishes are all the same, one poached egg, one plate of greens, and one fried fish per person.

Li Derong sat on the left side of Gao Jun Mountain, and he had the responsibility to protect Gao Jun Mountain, Sun Dahai and Ma Jin Marwen sat on the right side of Gao Jun Mountain, and Liu Wenxiu and Hong Pengju sat on Li Derong's left side.

Although Deng Shijie and Li Shiqi are students of Gao Junshan, their closeness is not so high compared to the above, so they consciously sit at the very edge.

It is this very marginal position that makes other soldiers envious, this is dining at the same table with the emperor! You can't ask for such an honor.

Gao Junshan first asked several godsons about their studies, and then asked them if they were used to getting on the boat.

Ma Jin said: "Father, this battleship is big and stable, and it walks like walking on the ground, there is nothing unaccustomed, just like at home." ”

Gao Junshan said solemnly: "We are now going on an ocean, we must not be careless, how many hardships we have to go through on this way!" On this voyage, the supply of vegetables will be less and less, if you don't supplement vitamins in time, you may get scurvy, so you usually drink more tea, there are trace amounts of vitamins in tea to keep you alive, in addition to many bean sprouts, you must remember my words. ”

Ma Wen said: "Father, you are too worried, we have already formulated these precautions into regulations, and every officer and soldier of our navy must strictly implement them. ”

"That's good, as long as you strictly follow the regulations, what scurvy, malaria...... will be far away from us. After Gao Junshan finished speaking, he asked Deng Shijie, "Are all the medicines on the ship ready?" ”

"Back to the mountain chief, everything is ready, especially quinine, we are very well prepared."

Gao Junshan asked Sun Dahai again: "Which Marine Brigade are you going to send to move with the fleet?" ”

Sun Dahai replied: "The 1st and 2nd Marine Brigades are in South Siam and Dagong respectively, and this time it is the 5th Marine Brigade that follows the fleet, and the 5th Brigade is already on standby in Quanzhou. ”

Gao Junshan asked about the preparations of the other departments, and the meal had already been eaten. At this time, the light bulb had not yet been invented, so candles were lit in the restaurant.

After eating, it was already 7 o'clock in the evening, and Gao Junshan ordered that "Zheng He No. 1" set off for Quanzhou.

The "Zheng He No. 1" giant battleship had a sextant on it, and because the sextant could not be used in the dark and rainy days, the compass could only be used to determine the direction of travel when sailing at night.

Due to the low visibility at night, the captain Deng Shijie sent four speedboats as a lead to clear the way for the "Zheng He No. 1".

After the four speedboats were launched, lanterns were hung on the tail of the speedboats as navigation lights, and then they drove side by side in front of the "Zheng He No. 1".

Deng Shijie got into the cockpit, held a telescope in his hand, and ordered the ship to start.

Black smoke rose from the three large chimneys above the "Zheng He No. 1", and with the sound of a whistle, the battleship slowly moved forward, accelerating little by little, and finally sailed at a speed of 16 knots in the night.

In order to save lamp oil and candles, after the battleship started, all the oil lamps and candles of the whole ship had to be extinguished.

In August, it is like a big furnace in Jinling, but it is very cool at sea.

Gao Junshan went up to the top deck to enjoy the coolness, Li Derong brought a reclining chair for Gao Junshan, Gao Junshan looked up at the sky on the chaise longue, and couldn't help but have a lot of reverie.

Looking at the moon and the stars, he remembered an old song, and he forgot the name of the song, but he knew the beginning of the song very well, and the melody also appeared in his mind......

The star is still the same star

The moon is still the same moon

The mountain is still the same mountain

The beam is still the same beam......

He thought about it and left tears, the hardships and struggles of the first half of his life, the bizarre and twists and turns he had traversed, all of which were displayed in his mind one by one.

At this time, the scene of the crossing place came to mind, and at the beginning of his crossing, the people who helped him the most were Zhang Cong and Zhuang Youfu.

He felt that the words and deeds of these two people were also different, and they often covered for Gao Junshan and helped him get through the tricks here, especially for the neutrino rice-vegetable exchanger, they knew about it and never made a noise, and they kept it a secret for Gao Junshan, as if these two people were here to protect the neutrino rice-vegetable exchanger.

Thinking of this, Gao Junshan himself felt strange, I had no reason with them, why were they so loyal to themselves? They are just a small hundred households under Gao Yingxiang, and there is no record of these two people in history, is it, ......

Are they also traversers?

Gao Junshan stood up suddenly, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of this.

If the two of them were also traversers, wouldn't it be dangerous for them? Zhuang Youfu is dead, and now there is still a Zhang Cong in the capital!

"If I am out on a war and Zhang Cong gives orders and launches a coup d'état in my name, won't I make wedding clothes for others?" Gao Junshan couldn't help but blurt out.

Li Derong, who was in charge of the guard on the side, heard Gao Junshan's words and asked, "Your Majesty, who is going to get married?" ”

Gao Junshan didn't pay attention to Li Derong, and circled back and forth on the deck uneasily, Li Derong just silently guarded on the side.

He suddenly shouted: "Li Derong, let's go, let's go to the newspaper room!" ”

After he finished speaking, he boarded the ground and walked to the cockpit, and Li Derong followed closely behind him.

The report room is in the cockpit.

The cockpit of the Zheng He-class battleship is very large, which not only has the captain's command platform, the war room, but also the report room and the rest room.

On duty in the cockpit was the first mate, who saw Gao Junshan coming over in a hurry, and thought that there was a combat mission, and looked at him nervously.

Gao Junshan didn't answer him, and went directly into the newspaper room, where there were three newspaper operators on duty.

He knew that no loud noises were allowed here, so as soon as he came in, he first stabilized his mood before saying to the operator: "Prepare, I will report to Baili Sofa." ”

The operator was a woman, and she immediately entered the state of sending the report, waiting for Gao Junshan's instructions.