What follows is relatively simple.

The westward support fleet has not yet returned, and they have no way to prepare for the third westward support...... Then it can only be based on eastward support, after all, the eastward fleet has already had a fantastic start.

They will definitely play this hand well in the future.

They are not worried about the westward expansion of the fleet, and they do not blame them for being slow to transmit news, at least some information has been transmitted back from South Africa.

Just when they were arranging manpower and materials to prepare for the third support of the eastward fleet, Major Battalion Commander Fan Jun gave up half a year's vacation and strongly asked to participate in leading the team, and would rather participate as an assistant to the captain of the second brigade!

King Zhang Anguo had to summon him personally.

He guessed the young officer's thoughts...... He may have a knot.

The sank 3,000-ton transport ship was his heartache!

He probably thought that if he hadn't sent that transport ship to explore the Hawaiian Islands, there would not have been a situation where the transport ship was suddenly thrown into the reef area by the chaotic air current, and the eighty-eight sailors would not have died in vain in that strange sea area!

The order he received was obviously to use the Hawaiian Islands as the coordinates, pass through there quickly, without stopping, and sail directly back to the island.

Unless, of course, there is an unforeseen circumstance, such as a lack of food or fresh water for the entire fleet, or a disease that needs to be cleaned...... Or there is a riot that needs to be quelled, in which case they have to dock.

However, nothing happened that day, and there was enough fresh water to brush their teeth in the morning!

However, as he passed there, he used binoculars to look at the islands and found that there was a lot of greenery on them...... Where there is greenery, there should be resources that can provide human needs!

It's basic common sense.

So he sent a transport ship to get closer, and then found a suitable position, put down the boat, and sent people to the island, even to briefly reconnoiter the situation on the nearby hydrographic belt islands.

However, no one expected unexpected sea conditions!

Because of its special location, the trade wind zone is prone to turbulence, whether it is air currents or ocean currents, and he did know this before...... The situation was described in detail in the information given to him by the Minister of the Navy, Guo Beyu.

However, the weather conditions on that day were really good, and the wind and waves were basically calm, so he was careless, confused by this illusion, thinking that the sea was an easy opponent to conquer!

Thankfully, he only sent one transport, and luckily his entire fleet kept a safe distance between the transports...... When the turbulence occurred, when his entire fleet did its best to regroup, their transport was already lying on the surface of the sea!

Afterwards, they found that the right hull of the transport ship was cut by a reef with a twenty-one-meter-long wound, which was simply not hitting the reef, but was rubbed out by a giant hand pressing on the reef!

No matter how good the bilge technology is, it can't prevent such damage!

Although they arrived as fast as they could, they still suffered huge casualties...... We can only try our best to rescue the surviving people, and then bring out the useful equipment that can be transported from the transport ship, and there is no time to carry the copper ore concentrate and zinc blocks.

They also sent small boats to search for missing persons whose bodies had not been found...... But nothing was found, and the turbulence phenomenon of less than twenty minutes could easily throw a large ship of several thousand tons out of the original channel, not to mention the small human beings who could not be smaller than it.

Everyone understands what it means to be missing------- can only believe in miracles.

They stayed for a day and a night...... Signal rockets were also launched at night, hoping that the missing would be seen.

But still nothing!

At this time, the surrounding sea area is calm and calm, and nothing has happened innocently.

However, in addition to boundless remorse, the heart of Major Battalion Commander Fan Jun at that time was also full of hatred and fear of the sea......

All of this was written down in the nautical diary of each captain...... All of these facts are basically true.

In fact, no one blamed the battalion commander Fan Jun at all.

The commander of the three armies, King Zhang Anguo, is also ready to personally issue him a promotion rank.

Under the circumstances at that time, it was human nature to send someone to the island to investigate, and it could even be said to be a responsible behavior.

If the natural conditions there are excellent, and a simple supply point can be easily built, it will bring great convenience to the later fleet!

At that time, if King Zhang Anguo was the leader of the team, he would also act like Major Battalion Commander Fan Jun!

The only pity is that they met an unexpected ------ and failed.

In fact, this is the inevitable loss of human beings when exploring nature------ lying at home, guarding those few acres of land, living a life of food and clothing, of course, can live safely.

But such a person's vision may not be able to break through the entrance of the village, and he may interact with dozens of people and hundreds of people on his life platform, deducing all kinds of low-level enmity, jealousy and hatred!

Their children repeat their stories, generation after generation, even if they have eight children, maybe it's just an experience multiplied by eight.

Of course, this is also a way of survival, and no one wants to deprive it or harm it.

But can you give this nation another choice?!

Let them freely choose their own development path?!

Marine civilization is a free choice------- when there are more people who take this road, it has become a habit, and too many people have benefited from it------- at this time, there are some kind of organizations and forces that want to close off the country, want to prohibit business, want to restrict freedom by using their membership, want to cut off information from the outside, and only use one kind of information to fool the people, such organizations and forces will not live for a day!

After thinking for a long time, King Zhang Anguo asked Major Battalion Commander Fan Jun: "Are the Hawaiian Islands beautiful?" ”

"------ beautiful, so I forgot that there might be a disaster, and it was my rereliction of duty!"

"That's not your dereliction of duty, sudden descent or sudden rise and sudden collision of air currents are always difficult to prevent, if you add all kinds of disordered ocean currents and dangerous equatorial undercurrents, even if you are a 100,000-ton container ship can not resist-------"

“------”

A 100,000-ton container ship!?

Major battalion commander Fan Jun is desperately trying to make up for it, but he still can't imagine it------

When King Zhang Anguo found that he had shown his mouth, he laughed and said, "Do you see a girl wearing a beautiful garland on that island dancing for you?" ”

"Nope! You can only see greenery!! ”

"My lieutenant colonel, relax------ if I were you, I would do what you did, you don't have to blame yourself.

Maritime civilization does not need to blame itself, but it does require a little luck.

Tell us about your role in the new shipping lanes for the Hawaiian Islands, and I'd like to hear about it! ”

Ah, I'm just a major battalion commander------- ah, this is a direct promotion to my official position!

King Zhang Anguo smiled at the handsome young officer, his face flushed a little, and he was excited.

The Hawaiian Islands were a place of hatred and a place of his heart, how could he have no opinion!

Lieutenant Colonel Regiment Major Fan Jun suddenly returned to normal.

He started with the Hawaiian Islands, which could be used as a supply point for the entire new shipping route, and mentioned new routes that could be established at any time from here to Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Australia, and New Zealand------

Lieutenant Colonel Fan Jun finally concluded: "That archipelago will be the crossroads of the entire Pacific Ocean!" ”

King Zhang Anguo added to him in his heart that there was also a new route to Alaska and to the west coast of North America.

"There is plenty of fresh water on that archipelago, you can grow all kinds of fruits, build a large fruit cannery, and you can also grow sugar cane and rice------ of course, you are very good, it is more suitable to build a large naval base there, which can be used for both military and civilian purposes------- if you can complete your due vacation, you will go there as a lieutenant colonel to develop, are you willing?!"

"Obey the order! The Empire is with us!! ”

"The Empire is with us-------"

The young man's voice was really loud, and the whole study was buzzing.