Chapter 475: The Storm Is Coming
As the youngest captain of the Changxing Army, Zhang Huan independently commanded a killer whale warship. Beside him were Tao Lei, Ma Jingbo, Ma Xiaoliu and others, who were assigned to a boat and soon became friends who talked about everything.
The navy and army competed with each other as two separate units, and often fought over budget expenditures.
But privately, they have a good relationship, the army needs the navy to get them to their destination, and the navy needs the army to build a port for them to anchor.
Although the navy also has its own soldiers, it is much worse than the professional army.
This time the southward visit to Taiyuan Island was a joint action of the two sides, and several people gathered in Zhang Huan's captain's room to drink and chat when they were fine.
Zhang Huan raised his glass with tea instead of wine and said: "You will be able to reach Taiyuan Island in three days, and I wish you all brothers a successful start!" ”
Ma Jingbo picked it up and said, "Little captain! You won't change to wine, you have to drink spirits if you're a gentleman, don't look like a girl who is not cool at all! ”
Before Zhang Huan could speak, Zhou Liyu on the side said, "Oh? Drinking tea is not cool, it's a girl? Next time you get injured again, don't look for it, a few apprentices under you have been short of knife practitioners recently, Ma boy, your size is just right! ”
Ma Jingbo was so frightened by Zhou Liyu's words that he shrank his neck, and he forgot that Mr. Zhou didn't drink a drop of wine, and there was tea in the cup.
Desperate on the battlefield, often swords-to-sword. Gun salvo, who dares to guarantee that their luck has been unscathed. If you offend anyone, you can't offend Doctor Zhou, as long as the doctor takes action, the dead can be saved.
As for his apprentices, Ma Jingbo had seen them once. Five big fat pigs survived under the knives of these five people, and only two survived in the end. The scene was so terrifying that none of the butchers who killed the pigs could toss the apprentices. The cries of those pigs were so miserable that Ma Jingbo didn't dare to eat meat for three days.
He hurriedly slapped his face and said with a smile: "Ma Boy is a muddy person, don't be surprised." I punished myself with three glasses, and I punished myself with three glasses. As he spoke, he picked up a small bowl of wine and dried it three times.
Zhang Huan shook his head helplessly, you really can't be angry when you meet Ma Jingbo, otherwise you will be uncomfortable with yourself.
Tao Lei put down the wine glass and said, "Little captain!" I heard that the number of troops in the chicken coop is also hundreds, and I don't know how many warships there are, so I'm afraid it will be a tough battle! "As the oldest Changxing Army, he is willing to become a deputy to assist Wu Shuang in commanding the Island Army.
"yes!" Zhang Huan said. "The Dry Lace people have no fewer warships than ours, but their main force is anchored in Manila to the south. There will not be too many battleships in the chicken coop, and some time ago a Flying Fish clipper in the Navy approached there, and the other side only dispatched one battleship to drive it away. So it can be judged that there will be no more than three warships there, and it is possible that there will be only one.
But your army is in big trouble, according to the news from the Exocet clipper. The city of San Salvador has more than forty artillery pieces, which completely cover the harbor and the beaches on which it can land. It's going to be an uphill battle! ”
"Afraid of what? As long as the early sun cannon is pushed up, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that the bullshit city of San Salvador will be stronger than the city of Daming! Ma Xiaoliu also jumped up and said.
Several people drank very happily, Ma Jingbo couldn't help but urinate urgently, and ran outside to make it convenient. When he came to the deck, he saw clouds in the sky like fish scales.
When Ma Jingbo saw such a strange cloud for the first time, he couldn't help but shout: "Everyone come and see!" There's a tall fish in the sky! ”
Many sailors heard Ma Jingbo's shouts and came to watch, and even the first mate Ma Le came over and asked, "Where are the fish?" Don't lie to me, you kid! ”
"What a lie to you! Isn't that? Ma Jingbo pointed to the clouds in the sky and said.
Ma Le followed Ma Jingbo's finger and saw a low cloud floating in the sky. It looks like what Ma Jingbo said, layered like fish scales.
But Ma Le's face changed instantly, and he took the copper whistle on his chest in his mouth and blew it vigorously. The faces of the other sailors also changed, and they ran to the deck, frantically fixing everything that could be moved.
Zhang Huan and the others also came from the captain's room, and when they saw Ma Le, they asked, "What happened?" Blow the battle alarm! ”
Ma Le immediately stood up and saluted: "Captain! Clouds appear ahead, and the storm will arrive in half an hour at most! Ma Le replied honestly.
Zhang Huan's eyebrows raised as soon as he heard this, and he shouted, "How did you find out?" What did the lookout do? ”
Ma Le was speechless for a while, pointed at Ma Jingbo and said: "The lookout didn't find it, it was Ma Jingbo from the army who saw it first, this is my dereliction of duty, I am willing to accept the punishment!" ”
Zhang Huan did not immediately settle the blame for whom, as the pioneer of the fleet, do not tell the news to other ships, so that other ships can also be prepared.
Zhang Huan immediately ordered: "Go to the flag, let the ships in the rear be ready for the storm." Command the helmsman to turn and sail backwards downwind to get the news of the storm as fast as possible. Order the gunners to fire their guns to warn the other ships to pay attention! ”
Zhou Liyu saw Zhang Huan so serious for the first time, and couldn't help asking, "Little Zhang Huan!" I haven't been like this in the past when I encountered a storm, so why do I have to turn around this time? ”
"Mr. Zhou! And the Army! Please return to the cabin immediately, this time the storm is unprecedented. The lookouts did not detect the storm first, and the fleet had lost the opportunity to take shelter from the storm. We need to go all out against the storm without experiencing taking care of everyone! With that, Zhang Huan walked towards the bow of the boat.
With the cooperation of the helmsman and sailman, the huge body of the Killer Whale III made a deft turn in the sea, and the hull leaned to one side, and quickly sailed in the direction of the fleet.
The guns of the U-turn Orca battleship roared, and it was heard far away in the open sea. The Changxing warships that were still sailing in Zigzag heard the sound of cannons and looked at Zhang Huan's battleship.
When they saw the storm flag hoisted on the ship, the sailors on the battleship immediately got busy every day.
They didn't want the storm to come and there were objects moving around on board. The inertia of a heavy object is enough to smash a person's bones, even if it is not uncommon to smash the planks of a ship.
When the orca battleship came to the supply ship, the merchants were completely furious. Their ships were no match for the warships in front of them, and they were certainly the first to be unlucky when the storm came.
By the time Zhang Huan reached the end of the fleet, the storm had already begun to affect the sea. The waves were everywhere, and he hurriedly turned the bow of the boat again.
Raise the flag and let the rearmost merchant ship follow him, heading towards the edge of the storm.