The storm came as promised, and at this time, the sky was dark, and the wind and rain were raging in the ears of the naval soldiers of the Dawen Empire, and the huge body of the light cruiser was like a toy in the hands of a naughty boy, tossed high by the huge waves, and then fell heavily. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The soldiers of the Dawen Empire sitting in the troop transport ship were thrown around, all of them were staggered, all of them were hit with blue noses and swollen faces, so they were not embarrassed, and the only one that was better was the heavy cruiser Datang, but it was also fluctuating in the wind and rain.

The dewatering pumps on the ships of the fleet have all been activated, and the rain and sea water are constantly being sent out of the holds, but the speed of drainage is far lower than the speed of the incoming water, and the draft of many ships is already above the warning line, and the situation is critical.

The god of luck patronized the fleet of the Dawen Empire, and at this critical juncture, the storm gradually decreased, and slowly left the anchorage of the Dawen Empire's fleet, and after more than half an hour, the storm finally left completely, and the sea was calm again.

The sun was shining again on the sea, and not far away a rainbow hung high in the air, and everything seemed so beautiful that no one could have imagined that a storm had raged here not long ago.

The anchorage of the fleet of the Dawen Empire was overturned, a mess, the storm was unexpectedly big, although the fleet of the Dawen Empire had been prepared, but it was still embarrassed by the storm, a large number of materials were damp, flooded, several ships collided in the storm, the hull was damaged, fortunately no ships sank, and no one was missing or dead, but many soldiers were injured in the storm, and the most serious thing was only a broken arm.

The fleet temporarily stayed at anchorage, repairing damaged ships, rescuing wounded soldiers, counting losses, and in the evening, the damage report was handed over to Li Rujin, two merchant ships were damaged in the storm, and the hull was deflated, but it did not affect the navigation, which was not bad.

A number of soldiers were injured, but basically they were minor injuries, which did not affect their combat effectiveness, at most they affected their faces a little, and the wounds were cleared. The damp supplies have also been taken to the deck to dry, and the ships with water in the hold have also drained the stagnant water without much impact.

This sudden storm was fortunate to Li Rujin with foresight and hid on the shore first, if he encountered such a terrible storm in the vast sea, I don't know how many ships in the entire fleet would be able to survive.

After Li Rujin read the damage report, he signed it, then archived it, and went through the whole process of dodging the storm from his mind, in this process, the performance of the navy of the Dawen Empire was worthy of reward, and those performance was deficient and needed to be improved and criticized.

Li Rujin wrote a circular, distributed it to the whole fleet, and then notified all the captains, including the captains of merchant ships, to come to the flagship for a meeting to sum up the experience.

After dinner, all the captains came to the flagship conference room, Li Rujin saw that there were too many people, so he had to transfer the venue to the deck, the calm Indian Ocean night is still very beautiful, the night sky, the stars are twinkling, as if they can be picked up, the cool sea breeze blows, which makes people refreshed and relaxed.

On a summer evening, there is a refreshing cool breeze and no mosquito bites, how pleasant.

The meeting was held very successfully, after all, everyone is at sea, only by working together, can we tide over the difficulties together, all the captains spoke freely, together to exchange experience in the sea, Li Rujin also learned a lot of knowledge.

But everyone is deeply surprised that Li Rujin can detect the storm early, in everyone's impression, this new rear admiral of the Imperial Navy seems to have never been to sea and has no experience in long-distance voyages, so how can he discover the storm in advance?

Li Rujin did not hide his secrets, and told everyone the experience and principle of using hydrogen balloons to discover the storm, and at this time, the captains suddenly realized, it turned out to be like this, this must be firmly remembered, to be able to detect the storm in advance, in the voyage is definitely an extra life-saving trick!

At the same time, Li Rujin also instructed the recorder on the side to record this method, and after the meeting, distribute it to all the crew, and one more person who knows this method, the safety of the entire fleet will be more guaranteed.

The next day, the fleet set sail for a new journey. In the following voyage, there was no more big storm like the last time, there were some small winds and waves, and the fleet of the Dawen Empire directly broke through.

The fleet went all the way north, crossed the Bay of Bengal, and went north along the South Asian subcontinent all the way to the Arabian Sea, which at this time had entered the July low, which was the hottest time in the Indian Ocean, and the hot weather brought a lot of trouble to the fleet of the Dawen Empire.

Fortunately, Li Rujin had already prepared and brought a large number of accompanying military doctors, although it brought a lot of trouble to the fleet, it did not affect the entire fleet.

The continuous voyage for many days has already made the soldiers of the Dawen Empire who originally lived on land a little irritable, this is a completely normal psychological phenomenon, and long-distance navigation is originally a boring thing.

It was normal for the soldiers of the Dawen Empire to be irritable about the unchanging scene at sea after the novelty of sailing on the sea, including Li Rujin.

It's not a matter to let the army drift on the sea, for the sake of the morale of the soldiers, for the sake of the soldiers' peace of mind and health, and for the sake of dissipating their irritability, well, this is the most important thing, Li Rujin decided to let the fleet land nearby, and let the soldiers go ashore to rest.

Li Rujin's decision was welcomed by the entire fleet, and the fleet slowly approached the coastline, by which time the advance of the Dawen Empire had reached the Arabian Peninsula, and it would be two days before it reached the Gulf of Aden.

If the fleet changes course at this time, continues north, and crosses the Gulf of Oman, it can enter the Persian Gulf, and it can join forces with the forces of the Darwen Empire stationed in the Middle East. But the Middle East is not the target of this fleet.

This time, the fleet of the Dawen Empire is going to Africa to be robbers and rob Africa's wealth.

Li Rujin took a traffic boat to the shore, and when his feet stepped on the land, Li Rujin realized what a happy feeling it was to be able to step on the land. Sitting on the boat every day, drifting and drifting, although the Datang is big enough and the ride is stable, there is never that feeling of being down-to-earth.

The local Arabs expressed some surprise at the sudden arrival of the troops of the Dawen Empire, but did not think much about it, there was really nothing to loot here except sand.

The fleet rested for a day in the Arabian Peninsula, and the hot climate drove the soldiers of the Dawen Empire back to the ship, you know, the temperature on the Arabian Peninsula can reach a maximum of more than 45 degrees, far exceeding the temperature that the human body can bear.

The fleet has changed course from north to south, and it will cross the Gulf of Aden and head towards the Somali peninsula, where the Darwen fleet will be the first landing point.

The choice of Somalia as the first landing site of the fleet of the Dawen Empire was also decided by Li Rujin after careful consideration, the Somali Peninsula is located in the middle of West Africa, and it can enter the Red Sea from the north, all the way to North Africa, and invade Egypt and Sudan.

Heading south, you can follow the coastline of West Africa all the way to southern Africa, and you can rob all the way to South Africa, where South Africa is one of the main targets of this robbery!