Chapter 243: Emu War-1

Kuroda Nagamasa's stubbornness is obviously beyond the imagination of many people. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Even after five days of rest on the island of Timor, he still refused to leave. Besides, I asked him a little funny what he thought, but the answer was that this small island actually brought her the feeling of home.

Downing's assessment of this is extremely ironic, he said: "When you are adrift at sea, don't you claim that the land is your home? What is the difference between such a small island and a ship at sea? You Japanese people really like to think of the little swordfish as a wide land! ”

After saying this, Kang Ning would even wonder if those young Zhuang officers before World War II felt that the vast Eurasian continent was not much bigger than their Japanese archipelago, so they would brazenly launch a war of aggression against China, and if so, such a national inferiority would probably only be able to jump around on the islands in the Pacific Ocean like toads.

Speaking of which, I was really wrong, and I couldn't be more right.

After enjoying himself, Corning left with the vast majority of the fleet, leaving only two ships for the Japanese sailors, and informed them of the rest of the main fleet's voyage.

The Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the port of Darwin are all marked on the charts, and if they have had enough of the island, it won't take much time to catch up with them, but the rest of the voyage is difficult to say, and Corning decided to follow the coastline of Lia 2 to find the east coast that is more suitable for human life.

Australia is a vast treasure trove, but the vast majority of it, especially the central belt, is arid deserts and moors that are not suitable for human life. What is really suitable for human development is the coastal part around it, especially the southeast and southwest, as for the north coast, the temperature and rainfall here give him a feeling of the African jungle, where the swamps and crocodiles will entertain uninvited guests.

Corning left only two ships here: the Sulawesi Lighttail Shark and the Sulawesi Kelfer, which performed well in the Battle of the Manila Trench not long ago. According to Boss Huang's arrangement, the port of Darwin is their home port, and it is only natural for them to rest here.

Downing's market will last for a long time, almost half a month later, before they appear near the Great Barrier Reef.

And Kuroda Nagamasa's voyage is about to start immediately.

Kuroda Takataka was very puzzled by his performance, this guy didn't leave a few days ago, why did you just leave? He is ready to take action, is it possible, this guy regrets it and is ready to rebel.

However, the explanation given by Kuroda Nagamasa puzzled them.

He was sailing west, and he heard from some of the sailors in the fleet that there was an island to the west of the island that he wanted to buy more, and it was full of crabs.

Ever since he fell overboard in the middle of a hurricane and got caught in the crab -- the crab's big crow is still on his finger -- he's added crabs to his recipe. I don't know it, but I realized that this was the world's best food. Since then, he has become out of control. I can't eat a single crab for three or five days, and my stomach is beating gongs and drums non-stop.

However, the destination of Kangning's trip is to go inland for construction, and in the future, he may not be able to see the seaside and eat crabs, so he stays here and does not leave, left and right, he is going to be assigned to the island, and Corning will not care too much about this, sure enough, things are as he expected, and as he wishes, so he has the opportunity to act in private.

Kuroda Takataka glanced at Oda Nobunaga, saw that the other party was not dissatisfied, and agreed to his son's request, and they quickly boarded the ship and sailed west to find the island that was famous for Christmas.

Fifteen days later, Corning made landfall on the east coast of Australia. This location is still a long way from the later big cities such as Sydney and Canberra. However, there is currently the largest supply depot here, and the person in charge of it is none other than Kangning's father, Kangzhuang.

Kangning hadn't seen the cheap old man since he had crossed over, but when he landed, he learned that his father was not here, and he had gone inland to join the war.

Participating in the war, after hearing this word, I immediately thought of the local natives, they are not warlike people, but misunderstanding and friction are probably inevitable, after all, Boss Huang arranged manpower here to encroach on the land.

Then he thought of another possibility, maybe there are peers developing here, if it is a traverser, maybe it will bring a lot of trouble to his father, not to mention that they may also have a golden finger, in that case, even if they lose the battle, it is not impossible.

However, when he was a little anxious to inquire about the specific situation, he realized that their enemy was not human.

The attendants heard the answer as well, and they buzzed into a discussion.

"How can there be a bird as tall as anyone in this world?"

But standing behind the buckets is 1/26 of the essence of the entire human civilization, and these famous families, even if they are not biology counterparts, know what they are describing.

Emu, an ostrich-like existence, rises by 1.5 to 1.8 meters and weighs about forty or fifty kilograms.

These birds have a sturdy body, often break down the fences fenced by the indigenous people, and treat carefully cultivated vegetables as a delicacy that they will not give up easily.

So in the early twentieth century, when Australia became independent, the population increased dramatically. Their relations with the local population deteriorated so dramatically that the Australian government even sent troops to fight them.

Unexpectedly, this scene appeared in front of them in advance.

Don't underestimate these birds, it's not easy to defeat them, they can run at speeds of up to 70 kilometers per hour. At the beginning of the twentieth century, some vehicles could not even reach this speed, and even with shotguns or even machine guns, they could not be eliminated in a short time.

Their equipment will obviously not exceed that of Australia three hundred years later. Not to mention that they can't catch up with the emus at 70 kilometers per hour, and even if they do, you still have to face their numerical superiority.

The war three hundred years later did not go well, and this time, you don't know if your father will return victorious.

With such a thought in his heart, someone outside came to report that Kang Zhuang had returned, but his condition was very bad, and it was said that he had been in a coma for two days.