readx;?“ The wind speed is increasing! The first mate stared closely at the anemometer on the mast and said, in fact, he didn't need to say that everyone was already clear. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoA large number of waves of about two meters have begun to appear on the surface of the sea, and the hull of the ship has been lifted high and fallen, and the big waves have washed over and over again. All unrelated personnel on deck have been asked to enter the cabin, and the sailors who have to stay at their posts have fastened their seat belts. Everyone was very nervous, including Zhong Bin, who was also standing on the tail tower, as the captain of the ship, he had the unshirkable responsibility to take the lead in this situation and share the weal and woe with the sailors. Zhong Bin's navy uniform wore the same canvas safety belt around his waist as all sailors, and he stood with a helmsman beside him.

The helmsman was paid a little higher than him, because the helmsman needed to see the whole ship clearly, so he could not be affected by the wind and rain, so the location of this Medeno sailor was a small room with a door and three windows. The windows can be opened or closed individually, articulated by special binders, and are made of heavy glass and fine barbed wire to prevent them from being broken by waves and bullets and splashing in the wheelhouse.

A little better than the helmsman is Limbey, as a navigator, originally no more important than others, but the important thing is the chart, if the chart is lost in battle or wind and waves, it is not a big deal, if it is captured by the enemy, whether the enemy has a more detailed chart or not, can obtain important military information from the chart. Therefore, a small room was specially separated next to the captain's room as a chart room during the renovation, and the sailors needed to protect the chart room during the battle, and if the battle was likely to be lost, all the charts should be destroyed immediately to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy.

Now Limbe was in the chart room, the charts were paper, and if they got wet, they would definitely be damaged, and in order to protect the charts, he was the only one on the entire deck who was required to stay in a covered place. His current task is to ensure that the Chunxiao always stays on the preset course, and now there are still twelve nautical miles away from the Oriental Port, if there is a yaw, basically the end of the entire Chunxiao is death, and he has to go out every five or six minutes to measure the latitude and longitude - that has to be when there is sunshine now, if the typhoon really comes, then there is no way to even measure the latitude and longitude.

Since the towing sail was launched more than ten minutes ago, it was obvious that everyone felt that the speed of the ship had been substantially improved - as a warship, even if it was a very ordinary lucky ship before, the speed requirements in battle were still very high. Before entering service as a frigate, Fukufune removed the heavy hard sails and replaced them with lightweight soft sails in order to reduce the weight of the hull itself and increase speed. However, as a frigate, the Fuchuan still has congenital shortcomings, and the biggest trouble is that the hull strength is not enough. And what is very embarrassing is that the "He Lao Liu", which has been regarded as the flagship by Zhong Bin before, is actually made of pine, although the pine is light, but the strength is much worse, just now when the waves fluttered, the cabin could hear the creaking sound of the ship's planks and ribs, which made people's hearts hairy.

The Admiralty had arrangements for this ship, and with the gradual increase in the number of products made by the local method of oil refining, gasoline was used in large quantities due to the large number of engineering transport vehicles brought by the crossing, but the diesel fuel was retained because of the relatively small number of diesel engines, and the current diesel stock has several tons. The diesel fuel was taken by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade and poured directly into the fuel tank of the Dongfeng, although the fuel tank is far from full, but it is enough to travel a long distance. The main purpose of the route of the northbound detachment this time was to survey the hydrological conditions of Mingzhou and its nearby ports and determine whether the Dongfeng could enter the port to load goods.

If the Dongfeng can enter the port, of course, it is the best, the bulk cargo can directly enter the port for loading and unloading, but if it cannot enter the port, then it is necessary to dock in the open sea and be transported by small boats. Naturally, it was impossible for these small ships to use other people's ships, so they had to choose the Senate's own ships, and before the freeships were equipped in large quantities, the only ones that could be used temporarily were the Fu ships and the Guangzhou ships, which were originally used as cargo ships. The navy's shipbuilding plan was originally intended to repair damaged ships first, but the repair cycle for damaged ships could take about a year to a year and a half, so it was opposed by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade.

