The Legion of America fleet sailed at sea for five days, which were foggy and rainy, and on the sixth day, the sun finally saw on its head.

Ma Jin stood in front of the command platform, looking at the blue sea, a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, almost no wind on the sea, but the waves on the sea were very large, like a ridge flickering squeezing over, rippling the battleship like a cradle.

Captain Zhao Zhengnan stood beside Ma Jin, and he said to Ma Jin excitedly: "Commander Ma, the weather is finally clear, if it doesn't clear again, my heart is about to become moldy." ”

Ma Jin said: "Captain Zhao, the emperor said that as long as we stick to the navigation route, there will definitely be sunshine." ”

Zhao Zhengnan said with emotion: "Your Majesty, you are wise! ”

Ma Jin said: "Take advantage of this bright sunshine, let's speed up!" ”

Zhao Zhengnan said: "Very good. Attention, the fleet accelerates, advance three! ”

The captain gave an order, and the thirty-one ships (ships) of the entire fleet accelerated to 15 knots together.

Ma Jin observed the sea surface with a telescope for a while, and confirmed that there would be no more accidents, he put down the telescope and said to the captain Zhao Zhengnan: "Captain Zhao, I will go around the lounge on the second floor, and I will leave it to you to command." ”

Zhao Zhengnan, who was observing the water situation, also put down the binoculars and said, "Commander Ma, don't worry, I'll watch here." ”

Ma Jin nodded, and then walked to the gangway with a guard, and only two steps down the gangway saw Sun Hao, the combat staff officer, walking up from below.

"Gongsun Counselor, didn't you sleep well last night?" Seeing Gongsun Hao with a tired face, Ma Jin asked with concern.

Gongsun Hao looked up and saw that it was the corps commander Ma Jin, and hurriedly saluted: "Report to the commander, I only helped in the kitchen last night, and I was busy until four o'clock in the morning." ”

Ma Jin was intrigued and asked, "What are you busy with?" ”

"Make tofu."

"Haha! Making tofu? Good! Ma Jin smiled and walked down, "Go back and sleep!" ”

Ma Jin walked to the second deck and saw the head soldier of the kitchen drying dried fish on the deck, so Ma Jin walked up to see the excitement.

The leader of the gang immediately saluted Ma Jin: "Commander Ma is early!" ”

Ma Jin asked, "What kind of fish are you drying here?" ”

One of the squad leaders stood up and answered Ma Jin's question, this squad leader was chubby, and his face was full of smiles when he spoke: "Commander Hui, we have several kinds of fish here, including yellow croaker, tuna, flounder, and large cuttlefish. Taking advantage of the sun today, let's take it out and bask in the sun. ”

Ma Jin saw that the clothesline on the deck was full of dried fish, large and small, cut into two sides, with strings worn through the mouth, and hung on the clothesline.

Ma Jin said: "Don't worry, you can dry it slowly, there will be the sun in the next few days." ”

The squad leader smiled and said, "We're not in a hurry, we're not in a hurry." ”

Ma Jin said goodbye to these gang leaders and walked into the hall, in the leisure hall he saw Deputy Chief of Staff Lin reading a book, Deputy Chief of Staff Lin also saw him, Deputy Chief of Staff Lin stood up and greeted Ma Jin, Ma Jin responded with a smile: "I'll go down and take a walk casually, you read, you read." ”

Ma Jin walked to the sofa by the porthole and sat down, and through the porthole, he looked at the waves of the sea, and closed his eyes in a daze......

In this way, the officers and men of the ship lived a few days of leisure, and on this day, the speed of the fleet's sailing suddenly slowed down considerably.

Ma Jin came to the command platform and asked Captain Zhao: "Why is the sailing speed slowing down?" ”

Zhao Zhengnan looked innocent: "I'm also wondering, the steam engine is already running at full power, but the speed of progress can't go up." ”

Ma Jin immediately came to his senses and said, "There must be an undercurrent." ”

"Undercurrent?" Zhao Zhengnan heard about it for the first time.

Ma Jin said: "Hurry up and send a report to the emperor to ask for a solution." ”

After the telegram was sent, Ma Jin watched the changes in the sea water in front of the command platform while waiting for a call back from Gao Junshan.

The water is no longer so blue, and the color has changed to a deep black.

Gao Junshan's reply came soon, and Zhao Zhengnan came to Ma Jin with a telegram: "Commander, the emperor's call back." ”

"Read!"

"The caller has learned that according to the description of your call, you have encountered the warm Atlantic current, and your sailing direction is exactly going in the opposite direction, so the speed of the ship will slow down. It is recommended that you adjust your speed to the north by 30 degrees, avoid the warm currents of the Atlantic, adjust the direction of your sailing, and report your position to me at any time. ”

After hearing this, Ma Jin said to Zhao Zhengnan: "Do it according to the emperor's will!" ”

"Yes!"

……

After the fleet adjusted its course, the speed began to increase, and in the afternoon, when the speed finally returned to 15 knots, Ma Jin telegraphed to Gao Junshan and asked for the next direction of sailing.

Gao Junshan instructed Ma Jin to keep this direction unchanged, and increase the speed of the fleet, and get away from this area as soon as possible, because of the effect of the warm current, typhoons and cyclones often occur, and wait until 200 nautical miles away from the warm current before adjusting the course.

Makin ordered that the speed of the fleet be increased to 18 knots.

As the speed increased, the hull began to jolt violently, and the wind on the sea gradually increased. As the wind and waves continued to strengthen, the sky became cloudy, and the fleet faced the coming of a great storm.

Thankfully, the fleet was far from the center of the storm, and now the storm they faced was not enough to stop them.

Gongsun Hao, who was resting and sleeping, was awakened by the bump of the ship's hull, he sat up and wanted to go down to the outside to see what was going on.

Because the hull of the ship was jolting up and down so badly, Gongsun Hao couldn't get out of bed at all, he was the only one in the rest cabin at this time, the shaking of the ship made him roll around on the bed, and he struggled to eat milk before he grabbed a crossbar next to the bed and stabilized his rolling body.

He listened intently to the movement outside, and the iron plate on the outer layer of the cabin made a roaring sound, which he knew was the sound of the sea hitting the iron plate after the waves on the deck were constantly coming up.

"I can't be in the rest pod at this time." He reminded himself, struggling to get out of bed. His hands gripped the bar so that he no longer swayed from side to side, and then, like an acrobat, he reached under the bed with his feet to reach for his shoes.

After enough for a long time, he couldn't get to the shoes, and he scolded himself in his heart, stupid! The ship shook so badly, how could the shoes still be in place?

He also let it go, and decided to go down to the ground first and then look for shoes. As soon as he let go, the whole person rolled on the ground, and he was still prepared, so he was not injured.

Maybe it was his luck that was too good, anyway, it was such a coincidence, his shoes appeared right at his feet, he quickly put on his shoes, stumbled open the hatch, due to the repeated bumps, he had the feeling of vomiting several times, he desperately resisted the vomiting and came to the cockpit.

It was dark outside, and the cockpit was brightly lit, but it was a mess, with tables and chairs on the floor, and many scraps of paper and ceramics soaked in seawater.

Although the scene was unbearable, he saw that the captain and the first mate were sticking to the bridge, calmly directing the helmsman to control the steering wheel, while the other colleagues also stuck to their respective posts.

He looked out of the ship again, and saw that the sky was full of black clouds, lightning and thunder, and big waves on the sea, one after another......

Suddenly, another wave hit, and the helmsman did not stand still and fell under the steering wheel. Gongsun Hao was so anxious that he wanted to rush up and help the helmsman, but he couldn't stand on his own and fell on the edge of a stool.