Not long ago, the return of the eastward support fleet made King Zhang Anguo very happy!

However, his face was the same as that of his friends, faint, as if everything should be inevitable...... Originally, what did the Federal Empire send people to do, but what didn't succeed?!

However, the behavior of King Zhang Anguo and his friends personally going to the port to meet this support fleet still somewhat revealed their value.

The king also brought Prince Zhang Zhansheng to greet him.

Prince Zhang Zhansheng, like his father, stood straight on the pier, looking ahead...... But his heart had already flown away.

Now, he is discussing with his classmates where to go to this year's winter camp, and everyone is fighting fiercely...... He needs to find a way to convince everyone to go to Australia!

He had seen the pictures and looked up the information there.

There you can dive the sea, hunt and find gold mines!

Oh my God, what isn't that exciting!!

But ah, Fashan said that it would be too far to go there, at least two and a half months, not to mention that it would affect his studies, and according to the style of the school, if he didn't get it, he would make up for it by shortening the summer vacation, which would be terrible!

The long summer vacation is everyone's favorite!

This suddenly increased the number of people who supported him...... No one likes summer vacations to be cut short......

There must be a way to solve this problem, there must be a way to convince the other party!

At this time, a cannon salute sounded continuously in the harbor...... It's seven sounds!

As all spectators know, this is the highest greeting etiquette outside of the royal family......

Prince Zhang Zhansheng saw a large group of sailboats beginning to enter the port, they were hanging black, yellow, black and yellow sails, some of which were already in tatters...... You can even see some of the beams on the mast hanging down, swaying in the sea breeze, as if they could fall down at any moment!

He heard Uncle Wu Dapeng say, "They have encountered a lot of storms...... It was the easiest route, but it was stormy! ”

Uncle Van Stard said, "How can there be a thing in the world that is perfect for both worlds?" Let's go through the storm first, and then take that safe but distant route after a while......"

Father Zhang Anguo nodded: "They have experienced too many injuries from mainland civilization...... There must also be injuries to maritime civilization. ”

Previously, King Zhang Anguo's route for this eastward support fleet was a small loop route around the South Pacific.

First of all, let them go directly south from Badaohe Port to Best City in western Australia, this route is fully mature, and even many small maritime merchants can touch it with their eyes closed.

After unloading the materials needed there at the seaport of Best City, they loaded the corresponding supplementary supplies, followed the westerly wind belt and the westerly wind belt current, all the way to Nanyindi Anzhou, and then followed the northward cold current on the west coast of Nanyindi to reach the designated area.

In fact, this route was also traveled by the eastward fleet.

Their return route departed from the designated area, crossed the equator about 100 kilometers in a northwest direction, followed the North Equatorial Current and then westward, passed through the Hawaiian Islands, and then returned directly to the departure point.

The equatorial current is composed of three major ocean currents: one is the south-equatorial current and the north-equatorial current, which flow westward under the influence of trade winds; the second is an easterly flowing equatorial countercurrent formed in the lowest wind pressure zone between the trade wind belts; The three are equatorial undercurrents that flow eastward below the surface waters of the equator.

In theory, this route is also a smooth sail...... It's like the westerly route.

But it's actually far different.

There are only violent westerly winds roaring in the westerly belt, and there are basically no other climatic phenomena...... It is extremely difficult to encounter a terrible reef......

The mastery of equatorial currents and wind belts can only be said to be theoretically possible.

Small-scale disturbed wind directions formed by complex low-high pressure zones, and small-scale disturbed ocean currents caused by different salinities...... You may encounter a collision between the westward current, the eastward current, and the undercurrent under the sea!

The originally calm ocean suddenly steeped a huge wave of more than ten meters; The northeast trade winds, which had been whistling non-stop but with steady wind direction, would suddenly become calm as stagnant water, and the silk windbands on the sails would not move at all!

The sails are not afraid of strong winds, nor are they afraid of turbulent winds...... I'm afraid there is no wind!

If there is no wind, there is no power but to let the current carry it away until it meets the wind again.

At that time, people could only pray on the boat and do nothing!

And the scary reef!!

The route map given to them by King Zhang Anguo is the cruise route map of the world, which should theoretically avoid the main reef area, but in practice, he does not know.

Therefore, this support fleet is different from the westward support fleet, they are the first group of the Imperial Navy's logistics transport team!

The captain of the team is named Fan Jun, and his official position is major and battalion commander.

After going ashore, he strode towards King Zhang Anguo, the supreme commander of the three armies of the Federal Empire, gave a standard military salute, and then reported loudly:

"The captain of the first brigade of the logistics transportation brigade of the Imperial Navy, Major Battalion Commander Fan Jun salutes you!"

King Zhang Anguo, dressed in a military dress, also returned a solemn military salute.

"The first brigade set out on August 7, 1282, with a total number of 1,898 people, and two 2,000-ton logistics support ships and ten 3,000-ton transport ships!

1,810 people returned from completing the mission, 48 killed, 40 missing, and one transport ship lost...... Cargo loss ......"

King Zhang Anguo waved his hand painfully, the last thing he cared about was the goods...... 88 young lives lost in a single voyage, is that a few thousand tons of saltpeter or copper ore to get back?

These people are the essence of the navy...... He had provided them with the best and most practical navigation tools available in the plane, and even had a special pot camel steam freshwater machine on each ship just in case.

He said slowly, "Major Fan...... Citizens of the Empire thank you for opening a new route for the Empire, you have worked hard! ”

Major Fan Jun seemed to have tears in his eyes, and he saluted again, shouting: "The empire is with us!" ”

The voice was loud...... Everyone on the docks shouted too!

"The Empire is with us!"

The young prince Zhang Zhansheng also shouted unconsciously...... And with the crying sound.

Wu Dapeng silently patted him on the shoulder, he was still just a child.

This time a new route was opened, bringing back gold, coarse silver, blister copper, and saltpeter, as well as rubber saplings and seeds, as well as some camels, alpacas, and even purple potatoes.

However, King Zhang Anguo's is the same as his friends, and these are not important, because they can be shipped back later.

There are two most important ones, one is their corrected and accurate route and the nautical diary...... With them, you can explore without spending such a huge cost in the future, and a new business route will naturally be formed!

It may become a popular route like the one from Rakyu Island to Australia...... It also makes the sailing ships on this route flow endlessly like the Great Song Dynasty to Liuqiu Island!

The second most important thing was that they brought back all the news about the eastward fleet.

King Zhang Anguo and a few of his friends almost met head-to-head and read the texts and photographs.

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