The argument for the opposition is also valid, and instead of repairing the ships that take a long time, it is better to build a free wheel. Although the Senate now says that the manufacture of diesel gasoline engines is still quite troublesome, the threshold for the production of steam engines has been crossed, so the production of steam-powered freewheels can now be put on the agenda. At present, the lumber mill is processing the timber according to the drawings, and the industrial department is manufacturing the transmission parts and steam engines, and according to the estimated production cycle, the date of the ship's departure is quite close to the estimated completion date of the dry dock, and the free ship can be launched as soon as the dry dock is completed and put into use.

The Admiralty was reluctant to build a plan for the Liberty Wheels, which they considered more important to repair damaged ships, which, even if they were operational, would not ensure that they would be able to enter the mainland's major ports for loading and unloading. In comparison, if these damaged capital ships could be repaired, there would be enough ships to compete for sea supremacy in the waters of Vostochny Harbor with the Meednor people who were almost close at hand.

However, this is not a difficult matter, and after a recent visit to the Admiralty, the Admiralty approved the proposal of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade to provide a dry dock for the production of cargo merchant ships. The Admiralty's shipbuilding plan was therefore changed to the first to repair the smaller tonnage of the medium-sized three-masted ship of Medno, which had been captured from Liu Xiang.

But now the people in the cabin are not very interested in which ship the Admiralty is going to repair, and they are all worried about whether the Chunxiao will be safe and whether it will be able to go home. The boat was jolting and undulating in the waves, and the waves on the side of the boat made a loud noise. Although the crew did not have to worry about falling out of the cabin, it was still not a pleasant feeling to be lifted up and thrown down by the bumpy floor, and they were now safer than the sailors on the deck.

Due to the anticipation of the turbulence of the hull, the furnishings in the cabin were fixed to death, whether it was a table, a stool or a bed. People in the cabin will not be hit by flying furniture and cause casualties, but that does not mean that people are safe. The undulating planks can throw people high and slam them to the ground, so they are also a threat. All occupants in the cabin secured themselves to their beds, stools and table legs with safety ropes, as required in the emergency plan.

The people who are tied up in these places definitely don't feel good, but this feeling will not affect the three father and son of the Lu family at all, they have been living at sea for many years, and they have seen a lot of such strong winds and waves. All three of them were sitting on the floor eating the "grain bricks" provided to them by the crew, because it was impossible to eat gruel or meals in a rocking ship, and cooking was also impossible in the current situation, so navy ships were generally equipped with a large amount of bottled water and compressed dry food.

Now Lu Dan is holding a water bladder made of deerskin in his hand to drink water, you must know that the ship often shakes violently, so fragile glass and ceramics cannot be used as a freshwater container for the navy. It is okay to use wood to make cups and bowls, but it is too difficult to make kettles, but it can be done with iron, but the output is very low, and now it is mainly used by some special institutions such as the Air Force and the Special Reconnaissance Team, and in the end, the Navy can only use leather bags to hold water. The skins are made of animal skins obtained from hunting in the vicinity, ranging from rabbits, sheep, deer to leopards, and can be used whenever they can be used, and the water bladders are coated with a layer of shellac to repel water. This soft water bladder is quite popular in the navy, mainly because it is easy to carry and will not be damaged by bumps and falls.

Lu Yu was gnawing on a grain brick, and a sailor on the ship gave them six grain bricks for the father and son. Originally, it was only necessary to give them three pieces to ensure one piece for each person, but this compressed dry food tasted very bad, and the soldiers of the entire Oriental Port generally did not like this taste, and this sailor gave them his own daily portions directly, and he was too lazy to eat, anyway, he would soon return to Hong Kong. But the three fathers and sons of the Lu family don't know that now the three of them are holding this grain brick and gnawing it. If you want to say that Lu Zhi has lived for so many years, it is the first time he has eaten such a delicious thing. These things that look ordinary and taste the best are not only fibrous food, but also air-dried meat and a lot of sugar in order to meet the soldiers' large needs for energy during combat.

Although sugar is also produced near Xuwen, even the local sugarcane farmers in Xuwen can't eat sugar often, let alone go out to risk fishing once and come back can only meet the needs of the Tan people for half a year. This kind of grain brick with a lot of sweetness in the taste immediately made the two children unable to put it down, not to mention that the child was reluctant to put it down, even Lu Zhi himself was reluctant to stop, if he didn't want to give the child more "delicious", he was afraid that there would be no problem with eating all two pieces.

The disadvantage of compressing dry food is that it is too dry, especially these dry foods have been dried through multiple processes, and the drying effect can be described as too good, and the elders privately call this thing "teething bricks". Two pieces of compressed dry food in the stomach naturally brought dry mouth to the two children. At that moment, the two of them held a water bladder and poured water into their stomachs, drinking until the water bladder was completely empty, and when they moved their bodies, they could hear the water in their stomachs rattling, and after drinking, the compressed dry food in the stomach immediately attacked, and the two children were suddenly unable to move, but fortunately they were tied to the stool and would not move, otherwise they would have to shake and vomit.

"Captain! There are boats in the distance! The lookout's shouts came from the gale, but the lookout was not on the top of the mast at this time—standing on the mast in such a strong wind was like playing with his life, and Zhong Bin still ordered the lookout to come down after launching the towing sail. The current lookout strapped himself to the foremast, still holding a telescope to monitor the front three sides of the front.

With the shouts of the lookout, Zhong Bin also hurriedly cast his eyes straight ahead, and sure enough, in the distance, a silver-gray clipper was bumping in the waves and sailing quickly in his direction. They obviously saw themselves too, and the ship suddenly turned on the lantern to this side - it couldn't be more obvious, this is the 8154 cruiser of the navy, Zhong Bin was moved, stared at the lantern tightly, and silently translated the words above, "Attention Chunxiao, we are here to tow you on the order of the naval command, please prepare to receive the towing cable." ”

The naval command was aware of the danger of this rescue operation as soon as it received the discovery of the shipwrecked shipwreck, and the typhoon warning had been issued from the Dongfeng, which meant that the typhoon was very close to the port of Vostok. The Chunxiao had to pick up the people and then turn back to the Oriental Harbor, which was basically impossible for the sailboat to return to the port before the typhoon arrived. Although the navy is full of all kinds of dislike for these sail frigates, after all, they are the navy's own ships, not to mention that there are a large number of naval officers and sailors on them, and they must not be abandoned in a typhoon and left alone.

After a short discussion, Bu Zhongfu decided to send a fast fishing boat to respond, although the speed of 8154 is not high in the old world, but the speed of this 24 knots is definitely the fastest speed in the new world, so it is the best choice to let the cruiser quickly rush to the location of the Chunxiao for towing. In addition, the cruiser has a very advanced short-wave radar for fishing boats in this time and space, and even if you don't know the location of the Chunxiao, you can still quickly find the target in the vast sea.

The sailors on the cruiser also tied themselves to the ship with safety ropes, and after approaching the Chunxiao, the cruiser first circled next to the Chunxiao, walked to the front of the Chunxiao's channel, and then lowered a buoy tied to a tow rope.

The sailors on the Chunxiao quickly hooked the buoy with hooks, untied the towing cable and tied it to the ship's bow mast, and then the cruiser began to accelerate.

If you want to say that the speed of the Chunxiao has been greatly improved under the effect of towing the sail before, at this time, under the traction of the cruiser, this speed is already like flying, and now the speed is directly more than eighteen knots. The waves split at the bow of the ship were seven or eight meters high, drenching the sailors behind them, but no one complained, but they were moved to tears. Because it was the No. 1 cruiser with the most veterans who came to rescue them, the ship of the commander-in-chief of the navy, Bu Zhongfu, who was also standing on the bridge at this time, waving at them.

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